Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock, and acid rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. The genre’s lyrics and performance styles are sometimes associated with aggression and machismo.
This definition comes straight from Wikipedia. So don’t scream at us on having the definition all wrong! The definition says “highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness” like these are BAD things. Some of us happen to LOVE these things. These are the EXACT things that made our parents yell “turn that down, I can’t hear myself think!” Never understood what that meant (until we were parents:)) Also, the definition says the Metal began in the United Kingdom. What about Ozzy, Led Zepplin, Iron Maiden, and Def Leppard? Oh wait, never mind. Mad props UK.
- Burn It Down 2019 – Silverstein
- The Road To Revolution – Dream Theater
- Stratego 2021 – Iron Maiden
- Scars – Smith/Kotzen, Adrian Smith, Richie Kotzen
- Settlement 2021 – The Strawbs
- Witch’s Spell – AC/DC
- My Weakness 2021 – Candlebox
- Hard to Say Goodbye – Joel Hoekstra’s 13
- Self Destructor – Chevelle
- Down – Love and Death
- My Therapy 2022 – Mitch Malloy
- Holy Ground (Shake the Memory) – The Dead Daisies
- We’re Gonna Make It 2018 – TNT
- Therapy 2018 – Armin van Buuren
- 82nd All the Way – Sabaton
- Lady Luck (Bonus Track) – Whitesnake
- I Will Be Gone – Primal Fear
- Rise 2020 – Apocalyptica
- Detroit City 2020 – Alice Cooper
- Eyes of the Night 2019 – Arcadia
- Honestly – Tesla
- Letting You Go – Bullet For My Valentine
- One Finger Salute [Explicit] – Suicidal Tendencies
- Breathing Lightning – Anthrax
- Well, Everybody’s F***ing In A U.F.O. [Clean] – Rob Zombie
- We Are the Damned – Skid Row