This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1968. Accept (as Band X) Alice Cooper Black Sabbath (as Earth) Breakout Deep Purple...

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 and United States...

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1970. A Foot in Coldwater Aerosmith Babe Ruth Bakery Bang Blackfeather Blast (Belgium)...

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1974. The Angels Baker Gurvitz Army Bijelo Dugme Drugi način George Thorogood and...

volume, theatricality, and other elements that became staples of the heavy metal style. In the late 1960s, this experimentation coalesced into various rock...

Canadian heavy metal music has a history going back to the late 1960s, with the band Bent Wind and Sussex released in 1969. Canada has produced metal bands...

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1971. Aquelarre Buffalo Camel Captain Beyond Cirith Ungol Color Humano Foghat The...

of heavy metal in the year 1976. Accept Angel Witch (as Lucifer) Black Flag Bronz Chrome Citron Crys Diamond Head Ethel the Frog Foreigner Heavy Load...

heavy metal subgenre. In the late 1960s, a number of bands began pushing the limits of blues rock into a new genre which would be called heavy metal....

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1978. Ángeles del Infierno Amebix Anvil (as Lips) Blind Illusion Bodine Cockney Rejects...

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal music in the year 1972. Baumstam Beck, Bogert & Appice Bleak House Bonfire (as Cacumen) Frankenstein...

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1969. The Allman Brothers Band April Wine Argent Atomic Rooster Bang Blackfoot Blind...

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1975. Angel The Babys Boston Bow Wow Crack the Sky Goddo Ian Gillan Band Iris Iron...

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1977. 707 44 Magnum Bad Brains Barnabas Black Death Death SS Dedringer Def Leppard...

This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1973. AC/DC Ace Frehley Bachman-Turner Overdrive Bad Company Cheap Trick The Dictators...

who has been a heavy metal fan since the age of 12. Dunn sets out across the world to uncover the various opinions on heavy metal music, including its...

Bangladeshi heavy metal or Bangla heavy metal was originated from the evolution of British and American heavy metal bands of the 1980s. Bands like Iron...

began turning back to softer, roots-oriented sounds in late 1968, acid-rock bands mutated into heavy metal acts. —Frank Hoffman, Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound...

April 28, 1963) is a Canadian music journalist, critic and author. He is mainly known for writing about heavy metal music. The senior editor and co-founder...

metal (also known as biker punk) is a fusion genre that combines elements of punk rock, heavy metal, rock and roll and blues, that was pioneered in the...

Released on January 16, 1968, the album features a heavy-thunderous blues sound, which would later be known as heavy metal. A commercial and critical...

Death metal, a form of heavy metal music. Along with the main genre of Indonesian heavy metal, death metal is extensively popular in the country of Indonesia...

rock, heavy metal, progressive rock and other styles (from which Scorpions rose to prominence), incorporating, for the first time in popular music, socially...

Philip Hansen Anselmo (born June 30, 1968) is an American heavy metal musician best known as the lead singer for Pantera, Down, and Superjoint, amongst...

September 7, 1968) is an American bassist and vocalist and a member of the heavy metal band Gwar. He attended Thomas Dale High School in Chester, Virginia...

subgenres, including beat music, progressive rock, art rock, hard rock, heavy metal, punk, post-punk, new wave, and indie rock. In the 1950s, Britain was...

of Tsjuder Lars Stokstad, performing with Antestor Heavy metal fashion Patterson, Dayal: Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult; 2013, Feral House, Port Townsend...

Witchfinder General was an English heavy metal band from Stourbridge. They were part of the new wave of British heavy metal scene and have been cited as a...

notable events in music that took place in the year 1968. 1968 in British music 1968 in Norwegian music 1968 in country music 1968 in jazz January 4 –...

and at live shows. He was ranked 47th in the Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists by Hit Parader. Sully Erna was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He began playing...