"and ""lo-fi"", do it yourself ethos. Underground metal bands began putting out cheaply recorded releases independently to small, devoted audiences. Motörhead, founded in 1975, was the first important band to straddle the punk/metal divide. With the explosion of punk in 1977, others followed. British music papers such as the ""NME"" and ""Sounds"" took notice, with ""Sounds"" writer Geoff Barton christening the movement the ""New Wave of British Heavy Metal"". NWOBHM bands including Iron Maiden, Saxon, and Def Leppard re-energized the heavy metal genre. Following the lead set by Judas Priest and Motörhead, they toughened up the sound, reduced its blues"
"Schandmaul Schandmaul is a German medieval folk rock band from the Munich area. As well as using modern instruments such as the bass and electric guitar, the band also utilizes instruments typically used in Medieval folk songs such as the bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy or shawm, to produce their trademark folk rock sound. Schandmaul was nominated two times for the Echo Music Prize and has so far had five albums in the top ten German album charts and three top-ten albums in Austria. The name 'Schandmaul' translates roughly to 'evil tongue' and refers to their mascot of a grinning skeletal jester. Schandmaul"
"Thumbscrew (torture) The thumbscrew is a torture instrument which was first used in medieval Europe. It is a simple vice, sometimes with protruding studs on the interior surfaces. Victims' thumbs, fingers, or toes were placed in the vice and slowly crushed. The thumbscrew was also applied to crush prisoners' big toes. The crushing bars were sometimes lined with sharp metal points to puncture the thumbs and inflict greater pain in the nail beds. Larger, heavier devices based on the same design principle were applied to crush feet. The thumbscrew was also referred to as thumbkin or thumbikin (1675–1685), the ""kin"""
"also cited Hateplow, Bury Your Dead, Burnt by the Sun, Yob, The Sword, Converge, Neurosis, Mastodon, Aborted, Ringworm, Morbid Angel, Hatebreed, Torche, Suffocation, Fu Manchu, and Cephalic Carnage. Leng Tch'e Leng Tch'e is a Belgian grindcore band. The band describes their style as ""razorgrind"", a combination of grindcore with death metal, stoner rock and metalcore. The band's name is derived from an alternate English spelling of ""lingchi"", a method of torture and execution originating from Imperial China that is also known as ""death by a thousand cuts"". ""Death by a Thousand Cuts"" is also the name of one of the"
"Tanzwut Tanzwut () is a German Neue Deutsche Härte and medieval metal band which originated as a sideproject of Corvus Corax-members. The band uses a medieval theme during their live performances which are expressed through their stagecraft, costumes and choreography. Their name is the German term for ""dancing mania"", but is directly translated with ""dance-rage"". Tanzwut are known for their heavy use of bagpipes, an unusual instrument for a metal band. The group has achieved international success, filling concert halls as far away from their home country as Mexico. The band's recent releases have been gravitating towards a more industrial"
"a lot of Norwegian death metal bands transformed into black metal bands. Amputation became Immortal, Thou Shalt Suffer turned into Emperor, and Darkthrone swapped their Swedish-inspired death metal for primitive black metal. Most notoriously, Old Funeral's guitar player Varg Vikernes had already left the band to form his own creation, Burzum. Those who gathered at Helvete have been referred to as the ""Black Circle"" or ""Black Metal Inner Circle"", a name allegedly invented by Euronymous. Euronymous presented the ""Black Circle"" as an organized, cult-like group of militant Satanists whose activities were funded by his record shop, and a 1993 ""Kerrang!"""
"Machine Head, DevilDriver, Sepultura and A.N.I.M.A.L. Teutonic thrash metal, or just Teutonic metal, is a regional form of thrash metal that originated in Germany during the 1980s and was heavily influenced by the new wave of British heavy metal. Teutonic thrash is often considered to be ""less thrashy"" than regular thrash metal, and the style is known to incorporate raspy vocals, palm muted guitar riffs, and frantic double bass drumming. Notable Teutonic bands include Kreator, Destruction, Sodom, Holy Moses, Iron Angel, Tankard and Living Death. Traditional heavy metal, also known as classic metal or often simply heavy metal, is the"
"the violin, lute, hurdy-gurdy, cello, harp and mandolin are employed by Subway to Sally, In Extremo, Schandmaul, Morgernstern, and Schattentantz. Medieval metal Medieval metal is a subgenre of folk metal that blends heavy metal music with medieval folk music. Medieval metal is mostly restricted to Germany where it is known as ' or '. The genre emerged from the middle of the 1990s with contributions from Subway to Sally, In Extremo and Schandmaul. The style is characterised by the prominent use of a wide variety of traditional folk and medieval instruments. The medieval folk band Corvus Corax, was formed in"
"them, and there will be more of them"". Gorgoroth Gorgoroth is a Norwegian black metal band based in Bergen. It was formed in 1992 by guitarist Infernus, who is also the only original member remaining, and the band have since released nine studio albums. Gorgoroth are a Satanic band and have drawn controversy due to some of their concerts, which have featured impaled sheep heads and mock crucifixions. The band is named after the dead plateau of darkness in the land of Mordor from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel ""The Lord of the Rings"". Gorgoroth was founded in 1992"
"Insidiöus Törment Insidiöus Törment, also referred to as IT or (misspelled) Insidious Torment, is a Danish heavy metal band with Soviet roots. The heavy metal umlaut in their band name, a usually purely decorative device, is actually pronounced. In heavy metal, a musical genre that is sometimes described as ""proto-fascist"", the group is also known for being one of the few overtly socialist bands, along with some other notable examples, such as Accept. Like Accept in the lyrics to ""Balls to the Wall"", Insidiöus Törment also call for the oppressed to rise and rebel in such songs as ""Metal Balls"","
"Metalucifer Metalucifer is a Japanese heavy metal band, formed by Gezolucifer (of Sabbat) in 1995. Adopting the musical style of early NWOBHM and building upon it, they achieved underground celebrity, especially in Scandinavia. Their pure heavy metal approach, and their unadulterated use of the words ""Heavy Metal"" in song titles has gained them fame, as their music strives to capture the essence of what they think ""heavy metal"" should be. The name Metalucifer was taken from the classic Sabbat song ""Metalucifer And Evilucifer"", meaning, according to the band, ""King of the Heavy Metal Hell"". These are the people who have"
"played in Metalucifer between 1995 and 2003, all releases and concerts included: Metalucifer Metalucifer is a Japanese heavy metal band, formed by Gezolucifer (of Sabbat) in 1995. Adopting the musical style of early NWOBHM and building upon it, they achieved underground celebrity, especially in Scandinavia. Their pure heavy metal approach, and their unadulterated use of the words ""Heavy Metal"" in song titles has gained them fame, as their music strives to capture the essence of what they think ""heavy metal"" should be. The name Metalucifer was taken from the classic Sabbat song ""Metalucifer And Evilucifer"", meaning, according to the band,"
"heavy metal, an art form they helped establish."" The band then stated that their induction ""also sends a great message of inclusion for the metal community around the world, and keeps us defending the metal faith together."" Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards Grammy Awards Kerrang! Awards Metal Hammer Awards (Germany) Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards Metal Storm Awards Judas Priest Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in West Bromwich in 1969. The band has sold over 50 million copies of their albums to date. They are frequently ranked as one of the greatest metal bands of"
"a death metal band and easy to rememberer for fans, so ""merlin” suited the request. Besides they chose ""Merlin"" as a symbol of magic power and majesty. Merlin is best known as the warlock featured in Arthurian legends and it is musicians' opinion that he is best of all portrayed in the Stephen King’s book “The Dark Tower”. Also merlin is a predatory bird that tears meat by its claws, its beak in blood and this absolutely reflects their band’s personality. (Incidentally, ""merlin"" means from French into English ""heavy axe"", ""large hammer"", ""poleaxe""). Why Mary Abaza is a unique female"
"Gorgoroth Gorgoroth is a Norwegian black metal band based in Bergen. It was formed in 1992 by guitarist Infernus, who is also the only original member remaining, and the band have since released nine studio albums. Gorgoroth are a Satanic band and have drawn controversy due to some of their concerts, which have featured impaled sheep heads and mock crucifixions. The band is named after the dead plateau of darkness in the land of Mordor from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel ""The Lord of the Rings"". Gorgoroth was founded in 1992 by guitarist Infernus. In 1993, the band released"
"there was some sort of magical, macabre and unknown force acting on the scene, and characters (one of them a cat) are also inexplicably driven by this force. The Iron Maiden is actually the torture device found at the Castle of Nurenberg, whose atmosphere is added to make the scene more strange and awful, although at the beginning the tale refers just to a casual walk of three people by the region. ""Iron Maiden"" was the nickname given to a research centrifuge gondola designed for submerging a human body in water to counteract the effects of high-g acceleration, at the"
"and its choice of subject matter: Amon Amarth Amon Amarth () is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Tumba, formed in 1992. The band takes its name from the Sindarin name of Mount Doom, a volcano in J. R. R. Tolkien′s Middle-earth. Their lyrics mostly deal with Viking mythology and history, and so they have been linked with viking metal, although the band themselves prefer to be referred to as melodic death metal. The band is composed of lead guitarist Olavi Mikkonen, vocalist Johan Hegg, bassist Ted Lundström, rhythm guitarist Johan Söderberg, and drummer Jocke Wallgren. Amon Amarth has"
"Doomsword DoomSword is an Italian heavy metal band from Varese, in northern Italy with strong influences from epic themes such as ancient and medieval history, fantasy literature and European mythology. Founded in 1997 by Deathmaster (previously a member of the metal band Agarthi), DoomSword were born as a studio project aimed at playing epic / medieval influenced epic metal in the way of Warlord. The original members of the band, Deathmaster and Guardian Angel, were already working together on an ancient music project called 1014AD with strong medieval influences, and after a short hiatus they re-arranged the 1014AD material into"
"many heavy metal acts have been influenced by Tolkien. Blind Guardian has written many songs relating to Middle-earth, including the full concept album ""Nightfall in Middle Earth"". Almost the entire discography of Battlelore are Tolkien-themed. Summoning's music is based upon Tolkien and holds the distinction of the being the only artist to have crafted a song entirely in the Black Speech of Mordor. Gorgoroth, Cirith Ungol and Amon Amarth take their names from an area of Mordor, and Burzum take their name from the Black Speech of Mordor. The Finnish metal band Nightwish and the Norwegian metal band Tristania have"
"hurdy-gurdy, biniou, buccina, davul, riq and cornetto curvo with the most prominent being the shawm and bagpipes. They are also known for their use of source material, adopting melodies from medieval literature written in an old system of notation called neumes but otherwise using their own interpretations for arrangements and the rhythm. They describe their approach as ""louder, dirtier and more powerful than any interpretation of medieval music before."" The result has been associated more with medieval taverns and pubs rather than the royal courts or church. While medieval metal is a German phenomenon, one of the inspirations for the"
"only a two-piece (with Carl Fritscher playing all bass and guitar parts, as well as vocals with Phil Rigaud on drums). The band's name comes from an ancient order of Christian militants called the Knights Templar. Their focus on Middle Ages history is largely informed by Carl Fritscher (singer/guitarist) and Phil Rigaud's (drummer) studies and interests. A Templars album cover was displayed in a History Channel documentary about the Knights Templar. The narrator states that the legacy of the medieval organization has influenced varied aspects of modern society, including as film, literature and ""hardcore punk music."" There is also a"
"Judas Priest Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in West Bromwich in 1969. The band has sold over 50 million copies of their albums to date. They are frequently ranked as one of the greatest metal bands of all time. Despite an innovative and pioneering body of work in the latter half of the 1970s, the band struggled with indifferent record production, repeated changes of drummer, and lack of major commercial success or attention until 1980, when they adopted a more simplified sound on the album ""British Steel"", which helped shoot them to rock superstar status. The"
"Percival (band) Percival is a Polish folk music band from Lubin, formed by musicians of folk-metal band Percival Schuttenbach due to their fascination with history and historical reenactment. The name ""Percival"" refers not to any historical figure, but to the gnome named Percival Schuttenbach from Andrzej Sapkowski's ""The Witcher"" series of novels. The leaders of the band are Mikołaj Rybacki and Katarzyna Bromirska. The band plays traditional songs of Europe, mostly Slavic, and its own compositions referring to Early Medieval times, such as the Vikings era and pagan Europe. Musicians play traditional instruments: long-necked lute (saz or Bağlama), byzantine lyra"
"Epoch of Unlight, This Ending, Suidakra, Oathean, Thulcandra, Skeletonwitch, and Cardinal Sin. War metal (also known as war black metal or bestial black metal) is an aggressive, cacophonous and chaotic subgenre of blackened death metal, described by ""Rock Hard"" journalist Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann as ""rabid"" and ""hammering"". Important influences include first wave black metal band Sodom, first wave black metal/death metal band Possessed as well as old grindcore, black and death metal bands like Repulsion, Autopsy, Sarcófago and the first two Sepultura releases. War metal bands include Blasphemy, Archgoat, Impiety, In Battle, Beherit, Crimson Thorn, Bestial Warlust, and Zyklon-B. Brutal death"
"not to use names or places taken from the imaginary of Tolkien, although his works remain the main inspiration for their lyrics. The same inspiration marks the band's distinctive pseudo-medieval stage show, in which each member is dressed up in costumes and fantasy makeup to look like ""ferocious warriors"", ""dirty thieves"" or ""beautiful female elves"". Battlelore Battlelore are a Finnish heavy metal band from Lappeenranta, founded in 1999 by guitarist Jyri Vahvanen and bassist Miika Kokkola. The name derives from the union of the words 'battle' and 'folklore'. Many of Battlelore's lyrics concern J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth sagas and"
"in this interview that Kolgrim invented the term ""holocaust metal"" which sparked controversy. The title of the band's next album ""Pure Holocaust"" was in reference to this. The Call of the Wintermoon The Call of the Wintermoon is a song by the black metal band Immortal from their album ""Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism"". The song is notable for its music video, in which members of the band run amok in a forest and through the site of the ancient ruins of Lyse Abbey, wearing corpse paint (and other articles such as a wizard costume), brandishing various weapons and, among other things,"
"Steerhorn The steerhorn (German: ""stierhorn"", also known in English as a cowhorn or bullhorn) is an extremely long medieval bugle horn. The instrument has been used both orchestrally and in war. The steerhorn has a straight tube with an exact conical bore and no bell flare. The steerhorn is used in Wagner's ""Der Ring des Nibelungen"", as the score requires one steerhorn in ""Die Walküre"" and four in ""Götterdämmerung"". Today, many orchestras substitute the trombone or bass trombone. The Solti recording, the Golden Ring, had a steerhorn specially made as American soldiers carried off Bayreuth's steerhorns after the end of"
"Gothenburg. The Gothenburg sound, (also known as melodic death metal, Gothenburg melodic death metal or melodeath), propelled by both the Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal distortion effect pedal with cleaner recordings and melded with new wave of British heavy metal guitar lines, was pioneered by bands such as At the Gates, Dark Tranquillity, and In Flames for their respective albums: ""Slaughter of the Soul"", ""The Gallery"" and ""The Jester Race"". Other groups to have emerged from the Swedish death metal scene include Scar Symmetry, Hypocrisy, Tiamat, Arch Enemy, Soilwork, Meshuggah, Amon Amarth, Edge of Sanity, Opeth, Desultory, Cemetary, Avatar and The"
"Isengard (band) Isengard was a pagan black metal solo project of Fenriz, famous for being the drummer of Darkthrone, created in 1989. It is rooted on Norwegian black/Viking metal and experimental rock on some tracks, and named after the large fortress Isengard in J. R. R. Tolkien's ""The Lord of the Rings"" book series. The person/creature in Isengard's logo was taken from an old ""Lord of the Rings"" RPG called Middle-earth Role Playing. The original illustration represents Thuringwethil, the vampire from Tolkien's book ""The Silmarillion"". Fenriz created Isengard because he had many musical ideas that didn't fit in with the"
"let Eat Metal Records release the official unabridged bootleg live album ""Black Death in Athens"" (2004). Also in 2004, the band release the long-anticipated third album ""Defender of the Crown"". The songs ""Cry of the Banshee"" and ""Drink the Blood of the Priest"" were used in the 2009 video game ""Brütal Legend"". Brocas Helm (band) Brocas Helm is a heavy metal band from San Francisco founded in 1982. It is named after the medieval Brocas helm displayed in London's Rotunda, Woolwich. Brocas Helm was founded in 1982 by Bobbie Wright, James Schumacher, Jack Hays and John Grey. In 1983, the"
"the historical accuracy of the claim that such an instrument could be engineered in ancient times. However, it is conceivable that such a device could be manufactured, albeit extremely crudely, of bronze. Iron mallets that could be employed ""ad hoc"" to shatter the bones of the fingers and toes were standard equipment in medieval European torture chambers. Toes were also torn from the feet with iron pincers or had their nails slowly extracted with forceps or, with remarkable cruelty, by slowly hammering sharp, thin iron wedges under the toenails. Tablilla Tablillas was a Medieval Spanish technique of torture for slowly"
"heavy metal band Iron Maiden. Additionally, Somewhere in Time is the title of the band's sixth album. Furthermore, in his interview with Gordon, Dark Avenger states that he named himself after ""an old song""; Manowar (another heavy metal band) have a song titled ""Dark Avenger"", on their debut album. One of the victims of Dark Avenger's viruses was Sarah Gordon, a computer security researcher. Gordon became intrigued with the virus and joined a virus-exchange Bulletin Board System (""BBS"") in search of more information. Thus, she randomly came upon Dark Avenger, who was an avid visitor and BBS participant. The two"
"World War II. Steerhorn The steerhorn (German: ""stierhorn"", also known in English as a cowhorn or bullhorn) is an extremely long medieval bugle horn. The instrument has been used both orchestrally and in war. The steerhorn has a straight tube with an exact conical bore and no bell flare. The steerhorn is used in Wagner's ""Der Ring des Nibelungen"", as the score requires one steerhorn in ""Die Walküre"" and four in ""Götterdämmerung"". Today, many orchestras substitute the trombone or bass trombone. The Solti recording, the Golden Ring, had a steerhorn specially made as American soldiers carried off Bayreuth's steerhorns after"