HEAVY METAL (or simply METAL) is a genre of rock music that arose in the late 1960s and early 1970s mostly throughout the United Kingdom and United States . It's roots lay within blues, classical music and rock and it is generally characterized by a massive sound of distortion, extended guitar solos, driving drum beats, vigorous vocals and an emphasis on loudness. Heavy metal itself has spawned numerous subgenres which generally can be identified through changing, or omitting one of the these attributes.
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Check Out This Previously Unreleased MOTÖRHEAD Soundcheck Of ‘Stay Clean’ From 1981 Tour
Life on the road isn’t all glamour and rock ‘n’ roll excess, and MOTÖRHEAD’s punishing tour schedule in 1981 took them all over the globe as they rode high on the success of “Ace Of Spades”. One integral part of the daily grind on the road is the soundcheck, although very little of it is...
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PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS Parts Ways With Vocalist NEIL STARR
PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS, the band featuring MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell alongside his sons Todd, Dane and Tyla, have parted ways with vocalist Neil Starr, The band comments: “After much deliberation, we regret to announce that we have decided to try a new vocal direction with the band and are therefore parting ways...
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MOTÖRHEAD To Release Deluxe Edition Of ‘No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith’
Back in the summer of 1981, MOTÖRHEAD got louder, dirtier and more universal, and you’re getting an invitation to relive this most glorious of achievements once again… Following on from 2020’s year-long celebration of MOTÖRHEAD’s iconic “Ace Of Spades” album comes the live album to end all live albums the undisputed definitive live record of...
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MOTÖRHEAD Release The Single/Video for ‘Rock It’ From ‘Louder Than Noise… Live In Berlin’
Strap in and enjoy a super-slice of what MOTÖRHEAD’s forthcoming “Louder Than Noise… Live In Berlin” will be offering, with the single and video for “Rock It”. Hailing from the band’s sixth studio album (1983’s “Another Perfect Day”), “Rock It” combines the drive, balls, roar, groove and bluesy swagger which underscores the core Motörsound, and,...
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MOTÖRHEAD Set To Drop Multi-Format ‘Louder Than Noise… Live In Berlin’ Show
Throughout the Grammy Award-winning band’s illustrious 40-year career, Germany never wavered in its loyal and fanatical support of MOTÖRHEAD’s untouchably loud rock ‘n’ roll, with the band regularly selling out tour after tour. And on December 5, 2012, at the Berlin Velodrom, MOTÖRHEAD played one of their biggest-ever German gigs to 12,000 delirious, delighted and...
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MOTÖRHEAD Are Back On The Charts With ‘Ace Of Spades’ 40th-Anniversary Release
MOTÖRHEAD’s “Ace Of Spades” 40th-anniversary celebration releases have taken the world by storm once more, establishing this landmark album as being of eternal importance to music culture. With a centerpiece deluxe edition box set, comprising the original album, two previously unreleased live albums from the “Ace Up Your Sleeve” tour, a DVD compilation, 40-page book,...
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Details On The Bad Ass New MOTÖRHEAD ‘Ace Of Spades’ Deluxe Collector’s Box Set
One of metal’s most important albums is getting the “box-set” treatment. And we’re hyped as f*ck about it! MOTÖRHEAD’s 1980 album “Ace Of Spades” was nothing short of a gamechanger for all forms of hard rock. Like lightning in a bottle, it perfectly captured everything great about hard rock, heavy metal, and punk, amped it...
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LEMMY KILMISTER Biopic Currently In Development
It looks like MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister will get a biopic based on his life. The upcoming film, “Lemmy”, will be directed by Greg Olliver, who previously helmed the 2010 documentary of the same name, “Lemmy”. “Lemmy” will go into production next year, with VMI introducing the film at the Cannes virtual market. It will...