ICED EARTH: American Power Metal band.
Iced Earth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
IN FLAMES: Massively popular Metal band from Sweden.
In Flames - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
IOMMI, TONY: Legendary guitarist with Black Sabbath.
Tony Iommi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
IRON MAIDEN: One of the biggest and most famous, and most commercially successful, Heavy Metal bands of all time.
Iron Maiden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
IRON MAN: Classic song from Black Sabbath, one that helped birth the subgenre of Doom Metal.
JONES, JOHN PAUL: Bass player and keyboard player for Led Zeppelin.
John Paul Jones (musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
JUDAS PRIEST: One of the original Heavy Metal bands, who predate the NWOBHM but are often linked with it.
Judas Priest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
KAMELOT: American Progressive Metal band.
Kamelot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
KILLERS: Seminal second album from Iron Maiden, last to feature Paul Di'Anno.
Killers (Iron Maiden album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
KING DIAMOND: Lead vocalist with Black Metal band Mercyful Fate, he also performs solo under his own name.
King Diamond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
KING, KERRY: Guitarist and co-founder of Thrash Metal supremos Slayer.
Kerry King - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
KISS: Glam Metal band who made their name by wearing elaborate masks onstage.
Kiss (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
KORN: One of the big names in the Nu-Metal movement.
Korn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
KREATOR: One of the "Big Three" Thrash/Death Metal bands in Germany.
Kreator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
LED ZEPPELIN: Primarily a rock/blues band, Led Zeppelin's influence nevertheless helped lead to the creation of the Heavy Metal genre, and so with Black Sabbath and Deep Purple they are looked upon as fathers of Heavy Metal, even if they weren't Heavy Metal themselves.
Led Zeppelin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
LEMMY: Legendary bass player, singer and founder of British noise merchants Motorhead.
Lemmy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
LIVE AFTER DEATH: Seminal and revered live album from Iron Maiden, professed by many to be the best live album ever.
Live After Death - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MANOWAR: Power Metal band from New York, Manowar utilise a lot of mythic and warrior-type imagery in their songs and stageshow.
Manowar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MEGADETH: Spinoff band from Metallica, now considered one of the "Big Four" thrash bands.
Megadeth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MERCYFUL FATE: Black Metal band from Denmark, whose vocalist King Diamond went on to have a successful solo career.
Mercyful Fate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
METALCORE: Want hardcore punk with extreme metal? You got it.
Metalcore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
METALHEAD: A follower and fan of Heavy Metal music.
Heavy metal subculture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
METALLICA: One of the "Big Four" Thrash Metal bands, best known for tracks like "Enter Sandman" and "One", and albums such as "Ride the lightning" and "Master of puppets".
Metallica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MORBID ANGEL: American Death Metal band whose guitarist is considered among the top in his subgenre.
Morbid Angel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MOTORHEAD: The granddaddies of British Thrash/Speed Metal, still one of the loudest bands around.
Motörhead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MUSTAINE, DAVE: Onetime guitarist with Metallica, he left (ahem!) to form Megadeth.
Dave Mustaine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NAPALM DEATH: Grindcore band from the UK.
Napalm Death - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NIGHTWISH: Symphonic Metal band from Finland.
Nightwish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NINE INCH NAILS: Usually abbreviated to NIN, this is an Industrial Metal band from Cleveland Ohio.
Nine Inch Nails - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NU-METAL: As annoying as its spelling, nu-metal features the younger bands who think they're metal, and add in elements of grunge, funk, rap and other genres to their music. Nu-Metal is generally derided by all true Metalheads.
Nu metal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NWOBHM: The New Wave of British Heavy Metal, a tag given to the phenomenal and simultaenous rise of new Heavy Metal bands such as Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Tank and Saxon during the early 1980s.
New Wave of British Heavy Metal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia