Category: Metal History

ACCEPT

Formation in Solingen Few heavy metal bands can claim the influence and staying power of Accept. The group took shape in Solingen, West Germany in the late 1960s, when guitarist…

CARCASS

The Early History of Carcass: From Goregrind to Death Metal Legends Explore how Carcass emerged from the UK underground to reshape extreme metal forever. 🌱 Formation: Punk Roots and Metal…

DEICIDE

Deicide: The Formation and Early Days of Death Metal’s Most Blasphemous Band In the swampy depths of the late 1980s Florida death metal scene, something evil was brewing. Ferocious, devoutly…

EMPEROR

Origins and Formation (1991–1992) Formed in Notodden, Norway in 1991, Emperor was the brainchild of teenagers Ihsahn (Vegard Tveitan) and Samoth (Tomas Haugen). After experimenting under names like Embryonic and…

KREATOR

In the global landscape of thrash metal, Germany carved out its own ferocious chapter during the 1980s, with bands like Destruction, Sodom, and Kreator leading the charge. Among these titans,…