TESTAMENT
Testament: The Early Years — From Legacy Demos to Bay Area Thrash PowerhouseTestament’s early line-up cut their teeth on the Bay Area circuit. Origins: From Garage Riffs to the Bay…
GWAR
Music History • Humor The Early History and Formation of GWAR: A Totally Serious (But Not Really) Account If you’ve ever seen a GWAR concert, you know it’s less like…
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…
RONNIE JAMES DIO
Introduction Few figures in heavy metal loom as large as Ronnie James Dio. A man barely five and a half feet tall in stature, but a giant in vocal power…
CANNIBAL CORPSE
Origins of Cannibal Corpse Cannibal Corpse formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1988. The original lineup featured Chris Barnes (vocals), Bob Rusay and Jack Owen (guitars), Alex Webster (bass), and…
ROTTING CHRIST
Formation and early line-up Formed in Athens in the late 1980s, Rotting Christ became one of the most prominent faces of Greek extreme metal. The band grew out of a…
OZZY OSBOURNE
Obviusly we all know about the recent passing of OZZY OSBOURNE. It took me a few days to want to do this post but as a metal site we obviously…
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. The formation of Carcass: 1985–1987 The…
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…