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…
CRADLE OF FILTH
Origins in Suffolk Cradle of Filth was formed in 1991 in Suffolk, England, by vocalist Dani Filth (Daniel Davey). Far from the urban music scenes, the band emerged from the…
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,…
BOLT THROWER
In the gritty crucible of 1980s Britain, a time marked by political tension, economic strife, and a vibrant underground music scene, Bolt Thrower emerged as a thunderous voice of war,…
PARADISE LOST
In the late 1980s, as the heavy metal landscape was dominated by thrash and death metal, a group of teenagers from Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, formed a band that would…
W.A.S.P.
Origins in the L.A. Metal Scene One of the most notorious bands to emerge was W.A.S.P., a group known as much for their theatrics and controversy as their music. In…
WHAT WAS THE FIRST DEATH METAL RELEASE?
Were did Death Metal start? I hear you ask? Good question for me it’s an evolution process. The most obvious thing about Death Metal is the gutteral / growled vocal…
OBITUARY
Besides being one of my favourate child hood bands, Obituary, are one of the most influential bands in death metal history, the lads began their journey in 1984 in Tampa,…
SAXON
In the late 1970s, a new wave of heavy metal began rising in the UK, reshaping the rock landscape. At the heart of this movement was the band Saxon, one…