Slides from Yelp Engineering Learning Group on May 3, 2013. The original presentation is available at http://benknight.github.io/heavy-metal-slides

1. The History of
Heavy Metal
BENJAMIN KNIGHT & ANDREW TRIBONE
MAY 3, 2013

2. INTRODUCTION
Goal
Not to convince you that you should listen to metal, but
rather tell you what about metal I think is interesting.
What “qualifies” me?
Listening to metal since 7th grade.
Started playing guitar a year later; learned nearly every
Metallica song.
Worked at college radio station for 4 years as Metal
Director.

3. ORIGINS

4. 1960S – EARLY METAL
Cream
Blue Cheer
Jimi Hendrix
Deep Purple
Led Zeppelin
The Stooges
Black Sabbath

5. Tony Iommi

6. 1970S: MANY OFFSHOOTS
Glam Metal
Twisted Sister, Motley Crue, Poison
Progressive Rock
Rush, Yes
New Wave of British Heavy Metal
Iron Maiden, Motorhead
Punk
The Ramones, The Misfits, The Clash
Power Metal
Manowar, Judas Priest, Rainbow

7. 1980S: MODERN METAL
Thrash Metal
Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth
Death Metal
Cannibal Corpse, Death
Progressive Metal
Dream Theater, Fates Warning, Symphony X, Opeth
Black Metal
Doom Metal

8. 1990S AND 2000S: FUSION
Nu Metal
KoЯn, Limp Bizkit, System of a Down
Metalcore
Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall

9. FAMILY TREE

10. WAT.
Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal, Funk Metal, Black Metal,
Symphonic Black Metal, White Metal, Unblack Metal, Death n'
Roll, Groove Metal, Drone Metal, Rap Metal, Viking Death
Metal, Medieval Metal, Celtic Metal, Pagan Metal, Goregrind,
Nintendocore, Neoclassical Metal, Industrial Metal, Math
Metal, Teutonic thrash metal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_subgenres

11. GLAM METAL

12. BLACK METAL

13. THE SOUND OF EVIL™
Distorted electric guitar
Power chords

15. WHERE ARE METAL BANDS FROM?
Metal Bands per 100,000 people

16. BAY AREA METAL
Metallica, Autopsy, Exodus, Testament, High on Fire, Black
Cobra, Machine Head, Death Angel, etc.

17. METAL SUBCULTURE
Fans: Metalheads, headbangers, thrashers.
Counter-culture

18. FANS

19. CONCERTS & FESTIVALS

20. R.I.P. Jeff Hanneman of Slayer