325: EMPLOYED TO SERVE

The combination of death metal heaviness and hardcore aggression Employed to Serve create makes for some of the intense music in their particular scene. It also means they tend to appeal to multiple demographics, from metalcore kids looking for something with extra bite, to an older death metal crowd looking for something new and fresh. … Continue reading 325: EMPLOYED TO SERVE

315: BLACK SABBATH

On any given day, the heavy metal genre might as well be subtitled 'Music Derivative of Black Sabbath'.Lars Ulrich Todayโ€™s band, our final Icon, was always going to be Black Sabbath. Iโ€™ve known since January. Because today, ten years ago (11/11/11), Black Sabbath reunited, and it was the biggest metal news in years. Thatโ€™s just … Continue reading 315: BLACK SABBATH

313: MOTร–RHEAD

When Ian โ€˜Lemmyโ€™ Kilmister was kicked out of Hawkwind in 1975, he set about forming a new band, one that took inspiration from the punk scene and played โ€˜fast and viciousโ€™. Little did anybody realise what the time, but this would set in motion the birth of a band whose sound would directly inspire the … Continue reading 313: MOTร–RHEAD

312: JUDAS PRIEST

Iโ€™m not sure I could better express Judas Priestโ€™s importance than Sam Dunn did, son Iโ€™m going to start by sharing thatโ€ฆ Black Sabbath's audience was left to scavenge for sounds with similar impact. By the mid-1970s, heavy metal aesthetic could be spotted, like a mythical beast, in the moody bass and complex dual guitars … Continue reading 312: JUDAS PRIEST

310: RAINBOW

When Ritchie Blackmore had two songs rejected by Deep Purple he chose to record them with Elf frontman Ronnie James Dio. The experience had been such a positive one that they ultimately recorded a full album as Ritchie Blackmoreโ€™s Rainbow. This would ultimately lead to him leaving Deep Purple. There are two specific elements of … Continue reading 310: RAINBOW