I love heavy metal music. The genre developed in the late 1960s in the UK.
Who are your favorite bands?
I'm a huge fan of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. Both were founded in 1968!
I am a newer fan but doubt it really counts as metal, who is good these days?
I'm more of a fan of the old bands. Heavy metal has its roots in blues rock and psychedelic/acid rock.
That makes sense, it really seemed to boom in the 60s and 70s
most famous pioneers, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple were founded. Though they came to attract wide audiences, they were often derided by critics. Following the blueprint laid down by Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, several American bands modified heavy metal into more accessible forms during the 1970s: the raw, sleazy sound and outrageous stage shows of Alice Cooper and Kiss; the blues-rooted rock of Aerosmith; and the flashy guitar leads and wild party rock of Van Halen. During the mid-1970s, Judas Priest helped spur
List of heavy metal festivals
This is an incomplete list of heavy metal festivals. Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United States and the United Kingdom. With roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock, the first heavy metal bands such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple attracted large audiences, and during the late 1960s and mid-1970s these band and others in their genre were featured at a number of historic rock festivals