An honest analysis of how rock became hard rock and turned into heavy metal. I read a story that it was French science-fiction magazine "Metal Hurlant (literally Screaming Metal)" that was at the source of the term "Heavy Metal". The magazine became popular outside of France, particularly in the USA and they decided to release an English version but called it Heavy Metal instead of Screaming Metal. Some of the stories in the magazine, drawn by Moebius (Jean Giraud) featured these heavy, very large machines and robots and some journalist(s) mentioned that this music reminded them of those drawings and the name stuck. Personally, I started making a difference between Hard Rock and Heavy Metal after I heard the Metallica demos "Hit The Lights" and "No Life Til Leather" in a car en-route to the Aardschok (Eartshaker) Festival in Den Bosch, Holland, in mid 1981. The tape belonged to Guido Gevels, a guy I grew up with and who would later form and sing in Cyclone, a Belgian Speed Metal/Thrash band.
Like Halford said , it was Birmingham steel hammers rhythmic banging . Either you go work in the mills or start a band.
An honest analysis of how rock became hard rock and turned into heavy metal. I read a story that it was French science-fiction magazine "Metal Hurlant (literally Screaming Metal)" that was at the source of the term "Heavy Metal". The magazine became popular outside of France, particularly in the USA and they decided to release an English version but called it Heavy Metal instead of Screaming Metal. Some of the stories in the magazine, drawn by Moebius (Jean Giraud) featured these heavy, very large machines and robots and some journalist(s) mentioned that this music reminded them of those drawings and the name stuck. Personally, I started making a difference between Hard Rock and Heavy Metal after I heard the Metallica demos "Hit The Lights" and "No Life Til Leather" in a car en-route to the Aardschok (Eartshaker) Festival in Den Bosch, Holland, in mid 1981. The tape belonged to Guido Gevels, a guy I grew up with and who would later form and sing in Cyclone, a Belgian Speed Metal/Thrash band.
Miron Haydon
Black Sabbath is HEAVY METAL