10 Most Influential Metal Band in the World

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1. Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath is a music group from England who is considered as one of the founders of the flow of heavy metal music. Founded by Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass) and Bill Ward (drums), they have experienced so much change of personnel so that at one time only Iommi remained from the initial formation.  
Black Sabbath also has several times held a reunion with ex-members, either on stage or in studio recordings. Currently, their status is a vacuum, with each member concentrating on a solo career.


2. Judas Priest Judas Priest is one of the most influential heavy metal music. The band was founded in 1969 in Birmingham, England by KK Downing and Ian Hill.  
Their classic formation including vocalist Rob Halford, guitarists KK Downing and Glenn Tipton, and bassist Ian Hill.

3. Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden is heavy metal music group founded in 1975 in London, United Kingdom by bassist Steve Harris. They have achieved success and influenced many other musical groups. 
They are also regarded as one of the bands in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal

4. Metallica
Metallica was first established in Los Angeles - the United States under the name The Young of Metal Attack. A few months later the group changed its name to Metallica who allegedly is a combination of Metal and Vodca said. Metallica The name itself is actually the name proposed for a music magazine that was stolen by Lars Ulrich before the magazine got the name.Formation is the first Metallica Lars Ulrich (drums), James Hetfield (vocals and guitar), Lloyd Grant (guitar) and Ron Mc Govney (bass). This formation which gave birth to the first song titled Hit The Light, which later signed rock compilation album Metal Massacre in 1981.After circulating Metal Massacre, and Ron Grant resigned. Grant's position was replaced by Dave Mustaine and Cliff Burton replaced Ron position. This formation later in July 1982 issued a demo album No Life Till Leather. Demo is then brought Metallica to get an agent and then migrated to New York.In 1983, Metallica plans to do a short tour to several cities. Unfortunately instead involved Hetfield and Mustaine feud, until finally Mustaine out and later founded Megadeth. Position Mustaine was replaced by Kirk Hammett, Exodus guitarist of the group. The third formation is then released album, Kill 'Em All in May 1983.In 1984, Metallica was compounded by issuing the album Ride the Lightning. This album lasted 50 weeks in the Billboard Top 200. For the smooth promotion they also issued a mini-album Jump In The Fire.September 1985, Metallica Master Of Puppets produced albums. Metallica re-entered the Billboard Top 40 for 72 weeks. This album is an album that went platinum without a single and video.
September 27, 1986, on tour to Scandinavia - the bus they were riding crashed and Cliff Burton (bass) died. This event was hitting all the band members. Even Dave Mustaine of Megadeth has been set up, recalled the death of Cliff in the song In My Darkest Hour (Megadeth Album: So Far .. So Good .. So What!). October 1986, the position of Cliff Burton was replaced by Jason Newsted, bassist of the group Floatsam And Jetsam.The album ... And Justice For All outstanding September 1988. This is where Metallica started out the video clip. Their first video for the song One, the video reached number 1 on MTV. This success led to the production of video clips of Cliff 'Em All a video memory of Cliff Burton.Metallica album was recorded late 1990. This album makes Metallica reached quadruple platinum sales and became the number one album in eight countries in America and Europe. And awarded a Grammy Award, category Best Metal Viewers two consecutive years.Base jason Newsted quit the band after a fight with James Hetfield. The dispute was caused Jason Newsted spend more time with his own project. Other band members who think Metallica should take precedence, even though at that Metallica is a vacuum.This group currently consists of Lars Ulrich (drums), James Hetfield (vocals and guitar), Kirk Hammett (guitar) and Robert Trujillo (bass). Former members include Ron McGovney (bass), Dave Mustaine (guitar), Cliff Burton (bass) and Jason Newsted (bass).On August 10, 2008 Metallica have finally completed the process of recording their new studio album to nine "Death Magnetic" which will be launched on September 12, 2008 in the whole world.The album was produced by "Rick Rubin" and the process of recording done at Sound City Studios, Shangri La Studios and Metallica in the studio itself.The first single and video clips of their "The Day That Never Comes" will be released later this month. In addition, you can download all the songs from the album for use in the game "Guitar Hero III" on the day of the launch of the album "Death Magnetic" is. and new guitarist Kirk datengnya cristhopher john.


5. Motorhead
Motorhead is a heavy metal music group founded in 1975 in London, United Kingdom by bassist Lemmy 
Kilmister.  
They have achieved success and influenced many other musical groups. They are also regarded as one of the bands in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal Thrash Metal et.
  
6. Celtic Frost
Celtic Frost was a heavy metal band from Zürich, Switzerland. They are known for their heavy influence on the extreme metal genres, particularly black metal. The group was first active from 1984 to 1993, and re-formed in 2001.
Following Tom Gabriel Fischer's departure in 2008, Celtic Frost decided to break up again. The band was inspired by heavy metal groups such as Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Venom but also by gothic rock acts like Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Christian Death and the hardcore punk group Discharge.


7. Manowar
Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York, United States, formed in 1980. They are known for writing lyrics with an emphasis on the heavy metal genre itself, fantasy (particularly sword and sorcery) and mythological topics (particularly Norse mythology). Manowar's sound is loud and bombastic; in an interview for MTV in February 2007, bassist Joey DeMaio lamented that "these days, there's a real lack of big, epic metal that is drenched with crushing guitars and choirs and orchestras... so it's nice to be one of the few bands that's actually doing that." In 1984 the band was included in the Guinness Book of World Records for delivering the loudest performance, a record which they have since broken on 2 occasions. They also hold the world record for the longest heavy metal concert after playing for 5 hours and 1 minute in Bulgaria in 2008.
Although the band has never been a mainstream commercial success in the United States, they maintain a strong cult following there. In contrast, they are extremely popular in the heavy metal scene in Europe, Japan, Australia and South America. Dedicated fans are known and referred to by the band as "Metal Warriors", "Manowarriors" or "Immortals", and collectively their fans are known as the "Army of Immortals". The band has sold over 9 million albums.


8. Slayer
Slayer is a thrash metal band the United States, formed in 1982 by Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King in Huntington Park, California. This group has spawned 10 studio albums, 2 live albums, and a boxed set.  
They became famous in the 1980s, especially after their album Reign in Blood (1986). Along with Metallica, Anthrax, and Megadeth they are 4 great thrash metal band.

9. Death
Death is death metal bands America's most influential, was founded by vocalist as well as guitarist Chuck Schuldiner. In 2001, the band broke up because of the death of Schuldiner.
They are recognized as one of the most influential groups in death metal genre. Band's debut album "Scream Bloody Gore" is considered as the pattern of the genre, described by critics as "the first prototype Documents death metal." Schuldiner Only one of the first people who left in the band from beginning to end. The music biographer has granted Schuldiner as the "father of death metal."

10. Napalm Death
Napalm Death is a band grindcore / death metal's most enduring, they are from Birmingham, England. At first the band was formed in the village of Meriden near Birmingham, England in 1981 by Nicholas Bullen and Miles Ratledge, with the name of the band early Civil Defence.

Although other groups had previously played fast and aggressive music, Napalm Death is always on so-called definition of musical structure through a mixture of grindcore genre of post-punk, hardcore punk and metal, play an aggressive, fast tempos and vocals are deep and hoarse. This group uses the term "Grind" to describe the music they played with reference to post-punk band from the American Swans.

Now there is no more original members of Napalm Death left. Early history of this band is one of the rotation permanent members: the group no longer have the original members when they perform the second recording their debut album Scum in 1987.
Napalm Death entered into the category as the seventh best-selling death metal band in the U.S. by Nielsen Soundscan.


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