Black Sabbath and the Rise of Heavy Metal Music
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Black Sabbath
Bolt Thrower
British Blues Revival
British cultural studies
British Heavy Metal
British Heavy Metal Bands
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Extreme Metal
hard rock evolution
Heavy Metal Genre
heavy metal genre development
Iron Maiden
judas
Judas Priest
Lead Zeppelin II
led
Led Zeppelin
Main Riff
Metal Hammer
Musical Syntax
musicology
New Wave of British Heavy Metal
NWOBHM Band
Pentatonic Minor
post-war Birmingham music
priest
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Sixth String
Tension Builder
Thin Lizzy
Tony Iommi
War Pigs
Young Man
zeppelin
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- ISBN 9781138254138
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Nov 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The definition of 'heavy metal' is often a contentious issue and in this lively and accessible text Andrew Cope presents a refreshing re-evaluation of the rules that define heavy metal as a musical genre. Cope begins with an interrogation of why, during the late 1960s and early 1970s, Birmingham provided the ideal location for the evolution and early development of heavy metal and hard rock. The author considers how the influence of the London and Liverpool music scenes merged with the unique cultural climate, industry and often desolated sites of post-war Birmingham to contribute significantly to the development of two unique forms of music: heavy metal and hard rock. The author explores these two forms through an extensive examination of key tracks from the first six albums of both Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, in which musical, visual and lyrical aspects of each band are carefully compared and contrasted in order to highlight the distinctive innovations of those early recordings. In conclusion, a number of case studies are presented that illustrate how the unique synthesis of elements established by Black Sabbath have been perpetuated and developed through the work of such bands as Iron Maiden, Metallica, Pantera, Machine Head, Nightwish, Arch Enemy and Cradle of Filth. As a consequence, the importance of heavy metal as a genre of music was firmly established, and its longevity assured.
Dr Andrew L. Cope, Music School, Staffordshire Performing Arts
