Top 10 most significant moments in Metal

[MetalGod5150]

hey guys i need help i want to make this article for the newspaper and i want to make this artcicle of the most important things that happened in metal please guys i would like a lot of opinions if possible thanks.

 

[rokk]

 

[Death Animal]

10 MICHAEL BOLTON EARLY METAL CAREER
9 KIP WINGER BALLERINA
8 METALLICA CUTS THEIR HAIR
7 SHERYL CROW COVERS "SWEET CHILD O' MINE"
6 JETHRO TULL WINS THE FIRST EVER METAL GRAMMY
5 PAT BOONE GOES METAL FOR AN ALBUM OF METAL CLASSICS
4 HEADBANGER'S BALL CANCELLED
3 CELINE DION COVERS AC/DC AT VH1 DIVAS LAS VEGAS
2 OZZY GOES TO WASHINGTON TO MEET BUSH
1 VINCE NEIL LEADS GIANT CHICKEN DANCE

 

[carnut]

and;

Blue Cheer making the first hard rocking album

Black Sabbath making the first Heavy Metal album

Rush making the first progressive hardrock album

Priest leading the way for hundreds of Heavy Metal bands

Maiden releasing an album

Metallica making their first (and only Thrash Metal album

Venom making their first Black Metal album

SOD making their first crossover metal album

Dream Theater making their first progmetal album

Somewhere in here should be the first nu-metal album band, not important though ...
(same goes for grunge, emo, malcore, hardcore, ...)

these days ; Real Heavy Metal is on the rise again!!

 

[Consuming Impulse]

1 Black Sabbath releases the first metal album on Friday Febuary 13 1970.
2 Judas Priest Accept and many others such as Iron Maiden and Motorhead forming.
3 Anthrax creating Thrash Metal in June 1981. Bands such as Kreator and Slayer also play this gerne.
4 Slayer formed in 1982
5 1986 A great year for metal cause landmark albums such as Reign in Blood, Pleasure To Kill, Master of Puppets, Peace Sells but Whos Buying, etc. are released.
6 Pantera turns into a Thrash/Groove Metal band.
7 Norweigian Black Metal Scene
8 1997 saw the original Black Sabbath reuinite.
9 Gigantour 2005, A Summer tour to remember and it is a important part in Metal tour history. It featured Metal gods such Megadeth, Fear Factory, Dream theater, Anthrax (on the last few dates),etc.
10 An Upcoming Event, 6/6/06 wich is Officially National Slayer day.

 

[Wyvern]

Lemmy

Black Sabbath
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden

Ozzy leaving Black Sabbath
Dio joining Black Sabbath
Phil Lynnot's passing away
Halford leaving Judas Priest
Dickinson leaving Iron Maiden

Metallica selling out

NP: Blackmore's Night - 'Village Lanterne'

 

[baldyboy]

cliff burton dying.

 

[Insilden_The Shred]

cliff burton dying.

Or rather what he did while he was alive.

 

[baldyboy]

both i guess!

 

[T_man357]

December 3, 1948 in Aston, Birmingham, England
John Michael (OZZY) Osbourne is born..

Release first Black Sabbath album in 1970....Metal has now been born.

There's no more significant moment in metal!!

 

[Death Animal]

1. I bought my first Iron Maiden cd.

 

[kittybeast]

Dio throwing the horns...starting a 'cult' phenomenon

Moscow Peace Festival

Hear-n-Aid

PMRC

MTV

 

[Zivilyn]

PMRC
Ozzy Bat/Dove Biting
Black Sabbath in general
Cliff Burton's death
Metallica selling out
Nu Metal in all it's wretchedness
Varg's ordeal
Jethro Tull wins the grammy
NWOBHM
The whole glam hair thing.... Whatever started that. :zombie:

There's 10, but there are a few other good ideas in the thread as well.

 

[SoundMaster]

1) Jimmy Page assumes 'ownership' of the New Yardbirds and imagines a change in musical direction. Peter Grant is soon hired as manager and the search for talent commences. Within months, two young unknowns named John Bonham and Robert Plant are signed on...

2) Earth decides that the blues are being beaten to death by scores of other British whites and opt for a decidedly anti-hippy, heavier-than-death musical vision. After weekend visit to the local cinema and a devilishly named Boris Karloff movie, music will never be the same...

 

[rokk]

The whole glam hair thing.... Whatever started that. :zombie:

 

[felipemomo]

1 black sabbath starts
2 black sabbaths' first CD is for sale
3 Metallica and Slayer start the thrash metal movement
4 death metal starts
5 black metal starts
6 AC/DC, Metallica, Slayer (i believe), and Iron Maiden play at the donington castle
7 churches are burnt in Norway
8 Varg Vikerns is enjailed
9 ...
10...

but above all, I bought Kill 'em All, most impressive event of history

 

[sumairetsu]

8 1997 saw the original Black Sabbath reuinite.

Actually, it was July 13th, 1985, though it was only for one show.

 

[Consuming Impulse]

Actually, it was July 13th, 1985, though it was only for one show.

i know but it was permanite.

 

[Consuming Impulse]

3 Metallica and Slayer start the thrash metal movement

Actually Anthrax created thrash. They formed before Slayer and Metallica.

 

[sumairetsu]

Actually Anthrax created thrash. They formed before Slayer and Metallica.

Actually, they were more of a straight-ahead Metal band, which is evident in their first LP, Fistful of Metal. Their sound - as well as Slayer's, who met Metallica in Anaheim, CA - didn't change significantly until after being introduced to Metallica in New York. Metallica at the time were already promoting their demo, No Life 'Til Leather, when they were influenced by Jon and Marsha Zazula to go to Rochester, New York, USA to play. They were later signed as Megaforce's first band on the label roster a few days later.

If anyone could be given more credit for "creating" the Thrash Metal movement and it's associated rhythms and styles, we can probably credit (blame?) Venom with their release in 1982 of Black Metal, especially with songs such as Black Metal, Heaven's On Fire and Acid Queen, or back even further with songs like Angel Dust, Poison and Witching Hour (written in 1979-81). Venom were also a huge influence on Metallica and 1985 saw Metallica opening for Venom.

Anthrax didn't really start getting "thrashy" until the Armed and Dangerous EP and then Spreading the Disease.