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DEATH: Considered one of the earliest and most revered Death Metal bands. Death (metal band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

DEATH METAL: Subgenre characterised by rapid-fire drumming, speed guitar playing and growled vocals. Death (metal band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

DEEP PURPLE: Seminal metal band who defined much of the style of what followed. Notable members were Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore and Dave Coverdale. Deep Purple - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

DEF LEPPARD: Though later scorned as taking the AOR route to commercial fame, Leppard began as a hard rock/heavy metal band and are seen as one of the leading lights of the NWOBHM. Def Leppard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

DeMAIO, JOEY: Bass player with Power Metal band Manowar. Joey DeMaio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

DIAMOND HEAD: A band who never quite made it but were very popular initially. Still around today but nobody seems to really care. They were, however, an influence on one of the biggest thrash metal bands of the 80s/90s, Metallica. Diamond Head (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

DICKINSON, BRUCE: Frontman and vocalist for Iron Maiden. Bruce Dickinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

DIO: Band formed by Black Sabbath singer Ronnie James Dio which became a massive influence on the metal scene then and afterwards. Still cited as a big influence by most bands. Dio (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

DIO, RONNIE JAMES: Creator and founder of the band Dio, Ronnie sadly passed away in 2010. Ronnie James Dio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

DOOM METAL: A subgenre that typifies slower, more plodding and grinding music, with melancholic or despairing vocals and lyrics usually about hopelessness, dread, death and fear. Doom metal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

DRAGONFORCE: Poster boys for poseur metal, Dragonforce get a lot of stick for "playing at" being metal, running off searing riffs but not really creating much in the way of song structure or melodies, and basically copying other bands. "Metal 101" or "Shredding 101", in other words. DragonForce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

DREAM THEATER: Progressive Metal band who polarise opinion: you either love or hate them. Known for long, convoluted instrumentals in long, convoluted songs. Dream Theater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



EDDIE: Massive and often animatronic mascot of Iron Maiden, who has appeared on every album cover since the first one, in various costumes and identities. Eddie the Head - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ELLIOTT, JOE: Lead vocalist with Def Leppard. Joe Elliott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ENTOMBED: Death Metal band from Sweden. Entombed (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

EPICA: Progressive Metal band from Holland. Entombed (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

EUROPE: "Hair metal" band best remembered for the smash hit "The final countdown". Europe (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

EVANESCENCE: US Gothic Metal band who had some chart success initially but have faded mostly away from the public eye now. Evanescence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

EXTREME METAL: Not so much a subgenre as a sort of catch-all description covering the likes of Speed, Thrash, Death and Black Metal, often taking influences from each.



FATES WARNING: American Progressive Metal band. Fates Warning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

FEAR FACTORY: Influential Metal band who disbanded in 2002. Fear Factory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



GIRLSCHOOL: One of the first all-female Heavy Metal bands, they were identified closely with Motorhead and flourished around the time of the NWOBHM era. Girlschool - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

GRAVE DIGGER: German Power Metal band. Grave Digger (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

GREAT WHITE: American Metal band sadly best known now for the tragic gig they played at Rhode Island in 2003 in which fireworks were used and the place burned down, taking the lives of one hundred people. Great White - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

GRINDCORE: An extreme subgenre of an extreme subgenre, Grindcore takes noise to new levels, with incomprehensible vocals, distorted guitars, blastbeats and songs that are often less than a minute long. Grindcore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

GUNS N ROSES: One of the most famous recent and most commercial Metal bands --- some would say they weren't even true metal. Possibly more in the Bon Jovi category, whom nobody would class as any sort of Metal! Guns N' Roses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



HALFORD, ROB: Legendary singer with classic Metal band Judas Priest. Rob Halford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

HAMMERFALL: Power Metal band from Sweden. HammerFall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

HARRIS, STEVE: Bass player, songwriter, creative force and founder of world superstar Metal band Iron Maiden. Steve Harris (musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

HEADBANGING/HEADBANGER: Also known as Headshaking (though not Headshaker), this is the process by which fans, usually with long hair, shake and sway their heads from side to side and up and down while listening to Heavy Metal music, usually live. Headbanging ranges in levels of ferocity, from gentle swaying to violent, brain-jarring reflexes. Headbanger is also a term for a Metal fan, though these days Metalhead has taken over mostly. Headbanging - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

HELLOWEEN: Revered Power Metal band from Germany, a huge influence on the subgenre and on Metal in general. Very instrumental in the rise of Power Metal as a force in Germany. Helloween - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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