20/10/2025
Metalicious :Roots of Heavy Metal:
Blues & Hard Rock
Bringing Variety Back to Metal Gigs & Uniting the Sub Genres.
Today Metal music is considered to be only Heavy with no Light/Soft metal bands. When I grew up Heavy Metal had many sub genres but gigs were diverse and had a variety of bands. Metalicious includes Hard Rock bands that are also considered Metal.
Monsters of Rock was a hard rock and heavy metal music festival. It was originally held annually in Castle Donington, England, from 1980 to 1996, taking place every year except 1989 and 1993.
The Blues: influenced most early heavy metal bands.
Travelling Riverside Blues" is a blues song written by the bluesman Robert Johnson. He recorded it on June 20, 1937.
Covered by Led Zeppelin.
Their version of this song was produced by John Walters at the BBC studios in Aeolian Hall on June 24, 1969 during the band's UK Tour of Summer 1969.
The devil aspect of Heavy Metal originated with blues legend Robert Johnson. Legend says that he sold his soul to the devil at a local crossroads in return for musical success.
Below are the metal bands & Artist that inspired Metalicious.
Alice Cooper: Started 1964
(born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter. With a career spanning more than five decades. Cooper has experimented with various musical styles, mainly hard rock, glam rock, heavy metal, and glam metal
Scorpions: Formed 1965
A German hard rock band formed in Hanover in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker. Scorpions are most commonly categorized as hard rock and heavy metal
Led Zeppelin: Formed 1968
are cited as a progenitor of hard rock and heavy metal. Among the best-selling music artists of all time, they influenced the music industry, particularly in the development of album-oriented rock and stadium rock.
Black Sabbath: Formed 1968
An English heavy metalband formed in Birmingham in 1968.
The band have also been cited as a key influence on genres including stoner rock,[grunge, doom metal, and sludge metal. Early on, Black Sabbath were influenced by Cream, the Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Blue Cheer, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, and Iron Butterfly
Deep Purple: Formed 1968
An English rock band formed in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock. Originally formed as a psychedelic rock and progressive rock band, they shifted to a heavier sound with their 1970 album Deep Purple in Rock
UFO: Formed 1968
were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. They became a transitional group between early hard rock and heavy metal and the new wave of British heavy metal. An influence on the 1980s and 1990s hard rock and heavy metal scenes.
Nazareth: Formed 1968
A Scottish hard rock band formed in Dunfermline in 1968. After getting some attention with their second album Exercises, released in 1972, Nazareth supported Deep Purple on tour. A tribute came in 1993 when Guns N' Rosescovered Nazareth's "Hair of the Dog" on "The Spaghetti Incident?"
Judas Priest: Formed 1969
are an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969. They have been referred to as one of the pioneers of the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) movement. They are cited as a formative influence on various metal subgenres, including speed metal, thrash metal and power metal.
Thin Lizzy: Formed 1969
An Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1969.
The band's music reflects a wide range of influences including blues, soul music, psychedelic rock, and traditional Irish folk music, but is generally classified as hard rock or sometimes heavy metal.
Uriah Heep: Formed 1969
are an English rock band formed in London in 1969. Uriah Heep's music has predominantly been described by critics and journalists as hard rock, progressive rock and heavy metal. Uriah Heep have been cited as an influence by numerous acts, including Iron Maiden, Queen, Accept, Ghost, Fates Warning, S***m, Death, Dio, King Diamond, Avenged Sevenfold, Krokus, Demons & Wizards
Aerosmith: Formed 1970
An American rock band formed in Boston in 1970. Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has also incorporated elements of pop rock, heavy metal, glam metal, and rhythm and blues
Van Halen: Formed 1972
An American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972
musical style has been described as hard rock, heavy metal, AOR,pop rock and glam metal.
Twisted Sister: Formed 1972
An American heavy metalband formed in 1972 in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, and later based on Long Island, New York. Twisted Sister's music has been variously described as heavy metal, glam metal, hard rock and shock rock.
AC/DC Formed 1973
An Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973. Their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock and heavy metal, although the band calls it simply "rock and roll". AC/DC's influences include the Rolling Stones & Chuck Berry.
Kiss: Formed 1973
(commonly styled as KIϟϟ or KISS) was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973. Kiss has typically been classified under the genres of hard rock, heavy metal, shock rock, glam metal, and glam rock
Rainbow: Formed 1975
(also known as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow or Blackmore's Rainbow) were an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1975. Established in the aftermath of Blackmore's first departure from Deep Purple, they originally featured four members of the American rock band Elf, including their singer Ronnie James Dio. Rainbow's early work primarily used mystical lyrics with a hard rock/heavy metal style, then went in a more pop-rock oriented direction following Dio's departure from the group.
Iron Maiden: Formed 1975
An English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Steve Harris, Iron Maiden's bassist and primary songwriter,[315] has said his influences include Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes, Jethro Tull, Thin Lizzy, UFO, Queen, Wishbone Ash and Golden Earring
Motörhead: Formed 1975
An English rock band formed in London in 1975 by bassist and lead vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, guitarist. The band are often considered a precursor to the new wave of British heavy metal, which re-energised heavy metal in the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were the first metal band to harness that energy and, in the process, they created speed metal and thrash metal."
Def Leppard: Formed 1977
An English rock band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They established themselves as part of the new wave of British heavy metal of the early 1980s. Def Leppard has a "catchy" and "guitar-driven" musical style, described as hard rock, glam metal, pop metal
Whitesnake: Formed 1978
An English rock band formed in London in 1978. The group were originally put together as the backing band for singer David Coverdale, who had recently left Deep Purple. Whitesnake's early sound has been characterised by critics as blues rock, but by the mid-1980s the band slowly began moving toward a more commercially accessible hard rock style. Dave Ling, writing for Classic Rock, described "Walking in the Shadow of the Blues" as "a textbook fusion of blues, hard rock and melody".
This later period of Whitesnake's career has been described by music critics as hard rock, heavy metal, and glam metal
Anvil: Formed 1978
is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in Toronto in 1978. The band currently consists of founding members guitarist/vocalist Steve "Lips" Kudlow and drummer Robb Reiner. The band has released twenty studio albums; they have been cited as having influenced many notable heavy metal groups including Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, and Metallica.
Queensrÿche: Formed 1980
An American progressive metal band. It formed in 1980 in Bellevue, Washington, and first went by Cross+Fire and then by the Mob before settling on its current name in 1982. Queensrÿche is most commonly described as progressive meta and heavy metal.
Metallica: Formed 1981
An American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1981. The band's fast tempos, instrumentals and aggressive musicianship made them one of the founding "big four" bands of thrash metal, alongside Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer.
Mötley Crüe: Formed 1981
An American heavy metal band formed in Hollywood, California, in 1981. Mötley Crüe's musical style is most commonly described as heavy metal, glam metal, and hard rock. the band has "a knack for melding pop hooks to heavy metal theatrics.
Pantera: Formed 1981
is an American heavy metal band formed in Arlington, Texas in 1981. Having started as a glam metal band, Pantera released three albums in the mid-1980s with lead vocalist Terry Glaze with little success. Looking for a new and heavier sound, Pantera recruited Anselmo in 1986 and released Power Metal in 1988.
Dio: Formed 1982
An American heavy metal band formed in 1982 and led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Dio left Black Sabbath with intentions to form a new band with fellow former Black Sabbath member, drummer Vinny Appice. The Dio patch on the denim jacket worn by Eddie Munson (played by Joe Quinn) in a season of the Netflix show Stranger Things is made using a t-shirt from Ronnie James Dio's personal estate.
Bon Jovi: Formed 1983
An American rock band formed in Sayreville, New Jersey in 1983. The band's first four albums were described as glam metal.
Megadeth: Formed 1983
An American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist and guitarist Dave Mustaine.
Guns N' Roses Formed 1985
An American hard rockband formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1985 from L.A. Guns and Hollywood Rose. Early Guns N' Roses music was a fusion of punk rock, blues rock, hard rock, heavy metal, and glam metal.
Dream Theatre: Formed 1985
An American progressive metal band formed in 1985 in Boston, Massachusetts. The band is well noted for being one of the early progenitors of the progressive metal genre, and they are considered a member of the so-called "big three" of the genre, along with Queensrÿche and Fates Warning.
Danzig: Formed 1987
An American heavy metal band led by former Misfits and Samhain frontman Glenn Danzig. Formed in 1987 in Lodi, New Jersey. Danzig became a unique voice in the rock-scene for playing bluesy, doom-laden metal, with Glenn Danzig crooning in the style of Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley. Danzig is primarily a heavy metal band,[40] who is sometimes seen as part of the doom metal and gothic metalsub-genres.
Marilyn Manson: Band founded 1989
An American rock musician. He is the lead singer and the only original member remaining of the same-titled band he founded in 1989. Manson is widely considered one of the most controversial figures in heavy metal.
Tool: Formed 1990
An American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1990. Tool's musical style has been described as alternative metal, art rock, post-metal, progressive rock, progressive metal.
Machine Head: Formed 1991
An American heavy metalband from Oakland, California. The band was formed in 1991 by vocalist/guitarist Robb Flynn. Machine Head has been described as groove metal, thrash metal, nu metal,alternative metal, or heavy metal in general.
Rage Against the Machine: Formed 1991
(often abbreviated as RATM or shortened to Rage) was an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1991. Rage Against the Machine has been described as rap metal, rap rock, funk metal, alternative metal, hard rock and alternative rock
Korn (stylized as KoЯn): Formed 1993
An American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, originally formed in
1993.
Slipknot: Formed 1995
An American heavy metal band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1995. Slipknot is well known for its attention-grabbing image, aggressive style of music, and energetic and chaotic live shows.
Nightwish: Formed 1996
A Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996. Nightwish performs goth-influenced symphonic metal with female vocals. Their music has been also described as symphonic gothic metal which mixes metal, opera, weepy power ballads, and keyboard solos.
