3 Metal Bands That Formed in the 1980s Whose Heavy Melodies Still Echo Decades Later
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American heavy metal group Metallica, UK, 1985. Left to right: lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, singer and guitarist James Hetfield, drummer Lars Ulrich and bassist Cliff Burton. (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns/Getty Images) The 1980s were a golden age for metal music. Thanks to some heavy tunes in prior decades (we see you Iron Butterfly), by the 1980s, metal was in full form. Audiences craved the dark, brooding stuff. And bands were there to provide it. That's just what we wanted to dive into here below. We wanted […] The post 3 Metal Bands That Formed in the 1980s Whose Heavy Melodies Still Echo Decades Later appeared first on American Songwriter .
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