HEROES OF HEAVY METAL
At’s safe to assume that the earth’s gravitational pull is growing stronger by the day, since metal music had its heaviest year ever in 1987. Bands like Poison, Europe and Motley Crue had chart-topping albums, while established groups such as Whitesnake and Def Leppard steamrolled onto the charts with impressive new releases.
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HEROES OF HEAVY METAL
THE HEROES OF HEAVY METAL
At’s safe to assume that the earth’s gravitational pull is growing stronger by the day, since metal music had its heaviest year ever in 1987. Bands like Poison, Europe and Motley Crue had chart-topping albums, while established groups such as Whitesnake and Def Leppard steamrolled onto the charts with impressive new releases.
1987 also saw the emergence of an exciting new offshoot—the energetic, unpredictable thrash metal. Spearheaded by Metallica and Megadeth, speedmetal crossed over from underground status to mass appeal and added a whole new dimension to the genre in 1987, promising to be one of the driving forces keeping metal alive and kicking in 1988!
