Heavy Metal Pins and Buttons
Description: The thrash metal genre emerged in the early '80s as musicians began fusing the double bass drumming and complex guitar stylings of the new wave of British heavy metal with the speed and aggression of hardcore punk. Philosophically, thrash metal developed as a backlash against both the conservatism of the Reagan era and the much more moderate, pop-influenced, and widely accessible heavy metal subgenre of glam metal which also developed concurrently in the 1980s. The songs usually use fast percussive beats and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead guitar work. The lyrical subject matter often includes criticism of The Establishment, opposition to armed conflicts, and at times shares a disdain for religion.
Description: Satanic Rites is the third and final demo tape by Swiss extreme metal band, Hellhammer. It was recorded and distributed during December 1983, and like Hellhammer's other releases, it had a major influence on the emerging death metal and black metal genres. Satanic Rites later appeared on the compilation album, Demon Entrails, along with the two other demos, Death Fiend, and Triumph of Death.
Description: Rising (also known as Rainbow Rising) is the second studio album by the British-American heavy metal band Rainbow that was released on May 17, 1976. Rising captured Rainbow at the peak of their creative powers, chronicling the band's neoclassical metal compositions at their most ambitious, and their growing fixation with fantasy lyrical themes. The record is largely considered a masterpiece of heavy rock and is consistently included among the greatest heavy metal albums of all time.
Description: Upon their formation in 1982 in Jonquière, Quebec, Canada, Voivod primarily played speed metal heavily influenced by late 70s metal bands. The group would play their first live show (Later released as the demo Anachronism) on June 25, 1983 in Saguenay, and release another demo in January 1984 entitled To The Death! before getting signed. The band’s thrash-based debut, War and Pain, was released on August 10, 1984, followed by Rrröööaaarrr in 1986. Killing Technology is their third studio album that was released in 1987 and was the first to combine elements of progressive rock to the band's thrash metal sound, revealing a new sound influenced more by hardcore punk and crossover than metal, and had estimated sales of more than 60,000.
