Metal was born from hard rock at the end of the 1960s. Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Led Zeppelin laid the foundation, while Judas Priest and Iron Maiden shaped classic heavy metal: fast solos, powerful vocals, leather-clad imagery.
The sub-genres branch astonishingly: thrash metal (Metallica, Megadeth); death metal (Cannibal Corpse); black metal (Mayhem, Emperor — the cold, raw sound of northern forests); progressive metal (Dream Theater, Tool); symphonic metal (Nightwish); power metal. Ukraine has a powerful metal scene: 1914 (death/black metal about the First World War, internationally acclaimed), Komu Vnyz (gothic metal), Nokturnal Mortum (folk black metal). Ukrainian metal reaches beyond the country thanks to its authentic sound.
