Category: Classic Heavy-Metal Bands

When Ritchie Blackmore decided to start a side project from his work at Deep Purple, he started a band of his own. Whilst the origins of the band’s na

Any heavy metal head both knows and reveres the name Ronnie James Dio. Dio formed the band which he named after himself, back in 1982 following his de

The Birmingham, England, based band came together back in 1968. The band took their name from a film of the same name that was released at the time, b

When Led Zeppelin were formed in 1966, they certainly wouldn’t have been considered heavy metal, With Led Zeppelin’s falling into a mixed category per

Another fantastic English rock band, Deep Purple, set the tone of heavy rock, allowing its eventual evolution into what would become the heavy metal w