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On This Day in 1983, Metallica Released the Album That Changed American Heavy Metal Forever

On this day (July 15), Metallica released their debut album Kill ‘Em All on Megaforce Records. The album’s eight tracks presented a raw combination of heavy metal and punk rock that became the ...
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On This Day in 1983, Metallica Changed the Metal World With Their Groundbreaking Debut Album

On this day (July 25) in 1983, Metallica released their debut album Kill ‘Em All. While it was not a major chart success for the band, it helped shape the budding subgenre of thrash metal. The band ...
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Top 20 greatest heavy metal albums of all time

Top 20 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’ll be counting down our picks for the most influential, important and downright outstanding recorded examples of heavy ...
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“I don't think the term ‘Heavy Metal’ was used for Led Zeppelin”: What was the first metal album to hit No 1?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On May 29, 1983, the four members of LA rock band Quiet Riot realised they were on to something big... It was 'Heavy Metal Day' at ...