ly recall the band Iron Maiden, the probably most well known metal band from the British Isles. Yes, they belonged and with some fall-outs still belong among the best on the metal scene. I'm not going to write too much about them right now, becuase there's plenty of articles and biographies on the Internet anyway. Heavy metal slowly began to crawl into the awareness of the fans of hard music.
                  In the 80's also many sub-styles (or categories) of metal came into existence. You can read about them lower in the characteristics of the particular styles. But still I have to mention speed metal, that started to break through in Germany. Remember the album "Walls of Jericho" by Helloween? That's probably one of the best speed metal albums ever. Rough and fast music that moved the evolucion of metal another step further. For me personally this album means a lot, because it was actually my very first metal cassete. When I heared it for the first time I was shocked. I said to myself, wow, this stuff is really hard, and so I started to listen to metal. These days different bands are my favourite, but I still like Helloween pretty much.
                  In the beginning of the 90's death metal was born. I guess everyone knows the bands Obituary, Death, Cannibal Corpse etc. A big part of the death metal bands was founded in the USA, in Florida in particular. Today death metal is played by many bands and their sound is quite unique for each one of them. I'll be more specific about that later.
                  Probably the greatest number of various styles canem into existence in the 90's. Many bands started to combine a couple of styles at one time and that's when the particular categories started be be a little tight. It's no longer possible to place a band in this or that style. And I think that this is for metal music itself a big plus, because metal is becoming, or perhaps it has already become, one of the most consistant musical styles. It'...