You can’t have a conversation on Heavy Metal without talking about Black Sabbath. First led by Ozzy Osbourne, this seminal band took regular rock and roll and added a much darker sound. During the 1980’s you had two distinct types of heavy metal. You had the hair bands that mixed a more pop sound into heavy metal and you had bands like Metallica who played so fast and so hard a new genre of music had to be created to describe them. Over the years, metal has spawned different sub-genres like industrial, speed metal, black metal, death metal, plus many more. But it doesn’t matter if your favorite band of the 80’s was Judas Priest, Iron Maiden or Megadeth, there are plenty of bands today making lots of noise. Bands like Atreyu, Black Tide, HIM and Lamb Of God are the new generation. So pump your fist up in the air and get ready to have your cell phone loaded with tones from metal's finest.