The dark sounds of heavy metal are born in the steel town of Birmingham, England; glam metal makes its ascent in the 1970s.
The New Wave of British Heavy Metal kicks up the speed and energy of metal music; punk and rock journalism play a detrimental role to the metal scene.
A burgeoning metal scene begins in California, with particular emphasis on the Aquanet-teased "hair bands" that ruled the Sunset Strip.
The brooding themes of Heavy Metal, such as found in Thrash and Nu Metal, infiltrate society and become an ideal soundtrack for the disenfranchised.