{"product_id":"heavy-metal-the-story-in-pictures","title":"Heavy Metal The Story in Pictures","description":"\u003cp\u003eRico Conning. Used. Very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeavy metal developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the United Kingdom and the United States. With roots in blues, progressive, and psychedelic rock, heavy metal developed a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ethick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It did not take long before the first heavy metal bands—the blues-based\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLed Zeppelin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBlack Sabbath\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDeep Purple\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e being the leaders—attracted large audiences and significant album sales. Often \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ecritically and publicly reviled\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—something that is true to this day—few of these hard rock pioneers would continue on into the heavy metal genre.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books \u0026 Brew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47507904659629,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/booksandbrew.net\/products\/heavy-metal-the-story-in-pictures","provider":"Books And Brew","version":"1.0","type":"link"}