Heavy Metal Music: The Best HD Desktop Wallpapers

Looking for the best HD desktop wallpaper of your favorite heavy metal band? Look no further! We’ve got the best selection of metal band wallpapers, all in high definition.

Introduction

Heavy metal music is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and the United States. With roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. The genre’s lyrics and performance styles are sometimes associated with aggression and machismo.

In 1970, four landmark albums were released that defined the Heavy Metal genre: Black Sabbath’s Paranoid, Led Zeppelin’s Led Zeppelin IV, Deep Purple’s In Rock and Blue Öyster Cult’s self-titled debut album. These four albums have been cited as influential to the development of the genre. Paranoid was voted the greatest album of all time in a major 2006 BBC poll. In 2004, In Rock was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Best HD Desktop Wallpapers

Bring your desktop to life with a stunning HD wallpaper. Heavy metal music has some of the best HD desktop wallpapers out there. With a wide variety of styles to choose from, you can find the perfect wallpaper for your desktop.

Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles, California by drummer Lars Ulrich and vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield, and has been based in San Francisco, California for most of its career. The group’s fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship placed them as one of the founding “big four” bands of thrash metal, alongside Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer. Metallica’s current lineup comprises founding members Hetfield and Ulrich, longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, and bassist Robert Trujillo. Guitarist Dave Mustaine (who went on to form Megadeth) and bassists Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton (who died in 1986) and Jason Newsted are former members of the band.

Metallica earned a growing fan base in the underground music community and won critical acclaim with its first four albums; their third album Master of Puppets (1986) was described as one of the heaviest and most influential thrash metal albums. Metallica achieved substantial commercial success with their eponymous fifth album Metallica (1991), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200; it sold approximately 16 million copies worldwide and was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping over 15 million units in the United States. With this release the band expanded its musical direction resulting in an album that appeal to a more mainstream audience. In 2000, Metallica was among several artists who filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing copyrighted material; a settlement was reached between all parties.

Metallica has released ten studio albums, four live albums, five extended plays (EPs), 35 singles, 11 video albums, 42 music videos, 1 live DVD (and Blu-Ray), and 13 box sets. The band has won nine Grammy Awards from 23 nominations; they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009 by Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth. In December 2013, they were ranked number one on Joel McIver’s list of the 100 Greatest Metal Bands Of All Time., making them the first thrash metal band to top the list. In July 2012 Metal Hammer magazine ranked Metallica number one on their list “The 50 Best Live Bands Of All Time”.

Avenged Sevenfold

Avenged Sevenfold is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1999. The band’s current lineup consists of lead vocalist M. Shadows, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Zacky Vengeance, lead guitarist and backing vocalist Synyster Gates, bassist Johnny Christ, and drummer Brooks Wackerman.

Avenged Sevenfold is known for its diverse rock sound and dramatic imagery in album covers and merchandise. Avenged Sevenfold emerged with a metalcore sound on the band’s debut Sounding the Seventh Trumpet (2001), which featured mind-numbing screaming vocals by Shadows. The band softened its sound on the next two albums, City of Evil (2005) and Avenged Sevenfold (2007), introducing power metal elements and bringing in more of a classic metal influence as well as a stronger emphasis on instrumentation than on previous releases.As of 2013, Avenged Sevenfold has released seven studio albums—Sounding the Seventh Trumpet (), City of Evil (), Avenged Sevenfold (), Nightmare (), Hail to the King ()—six extended plays—Four Kids EP(), Warmness on the Soul EP(), Lost EP(), Diamonds in the Rough ()—and nineteen singles—”Warmness on the Soul” () being their most successful—and sold over 8 million albums worldwide.In 1998 new members were recruited including Zacky Vengeance (rhythm guitar) and Matt Wendt (bass). The following year they released their first demo titled “All Excess”. The demo was recorded at LAMF Studios owned by Mark Lewis(producer) who later became their A&R man for their record label Warner Bros Records after signing to Hopeless Records later that same year 1999. The band released their debut extended play titled Sounding the Seventh Trumpet in 2001 which included tracks “To End All Wars”, “Warmness On The Soul” as well as an extended play exclusive tracks “Shattered By Broken Dreams”, “Thick & Thin”, “Turn The Other Way”, with Wendt playing bass for all tracks. Later that year, they released their self-titled debut album that saw Wendt leaving, being replaced by Justin Sane (bass).

The album charted at number 30 on Billboard 200 chart with three songs–”Warmness On The Soul”, “Shattered By Broken Dreams” & “Turn The Other Way”–reaching top 20 spots during 2002–2003 In support of their album they toured with various mainstream bands such as Slayer & Metallica during Ozzfest 2002 tour where they performed live debuted track “Unholy Confessions”. In August 2002 they filmed a music video for song “Warmness On The Soul”, directed by Nathan Cox which saw moderate rotation on MTV2’s Headbanger’s Ball program reaching number one spot twice during 2003 In 2003 they re-released Sounding the Seventh Trumpet including two previously unreleased tracks from All Excess demo (“An Epic Of Time Wasted” & “Lips Of Deceit”). Later that year drummer James Sullivan was kicked out due to his heroin addiction being replaced by ex-Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker for City Of Evil touring purposes only who recorded all drum tracks/percussion throughout City Of Evil album until he was fired/quit midway through European leg of Winter Sands tour while touring with Bullet For My Valentine during 2005 upon Barker disagreeing with management decisions made against his will regarding setlist changes as well as refusing to sign new contract sent to him by managers Peter Katsis & Larry Jacobson Pending Travis Barker’s departure from Avenged Sevenfold with stints played by drummers Mike Portnoy(Dream Theater), Bad Religion’s Brooks Wackerman along few others until permanent replacement Arin Ilejay was found/hired prior 2010 release Nightmare album

After signing with Hopeless Records in early 2000 member Matt Wendt left/was kicked out being replaced by Justin Sane (bass). With recording of Sounding the Seventh Trumpet underway shortly after forming along new additions Zacky Vengeance(rhythm guitar) & Justin Sane(bass) under direction producer Mike Green whom co-produced Good Charlotte self-titled debut LP earlier that very same year 2000 at Lewis Recording Studios in Toluca Lake CA during June–July sessions original demo version of track Warmness On The Soul recorded featuring Matt Wendt on bass would appear as bonus track included reissue Sounding Seventh Trumpet while new version recorded featuring Justin Sane would be included American release self-titled LP one month later August 2001

Slipknot

Formed in Des Moines, Iowa in September 1995, Slipknot is a nine-piece American heavy metal band that combines elements of death metal, thrash metal, black metal, industrial metal, and nu metal. The band has released eight studio albums and their debut album, Slipknot (1999), was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). They are one of the most successful heavy metal bands of all time, selling over 30 million records worldwide.

The members of Slipknot are (in alphabetical order): Corey Taylor (lead vocals), Craig Jones (keyboards/samples), Mick Thomson (guitars), Jim Root (guitars), Alessandro Venturella (bass guitar), Jay Weinberg (drums), Chris Fehn (percussion), Shawn “Clown” Crahan (percussion/custom drum kits) and Sid Wilson (turntables).

Lamb of God

Lamb of God is one of the most popular heavy metal bands in the world, and their music has inspired a wide range of HD desktop wallpapers. From Lamb of God’s live performances to simply badass images of the band members, these wallpapers are sure to please any fan of the group.

Conclusion

We hope you enjoyed our collection of HD metal wallpapers. Whether you’re a fan of death metal, black metal, or any other subgenre, we’re sure you’ll be able to find something to your taste.

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