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Canadian heavy metal, the Glossary

Canadian heavy metal music has a history going back to the late 1960s, with the band Bent Wind and Sussex released in 1969.^[1]

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Canadian styles of music
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AC/DC

AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in 1973.

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Aerosmith

Aerosmith is an American rock band formed in Boston in 1970.

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Alice Cooper (band)

Alice Cooper, also known as the Alice Cooper Group or the Alice Cooper Band, was an American rock band formed in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1968.

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Annihilator (band)

Annihilator is a Canadian thrash metal band founded in Ottawa in 1984 by Jeff Waters.

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Anthrax (American band)

Anthrax is an American thrash metal band from New York City, formed in 1981 by rhythm guitarist Scott Ian and bassist Dan Lilker.

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Anvil (band)

Anvil is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in Toronto in 1978.

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Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Anvil! The Story of Anvil is a 2008 Canadian rockumentary film about the Canadian heavy metal band Anvil.

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Augury is a progressive death metal band from Montreal, Quebec who released their debut album, Concealed in September 2004 on Galy Records, and a follow-up, Fragmentary Evidence, in July 2009 on Nuclear Blast Records.

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Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music.

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Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne.

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Blasphemy (band)

Blasphemy are a Canadian black metal band based in Vancouver, British Columbia that formed in 1984.

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Blue Cheer

Blue Cheer was an American rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009.

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Born to Be Wild

"Born to Be Wild" is a song written by Mars Bonfire and first performed by the band Steppenwolf.

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Brighton Rock (band)

Brighton Rock was a Canadian hard rock band, who released three albums in their home country during the 1980s and 1990s.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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Cryptopsy

Cryptopsy is a Canadian death metal band from Montreal, formed in 1988.

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Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music.

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Despised Icon

Despised Icon is a Canadian deathcore band from Montreal, Quebec.

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Devin Townsend

Devin Garrett Townsend (born May 5, 1972) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer.

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Dream Theater

Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Fuck the Facts

Fuck the Facts is a Canadian Juno-nominated, grindcore band from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, formed in 1998.

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Glam metal (also known as hair metal or pop metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal that features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, upbeat rock anthems, and slow power ballads.

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Goldy McJohn

John Raymond Goadsby (May 2, 1945 – August 1, 2017), known as Goldy McJohn, was a Canadian keyboard player best known as the original keyboardist for rock group Steppenwolf.

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Gorguts

Gorguts is a Canadian death metal band formed near Sherbrooke, Quebec, in 1989.

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Hard rock

Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars.

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Heart (band)

Heart is an American/Canadian rock band formed in 1973 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States.

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Helix (band)

Helix is a Canadian hard rock and heavy metal band.

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Ian Gillan

Ian Gillan (born 19 August 1945) is an English singer who is best known as the lead singer and lyricist for the rock band Deep Purple.

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Into Eternity (band)

Into Eternity is a Canadian progressive death metal band from Regina, Saskatchewan, formed in 1997 by Tim Roth, Scott Krall and Jim Austin.

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James LaBrie

Kevin James LaBrie (born May 5, 1963) is a Canadian singer, best known as the lead singer of American progressive metal band Dream Theater, which he has been fronting since 1991.

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Jerry Edmonton

Gerald Michael Edmonton (born Gerald McCrohan, October 24, 1946 – November 28, 1993) was a Canadian musician who was the drummer and secondary lead vocalist for the rock band Steppenwolf.

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John Kay (musician)

John Kay (born Joachim Fritz Krauledat; April 12, 1944) is an American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist known as the frontman of Steppenwolf.

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Kataklysm

Kataklysm is a Canadian death metal band.

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Kick Axe

Kick Axe is a Canadian heavy metal band from Regina, Saskatchewan.

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Kick Axe IV

Kick Axe IV is the fourth studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Kick Axe.

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Killer Dwarfs

Killer Dwarfs (stylized as KiLLeR DWaRfS) is a Canadian hard rock band that formed in late 1981 in Oshawa, Ontario, and enjoyed moderate success in their native Canada in the 1980s.

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Kiss (band)

Kiss (often styled as KISS) was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973 by Paul Stanley (vocals, rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (vocals, bass guitar), Ace Frehley (lead guitar, vocals) and Peter Criss (drums, vocals).

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Martyr (band)

Martyr is a Canadian death metal band from Trois-Rivières, Québec.

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Masters of Rock (festival)

Masters of Rock is a metal festival in Vizovice, Czech Republic.

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Mötley Crüe

Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Hollywood, California, in 1981 by bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, with guitarist Mick Mars and lead vocalist Vince Neil joining right after.

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Megadeth

Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine.

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Metallica is an American heavy metal band.

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Motörhead

Motörhead were an English rock band formed in London in 1975 by bassist and lead vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, guitarist Larry Wallis and drummer Lucas Fox.

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MTV

MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel.

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Much (TV channel)

Much is a Canadian English language discretionary specialty channel owned by BCE Inc. through its Bell Media subsidiary that airs programming aimed at teenagers and young adults.

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Neuraxis (band)

Neuraxis was a Canadian technical death metal band formed in Montreal in 1994.

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Night Ranger

Night Ranger is an American hard rock band from San Francisco, California.

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Protest the Hero

Protest the Hero is a Canadian progressive metal band from Whitby, Ontario.

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Quebec

QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_heavy_metal

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Canadian styles of music

Heavy metal by location

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