Heavy Metal’s popularity is and has been on the rise due to its many bands and increased guitar technology. Since the mid 1960’s, when heavy metal spread to the U.S. from England, it has grown in popularity. Many of the first bands that came from Europe came with two intentions; to spread heavy metal to other parts of the world, and to make it grow in popularity. (Ragland 1). Heavy metal is a form …showed first 75 words of 1221 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1221 total…bands to date. They formed in 1990 with the intentions of ‘exploring the limits of censorship.’ Their songs are based on anarchy, hate, cruelty, racism, discrimination, Satanism, and sex. Their first album, "Portrait of An American Family," sold over five million copied worldwide, and 3 million copies in the U.S. alone. (Milward 3-4). Nine Inch Nails is another band with the intentions of exploring the limits of censorship. They formed in 1988, by Trent Reznor, a multi