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  2. Bay Area thrash metal - Wikipedia

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    The San Francisco Bay Area. Bay Area thrash metal (also known as Bay Area thrash) referred to a steady following of heavy metal bands in the 1980s who formed and gained international status in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. [1] Along with Central Florida, the scene was widely regarded as a starting point of American thrash metal ...

  3. Club (weapon) - Wikipedia

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    Club (weapon) An assortment of club weapons from the Wujing Zongyao from left to right: flail, metal bat, double flail, truncheon, mace, barbed mace. A club (also known as a cudgel, baton, bludgeon, truncheon, cosh, nightstick, or impact weapon) is a short staff or stick, usually made of wood, wielded as a weapon [1] since prehistory.

  4. New wave of British heavy metal - Wikipedia

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    NWOTHM. The new wave of British heavy metal (commonly abbreviated as NWOBHM) was a nationwide musical movement that started in England in the mid-1970s and achieved international attention by the early 1980s. Editor Alan Lewis coined the term for an article by Geoff Barton in a May 1979 issue of the British music newspaper Sounds to describe ...

  5. Mace (bludgeon) - Wikipedia

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    A mace is a blunt weapon, a type of club or virge that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful strikes. A mace typically consists of a strong, heavy, wooden or metal shaft, often reinforced with metal, featuring a head made of stone, bone, copper, bronze, iron, or steel. The head of a mace can be shaped with flanges or ...

  6. A Twisted Christmas - Wikipedia

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    A Twisted Christmas is the sixth and final studio album by American heavy metal group Twisted Sister, with the band releasing it on October 17, 2006.The album features classic Christmas songs performed in metal versions, often featuring lyrical changes.

  7. The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

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    Synopsis. The film chronicles the heavy metal club scene in Los Angeles during the 1987-88 time period, with an emphasis placed on the glam metal subgenre. While many established artists such as Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Mustaine, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley are featured in interviews, members of several unsigned L.A. club bands are also given a share of the spotlight ...

  8. Category:British heavy metal musical groups - Wikipedia

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    The British heavy metal musical groups category is for heavy metal groups who were founded in Britain . It may or may not apply to groups which were founded elsewhere but contain British musicians; judge each case carefully. It should not apply to groups which were founded elsewhere but had their main success in the UK.

  9. The Warehouse (Preston, Lancashire) - Wikipedia

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    The music played differs on each night it is open. On the ground floor the DJs only play less mainstream music genres, such as Heavy metal, pop punk, hard rock and emo mixed with ‘Warey Anthems’. On the second floor the music played is more mainstream than the level below which is described as ‘Dance and Urban’.