A Beginner’s Guide to Heavy Metal

Part I — origins, classics, and a peak down some branches

Anthony Overs
The Riff
Published in
6 min readOct 5, 2023

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Photo by Jay Wennington on Unsplash

Just a few short days ago, a handful of regular punters participated in the Album of the Month discussion, which is brought to you by The Riff. The peerless Charles in San Francisco led us through the album Human. :II: Nature. by the Finnish symphonic metal stalwarts, Nightwish.

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Anthony Overs
The Riff

Australian. Varied interests including music, wildlife (especially birds), food, baseball, taekwondo, drums. Person living with Parkinson’s.