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Blaze

942,483 plays (79,572 listeners)

For the band fronted by Blaze Bayley from 1999 to 2007, see B L A Z E. For Bayley's band from 2007 onward, see Blaze Bayley.

Samson

199,213 plays (31,043 listeners)

Multiple artists go by the name Samson. 1. Samson was a heavy metal band formed in 1977 by guitarist and vocalist Paul Samson.

Dio

6,739,961 plays (377,478 listeners)

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Dio is a heavy metal band led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, ex- Ronnie and the Prophets, Elf and Rainbow founding member, born in Cortland, New York, who formed it in October 1982 after leaving Black Sabbath. In addition to Ronnie, Vivian Campbell played guitar; with Jimmy Bain on bass and Vinny Appice on drums.

Halford

910,983 plays (66,656 listeners)

Rob Halford (often nicknamed "The Metal God" since the early '90s) is the legendary singer of heavy metal pioneers Judas Priest (1974-1992, 2003-present), best known for his incredible vocal range. Halford was the third and final project of Rob's since leaving Judas Priest in 1993 (the other two being Fight (1993-1995) and 2wo (1997-1998)).

Judas Priest

19,750,449 plays (576,691 listeners)

Judas Priest are pioneers of the Heavy Metal genre, and arguably created the "Metal" look. Priest were forerunners of the 'New Wave of British Heavy Metal' movement, laying the groundwork for the speed and thrash metal of the '80s and '90s.

Saxon

3,285,778 plays (204,662 listeners)

Saxon is a British heavy metal band, formed in Barnsley, England in 1976. As pioneers of, and at the forefront of the then New Wave of British Heavy Metal the band enjoyed a period of prominence in the UK (including popular chart success) and Europe in the early 1980s, and laterally the USA and Japan.

Paul Di'Anno

158,348 plays (30,915 listeners)

Paul Di'Anno began his professional musical career singing with Iron Maiden in 1977. His style was more punk-influenced than Maiden's next vocalist Bruce Dickinson. Di'Anno left the band after 2 albums, mainly due to his excessive drinking problems.

A.S.A.P.

55,484 plays (6,752 listeners)

For the eurodance group, see ASAP (without dots)! 1. Started as a side project beside Iron Maiden during their break in 1989. Adrian Smith decided after the release of "Silver And Gold" (their only record) to leave Maiden. In the late 70's he was with Andy Barnett in a band called Urchin.