Heavy metal Music of Poland

During the early 1980s, in the periods of martial law, Polish heavy metal began its existence. Turbo and TSA became the first Polish heavy metal ensembles. Turbo was often dubbed as the Polish Iron Maiden, while TSA played in the same pattern of AC/DC. Many of the Polish heavy metal ensembles played at Jarocin Music Festival. The year 1985 was an important year for polish heavy metal Iron Maiden played in a show at Szczecin, Poland. The show was the cause of an increase of modern polish ensembles. KAT became the first thrash metal band. KAT was very satanic, with lyrics moving topic like LaVey’s philosophy and anticlerical lyrics. This ensemble was a sign of metal revolt in Poland and it was the first Polish band that openly attacked the Catholic Church. KAT released their debut in the year 1985 with the single known as Ostatni Tabor/Noce Szatana, heavy/speed metal 666 from 1986 and also threash metal Oddech Wymarlych Swiatow from 1988. Poland extremely had a strong thrash metal scene in the late 80s. Some of the renowned Polish thrash metal ensembles include Dragon, Open Fire, Wilczy Pajak, Destroyers, Hammer, STOS, Alastor and Hellias.  Polish thrash and early death underground of the late 80s include Vader, Exorcist, Imperator, Smirnoff, Piekielne Wrota, Armagedon, Egzekuthor and Quo Vadis. In the late 80s Poland were already filled with metal heads-thrashers in kutte’s (jeans or denim jackets with severed arms, covered in patches and so on), jeans, leather jackets, biker shoes, white sneakers or the very popularly as of now steel-toed-boots known as glany in Polish.

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In the 90s Poland extremely had a strong death metal scene. One of the biggest record labels of the death metal in Poland is known as Empire Records. The death metal ensemble Vader is considered as the most popular Polish heavy metal act and it has also achieved commercial and also critical praise from international. Their profession extents more than three years with numerous international tours, they are frequently seen as a big inspiration for modern death metal. Behemoth and Decapitated both have also found significant achievement in both inside and outside of Poland. Both of them have toured to a great extent across America, Europe and in the case of Decapitated, have currently toured Australia and New Zealand. Trauma, Lux Oculta, Lost Soul Crionics, Indukti and Hate has recently begun to become popular outside of Polan. However there is also a healthy and active grindcore scene, death metal remains Poland’s strongest and most flourished genre in the terms of heavy metal. Black metal had also presence on the scene that is led by ensembles like Vesania, Graveland, Infernal War and Darzamat.