User:14eemilz/sandbox

Chinese Heavy Metal (中国重金属, pinyin: Zhōngguó Zhòngjīnshǔ; also 中国 重金属音乐, Zhōngguó Zhòngjīnshǔ yīnyuè, lit. "Chinese heavy metal music"), is commonly used to describe a wide variety of forms of Heavy Metal music, in connection with the rock bands and solo artists from native Chinese-speaking regions (including Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, etc.). Typically, Chinese Heavy Metal bands adhere to one subgenres of heavy metal such as Death Metal, Thrash Metal and Power Metal, but commonly using chinese based lyrical content in most songs.

Tang Dynasty (1988–1990)
Chinese Heavy Metal had its origins in Hard Rock (硬摇滚音乐, Yìng yáogǔn yīnyuè) and Heavy Metal (重金属, Zhòngjīnshǔ) music genres, which had emerged and gained popularity around the 1980's in the western world. as a main genre in Mainland China. The genre of Chinese Heavy Metal music emerged with the formation of the Chinese band, Tang Dynasty as they were the first band to emerge in China with Heavy Metal oriented music. Following their initial formation in 1988 Tang Dynasty utilized both elements introduced in the New wave of british heavy metal as well as elements of classical Chinese music, in the music they wrote. In 1990 Tang dynasty was hired to play at the, 'Festival of modern music / 90's Modern Music Concert', they were met with extremely positive responses from the crowd of nearly 18,000 spectators. (*temp ref: keaneann (2010-05-25). "文化-音乐-Evolution of Chinese Rock".)