Epic metal

Epic metal is a subgenre of  http://en.allexperts.com/e/h/he/heavy_metal_music.htm - heavy metal .

Traditional Epic metal

It was born in the  http://en.allexperts.com/e/u/un/united_states.htm - U.S.  in the early  http://en.allexperts.com/e/0/1980s.htm - 1980s  as a slower and more solemn branch of heavy metal. Early albums remained quite close to the main genre, both in the music and in lyrical themes like bikes, women, and a healthy amount of self-apology, adding with time themes from  http://en.allexperts.com/e/e/ep/epic_poetry.htm - epic poetry ,  http://en.allexperts.com/e/m/my/mythology.htm - mythology  and  http://en.allexperts.com/e/f/fa/fantasy.htm - fantasy literature. Bands from this era include  http://en.allexperts.com/e/c/ci/cirith_ungol_%28band%29.htm - Cirith Ungol ,  http://en.allexperts.com/e/o/om/omen_%28band%29.htm - Omen ,  http://en.allexperts.com/e/m/ma/manilla_road.htm - Manilla Road  and http://en.allexperts.com/e/m/me/medieval_steel.htm - Medieval Steel .

Later, it received influences from  http://en.allexperts.com/e/d/do/doom_metal.htm - doom metal  bands like  http://en.allexperts.com/e/c/ca/candlemass_%28band%29.htm - Candlemass  and from http://en.allexperts.com/e/b/ba/bathory_%28band%29.htm - Bathory 's Viking-themed albums, lost some of the light hearted themes for http://en.allexperts.com/e/h/hi/history.htm - history  and  http://en.allexperts.com/e/r/re/religion.htm - religion . Bands from this era tend to be from the mediterranean area, and include  http://en.allexperts.com/e/d/dr/dragonforce.htm - Dragonforce  from  http://en.allexperts.com/e/e/en/england.htm - England ,DoomSword from  http://en.allexperts.com/e/i/it/italy.htm - Italy ,  http://en.allexperts.com/e/f/fo/forsaken.htm - Forsaken  from  http://en.allexperts.com/e/m/ma/malta.htm - Malta  and  http://en.allexperts.com/e/b/ba/battleroar.htm - BattleRoar  from  http://en.allexperts.com/e/g/gr/greece.htm - Greece .