National Heavy Metal Day in the USA

In honor of the classic metal mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap,” National Metal Day falls on November 11 every year.

Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distorted guitars, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats and loudness.

This Is Spinal Tap (or simply Spinal Tap) is the soundtrack to the film This Is Spinal Tap, released in 1984. It was re-released in 2000 with lyrics and two versions of "Christmas with the Devil" as bonus tracks. The cover art is identical to that of the fictional album Smell the Glove featured in the film.

The musical genre proclaims independence from the ordinary and commonplace, and "madness, alienation, and death" are only the basis for the somber introspection that is part of this culture.