Christopher John Holmes, born June 23, 1958 in Glendale, California, is a heavy metal guitarist and songwriter who grew up in La Canada, California.
 Holmes started his musical career in the Pasadena, California area in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
 He is best known as the lead guitarist of heavy-metal band W.A.S.P. Together with Blackie Lawless and Randy Piper, he was one of the founding members of the band.
 Holmes was a member of W.A.S.P. first from 1982 to 1990, and again from 1996 to 2002.
Roberto Agustin Trujillo (] ; born October 23, 1964) is an American musician and songwriter best known as the current bassist of the heavy metal band Metallica, a position he has held since 2003.
 He was also a member of crossover thrash metal band Suicidal Tendencies, funk metal supergroup Infectious Grooves, and heavy metal band Black Label Society, and has worked with Jerry Cantrell and Ozzy Osbourne.
"Animal (Fuck Like a Beast)" is a song by heavy metal band W.A.S.P., originally intended for their debut self-titled album, but was dropped before the album's release, although it appears as a bonus track on the 1998 reissue.
 Written by Blackie Lawless, the song was released as the band's first single.
 Due to his religious beliefs, Blackie Lawless will no longer perform this song live.
Blackie Lawless (born Steven Edward Duren; September 4, 1956) is an American songwriter and musician best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist (formerly bassist) for the heavy metal band W.A.S.P.
W.A.S.P. is an American heavy metal band formed in 1982 by Blackie Lawless, who is the only remaining original member of the band.
 They emerged from the same Los Angeles scene that spawned Van Halen, Mötley Crüe, Dokken, Ratt, Quiet Riot, Guns N' Roses, Great White, Stryper, L.A. Guns, Leatherwolf and others.
 The band's popularity peaked in the 1980s, yet they continue to record and tour, making them one of the most enduring of the West Coast heavy metal bands.
 W.A.S.P. gained notoriety for their shock rock-themed image, lyrics and live performances.
 They have sold over 12 million copies of their albums.
Daniel Alan Spitz (born January 28, 1963) is an American musician and watchmaker best known for his work as the lead guitarist, principal songwriter and co-producer of the American heavy metal band Anthrax from 1983 to 1995 and from 2005 to 2008.
 With Anthrax, Spitz was nominated for three Grammy awards and has been awarded platinum and multiple platinum RIAA certified albums for his entire Anthrax catalog of work.
 Dan Spitz is the first heavy metal songwriter to have his music playing on two planets.
 NASA chose his song alongside only 9 other artists such as Frank Sinatra and the Beatles to be played on the Lunar Rover Curiosity making him the first heavy metal artist to have a top 10 charting song on two planets.
 Spitz also founded the Christian music group Red Lamb alongside Dave Mustaine of Megadeth as his writing partner, the first to bring autism awareness into any genre of music or music video.
Sister was an American heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Los Angeles.
 Former members included Blackie Lawless, formerly of the New York Dolls and later of W.A.S.P., and Nikki Sixx, who would later co-create Mötley Crüe.
 They are notable for being one of the first bands to make usage of the pentagram and other occult symbols.
 Due to the late 1970s music scene, and personal differences, they never achieved success and broke up sometime in 1978.
 Sixx and guitarist Lizzie Grey later formed the band London.
Inside the Electric Circus is the third studio album by heavy metal band W.A.S.P., released in October 1986 through Capitol Records; a remastered edition featuring two bonus tracks was reissued in 1997 through Snapper Music.
 The album is the band's first to feature singer and bandleader Blackie Lawless playing guitar, having switched from bass to rhythm guitar.
 It reached No. 17 and 35 on the Norwegian and Swedish albums chart respectively, and No. 60 on the U.S. "Billboard" 200; it remained on the latter for 19 weeks.
Obús is a Spanish heavy metal band created in Madrid in the early 80s.
 They stood out because they took the risk of making a big spectacle in their concerts in order to reach to the level of other international heavy metal bands.
 In addition, the lyrics they write and the feelings they transmit connect with the people that follow them.
 As they said in an interview: "All our songs , some more and some less, have a meaning".
 Far away from renouncing to their genre, they have always claimed that they were a heavy metal band and they even wrote a song about this genre in their first LP called"Dosis de Heavy Metal".
In 2012, because of their 30th anniversary, they did a Tour around Spain.
Joruri (Bengali: জরুরী ) is the first single of Bangladeshi heavy metal band Pledge Karma released on 1 September 2012.
 It was pretty much of a surprise for old Tanim Sufyani fans since this song was much milder than his previous works; as well as being an art rock song, whereas Pledge Karma's primary genre is Heavy Metal.
 This song also featured another veteran musician Mark Don.

Question: Animal is a song by which heavy metal band, written by the American songwriter and musician, Blackie Lawless, the song was released as the band's first single?
Answer: W.A.S.P.