page_title: Chinese heavy metal
section_title: Tang Dynasty (1988–1990)
hierarchical_section_title: Chinese heavy metal / History / Tang Dynasty (1988–1990)
caption_attribution_description: English: The godfathers of Chinese heavy metal, Tang Dynasty, play at a mini-festival on May Day in Xi'an. Deutsch: Tang Dynasty, die Väter des chinesischen Heavy Metals, spielen bei einem Mini-Festival am 1. Mai in Xi'an.
context_page_description: Chinese heavy metal 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. 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 rather than English.
context_section_description: 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 1980s 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', wherein they were met with extremely positive responses from the crowd of nearly 18,000 spectators. 
  The success gained from their performance eventually led to them obtaining a record contract with the Taiwanese record label, Magic Stone. In December 1992 Tang Dynasty released their debut album, entitled A Dream Return to Tang Dynasty, marking the first release of a heavy metal album in China by a Chinese band.
caption: Tang Dynasty performing in 2004.
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