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Home of Metal

• Sat 25th October 10:00am — 4:30pm

• Wolverhampton Art Gallery

For too long Birmingham and the West Midlands have failed to celebrate what is rightfully theirs, to claim the city and the region as home of ‘heavy metal’.

With 2008 being the 40th anniversary of when the phrase ‘heavy metal’ was coined it seems like a crucial time to start celebrating!

“Heavy Metal was born in the West Midlands and has developed a global following matched only in Hip-Hop. Its time to stop sneering and celebrate this proud cultural heritage…” Daniel Trilling – New Statesman 30th July 2007

On October 25, Wolverhampton Art Gallery will open it doors to the regions heavy metal fans, enthusiasts, local historians and anyone with a story to tell or an experience to share. We want you to bring in memorabilia, photographs and great stories recounting your experiences of metal music to help us create an online digital archive of memories, images and pictures to tell the story of this unique moment of Midlands’ musical heritage.