Headbangers Ball

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Headbangers Ball was MTV’s flagship heavy metal and hard rock music video show, known for spotlighting metal bands and subcultures from the mid-1980s through the 1990s.

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instanceOf MTV original programming
television music program
alsoKnownAs Headbangers Ball
surface form: "MTV Headbangers Ball"
associatedWith MTV brand
headbanger subculture
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: "United States"
culturalImpact helped popularize heavy metal to mainstream MTV audiences
served as a key platform for emerging metal bands
endTime 1995
featuredGenre alternative metal
black metal
death metal
glam metal
industrial metal
thrash metal
filmingLocation MTV studios, New York City
genre hard rock
heavy metal
hasFanbase international metal community
hasFormat band interviews
behind-the-scenes segments
music video countdown
tour coverage
inception 1987
influenced MTV2’s metal programming
metal music video programming on television
language English
mediaType television series
notableFor showcasing metal subcultures
spotlighting metal bands
notableHost Adam Curry
Riki Rachtman
originalBroadcastSchedule late night
weekend programming
originalHost Kevin Seal
originalNetwork MTV
originalRuntime approximately 2–3 hours
platform cable television
primaryFocus hard rock music videos
heavy metal music videos
rebootFormat updated metal and hard rock video show
rebootNetwork MTV2
relaunchDate 2003
startTime 1987
targetAudience heavy metal fans
theme heavy metal lifestyle
timePeriodOfPeakPopularity early 1990s
late 1980s

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Headbangers Ball alsoKnownAs Headbangers Ball
this entity surface form: "MTV Headbangers Ball"
MTV hasProgram Headbangers Ball

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