David Byron vocalist for Spice (1967–1969). Deciding that the Spice sound would require keyboards, they recruited keyboardist/guitarist/singer/songwriter Ken Hensley, who was Paul Newton's bandmate in The Gods. During this time Bron redubbed the band Uriah Heep from the Charles Dickens novel "David Copperfield". Shortly afterward the band's career really took off, first in Germany, Britain and finally the United States. In 1971 Byron also appeared on two LPs by John Schroeder. Byron was the original singer of the English rock band Uriah Heep between 1969 and 1976. David Byron sang on ten Uriah Heep albums: "Very 'eavy Very 'Umble", "Salisbury", "Look at
Heavy metal gallop "Hardwired" and, more famously, "The Four Horsemen", as well as "Raining Blood" by Slayer and "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" by Megadeth. The pattern has also been used by groups such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and King Diamond. Variations include triplet gallop rhythms (). This pattern has also been used in many non-metal songs. A classic example is the Scott Walker single "Jacky" released in 1967 and also Heart single "Barracuda" released in 1977. Heavy metal gallop A gallop is a beat or rhythm typically used in traditional heavy metal songs, eighth-sixteenth-sixteenth (), played on the rhythm guitar or