...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble signed to that label. The album shows the band trying out various genres a mix of heavy metal and progressive rock rather than the hard rock that they would become known for on later albums. Tracks 3 and 8 were recorded as Spice songs prior to the band's renaming as Uriah Heep, and featured session player Colin Wood on keyboards. When Ken Hensley joined Spice in late 1969, the tracks were not re-recorded. The album was generally panned by the mainstream critical press upon its release, although it has since been acknowledged as an early classic of the heavy metal
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