These events and projects have taken place around the globe and have proven our ability to deliver extraordinary events and engage with large national and international audiences. Since 2007, Home of Metal has delivered a range of ambitious projects that tell distinct aspects of the Metal story to connect with different audiences. Your surroundings and experiences influence your music so it’s important for people to know where that music came from.” “I’m really proud to be a Brummie and to call Birmingham my home, that’s why I’m supporting the Home of Metal events and message. Taking on this challenge was new territory, and a step-change in ambition, but we worked with internationally acclaimed bands, artists and dedicated fans to tell a distinct story of Birmingham that is about place, identity and potential and that put the city on the map for music culture, tourism and heritage. Capsule work with artists from around the world, so many were thrilled to visit the place where Metal began, and we knew there was huge demand for Metal tourism as part of the international music offer.
While Manchester and Liverpool proudly celebrate their music history, Birmingham had yet to really own its Metal heritage. Nary a plaque, tour or tourist tea towel marked one of the city’s most impactful cultural exports. Where were the shrines to Heavy Metal? Loved the world over, Heavy Metal in its many forms had its roots in Birmingham, but you wouldn’t know to visit it. Music fans as well as gifted curators and producers, Capsule threw down the gauntlet to the region.
Like I’ve always said ‘I am nothing without them.” Ozzy Osbourne ‘Black Sabbath 50 Years’ Exhibition 2019Īfter years of dreaming, planning, championing and charming, Capsule has managed something quite extraordinary, led by Artistic Director Lisa Meyer. I am just a guy from Birmingham who’s been blessed to have had such dedicated fans throughout my career. “It’s an honour to be a part of the Home of Metal. Music that turned up the volume, down-tuned guitars, and introduced a whole new meaning to the word ‘heavy’. Home of Metal is devoted to the music that was born in and around Birmingham.
One that is celebratory, eschews notions of high/low art and joins audiences and performers together. Home of Metal’s exhibitions and events join the dots between music, social history, visual art and fan cultures to produce a new perspective on Heavy Metal.
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