History Music / UriahHeep

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most of their harder-rocking material is in the 4–6 range. They also have a variety of softer material that's lower on the scale, too.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their debut album is a grab-bag of various sub-genres of rock, mostly because Ken Hensley joined the band after the material was written. Once Hensley took on main songwriting duties, the following string of albums have a much more coherent sound.

Uriah Heep are a British ProgressiveRock band [[LongRunners whose debut was released in 1970]] and are still active today. They are considered one of the first HeavyMetal bands, with their initial albums released neck-to-neck with the foundational metal records of Music/LedZeppelin, Music/DeepPurple and Music/BlackSabbath. They stand out from their early 70s contemporaries by their deeper progressive roots, a taste for the psychedelic, and the very heavy presence of the Hammond organ (to an even greater extent than Deep Purple).

Uriah Heep are a British ProgressiveRock band [[LongRunners whose debut was released in 1970]] and are still active today. They are considered one of the first HeavyMetal bands, having been beaten to the punch of actually creating it by Music/LedZeppelin, Music/DeepPurple and Music/BlackSabbath by a year or two.

%%* ConceptAlbum

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Ken Hensley took the lead vocal on some of their most popular songs, including "Lady in Black" and "Look at Yourself".

%%* ProgressiveRock: Of the harder-rocking variety- they're almost an UrExample of ProgressiveMetal.

%%* HeavyMithril: One of the earliest exponents of this style.

* ConceptAlbum

* HeavyMithril: One of the earliest exponents of this style.

* ProgressiveRock: Of the harder-rocking variety- they're almost an UrExample of ProgressiveMetal.

->''I'm sending roses,\\

That's my heart in your hand.''

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most of their harder-rocking material is in the 4-6 range. They also have a variety of softer material that's lower on the scale, too.

Uriah Heep are a British ProgressiveRock band [[LongRunner whose debut was released in 1970]] and are still active today. They are considered one of the first HeavyMetal bands, having been beaten to the punch of actually creating it by Music/LedZeppelin, Music/DeepPurple and Music/BlackSabbath by a year or two.

* IAmTheBand: A bizarre example. Mick Box, the lead guitarist, is the only original member still in the band to this day. For a time they were a simple revolving door band after all of the original members left, with Box as the only constant member. However, the line-up that he formed in 1986 lasted 21 years and would still be together today, had ill-health not forced a change in drummers.

* ''Living the Dream'' (2018)[[note]]Forthcoming; its release has been scheduled for 14 September[[/note]]

Uriah Heep are a British ProgressiveRock band [[LongRunner whose debut was released in 1970]], with 21 albums under their belt. They are considered one of the first metal bands, having been beaten to the punch of actually creating it by Music/LedZeppelin, Music/DeepPurple and Music/BlackSabbath by a year or two.

* ''Totally Driven' (2015)[[note]]More re-recordings of older songs[[/note]]

!!Examples

[[caption-width-right:350:The classic lineup in the mid-1970s.]]

* IAmTheBand: A bizarre example. Mick Box, the lead guitarist, is the only original member still in the band to this day. For a time they were a simple revolving door band after all of the original members left, with Box as the only constant member. However the line-up that he formed in 1986 lasted 21 YEARS and would still be together today, had ill-health not forced a change in drummers.

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Ken Hensley took the lead vocal on some of their most popular songs, including "Lady In Black" and "Look At Yourself".

Presently, [[IAmTheBand Box is the only member who has been in every incarnation of the group]].

* EpicRocking: The second side of the album ''Salisbury'' is occupied by a sixteen-minute long suite featuring a twenty-six piece orchestra. One of their most popular songs, "July Morning", is another good example.

* {{Glass Shattering Sound}}: The late great David Byron had an incredibly powerful falsetto, as heard among other places on "Sunrise" from ''The Magician's Birthday''.

* {{I Am The Band}}: A bizarre example. Mick Box, the lead guitarist, is the only original member still in the band to this day. For a time they were a simple revolving door band after all of the original members left, with Box as the only constant member. However the line-up that he formed in 1986 lasted 21 YEARS and would still be together today, had ill-health not forced a change in drummers.

Uriah Heep are a British ProgressiveRock band [[LongRunner whose debut was released in 1970]], with 21 albums under their belt. They are considered one of the first metal bands, having been beaten to the punch of actually creating it by Music/LedZeppelin, DeepPurple and Music/BlackSabbath by a year or two.

* AGoodNameForARockBand: Named after a character from ''Literature/DavidCopperfield''.

* FaceOfTheBand: David Byron was this for a long time until his departure (precipitated by his alcohol problems) was forced by Ken Hensley. Now it's probably Mick Box.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In their native UK (and America) they're essentially a cult band, but in Asia and mainland Europe (particularly Germany, entertainingly enough) they retain a strong following and continue to sell out arenas there.

* {{Nightmare Fuel}}: The cover of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VeryEavyVeryUmble.jpg their debut album]]. [[http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/uriah_heep/abominog/ Abominog]], too.

* {{Vindicated By History}}: Their first album was met with poor reviews upon release, with one reviewer famously saying that she would kill herself if the band actually made it. The album is now considered a landmark in the history of rock and metal.

Not to be confused with the ''DavidCopperfield'' character for whom they're named.

* AGoodNameForARockBand: Named after a character from ''DavidCopperfield''.

The nucleus of the original group was David Byron, a singer with an operatic voice and multi-octave vocal range and lead guitarist Mick Box, both of whom had played in a psychedelic group called Spice in the sixties. The third member of the core of Uriah Heep was Ken Hensley, who contributed keyboards, some guitar and most of the songwriting. Bassist Gray Thain and drummer Lee Kerslake completed the "classic" line-up that played on the ''Demons and Wizards'' and ''The Magician's Birthday'' albums.

Not to be confused with the CharlesDickens character for whom they're named.

* FaceOfTheBand: David Byron was this for a long time until his departure (precipitated by his alochol problems) was forced by Ken Hensley. Now it's probably Mick Box.