The
New Wave of American Heavy Metal is a
heavy metal music movement that originated in the
United States during the early to mid-1990s and expanded most in the early to mid 2000s. Some of the bands considered part of the movement had formed as early as the late 1980s, but did not become influential or reach popular standing until the following decade. The term itself borrows from the
New Wave of British Heavy Metal dating to 1979.