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   20 hours ago · 2024 in heavy metal music. Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. [2] With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distorted guitars, extended ...

   • Cultural origins: Late 1960s, United Kingdom and United States

   • Other names: Metal