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Heavy metal is traditionally characterized by loud distorted guitars, emphatic rhythms, dense bass-and-drum sound and vigorous vocals. Heavy metal subgenres variously emphasize, alter or omit one or more of these attributes.
- Heavy Metal Genres
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- Heavy Metal (Disambiguation)
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- Heavy Metal Subculture
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- List of Heavy Metal Bands
List of heavy metal bands. This is a list of heavy metal...
- Heavy Metal Genres
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. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distorted guitars, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats and ...
Definitions. List of heavy metals based on density. Origins and use of the term. Criticism. Popularity. Biological role. Toxicity. Environmental heavy metals. Nutritionally essential heavy metals. Other heavy metals. Exposure sources. Formation, abundance, occurrence, and extraction. Properties compared with light metals. Uses.
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- 1960s and 1970s
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In the very late 1960s and 1970s, rock and roll turned into a harder, louder form of music called rock. In the 1970s, rock music bands played huge, loud concerts in outdoor stadiums. In the early 1970s, many rock bands played psychedelic rock, a type of rock music with lyrics and sounds that were intended to give the listener some idea of what it f...
In the 1980s more sub-genre's of Heavy Metal bands were created, one of which was "Hair-Metal" with Bands such as Mötley Crüe, W.A.S.P. and Ratt became popular. Heavy Metal rock bands had long hair and the men wore make up (lipstick and eyeshadow) and tight leather pants and boots. Many metal songs were about love, sex, partying, having a good time...
In the 1990s, a new form of heavy metal developed, called alternative metal. Alternative metal combined thrash metal and grunge rock with hip-hop music and industrial music.Also in the 1990s was nu metal, a shortening of "new metal". Nu metal mixed rap and hip hop style singing with metal music. Nu metal bands also often include DJ decks, synthesiz...
- Late 1960s United Kingdom
English. Heavy Metal. This article was originally found at Wikipedia. Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music [1] that developed during the 1960s to early 1970s, largely in the United States and the United Kingdom. [2] . With roots in classic rock and early most aggressive rock. [3]
