Heavy Metal



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"Headbanger #1: Wha-? What's that sound!? Headbanger #2: It's like an angel singing... Headbanger #3: A devil screaming! Headbanger #1: It is the pounding of Creation's Hammer upon the Anvil of Time! (Beat) Headbanger #3: IT'S FUCKING AWESOME! Eddie Riggs: It's called... Heavy Metal."

- Brutal Legend

A musical genre originating in the 1960s and 70s, influenced by Blues and Psychedelic Rock, emphasizing heavy, powerful sound with distorted guitars and (sometimes) extended solos.

Famous for Heavy Metal Umlauts, as well as MetalHeads having huge online arguments about which bands are and aren't metal.

Heavy Metal Subgenres

 * Alternative Metal
 * Funk Metal
 * Nu-metal
 * Black Metal
 * Death Metal
 * Deathcore
 * Melodic Death Metal
 * Technical Death Metal
 * Doom Metal
 * Folk Metal
 * Gothic Metal
 * Grindcore
 * Groove Metal
 * Hair Metal
 * Industrial Metal
 * Metalcore
 * Power Metal
 * Heavy Mithril
 * Progressive Metal
 * Rap Metal
 * Speed Metal
 * Symphonic Metal
 * Thrash Metal

For an in-depth look, see Heavy Metal/Analysis and the Map of Metal.