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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.
50 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs from Rolling Stone as voted 13 March 2023 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-greatest-heavy-metal-songs-1234688...
- ‘Welcome to Hell,’ Venom. Blasphemy has been an effective attention grabber for centuries, but until 1981, heavy metal had never seen a band go as all-in on Satan as the three lads from Newcastle calling themselves Venom did.
- ‘Planets Collide,’ Crowbar. In the early Nineties, Crowbar established themselves as the gruffest act on the bustling New Orleans metal scene. But “Planets Collide,” the leadoff track from the band’s fifth album, 1998’s Odd Fellows Rest, showed that there was way more to guitarist-vocalist-bandleader Kirk Windstein than his bellowing, grimacing MTV visage suggested.
- ‘Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe),’ Power Trip. Everything about Power Trip screamed throwback — from their tasteful marriage of hardcore and thrash, building on the golden era of so-called “crossover,” right down to their 1987-style album-cover font.
- ‘43% Burnt,’ The Dillinger Escape Plan. Prog and hardcore punk once seemed like polar musical opposites, but by the late Nineties, a handful of innovative acts had found a way to combine the complexity of the former style with the fury of the latter.
2 days ago · heavy metal, genre of rock music that includes a group of related styles that are intense, virtuosic, and powerful. Driven by the aggressive sounds of the distorted electric guitar, heavy metal is arguably the most commercially successful genre of rock music.
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Get an introduction to all things metal: the loudest, fastest, most aggressive genre of rock music.
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Jun 21, 2017 · A list of the most headbangable records ever, from Metallica's Black Album to Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid', with commentary and rankings by metal experts. Explore the history, diversity and power of heavy metal, from its origins to its subgenres and beyond.
