GENRE · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE
Heavy Metal
- Genre family
- Metal
- Starting recordings
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Heavy Metal
Heavy Metal is a branch of the Metal family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Heavy Metal is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Powerwolf, W.A.S.P. and Acrophet.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreMetal
Current genreHeavy Metal
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordingsStart with these recordings
01King of Rock and RollHeavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 02Running With Scissors1994 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 03Head Banger1987 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 04Storm Raging Up1987 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 05Innocent Blood1990 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 06Holy RiderHeavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 07Revengeance (Be Thy Name)2002 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 08Stone Cold Killers2002 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 09Haunting Once Again1990 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 10Forever the Fall1990 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
Key artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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LOCAL GRAPH
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