GENRE · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE
Heavy Metal
- Genre family
- Metal
- Starting recordings
- 11
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 W.A.S.P., Bitch and King Kobra.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreMetal
Current genreHeavy Metal
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
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01Storm Raging Up1987 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 02Head Banger1987 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 03Hot & Heavy1987 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 04Revengeance (Be Thy Name)2002 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 05Stone Cold Killers2002 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 06Black Bone Torso2002 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 07Shadow Man2002 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 08Hell for Eternity2002 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 09My Wicked Heart2002 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 10Second Thoughts2016 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
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ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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