GENRE · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE
Heavy Metal
- Genre family
- Metal
- Starting recordings
- 21
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., Acrophet and Bitch.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreMetal
Current genreHeavy Metal
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CURRENT BROWSING SCOPE
North America · Heavy 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 03Innocent Blood1990 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 04Running With Scissors1994 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 05King of Rock and RollHeavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 06Hot & Heavy1987 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 07Haunting Once Again1990 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 08Forever the Fall1990 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 09Dead All Day1990 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 10Silent Insanity1990 · Heavy Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
Key artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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