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Metal
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- 2020s recordings
- 27
ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Metal
Metal is a genre connected to a wider network of artists, recordings and musical traditions.
The clearest way to understand Metal is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Kogaion, Assassin and Lucifer.
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2020s · Continental Europe · Metal
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordings2020s starting recordings
01The Silence Reigns2026 · Black Metal · black metalOpen in new tab 02Horde of Lords2026 · Black Metal · black metalOpen in new tab 03Necrotic Ancients2026 · Black Metal · black metalOpen in new tab 04Echoes of the Void2026 · Black Metal · black metalOpen in new tab 05Frostbitten Soul2026 · Black Metal · black metalOpen in new tab 06Särkynyt2020 · Doom Metal · doom metalOpen in new tab 07Stay Astray2020 · Doom Metal · doom metalOpen in new tab 08Ghosts2020 · Doom Metal · doom metalOpen in new tab 09Abstract War2024 · Thrash Metal · thrash metalOpen in new tab 10Strange World2024 · Thrash Metal · thrash metalOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
2020s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
2020s albums
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