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Metal
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- Starting recordings
- 70
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, Candlemass and Assassin.
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Continental Europe · Metal
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01Samarithan1988 · Doom Metal · doom metalOpen in new tab 02Part 12003 · Doom Metal · doom metalOpen in new tab 03Wetwired2004 · Progressive Metal · progressive metalOpen in new tab 04The Bleeding Baroness2009 · Doom Metal · doom metalOpen in new tab 05My Funeral Dreams2009 · Doom Metal · doom metalOpen in new tab 06Dead Angel2009 · Doom Metal · doom metalOpen in new tab 07Let There Be Night2018 · Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 08The Silence Reigns2026 · Black Metal · black metalOpen in new tab 09Horde of Lords2026 · Black Metal · black metalOpen in new tab 10Necrotic Ancients2026 · Black Metal · black metalOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
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ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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