GENRE · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE
Metal
- Subgenres
- 7
- Starting recordings
- 13
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 Assassin, Lucifer and Mille Petrozza.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Genre familyMetal
Current genreMetal
REFINE THIS VIEWFilter within Metal
Era, region and genre remain as an intersection. Options with no matching recordings are hidden.
ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordingsStart with these recordings
01Let There Be Night2018 · Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 02Amen & Attack2018 · Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 03Word2016 · Thrash Metal · thrash metalOpen in new tab 04Frozen Before Impact2016 · Thrash Metal · thrash metalOpen in new tab 05Sanity From the Insane2016 · Thrash Metal · thrash metalOpen in new tab 06The Evil Made Me Do It2018 · Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 07Die Klagen von Grau2018 · Black Metal · black metalOpen in new tab 08We Drink Your Blood2018 · Metal · heavy metalOpen in new tab 09Stay Astray2020 · Doom Metal · doom metalOpen in new tab 10Ghosts2020 · Doom Metal · doom metalOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
Key artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
Continue with these albums
LOCAL GRAPH
View relationship graphExplore the relationship graph
KEEP EXPLORING