Heavy metal
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HISTORY OF METAL
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A Brief History of Metal
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Top 10 Heavy Metal Bands of All Time
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Ten Best Heavy Metal Albums
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Top 10 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock, and acid rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. The genre's lyrics and performance styles are sometimes associated with aggression and machismo.
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Significant artists
Characteristics
Rhythm and tempo
Harmony
Typical harmonic structures
Relationship with classical music
Lyrical themes
Image and fashion
Physical gestures
Fan subculture
Etymology
Antecedents: 1950s to late 1960s
Origins: late 1960s and early 1970s
Mainstream: late 1970s and 1980s
Other heavy metal genres: 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s
Thrash metal
Death metal
Black metal
Power metal
Doom metal
1990s and early 2000s subgenres and fusions
Recent styles: mid–late 2000s and 2010s
Women in heavy metal
Sexism
Bibliography