Metal

Heavy metal is a genre of music characterized by aggressive and powerful sound, fast tempo, and often dark and introspective lyrics. Defined by its use of heavily distorted guitars, driving rhythms, and growling or screaming vocals, metal originated in the late 1960s and 1970s with bands drawing inspiration from blues, psychedelia, and hard rock. The genre gained mainstream popularity in the 1980s with the rise of thrash metal, a subgenre marked by fast tempo and shredding guitar solos. Metal has had a significant cultural impact, providing a platform for rebellion and self-expression, particularly among youth. It has also branched out into various subgenres, such as power metal, doom metal, and nu metal, incorporating elements from other styles like punk, classical, and electronic music. What sets metal apart is its sonic intensity, lyrical complexity, and theatricality, making it a distinct and enduring force in the music world.

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ANRY
Adrian Bluper
Aexylium
Age of Apocalypse
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Alice Cooper
Aposento
Arsenic
Asia Dojnikowska
BLCKK
Baboiash
Behemoth
Between Worlds
Bloodlyne
Bruzer
Bullets And Octane
CHILDREN OF DOOM
CONTRVZT
Cancel The Transmission
Candlemass
Carsex
Casey Edwards
Charlie Griffiths
Coffin Feeder
Colm R. McGuinness
Comastatic
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Cryptopsy
Daedric
Darkest Hour
Desolate One
Donella Drive
Face Yourself
Falk Tyler
Favors The Brave
Figo i Samogony
Fragments Of Unbecoming
Gallows' Eve
Ghost
GhostSeeker
Godmode
Grelo
HERTA
Haken
Heaven Shall Burn
I Prevail
INK
In the Kingdom of Nightmares
Inhuman 666
Inhuman Nature
JP Hill- Bus Stop Prophet
Jason Wats
Kardashev
Killswitch Engage
LANDMVRKS
Linkin Park
Lorna Shore
Lukas Strindberg
Machine Head
MandoTerror
Marsias
Matt Simon
Matt Wallace
Melrose Avenue
Metallica
Misfire
NAHABA
Ominous Ruin
Onslaught
Paradise Slaves
Partizan
ROCKBOT
Risk
Rocky Road Heaven
Ruins
Saevus
Sam Wood
Seethe
Shawn Lane
Sick n' beautiful
Slaughter to Prevail
Spider Rockets
Stranko
Sushin Shyam
Takers
The Infamists
The Lonely Ones
Thin Lizzy
Tojié Cai
Tommy Henriksen
Tony Iommi
Twenty One Two
UFO
Unearth
Unmerciful
Waxen
Whitesnake
def rebel
ozzy
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Linkin Park
System Of A Down
Metallica
Evanescence
Grelo
Ghost
Marilyn Manson
Black Sabbath
Five Finger Death Punch
Ozzy Osbourne
Iron Maiden
Mötley Crüe
Pantera
Bullet For My Valentine
I Prevail
Architects
Megadeth
Motionless In White
Deep Purple
Slayer
Sushin Shyam
Asking Alexandria
Judas Priest
Bad Wolves
Gojira
Lamb of God
Motörhead
Ice Nine Kills
In Flames
Whitesnake
Within Temptation
Alice Cooper
Killswitch Engage
Powerwolf
Memphis May Fire
Knocked Loose
Twisted Sister
Sepultura
Lorna Shore
Machine Head
Slaughter to Prevail
Trivium
Casey Edwards
Dream Theater
Amon Amarth
Skid Row
Thin Lizzy
Kublai Khan TX
Wage War
LANDMVRKS
Dio
Paleface Swiss
Zxmyr
Black Label Society
Brothers of Metal
Opeth
Helloween
Sanikwave
Rainbow
Danzig
Mastodon
DragonForce
Make Them Suffer
Static-X
Lacuna Coil
Death
Käärijä
Accept
Meshuggah
Bleed The Wicked Menace
HammerFall
Arch Enemy
Children Of Bodom
Testament
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Anthrax
Zakk Wylde
Sullivan King
Colm R. McGuinness
Wind Rose
def rebel
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Jeff Williams
Alestorm
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Shadow of Intent
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