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1. 715 relations: A Long Time Comin', Abbey Road, AC/DC, Accept (band), Acid rock, Aeolian mode, Aerosmith, Aerosmith (album), African heavy metal, Age of Winters, Air guitar, Aldious, Alice Cooper, Alice in Chains, Alien Weaponry, AllMusic, Alternate picking, Alternative metal, Alternative rock, Amy Lee, Anarcho-punk, Anathema (band), Angra (band), Anthrax (American band), Antonio Vivaldi, Appetite for Destruction, Aram Khachaturian, Arch Enemy, Are You Experienced, Argentine heavy metal, Art music, Arthur Brown (musician), As Safe as Yesterday Is, Asking Alexandria, Atlanta International Pop Festival, Australian heavy metal, Avant-garde metal, Avril Lavigne, Babymetal, Bang (American band), Bangladeshi heavy metal, Barry Gifford, Bass drum, Bassist, Bathory (band), Bay Area thrash metal, Bazillion Points, BBC, BBC Radio 1, BBC Two, ... Expand index (665 more) » « Shrink index

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A Long Time Comin'

A Long Time Comin is the first album by American rock band the Electric Flag, released in 1968.

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Abbey Road

Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969, by Apple Records.

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AC/DC

AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in 1973.

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Accept (band)

Accept is a German heavy metal band from Solingen, formed in 1976 by lead guitarist Wolf Hoffmann, singer Udo Dirkschneider and bassist Peter Baltes.

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Acid rock

Acid rock is a loosely defined type of rock music that evolved out of the mid-1960s garage punk movement and helped launch the psychedelic subculture. Heavy metal music and Acid rock are rock music genres.

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Aeolian mode

The Aeolian mode is a musical mode or, in modern usage, a diatonic scale also called the natural minor scale.

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Aerosmith

Aerosmith is an American rock band formed in Boston in 1970.

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Aerosmith (album)

Aerosmith is the debut studio album by the American rock band Aerosmith, released on January 5, 1973, by Columbia Records.

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African heavy metal

African heavy metal refers to the heavy metal music scene in Africa, particularly in East African countries such as Kenya and Uganda, and Southern African countries including Namibia, Madagascar, Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe.

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Age of Winters

Age of Winters is the debut album by American heavy metal band The Sword, released in the United States on February 14, 2006.

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Air guitar

Air guitar is a form of dance and movement in which the performer pretends to play an imaginary rock or heavy metal-style electric guitar, including riffs and solos.

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Aldious

is a Japanese heavy metal band from Osaka, formed in 2008 by guitarist Yoshi and vocalist Rami.

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Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer and songwriter whose career spans sixty years.

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Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains (often abbreviated as AIC) is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1987.

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Alien Weaponry

Alien Weaponry is a New Zealand metal band from Waipu, formed in Auckland in 2010.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.

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Alternate picking

Alternate picking is a guitar playing technique that employs alternating downward and upward strokes in a continuous fashion.

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Alternative metal

Alternative metal (also known as alt-metal) is a genre of heavy metal music that combines heavy metal with influences from alternative rock and other genres not normally associated with metal.

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Alternative rock

Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Heavy metal music and alternative rock are American styles of music, British styles of music and rock music genres.

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Amy Lee

Amy Lynn Lee (born December 13, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and musician.

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Anarcho-punk

Anarcho-punk (also known as anarchist punk or peace punk) is an ideological subgenre of punk rock that promotes anarchism. Heavy metal music and anarcho-punk are British styles of music.

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Anathema (band)

Anathema were an English rock band from Liverpool.

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Angra (band)

Angra is a Brazilian power metal band formed in 1991.

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Anthrax (American band)

Anthrax is an American thrash metal band from New York City, formed in 1981 by rhythm guitarist Scott Ian and bassist Dan Lilker.

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Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music.

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Appetite for Destruction

Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released on July 21, 1987, by Geffen Records.

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Aram Khachaturian

Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (Ru-Aram Ilyich Khachaturian.ogg; Արամ Խաչատրյան,; 1 May 1978) was a Soviet Armenian composer and conductor.

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Arch Enemy

Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, originally a supergroup from Halmstad, formed in 1995.

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Are You Experienced

Are You Experienced is the debut studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in May 1967.

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Argentine heavy metal

The Argentine heavy metal is a heavy metal music movement that originated in Argentina in the 1980s.

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Art music

Art music (alternatively called classical music, cultivated music, serious music, and canonic music) is music considered to be of high phonoaesthetic value. Heavy metal music and Art music are music genres.

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Arthur Brown (musician)

Arthur Wilton Brown (born 24 June 1942)Marshall 2005, p. 25.

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As Safe as Yesterday Is

As Safe as Yesterday Is is the debut studio album by English rock band Humble Pie, released in August 1969.

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Asking Alexandria

Asking Alexandria are an English rock band formed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and now based in York, North Yorkshire, consisting of guitarist Cameron Liddell, drummer James Cassells, vocalist Danny Worsnop, and bassist Sam Bettley.

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Atlanta International Pop Festival

The first Atlanta International Pop Festival was a rock festival held at the Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta, on the July Fourth (Friday) weekend, 1969, more than a month before Woodstock.

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Australian heavy metal

Australian heavy metal music has its roots in both the Australian hard rock and pub rock tradition of the 1970s and the American and British heavy metal scenes.

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Avant-garde metal

Avant-garde metal (also known as avant-metal, experimental metal, art metal and experimetal) is a subgenre of heavy metal music loosely defined by use of experimentation and innovative, avant-garde elements, including non-standard and unconventional sounds, instruments, song structures, playing styles, and vocal techniques.

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Avril Lavigne

Avril Ramona Lavigne (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian singer-songwriter.

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Babymetal

is a Japanese kawaii metal band consisting of Suzuka Nakamoto as "Su-metal", Moa Kikuchi as "Moametal" and Momoko Okazaki as "Momometal".

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Bang (American band)

Bang is an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, active briefly in the early 1970s and again since 2014.

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Bangladeshi heavy metal

Bangladeshi heavy metal or Bangla heavy metal was originated from the evolution of British and American heavy metal bands of the 1980s.

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Barry Gifford

Barry Gifford (born October 18, 1946) is an American author, poet, and screenwriter known for his distinctive mix of American landscapes and prose influenced by film noir and Beat Generation writers.

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Bass drum

The bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch.

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Bassist

A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or trombone.

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Bathory (band)

Bathory was a Swedish black metal band formed in Vällingby in March 1983.

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Bay Area thrash metal

Bay Area thrash metal (also known as Bay Area thrash) referred to a steady following of heavy metal bands in the 1980s who formed and gained international status in the San Francisco Bay Area in California.

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Bazillion Points

Bazillion Points is a book publishing company owned and operated by author and SiriusXM radio host Ian Christe.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.

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BBC Two

BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.

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Beat (music)

In music and music theory, the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse (regularly repeating event), of the mensural level (or beat level). Heavy metal music and beat (music) are popular music.

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Beat It

"Beat It" is a song by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson from his sixth studio album, Thriller (1982).

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Beatnik

Beatniks were members of a social movement in the mid-20th century, who subscribed to an anti-materialistic lifestyle.

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Beherit

Beherit is a Finnish black metal band from Rovaniemi.

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Believer (band)

Believer is an American technical thrash metal band from the late 1980s and early 1990s, that plays a hybrid of thrash and progressive metal.

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Berg Publishers

Berg Publishers was an academic publishing company based in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England and Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

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Better by You, Better than Me

"Better by You, Better than Me" is a 1969 song by the English rock band Spooky Tooth.

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Beyoncé

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (Knowles; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and businesswoman.

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Bill Ward (musician)

William Thomas Ward (born 5 May 1948) is an English musician.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.

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Black magic

Black magic has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers or magic for evil and selfish purposes.

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Black Mass

A Black Mass is a ceremony celebrated by various Satanic groups.

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Black metal

Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music.

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Black Night

"Black Night" is a song by English hard rock band Deep Purple, released as a single in June 1970 and later included on the 25th Anniversary version of their 1970 studio album, Deep Purple in Rock.

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Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne.

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Black Sabbath (album)

Black Sabbath is the debut studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, released on 13 February 1970 by Vertigo Records in the United Kingdom and on 1 June 1970 by Warner Bros. Records in the United States.

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Blasphemy

Blasphemy refers to an insult that shows contempt, disrespect or lack of reverence concerning a deity, an object considered sacred, or something considered inviolable.

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Blind Guardian

Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in 1984 in Krefeld, West Germany.

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Bloodrock

Bloodrock was an American hard rock band based in Fort Worth, Texas, that had success in the 1970s.

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Bloodrock (album)

Bloodrock is the debut from the Fort Worth, Texas, hard rock band Bloodrock, released on 16 March 1970 by label Capitol Records.

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Blue Öyster Cult

Blue Öyster Cult (sometimes abbreviated BÖC or BOC) is an American hard rock band formed on Long Island in Stony Brook, New York, in 1967.

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Blue Öyster Cult (album)

Blue Öyster Cult is the debut studio album by the American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released in January 1972 by Columbia Records.

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Blue Cheer

Blue Cheer was an American rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Heavy metal music and Blues are American styles of music and popular music.

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Blues rock

Blues rock is a fusion genre and form of rock music that relies on the chords/scales and instrumental improvisation of blues. Heavy metal music and blues rock are American styles of music, British styles of music and rock music genres.

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Bolt Thrower

Bolt Thrower was a British death metal band from Coventry.

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Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi is an American rock band formed in 1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey.

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Born to Be Wild

"Born to Be Wild" is a song written by Mars Bonfire and first performed by the band Steppenwolf.

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Brazilian thrash metal

Brazilian thrash metal is a musical movement that originated in the 1980s.

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Breakdown (music)

In music, a breakdown is a part of a song in which various instruments have solo parts (breaks).

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Bring Me the Horizon

Bring Me the Horizon are a British rock band, formed in Sheffield in 2004.

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British rock music

British rock describes a wide variety of forms of music made in the United Kingdom. Heavy metal music and British rock music are British styles of music.

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British Steel (album)

British Steel is the sixth studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released on 11 April 1980 by Columbia Records.

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Budgie (band)

Budgie were a Welsh heavy metal band from Cardiff.

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Burzum

Burzum is a Norwegian music project founded by Varg Vikernes in 1991.

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Cactus (American band)

Cactus is an American rock band formed in 1969.

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Canadian heavy metal

Canadian heavy metal music has a history going back to the late 1960s, with the band Bent Wind and Sussex released in 1969.

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Candlemass (band)

Candlemass is a Swedish epic doom metal band established in Upplands Väsby, a suburb of Stockholm in 1984 by bassist, songwriter and bandleader Leif Edling and drummer Matz Ekström.

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Captain Beyond

Captain Beyond is an American rock supergroup formed in Los Angeles in 1971.

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Carnifex (band)

Carnifex is an American deathcore band from San Diego County, California.

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Catharsis (band)

Catharsis is a Russian power metal band founded in 1996.

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Cathedral (band)

Cathedral were a doom metal band from Coventry, England.

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Cell (music)

The 1957 Encyclopédie Laroussequoted in Nattiez, Jean-Jacques (1990).

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Celtic Frost

Celtic Frost was a Swiss heavy metal band from Zürich.

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Chastain (band)

Chastain is an American heavy metal music band, formed in 1984 by guitarist David T. Chastain and signed by Shrapnel Records.

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Children of Bodom

Children of Bodom was a Finnish melodic death metal band from Espoo.

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Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies

Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies is a music reference book by American music journalist and essayist Robert Christgau. Heavy metal music and Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies are 1970s in music.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Christina Aguilera

Christina María Aguilera (born December 18, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality.

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Cinderella (band)

Cinderella was an American rock band formed in the suburbs of Philadelphia in 1983.

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Classic Rock (magazine)

Classic Rock is a British magazine and website dedicated to rock music, owned and published by Future.

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Classical music

Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. Heavy metal music and Classical music are European music genres.

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Cliff Burton

Clifford Lee Burton (February 10, 1962 – September 27, 1986) was an American musician who served as the bassist for the heavy metal band Metallica from 1982 until his death in 1986.

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Climbing!

Climbing! (also known as Mountain Climbing!) is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Mountain.

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Coal Chamber

Coal Chamber is an American nu metal band formed by Dez Fafara and Meegs Rascón in Los Angeles in 1992, initially under the name She's in Pain.

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Code Orange (band)

Code Orange (formerly known as Code Orange Kids) is an American metalcore band that formed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 2008, while the members of the band were still in high school.

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Combination tone

A combination tone (also called resultant or subjective tone)"", Britannica.com.

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Consonance and dissonance

In music, consonance and dissonance are categorizations of simultaneous or successive sounds.

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Converge (band)

Converge is an American metalcore band formed by vocalist and artist Jacob Bannon and guitarist and producer Kurt Ballou in Salem, Massachusetts in 1990.

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Corpse paint

Corpse paint is a style of body painting, used mainly by black metal bands for concerts and band photos.

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Countdown to Extinction

Countdown to Extinction is the fifth studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth, released on July 14, 1992, through Capitol Records.

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Counterculture

A counterculture is a culture whose values and norms of behavior differ substantially from those of mainstream society, sometimes diametrically opposed to mainstream cultural mores.

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Counterculture of the 1960s

The counterculture of the 1960s was an anti-establishment cultural phenomenon and political movement that developed in the Western world during the mid-20th century.

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Coven (band)

Coven is an American rock band formed in Chicago in the late 1960s.

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Cradle of Filth

Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band formed in Suffolk in 1991.

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Crawdaddy (magazine)

Crawdaddy was an American rock music magazine launched in 1966.

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Crawdaddy Club

The Crawdaddy Club was a music venue in Richmond, Surrey, England, which opened in 1963.

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Cream (band)

Cream were a British rock band formed in London in 1966.

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Creem

Creem (often stylized in all caps) is an American rock music magazine and entertainment company, founded in Detroit, whose initial print run lasted from 1969 to 1989.

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Cross of Saint Peter

The Cross of Saint Peter, also known as the Petrine Cross, is an inverted Latin cross traditionally used as a Christian symbol, but in recent times, it has also been used as an anti-Christian and Satanic symbol.

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Crossover thrash

Crossover thrash (often abbreviated to crossover) is a fusion genre of thrash metal and hardcore punk.

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Crowbar (American band)

Crowbar is an American sludge metal band formed in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1990.

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Cymbal choke

In percussion, cymbal choke is a drum stroke or push which consists of striking a cymbal with a drum stick held in one hand and then immediately grabbing the cymbal with another hand, or more rarely, with the same hand.

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Cyntia

Cyntia was a Japanese heavy metal band formed in 2011.

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Danzig (band)

Danzig is an American heavy metal band led by former Samhain and Misfits singer Glenn Danzig.

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Dark ambient

Dark ambient (referred to as ambient industrial especially in the 1980s) is a genre of post-industrial musicReed, Alexander: Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music, Oxford University Press, 2013,, p. 190 that features an ominous, dark droning and often gloomy, monumental or catacombal atmosphere, partially with discordant overtones.

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Darkthrone

Darkthrone is a Norwegian black metal band from Kolbotn, Akershus.

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Dave Davies

David Russell Gordon Davies (born 3 February 1947) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter.

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Dave Edmunds

David William Edmunds (born 15 April 1944) is a Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer.

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David Nicholls (musicologist)

David Nicholls (born in 1955) is a British musicologist and composer.

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Dead Throne

Dead Throne is the fourth studio album by American metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada.

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Death (metal band)

Death was an American death metal band formed in Altamonte Springs, Florida, in 1983 by guitarist Chuck Schuldiner (who later became the band's sole vocalist), drummer/vocalist Kam Lee and guitarist Rick Rozz.

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Death growl

The death growl is an extended vocal technique usually employed in death metal and other extreme subgenres of heavy metal music.

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Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music.

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Death-doom

Death-doom (also known as death-doom metal or doom-death) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal.

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Deathcore

Deathcore is an extreme metal subgenre that combines death metal with metalcore. Heavy metal music and Deathcore are American styles of music.

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Dee Snider

Daniel SniderTayler, Letta,, "Newsday", March 15, 2016.

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Deena Weinstein

Deena Weinstein (born March 15, 1943) is a professor of sociology at DePaul University whose research focuses on popular culture.

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Deep Purple

Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968.

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Deep Purple in Rock

Deep Purple in Rock is the fourth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released on 5 June 1970.

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Def Leppard

Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1976 in Sheffield.

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Deicide (band)

Deicide is an American death metal band formed in Tampa, Florida in 1987 by drummer/composer Steve Asheim and guitarist brothers Eric and Brian Hoffman as "Carnage", then hiring bassist/vocalist/lyricist Glen Benton and becoming "Amon".

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Delain

Delain is a Dutch symphonic metal band formed in 2002 by former Within Temptation keyboardist Martijn Westerholt, intending for the band to be solely a project.

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Denis Arnold

Denis Midgley Arnold (Sheffield, 15 December 1926 – Budapest, 28 April 1986) was a British musicologist.

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Despised Icon

Despised Icon is a Canadian deathcore band from Montreal, Quebec.

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Destrose

Destrose was a Japanese heavy metal band formed in 2007.

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Destruction (band)

Destruction is a German thrash metal band formed in 1982.

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Diamond Head (British band)

Diamond Head are an English heavy metal band formed in Stourbridge, West Midlands, in 1976.

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Diatonic and chromatic

Diatonic and chromatic are terms in music theory that are used to characterize scales.

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Dick Dale

Richard Anthony Monsour (May 4, 1937 – March 16, 2019), known professionally as Dick Dale, was an American rock guitarist.

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Dickie Peterson

Richard Allan Peterson (September 12, 1946 – October 12, 2009); www.inlog.org.

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Dimmu Borgir

Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band from Jessheim, formed in 1993.

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Dio (band)

Dio was an American heavy metal band formed in 1982 and led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio.

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Disc jockey

A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience.

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Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Heavy metal music and Disco are 1970s fads and trends, 1970s in music and American styles of music.

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Disraeli Gears

Disraeli Gears is the second studio album by the British rock band Cream.

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Distortion (music)

Distortion and overdrive are forms of audio signal processing used to alter the sound of amplified electric musical instruments, usually by increasing their gain, producing a "fuzzy", "growling", or "gritty" tone.

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Disturbed (band)

Disturbed is an American heavy metal band from Chicago, formed in 1994.

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Djent

Djent is a subgenre of progressive metal, termed for an onomatopoeia of the guitar sound that characterizes it.

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Do it yourself

"Do it yourself" ("DIY") is the method of building, modifying, or repairing things by oneself without the direct aid of professionals or certified experts.

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Don Dokken

Donald Maynard Dokken (born June 29, 1953) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and founder of glam metal band Dokken.

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Doom metal

Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres.

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Doro (musician)

Dorothee Pesch (born 3 June 1964), known professionally as Doro Pesch or simply Doro, is a German heavy metal singer and the former frontwoman of heavy metal band Warlock.

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Dotdash Meredith

Dotdash Meredith (formerly The Mining Company, About.com and Dotdash) is an American digital media company based in New York City.

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DragonForce

DragonForce are a British power metal band from London.

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Dream Theater

Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Drone (sound)

In music, a drone is a harmonic or monophonic effect or accompaniment where a note or chord is continuously sounded throughout most or all of a piece.

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Drone metal

Drone metal or drone doom is a style of heavy metal that melds the slow tempos and heaviness of doom metal with the long-duration tones of drone music.

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Duke University Press

Duke University Press is an academic publisher and university press affiliated with Duke University.

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Dust (band)

Dust was an American hard rock band active in the early 1970s.

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Dynamic range compression

Dynamic range compression (DRC) or simply compression is an audio signal processing operation that reduces the volume of loud sounds or amplifies quiet sounds, thus reducing or compressing an audio signal's dynamic range.

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Earache Records

Earache Records is a British independent record label, music publisher and management company founded by Digby Pearson in 1985, based in Nottingham, England, with offices in London and New York.

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Early Norwegian black metal scene

The early Norwegian black metal scene of the 1990s is credited with creating the modern black metal genre and produced some of the most acclaimed and influential artists in extreme metal.

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Earth (American band)

Earth is an American rock band based in Olympia, Washington and led by the guitarist Dylan Carlson. Initially active between 1989 and 1997, their early work is characterized by heavy guitar distortion, drones, and lengthy, minimalist song structures; their 1993 debut album Earth 2 is recognized as a pioneering work of the drone metal genre.

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Earth Crisis

Earth Crisis is an American metallic hardcore band from Syracuse, New York, active from 1989 until 2001, reuniting in 2007.

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Eddie Cochran

Ray Edward Cochran (October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) was an American rock and roll musician.

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Eddie Van Halen

Edward Lodewijk Van Halen (January 26, 1955 – October 6, 2020) was an American musician.

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Eight-string guitar

An eight-string guitar is a guitar with eight strings, or one more than the Russian guitar's seven.

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Eighth note

'''Figure 1.''' An eighth note with stem extending up, an eighth note with stem extending down, and an eighth rest. '''Figure 2.''' Four eighth notes beamed together. An eighth note (American) or a quaver (British) is a musical note played for one eighth the duration of a whole note (semibreve).

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Electric Light Orchestra

The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan.

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Electropop

Electropop is a popular music fusion genre combining elements of the electronic and pop styles. Heavy metal music and Electropop are British styles of music.

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Elf (band)

Elf was an American rock band founded in 1967 by singer and bassist Ronnie James Dio, keyboardist Doug Thaler, drummer Gary Driscoll, and guitarists Nick Pantas and David Feinstein (Dio's cousin).

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Epica (band)

Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band, founded by guitarist and vocalist Mark Jansen after his departure from After Forever.

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Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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Eruption (instrumental)

"Eruption" is a guitar solo performed by Eddie Van Halen and the second track from Van Halen's self-titled 1978 debut album.

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Euronymous

Øystein Aarseth (22 March 1968 – 10 August 1993), better known by his stage name Euronymous, was a Norwegian musician and a founder of and central figure in the early Norwegian black metal scene.

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Europe (band)

Europe is a Swedish rock band formed in Upplands Väsby in 1979, by lead vocalist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum, bassist Peter Olsson, and drummer Tony Reno.

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Evanescence

Evanescence is an American rock band founded in 1994 by singer and keyboardist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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Exodus (band)

Exodus is an American thrash metal band formed in 1979 in Richmond, California.

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Experimental music

Experimental music is a general label for any music or music genre that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions.

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Extreme (band)

Extreme is an American rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1985, that reached the height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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Extreme metal

Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. It has been defined as a "cluster of metal subgenres characterized by sonic, verbal, and visual transgression". The term usually refers to a more abrasive, harsher, underground, non-commercialized style associated with the speed metal, thrash metal, black metal, death metal, and doom metal genres.K.

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Extreme Noise Terror

Extreme Noise Terror (often abbreviated to ENT) are a British extreme metal band formed in Ipswich, England in 1985 and one of the earliest and most influential crust bands.

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Eyehategod

Eyehategod (also abbreviated and referred to as EHG) is an American sludge metal band from New Orleans, Louisiana who formed in 1988.

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Factory

A factory, manufacturing plant or production plant is an industrial facility, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or operate machines which process each item into another.

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Fairies Wear Boots

"Fairies Wear Boots" is a song by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, appearing on their 1970 album Paranoid.

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Faith No More

Faith No More is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1979.

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Fallen (Evanescence album)

Fallen is the debut studio album by American rock band Evanescence, released on March 4, 2003 by Wind-up Records.

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Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction involving magical elements, as well as a work in this genre.

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Fanzine

A fanzine (blend of fan and magazine or -zine) is a non-professional and non-official publication produced by enthusiasts of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre) for the pleasure of others who share their interest.

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Far Beyond Driven

Far Beyond Driven is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Pantera, released on March 22, 1994, by Elektra Records and East West Records.

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Fates Warning

Fates Warning is an American progressive metal band, formed in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1982 by vocalist John Arch, guitarists Jim Matheos and Victor Arduini, bassist Joe DiBiase, and drummer Steve Zimmerman.

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Fear Factory

Fear Factory is an American industrial<!-- encompasses their whole discography; don't change to heavy metal --> metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1989.

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Fenriz

Gylve Fenris Nagell (born Leif Nagell; 28 November 1971), known professionally as Fenriz, is a Norwegian musician, part-time music journalist and online radio host (with the show "Radio Fenriz").

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Feral House

Feral House is an American book publisher founded in 1989 by Adam Parfrey and based in Port Townsend, Washington.

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Fingerboard

The fingerboard (also known as a fretboard on fretted instruments) is an important component of most stringed instruments.

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Florida death metal

Florida death metal is a regional scene and stylistic subdivision of death metal.

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Folk metal

Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s.

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Folk rock

Folk rock is a fusion genre of rock music with heavy influences from pop, English and American folk music. Heavy metal music and folk rock are rock music genres.

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Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.

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Forest of Equilibrium

Forest of Equilibrium is the debut studio album by British metal band Cathedral, released on 14 October 1991 on Earache Records.

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Free jazz

Free jazz, or Free Form in the early to mid-1970s, is a style of avant-garde jazz or an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes.

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Fresh Cream

Fresh Cream is the debut studio album by the British rock band Cream, consisting of bassist Jack Bruce, guitarist Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Baker.

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Friday Rock Show

The Friday Rock Show was a radio show in the United Kingdom that was broadcast on BBC Radio 1 from 10pm to midnight on Friday nights, from 17 November 1978 until 2 April 1993.

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Frijid Pink

Frijid Pink is an American rock band, formed in Detroit in 1967, best known for their 1969 rendition of "House of the Rising Sun".

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Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the mid-20th century. Heavy metal music and Funk are 1970s fads and trends, 1970s in music, American styles of music and popular music.

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Funk metal

Funk metal (also known as thrash-funk or punk-funk) is a subgenre of funk rock and alternative metal that infuses heavy metal music (often thrash metal) with elements of funk and punk rock.

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Future US

Future US, Inc. (formerly known as Imagine Media and The Future Network USA) is an American media corporation specializing in targeted magazines and websites in the video games, music, and technology markets.

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Gaby Hoffmann (songwriter)

Gaby Hoffmann (Hauke; born in West Berlin, West Germany) is primarily known as songwriter under the pseudonym Deaffy and former manager for the heavy metal band Accept.

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Garage rock

Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. Heavy metal music and garage rock are American styles of music and rock music genres.

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Gene Simmons

Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; חיים ויץ; born August 25, 1949) is an American musician.

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Ginger Baker

Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (19 August 1939 – 6 October 2019) was an English drummer.

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Girlschool

Girlschool are a British rock band that formed in the new wave of British heavy metal scene in 1978.

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Glam metal

Glam metal (also known as hair metal or pop metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal that features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, upbeat rock anthems, and slow power ballads.

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Glen Benton

Glen Michael Benton (born June 18, 1967) is an American musician.

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Goatsnake

Goatsnake is an American stoner/doom metal band from Los Angeles. They have released three studio albums, the first being 1999's Goatsnake Vol. 1.

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Got Live If You Want It! (album)

Got Live If You Want It! is an album of mostly live recordings by the English rock band the Rolling Stones.

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Gothic metal

Gothic metal (or goth metal) is a fusion genre combining the aggression of heavy metal with the dark atmospheres of gothic rock. Heavy metal music and gothic metal are British styles of music.

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Gothic rock

Gothic rock (also called goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. Heavy metal music and Gothic rock are British styles of music and rock music genres.

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Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards to recording artists for works (songs or albums) containing quality performances in the heavy metal music genre.

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Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in the music industry.

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Grand Funk Railroad

Grand Funk Railroad (often shortened to Grand Funk) is an American rock band formed in Flint, Michigan, in 1969 by Mark Farner (vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica), Don Brewer (drums, vocals), and Mel Schacher (bass).

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Granicus (band)

Granicus was an American hard rock band formed in 1969 in Cleveland.

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Grimes

Claire Elise Boucher (born March 17, 1988), known professionally as Grimes, is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Grindcore

Grindcore is an extreme fusion genre of heavy metal and hardcore punk that originated in the mid-1980s, drawing inspiration from abrasive-sounding musical styles, such as thrashcore, crust punk, hardcore punk, extreme metal, and industrial. Heavy metal music and Grindcore are English styles of music.

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Groove metal

Groove metal, sometimes also called neo-thrash or post-thrash, is a subgenre of heavy metal music that began in the early 1990s. Heavy metal music and Groove metal are American styles of music.

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Growling

Growling is a low, guttural vocalization produced by animals as an aggressive warning but can also be found in other contexts such as playful behaviors or mating.

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Grunge

Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is an alternative rock genre and subculture which emerged during the in the U.S. state of Washington, particularly in Seattle and nearby towns. Heavy metal music and Grunge are American styles of music and rock music genres.

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Guido of Arezzo

Guido of Arezzo (Guido d'Arezzo; – after 1033) was an Italian music theorist and pedagogue of High medieval music.

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Guitar solo

A guitar solo is a melodic passage, instrumental section, or entire piece of music, pre-written (or improvised) to be played on a classical, electric, or acoustic guitar.

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Guitar World

Guitar World is a monthly music magazine for guitarists – and fans of guitar-based music and trends – that has been published since July 1980.

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Guitarist

A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar.

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Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in March 1985 when local bands Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns merged.

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Halestorm

Halestorm is an American rock band from Red Lion, Pennsylvania, consisting of lead vocalist and guitarist Lzzy Hale, drummer Arejay Hale, guitarist Joe Hottinger, and bassist Josh Smith.

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HammerFall

HammerFall is a Swedish power metal band from Gothenburg.

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Hammond organ

The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935.

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Hand of Doom

"Hand of Doom" is a song by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, originally appearing on their second album Paranoid, released in 1970.

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Hapshash and the Coloured Coat

Hapshash and the Coloured Coat was an influential British graphic design and avant-garde musical partnership in the late 1960s, consisting of Michael English and Nigel Waymouth.

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Hard rock

Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Heavy metal music and Hard rock are rock music genres.

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Hard Stuff

Hard Stuff were an English hard rock group which included John Du Cann and Paul Hammond, formerly of Atomic Rooster.

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Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk (commonly abbreviated to hardcore or hXc) is a punk rock subgenre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.

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Hatebreed

Hatebreed is an American metalcore band from Bridgeport, Connecticut, formed in 1994.

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Headbangers Ball

Headbangers Ball is a music television program that consisted of heavy metal music videos airing on MTV and its global affiliates.

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Headbanging

Headbanging is the act of violently shaking one's head in rhythm with music.

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Headgirl

Headgirl was a collaboration between the English rock groups Motörhead and Girlschool, active occasionally between 1978 and 1981.

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Heavy (Iron Butterfly album)

Heavy is the debut studio album by the rock band Iron Butterfly, released on January 22, 1968.

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Heavy metal fashion

Heavy metal fashion is the style of dress, body modification, make-up, hairstyle, and so on, taken on by fans of heavy metal, or, as they are often called, metalheads or headbangers.

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Heavy metal genres

A number of heavy metal genres have developed since the emergence of heavy metal (often shortened to metal) during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Heavy metal music and heavy metal genres are rock music genres.

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Heavy metal lyrics

Heavy metal lyrics are the words used in songs by heavy metal artists.

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Heavy metal subculture

Fans of heavy metal music, commonly referred to as "Metalheads", have created their own subculture that encompasses more than just appreciation of the style of music.

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Hedonism

Hedonism refers to the prioritization of pleasure in one's lifestyle, actions, or thoughts.

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Hellhammer

Hellhammer was a Swiss extreme metal band from Nürensdorf, active from 1982 to 1984.

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Helloween

Helloween is a German power metal band founded in 1984 in Hamburg by members of bands Iron Fist, Gentry, Second Hell and Powerfool.

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Helter Skelter (song)

"Helter Skelter" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 album The Beatles (also known as the "White Album").

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Hexachord

In music, a hexachord (also hexachordon) is a six-note series, as exhibited in a scale (hexatonic or hexad) or tone row.

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High on Fire

High on Fire is an American heavy metal band from Oakland, California, that was formed in 1998.

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High Tide (band)

High Tide were an English rock band formed in 1969 by Tony Hill (previously of The Misunderstood, guitar and vocals), Simon House (violin and keyboards), Peter Pavli (bass guitar) and Roger Hadden (drums).

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High Voltage (1975 album)

High Voltage is the debut studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released only in Australia and New Zealand, on 17 February 1975.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community. Heavy metal music and hip hop music are American styles of music.

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Hippie

A hippie, also spelled hippy, especially in British English, is someone associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during or around 1964 and spread to different countries around the world. Heavy metal music and hippie are 1970s in music.

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Hit Parader

Hit Parader was an American music magazine that operated between 1942 and 2008.

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Holy Moses

Holy Moses was a German thrash metal band active from 1980 to 1994 and from 2000 to 2023.

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Hook (music)

A hook is a musical idea, often a short riff, passage, or phrase, that is used in popular music to make a song appealing and to "catch the ear of the listener." The term generally applies to popular music, especially rock, R&B, hip hop, dance, and pop.

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House music

House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute. Heavy metal music and House music are American styles of music.

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Humble Pie

Humble Pie are an English rock band formed by singer-guitarists Peter Frampton and Steve Marriott in Moreton, Essex, in 1969.

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Humble Pie (album)

Humble Pie is the third studio album by English rock band Humble Pie.

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Hungarian metal

Hungarian metal is the heavy metal music scene of Hungary.

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I Disagree

I Disagree is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Poppy.

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I Wanna Be Your Dog

"I Wanna Be Your Dog" is a song by American rock band the Stooges, released as the group's debut single from the band's 1969 self-titled debut album.

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I Want You (She's So Heavy)

"I Want You (She's So Heavy)" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney.

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Ian Christe

Ian Christe (born 21 March 1970 in Biel/Bienne) is a Swiss author, disc jockey and the publisher of Bazillion Points Books.

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Ian Gillan

Ian Gillan (born 19 August 1945) is an English singer who is best known as the lead singer and lyricist for the rock band Deep Purple.

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Iced Earth

Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band currently composed of only Jon Schaffer, formed in Tampa, Florida and based in Columbus, Indiana.

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Immortal (band)

Immortal is a Norwegian black metal band from Bergen.

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In the Court of the Crimson King

In the Court of the Crimson King (subtitled An Observation by King Crimson) is the debut studio album by English progressive rock band King Crimson, released on 10 October 1969, by Island Records.

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In This Moment

In This Moment is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed by singer Maria Brink and guitarist Chris Howorth in 2005.

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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (derived from "In the Garden of Eden") is a song recorded by Iron Butterfly, written by band member Doug Ingle and released on their 1968 album of the same name.

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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (album)

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is the second studio album by the American rock band Iron Butterfly, released in June 1968.

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Indonesian heavy metal

Indonesian heavy metal or Indonesian metal music are music with the heavy metal genre that developed and emerged from local Indonesian metal bands.

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Industrial metal

Industrial metal is the fusion of heavy metal and industrial music, typically employing repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals.

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Industrial music

Industrial music is a genre of music that draws on harsh, mechanical, transgressive, or provocative sounds and themes. Heavy metal music and Industrial music are American styles of music and British styles of music.

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Interval (music)

In music theory, an interval is a difference in pitch between two sounds.

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Irish Coffee (band)

Irish Coffee are a hard rock band from Aalst, East Flanders, Belgium, that officially started playing in 1970.

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Iron Butterfly

Iron Butterfly is an American rock band formed in San Diego, California, in 1966.

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Iron Claw (band)

Iron Claw was a Scottish heavy metal band formed in 1969 and ended in 1974.

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Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris.

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Jack Bruce

John Symon Asher Bruce (14 May 1943 – 25 October 2014) was a Scottish musician.

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James Cotton

James Henry Cotton (July 1, 1935 &ndash; March 16, 2017) was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, who performed and recorded with many fellow blues artists and with his own band.

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Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 1985.

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Japanese metal

is heavy metal music from Japan.

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Jason Becker

Jason Eli Becker (born July 22, 1969) is an American composer and guitarist.

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Jeff Beck

Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 194410 January 2023) was an English guitarist.

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Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, songwriter and singer.

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Jimmy Page

James Patrick Page (born 9 January 1944) is an English musician and producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin.

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Jo Bench

Jo-Anne Bench is a British musician from Leamington Spa, who is best known as the bassist for Bolt Thrower.

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Joan Jett

Joan Jett (born Joan Marie Larkin; September 22, 1958) is an American rock singer, guitarist, songwriter, record producer, and actress.

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Joe Hill Louis

Lester Hill (September 23, 1921 – August 5, 1957), known professionally as Joe Hill Louis, was an American singer, guitarist, harmonica player and one-man band.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.

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John Bonham

John Henry Bonham (31 May 1948 – 25 September 1980) was an English musician who was the drummer of the rock band Led Zeppelin.

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John Paul Jones (musician)

John Paul Jones (born John Baldwin; 3 January 1946), is an English musician, songwriter, and record producer who was the bassist and keyboardist for the rock band Led Zeppelin.

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John Rockwell

John Sargent Rockwell (born September 16, 1940) is an American music critic, dance critic and arts administrator.

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Jon Lord

John Douglas "Jon" Lord (9 June 194116 July 2012) was an English keyboardist and composer.

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Jon Pareles

Jon Pareles (born October 25, 1953) is an American journalist who is the chief popular music critic in the arts section of The New York Times.

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Josefus

Josefus was an American rock band from Houston, Texas, United States, who have been credited as "one of the first models for the blunt sound of Texas hard rock and heavy metal." They were also mentioned in an article in Classic Rock titled "The Lost Pioneers of Heavy Metal".

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JPT Scare Band

JPT Scare Band is an American rock band.

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Judas Priest

Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969.

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Kamelot

Kamelot is an American power metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed by Thomas Youngblood in 1987.

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Keeper of the Seven Keys

Keeper of the Seven Keys is a four-part album series by Helloween, composed of the band's second, third, and eleventh full-length studio albums as well as their third live album.

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Keith Kahn-Harris

Keith Kahn-Harris is a sociologist and music critic.

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Kerrang!

Kerrang! is a British music webzine and quarterly magazine that primarily covers rock, punk and heavy metal music.

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Killers (Iron Maiden album)

Killers is the second studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden.

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Killswitch Engage

Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999 after the disbanding of Overcast and Aftershock.

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King Crimson

King Crimson were an English-based progressive rock band formed in 1968 in London.

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Kingdom Come (Sir Lord Baltimore album)

Kingdom Come is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Sir Lord Baltimore, released on Mercury Records in 1970.

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Kiss (band)

Kiss (often styled as KISS) was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973 by Paul Stanley (vocals, rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (vocals, bass guitar), Ace Frehley (lead guitar, vocals) and Peter Criss (drums, vocals).

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Kiss (Kiss album)

Kiss is the debut studio album by American rock band Kiss, released on February 18, 1974, by Casablanca Records.

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Korn

Korn (stylized as KoЯn) is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, originally formed in 1993 by James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu and David Silveria, who were members of the band L.A.P.D. Their current lineup features Shaffer (guitar); Arvizu (bass); Brian "Head" Welch (guitar); Jonathan Davis (vocals), and Ray Luzier (drums), who replaced Silveria in 2007.

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Kreator

Kreator is a German thrash metal band from Essen, formed in 1982.

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Kyuss

Kyuss was an American stoner rock band formed in Palm Desert, California, in 1987, and considered one of the pioneers of the genre.

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Lamb of God (band)

Lamb of God is an American heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia.

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Leaf Hound

Leaf Hound are an English hard rock band that formed in 1970 out of the heavy blues rock band Black Cat Bones.

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Leather Leone

Catherine Anne Leone, known professionally as Leather Leone, is an American heavy metal vocalist, best known for fronting the groups Rude Girl and Chastain in the 1980s.

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Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968.

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Led Zeppelin (album)

Led Zeppelin (sometimes referred to as Led Zeppelin I) is the debut studio album by English rock band Led Zeppelin.

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Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin II is the second studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 22 October 1969 in the United States and on 31 October 1969 in the United Kingdom by Atlantic Records.

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Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin III is the third studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 5 October 1970.

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Led Zeppelin IV

The untitled fourth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV, was released on 8 November 1971 by Atlantic Records.

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Lemmy

Ian Fraser Kilmister (24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015), better known as Lemmy Kilmister or simply Lemmy, was a British musician.

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Les Légions Noires

Les Légions Noires (also known as The Black Legions in English, or simply abbreviated to LLN) was a movement of French underground black metal musicians and their bands, centered mostly around the city of Brest, in Brittany.

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Leslie West

Leslie Abel West (born Weinstein; October 22, 1945 – December 23, 2020) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.

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Lester Bangs

Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs (December 14, 1948 – April 30, 1982) was an American music journalist and critic.

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Let's Go Trippin'

"Let's Go Trippin'" is an instrumental by Dick Dale and The Del-Tones.

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Lick (music)

In popular music genres such as country, blues, jazz or rock music, a lick is "a stock pattern or phrase" consisting of a short series of notes used in solos and melodic lines and accompaniment. Heavy metal music and lick (music) are popular music.

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Light metal

A light metal is any metal of relatively low density.

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Limp Bizkit

Limp Bizkit is an American nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida.

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Link Wray

Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr. (May 2, 1929 – November 5, 2005) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s.

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Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American rock band formed in Agoura Hills, California, in 1996.

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List of heavy metal bands

This is a list of heavy metal artists from the formative years of the movement (formed between 1963 and 1981).

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List of heavy metal festivals

This is an incomplete list of heavy metal festivals.

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Lita Ford

Lita Rossana Ford (born September 19, 1958) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.

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Liv Kristine

Liv Kristine Espenæs (born 14 February 1976) is a Norwegian singer who has performed and composed songs mostly for various subgenres of heavy metal music.

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Lo-fi music

Lo-fi (also typeset as lofi or low-fi; short for low fidelity) is a music or production quality in which elements usually regarded as imperfections in the context of a recording or performance are present, sometimes as a deliberate choice. Heavy metal music and lo-fi music are American styles of music.

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Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza (Lolla) is an annual American four-day music festival held in Grant Park in Chicago.

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Lonesome Crow

Lonesome Crow is the debut studio album by the German rock band Scorpions.

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Loudness

In acoustics, loudness is the subjective perception of sound pressure.

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Louie Louie

"Louie Louie" is a rhythm and blues song written and composed by American musician Richard Berry in 1955, recorded in 1956, and released in 1957.

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Love Bites (So Do I)

"Love Bites (So Do I)" is a song by American rock band Halestorm.

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Love Gun

Love Gun is the sixth studio album by American hard rock band Kiss, released on June 30, 1977.

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Love Sculpture

Love Sculpture were a Welsh blues rock band that was active from 1966 to 1970, led by Dave Edmunds (born 15 April 1944 in Cardiff, Wales), with bassist John David (born 19 January 1946 in Cardiff) and drummer Rob "Congo" Jones (born 13 August 1946 in Barry, Wales).

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Lovebites (band)

Lovebites (stylized as LOVEBITES) is a Japanese heavy metal band, formed in 2016 by former Destrose members Miho and Haruna.

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Lucian K. Truscott IV

Lucian King Truscott IV (born April 11, 1947) is an American writer and journalist.

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Macabre

In works of art, the adjective macabre means "having the quality of having a grim or ghastly atmosphere".

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Machine Head (album)

Machine Head is the sixth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple.

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Machismo

Machismo is the sense of being "manly" and self-reliant, a concept associated with "a strong sense of masculine pride: an exaggerated masculinity".

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Made in Japan (Deep Purple album)

Made in Japan is a double live album by English rock band Deep Purple, recorded during their first tour of Japan in August 1972.

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Major third

In classical music, a third is a musical interval encompassing three staff positions (see Interval number for more details), and the major third is a third spanning four half steps or two whole steps. Along with the minor third, the major third is one of two commonly occurring thirds.

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Malcolm Dome

Malcolm Dome (1955 – 29 October 2021) was an English music journalist.

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Manufacturing

Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation.

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Mari Hamada

is a Japanese heavy metal and pop rock singer.

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Marilyn Manson (band)

Marilyn Manson is an American rock band formed by namesake lead singer Marilyn Manson and guitarist Daisy Berkowitz in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1989.

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Mark Tornillo

Mark Tornillo (born June 8, 1954) is an American singer and songwriter best known for serving as the frontman of heavy metal band Accept.

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Marty Friedman

(born December 8, 1962) is an American guitarist, best known for his tenure as the lead guitarist of thrash metal band Megadeth from 1990 to 2000.

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Mary's Blood

was a Japanese all-female heavy metal band from Tokyo, formed in 2009 by four former members of Destrose.

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Master of Puppets

Master of Puppets is the third studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released on March 3, 1986, by Elektra Records.

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Master of Reality

Master of Reality is the third studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, released in the United Kingdom on 6 August 1971 by Vertigo Records.

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Mastodon (band)

Mastodon is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia.

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Mathcore

Mathcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk and metalcore influenced by post-hardcore, extreme metal and math rock that developed during the 1990s.

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Max Cavalera

Massimiliano Antonio "Max" Cavalera (born August 4, 1969) is a Brazilian musician.

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May Blitz

May Blitz was a Canadian-British hard rock power trio that was active in the early 1970s.

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Mayhem (band)

Mayhem is a Norwegian black metal band formed in Langhus in 1984.

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Mötley Crüe

Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Hollywood, California, in 1981 by bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, with guitarist Mick Mars and lead vocalist Vince Neil joining right after.

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Māori people

Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa).

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MC5

MC5 was an American rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan, in 1963.

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Megadeth

Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine.

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Melodic death metal

Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath) is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs, often borrowing from traditional heavy metal (including New Wave of British Heavy Metal).

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Melody

A melody, also tune, voice or line, is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity.

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Melvins

Melvins (sometimes the Melvins) are an American rock band formed in 1983 in Montesano, Washington.

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Memphis blues

The Memphis blues is a style of blues music created from the 1910s to the 1930s by musicians in the Memphis area, such as Frank Stokes, Sleepy John Estes, Furry Lewis and Memphis Minnie.

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Mercyful Fate

Mercyful Fate is a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen, formed in 1981 by vocalist King Diamond and guitarist Hank Shermann.

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Metal Hammer

Metal Hammer is a heavy metal music magazine and website founded in 1983, published in the United Kingdom by Future, with other language editions published by different companies available in numerous other countries.

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Metal Health

Metal Health is the third studio album by the American heavy metal band Quiet Riot, released on February 28, 1983.

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Metal Mike Saunders

Michael Earl Saunders (born May 1, 1952), commonly known as Metal Mike Saunders, is an American rock critic and the singer of the Californian punk band Angry Samoans.

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Metal umlaut

A metal umlaut (also known as röck döts) is a diacritic that is sometimes used gratuitously or decoratively over letters in the names of mainly hard rock or heavy metal bands—for example, those of Blue Öyster Cult, Queensrÿche, Motörhead, the Accüsed, Mötley Crüe and the parody bands Spın̈al Tap and Green Jellÿ.

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Metalcore

Metalcore is a fusion genre combining elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk, that originated in the late 1980s.

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Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal band.

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Metallica (album)

Metallica (commonly known as The Black Album) is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica.

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Metalworking

Metalworking is the process of shaping and reshaping metals in order to create useful objects, parts, assemblies, and large scale structures.

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Methaqualone

Methaqualone is a hypnotic sedative.

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MeToo movement

#MeToo is a social movement and awareness campaign against sexual abuse, sexual harassment and rape culture, in which people publicize their experiences of sexual abuse or sexual harassment.

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Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist.

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Michael Romeo

Michael James Romeo (born March 6, 1968) is an American musician, best known as the guitarist, founding member, and main songwriter of the progressive metal group Symphony X. He is one of two members to appear on every Symphony X release (the other being Michael Pinnella).

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Mike Bloomfield

Michael Bernard Bloomfield (July 28, 1943 – February 15, 1981) was an American blues guitarist and composer.

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Ministry (band)

Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1981 by producer, singer, and instrumentalist Al Jourgensen.

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Minor sixth

In Western classical music, a minor sixth is a musical interval encompassing six staff positions (see Interval number for more details), and is one of two commonly occurring sixths (the other one being the major sixth).

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Minor third

In music theory, a minor third is a musical interval that encompasses three half steps, or semitones.

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Misirlou

"Misirlou" (Μισιρλού &lt; Mısırlı 'Egyptian' &lt; مصر Miṣr 'Egypt') is a folk song from the Eastern Mediterranean region.

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Misogyny

Misogyny is hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women or girls.

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Miss Anthropocene

Miss Anthropocene is the fifth studio album by Canadian musician Grimes.

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Mississippi Queen

"Mississippi Queen" is a song by the American rock band Mountain.

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Moog synthesizer

The Moog synthesizer is a modular synthesizer invented by the American engineer Robert Moog in 1964.

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Morbid Angel

Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida, formed in 1983 by guitarist, primary composer and sole remaining original member Trey Azagthoth, vocalist and bassist Dallas Ward, and drummer Mike Browning.

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More (soundtrack)

More is the third studio album and first soundtrack album by English rock band Pink Floyd.

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Moshing

Moshing (also known as slam dancing or simply slamming) is an extreme style of dancing in which participants push or slam into each other.

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Motörhead

Motörhead were an English rock band formed in London in 1975 by bassist and lead vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, guitarist Larry Wallis and drummer Lucas Fox.

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Mother Love Bone

Mother Love Bone was an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1988.

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Mountain (band)

Mountain was an American hard rock band formed on Long Island, New York, in 1969.

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Mountain (Leslie West album)

Mountain is the debut album by American rock guitarist and vocalist Leslie West, released in July 1969 by Windfall Records.

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MTV

MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television channel.

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Music journalism

Music journalism (or music criticism) is media criticism and reporting about music topics, including popular music, classical music, and traditional music.

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Music of Finland

The music of Finland can be roughly divided into folk music, classical and contemporary art music, and contemporary popular music.

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Music of India

Owing to India's vastness and diversity, Indian music encompasses numerous genres in multiple varieties and forms which include classical music, folk, rock, and pop.

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Music television

Music television is a type of television programming which focuses predominantly on playing music videos from recording artists, usually on dedicated television channels broadcasting on satellite, cable, or Streaming Platforms.

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Music video

A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Heavy metal music and music video are popular music.

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MusicMight

MusicMight (formerly RockDetector) was a rock music website that provides artist and product information through a global website and an ongoing book series.

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Musicology

Musicology (from Greek μουσική 'music' and -λογια, 'domain of study') is the scholarly study of music.

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My Dying Bride

My Dying Bride are an English doom metal band formed in Bradford.

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Napalm Death

Napalm Death are an English grindcore band formed in Meriden, West Midlands in 1981.

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Napalm Records

Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal, hard rock and folk/folk rock/folk metal.

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Nazism

Nazism, formally National Socialism (NS; Nationalsozialismus), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany.

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Necrophagia

Necrophagia was an American death metal band.

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Neo-fascism

Neo-fascism is a post-World War II far-right ideology that includes significant elements of fascism.

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Neoclassical metal

Neoclassical metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is heavily influenced by classical music and usually features very technical playing,Stephan Forté, "Metal néoclassique" in Guitarist Magazine Pedago, Hors Série #29, "Les secrets du metal- Etudes de Style", March 2009, pp.14–15.

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Never Say Die! Tour (Black Sabbath)

The Never Say Die! Tour was a concert tour by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

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New wave of American heavy metal

The new wave of American heavy metal (also known as NWOAHM and new wave of American metal) was a heavy metal music movement that originated in the United States during the early–mid 1990s and expanded most in the early to mid-2000s.

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New wave of British heavy metal

The new wave of British heavy metal (commonly abbreviated as NWOBHM) was a nationwide musical movement that started in England in the mid-1970s and achieved international attention by the early 1980s.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Nightwish

Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee.

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Nihilism

Nihilism is a family of views within philosophy that rejects generally accepted or fundamental aspects of human existence, such as knowledge, morality, or meaning.

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Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN, stylized as NIИ, is an American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland in 1988.

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Nine-string guitar

A nine-string guitar is a guitar with nine strings instead of the commonly used six strings.

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Nirvana (band)

Nirvana was an American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987.

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NME

New Musical Express (NME) is a British music, film, gaming, and culture website and brand.

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No Sleep 'til Hammersmith

No Sleep 'til Hammersmith is the first live album by English rock band Motörhead, released in June 1981 by Bronze Records.

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Nothing's Shocking

Nothing's Shocking is the debut studio album by American rock band Jane's Addiction, released on August 23, 1988 through Warner Bros. Records.

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Nova Express

Nova Express is a 1964 novel by American author William S. Burroughs.

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Nu metal

Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal) is a subgenre of that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop, funk, industrial, and grunge. Heavy metal music and nu metal are American styles of music.

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Nymphetamine

Nymphetamine is the sixth studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth.

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Obituary (band)

Obituary is an American death metal band formed in Tampa, Florida, in 1984.

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Occult

The occult (from occultus) is a category of esoteric or supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of organized religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving a 'hidden' or 'secret' agency, such as magic and mysticism.

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Octave

In music, an octave (octavus: eighth) or perfect octave (sometimes called the '''diapason''') is a series of eight notes occupying the interval between (and including) two notes, one having twice the frequency of vibration of the other.

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Ostinato

In music, an ostinato (derived from the Italian word for stubborn, compare English obstinate) is a motif or phrase that persistently repeats in the same musical voice, frequently in the same pitch.

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Overkill (band)

Overkill is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1980 in New Jersey.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Ozzfest

Ozzfest was an annual music festival tour of the United States and sometimes Europe and later Japan, featuring performances by many heavy metal and hard rock musical groups.

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Ozzy Osbourne

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English musician and media personality.

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P.O.D.

P.O.D. (an initialism for Payable on Death) is an American Christian nu metal band formed in 1992 and based in San Diego, California.

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Paganism

Paganism (from classical Latin pāgānus "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism.

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Palm Desert Scene

The Palm Desert Scene is a group of related bands and musicians from Palm Desert, California.

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Palm mute

The palm mute is a technique for guitar and bass guitar known for its muted sound.

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Pantera

Pantera is an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, formed in 1981 by the Abbott brothers (guitarist Dimebag Darrell and drummer Vinnie Paul), and currently composed of vocalist Phil Anselmo, bassist Rex Brown, and touring musicians Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante.

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Papa Roach

Papa Roach is an American rock band from Vacaville, California, formed in 1993.

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Paradise Lost (band)

Paradise Lost are an English gothic metal band.

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Paranoid (album)

Paranoid is the second studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, released on 18 September 1970 by Vertigo Records in the United Kingdom and on 7 January 1971 by Warner Bros. Records in the United States.

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Paranoid (Black Sabbath song)

"Paranoid" is a song by English rock band Black Sabbath, released in 1970 off the band's second studio album, Paranoid (1970).

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Parent–teacher association

A parent–teacher association/organization (PTA/PTO), parent–teacher–friend association (PTFA), or parent–teacher–student association (PTSA) is a formal organization comprising parents, teachers and staff that is intended to facilitate parental participation in a school.

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Parents Music Resource Center

The Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) was an American committee formed in 1985 with the stated goal of increasing parental control over the access of children to music deemed to have violent, drug-related, or sexual themes via labeling albums with Parental Advisory stickers.

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Paste (magazine)

Paste is an American monthly music and entertainment digital magazine, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with studios in Atlanta and Manhattan, and owned by Paste Media Group.

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Pat Hare

Auburn "Pat" Hare (December 20, 1930 – September 26, 1980) was an American electric blues guitarist and singer.

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Pedal point

In music, a pedal point (also pedal note, organ point, pedal tone, or pedal) is a sustained tone, typically in the bass, during which at least one foreign (i.e. dissonant) harmony is sounded in the other parts.

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Pentagram (band)

Pentagram is an American heavy metal band from Alexandria, Virginia, most famous as one of the pioneers of heavy metal, and the sub-genre of doom metal in particular.

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Pentatonic scale

A pentatonic scale is a musical scale with five notes per octave, in contrast to heptatonic scales, which have seven notes per octave (such as the major scale and minor scale).

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Perfect fifth

In music theory, a perfect fifth is the musical interval corresponding to a pair of pitches with a frequency ratio of 3:2, or very nearly so.

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Perfect fourth

A fourth is a musical interval encompassing four staff positions in the music notation of Western culture, and a perfect fourth is the fourth spanning five semitones (half steps, or half tones).

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Periphery (band)

Periphery is an American progressive metal band formed in Washington, D.C., in 2005.

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Perry Farrell

Perry Farrell (born Peretz Bernstein; March 29, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician referred to as the "Godfather of Alternative Music".

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Pete Townshend

Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945) is an English musician.

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Phrygian mode

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Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965.

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Poison (band)

Poison is an American glam metal band formed in 1983 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.

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Polyrhythm

Polyrhythm is the simultaneous use of two or more rhythms that are not readily perceived as deriving from one another, or as simple manifestations of the same meter.

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Pop icon

A pop icon is a celebrity, character, or object whose exposure in popular culture is regarded as constituting a defining characteristic of a given society or era.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. Heavy metal music and pop music are music genres and popular music.

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PopMatters

PopMatters is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers aspects of popular culture.

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Poppy (singer)

Moriah Rose Pereira (born January 1, 1995), known professionally as Poppy and formerly as That Poppy, is an American singer, songwriter, and YouTuber.

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Popular music

Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. Heavy metal music and Popular music are music genres.

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Poseur

A poseur is someone who poses for effect, or behaves affectedly, who affects a particular attitude, character or manner to impress others, or who pretends to belong to a particular group.

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Possessed (band)

Possessed is an American death metal band,Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: War Black Metal: Die Extremsten der Extremen.

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Post-metal

Post-metal is a music genre rooted in heavy metal but exploring approaches beyond metal conventions while being related to and similar to post-rock. Heavy metal music and post-metal are American styles of music and English styles of music.

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Power chord

A power chord, also called a fifth chord, is a colloquial name for a chord on guitar, especially on electric guitar, that consists of the root note and the fifth, as well as possibly octaves of those notes.

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Power metal

Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within a symphonic context.

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Pretty Things

Pretty Things were an English rock band formed in September 1963 in Sidcup, Kent, taking their name from Bo Diddley's 1955 song "Pretty Thing", and active in their first incarnation until 1971.

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Primevil

Primevil was an American rock band in the 1970s.

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Primus (band)

Primus is an American rock band formed in El Sobrante, California in 1984.

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Progressive metal

Progressive metal (often shortened to prog metal or prog) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral or quasi-classical compositions of the latter. Heavy metal music and progressive metal are American styles of music.

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Progressive rock

Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Heavy metal music and Progressive rock are 1970s in music, American styles of music, British styles of music and rock music genres.

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Protest the Hero

Protest the Hero is a Canadian progressive metal band from Whitby, Ontario.

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Psychedelic experience

A psychedelic experience (known colloquially as a trip) is a temporary altered state of consciousness induced by the consumption of a psychedelic substance (most commonly LSD, mescaline, psilocybin mushrooms, or DMT).

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Psychedelic rock

Psychedelic rock is a rock music genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs. Heavy metal music and psychedelic rock are 1970s fads and trends and rock music genres.

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Punk rock

Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Heavy metal music and punk rock are 1970s in music and rock music genres.

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Punk subculture

The punk subculture includes a diverse and widely known array of music, ideologies, fashion, and other forms of expression, visual art, dance, literature, and film.

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Purgatory (song)

"Purgatory" is Iron Maiden's fifth single, released on 15 June 1981, and would be their last with singer Paul Di'Anno.

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Purple Haze

"Purple Haze" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and released as the second single by the Jimi Hendrix Experience on March 17, 1967, in the United Kingdom.

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Pyromania (album)

Pyromania is the third studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 20 January 1983 through Vertigo Records in UK and Europe and through Mercury Records in the US.

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Queen (band)

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970 by Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), later joined by John Deacon (bass).

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Queensrÿche

Queensrÿche is an American progressive metal band.

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Quiet Riot

Quiet Riot is an American heavy metal band founded in Los Angeles in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni.

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Racism

Racism is discrimination and prejudice against people based on their race or ethnicity.

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Raga

A raga (also raaga or ragam or raag) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a melodic mode.

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Rainbow (rock band)

Rainbow (also known as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow or Blackmore's Rainbow) are a British-American rock band formed in London and Los Angeles in 1975 by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore.

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Randy Rhoads

Randall William Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American guitarist.

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Rap metal

Rap metal is a fusion genre that combines hip hop with heavy metal. Heavy metal music and Rap metal are American styles of music.

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Rape

Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent.

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Rapping

Rapping (also rhyming, flowing, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is an artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular".

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Rata Blanca

Rata Blanca ("White Rat" in English) is an Argentine heavy metal band, formed in 1986.

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Ratt

Ratt (stylized as RATT) was an American glam metal band that had significant commercial success in the 1980s, with their albums having been certified as gold, platinum, and multi-platinum by the RIAA.

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Reckless & Relentless

Reckless & Relentless is the second studio album by English rock band Asking Alexandria.

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Record Collector

Record Collector is a British monthly music magazine focussing on rare and collectable records, and the bands who recorded them.

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Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States.

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Reign in Blood

Reign in Blood is the third studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released on October 20, 1986, by Def Jam Recordings.

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Revolver (magazine)

Revolver is an American heavy metal music and hard rock magazine, published by Project M Group.

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Rhapsody of Fire

Rhapsody of Fire (formerly known as Rhapsody) is an Italian symphonic power metal band formed by Luca Turilli and Alex Staropoli, widely seen as a pioneer of the symphonic power metal subgenre.

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Riff

A riff is a short, repeated motif or figure in the melody or accompaniment of a musical composition.

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Rina Sawayama

is a Japanese and British singer, actress and model.

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Ritchie Blackmore

Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist.

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Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings; January 12, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and actor.

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Robert Christgau

Robert Thomas Christgau (born April 18, 1942) is an American music journalist and essayist.

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Robert Palmer (American writer)

Robert Franklin Palmer Jr. (June 19, 1945 – November 20, 1997) was an American writer, musicologist, clarinetist, saxophonist, and blues producer.

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Robert Plant

Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer and songwriter.

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Robert Walser (musicologist)

Robert Walser is an American musicologist associated with the "new musicology".

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF), also simply referred to as the Rock Hall, is a museum and hall of fame located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States, on the shore of Lake Erie.

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Rock music

Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. Heavy metal music and Rock music are American styles of music, British styles of music, popular music and rock music genres.

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Rock opera

A rock opera is a collection of rock music songs with lyrics that relate to a common story.

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Rocka Rolla

Rocka Rolla is the debut studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released on 6 September 1974 by Gull Records.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.

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Romanticism

Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century.

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Ronnie James Dio

Ronald James Padavona (July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010), known professionally as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal singer.

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Root (chord)

In the music theory of harmony, the root is a specific note that names and typifies a given chord.

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Rumble (instrumental)

"Rumble" is an instrumental by American group Link Wray & His Wray Men.

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Rush (band)

Rush was a Canadian rock band formed in Toronto in 1968 that primarily comprised Geddy Lee (vocals, bass guitar, keyboards), Alex Lifeson (guitar) and Neil Peart (drums, percussion).

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Rutgers University Press

Rutgers University Press (RUP) is a nonprofit academic publishing house, operating in New Brunswick, New Jersey under the auspices of Rutgers University.

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S. F. Sorrow

S. F. Sorrow is the fourth album by the English rock band Pretty Things. Released in 1968, it is known as one of the first rock operas ever released.

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Sabina Classen

Sabina Classen (Hirtz; born 27 December 1963) is a German thrash metal singer, best known as lead vocalist of Holy Moses and Temple of the Absurd.

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Sabre Dance

"Sabre Dance" is a movement in the final act of Aram Khachaturian's ballet Gayane (1942), where the dancers display their skill with sabres.

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Sadomasochism

Sadism and masochism, known collectively as sadomasochism, are the derivation of pleasure from acts of respectively inflicting or receiving pain or humiliation.

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Saint Vitus (band)

Saint Vitus is an American doom metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1978.

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Samael (band)

Samael is a Swiss metal band formed in Sion in 1987.

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Sandy Pearlman

Samuel Clarke "Sandy" Pearlman (August 5, 1943 – July 26, 2016) was an American music producer, artist manager, music journalist and critic, professor, poet, songwriter, and record company executive.

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Santa (band)

Santa was a Spanish heavy metal / hard rock band founded in 1983 in Madrid.

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Sarcófago

Sarcófago was a Brazilian extreme metal band formed in 1985.

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Satan

Satan, also known as the Devil, is an entity in Abrahamic religions that seduces humans into sin or falsehood.

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Satanism

Satanism refers to a group of religious, ideological, and/or philosophical beliefs based on Satan – particularly his worship or veneration.

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Sawayama

Sawayama is the debut studio album by Japanese-British singer Rina Sawayama.

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Saxon (band)

Saxon are an English heavy metal band formed in Barnsley in 1975.

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Scorpions (band)

Scorpions are a German hard rock band formed in Hanover in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker.

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Screaming (music)

Screaming is an extended vocal technique that is popular in "aggressive" music genres such as heavy metal, punk rock, and noise music.

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Sea Shanties (High Tide album)

Sea Shanties is the debut album of English rock band High Tide, notable for including the violin as a rock instrument.

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Selling out

"Selling out", or "sold out" in the past tense, is a common expression for the compromising of a person's integrity, morality, authenticity, or principles by forgoing the long-term benefits of the collective or group in exchange for personal gain, such as money or power.

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Sempiternal (album)

Sempiternal is the fourth studio album by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon.

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Sentimental ballad

A sentimental ballad is an emotional style of music that often deals with romantic and intimate relationships, and to a lesser extent, loneliness, death, war, drug abuse, politics and religion, usually in a poignant but solemn manner. Heavy metal music and sentimental ballad are popular music.

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Sepultura

Sepultura ("grave")Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 17.

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Seven Churches (album)

Seven Churches is the debut studio album by American death metal band Possessed.

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Seven-string guitar

The seven-string guitar adds one additional string to the more common six-string guitar, commonly used to extend the bass range (usually a low B) or also to extend the treble range.

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Shadows Fall

Shadows Fall is an American metalcore band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1996.

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Shai Hulud

Shai Hulud is an American metalcore band formed in Pompano Beach, Florida, in 1995, and later based in Poughkeepsie, New York.

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Sharon Osbourne

Sharon Rachel Osbourne (née Levy, later Arden; born 9 October 1952) is an English television personality, music manager, and author.

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Shock rock

Shock rock is the combination of rock music or heavy metal music with highly theatrical live performances emphasizing shock value. Heavy metal music and shock rock are rock music genres.

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Shred guitar

Shred guitar is a virtuosic style of electric guitar performance.

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Sign of the horns

The sign of the horns is a hand gesture with a variety of meanings and uses in various cultures.

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Simon Frith

Simon Webster Frith (born 1946) is a British sociomusicologist and former rock critic who specializes in popular music culture.

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Sir Lord Baltimore

Sir Lord Baltimore was an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York City, formed in 1968 by lead vocalist and drummer John Garner, guitarist Louis Dambra, and bassist Gary Justin.

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Sixteenth note

'''Figure 1.''' A 16th note with stem facing up, a 16th note with stem facing down, and a 16th rest. '''Figure 2.''' Four 16th notes beamed together. In music, a 1/16, sixteenth note (American) or semiquaver (British) is a note played for half the duration of an eighth note (quaver), hence the names.

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Skid Row (American band)

Skid Row is an American rock band formed in 1986 in Toms River, New Jersey.

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Slang

A slang is a vocabulary (words, phrases, and linguistic usages) of an informal register, common in everyday conversation but avoided in formal writing.

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Slasher film

A slasher film is a subgenre of horror films involving a killer or a group of killers stalking and murdering a group of people, usually by use of bladed or sharp tools.

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Slayer

Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, drummer Dave Lombardo and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya.

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Sleep (band)

Sleep is an American stoner/doom metal band from San Jose, California.

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Slipknot (band)

Slipknot is an American heavy metal band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1995 by percussionist Shawn Crahan, former vocalist Anders Colsefni and bassist Paul Gray.

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Slippery When Wet

Slippery When Wet is the third studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released on August 18, 1986, by Mercury Records in North America and Vertigo Records internationally.

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Sludge metal

Sludge metal (also known as sludge doom or simply sludge) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that combines elements of doom metal and hardcore punk.

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Smoke on the Water

"Smoke on the Water" is a song by English rock band Deep Purple, released on their 1972 studio album Machine Head.

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Social issue

A social issue is a problem that affects many people within a society.

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Sodom (band)

Sodom is a German thrash metal band from Gelsenkirchen, formed in 1981.

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Sonata Arctica

Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, Finland.

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Soundgarden

Soundgarden was an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1984 by singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto.

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Sounds (magazine)

Sounds was a UK weekly pop/rock music newspaper, published from 10 October 1970 to 6 April 1991.

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Speed metal

Speed metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) roots.

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Staccato

Staccato (Italian for "detached") is a form of musical articulation.

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Stage diving

Stage diving is the act of leaping from a concert stage onto the crowd below, which occasionally causes serious injuries.

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Stanley Sadie

Stanley John Sadie (30 October 1930 – 21 March 2005) was an influential and prolific British musicologist, music critic, and editor.

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Steppenwolf (band)

Steppenwolf was a Canadian-American rock band that was prominent from 1968 to 1972.

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Steppenwolf (Steppenwolf album)

Steppenwolf is the debut studio album by Canadian-American rock band Steppenwolf, released on January 29, 1968, on ABC Dunhill Records.

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Stoner rock

Stoner rock, also known as stoner metal or stoner doom, is a rock music fusion genre that combines elements of doom metal with psychedelic rock and acid rock. Heavy metal music and stoner rock are rock music genres.

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Straight edge

Straight edge (sometimes abbreviated as sXe or signified by XXX or simply X) is a subculture of hardcore punk whose adherents refrain from using alcohol, tobacco, and recreational drugs in reaction to the punk subculture's excesses.

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Stratovarius

Stratovarius is a Finnish power metal band.

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Subculture

A subculture is a group of people within a cultural society that differentiates itself from the conservative and standard values to which it belongs, often maintaining some of its founding principles.

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Suicide Silence

Suicide Silence is an American deathcore band from Riverside, California.

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Suicide Solution

"Suicide Solution" is a song by the English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, from his 1980 debut album Blizzard of Ozz.

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Summertime Blues

"Summertime Blues" is a song co-written and recorded by American rock artist Eddie Cochran.

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Sunn O)))

Sunn O))) (pronounced "sun") is an American drone metal band formed in 1998 in Seattle, Washington. The band is known for their distinctive visual style and slow, heavy sound, which blends diverse genres including doom metal, drone, black metal, dark ambient, and noise rock, as well as for their extremely loud live performances.

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Sunset Strip

The Sunset Strip is the stretch of Sunset Boulevard that passes through the city of West Hollywood, California, United States.

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Surf music

Surf music (also known as surf rock, surf pop, or surf guitar) is a genre of rock music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Southern California. Heavy metal music and surf music are American styles of music and rock music genres.

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Swedish death metal

Swedish death metal is a death metal music scene developed in Sweden.

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Symphonic black metal

Symphonic black metal is a subgenre of black metal that emerged in the 1990s and incorporates symphonic and orchestral elements.

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Symphonic metal

Symphonic metal is a cross-generic style designation for the symphonic subsets of heavy metal music subgenres.

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Symphony X

Symphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey.

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Syncopation

In music, syncopation is a variety of rhythms played together to make a piece of music, making part or all of a tune or piece of music off-beat.

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Tarja Turunen

Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Nightwish.

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Tempo

In musical terminology, tempo (Italian for 'time'; plural 'tempos', or tempi from the Italian plural), also known as beats per minute, is the speed or pace of a given composition.

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Tesseract (band)

Tesseract (often stylised as TesseracT) are a British progressive metal band from Milton Keynes.

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Testament (band)

Testament is an American heavy metal band from Berkeley, California.

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Textures (band)

Textures are a Dutch progressive metal band, formed in 2001.

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That's the Spirit

That's the Spirit is the fifth studio album by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon.

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The 13th Floor Elevators

The 13th Floor Elevators was an American rock band from Austin, Texas, United States, formed by guitarist and vocalist Roky Erickson, electric jug player Tommy Hall, and guitarist Stacy Sutherland.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

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The Beatles (album)

The Beatles, also referred to colloquially as the White Album, is the ninth studio album and only double album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 22 November 1968.

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The Byrds

The Byrds were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Dillinger Escape Plan

The Dillinger Escape Plan is an American metalcore band.

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The Electric Flag

The Electric Flag was an American blues/rock/soul band from Chicago, led by guitarist Mike Bloomfield, keyboardist Barry Goldberg and drummer Buddy Miles, and featuring other musicians such as vocalist Nick Gravenites and bassist Harvey Brooks.

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The End of Heartache

The End of Heartache is the third studio album by American metalcore band Killswitch Engage.

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The Final Countdown (album)

The Final Countdown is the third studio album by the Swedish rock band Europe.

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The Final Countdown (song)

"The Final Countdown" is a song by Swedish rock band Europe, released in 1986.

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The Jeff Beck Group

The Jeff Beck Group was a British rock band formed in London in January 1967 by former Yardbirds guitarist Jeff Beck.

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The Kingsmen

The Kingsmen are a 1960s American rock band from Portland, Oregon.

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The Kinks

The Kinks were an English rock band formed in London in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies.

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The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Nile Song

"The Nile Song", written by Roger Waters and sung by David Gilmour, is the second song from Pink Floyd's 1969 album More, the soundtrack to the film of the same name.

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The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Notorious Byrd Brothers is the fifth album by the American rock band the Byrds, and was released in January 1968, on Columbia Records.

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The Obsessed

The Obsessed is an American doom metal band from Potomac, Maryland, led by Scott "Wino" Weinrich.

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The Oxford Companion to Music

The Oxford Companion to Music is a music reference book in the series of Oxford Companions produced by the Oxford University Press.

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962.

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The Runaways

The Runaways were an American female rock band who recorded and performed from 1975 to 1979.

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The Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins (or simply Smashing Pumpkins) is an American alternative rock band from Chicago.

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The Soft Machine

The Soft Machine is a 1961 novel by American author William S. Burroughs.

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The Stooges

The Stooges, originally billed as the Psychedelic Stooges, and also known as Iggy and the Stooges, were an American rock band formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1967 by singer Iggy Pop, guitarist Ron Asheton, drummer Scott Asheton, and bassist Dave Alexander.

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The Sword

The Sword was an American heavy metal band from Austin, Texas.

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The Village Voice

The Village Voice is an American news and culture publication based in Greenwich Village, New York City, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly.

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The War Within (Shadows Fall album)

The War Within is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Shadows Fall.

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The Who

The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964.

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The Yardbirds

The Yardbirds are an English rock band, formed in London in 1963.

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Theatre of Tragedy

Theatre of Tragedy was a Norwegian band from Stavanger, active between 1993 and 2010.

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Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969.

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Thrash metal

Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and fast tempo. Heavy metal music and thrash metal are American styles of music and British styles of music.

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Tiamat (band)

Tiamat is a Swedish metal band that formed in Stockholm in 1987 and led by Johan Edlund.

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Timbre

In music, timbre, also known as tone color or tone quality (from psychoacoustics), is the perceived sound quality of a musical note, sound or tone.

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Time signature

A time signature (also known as meter signature, metre signature, and measure signature) is a convention in Western music notation that specifies how many note values of a particular type are contained in each measure (bar).

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TiVo Corporation

TiVo Corporation, formerly known as the Rovi Corporation and Macrovision Solutions Corporation, was an American technology company headquartered in San Jose, California.

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Toad (band)

Toad were a Swiss hard rock band formed in Basel, Switzerland, in 1970.

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Tommy Vance

Richard Anthony Crispian Francis Prew Hope-Weston (11 July 1940 – 6 March 2005), known professionally as Tommy Vance, was an English radio broadcaster.

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Tony Iommi

Anthony Frank Iommi Jr. (born 19 February 1948) is an English musician.

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Tool (band)

Tool is an American rock band from Los Angeles.

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Tristania (band)

Tristania was a Norwegian gothic metal band formed in 1996 by Morten Veland, Einar Moen and Kenneth Olsson.

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Tritone

In music theory, the tritone is defined as a musical interval spanning three adjacent whole tones (six semitones).

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Trouble (band)

Trouble is an American doom metal band from Aurora, Illinois, formed in 1981.

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Truth (Jeff Beck album)

Truth is the debut studio album by English guitarist Jeff Beck, released on 29 July 1968 in the United States on Epic Records and on 4 October 1968 in the United Kingdom on Columbia Records.

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Truth and Janey

Truth and Janey was an American rock band from Iowa.

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Twisted Sister

Twisted Sister was an American heavy metal band formed in 1972, originally from Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, and later based on Long Island, New York.

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Type O Negative

Type O Negative was an American gothic/doom metal band formed in Brooklyn, New York City in 1989 by Peter Steele (bass, lead vocals), Kenny Hickey (guitar, co-lead vocals), Josh Silver (keyboards, backing vocals), and Sal Abruscato (drums, percussion), who was later replaced by Johnny Kelly.

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UFO (band)

UFO were an English rock band formed in London in 1968.

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UFO 1

UFO 1 is the debut studio album by British rock band UFO.

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UK Albums Chart

The Official UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by sales and audio streaming in the United Kingdom.

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Uli Jon Roth

Uli Jon Roth (born Ulrich Roth; 18 December 1954) is a German guitarist who became famous for his work with the hard rock band Scorpions and is one of the earliest contributors to the neoclassical metal genre.

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Under the Blade

Under the Blade is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Twisted Sister, released on Secret Records in September 1982.

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Underground music

Underground music is music with practices perceived as outside, or somehow opposed to, mainstream popular music culture.

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Unison

In music, unison is two or more musical parts that sound either the same pitch or pitches separated by intervals of one or more octaves, usually at the same time.

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Uriah Heep (band)

Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969.

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US Festival

The US Festival ("us") was the name of two early 1980s music and culture festivals held near San Bernardino, California.

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USA Today

USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.

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Van Halen

Van Halen was an American rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1973.

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Van Halen (album)

Van Halen is the debut studio album by American rock band Van Halen, released on February 10, 1978, by Warner Bros. Records.

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Vanilla Fudge

Vanilla Fudge is an American rock band known predominantly for their slow extended heavy rock arrangements of contemporary hit songs, such as their hit cover of the Supremes' "You Keep Me Hangin' On".

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Vanilla Fudge (album)

Vanilla Fudge is the debut studio album by the American psychedelic rock band Vanilla Fudge.

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Varg Vikernes

Louis Cachet (born Kristian Vikernes; 11 February 1973), better known as Varg Vikernes, is a Norwegian musician and author best known for his early black metal albums and later crimes.

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Venom (band)

Venom are an English heavy metal band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1978.

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Viking metal

Viking metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by a lyrical and thematic focus on Norse mythology, Norse paganism, and the Viking Age.

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Vincebus Eruptum

Vincebus Eruptum (pseudo-Latin) is the debut album of American rock band Blue Cheer.

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Virtuoso

A virtuoso (from Italian virtuoso, or; Late Latin virtuosus; Latin virtus; 'virtue', 'excellence' or 'skill') is an individual who possesses outstanding talent and technical ability in a particular art or field such as fine arts, music, singing, playing a musical instrument, or composition.

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Visual kei

, abbreviated, is a category of Japanese musicians that have a strong focus on extravagant stage costumes that originated in Japan during the early 1980s. Heavy metal music and Visual kei are music genres and rock music genres.

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Vixen (band)

Vixen is an American rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1980.

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W.A.S.P. (band)

W.A.S.P. is an American heavy metal band formed in 1982.

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War Pigs

"War Pigs" is an anti-war protest song by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1970.

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Warlock (band)

Warlock was a German heavy metal band founded in 1982 in Düsseldorf by members of the underground bands Snakebite and Beast.

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Warrant (American band)

Warrant is an American glam metal band formed in 1984 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, that experienced success from 1989 to 1996 with five albums reaching international sales of over 10 million.

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Wesleyan University Press

Wesleyan University Press is a university press that is part of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

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What Are You Doing Here?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? A Black Woman's Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal is a non-fiction book written by the Canadian journalist Laina Dawes.

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White power skinhead

White power skinheads, also known as racist skinheads and neo-Nazi skinheads (but derided as boneheads by anti-racist skinheads), are members of a neo-Nazi, white supremacist and antisemitic offshoot of the skinhead subculture.

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White Zombie (band)

White Zombie was an American heavy metal band that formed in 1985.

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Whitechapel (band)

Whitechapel is an American deathcore band from Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Whole note

A whole note (American) or semibreve (British) in musical notation is a single note equivalent to or lasting as long as two half notes or four quarter notes.

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William S. Burroughs

William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist.

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Willie Johnson (guitarist)

Willie Johnson (March 4, 1923 – February 26, 1995) was an American electric blues guitarist.

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Winger (band)

Winger is an American rock band formed in New York City, in 1987.

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Witchcraft

Witchcraft, as most commonly understood in both historical and present-day communities, is the use of alleged supernatural powers of magic.

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Witchcraft (band)

Witchcraft is a Swedish doom metal band founded in 2000.

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Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls

Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls (also known simply as Witchcraft) is the first album by the American rock band Coven.

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Within Temptation

Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic metal band founded in April 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt.

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Wolfmother

Wolfmother is an Australian hard rock band from Sydney.

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Wolfmother (album)

Wolfmother is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Wolfmother, originally released on 31 October 2005 in Australia.

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Woodstock

The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held from August 15 to 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, southwest of the town of Woodstock.

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Work accident

A work accident, workplace accident, occupational accident, or accident at work is a "discrete occurrence in the course of work" leading to physical or mental occupational injury.

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Working class

The working class is a subset of employees who are compensated with wage or salary-based contracts, whose exact membership varies from definition to definition.

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X Japan

is a Japanese rock band from Chiba, formed in 1982 by drummer and pianist Yoshiki and lead vocalist Toshi.

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Yesterday's Children

Yesterday's Children was an American psychedelic rock band formed in Cheshire-Prospect, Connecticut, outside of New Haven, in 1966.

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Yngwie Malmsteen

Yngwie Johan Malmsteen (born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck); born 30 June 1963) is a Swedish guitarist. He first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical playing style in heavy metal, and has released 22 studio albums in a career spanning over 40 years. In August 2009, ''Time'' magazine named Malmsteen No.

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You Really Got Me

"You Really Got Me" is a song by English rock band the Kinks, written by frontman Ray Davies.

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Z movie

Zmovies (or grade-Zmovies) are low-budget films with production qualities lower than Bnbsmovies.

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...And Justice for All (album)

...And Justice for All is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on August 25, 1988, by Elektra Records.

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...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble

...Very 'Eavy...Very 'Umble is the debut studio album by English rock band Uriah Heep.

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21st Century Schizoid Man

"21st Century Schizoid Man" is a song by the progressive rock band King Crimson, released in 1969 as the opening track on their debut album In the Court of the Crimson King.

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See also

1970s fads and trends

• 1970s in furniture
• 1970s in music
• 8-track cartridge
• Afro
• Aqua Net
• Autoball
• Bell-bottoms
• Bike boom
• Blacklight poster
• Bump (dance)
• California Cooler
• Citizens band radio
• Clog
• Club drug
• Disco
• Flower power
• Funk
• Glam rock
• Go-go boot
• Harvest gold
• Heavy metal music
• Hotpants
• Lava lamp
• Leisure suit
• Macramé
• Mod (subculture)
• Mood ring
• Mujib coat
• New wave music
• Opera window
• Papasan chair
• Pet Rock
• Platform shoe
• Pogo (dance)
• Psychedelic rock
• Roller disco
• Roller skates
• Running boom of the 1970s
• Safari jacket
• Shag (fabric)
• Sideburns
• Streaking
• Tetherball
• Tie-dye
• Tube top
• Waterbed

European music genres

• Classical music
• Eurobeat
• Eurodance
• Eurodisco
• European hip hop
• Europop
• Geisslerlieder
• Heavy metal music
• Klezmer
• Parlour music
• Schlager
• Schlager music
• Sung poetry

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music

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