Topics: Rock : Heavy Metal
A type of hard rock rich in stylistic conventions including extreme loudness, powerful lead and rhythm guitars, extended solos including those on bass and drums, exaggerated sexuality in lyrics and performance poses, and a predilection toward tatoos, long hair, and leather attire. Name supposedly comes from the line "heavy metal thunder" in "Born to Be Wild," a 1970s hit for the band Steppenwolf. Leading exponents include Metallica, Van Halen, Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Alice Cooper, and Kiss.
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This category is for heavy metal bands and artists.
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Black Metal
Black Metal is an extreme subcategory of heavy metal usually characterized by fast guitar riffs and percussion, and vocals that alternate between singing and screeching.
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Chats and Forums
Chat rooms and message boards discussing the heavy metal genre.
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Death Metal
Fast brutal metal with screaming guitars and growling vocals. Typical bands are Morbid Angel and Vader.
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Directories
For directories and resources with many links to metal and related artists, bands, articles, labels, events, etc.
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Doom Metal
Modern doom metal is slow and dark, depressed and atmospheric. Heavy guitars, heavy pounding drums, and at times use of guttural death vocals.
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Goth Metal
Do not submit band sites to the main category! Go to the Bands and Artists subcategory and submit it there.Gothic metal combines the aggression of heavy metal with the dark melancholy aesthetics of gothic rock.
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Grindcore
Grindcore, although often categorized with Death Metal, began as a very different, very extreme musical form.
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Hair Metal
Heavy metal bands known as "Hair Bands", "Hairspray Bands", "Glam Rock", or "Hair Metal" that first gained prominence in the late 80s and early 90s and are still around today.
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Hardcore
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Magazines and E-zines
Online magazines, ezines, portals or printed zines dedicated to Heavy Metal music and its subcategories (Power, Thrash, Death, Black, Industrial, Gothic, Atmospheric, Hardcore, etc) All sites are frequently updated (at least 3 times / year) and bring you special Metal news, interviews, reviews, articles, downloads etc.
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Personal Pages
Personal homepages focussing on heavy metal music.
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Power Metal
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Reviews
Heavy metal is a genuine musical style rich in history and diverse with varied subcultures - many unheralded or simply unnoticed.
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