Heavy metal
Heavy metal is a genre. Defining acts include Queen, Lordi, Motörhead, Metallica and Iron Maiden, and their records are the quickest way into the sound. Heavy metal grew out of Metal, Classical, hard rock, blues rock and proto doom. It sits close to deathrash, extreme metal, kawaii metal, stoner metal and stoner rock, scenes that trade players, venues and ideas with it. Its influence carried into Doom metal, Thrash metal, Power metal, Speed metal and Glam metal, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 23 connections around Heavy metal. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where Heavy metal came from and where it led.
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Heavy metal connections
Heavy metal grew out of Metal, Classical, hard rock and blues rock, shares an orbit with deathrash, extreme metal, kawaii metal and stoner metal, went on to shape Doom metal, Thrash metal, Power metal and Speed metal. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
What influenced Heavy metal
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