heavy metal

Headbangers' music genre

Heavy metal is a genre of loud, aggressive rock music characterized by distorted electric guitars, emphatic rhythms, and often dark or rebellious themes: My older brother got me into heavy metal.

The term originally described dense metallic elements like lead and mercury—substances that persist in the environment and accumulate in living tissue, posing health risks: heavy metal contamination in drinking water.

music

slayer

One who kills

thrash · distortion · riff · shredding · downtuning · motorhead · breakdown

elements

lead

Dense metal, symbol Pb

  • ironElement twenty-six
  • goldElement seventy-nine
  • silverLustrous white precious metal

platinum · mercury · uranium · tungsten · osmium · copper · zinc · nickel · titanium · plutonium

toxic

lead

Dense metal, symbol Pb

poisoning · contamination · bioaccumulation · chelation · pollutants · neurotoxin · hazardous · biomagnification · thallium · chromium

properties

dense

Closely packed together

substantial · malleable · ductile · lustrous · conductive · hardness · opacity · durability

metallurgy

smelting

Extracting metal from ore

ore · ingot · crucible · slag · annealing · tempering · casting · molten · refining · extraction

Categories
Opposites
musical genre intensity

heavy metaleasy listening

Undemanding melodic audio

smooth jazz · acoustic music · soft rock · ambient music · lounge music

musical aesthetics and emotional tone

heavy metalbubblegum pop

Catchy, lightweight youth music

nursery rhymes · children's music · soft pop · spa music

cultural signification

heavy metalgospel music

Christian songs with strong harmony

mainstream pop · elevator music · muzak · Pat Boone · Barry Manilow

Family

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Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG