Heavy Metal

Heavy metal is a high-volume, intense genre of rock music that emerged in the late 1960s/early 1970s, primarily in the UK and US, characterized by heavily distorted guitars, emphatic, driving rhythms, and virtuosic solos. Rooted in blues and psychedelic rock, it evolved into diverse subgenres like thrash, death, and power metal, often featuring dark, rebellious, or fantasy-based lyrical themes.