A genre descended from rock music, characterized by massive sound, highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, complex song structure, emphatic beats and overall loudness, often with lyrics that involve violent or fantastic imagery
A ponderous rock form characterized by brittle, flashy guitar work, unnaturally high-pitched male vocals and an adolescent fascination with the darker side of human experience Born in the late 1960s of bands such as Deep Purple and Black Sabbath, heavy metal is currently associated with bands such as Metallica and Soundgarden Also called metal and speed metal
Metallic elements with high molecular weights, generally toxic in low concentrations to plant and animal life Such metals are often residual in the environment and exhibit biological accumulation Examples include mercury, chromium, cadmium, arsenic, and lead
A sub-style of rock emerging in the early 1970's with bands such as Judas Priest featuring dark or morbid lyrics and heavy, riff-oriented, highly virtuosic guitar work Heavy metal has always been a minority taste-- more popular in Europe than in the United States--and has splintered into dozens of categories in the last twenty years (e g , Speed Metal, Thrash, Death Metal, Doom, etc )
A heavy metal is a metallic element with a high density. Many heavy metals are poisonous. Type of rock music marked by highly amplified, distorted "power chords" on electric guitar, a hard beat, thumping bass, and often dark lyrics. It evolved in Britain and the U.S. in the late 1960s from the heavy, blues-oriented music of Steppenwolf, Jimi Hendrix, and others. In the 1970s the genre was defined by the music of bands such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Kiss, AC/DC, and Aerosmith. After a period of decline, a new generation of bands such as Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe, and Van Halen revived heavy metal in the 1980s, along with the careers of many of its pioneers, including Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath
loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about 5) or of high relative atomic weight
A common hazardous waste; can damage organisms at low concentrations and tends to accumulate in the food chain Examples are Lead, Chromium, Cadmium, and Mercury