heavy metal music
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Summary
heavy metal music is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 0.1% of music genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,906 views/month, #2 of 1,946).[2]
Key Facts
- Influenced by: classical music[3], hard rock[4], blues rock[5]
- Instance of: conflation[6]
- Subclass of: metal music[7]
- Commons category: Heavy metal music[8]
- Country of origin: United Kingdom[9]
- Inception: 1970[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Heavy metal music[11]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Heavy metal[12]
- Topic has template: Template:Heavy metal music[13]
- Has characteristic: rock genre[14]
- Native label: heavy metal[15]
- Different from: traditional heavy metal[16], Heavy Metal[17]
- Indigenous to: United States[18], United Kingdom[19]
- Has list: list of heavy metal genres[20]
- Practiced by: metal musician[21]
- Intangible cultural heritage status: Wiki-inventory for living heritage[22]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Metal[24], WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[25]
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Influence
Things named for heavy metal music include folk metal[26], a music genre[27], founded in 1991[28].
Why It Matters
heavy metal music has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 114 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]
It has been cited as an influence by groove metal[31], a music genre[32], founded in 1990[33]; extreme metal[34], a music genre[35], founded in 1977[36]; and Second Hand Rose[37], a musical group[38], founded in 2000[39].
Entities named for it include folk metal[26], a music genre[27], founded in 1991[28].
FAQs
Who did heavy metal music influence?
heavy metal music has been cited as an influence by groove metal[31], extreme metal[34], and Second Hand Rose[37].