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metal music

umbrella category of music genres of metal branch, derived from heavy metal music while not necessarily being its subgenre
Intangible music_genre Q12326776
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metal music

Summary

metal music is a music genre[1]. It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • metal music's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • metal music is a type of rock music[4].
  • 1970 marks the founding of metal music[5].
  • metal music's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Metal music[6].
  • metal music's has characteristic is recorded as rock genre[7].
  • metal music's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'metal'}[8].
  • metal music's different from is recorded as metal[9].

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Definition and Type

metal music's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. It is a type of rock music[4].

Origins

1970 marks the founding of metal music[5].

Why It Matters

metal music is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · ChristianKl · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 2
    Short name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'metal'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['da', 'no']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1813]]: metal"
  2. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → rock genre
    Instance of → music genre
    Harper's tag → metal-music
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: metal-music, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289948582|metal music (#289948582)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  3. 22w ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Itunes genre id (archived) → 1153, 8275
    Lemmy community id → metal@lemmy.world, metal@lemmy.sdf.org
    Rate your music genre id → metal
    Imported from → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q107975727]]"
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