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heavy metalType 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. heavy metal
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A musical of Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy has stirred controversy by putting rock, punk, and heavy metal music into the scenes in hell, but the priest-composer is not condemning the music. ``With their hard-core sound, they are on their way to becoming a household name in the heavy metal music scene. His passion in life is heavy metal music, about which he has encyclopedic knowledge. |
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