Metal

Metal is a music genre that evolved from rock music in early 1970s. It reached worldwide popularity in during the 1980s as an alternative to punk, and, although it has lost its positions later, it still remains quite relevant.

In contrast to punk, metal focuses on playing and singing mastery. Metal music is based on riffs, repeated melodic figures. It is characterised with a thick, massive sound, extended guitar solos and distortioned sound.

Metal has spawned a large number of subgenres, but nearly all of them have common themes such as sex, violence, and the occult.

Genre top albums

Here And Now 2011
by Nickelback

Here And Now, Nickelback's new album, repeats the band's previous works even in details, but this seems exactly what countless listeners want

The Path Of Totality 2011
by Korn

American band Korn remain true innovators as they fused nu metal with dubstep so that after their tenth album The Path Of Totality no one could have illusions about their creative tiredness

Imaginaerum 2011
by Nightwish

Nightwish second album with singer Anette Olson, called Imaginaerum, offers an extremely various material that easily displays influences of a great many trends

Th1rt3en 2011
by Megadeth

The thirteenth album of the thrash-metal scene leaders Megadeth strikes with the speed, intensity and heaviness one rarely expects from a performer that experienced

Evanescence (Deluxe Edition) 2011
by Evanescence

The event, which simply cannot be ignored, happened on the world musical stage in 2011. American rockers Evanescence released their new eponymous album that had been expected by fans so much

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