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

Korn III: Remember Who You Are 2010
by Korn

American nu-metal pioneers, Korn, came back to where they started and recorded an unexpectedly brutal and emotional album called Korn III: Remember Who You Are. The new CD will delight those longing for the best times of the band

Fever 2010
by Bullet for My Valentine

The general body of Bullet For My Valentine's new album Fever consists of heavy, impetuous, vigorous compositions telling about solitude, the seamy side of human relations, the bitterness of life

Ghosts I-IV 2008
by Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails' new album includes only instrumental compositions. But it shouldn't upset Trent Reznor's fans. Ghosts I-IV is unusual, diverse and unpredictable record which will be interesting for any person who is looking for unconventional music

The Oracle 2010
by Godsmack

The American band Godsmack does not strive to invent anything new, but keeps doing what once made them what they are now. Their fifth studio album, The Oracle, features that very hard rock that formed the original sound of Godsmack

The Oracle 2010
by Godsmack

The American band Godsmack does not strive to invent anything new, but keeps doing what once made them what they are now. Their fifth studio album, The Oracle, features that very hard rock that formed the original sound of Godsmack

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