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Wikipedia: Heavy metal (often referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and the United States. With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are generally associated with masculinity and machismo.
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![[Fans raise their fists and make the "devil horns" gesture at a concert by Estonian heavy metal group Metsatöll in...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Metsat_C3_B6ll_at_Tuska_2006_s.jpg "Fans raise their fists and make the \"devil horns\" gesture at a concert by Estonian heavy metal group Metsatöll in...")
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![[Layne Staley of Alice in Chains, one of the most popular acts identified with alternative metal, performing in 1992]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Staley05_s.jpg "Layne Staley of Alice in Chains, one of the most popular acts identified with alternative metal, performing in 1992")
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![[Swedish power metal band HammerFall after a concert in Milan, Italy, in 2005]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Hammerfall_group_s.jpg "Swedish power metal band HammerFall after a concert in Milan, Italy, in 2005")
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![[An example of a rhythmic pattern used in heavy metal.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Heavy_rythmic_pattern_s.jpg "An example of a rhythmic pattern used in heavy metal.")
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![[Death's Chuck Schuldiner, "widely recognized as the father of death metal"Rivadavia, Eduardo]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Chuck_Schuldiner_s.jpg "Death's Chuck Schuldiner, \"widely recognized as the father of death metal\"Rivadavia, Eduardo")
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