heavy metal music

Summary

heavy metal music is a music genre^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.1% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,841 views/month, #2 of 1,946).^[2]

Key Facts

• heavy metal music was influenced by classical music^[3].
• heavy metal music was influenced by hard rock^[4].
• heavy metal music was influenced by blues rock^[5].
• heavy metal music's image is recorded as Black Sabbath 1977.jpg^[6].
• heavy metal music's instance of is recorded as music genre^[7].
• heavy metal music's instance of is recorded as conflation^[8].
• heavy metal music's audio is recorded as Metalmania (ISRC USUAN1700023).mp3^[9].
• heavy metal music's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85059850^[10].
• heavy metal music's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 124869430^[11].
• heavy metal music's subclass of is recorded as metal music^[12].
• heavy metal music's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01135912^[13].
• heavy metal music's Commons category is recorded as Heavy metal music^[14].
• heavy metal music's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom^[15].
• heavy metal music's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 41744^[16].
• +1970-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of heavy metal music^[17].
• heavy metal music's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03lty^[18].
• heavy metal music's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph224347^[19].
• heavy metal music's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Heavy metal music^[20].
• heavy metal music's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 781.66^[21].
• heavy metal music's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Heavy metal^[22].
• heavy metal music's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/heavy-metal-music^[23].
• heavy metal music's topic has template is recorded as Template:Heavy metal music^[24].
• heavy metal music's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'heavy metal'}^[25].
• heavy metal music's GTAA ID is recorded as 262942^[26].
• heavy metal music's different from is recorded as traditional heavy metal^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for heavy metal music include folk metal^[28], a music genre^[29], founded in 1991^[30].

Why It Matters

heavy metal music ranks in the top 0.1% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,841 views/month, #2 of 1,946).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 100 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

It has been cited as an influence by extreme metal^[33], a music genre^[34], founded in 1977^[35]; groove metal^[36], a music genre^[37], founded in 1990^[38]; and Second Hand Rose^[39], a musical group^[40], founded in 2000^[41].

Entities named for it include folk metal^[28], a music genre^[29], founded in 1991^[30].

FAQs

Who did heavy metal music influence?

heavy metal music has been cited as an influence by extreme metal^[33], groove metal^[36], and Second Hand Rose^[39].