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metal music

umbrella category of music genres of metal branch, derived from heavy metal music while not necessarily being its subgenre
Class type of: rock music Q12326776

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
music genre
Inception
1970[3]
Subclass of
rock music[2]
Short name
metal[5]
Different from
metal[6]
Has characteristic
rock genre[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en metal music en metal ar موسيقى الميتال ar موسيقى ميتال ar ميتال cs metalová hudba de Metalmusik el μέταλ es música metal fi metallimusiikki fr métal he מוזיקת מטאל he מטאל it musica metal ja メタル ja メタル音楽 ko 메탈 no metalmusikk pl muzyka metalowa ru метал
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Every Noise at Once ID
metal
Harper's tag
metal-music
ITunes genre ID (archived)
1153, 8275
Lemmy community ID
metal@lemmy.world, metal@lemmy.sdf.org
MusicBrainz genre ID
cc28f5aa-5e19-487c-88e1-e56b022f1fdd
Rate Your Music genre ID
metal
Spirit of Metal style ID
Metal
Subreddit
Metal
The Guardian topic ID
music/metal
Topic's main category
Category:Metal music
Yandex Music genre ID
metal

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Summary

metal music is a music genre[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · ChristianKl · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → metal
    "Created claim: Short name: metal"
  2. 18w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → rock genre
    Instance of → music genre
    Harper's tag → metal-music
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: metal-music, Matched to metal music (#289948582) in Harper's tag"
  3. 27w ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    ITunes genre ID (archived) → 1153, 8275
    Lemmy community ID → metal@lemmy.world, metal@lemmy.sdf.org
    Rate Your Music genre ID → metal
    Subreddit → Metal
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Instance of: rock genre"
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