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Metal

Loud, heavy guitar music

Metal, or heavy metal, is a rock genre that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, mainly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It is known for loud, distorted guitars and powerful drums.

Also spelled Heavy metal

Origin & history

Heavy metal took shape around 1970, with bands such as Black Sabbath, from Birmingham in England.

It later split into many styles, including thrash metal, death metal and black metal, which are played around the world.

Where it lives

Where these artists come from

4,192 Metal artists are on TimTim.Live, and 4,140 of them have a public hometown. Here is where they come from.

Countries

Cities and places

Some of the artists

Questions & Answers

What is metal music?+

Metal, or heavy metal, is a rock genre known for loud, distorted guitars and powerful drums.

Where did heavy metal start?+

Heavy metal developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, mainly in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Where do the metal artists on TimTim.Live come from?+

This page lists the countries and places that the metal artists on TimTim.Live come from, counted from their public hometowns.

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