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Encyclopedia > Traditional metal

Traditional metal is the earliest form of heavy metal music. Prominent bands include Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple. Heavy metal, sometimes referred to as simply metal, is a form of music characterised by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars. ... This article is about the British heavy metal band. ... Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948), is a rock singer and musician. ... Led Zeppelin was a British rock band that became one of the most popular and influential musical ensembles ever. ... This article is about the rock group. ...


As a genre, traditional metal is rightly called the "roots of metal". Most of the traditional metal bands laid down the groundwork for heavy metal music to come. Prominent among these were the four mentioned above. However, the work of many others incrementally laid the foundation for heavy metal's further development. Some were actually hard rock bands who influenced and helped shape heavy metal. Heavy metal, sometimes referred to as simply metal, is a form of music characterised by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars. ... Hard rock is a form of rock and roll music which finds its closest roots in early 1960s garage rock. ...


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Nu metal (aggro metal) is a type of heavy metal which combines traditional screaming vocals and heavy guitars with hip-hop influenced vocals and often the use of samples[?] and/or DJ techniques.
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