As a heading it covers everything from the classic heavy metal of the 1970s to faster or harsher branches such as thrash, death, black and doom metal. What they share is heavily distorted electric guitar, a strong bass and drum sound, and a taste for volume and intensity. The style began in Britain and the United States at the end of the 1960s.
Artists it is known for: Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Metallica.
About 14,000 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have metal among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Metal artists
Metallica
Slipknot
System Of A Down
Korn
Bring Me The Horizon
Pantera
Avenged Sevenfold
Black Sabbath
Rammstein
TOOL
The metal artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.