Heavy metal
Heavy metal noun - Loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery.
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Synonyms for Heavy metal
Rock and heavy metal are semantically related. in harmonized topic. In some cases you can use "Rock" instead a noun phrase "Heavy metal".
Rock
Rock noun - A usually valuable stone cut and polished for ornament.
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This is the reason why about 90% of the entrance music used in WWE, TNA, and Ring of Honor are hard rock or heavy metal.
Source: Autobots, Rock Out! -
Real Person Fic: Probably the Trope Codifier (if not one of the main Trope Maker) for it within Japanese hard rock/heavy metal.
Source: Music / X Japan -
Biker Mice from Mars has epic hard rock and heavy metal music played during action scenes in every episode.
Source: Autobots, Rock Out!
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