Heavy metal is characterized by intense, virtuosic, and powerful music driven by aggressive sounds of distorted electric guitars. It includes subgenres like thrash metal, rap metal, and deathcore. Famous heavy metal acts include Black Sabbath (fronted by Ozzy Osbourne), Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Van Halen, AC/DC, Metallica, Megadeth, and Slipknot.
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