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A typical kawaii metal composition combines the instrumentation found in various types of heavy metal music with J-pop melodies and a Japanese idol aesthetic. Kawaii metal's lyrical topics often contain kawaii (cute, lovable, kidlike) themes. [4] The Japanese girl group Babymetal is often credited with the creation and success of kawaii metal.
The following list of glam metal bands and artists includes bands and artists that have been described as glam metal or its interchangeable terms, hair metal, [1] [2] hair band, [3] pop metal [1] and lite metal [1] by professional journalists at some stage in their career. Glam metal is a subgenre of heavy metal [4] and is influenced by 1970s ...
The following is a list of notable progressive metal artists, bands and groups. This list contains some bands that at least at some point during their career played progressive metal. Rooted in the early 1980s, the genre fused mellow progressive rock with a heavy metal aesthetic. [1]
Bisley started his career doing magazine and album covers, his first work being a T-shirt design for heavy metal magazine Kerrang! [1] Eventually, even though he had no experience in comics strip drawing at the time, he was hired by the magazine 2000 AD after they saw his interpretations of their magazine characters. According to the Comic Book ...
At its core, Kawaii metal (also known as idol metal [145] or cute metal [146]) fuses aspects of heavy metal and J-pop, [147] [148] [149] however usually uses elements of power metal mixed with industrial metal keyboards and synthesizers, japanese idol aesthetic and vocals, [150] shredding guitar solos and flashing drums [151] with occasional ...
This is a list of Viking metal bands. Viking metal is a style of heavy metal music with origins in black metal and Nordic folk music, characterized by a lyrical and thematic focus on Norse mythology, Norse paganism, and the Viking Age. Viking metal is quite diverse as a musical style, to the point where some consider it more a cross-genre term ...
This is a list of notable gothic metal bands. Gothic metal is a genre of music characterized as a combination of the dark atmosphere of gothic rock with the aggression of heavy metal. The genre originated during the early 1990s in Europe as an outgrowth of death/doom, a fusion of death metal, doom metal, and gothic rock. The music of gothic ...
Heavy Metal, a 1981 animated film based on the magazine; Heavy Metal 2000, a.k.a. Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.² or Heavy Metal 2, a 2000 animated film, sequel to the 1981 film Heavy Metal; Heavy Metal, an episode of the American sitcom sequel The New Leave It to Beaver "Heavy Metal" , a 1999 episode of Sliders