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  2. Sign of the horns - Wikipedia

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    Heavy metal culture. Ronnie James Dio was known for popularizing the sign of the horns in heavy metal. He claimed his Italian grandmother used it to ward off the evil eye (which is known in Italy as malocchio). Dio began using the sign soon after joining the metal band Black Sabbath in 1979.

  3. Heavy metal music - Wikipedia

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    Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distorted guitars, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats and loudness.

  4. Sign of the Hammer - Wikipedia

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    Sign of the Hammer is the fourth studio album by the American heavy metal band Manowar, released in 1984 on 10/Virgin Records. Reception [ edit ] In 2005, Sign of the Hammer was ranked number 418 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time .

  5. Heavy metals - Wikipedia

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    Heavy metals are generally defined as metals with relatively high densities, atomic weights, or atomic numbers. The criteria used, and whether metalloids are included, vary depending on the author and context. [2] In metallurgy, for example, a heavy metal may be defined on the basis of density, whereas in physics the distinguishing criterion ...

  6. Heavy metal genres - Wikipedia

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    Progressive metal is a fusion between progressive rock and heavy metal. It is one of heavy metal's more complex genres, due to its use of unusual and dynamic time signatures, long compositions, complex compositional structures, and skilled instrumental playing, where instrumental solos are detailed and extended. However, the latest age of ...

  7. Heavy metal subculture - Wikipedia

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    Heavy metal subculture appears in works of fiction, mostly adult cartoons, and 1980s and 1990s live action movies. The 1986 film Trick or Treat stars Marc Price as Eddie Weinbauer, a metalhead that obtains a unreleased demo record of his deceased heavy metal idol with startling consequences.

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