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With Pantera, we lived through so many trend-of-the-day situations - when grunge was huge, we were still a heavy metal band; when hip-hop started getting incorporated into metal, we stuck to our guns and remained a heavy metal band very purposefully.
Phil Anselmo

Meaning of "heavy metal" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HEAVY METAL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEAVY METAL

noun
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determiner
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Heavy metal is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HEAVY METAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Heavy metal

Heavy metal may refer to: ▪ Heavy metal, any metal or metalloid of environmental concern ▪ Heavy metal music, a musical genre ▪ Heavy Metal, an American fantasy magazine based on the French magazine Métal HurlantHeavy Metal, a 1981 animated film based on the magazine ▪ Heavy Metal 2000, a followup to the 1981 film...

Definition of heavy metal in the English dictionary

The first definition of heavy metal in the dictionary is a type of rock music characterized by a strong beat and amplified instrumental effects, sometimes with violent, or nihilistic lyrics. Other definition of heavy metal is a metal with a high specific gravity. Heavy metal is also large guns or shot.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEAVY METAL

heavy chain
heavy cream
heavy crude
heavy crude oil
heavy cruiser
heavy earth
heavy element
heavy going
heavy goods vehicle
heavy hitter
heavy hydrogen
heavy industry
heavy middleweight
heavy mob
heavy mud
heavy oil
heavy on
heavy spar
heavy type
heavy water

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEAVY METAL

alkali metal
base metal
bimetal
death metal
expanded metal
fetal
filler metal
gunmetal
heavy-metal
hot metal
metal
nu-metal
precious metal
prometal
road metal
scrap metal
sheet metal
thrash metal
transition metal
type metal
white metal

Synonyms and antonyms of heavy metal in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «heavy metal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEAVY METAL

Find out the translation of heavy metal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of heavy metal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heavy metal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

重金属
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

heavy metal
570 millions of speakers

English

heavy metal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भारी धातु
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المعادن الثقيلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тяжелых металлов
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

heavy metal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভারী ধাতু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

métaux lourds
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

logam berat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwermetall
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

重金属
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중금속
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heavy metal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kim loại nặng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கன உலோகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वजनदार धातू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ağır metal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

metalli pesanti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

heavy metal
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

важких металів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

metale grele
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βαρέα μέταλλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swaar metaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heavy metal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heavy metal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heavy metal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEAVY METAL»

The term «heavy metal» is very widely used and occupies the 16.597 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEAVY METAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «heavy metal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «heavy metal» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heavy metal

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10 QUOTES WITH «HEAVY METAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word heavy metal.
1
Phil Anselmo
You gotta look beyond the mainstream... the mainstream'll drown you, you know? There's always a pulse in the underground that I love. And the pulse in the underground is what keeps heavy metal alive.
2
Phil Anselmo
With Pantera, we lived through so many trend-of-the-day situations - when grunge was huge, we were still a heavy metal band; when hip-hop started getting incorporated into metal, we stuck to our guns and remained a heavy metal band very purposefully.
3
Phil Anselmo
I wasn't that wild about that. I told them basically if they were really going to want to bring back heavy metal to a program on MTV, then they are really going to have to get in touch with what real heavy metal is.
4
Ginger Baker
They credited us with the birth of that sort of heavy metal thing. Well, if that's the case, there should be an immediate abortion.
5
Eric Close
If you looked at my iPod, you would get a trip out of all the different music, from the real heavy metal to bluegrass to classical.
6
Jamie Cullum
A lot of people are surprised by my love of heavy metal. I fell in love with heavy metal almost before any other genre. One of the first concerts I went to was a Donnington Monsters Of Rock concert.
7
Glenn Danzig
To some people heavy metal is Motorhead and to others it's Judas Priest.
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Ann Demeulemeester
For me, Gothic is something from my youth, when I had a heavy metal phase.
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Bruce Dickinson
If heavy metal bands ruled the world, we'd be a lot better off.
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Trieste Kelly Dunn
Guns are heavy metal machines, and, at least in my case, it's surprising how many hours it takes before it looks like you know what you're doing. Releasing and re-loading magazines is difficult when you're asked to do it quickly and efficiently.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEAVY METAL»

Discover the use of heavy metal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heavy metal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Heavy Metal Fun Time Activity Book
With a foreword by party anthem master Andrew WK, the book gives headbangers the chance to colour legends like Metallica, Danzig and Panter; help get Spinal Tap through a backstage maze; complete the Black Metal word scramble and hair metal ...
Aye Jay Morano, Aye Jay, 2007
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The Official Heavy Metal Book of Lists
The heaviest book of all time!The Spinal Tapof books!
Eric Danville, 2009
3
Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal
Revered former Metal Maniacs editor Jeff Wagner analyses the heady side of metal in this exhaustive narrative history of a relentlessly ambitious musical subculture.
Jeff Wagner, 2010
4
Eddie Trunk's Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal
Known as a leading expert on all things hard rock and heavy metal, Eddie Trunk continues to entertain fans on the radio and as the host of VH1 Classic's hit television program That Metal Show with his passion for music.
Eddie Trunk, Andrea Bussell, 2011
5
Heavy Metal: The Music and Its Culture
Few forms of music elicit such strong reactions as does heavy metal.
Deena Weinstein, 2009
6
Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of ...
From heavy metal's roots in the work of breakthrough groups such as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin to MTV hair metal, courtroom controversies, black metal murderers and Ozzfest, Sound of the Beast offers the final word on this elusive, ...
Ian Christe, 2010
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Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for ...
Heavy Metal Islam is a surprising, wildly entertaining foray into a historically authoritarian region where music just might be the true democratizing force. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Mark LeVine, 2008
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Heavy Metal: A Tank Company's Battle to Baghdad
A no-holds-barred account from the tip of the Army's spear
Jason Conroy, 2005
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Metal Rules the Globe: Heavy Metal Music Around the World
This collection brings together cultural studies and pop music accounts of metal around the world, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Nepal, Brazil, Malta, Slovenia, China, Japan, Norway, Israel, Easter Island, and more.
Jeremy Wallach, Harris M. Berger, Paul D. Greene, 2011
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Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey In Rural North Dakota
In the hilarious, young-man-growing-up-with-a-soundtrack-tradition, FARGO ROCK CITY chronicles Klosterman's formative years through the lens of heavy metal, the irony-deficient genre that, for better or worse, dominated the pop charts ...
Chuck Klosterman, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEAVY METAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heavy metal is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Great Barrier Relief – Inside London's heavy metal and concrete …
Geek's Guide to Britain Last time London flooded was 1953. Three hundred lives were lost, 30,000 evacuated and the damage totalled a ... «The Register, Jul 15»
2
Preacher Comic TV Show: Heavy Metal's Darkest Moment Returns …
According to Vance (who died a few years later), “I believe that alcohol and heavy metal music, such as Judas Priest, led us or even ... «iDigitalTimes.com, Jul 15»
3
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST: HEAVY METAL in the 1990s looks at …
Now, journalist Greg Prato offers a detailed look at the era in his new book, SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST: HEAVY METAL IN THE 1990's. «The Rock Father Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Potential Heavy Metal Rocker Freaks Out Boston Bus With His Fake …
boston bus heavy metal Following the church shooting in Charleston, S.C., in June, guns and gun control were yet again thrust into the spotlight ... «Mediaite, Jul 15»
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Broadway Star, Heavy Metal Vocalist Will Sign Books At Bookends …
Randall “Randy” Blythe, vocalist for the heavy metal band Lamb of God, will sign copies of his new book, “Dark Days” on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
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EXCLUSIVE: Grant Morrison on playing in the Multiversity sandbox …
He was recently appointed editor-in-chief of Heavy Metal Magazine, where he will curate the magazine's content while looking to modernize it ... «Blastr, Jul 15»
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Driver lucky to be alive after car struck by heavy metal object
A man who had a brush with death last week after a heavy piece of metal flew off a flatbed tractor trailer says he feels lucky to be alive. «CTV News, Jul 15»
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Black Country Day celebrates home of heavy metal and birthplace of …
The home of heavy metal music and the industrial revolution will be celebrated today as it is the anniversary of the invention of the Newcomen ... «ITV News, Jul 15»
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Did Heavy Metal Music Corrupt America's Youth?
In the 80's Tipper Gore led a crusade against lyrics she said were driving young people to mimic behaviors of violence, drugs, sex, the occult ... «KTRH, Jul 15»
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Sammy Hagar, Don Felder + others, Heavy Metal: Music From The …
Released in tandem with the animated science fiction fantasy film of the same name, Heavy Metal: Music From the Motion Picture not only ... «Something Else! Reviews, Jul 15»

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