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Bon Jovi's trick is to use heavy-metal chords and still sound absolutely safe. Rock & roll used to be rebellion disguised as commercialism; now so much of it is commercialism disguised as rebellion.
Michael Azerrad

Meaning of "heavy-metal" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HEAVY-METAL

heavy-metal  [ˈhɛvɪˈmɛtəl] play
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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 definition of heavy-metal in the dictionary is relating to or involved in heavy metal music.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEAVY-METAL


abettal
əˈbɛtəl
fettle
ˈfɛtəl
gunmetal
ˈɡʌnˌmɛtəl
kettle
ˈkɛtəl
metal
ˈmɛtəl
mettle
ˈmɛtəl
nettle
ˈnɛtəl
nonmetal
nɒnˈmɛtəl
nu-metal
ˌnjuːˈmɛtəl
petal
ˈpɛtəl
presettle
priːˈsɛtəl
prometal
prəʊˈmɛtəl
resettle
riːˈsɛtəl
settle
ˈsɛtəl
shtetel
ˈʃtɛtəl
teakettle
ˈtiːˌkɛtəl
unsettle
ʌnˈsɛtəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEAVY-METAL

heavy metal
heavy middleweight
heavy mob
heavy mud
heavy oil
heavy on
heavy spar
heavy type
heavy water
heavy-duty
heavy-footed
heavy-handed
heavy-handedly
heavy-handedness
heavy-hearted
heavy-laden
heavy-set
heavy-water reactor
heavyheartedly
heavyweight

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEAVY-METAL

alkali metal
alkaline earth metal
base metal
bell metal
bimetal
death metal
expanded metal
fetal
filler metal
heavy metal
hot metal
platinum metal
precious metal
road metal
scrap metal
sheet metal
thrash metal
transition metal
type metal
white metal
yellow metal

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

SYNONYMS

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

重金属の
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

ஹெவி-மெட்டல்
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

heavy - metal
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

metali ciężkich
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

важких металів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

heavy-metal
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 16.598 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

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

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3 QUOTES WITH «HEAVY-METAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word heavy-metal.
1
Michael Azerrad
Bon Jovi's trick is to use heavy-metal chords and still sound absolutely safe. Rock & roll used to be rebellion disguised as commercialism; now so much of it is commercialism disguised as rebellion.
2
Scott Ian
Anthrax, it's something that gets you sick, it's horrible, strong. It's a heavy-metal band name if there ever was one.
3
Kerry King
I have tons of friends in the heavy-metal music world, and just going to see them inspires me.

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.
1
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
2
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
7
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
8
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
9
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
10
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

2 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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Heavy-Metal Mystics Lesbian Prepping New Album Hallucinogenesis
Seattle heavy-metal occultists Lesbian have started recording their fourth album, Hallucinogenesis, at Avast! with producer Randall Dunn. «TheStranger.com, Jul 15»
2
The heavy-metal kids of the 1980s turned out to be just fine
A new study claims that kids who listened to heavy-metal music in the 1980s turned into “middle-class, gainfully employed, relatively ... «New York Post, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Heavy-Metal [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/heavy-metal-1>. May 2024 ».
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