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Metal Music Charts

The Evolution and Power of Metal Music

Metal music stands as one of the most powerful and diverse modern genres, defined by amplified distortion, fast riffs, pounding drums, and intense vocals. Emerging from heavy blues rock in the late 1960s and early 1970s, metal quickly developed into a cultural movement with countless subgenres. From the thunderous foundations of heavy metal to the raw aggression of thrash and the technical brilliance of progressive metal, this genre continues to push boundaries while inspiring generations of fans worldwide.

On SoundClick, you'll find an extensive collection of metal music spanning every major subgenre. Whether you're into the brutal force of death metal, the epic melodies of power metal, or experimental hybrids like industrial or rap-metal, our platform connects you with independent artists and underground bands driving the future of metal. Stream tracks for free, download select MP3s, and discover rising voices in the global metal scene.

Metal Music Subgenres

  • Alternative Metal - Metal fused with alternative rock, offering experimental and crossover appeal
  • Cover Songs - Reimagined classics performed with a heavy metal edge
  • Death/Black Metal - Extreme genres featuring blast beats, growled or shrieked vocals, and dark themes
  • Doom Metal - Slow, crushing riffs with bleak and atmospheric intensity
  • Goth Metal - Melodic metal enriched with gothic tones and haunting atmospheres
  • Heavy Metal - The classic sound that defined the genre with powerful riffs and soaring vocals
  • Industrial Metal - Aggressive metal blended with industrial beats and electronic elements
  • Metal Riffs and Licks - Instrumental showcases of guitar mastery and iconic riff work
  • Power Metal - Fast, melodic, and epic, often with fantasy-inspired lyrics
  • Progressive Metal - Complex and technical with dynamic song structures
  • Rap-Metal - Fusion of heavy riffs with hip-hop vocal styles
  • Thrash Metal - High-speed aggression with punk-inspired energy

Metal Music FAQ

  • Metal music is characterized by distorted guitar riffs, emphatic rhythms, powerful vocals, and high volume. Subgenres range from accessible heavy metal to extreme death and black metal styles.
  • Heavy metal and alternative metal are good entry points, offering the core sound of the genre without the extreme intensity of subgenres like death or black metal.
  • Yes. Many independent metal artists on SoundClick offer free MP3 downloads of their tracks. Just look for the download option on the artist's song page.
  • Some of the most popular subgenres include Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Power Metal, Progressive Metal, and crossover styles like Rap-Metal and Industrial Metal.
  • Death metal is known for technical riffs, growled vocals, and themes of mortality, while black metal emphasizes atmosphere, tremolo picking, shrieked vocals, and often spiritual or nature-related themes.
Picture for song 'Trinity of Thunder' by artist 'Casey Michaels'
Trinity of Thunder

Casey Michaels

Jesus Christ Is King

This page here was once for the praise worship team for Living Light Ministries until they decided to go against God's teachings and embrace homosexuality, transgenderism, and other anti Christian behaviors. So now this is a page for my content. I'm Casey Michaels
Albums
He Is Risen (2024)
Heed The Word (2024)
Great IS Our God (2024)
Proud To Be A Jesus Freak (2024)
America First (2025)

Metal - Heavy Metal

Picture for song 'Road To Black Moon - Lo-Fi Hippo - Chill - 29 ???.' by artist 'Road To Black Moon'
Road To Black Moon - Lo-Fi Hippo - Chill - 29 ???.

Road To Black Moon


Metal - Goth Metal

Picture for song 'Miserayyyy business' by artist 'Turtsy'
Miserayyyy business

Turtsy

I'm a guitarist from the north of England hoping to make some stupid music that hopefully some people like.

Metal - Progressive Metal

Picture for song 'Sonar - Backing Track with Click' by artist 'New Group'
Sonar - Backing Track with Click

New Group


Metal - Heavy Metal

Picture for song 'End of All Hope' by artist 'Wish Upon a Night'
End of All Hope

Wish Upon a Night

A Nightwish Cover Band from Ohio

Metal - Cover Songs

Picture for song 'bee' by artist 'Tmwstw'
Picture for song 'Waves (Demo)' by artist 'Devin'
Waves (Demo)

Devin

Independent metal artist that's going to make the ground quake in a bar near you.

Metal - Progressive Metal

Picture for song 'Thorough Wish Phrasing' by artist 'No Curfew Kids'
Thorough Wish Phrasing

No Curfew Kids

Producer of music since 2013, I make stuff the way that makes sense to me.

I became interested in making music almost as soon as I first fell in love with the Donkey Kong Country soundtrack. Early attempts at this were switching between tracks on the previewer, some sort of rudimentary DJing. The common theme with my music despite the jumps in sounds from tracks and albums, is that I approach each song as a sort of art puzzle, where it doesn't particularly matter where the pieces go, if they

Metal - Progressive Metal

Picture for song 'Dawn of Nothing' by artist 'Void (DE)'
Dawn of Nothing

Void (DE)

Void came into existence as a sideproject of the avantgarde black metal band Samas. What started as a one man project, now has a full line up.

Void: guitars and vocals
W.R. Tepesh: drums
Proboscis Imensus: bass
The style is something between 90s black metal, 90s death metal and 80s thrash. Midtempo and riff oriented

Metal - Death/Black Metal

Picture for song 'To Shreds' by artist 'Vince LuPone'
To Shreds

Vince LuPone

Metal Guitarist

My new album 'To Shreds' is out now on all streaming platforms. 
Physical CDs are available here: https://py.pl/1zTxTv
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Cs8BnRYNC3ZwSytt8jV7p
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/vince-lupone/302519843
Amazon Music: http://www.amazon.com/Vince-Lupone/e/B001LI7Z6W
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vince_lupone/
Bandcamp: https://vincelupone.bandcamp.com/
(c) 2024 Weeping Shadow Music (ASCAP)
#guitar #metal #music

Metal - Heavy Metal

Picture for song 'Kimmerius - Purgatory Of Solitude' by artist 'It's A Scam'
Kimmerius - Purgatory Of Solitude

It's A Scam

electro-rock, electrorock, industrial, ebm, idm, gabber, noize, digital

Hailing from the city of Toronto, It's A Scam is about blending electro with rock

Metal - Heavy Metal

Picture for song 'Metal Liquor Lust' by artist 'Alan Borgese'
Metal Liquor Lust

Alan Borgese

Guitar player, singer, songwriter from Westfield, New Jersey.

Metal - Heavy Metal

Picture for song 'Hell on Earth' by artist 'THE GLEN OLIVER PROJECT'
Picture for song 'Skin Deep' by artist 'Saldan'
Skin Deep

Saldan

Brothers, drummers and guitarists, who like to play in our garage and record from time to time.

Metal - Progressive Metal 144 BPM 4/8 No samples

Picture for song 'Grim Overlord - Creating a blasphemy dagger (demo)' by artist 'Grim Overlord'
Grim Overlord - Creating a blasphemy dagger (demo)

Grim Overlord

Grim, evil, primitive black/blasphemy metal devoted to all satanic and necro things

Metal - Death/Black Metal

Picture for song 'PUZZ - thorn in the ass - trashmetal' by artist 'Puzz'
PUZZ - thorn in the ass - trashmetal

Puzz


Metal - Thrash Metal

Picture for song 'ripley 2 276' by artist 'crug'
ripley 2 276

crug


Metal - Progressive Metal

Picture for song 'What the flip dude' by artist 'Hiding Behind Suns'
Picture for song 'The Perfume of the Timeless (Vocal Cover)' by artist 'Christy Michelle'
The Perfume of the Timeless (Vocal Cover)

Christy Michelle

Cover songs of all flavors: pop, rock, metal, etc.

Metal - Cover Songs

Picture for song 'From The Tomb To Home' by artist 'Nocturnal Solitude'
From The Tomb To Home

Nocturnal Solitude

Cold, Dark, Mournful, Atmospheric & Solitary.

Nocturnal Solitude is a new breed of Nostalgic, Atmospheric, Mournful, Dark Ambient, Gothic, Classical, Funeral / Death Doom Meta, called Night Dooml that, strangely enough, with the sound of the damned, eases peoples negative behavior.

Metal - Doom Metal

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