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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.
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Scream into the Wind

Blood Stained Glass

Blood Stained Glass offers an eclectic variety of death metal, classical piano, industrial, darkwave, progressive rock, dark ambient, alternative, and experimen

Blood Stained Glass is an eclectic music project by multi-instrumentalist Ben, who plays all instruments and sings. Blood Stained Glass's music explores genres ranging across surf guitar, progressive rock, electronica, death metal, classical piano, folk, and more. Overall it is a third metal, a third rock, and a third electronica. Not...

Metal - Progressive Metal

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Every Day I Die

9xdead

9xDead - Goth Doom Metallers

Darker, Heavier, Hungrier.

Metal - Goth Metal

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The Hero

thebreadman

A mix of acoustic/rock/piano instrumental.  I'm here just to let my sound be heard, regardless of how low-quality the recordings may be.

Various riffs that I've made over the years, some of them with my previous band.

Metal - Heavy Metal

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Repulsive_Divinity_sample2

Zantilm0


Metal - Death/Black Metal

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TAMED SIX SHOOTER LIKE OIVIOUS REALM

BEEN USING FOREVER


Metal - Heavy Metal

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Obey This World (Intro)

Francesco Scarpa

Just me experimenting with recording techniques

Metal - Metal Riffs and Licks

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manhunt sound - bushido

MANHUNT SOUND


Metal - Rap-Metal

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The Dervish Demo

AMARNA

AMARNA is a Progressive Rock/ Metal band from Alexandria, Egypt. These few songs are from their two demo albums 'Life: The touchable dream....2003/2012', 'Agai

AMARNA is a Progressive Rock/ Metal band from Alexandria, Egypt. These few songs are from their two demo albums 'Life: The touchable dream....2003/2012', 'Again we lived 2015/ 2018'. The idea of FoxIdo was first originated In 2001 By M.Mohfouz 'MyzzyM' who decided to start a new band project after the dissolution of his first band (Rac...

Metal - Progressive Metal

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Sweetleaf-JPF-MuRpH

MuRpHMaN

Cover Tunes for the Hard of Hearing.

I love doing cover tunes 1970's- the present. I basically try to modernize the older tunes by giving them heavier guitar tones and I crank the volume, I love DISTORTION!!!

Metal - Cover Songs

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The Fighter Pilot Podcast - 2018 November

Rantam

My music is instrumental, and goes from epic & powerful orchestral music to Metal, Rock, Pop, Acoustic, etc. Is featured in games, documentaries, podcasts, etc.

Most of the music you're going to find here is epic instrumental music, based in symphonic orchestra instruments, full with both emotive and powerful moments, inspired in World War II period. So it has a 'war taste', and may be can remember you a war film/game music.
But you'll find songs which are part of other music genres, as meta...

Metal - Heavy Metal

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Too Short (too short clip)

Saturnine Reduction

One-man project that combines different musical ideas: progressive rock, post-rock, metal, ambient.

Metal - Alternative Metal

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Serrated Edges

Truw BLEU

Not your average.

Metal - Metal Riffs and Licks

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En Medio De Sombras (Single)

Daniel Vargas

Mi nombre es Daniel Esteban Vargas Sanchez, tengo 15 años (2018), nativo de Bogotá, Colombia. Musico con mas de 7 años de experiencia.

Soy un musico independ

-What did you do before you became a Christian?
I was a producer of music EDM, artistically known as Mistery Horse, I produced this genre for 3 years, reaching positions in the music industry, currently with more than 3 albums distributed in the largest digital stores worldwide. Focused my music mainly in the Progressive House and Bi...

Metal - Alternative Metal

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Banana Peel

Mistakes and Errors

One man band from Canberra Australia

Metal - Metal Riffs and Licks

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Dingy Metropolis

Sulaco

Tech metal grindcore meets math rock?

Featuring ex-members of Lethargy, Kalibas, Within and MungBeanDemon, Sulaco unveils a fluid fusion of futuristic, tech-metal chops, articulate song craft, and refined aggression. This high impact trio is certain to turn heads, fry minds and become another progenitor of the twenty first century metal lexicon. (Relapse Records)

Metal - Heavy Metal

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WORKING FOR THE CUMSHOT

SONG OF LOVE

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SEXY because we do believe people should have imense sexual action to feel good and enjoy life to the fullest and receive an amazing amount of strong and powerful orgasms that shakes their socks off
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Metal - Heavy Metal

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