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heavy metal

NOUN
hard rock
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Even if it is their passion, they cannot spend two years just writing R&B songs or playing heavy metal.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Pai-Verma says she has seen patients with acute reactions like body rashes and even a patient with heavy metal poisoning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

"An album which defined the new sound of heavy metal," said the company.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Things would soon get positively feral as Karol’s backing rock band, composed entirely of women, shredded through the outro of the song “TQG,” giving it a heavy metal edge.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Like the sound a heavy metal object, say a refrigerator, might make if it were slowly being pushed across ceramic tile.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda