Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun heavy_metal_music

1 sense of heavy metal music

Sense 1
heavy metal, heavy metal music -- (loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery)
       => rock 'n' roll, rock'n'roll, rock-and-roll, rock and roll, rock, rock music -- (a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western; "rock is a generic term for the range of styles that evolved out of rock'n'roll.")