Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal is a derivitive genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s in the United States and United Kingdom. 
== History ==
=== Origins: 1960s ===
=== Early Successes: 1970s and 1980s ===
=== Off-Shoot Genres: 1990s-present ===
== Characteristics ==
== Styles of Heavy Metal ==
=== Doom Metal ===
=== Thrash Metal ===
=== Death Metal ===
=== Glam Metal ===
== Fanbase ==
See Also: Metalheads
== See Also ==
* List of Heavy Metal Bands
Category:Heavy Metal
Category:Music Genres
Category:1970s in Music
Category:1980s in Music
Category:1990s in Music
Category:2000s in Music