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Heavy metal (often referred to simply as metal) is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and the United States. With roots in blues rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. Early bands, such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, attracted large audiences .

Hard rock (or heavy rock) is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid 1960s garage, blues rock and psychedelic rock. It is typified by a heavy use of distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, drums, pianos, and keyboards. It developed into a major form of popular music in the 1970s, with bands like Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, AC/DC and Van Halen, reaching a commercial peak in the 1980s with the glam metal of bands like Bon Jovi and Def Leppard and the

Gothic rock (also referred to as goth rock or simply goth) is a musical subgenre of post punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post punk scenes. The genre itself was defined as a separate movement from punk rock during the early 1980s largely due to the significant stylistic divergences of the movement; gothic rock, as opposed to punk, combines dark, often keyboard heavy music with

Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an atmospheric , visual or unobtrusive quality. The roots of ambient music go back to the early 20th century. In particular, the period just before and after the first world war gave rise to two significant Art Movements that encouraged experimentation with various musical (and non musical) forms, while rejecting more conventional, tradition bound styles of

Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of the blues, country music and gospel music. Though elements of rock and roll can be heard in country records of the 1930s, and in blues records from the 1920s, rock and roll did not acquire its name until the 1950s. An early form of rock and roll was rockabilly, which combined country and

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole. Since the early 20th century, musical theatre stage works have generally been called simply, musicals . Musicals are performed all around the world. They may be presented in large venues, such as

Christopher Julius Rock III is a comedian, actor, writer, director and producer best known for his television work in Saturday Night Live and Everybody Hates Chris.  Comedy Central named him the 5th greatest stand up comedian of all time in 2006.

An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites. The term record album originated from the fact that 78 RPM phonograph disc records were kept in a bound container resembling a photograph album. The first collection of records to be called an album was

Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter. Music was an early feature of the Christmas season and its celebrations. The earliest chants, litanies, and hymns were Latin works intended for use during the church liturgy, rather than popular songs. The 13th century saw the rise of the carol written in the vernacular under the