heavy metal
noun
1
: a metal of high specific gravity
2
: energetic and highly amplified electronic rock music having a hard beat
Borrowing elements of everything from grunge to progressive rock, from gospel to heavy metal …—
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He listens to heavy metal.
lead, gold, and other heavy metals
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The 55-year-old band Pentagram, one of the earlier acts to wear the heavy metal label proudly back in the 1960s, is in Hamden, while a much much younger metal act, Violent Vira, visits New Haven.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
Testing companies have turned up high levels of arsenic, asbestos and more rare heavy metals inside Altadena properties.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 15 May 2026
As ever, there’s something for everyone, the songs whiplashing from pop to opera to heavy metal and back again.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
Last year, the Boys Don't Cry star helped lobby for the CA Senate Bill 646, which enforces prenatal vitamin manufacturers to test for and disclose levels of potentially harmful heavy metals in products.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
Testing companies have turned up high levels of arsenic, asbestos and more rare heavy metals inside Altadena properties.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 15 May 2026
As ever, there’s something for everyone, the songs whiplashing from pop to opera to heavy metal and back again.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
Last year, the Boys Don't Cry star helped lobby for the CA Senate Bill 646, which enforces prenatal vitamin manufacturers to test for and disclose levels of potentially harmful heavy metals in products.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for heavy metal
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“Heavy metal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavy%20metal. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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