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About Heavy Metal
Build your next track with our massive collection of premium heavy metal samples, packed with crushing guitar riffs, thunderous drum fills, distorted basslines, and explosive one-shots. From architects of the genre like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest to the thrash ferocity of Metallica and the symphonic grandeur of Nightwish, heavy metal spans over half a century of visceral and technically ambitious music. Each generation pushed heaviness into new territory and its influence has spread to dozens of subgenres, with producers like Trent Reznor and Rick Rubin carrying that raw energy into industrial, hip hop, and rock alike. These heavy metal sounds are built to hit hard.
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