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What Is Metal Music? Genre, History & Bands

The short answer

Metal is rock music built on heavily distorted guitars, powerful drumming and intense vocals, split into dozens of sub-genres from thrash to djent.

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Genre mix: what Mexico streams today

Every day musicpiechart records the genre families behind Spotify's daily charts. The pie is the latest mix; the chart under it shows how that mix moved.

Regional Mexican: 66%Latin: 20%Pop: 6%Rock: 4%Hip-Hop & Rap: 2%Alternative & Indie: 1%Other: 1%

What Mexico is streaming today

Genre mix of Spotify's daily top 200, by streams, on October 20, 2026 · updated 20 Oct

  • Regional Mexican 66%
  • Latin 20%
  • Pop 6%
  • Rock 4%
  • Hip-Hop & Rap 2%
  • Alternative & Indie 1%
  • Other 1%

Genre share over 34 recorded days

September 16 to October 20, 2026. Each band is one genre family's share of the chart's daily streams, stacked to 100%; a missing day leaves a gap.

Stacked area chart of genre-family share of daily streams on the Mexico Spotify chart, September 16 to October 20, 2026 Each coloured band is one genre family's share of the chart's daily streams, stacked to 100 percent. Days with no recorded edition leave a gap in every band. Hover a day for its shares; the data table below lists every value. 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% Sep 16 Oct 3 Oct 20 Sep 16, 2026: Regional Mexican 72.7%, Latin 18.1%, Pop 6.1%, Rock 1.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.4%, Other 1.4% Sep 17, 2026: Regional Mexican 64.8%, Latin 22.9%, Pop 5.7%, Rock 3.1%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.5%, Alternative & Indie 0.7%, Other 2.3% Sep 18, 2026: Regional Mexican 63.1%, Latin 24.3%, Pop 6.1%, Rock 3.1%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.8%, Alternative & Indie 0.7%, Other 1.9% Sep 19, 2026: Regional Mexican 67.2%, Latin 22.5%, Pop 4.8%, Rock 2.7%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.5%, Alternative & Indie 0.6%, Other 1.7% Sep 20, 2026: Regional Mexican 71.4%, Latin 20.3%, Pop 3.5%, Rock 2.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.5%, Alternative & Indie 0.3%, Other 1.4% Sep 21, 2026: Regional Mexican 63.2%, Latin 23.3%, Pop 6.6%, Rock 3.5%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.5%, Alternative & Indie 0.7%, Other 2.2% Sep 22, 2026: Regional Mexican 61.1%, Latin 24.1%, Pop 7.6%, Rock 3.5%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.8%, Alternative & Indie 0.7%, Other 2.2% Sep 23, 2026: Regional Mexican 62.3%, Latin 24.6%, Pop 7.4%, Rock 2.9%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.5%, Alternative & Indie 0.7%, Other 1.6% Sep 24, 2026: Regional Mexican 62.7%, Latin 23.4%, Pop 7.9%, Rock 3.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.5%, Alternative & Indie 0.7%, Other 1.6% Sep 25, 2026: Regional Mexican 63.9%, Latin 21.3%, Pop 9.5%, Rock 2.7%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.5%, Alternative & Indie 0.7%, Other 1.4% Sep 26, 2026: Regional Mexican 69.6%, Latin 19.6%, Pop 6.0%, Rock 2.4%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.4%, Alternative & Indie 0.7%, Other 1.4% Sep 27, 2026: Regional Mexican 72.7%, Latin 17.7%, Pop 4.7%, Rock 2.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.5%, Alternative & Indie 0.7%, Other 1.4% Sep 28, 2026: Regional Mexican 64.4%, Latin 21.3%, Pop 8.0%, Rock 3.5%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.5%, Alternative & Indie 0.7%, Other 1.5% Sep 29, 2026: Regional Mexican 63.9%, Latin 21.8%, Pop 7.5%, Rock 3.8%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.6%, Alternative & Indie 0.7%, Other 1.6% Sep 30, 2026: Regional Mexican 66.6%, Latin 20.7%, Pop 6.7%, Rock 3.2%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.5%, Alternative & Indie 0.8%, Other 1.5% Oct 1, 2026: Regional Mexican 67.5%, Latin 20.3%, Pop 6.7%, Rock 2.9%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.5%, Alternative & Indie 0.8%, Other 1.5% Oct 2, 2026: Regional Mexican 68.1%, Latin 20.4%, Pop 6.3%, Rock 2.9%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.5%, Alternative & Indie 0.8%, Other 1.1% Oct 3, 2026: Regional Mexican 70.7%, Latin 19.4%, Pop 4.7%, Rock 2.8%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.4%, Alternative & Indie 0.7%, Other 1.3% Oct 4, 2026: Regional Mexican 71.7%, Latin 18.6%, Pop 4.8%, Rock 2.4%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.8%, Alternative & Indie 0.7%, Other 1.0% Oct 5, 2026: Regional Mexican 66.1%, Latin 21.8%, Pop 6.4%, Rock 2.9%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.8%, Alternative & Indie 0.8%, Other 1.2% Oct 6, 2026: Regional Mexican 65.6%, Latin 22.0%, Pop 6.4%, Rock 3.2%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.8%, Alternative & Indie 0.8%, Other 1.2% Oct 7, 2026: Regional Mexican 65.3%, Latin 22.3%, Pop 5.9%, Rock 3.7%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.8%, Alternative & Indie 0.8%, Other 1.1% Oct 8, 2026: Regional Mexican 64.5%, Latin 22.0%, Pop 6.6%, Rock 4.1%, Hip-Hop & Rap 0.9%, Alternative & Indie 0.8%, Other 1.1% Oct 9, 2026: Regional Mexican 66.2%, Latin 21.1%, Pop 5.9%, Rock 3.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 1.3%, Alternative & Indie 0.8%, Other 1.1% Oct 11, 2026: Regional Mexican 71.9%, Latin 17.9%, Pop 4.1%, Rock 3.0%, Hip-Hop & Rap 1.3%, Alternative & Indie 0.7%, Other 1.0% Oct 12, 2026: Regional Mexican 67.2%, Latin 20.4%, Pop 5.5%, Rock 3.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 1.4%, Alternative & Indie 0.8%, Other 1.1% Oct 13, 2026: Regional Mexican 65.8%, Latin 21.7%, Pop 5.5%, Rock 3.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 1.5%, Alternative & Indie 0.8%, Other 1.1% Oct 14, 2026: Regional Mexican 66.2%, Latin 21.3%, Pop 5.1%, Rock 4.1%, Hip-Hop & Rap 1.5%, Alternative & Indie 0.8%, Other 1.1% Oct 15, 2026: Regional Mexican 67.1%, Latin 20.4%, Pop 5.4%, Rock 3.7%, Hip-Hop & Rap 1.5%, Alternative & Indie 0.8%, Other 1.0% Oct 16, 2026: Regional Mexican 62.8%, Latin 26.3%, Pop 4.3%, Rock 3.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 1.4%, Alternative & Indie 0.7%, Other 1.0% Oct 17, 2026: Regional Mexican 70.1%, Latin 19.0%, Pop 4.3%, Rock 3.6%, Hip-Hop & Rap 1.4%, Alternative & Indie 0.7%, Other 0.9% Oct 18, 2026: Regional Mexican 72.6%, Latin 17.6%, Pop 4.1%, Rock 2.8%, Hip-Hop & Rap 1.3%, Alternative & Indie 0.7%, Other 1.0% Oct 19, 2026: Regional Mexican 66.7%, Latin 20.0%, Pop 6.1%, Rock 4.0%, Hip-Hop & Rap 1.4%, Alternative & Indie 0.8%, Other 1.1% Oct 20, 2026: Regional Mexican 66.1%, Latin 20.3%, Pop 6.1%, Rock 4.3%, Hip-Hop & Rap 1.4%, Alternative & Indie 0.8%, Other 1.1%
  • Regional Mexican 66.1% · -6.7 pts
  • Latin 20.3% · +2.2 pts
  • Pop 6.1% · no change
  • Rock 4.3% · +3.0 pts
  • Hip-Hop & Rap 1.4% · +1.0 pts
  • Alternative & Indie 0.8% · +0.8 pts
  • Other 1.1% · -0.3 pts
Genre-share data table
Genre-family share of daily streams, by day
Day Regional MexicanLatinPopRockHip-Hop & RapAlternative & IndieOther
Oct 20, 2026 66.1%20.3%6.1%4.3%1.4%0.8%1.1%
Oct 19, 2026 66.7%20.0%6.1%4.0%1.4%0.8%1.1%
Oct 18, 2026 72.6%17.6%4.1%2.8%1.3%0.7%1.0%
Oct 17, 2026 70.1%19.0%4.3%3.6%1.4%0.7%0.9%
Oct 16, 2026 62.8%26.3%4.3%3.6%1.4%0.7%1.0%
Oct 15, 2026 67.1%20.4%5.4%3.7%1.5%0.8%1.0%
Oct 14, 2026 66.2%21.3%5.1%4.1%1.5%0.8%1.1%
Oct 13, 2026 65.8%21.7%5.5%3.6%1.5%0.8%1.1%
Oct 12, 2026 67.2%20.4%5.5%3.6%1.4%0.8%1.1%
Oct 11, 2026 71.9%17.9%4.1%3.0%1.3%0.7%1.0%
Oct 9, 2026 66.2%21.1%5.9%3.6%1.3%0.8%1.1%
Oct 8, 2026 64.5%22.0%6.6%4.1%0.9%0.8%1.1%
Oct 7, 2026 65.3%22.3%5.9%3.7%0.8%0.8%1.1%
Oct 6, 2026 65.6%22.0%6.4%3.2%0.8%0.8%1.2%
Oct 5, 2026 66.1%21.8%6.4%2.9%0.8%0.8%1.2%
Oct 4, 2026 71.7%18.6%4.8%2.4%0.8%0.7%1.0%
Oct 3, 2026 70.7%19.4%4.7%2.8%0.4%0.7%1.3%
Oct 2, 2026 68.1%20.4%6.3%2.9%0.5%0.8%1.1%
Oct 1, 2026 67.5%20.3%6.7%2.9%0.5%0.8%1.5%
Sep 30, 2026 66.6%20.7%6.7%3.2%0.5%0.8%1.5%
Sep 29, 2026 63.9%21.8%7.5%3.8%0.6%0.7%1.6%
Sep 28, 2026 64.4%21.3%8.0%3.5%0.5%0.7%1.5%
Sep 27, 2026 72.7%17.7%4.7%2.3%0.5%0.7%1.4%
Sep 26, 2026 69.6%19.6%6.0%2.4%0.4%0.7%1.4%
Sep 25, 2026 63.9%21.3%9.5%2.7%0.5%0.7%1.4%
Sep 24, 2026 62.7%23.4%7.9%3.3%0.5%0.7%1.6%
Sep 23, 2026 62.3%24.6%7.4%2.9%0.5%0.7%1.6%
Sep 22, 2026 61.1%24.1%7.6%3.5%0.8%0.7%2.2%
Sep 21, 2026 63.2%23.3%6.6%3.5%0.5%0.7%2.2%
Sep 20, 2026 71.4%20.3%3.5%2.6%0.5%0.3%1.4%
Sep 19, 2026 67.2%22.5%4.8%2.7%0.5%0.6%1.7%
Sep 18, 2026 63.1%24.3%6.1%3.1%0.8%0.7%1.9%
Sep 17, 2026 64.8%22.9%5.7%3.1%0.5%0.7%2.3%
Sep 16, 2026 72.7%18.1%6.1%1.3%0.4%0.0%1.4%

Regional Mexican leads the genre mix on Mexico's Spotify daily chart with 66.1% of the day's streams (43.4M plays), ahead of Latin at 20.3% and Pop at 6.1% on October 20, 2026. Across the 34 recorded days from September 16 to October 20, 2026, Rock gained the most share, up 3.0 points to 4.3% of streams, while Regional Mexican slipped the most, down 6.7 points to 66.1%. Metal belongs to the Metal family, which has no separate share in these chart editions; its artists still count toward that family where Spotify classifies them. Shares are stream-weighted: every play of a song on Mexico's Spotify daily chart counts once, credited to its lead artist's genre family. Every song that Spotify can classify counts; every family outside the biggest six is grouped with them as Other. The figures come from spotify-top.com's daily charts, recorded once a day by Music Pie Chart.

Top Metal artists on Spotify

Artists in our catalogue tagged with this genre, ranked by Spotify popularity.

  1. Metallica

  2. System Of A Down

  3. Slipknot

  4. Avenged Sevenfold

  5. Bring Me The Horizon

  6. Rammstein

  7. Korn

  8. Disturbed

Metal: 62%Rock: 31%Alternative & Indie: 8%
62%Metal

Beyond Metal

What else do Metal artists play?

The other genre families Metal's top artists on Spotify are tagged with.

  • Metal 62%
  • Rock 31%
  • Alternative & Indie 8%

Everything about Metal

What Is Considered Metal Music?

Metal is a rock music genre known for its intense guitar riffs, thunderous drumming, and lyrics that can send chills down your spine. Metal knows no boundaries and thrives on pushing the limits of sonic intensity. It's all about unleashing raw energy, passion, and the freedom to express your wildest emotions.

What Defines Metal Music?

Face-melting guitar solos, earth-shattering bass-lines, and vocals that can go from a soothing whisper to a guttural roar in seconds. That's what defines Metal music - a relentless sonic force that refuses to be tamed.

Some Of The Best Metal Music Bands:

  • Metallica: The pioneers of Metal, with iconic songs like "Enter Sandman" and "Master of Puppets".

  • Iron Maiden: Known for their epic anthems like "The Trooper" and "Fear of the Dark".

  • Black Sabbath, with timeless classics like "Paranoid" and "War Pigs".

  • Slayer: Known for their lightning-fast guitar riffs and brutal lyrics with songs like "Angel of Death" and "Raining Blood".

What Is The Big 4 Metal Music?

The "Big Four" in Metal music refers to the four most influential bands in the subgenre of Thrash Metal, including

  • Metallica

  • Megadeth

  • Slayer

  • Anthrax.

The Most Popular Metal Music Artists:

  • Ozzy Osbourne / Black Sabbath

  • Metallica

  • Judas Priest

  • Slayer

  • Iron Maiden.

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