This essay will explore the connections that can be made between classical music - such as Baroque and Romantic eras - and the genre of heavy metal. We hope the essay will show why heavy metal is technically more similar to the works of classical composers than any other genre of music. It will also discuss three main aspects of heavy metal's relationship with social and political events, such as how classical music benefits from recognition of high art status, while heavy metal does not. , but a significant link can be established; how heavy metal is considered musically illiterate, when studies suggest otherwise; and how both musical genres punctuate intense emotions through dramatic instrumentation.Summary: When people hear heavy metal music, they instantly conjure up connotations of anger, violence, and Satanism. It is these extreme, but not necessarily false, ideologies that widen the unthinkable divide between classical music and metal. But it's not only the sound of heavy metal music that can be compared to classical music, but also the musicians behind it. Classical music has often been written to express the feelings of the composer or to arouse emotion in the listener, and an article in the Vancouver Sun (2013) suggests that this is one of metal's primary functions, stating that "both musical genres are characterized by visceral bursts of virtuosity and histrionic emotion. Of course, music didn't come from nowhere, it grew through influence. When it comes to rock music, guitarists took inspiration from various classical techniques and merged them with their blues rhythms and scales to create something new (Walser, 1992), as the development of music has always been . For the classical and baroque eras, ...... middle of paper ...... course to some extent to become as important as them; If composers like Wagner had kept quiet and made music in the style of Bach for the rest of their lives, there would be no popular music. If the young boy in Twisted Sister's "I Wanna Rock" video (1984) had told his father "I want to be a doctor" after being asked "What do you want to do with your life?!" ", there would be no popular music. The heavy metal rebellion was propelled by the tensions of patriarchy and capitalism and made a statement that defined individuality. If metal were musically illiterate, it wouldn't encapsulate the past as well as it did through bands like Deep Purple and Van Halen. More importantly, heavy metal is the genre that provokes the most emotion in its listener and even in the musician. You don't need to do any research to find this out, you just have to listen.