Top 10 Acronyms Often Used in Metal Music

The Top Ten
1 NWOBHM - New Wave of British Heavy Metal
2 TDM - Technical Death Metal
3 OSDM - Old School Death Metal
4 BPM - Beats Per Minute
5 THM - Traditional Heavy Metal
6 NWOTHM - New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal

Bands of the 21st century trying to revive the sound of (mainly) Iron Maiden and Judas Priest.

7 NSBM - National Socialist Black Metal
8 DM - Death Metal
9 BM - Black Metal
10 PM - Power Metal
The Contenders
11 HM - Heavy Metal
12 GM - Gothic Metal
13 EM - Emo Metal
14 PM - Punk Metal
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