Suno Heavy Metal Prompt: Style and Exclude Lines

Heavy Metal example: twin electric guitars on a thundering stage with fire columns and smoke, galloping lights — Mood still for this style, made with the Lookbook's image prompts. The page has no audio. Scene: twin electric guitars on a thundering stage with fire columns and smoke, galloping lights.

What it is

1980s classic metal: galloping palm-muted riffs, twin guitars in harmony, double bass drum runs and a high, wailing voice built for arenas.

Suno prompt

Two boxes, ready to paste. The Style line goes in Suno's Styles field, the Exclude line in Exclude styles.

Style

classic 1980s heavy metal, 160 bpm, galloping palm-muted distorted guitar riffs, twin harmonized lead guitars, double bass drum runs, driving bass, soaring high male vocal with wailing screams, arena power

Exclude

synth pop, rap, autotune, acoustic ballad, EDM, lo-fi, orchestral trailer, growled death vocals, blast beats

The parts

The lead is the one instrument that carries the tune. Colour instruments add texture and never take the melody. The bed is the rhythm section underneath.

Tempo: 160 bpm
Meter: 4/4
Swing: straight
Key: E minor
Lead (carries the tune): high male vocal, twin lead guitars
Colour (never the melody): harmonized solos
Bed: galloping riffs, double bass drums, driving bass

Not this

Not death metal: no growls, no blast beats. Not grunge: tight, fast and showy, not sludgy.

Other names

80s heavy metal, classic metal

Pairs with

low-angle push on a guitarist in stage smoke
hot red backlit high-contrast grade
a chrome blackletter title

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