one of the first to climb to the stage in the initial rock in rio was barão vermelho (red baron), a carioca pop rock band - considered one of the most influential brazilian bands of the 1980s, they have a very distinctive style influenced by the classic british bands of their time.

as an offspring to rock, and originated from the cult to masculinity prevalent in the end on the artistic scene of the 1960s and early 1970s, heavy metal music, simply known as 'metal', is generally characterized by the fast and dense sound, and the heavy use of drum and brass and distorted guitar solos. it quickly fragmented into several subgenres, as each sector of this still recent type of music tried to find their own spin to it.