# Change Genre Metal by Heavy Metal

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-genre-metal-by-heavy-metal/68318
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 27, 2025, 11:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-genre-metal-by-heavy-metal/68318 "2025-04-27T11:48:45Z")
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### Author: ![lightniningsteve7](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@lightniningsteve7](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lightniningsteve7)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2025, 11:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-genre-metal-by-heavy-metal/68318/1 "2025-04-27T11:48:45Z")

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Hi,  
When i use the task to REPLACE The %genre% Metal with Heavy Metal it work only for My Metal genre but it mess-up the rest. The Heavy Metal genre become Heavy Heavy Metal.  
I would likw to keep the others like Power Metal, Trash Metal, Heavy Metal intact.

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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-genre-metal-by-heavy-metal/68318/2 "2025-04-27T11:52:42Z")

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Use a filter  
%genre% IS Metal  
and treat only the matching files.

Or use an action of the type "Format value" for GENRE  
Format string: `$if($eql(%genre%,Metal),Heavy Metal,%genre%)`

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### Author: ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-genre-metal-by-heavy-metal/68318/3 "2025-04-27T13:03:35Z")

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> [@lightniningsteve7](#):
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> The Heavy Metal genre become Heavy Heavy Metal.

Thats because your search word "Metal" is not only included in  
Metal  
but also in  
"Avant-garde Metal"  
"Black Metal"  
"Doom Metal"  
"Heavy Metal"  
"Speed Metal"  
and so on...

And all these occurrences of the word "Metal" will be replaced by your new two words "Heavy Metal".

As @ohrenkino explained:  
First filter for those GENRE that contain only the single word "Metal" and nothing else.  
Then select those filtered tracks and use your replace function.

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2025, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-genre-metal-by-heavy-metal/68318/4 "2025-05-27T13:04:33Z")

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