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Brief description of the most popular sub-genres of metal music, and some common terms related to these types of music.

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Moshing is a style of dance whose participants push or slam into each other. It is most associated with "aggressive" music genres, such as hardcore punk and numerous styles of metal. It primarily ...

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The term metalhead refers to a devoted fan of heavy metal music and its derivative sub-genres. Long hairs, leather jackets, spikes, army boots and band t-shirts form a look that is generally ...

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Headbanging refers to violently shaking the head in the rhythm of the music, and it is most commonly associated with the rock, punk and heavy metal music genres.

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Growl vocals, or simply growling, refers to a singing technique mainly associated with black and death metal genres. As the name itself suggest, it is a form of vocal expression using harsh guttural ...

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Gothic metal (or goth metal) is a sub-genre of heavy metal and gothic rock that combines the heaviness of doom metal with the dark atmospheres of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse as ...

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Folk metal is a sub-genre of metal music characterized by the use of folk music and melodies in combination with some other metal style, such as heavy, black, death metal or other. Use of genuine ...

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Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related metal music sub-genres that have developed since the early 1980s. The term usually refers to genres with harsher and more ...

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