Tag: heavy metal music
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Heavy metal and technology in retrospect and prospect
Since its inception in the late 1960s, certain elements of heavy metal music remain unchanged. Metal bands still consist of 4 to 5 members covering guitars, vocals, bass, drums, and sometimes other instruments such as keyboards. The live experience is largely consistent and the best shows are still in a gritty basement. Nonetheless, heavy metal…
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Why are some countries more “metal” than others?
Maybe if I was born in Kazakhstan it might have been different! I’m sure that, as it would still be me, I’d have still been a metal guy, but obviously in some countries the possibilities are more limited than in others. Alexi Laiho, Guitar World, 2019 Heavy metal music and culture is a global phenomenon…
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