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Mike Brake states that "[h]eavy metal performers are almost exclusively male", with "exceptions such as [the all-female band] Girlschool being accorded attention most often for their singularity."[1] According to the Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal, there are few female heavy metal bands.[2] The predominance of men in heavy metal is not unique to this genre; Marion Leonard states that men predominate in the overall music industry.[3]
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According to Robert Walser, heavy metal harmonic relationships are "...often quite complex" and the harmonic analysis done by metal players and teachers is "...often very sophisticated."[4] In her study of heavy metal chord structures Esa Lilja states that "...heavy metal music has proved to be far more complicated than has been previously suggested." She states that heavy metal harmony typically uses modal harmonic relationships "...coupled with pentatonic and blues-derived features."[5]
Live band performances are “the holiest of heavy metal communions”]].[6]
extreme metal, a cluster of metal subgenres characterized by sonic, verbal andvisual transgression .[7]
Heavy metal | |
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Stylistic origins | Blues rock, psychedelic rock |
Cultural origins | Late 1960s, United Kingdom and United States |
Typical instruments | Electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, vocals |
Derivative forms | Grunge |
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According to Tobias Hurwitz, '[h]ardcore drumming falls somewhere between the straight-ahead rock styles of old-school punk and the frantic, warp-speed bashing of thrash."[8] authenticity