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261:introduced
243:Iron Maiden
211:Rob Halford
194:jackets or
188:subcultures
149:heavy metal
1477:Categories
1226:Distortion
1204:Blast beat
1114:Post-metal
1109:Pornogrind
1012:Glam metal
1007:Funk metal
990:Folk metal
970:Doom metal
953:Death-doom
921:Crust punk
539:References
505:dreadlocks
422:chain mail
418:Moonsorrow
378:Folk metal
376:culture.
366:metalheads
338:glam metal
200:Iron Cross
153:metalheads
69:newspapers
1452:Hard rock
1419:Festivals
1266:Screaming
1192:Fuzz bass
1134:Rap metal
1119:Pop metal
1062:Metalcore
1027:Grindcore
1017:Goregrind
948:Deathcore
936:Technical
911:Blackgaze
894:Symphonic
482:fashion.
472:minstrels
430:Dark Ages
358:Chivalric
319:Motörhead
303:Metallica
251:Motörhead
1462:Category
1199:Drumming
1094:Nu metal
1057:Mathcore
803:18 March
769:18 March
735:18 March
701:18 March
667:18 March
642:18 March
608:18 March
574:18 March
527:See also
497:Nu metal
462:and the
420:to wear
336:Fans of
311:Megadeth
165:t-shirts
1414:Fashion
1396:Culture
1257:Vocals
1067:Melodic
931:Melodic
899:Unblack
501:hip hop
476:knights
414:Turisas
263:spandex
239:leather
185:leather
171:Origins
161:spandex
145:make-up
83:scholar
1439:Umlaut
1434:Poseur
1253:Lyrics
1221:Guitar
1032:Grunge
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354:Viking
346:Celtic
327:Accept
315:NWOBHM
309:, and
257:, and
241:look;
183:, and
181:rocker
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1404:Bands
965:Djent
485:Some
468:bards
410:pagan
398:Saxon
350:Saxon
325:band
259:Saxon
196:kutte
192:denim
177:biker
90:JSTOR
76:books
1187:Bass
805:2018
792:ISBN
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758:ISBN
737:2018
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470:and
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400:or
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