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1756:Death growl
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1608:stoner rock
1598:pagan metal
1591:progressive
1539:drone metal
1481:speed metal
1459:death metal
1437:Black metal
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1180:Death growl
1160:Power chord
1155:Palm muting
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1063:Speed metal
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971:Latin metal
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803:Black metal
798:Biker metal
765:Heavy metal
320:Suffocation
312:jazz fusion
222:jazz fusion
214:blast beats
179:Suffocation
177:New York's
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1809:Categories
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1644:funk metal
1554:pornogrind
1522:death-doom
1517:crust punk
1476:doom metal
1145:Distortion
1123:Blast beat
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1028:Pornogrind
931:Glam metal
926:Funk metal
909:Folk metal
889:Doom metal
872:Death-doom
840:Crust punk
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262:Watchtower
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206:Bass lines
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1566:deathcore
1561:metalcore
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1544:grindcore
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1469:technical
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1371:Hard rock
1338:Festivals
1185:Screaming
1111:Fuzz bass
1053:Rap metal
1038:Pop metal
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946:Grindcore
936:Goregrind
867:Deathcore
855:Technical
830:Blackgaze
813:Symphonic
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163:Nocturnus
1674:nu metal
1664:hyperpop
1576:mathcore
1381:Category
1118:Drumming
1013:Nu metal
976:Mathcore
722:June 26,
415:AllMusic
354:See also
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210:drumming
195:odd time
139:Allmusic
102:mathcore
1771:moshing
1581:melodic
1464:melodic
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293:The Key
274:History
254:Coroner
246:Kreator
151:Atheist
1659:grunge
1430:Genres
1358:Umlaut
1353:Poseur
1172:Lyrics
1140:Guitar
951:Grunge
284:Origin
260:, and
242:Voivod
238:Slayer
187:chords
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