What Makes Heavy Metal Heavy?
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Hand-picked by a BrighterTube curator · found via PrejudiceNeutrino/YouTube_Channels + GitHub: Lazyt3ch/awesome-youtube + Nebula creator roster · 84% confidenceWhat musical features make metal sound heavy: tuning, distortion, rhythm, harmony and production. A theory-driven answer to a genre question, with concrete musical examples.
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What musical features make metal sound heavy: tuning, distortion, rhythm, harmony and production.
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