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Metal Music Thread

this is from encyclopaedia metallum
First and foremost, for a band to be metal, it must have metal riffs. This point should be fairly straight-forward and obvious. Nevertheless, when it comes to some genres or styles, it's not always implied that the music is rooted in metal or is substantively comprised of metal riffs. For example, grindcore can either be rooted in punk (ex. Anal Cunt) or in death metal (ex. Nasum, Pig Destroyer, Agathocles); metalcore rooted in hardcore/-core (ex. Atreyu) or in metal (ex. Bleeding Through); and so on. Such music can be borderline, but still be acceptable. Some bands have mostly chugging, fuzz, or noodling, with minor metal influences; this does not make these bands metal. The metal elements must outweigh the non-metal ones.
 
this is from encyclopaedia metallum
In theory this sounds very good.
In practice, it's much harder to discern. Neoclassical metal for example doesn't really have riffs in the same way that a death metal band has, because it uses the musical structure of baroque music. This ofc is not always the case but it would be dumb to not consider these bands to be metal either.
 
Anyone here plays guitar? I've lately been learning some simple riffs using my trusty Stratocaster, already got lessons booked for Saturday
 
What's that one white-supremacist melodeth band that's supposedly really good? I forgot the name. They're also not on Spotify btw
 
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