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nowraplinks"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">Neoclassical metal</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stylistic origins</th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_heavy_metal" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional heavy metal">Heavy metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speed_metal" title="Speed metal">speed metal</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cultural origins</th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Late 1970s and early 1980s, Europe and North America</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Derivative forms</th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Power_metal" title="Power metal">Power metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symphonic_metal" title="Symphonic metal">symphonic metal</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Other topics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avant-garde_metal" title="Avant-garde metal">Avant-garde metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_metal" title="Progressive metal">progressive metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shred_guitar" title="Shred guitar">shred guitar</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Neoclassical metal</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Music_subgenre" class="mw-redirect" title="Music subgenre">subgenre</a> of <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a> that is heavily influenced by <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical music</a> and usually features very technical playing,<sup id="cite_ref-Guitarist_magazine_2009_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guitarist_magazine_2009-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> consisting of elements borrowed from both classical and <a href="/wiki/Speed_metal" title="Speed metal">speed metal</a> music. <a href="/wiki/Yngwie_Malmsteen" title="Yngwie Malmsteen">Yngwie Malmsteen</a> became one of the most notable musicians in the subgenre, and contributed greatly to the development of the style in the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-Guitarist_magazine_2009_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guitarist_magazine_2009-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other notable players in the genre are <a href="/wiki/Randy_Rhoads" title="Randy Rhoads">Randy Rhoads</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luca_Turilli" title="Luca Turilli">Luca Turilli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Romeo" title="Michael Romeo">Michael Romeo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Becker" title="Jason Becker">Jason Becker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tony_MacAlpine" title="Tony MacAlpine">Tony MacAlpine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vinnie_Moore" title="Vinnie Moore">Vinnie Moore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexi_Laiho" title="Alexi Laiho">Alexi Laiho</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jani_Liimatainen" title="Jani Liimatainen">Jani Liimatainen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kiko_Loureiro" title="Kiko Loureiro">Kiko Loureiro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uli_Jon_Roth" title="Uli Jon Roth">Uli Jon Roth</a>, <a href="/wiki/St%C3%A9phan_Fort%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Stéphan Forté">Stéphan Forté</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wolf_Hoffmann" title="Wolf Hoffmann">Wolf Hoffmann</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Timo_Tolkki" title="Timo Tolkki">Timo Tolkki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syu" title="Syu">Syu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marty_Friedman" title="Marty Friedman">Marty Friedman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Guitarist_magazine_2009_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guitarist_magazine_2009-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the genre is mainly associated with guitarists (especially lead guitarists), keyboardists like <a href="/wiki/Jens_Johansson" title="Jens Johansson">Jens Johansson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Pinnella" title="Michael Pinnella">Michael Pinnella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Staropoli" title="Alex Staropoli">Alex Staropoli</a> and <a href="/wiki/Janne_Wirman" title="Janne Wirman">Janne Wirman</a> are also found playing in this style. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Definition">Definition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neoclassical_metal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Neoclassical metal takes its name from a broad conception of <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical music</a>. In this it is a concept distinct from how <a href="/wiki/Neoclassicism_(music)" title="Neoclassicism (music)">neoclassicism</a> is understood within the classical music tradition. <a href="/wiki/Neoclassicism_(music)" title="Neoclassicism (music)">Neoclassical music</a> usually refers to a movement in musical <a href="/wiki/Modernism_(music)" title="Modernism (music)">modernism</a> which developed roughly a century after the end of the <a href="/wiki/Classical_period_(music)" title="Classical period (music)">Classical period</a> and peaked during the years between the two World Wars. </p><p>On the other hand, neoclassical metal music does not restrict itself to a return to classical aesthetic ideals, such as equilibrium and formalism. Its influences include both the <a href="/wiki/Romantic_music" title="Romantic music">Romantic</a> musical period and the <a href="/wiki/Baroque_music" title="Baroque music">Baroque</a> period of the seventeenth and first half of the eighteenth centuries. The music of late Baroque composers such as <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Vivaldi" title="Antonio Vivaldi">Vivaldi</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel" title="George Frideric Handel">Handel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">Bach</a> was often highly ornate. Neoclassical metal musicians such as <a href="/wiki/Yngwie_Malmsteen" title="Yngwie Malmsteen">Yngwie Malmsteen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joshua_(band)" title="Joshua (band)">Joshua Perahia</a> are inspired by this aspect of Baroque music<sup id="cite_ref-Guitarist_magazine_2009_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guitarist_magazine_2009-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also by later composers such as the violinist <a href="/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Paganini" title="Niccolò Paganini">Niccolò Paganini</a> in using runs and other decorative and showy techniques in their performances. Neoclassical metal music thus looks to classical music as broadly understood by the general public and not to the more specialist technical definition used within classical circles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_the_genre_and_influences">History of the genre and influences</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neoclassical_metal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History of the genre and influences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yngwie_Malmsteen_5.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Yngwie_Malmsteen_5.jpg/220px-Yngwie_Malmsteen_5.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Yngwie_Malmsteen_5.jpg/330px-Yngwie_Malmsteen_5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Yngwie_Malmsteen_5.jpg/440px-Yngwie_Malmsteen_5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1658" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Yngwie_Malmsteen" title="Yngwie Malmsteen">Yngwie Malmsteen</a> (to the right of <a href="/wiki/Tim_Owens" class="mw-redirect" title="Tim Owens">Tim Owens</a>), a key figure in neoclassical metal</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 1960s and 1970s, there were many works that influenced this subgenre, <a href="/wiki/Deep_Purple" title="Deep Purple">Deep Purple</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Concerto_for_Group_and_Orchestra" title="Concerto for Group and Orchestra">Concerto for Group and Orchestra</a></i> being the most important one. Other bands, like <a href="/wiki/Rainbow_(rock_band)" title="Rainbow (rock band)">Rainbow</a>, also featured neoclassical influences. Early <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical</a> influences within <a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">hard rock</a> and heavy metal are most notably found in the playing of <a href="/wiki/Jon_Lord" title="Jon Lord">Jon Lord</a>, <a href="/wiki/Keith_Emerson" title="Keith Emerson">Keith Emerson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ritchie_Blackmore" title="Ritchie Blackmore">Ritchie Blackmore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uli_Jon_Roth" title="Uli Jon Roth">Uli Jon Roth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Randy_Rhoads" title="Randy Rhoads">Randy Rhoads</a>. But it was in the 1980s when neoclassical metal became a distinct subgenre.<sup id="cite_ref-Guitarist_magazine_2009_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guitarist_magazine_2009-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Heavy metal guitar technique developed rapidly from its late-1960s beginnings to its late-1980s peak, but before the 1980s, few metal guitarists displayed the advanced technical proficiency which is a hallmark of the neoclassical metal style. The popularization and growth of neoclassical metal is closely related to the ascension of the guitar "<a href="/wiki/Shred_guitar" title="Shred guitar">shredding</a>" movement. </p><p>The "golden age" of neoclassical metal in the middle to late 1980s revolved around the sizeable roster of flashy electric-guitar soloists who recorded mostly instrumental albums for <a href="/wiki/Mike_Varney" title="Mike Varney">Mike Varney</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Shrapnel_Records" title="Shrapnel Records">Shrapnel Records</a> label. Swedish guitarist <a href="/wiki/Yngwie_Malmsteen" title="Yngwie Malmsteen">Yngwie Malmsteen</a>, widely regarded as the originator<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and still-reigning king of neoclassical metal,<sup id="cite_ref-Yngwie_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yngwie-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was brought to the United States by Varney to sign with Shrapnel Records in 1982. </p><p>Many subsequent Shrapnel artists,<sup id="cite_ref-Guitarist_magazine_2009_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guitarist_magazine_2009-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Note 7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including <a href="/wiki/Tony_MacAlpine" title="Tony MacAlpine">Tony MacAlpine</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Guitarist_magazine_2009_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guitarist_magazine_2009-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Vinnie_Moore" title="Vinnie Moore">Vinnie Moore</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Guitarist_magazine_2009_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guitarist_magazine_2009-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Joey_Tafolla" title="Joey Tafolla">Joey Tafolla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Angelo_Batio" title="Michael Angelo Batio">Michael Angelo Batio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Gilbert" title="Paul Gilbert">Paul Gilbert</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_T._Chastain" class="mw-redirect" title="David T. Chastain">David T. Chastain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jason_Becker" title="Jason Becker">Jason Becker</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Guitarist_magazine_2009_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guitarist_magazine_2009-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Marty_Friedman_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Marty Friedman (musician)">Marty Friedman</a>, emerged in the latter 1980s as exemplars of the neoclassical style. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Styles_and_theory">Styles and theory</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neoclassical_metal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Styles and theory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A common feature of neoclassical metal is the <a href="/wiki/Diminished_seventh_chord" title="Diminished seventh chord">diminished seventh chord</a>. It can be a useful tool for modulation, as it's possible to move by minor thirds through the chord, then use the diminished 7th as a leading tone to resolve to the tonic. <a href="/wiki/Pentatonic_scale" title="Pentatonic scale">Pentatonic scales</a> are also prevalent (as in the vast majority of rock and metal styles). A scale often used by neoclassical metal musicians is the <a href="/wiki/Harmonic_minor_scale" title="Harmonic minor scale">harmonic minor scale</a>, which is similar to the natural minor, but has a raised 7th (in the case of E, the D goes to D<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-sharp">♯</span></span>). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mode_(music)" title="Mode (music)">Modes</a> are also used on occasion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neoclassical_metal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cello_rock" title="Cello rock">Cello rock</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neoclassical_metal&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>"Toute un pléiade de guitars heroes va deferler, pour la plupart révélés par le label Shrapel records, parmi lesquels les plus légendaires sont John Petrucci, Jason Becker, Jacky Vincent, Tony MacAlpine, Timo Tolkki et Vinnie Moore</i>", "Les secrets du metal- Etudes de Style", March 2009, p.14</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<i>C'est véritablement en 1984, avec son premier album solo "Rising Force", que le virtuose suédois Yngwie Malmsteen fait découvrir au monde son <b>mélange unique de baroque et de heavy metal</b></i>", "Les secrets du metal- Etudes de Style", March 2009, p.14</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<i>C'est véritablement en 1984, avec son premier album solo "Rising Force", que le virtuose suédois Yngwie Malmsteen fait découvrir au monde son mélange unique de baroque et de heavy metal</i>", "Les secrets du metal- Etudes de Style", March 2009, p.14</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<i>Si l'on peut clairement considérer Randy Rhoads, Uli Jon Roth et Ritchie Blackmore, comme les précurseurs, <b>c'est véritablement en 1984, [...] que le virtuose suédois Yngwie Malmsteen fait découvrir au monde son mélange unique de baroque et de heavy metal</b></i>", "Les secrets du metal- Etudes de Style", March 2009, p.14</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>"Toute une pléiade de guitars heroes va déferler, pour la plupart révélés par le <b>label Shrapnel Records</b>, parmi lesquels les plus légendaires sont <b>Jason Becker, Tony McAlpine et Vinnie Moore</b></i>", "Les secrets du metal- Etudes de Style", March 2009, p.14</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Neoclassical_metal&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Guitarist_magazine_2009-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Guitarist_magazine_2009_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Guitarist_magazine_2009_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Guitarist_magazine_2009_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Guitarist_magazine_2009_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Guitarist_magazine_2009_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Guitarist_magazine_2009_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Guitarist_magazine_2009_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Guitarist_magazine_2009_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Guitarist_magazine_2009_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Stephan Forté, "Metal néoclassique" in <i>Guitarist Magazine Pedago</i>, Hors Série #29, "Les secrets du metal- Etudes de Style", March 2009, pp.14–15.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output 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class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=386hAgAAQBAJ&q=Neoclassical+metal&pg=PT98">"Demons, The Occult Devils and Witches: in Heavy Metal Music"</a>. In Bayer, Gerd (ed.). <i>Heavy Metal Music in Britain</i>. <a href="/wiki/Ashgate_Publishing" title="Ashgate Publishing">Ashgate Publishing</a>. pp. 80–81. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4094-9385-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4094-9385-3"><bdi>978-1-4094-9385-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Demons%2C+The+Occult+Devils+and+Witches%3A+in+Heavy+Metal+Music&rft.btitle=Heavy+Metal+Music+in+Britain&rft.pages=80-81&rft.pub=Ashgate+Publishing&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1-4094-9385-3&rft.aulast=Farley&rft.aufirst=Helen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D386hAgAAQBAJ%26q%3DNeoclassical%2Bmetal%26pg%3DPT98&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANeoclassical+metal" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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href="/wiki/Folk_metal" title="Folk metal">Folk metal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_metal" title="Celtic metal">Celtic metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medieval_metal" title="Medieval metal">Medieval metal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funk_metal" title="Funk metal">Funk metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glam_metal" title="Glam metal">Glam metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goregrind" title="Goregrind">Goregrind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gothic_metal" title="Gothic metal">Gothic metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grindcore" title="Grindcore">Grindcore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grunge" title="Grunge">Grunge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groove_metal" title="Groove metal">Groove metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Industrial_metal" title="Industrial metal">Industrial metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawaii_metal" title="Kawaii metal">Kawaii metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_metal" title="Latin metal">Latin metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathcore" title="Mathcore">Mathcore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metalcore" title="Metalcore">Metalcore</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melodic_metalcore" title="Melodic metalcore">Melodic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_metalcore" title="Progressive metalcore">Progressive</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Neoclassical metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neue_Deutsche_H%C3%A4rte" title="Neue Deutsche Härte">Neue Deutsche Härte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nintendocore" title="Nintendocore">Nintendocore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nu_metal" title="Nu metal">Nu metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pagan_metal" title="Pagan metal">Pagan metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirate_metal" title="Pirate metal">Pirate metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pornogrind" title="Pornogrind">Pornogrind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-metal" title="Post-metal">Post-metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_metal" title="Pop metal">Pop metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Power_metal" title="Power metal">Power metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_metal" title="Progressive metal">Progressive metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rap_metal" title="Rap metal">Rap metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sludge_metal" title="Sludge metal">Sludge metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speed_metal" title="Speed metal">Speed metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoner_metal" class="mw-redirect" title="Stoner metal">Stoner metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Symphonic_metal" title="Symphonic metal">Symphonic metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrash_metal" title="Thrash metal">Thrash metal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crossover_thrash" title="Crossover thrash">Crossover thrash</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viking_metal" title="Viking metal">Viking metal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Musical elements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_bass" title="Heavy metal bass">Bass</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fuzz_bass" title="Fuzz bass">Fuzz bass</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_drumming" title="Heavy metal drumming">Drumming</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blast_beat" title="Blast beat">Blast beat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cymbal_choke" title="Cymbal choke">Cymbal choke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_gallop" title="Heavy metal gallop">Gallop drumbeat</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_guitar" title="Heavy metal guitar">Guitar</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Distortion_(music)" title="Distortion (music)">Distortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guitar_solo" title="Guitar solo">Guitar solo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_mute" title="Palm mute">Palm muting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Power_chord" title="Power chord">Power chord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shred_guitar" title="Shred guitar">Shred guitar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_lyrics" title="Heavy metal lyrics">Lyrics</a></li> <li>Vocals <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Death_growl" title="Death growl">Death growl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Screaming_(music)" title="Screaming (music)">Screaming</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable scenes<br />and movements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_heavy_metal" title="African heavy metal">African heavy metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argentine_heavy_metal" title="Argentine heavy metal">Argentine heavy metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_thrash_metal" title="Australian thrash metal">Australian thrash metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_heavy_metal" title="Australian heavy metal">Australian heavy metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladeshi_heavy_metal" title="Bangladeshi heavy metal">Bangladeshi heavy metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_Area_thrash_metal" title="Bay Area thrash metal">Bay Area thrash metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_thrash_metal" title="Brazilian thrash metal">Brazilian thrash metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_heavy_metal" title="Canadian heavy metal">Canadian heavy metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_heavy_metal" title="Chinese heavy metal">Chinese heavy metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_death_metal" title="Florida death metal">Florida death metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_metal" title="Hungarian metal">Hungarian metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_metal_music" title="Indigenous metal music">Indigenous metal music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_metal" title="Japanese metal">Japanese metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_L%C3%A9gions_Noires" title="Les Légions Noires">Les Légions Noires</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_wave_of_American_heavy_metal" title="New wave of American heavy metal">New wave of American heavy metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_wave_of_British_heavy_metal" title="New wave of British heavy metal">New wave of British heavy metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_Norwegian_black_metal_scene" title="Early Norwegian black metal scene">Early Norwegian black metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Desert_Scene" title="Palm Desert Scene">Palm Desert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_death_metal" title="Swedish death metal">Swedish death metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teutonic_thrash_metal" title="Teutonic thrash metal">Teutonic thrash metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_metal" title="Ukrainian metal">Ukrainian metal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_subculture" title="Heavy metal subculture">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heavy_metal_bands" title="List of 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title="Grindcore">grindcore</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Goregrind" title="Goregrind">goregrind</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pornogrind" title="Pornogrind">pornogrind</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metalcore" title="Metalcore">metalcore</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deathcore" title="Deathcore">deathcore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronicore" title="Electronicore">electronicore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathcore" title="Mathcore">mathcore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melodic_metalcore" title="Melodic metalcore">melodic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nintendocore" title="Nintendocore">Nintendocore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_metalcore" title="Progressive metalcore">progressive</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pagan_metal" title="Pagan metal">pagan metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sludge_metal" title="Sludge metal">sludge metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoner_rock" title="Stoner rock">stoner rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viking_metal" title="Viking metal">Viking metal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Derivative forms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avant-garde_metal" title="Avant-garde metal">Avant-garde metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beatdown_hardcore" title="Beatdown hardcore">beatdown hardcore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dungeon_synth" title="Dungeon synth">dungeon synth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funk_metal" title="Funk metal">funk metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gothic_metal" title="Gothic metal">gothic metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groove_metal" title="Groove metal">groove metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grunge" title="Grunge">grunge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyperpop" title="Hyperpop">hyperpop</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">neoclassical metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nu_metal" title="Nu metal">nu metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-metal" title="Post-metal">post-metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Power_metal" title="Power metal">power metal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable scenes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_thrash_metal" title="Australian thrash metal">Australian thrash metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_Area_thrash_metal" title="Bay Area thrash metal">Bay Area thrash metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_thrash_metal" title="Brazilian thrash metal">Brazilian thrash metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_Norwegian_black_metal_scene" title="Early Norwegian black metal scene">Early Norwegian black metal scene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_death_metal" title="Florida death metal">Florida death metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_L%C3%A9gions_Noires" title="Les Légions Noires">Les Légions Noires</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Desert_Scene" title="Palm Desert Scene">Palm Desert Scene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_death_metal" title="Swedish death metal">Swedish death metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teutonic_thrash_metal" title="Teutonic thrash metal">Teutonic thrash metal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Death_growl" title="Death growl">Death growl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardcore_punk" title="Hardcore punk">hardcore punk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_genres" title="Heavy metal genres">heavy metal genres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moshing" title="Moshing">moshing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_wave_of_British_heavy_metal" title="New wave of British heavy metal">New wave of British heavy metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Screaming_(music)" title="Screaming (music)">screaming</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_metal_bands" title="List of extreme metal bands">List of bands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Progressive_music" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist 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title="Progressive country">Country</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music#Progressive_bluegrass" title="Bluegrass music">Bluegrass</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_music#Electronic" title="Progressive music">Electronic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_folk" title="Progressive folk">Folk</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_music#Jazz" title="Progressive music">Jazz</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_music#Hip_hop" title="Progressive music">Hip hop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_pop" title="Progressive pop">Pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock">Rock</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avant-prog" title="Avant-prog">Avant-prog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_metal" title="Progressive metal">Metal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Djent" title="Djent">Djent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_metalcore" title="Progressive metalcore">Metalcore</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neo-prog" title="Neo-prog">Neo-prog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_rock#New_prog" title="Progressive rock">New prog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_music#Progressive_punk" title="Progressive music">Punk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_rock" title="Space rock">Space rock</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_soul" title="Progressive soul">Soul</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Progression-based EDM genres</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Breakbeat#Progressive_breaks" title="Breakbeat">Breaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_house" title="Progressive house">House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_trance" class="mw-redirect" title="Progressive trance">Trance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Progressive_psytrance" class="mw-redirect" title="Progressive psytrance">Psytrance</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related genres/scenes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Art_rock" title="Art rock">Art rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canterbury_scene" title="Canterbury scene">Canterbury scene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Experimental_pop" title="Experimental pop">Experimental pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Experimental_rock" title="Experimental rock">Experimental rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Experimental_metal" class="mw-redirect" title="Experimental metal">Experimental metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelligent_dance_music" title="Intelligent dance music">Intelligent dance music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krautrock" title="Krautrock">Krautrock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_pop" title="New pop">New pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_wave_music" title="New wave music">New wave</a></li> <li><a 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