extreme metal
extreme metal is a genre. extreme metal grew out of Metal, Heavy metal and Experimental metal. It sits close to Heavy metal, kawaii metal, stoner metal, deathrash and Grunge, scenes that trade players, venues and ideas with it. Its influence carried into Black metal, Death metal, atmospheric death metal, deathrash and Doom metal, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 14 connections around extreme metal. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where extreme metal came from and where it led.
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extreme metal connections
extreme metal grew out of Metal, Heavy metal and Experimental metal, shares an orbit with Heavy metal, kawaii metal, stoner metal and deathrash, went on to shape Black metal, Death metal, atmospheric death metal and deathrash. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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