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2276:Distortion
2254:Blast beat
2164:Post-metal
2159:Pornogrind
2062:Glam metal
2057:Funk metal
2040:Folk metal
2020:Doom metal
2003:Death-doom
1971:Crust punk
1762:2 November
1419:References
1347:Symphony X
1327:Mägo de Oz
1325:, Spain's
1312:HammerFall
1284:palm muted
1215:media help
1142:Liege Lord
1138:Iced Earth
1110:Jag Panzer
1080:, such as
1042:media help
971:Iced Earth
947:bass drums
940:Symphony X
915:Kai Hansen
893:media help
800:Marco Polo
733:Iced Earth
594:Kai Hansen
550:Tony Kakko
530:Geoff Tate
448:Jag Panzer
335:Kai Hansen
2912:screaming
2697:deathcore
2692:metalcore
2680:goregrind
2675:grindcore
2638:blackgaze
2600:technical
2578:symphonic
2502:Hard rock
2469:Festivals
2316:Screaming
2242:Fuzz bass
2184:Rap metal
2169:Pop metal
2112:Metalcore
2077:Grindcore
2067:Goregrind
1998:Deathcore
1986:Technical
1961:Blackgaze
1944:Symphonic
1651:4 January
1643:Wintersun
1565:20 August
1366:Theocracy
1319:Elvenking
1308:Nightwish
1302:(Italy),
1291:keyboards
1280:Gamma Ray
1244:Helloween
1122:Sanctuary
963:Helloween
927:Helloween
919:Gamma Ray
881:Helloween
871:Halloween
819:Powerwolf
808:Beethoven
744:Avantasia
688:Tolkien's
655:mythology
610:Wintersun
598:Gamma Ray
562:Helloween
475:Helloween
401:Scorpions
339:Gamma Ray
319:keyboards
301:symphonic
267:Australia
262:East Asia
142:talk page
94:Consider
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2805:nu metal
2795:hyperpop
2707:mathcore
2512:Category
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485:AllMusic
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2595:melodic
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2464:Fashion
2446:Culture
2307:Vocals
2117:Melodic
1981:Melodic
1949:Unblack
1645:review"
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1390:Kamelot
1382:Pharaoh
1343:Kamelot
1271:Part II
1150:Helstar
1094:Manowar
1067:Pegazus
1063:Majesty
827:vampire
804:Galileo
784:Swedish
776:Samurai
772:Vikings
760:Sabaton
697:Kamelot
651:fantasy
468:Warlord
429:Manowar
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326:Origins
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2561:Genres
2489:Umlaut
2484:Poseur
2303:Lyrics
2271:Guitar
2082:Grunge
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985:Styles
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936:Hibria
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902:chords
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564:) and
508:Vocals
466:, and
405:Accept
360:Rising
247:Europe
206:NWOBHM
2454:Bands
2015:Djent
1378:Avian
1339:Angra
1128:band
1108:, or
873:from
831:myths
749:Edguy
741:, or
702:Epica
626:Queen
570:Angra
538:tenor
498:tempo
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1831:ISBN
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1790:ISBN
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1690:ISBN
1653:2012
1590:ISBN
1567:2019
1544:2012
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1335:folk
1252:Rage
1154:Omen
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