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* HEAVY METAL FAMILY TREE *
*   v1.0 / 2005-07-27     *
*   compiled from the     *
*  heavy metal articles   *
*     on Wikipedia        *
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                                                             HEAVY METAL  
                                                         (Traditional Metal)
                                                               |   |
                                                         .-----'   '--------------------.
                                                         |                              |
                                                      CLASSIC                      New Wave Of
                                                       METAL ------.-----.------ British Heavy Metal
                                                        |||        |     |              |
                                                        |||        |     |              |
      .-------------------------------------------------'||        |     |              |
      |                                                  ||        |     |              |
      |         .----------------------------------------'|        |     |              |
      |         |                                         |        |     |              |
      |         |                                      Bay Area    |     |     .        |
      |         |                                    Thrash Metal  |     |     .        |
      |         |                                      |  |        |     |     .        |
      |         |                                .-----'  |        |     |    PROG      |
      |         |                                |        |        |     |    ROCK      |
      |         |                         .    Speed   Thrash    Power   |     |        |
      |         |                         .    Metal    Metal    Metal   '-----'        |
      |         |                         .             | |        |        |           |
      |         |                      HIP-HOP     .----' |        |        |           |
      |         |                       |    |     |      |        |   Progressive      |              .
      |         |                       |    |   Groove   |        |      Metal         |              .
      |         |                       |    |   Metal    |        |                    |              .
      |         |                       |    |     |      |        |                    |             GOTH
      |         |                       |    |     |      |        |                    |             ROCK
      |         |                Rap Metal   Nu Metal     |        |                    |              |
      |         |                                         |        |                    |              |
    Avant     BLACK                                     DEATH      |                DOOM METAL        Goth
    Garde -?- METAL ------------------.---------------- METAL ----(|)-------.----- (Classic Doom) -.- Metal
    Metal     ||  ||                  |                 |||||      |        |        |||||         |              
              ||  ||                  |                 |||||      |        |        |||||         |
              ||  ||              Blackened             |||||      |        |        |||||        Goth
     .--------'|  |'--.             Death               |||||      |        |        |||||        Doom
     |         |  '-. |                                 |||||      |        |        |||||
Symphonic  Melodic  | |  .------------------------------'||||      |        |        |||||
  Metal     Black   | |  |                               ||||      |        |        |||||
            Metal   | |  |        .----------------------'|||      |        |    .---'|||'-------------------------.          .
                    | |  |        |                       |||      |        |    |    |||                          |          .
               .----' |  |        |        .--------------'||      |        |    |    ||'-------------------.      |          .
               |      |  |        |        |               ||      |        |    |    ||                    |      |         PUNK
            Viking    |  |        |        |       .-------'|      |        |    |    |'---------.          |      |          |
             Metal    |  |        |        |       |        |      |        |    |    |          |          |      |          |
                      | Slam    New   Technical  Brutal  Melodic   |        |    | Funeral  Atmospheric  Drone  Stoner -.- Hardcore
                      | Death   York    Death    Death    Death    |        |    |  Doom       Doom      Doom    Doom   |
                      | Metal   Death   Metal    Metal    Metal    |        |    |                                      |
                      |         Metal                       |      |        |    |                                      |        
                      |                                     '--.---'     Death -(|)----------------.------------------ Sludge                                 
                      |                                        |         Doom    |                 |                   Doom
                      |                                        |                 |                 |
                   CELTIC ---------------.------------------ Battle              |             Industrial
                   METAL                 |                   Metal               |                Doom
                      |               Celtic                                     |
                      |            Battle Metal                                  |
                      |                                                          |
                      '-----------------------------------------------------.----'
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                                                                         Celtic
                                                                       Doom Metal


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