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      *             /_(     *
      *  H E A V Y  |_|     *
      *  M E T A L  |_|     *
      * F A M I L Y |_|     *
      *   T R E E   |_| /\  *                               HEAVY METAL  
      *           /\|=|/ /  *                                  |   |
      *           \ |_| /   *                                  |   | 
      *            ) _  \   *                            .-----'   '--------------------.
      *   V1.1    / |_|  \  *                            |                              |
      *  Aug 23  /  -=-o /  *                         CLASSIC                      New Wave Of
      *   2005   \  /~\_/   *                          METAL ------.---------.-- British Heavy Metal
      *           \/        *                         ||||||       |         |          |
      *                     *                         ||||||       |         |          |
      ***********************                         |||||'------(|)-------(|)--------(|)---------------------------------------.
                                                      |||||        |         |          |                                        |
      .-----------------------------------------------'|||'-------(|)---.    |          |                                        |
      |         .--------------------------------------'||         |    |    |          |                                        |
      |         |                   .-------------------'|         |    |    |          |                                        |
      |         |                   |                    |         |    |    |          |                                        |
      |         |                   |                  Bay Area    |    |    |     .    |                                        |
      |         |                   |                Thrash Metal  |    |    |     .    |                                        |
      |         |                   |                  |  |        |    |    |     .    |                                        |
      |         |                   |            .-----'  |        |    |    |   PROG   |                                        |
      |         |                   |            |        |        |    |    |   ROCK   |                                        |
      |         |                   |          Speed   Thrash    Power  |    |     |    |                                        |
      |         |                   |          Metal    Metal    Metal  |    '--.--'    |                  .                     |     
      |         |                   |     .             | |||     | |   |       |       |                  .                     |
      |         |                   |     .             | |||     | |   |       |       |                  .                     |
      |         |                   |     .        .----' |||     | |   |       |       |                GOTH                    |
      |         |                   |  HIP-HOP     |      |||     | |   |  Progressive  |                ROCK                    |
      |         |                   |   |    |   Groove   |||     | |   |     Metal     |                  |                     |
      |         |                   '-.-'    |   Metal    |||     | |   |               |                  |                     |
      |         |                     |      |     |      |||     | |   '--------------(|)-------------.---'                     |
      |         |                     |      |     |      |||     | '--------.          |              |                         |
      |         |                 Rap Metal  Nu Metal     |||     |          |          |              |                         |
      |         |                                         ||'----(|)--------(|)--------(|)------------(|)-------.                |
      |         |                                         ||      |          |          |              |        |                |
      |         |                                         |'-----(|)--------(|)--------(|)------------(|)------(|)--------------(|)---------.
      |         |                                         |       |          |          |              |        |                |          |
      |         |                                         |       |       Operatic      |            Goth       |                |          |
      |         |                                         |       |         Metal       |            Metal      |                |          |
    Avant     BLACK                                     DEATH     |                   DOOM             |        |                |          |
    Garde -?- METAL ------------------.---------------- METAL  --(|)---------.------- METAL -------.---'        |                |          |
    Metal     |||||                   |                 ||||||    |          |        ||||         |            |                |          |
              ||||'-------.       Blackened             ||||||    |          |        ||||        Goth          |                |          |
     .--------'||'---.    |         Death               |||||'---(|)--------(|)---.   ||||        Doom          |                |          |
     |         ||     |   |                             |||||     |          |    |   ||||                      |                |          |
     |         ||     |   '----------------------------(|||||)---(|)----.---(|)--(|)--'|||                      |                |          |
     |         |'---. |                                 |||||     |     |    |    |    |||                      |                |          |
Symphonic  Melodic  | |  .------------------------------'||||     |   Dark   |    |    |||                      |                |          |
  Metal     Black   | |  |                               ||||     |   Metal  |    |    |||                      |                |          |
            Metal   | |  |        .----------------------'|||     |          |    |    |||                      |        .       |          |
                    | |  |        |                       |||     |          |    |    |||                      |        .       |          |
               .----' |  |        |        .--------------'||     |     .---(|)--(|)---'|'----------.           |        .       |          |
               |      |  |        |        |               ||     |     |    |    |     |            |          |      PUNK      |          |
            Viking    |  |        |        |       .-------'|     |     |    |    |     |            |          |        |       |          |
             Metal    |  |        |        |       |        |     |     |    |    |     |            |          |        |       |          |
                      | Slam    New   Technical  Brutal  Melodic  |     |    |    |  Atmospheric  Stoner ---.--(|)-- Hardcore --(|)-----.---'
                      | Death   York    Death    Death    Death   |     |    |    |     Doom       Doom     |   |      |  |      |      |
                      | Metal   Death   Metal    Metal    Metal   |     |    |    |                         |   |      |  |      |      |
                      |         Metal                       |     |     |    |    '----------------.        |   '--.--(|)-'--.---'  Thrashcore
                      |                                     '--.--'     |    |                     |        |      |   |     |       
                   CELTIC                                      |        |  Death -------.---------(|)---- Sludge   |   |  Metalcore
                   METAL  ---------------.------------------ Battle     |  Doom         |          |       Doom    |   |
                      |                  |                   Metal      |    |          |          |               |   '--.
                      |               Celtic                            |    |          |          |               |      |
                      |            Battle Metal                         |    |          |          |           Grindcore  |
                      |                                                 |    |          |          |              |   |   |
                      '----------------------------.--------------------'    |          |          |              |   |   |
                                                   |                       Funeral  Industrial     '-------.------'   '-.-'
                                                Celtic                      Doom       Doom                |            |
                                              Doom Metal                     |                             |    JAZZ    |
                                                                             |                             |    |  |    |
                                                                           Drone                           |  .-'  '-.  |
                                                                           Doom                            |  |      |  |
                                                                                                          Tech     Mathcore
                                                                                                          Metal


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