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      *               _     *                                                           | ROCK! |
      *              / 7    *                                                           \=======/
      *             /_(     *                                                            |  |  |
      *  H E A V Y  |_|     *                                                            |  |  '-------------------.
      *  M E T A L  |_|     *                                           .----------------'  '-----------.          |
      * F A M I L Y |_|     *                                           |                               |          |
      *   T R E E   |_| /\  *                                         HEAVY                            PROG       PUNK
      *           /\|=|/ /  *                                         METAL                            ROCK       ROCK
      *           \ |_| /   *                                         |   |                             |         |  |
      *            ) _  \   *                            .------------'   '-------------.               |         |  |
      *   V1.2    / |_|  \  *                            |                              |               |         |  |
      *  Apr 14  /  -=-o /  *                         CLASSIC                      NEW WAVE OF          |         |  |
      *   2006   \  /~\_/   *                          METAL ------.---------.-- BRITISH HEAVY METAL    |         |  | 
      *           \/        *                         ||||||       |         |          |               |         |  |
      *                     *                         ||||||       |         |          |               |         |  |
      ***********************                         |||||'------(|)-------(|)--------(|)-------------(|)-------(|)(|)----------.
                                                      |||||        |         |          |               |         |  |           |
    .-------------------------------------------------'|||'-------(|)---.    |          |               |         |  |           |
    |           .--------------------------------------'||         |    |    '---------(|)---------.----'         |  |           |
    |           |                   .-------------------'|         |    |               |          |              |  |           |
    |           |                   |                    |         |    |               |          |              |  |           |
    |           |                   |                  Bay Area    |    |               |     Progressive         |  |           |
    |           |                   |                Thrash Metal  |    |               |        Metal            |  |           |
    |           |                   |                  |  |        |    |               |                         |  |           |
    |           |                   |            .-----'  |        |    '--------------(|)---------.       .------'  '---.       |
    |           |                   |            |        |        |                    |          |       |             |       |
    |           |                   |          Speed   THRASH    Power                  |          |       |             |       |
    |           |                   |          Metal    METAL    Metal                  |          |   Deathrock         |       |     
    |           |                   |     .             | |||     | |                   |          |       |             |       |
    |           |                   |     .             | |||     | |                   |          |       |             |       |
    |           |                   |     .        .----' |||     | '--------.          |          |     GOTH            |       |
    |           |                   |   HIP-HOP    |      |||     |          |          |          |     ROCK            |       |
    |           |                   |   |     |  Groove   |||     |       Operatic      |          |       |             |       |
    |           |                   '-.-'     |  Metal    |||     |         Metal       |          |       |             |       |
    |           |                     |       |    |      |||     |                     |          '---.---'             |       |
    |           |                     |       |    |      |||     |                     |              |                 |       |
    |           |                 Rap Metal  Nu Metal     |||     |                     |              |                 |       |
    |           |                                         ||'----(|)-------------------(|)------------(|)---------------(|)-----(|)---------.
    |           |                                         ||      |                     |              |                 |       |          |
    |           |                                         |'-----(|)-------------------(|)------------(|)-------.        |       |          |
    |           |                                         |       |                     |              |        |        |       |          |
    |           |                                         |       |                     |            Goth       |        |       |          |
    |           |                                         |       |                     |            Metal      |        |       |          |
  Avant       BLACK                                     DEATH     |                   DOOM             |        |        |       |          |
  Garde --?-- METAL ------------------.---------------- METAL  --(|)---------.------- METAL -------.---'        |        |       |          |
  Metal      ||||||                   |                 ||||||    |          |        ||||         |            |        |       |          |
             |||||'-------.       Blackened             ||||||    |          |        ||||        Goth          |        |       |          |
     .-------'|||'---.    |         Death               |||||'---(|)--------(|)---.   ||||        Doom          |        |       |          |
     |    .---'||     |   |                             |||||     |          |    |   ||||                      |        |       |          |
     |    |    ||     |   '----------------------------(|||||)---(|)----.---(|)--(|)--'|||                      |        |       |          |
     |    |    |'---. |                                 |||||     |     |    |    |    |||                      |        |       |          |
Christian | Melodic | |  .------------------------------'||||     |   Dark   |    |    |||                      |        |       |          |
(Unblack) |  Black  | |  |                               ||||     |   Metal  |    |    |||                      |        |       |          |
  Black   |  Metal  | |  |        .----------------------'|||     |          |    |    |||                      |        |       |          |
  Metal   |         | |  |        |                       |||     |          |    |    |||                      |        |       |          |
          '         | |  |        |        .--------------'||     |     .---(|)--(|)---'|'----------.           |        |       |          |
    .-----'    .----' |  |        |        |               ||     |     |    |    |     |            |          |        |       |          |
    |          |      |  |        |        |       .-------'|     |     |    |    |     |            |          |        |       |          |
Symphonic   Viking    |  |        |        |       |        |     |     |    |    |     |            |          |        |       |          |
  Metal      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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|   Heavy Metal Family Tree :: a downlode riff :: http://downlode.org/  |
|  Compiled from the metal pages on Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/ |
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