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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
      *           \ |_| /   *                                         |   |                             |         |  |
      *            ) _  \   *                            .------------'   '-------------.               |         |  |
      *   V1.3    / |_|  \  *                            |                              |               |         |  |
      *  Nov 30  /  -=-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
    .             |                                               |          |                     |        |      |   |     |       
  FOLK            |                                               |        Death -------.---------(|)---- Sludge   |   |  Metalcore
  MUSIC           |                                               |        Doom         |          |       Doom    |   |
    |             |                                               |          |          |          |               |   '--.
    '------.------'                                               |          |          |          |               |      |
           |                                                      |          |          |          |           Grindcore  |
          Folk                                                    |          |          |          |              |   |   |
          Metal                                                   |          |          |          |              |   |   |
           |                                                      |        Funeral  Industrial     '-------.------'   '-.-'
           '--------------------------.---------------------------'         Doom       Doom                |            |
                                      |                                      |                             |    JAZZ    |
                                      |                                      |                             |    |  |    |
                                    Pirate                                 Drone                           |  .-'  '-.  |
                                    Metal                                  Doom                            |  |      |  |
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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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