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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      FUNK                  PROG        PUNK        KRAUTROCK 
      *           \ |_| /   *                                         METAL      ROCK                  ROCK        ROCK         |     |
      *            ) _  \   *                                         | | |       |                     ||        |   ||        |     |   
      *   V1.5    / |_|  \  *                                         | | '------(|)-------------------(||)------(|)-(||)------(|)---(|)----------.
      * March 09 /  -=-o /  *                                         | |         |                     ||        |   ||        |     |           |
      *   2011   \  /~\_/   *                            .------------' '--------(|)--------.           ||        |   |'----.   |     |           |
      *           \/        *                            |                        |         |           ||        |   |     |   |     |           |
      *                     *                         CLASSIC                     |     NEW WAVE        ||        |   |   POST  | INDUSTRIAL      |
      ***********************                          METAL ------.---------.---(|)-- OF BRITISH       ||        |   |   PUNK  |   MUSIC         |
                                                      ||||||       |         |    |    HEAVY METAL      ||        |   |     |   |    | |          |
                                                      ||||||       |         |    |     |               ||        |   |     |   |    | |          |
                                                      ||||||       |         |    |     |               ||        |   |     |   |    | |          |
                                                      |||||'------(|)------. |    |     |               ||        |   |     |   |    | |          |
    .-------------------------------------------------'||||        |       | |    |     |               ||        |   |     |   |    | |          |
    |           .--------------------------------------'||'-------(|)-.    | '---(|)---(|)-----.--------'|        |   |     '--(|)-.-' |          |
    |           |                   .-------------------'|         |  |    |      |     |      |         |        |   |         |  |   |          |
    |           |                   |                    |         |  |    '--.---'     |      |         '-------(|)-(|)----.---'  |   |          |
    |           |                   |                  Bay Area    |  |       |         | Progressive             |   |     |      |   |          |
    |           |                   |                Thrash Metal  |  |       |         |    Metal                |   |    POST    '--(|)-----.---'
    |           |                   |                  |  |        |  |       |         |      |                  |   |    ROCK        |      |
    |           |                   |            .-----'  |        |  '------(|)-------(|)----(|)--.       .------'   |     |          |      |  
    |           |                   |            |        |        |          |         |      |   |       |          |     |          |      |  
    |           |  CLASSICAL        |          Speed   THRASH    Power       Funk       |      |   |       |          |     |          |  Industrial
    |           |    MUSIC          |          Metal    METAL    Metal       Metal      |      |   |       |          |     |          |    Metal
    |           |    | |            |            |      |||||    |   |                  |      |   |   Deathrock      |     |          |
    |           |    | '---.-------(|)-----------'      |||||    |   |                  |      |   |       |          |     |          |
    |           | .--'     |        |              .----'||||    |   |          .------(|)-----'   |     GOTH         |     |          |
    |           | |        |        |              |     ||||    |   |          |       |          |     ROCK         |     |          |
    |           | |  Neo-Classical  |            Groove  ||||    | Operatic     |       |          |       |          |     |          |
    |           | |      Metal      |            Metal   ||||    |  Metal       |       |          |       |          |     |          |
    |           | |                 |             |      ||||    |              |       |          '---.---'          |     |          |
    |           | |                 |   HIP HOP   |      ||||    |              |       |              |              |     |          | 
    |           | |                 |   |     |   | .---(||||)--(|)------------(|)-----(|)------------(|)------------(|)---(|)---------'
    |           | |                 '-.-'     |   | |    ||||    |              |       |              |              |     |
    |           | |                   |       |   | |    ||||    |              |       |              |              |     |
    |           | |               Rap Metal  Nu Metal    |||'---(|)------------(|)-----(|)------------(|)------------(|)---(|)--------------.
    |           | |                                      |||     |              |       |              |              |     |               |
    |           | |                            .---------'|'----(|)------------(|)-----(|)------------(|)-------.     |     |               |
    |           | |                            |          |      |              |       |              |        |     |     |               |
    |           | '---------------------------(|)--------(|)--.--'              |       |              |        |     |     |               |
    |           |                              |          |   |                 |       |              |        |     |     |               |
    |           |                              |          |   '----------------(|)-----(|)-----.       |        |     |     |               |
    |           |                              |          |                     |       |      |       |        |     |     |               |
 Christian    BLACK                            |        DEATH                   |     DOOM     |       |        |     |     |               |
  Metal       METAL ------------------.-------(|)------ METAL ---------.-------(|)--- METAL --(|)---.--'        |     |     |               |
    |         ||| |                   |        |        | | |          |        |     |   |    |    |           |     |     '------.        |
    |         ||| |               Blackened    |        | | |        Death      |     |   |    |  Gothic        |     |            |        |
    '---.-----'|| '--.              Death      |        | | |        Doom       |     |   |    |  Metal         |     |            |        |
        |      ||    |                         |        | | |          |        |     |   |    |    |           |     |            |        |
        |      ||    |                         |        | | |       Funeral     |     |   |    '-.--'           |     |            |        |
        |      ||    |                         |        | | |        Doom       |     |   |      |              |     |            |        |
    Christian  || Melodic                      |        | | |                   |     |   |  Symphonic          |     |            |        |
    (Unblack)  ||  Black         FOLK          |        | | |                   |     |   |    Metal            |     |            |        |
     Black     ||  Metal         MUSIC         |        | | |                   |     |   |                     |     |            |        |
     Metal     ||                  |           |        | | |                   |     |   |                     |     |            |        |
           .---''-----.            '----.------'        | | |                   |     |   |                     |     |           Math      |
           |          |                 |               | | |                   |     |   |                     |     |           Rock      |
           |          |                 |          .----' | '---------.---------'     |   '--.                  |     |            |        |
           |          |                 |          |      |           |               |      |                  |     |            |        |
       Symphonic    Viking             Folk    Melodic    |       Technical         Drone  Stoner ------.------(|)-- Hardcore -.--(|)-----.-'
         Metal      Metal              Metal    Death     |         Death           Doom    Doom        |       |              |   |      |
                                        ||      Metal     |         Metal                               |       |              |   |      |
                                     .--''--.             |                                             |       |              |   |   Metalcore
                                     |      |             |                                             |       |              |   '-.    |  |
                                 Celtic  Medieval         |                                           Sludge    |          Crossover |    |  |
                                  Metal   Metal           |                                            Doom     |           Thrash   |    |  |
                                                          |                                                     |                    |    |  |
                                                          |                                                    Grindcore             '--.-'  |
                                                          |                                                     |     |                 |    |
                                                          '----------------------------------.----------.-------'     '--------.--------'    |
                                                                                             |          |                      |             |
                                                                                        Deathgrind   Goregrind              Mathcore      Melodic
                                                                                                                                         Metalcore
                           

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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/ |
| (cc) Some rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ |
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