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1207:Celtic metal
1170:Funeral doom
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746:Chinese rock
690:Tang Dynasty
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503:Tang Dynasty
479:thrash metal
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285:Heilongjiang
134:Taoist music
107:
1636:Headbanging
1583:Palm Desert
1473:Death growl
1453:Power chord
1448:Palm muting
1443:Guitar solo
1356:Speed metal
1336:Power metal
1311:Pagan metal
1284:Progressive
1264:Latin metal
1187:Drone metal
1138:Death metal
1096:Black metal
1091:Biker metal
1058:Heavy metal
941:As seen on
662:Iron Maiden
650:Lamb Of God
515:Heavy Metal
483:power metal
475:death metal
447:heavy metal
168:Music media
108:Heavy metal
97:Hokkien pop
59:Instruments
1689:Categories
1438:Distortion
1416:Blast beat
1326:Post-metal
1321:Pornogrind
1224:Glam metal
1219:Funk metal
1202:Folk metal
1182:Doom metal
1165:Death-doom
1133:Crust punk
822:"Overload"
774:. Xmusick.
757:References
715:The Samans
592:Painkiller
584:Painkiller
64:Musicology
1664:Hard rock
1631:Festivals
1478:Screaming
1404:Fuzz bass
1346:Rap metal
1331:Pop metal
1274:Metalcore
1239:Grindcore
1229:Goregrind
1160:Deathcore
1148:Technical
1123:Blackgaze
1106:Symphonic
642:Helloween
626:Nightwish
622:In Flames
614:Testament
610:Lacrimosa
599:Labyrinth
511:hard rock
463:Hong Kong
340:Northeast
295:Hong Kong
260:Guangdong
69:Orchestra
1674:Category
1411:Drumming
1306:Nu metal
1269:Mathcore
1008:Archived
996:Archived
958:Archived
735:See also
710:Zuriaake
700:Overload
547:Overload
473:such as
453:(Native
426:(中国重金属,
385:Zhejiang
375:Xinjiang
350:Shandong
330:Liaoning
93:Mandopop
89:Cantopop
42:Timeline
1626:Fashion
1608:Culture
1469:Vocals
1279:Melodic
1143:Melodic
1111:Unblack
929:"Shows"
915:"Shows"
796:. Sina.
680:Artists
654:Soulfly
563:Nanjing
489:History
455:Chinese
434:; also
365:Sichuan
355:Shaanxi
345:Qinghai
320:Jiangxi
315:Jiangsu
270:Guizhou
265:Guangxi
113:Hip hop
1651:Umlaut
1646:Poseur
1465:Lyrics
1433:Guitar
1244:Grunge
974:review
955:review
943:Douban
828:14 May
618:Exodus
459:Taiwan
428:pinyin
380:Yunnan
360:Shanxi
275:Hainan
250:Fujian
77:Genres
1616:Bands
1177:Djent
705:Yaksa
674:Yaksa
646:Opeth
606:Edguy
481:, or
467:Macau
439:重金属音乐
370:Tibet
335:Macau
325:Jilin
305:Hubei
300:Hunan
290:Henan
280:Hebei
255:Gansu
245:Anhui
139:Yayue
118:Opera
85:C-pop
1399:Bass
830:2012
103:Rock
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