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| | Music | Smoking Screen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | By now, the subsets of metal are so numerous that it’s hard to keep track of them all: death metal, pop metal, hardcore, grindcore, thrash, math metal, prog metal, art metal, and, of course, just plain old heavy metal. |
 | | The heavy metal of Iron Maiden, Megadeth, and early Metallica is largely forgotten, as are metal’s roots. |
 | | In contemporary radio parlance, everything "alternative" is pretty damn heavy, with tastes evolving to the point where we have "adult alternative" as one of the fastest-growing formats, for folks who can’t stand Britney Spears, but threw out their fl T-shirts five years ago. |
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