Toward a Systematic Understanding of "Heaviness" in Metal Music Production

"Heaviness" has been one of metal music's defining features in three decades of metal scholarship. Research acknowledged its essential quality, but no comprehensive definition of musical heaviness was developed. This article, therefore, elaborates a preliminary framework of musical he...

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Published in:	Rock music studies Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 16 - 37
Main Authors:	Herbst, Jan-Peter, Mynett, Mark
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2023 Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	composition Compositional styles Heaviness Heavy metal music metal music Musical composition production
ISSN:	1940-1159, 1940-1167
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