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Heavy Metal Oral Presentation

Heavy Metal is a genre of music that can be described as a hard-driving form of rock and roll, generally based on catchy, repetitive riffs (or musical figures). These provide the foundation for the lead instruments in a heavy metal band, whether they are guitars, keyboards, samples, vocals or drums.

Heavy metal is not just a genre of music. For many people around the world it is a way of life; for some it has shaped their life from their teens to their fifties. Heavy Metal has provided a prevailing fashion statement. The long hair, the leather jackets, the spikes, the tattoos, the piercings, these can all be attributed to the rockers of the heavy metal world. This is the image that heavy metal portrays and inclines their fans to follow suit.

Heavy Metal is said to have had gained its roots in the mid `60s, with bands such as The Kinks and The Who releasing hits such as "You Really Got Me" and "My Generation" that proved to be the start of a new style of music. This era was to be...

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