A Beginner’s Guide to Heavy Metal
Part I — origins, classics, and a peak down some branches
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6 min readOct 5, 2023
Just a few short days ago, a handful of regular punters participated in the Album of the Month discussion, which is brought to you by The Riff. The peerless Charles in San Francisco led us through the album Human. :II: Nature. by the Finnish symphonic metal stalwarts, Nightwish.