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The Routledge Handbook to Metal Music Composition: Evolution of Structure, Expression, and Production

The Routledge Handbook to Metal Music Composition: Evolution of Structure, Expression, and Production

Burns, Lori
Scotto, Ciro

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Music Handbooks

Music CompositionMetalMusic Theory

ISBN10: 1032407204
ISBN13: 9781032407203
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 13 2025
Pages: 498
Weight: 2.46
Height: 1.13 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

The Routledge Handbook to Metal Music Composition: Evolution of Structure, Expression, and Production examines metal music composition as a distinct practice that combines a complex array of formal musical, expressive, and technological elements. Reaching beyond the limitations of applying common-practice theories of tonality to metal, this volume brings together a wide range of established and emerging scholars to address the building blocks of metal composition in the context of metal's subgenres and evolution over time. Together, the chapters provide a holistic theoretical framework for understanding the distinctive compositional features of metal.

With contributions from an international group of experts, the handbook is organized into four parts around major themes:

- Structures, including form, riff, harmony, rhythm, and meter

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