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This artilce demonstrates how several famous metal songs have forms which musically act out the narratives described in the song's lyrics. “Song Form and Storytelling in Mainstream Metal” demonstrates how musical form can structure fans’ participation in the music and shape their experiences of these songs’ stories.
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Previous research on musical form in metal music has not studied how song form reflects or interacts with songs' lyrics or meanings.
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This page is a summary of: Song form and storytelling in mainstream metal, Metal Music Studies, March 2023, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/mms_00092_1.
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