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The Subgenres of Heavy Metal
Thesis: The subgenres of heavy metal music are diverse and differ from one another to the point
that they form their own identity, through lyrics and instruments.
I. The evolvement of this genre of music has roots that can be tied in with some of the most Comment by Dr Rhonda Lee-Ernest: Topic sentence for each paragraph.
recognized and popular form of music, classical musical.
A. Within the metal genre, there comes a development of a subgenre of metal music known as Symphonic Metal. Comment by Dr Rhonda Lee-Ernest: Main ideas that support the topic sentence.
B. One of the most well-known bands in this subgenre is the Finnish band Nightwish.
II. From ancient times to modern times, there has been the tradition of telling folk tales from ages ago and in ages before; some of these tales would be told in the form of a song.
A. Metal music has taken this concept and utilized this concept to create a new form of metal music, Folk Metal.
B. One of the most well-known Folk Metal bands is the pirate metal band known as Alestorm.
III. There are bands out there that actually promote the religion.
A. This subgenre of metal is known as Christian Metal.
B. At the turn of the 21st century, P.O.D., with two platinum-selling albums, achieved a mainstream commercial success
This may be too short and may need a C. for each paragraph.
Notice how each paragraph has the same structure for ease of reading. This is important for an Informative paper.