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{{trope}}
Many [[
* [[Rock Me, Asmodeus|Satanism]]: [[Captain Obvious|'Satan']], 'Antichrist', 'Hell', 'Sodom', 'Gomorra', and [[The Bible|biblical]] references in general.
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Note that, except [[Heavy Meta]], all these themes have violence, death and [[World of Ham|hamminess]] in common. Also, metal lyrics about any of these themes are not necessarily Mad Lib Metal Lyrics - this trope is about ''generic'' and ''meaningless'' metal lyrics.
The popularity of different themes varies across metal subgenres: the "traditional" metal of the [[The Seventies|late seventies]] and [[The Eighties|early eighties]] mostly uses [[Heavy Meta]]. [[Thrash Metal]] loves modern warfare
This trope is about lyrics, but the same pattern often shows up in band, album and song names.
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This trope's examples are far too numerous to list; a few examples for explanatory purposes will do.
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== Satanism ==
* Almost everything by [[Venom (
* A lot of [[Slayer]] songs, including "The Antichrist".
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== [[Heavy Meta]] ==
* [[
** Metallica's ''No Life 'til Leather'', presumably a snowclone of Motorhead's ''No Sleep 'til Hammersmith''.▼
* A lot of Saxon songs, most notably "Heavy Metal Thunder".
* "Black Metal" (the [[Black Metal|genre]]'s [[Trope Namer]]) by [[Venom (
* [[Nanowar of Steel|NanowaR]] sometimes parodied this with weakly linked, but [[Large Ham|strongly screamed]] lines, using either Metal or [[Heavy Mithril]]
▲* Metallica's ''No Life 'til Leather'', presumably a snowclone of Motorhead's ''No Sleep 'til Hammersmith''.
== Psychopathy ==
* "Criminally Insane" and "Dead Skin Mask" by [[Slayer]].
* "Schizoid" by [[Venom (
== Modern warfare ==
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== Ancient warfare ==
* Most songs by [[
* "Blood Is The Price Of Glory" and "Victory Song" by [[
== [[Heavy Mithril]] ==
* "Deathbringer From The Sky" by [[
* Anything by [[Manowar]] that isn't [[Heavy Meta]] or based on Norse mythology.
** So, [[Process Of Elimination|nothing]] by [[Manowar]]?
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