I don't hear anyone singing along. Big negative for a lyric line.

@WonderWartHog99 Here's the original with lyrics! FUCKING SLAYER!!!!!

@WonderWartHog99 Here's one more your speed. Pantera- Cemetery Gates (Banjo Cover)

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@MichelleGar1 No accordions? No tuba? Not a polka.

I used to live in Temple, Texas. It had a large east European population. Every Sunday they'd broadcast polka tunes like:

@MichelleGar1 Metal seems to lack a melodic line.

@WonderWartHog99 Polka is the original head-banger music.

@SonofMax They got tubas in "head-banger" music? I missed that.

Polka is music with upbeat lyrics designed for vigorous dancing and optimism. It's common for it to be played in a minor key. Thanks to my time in Temple, Texas, I know metal and polka are radically differently.

Just to irritate more people than normal:

@WonderWartHog99 There's melodic metal too! Lol

@MichelleGar1 Your examples fail to show a melody. I've yet to hear anyone singing a metal song.

The larger deal is we have different tastes in music. If you like metal, go forth and sin some more.

@WonderWartHog99 Oh well!!!

@WonderWartHog99 That's just an issue of taste. I'm not a metal fan either, but in a very loose way, the two styles can overlap. Perhaps a more musicologically equivalent comparison would be polkas & social dance music such as sock hop or house/dance mix playlists. My point: It's all connected.

@SonofMax > My point: It's all connected.

They both use musical notes but not the same way.