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YouTube channel 12Tone asks what makes heavy, heavy? And answers it well (in my opinion)

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[–] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Chris Barnes has entered the chat

[–] AliceTheMinotaur@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Losing the tips of your fingers in a machine so you can't play the guitar the same as before

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Tony Iommi has entered the chat

[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

TL;DW: tritones and reverb (and other stuff too)

[–] TonyToniToneOfficial@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And shock lyrics, typically

[–] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True, although I was literally quoting the video

[–] bigbadmoose@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I love it when I learn a word to describe something I intimately know.

From Wiktionary:

Onomatopoeia for a high-gain, distorted palm-muted, low pitch guitar sound; coined by guitarist Fredrik Thordendal.