Lyrical themes in metal
I don’t know why metal-archives.com, metal’s global database, includes “Lyrical theme(s)” as a listing and search parameter. But it offers a great look at metal’s lyrical trends. I entered some common dualities and themes into the search engine, which returned the number of bands worldwide attributed to them. Below are the results.
| Lyrical Theme | # of Bands |
|---|---|
| love | 1066 |
| hate | 1532 |
| war | 3619 |
| peace | 20 |
| cats | 1 |
| dogs | 5 |
| strength | 46 |
| weakness | 13 |
| victory | 17 |
| loss | 162 |
| optimism | 3 |
| pessimism | 41 |
| rural | 7 |
| urban | 35 |
| past | 51 |
| future | 80 |
| spring | 0 |
| summer | 2 |
| autumn | 7 |
| winter | 234 |
| happiness | 6 |
| sadness | 441 |
| heaven | 10 |
| hell | 288 |
| life | 2421 |
| death | 6686 |
– Cosmo Lee
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