Now drop the tuning.
Metaldea: not music about ideas. Music as the idea. Heavier than any possible content. metaldea
Black metal's church burnings were not political statements—they were metaldeas made flesh. Doom metal's glacial tempos are not about depression; they are the sound of a riff contemplating its own death for seven minutes before deciding to continue anyway. You know you have encountered a true metaldea when analysis fails. You cannot explain why the snare sound on a particular 1992 death metal demo makes you feel like you understand the heat death of the universe. You cannot justify why a slow, single-note chug in 11/8 time feels more true than any philosophy you have read. That is because you have stopped listening to metal and started thinking through metal. Now drop the tuning