Exploring the World of Ambient Metal

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Ambient. Metal. These two words describing a genre probably sound completely paradoxical. Looking at them individually, these two genres couldn’t possibly be farther apart in the musical realm, right? I mean, metal is all about distortion, speed, and being as loud as possible. Ambient music is so quiet, one doesn’t even notice there’s music playing. How can these two things go together? I personally find that the more…