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Language of Epic Metal

There are a certain set of words that appear over and over in the titles of songs I listen to - meaning, songs of the "epic metal" genre (viking, folk, power, symphonic, and progressive metal, to be precise). This isn't surprising; every subculture develops its own distinct language, with words that carry special significance for its members. This is an exploration of those words. The playlist includes every song I have from these genres that contains in its title one or more of these often-appearing words (defined as appearing in >9 titles). The words: Dark, Dream, Land, Night, Song, Time.

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	Track	Time
1	Blind Guardian – Journey Through The Dark full track	4:46
2	Blind Guardian – The Dark Elf full track	0:23
3	Blind Guardian – A Dark Passage full track	5:59
4	Nightwish – Devil & the Deep Dark Ocean full track	4:46
5	Rhapsody – The Dark Tower of Abyss	6:47
6	Rhapsody – Trolls in the Dark (Instrumental)	2:32
7	Rhapsody – Queen of the Dark Horizons	13:42
8	Rhapsody – Gargoyles, Angels of Darkness	19:03
9	Nightwish – Dark Chest of Wonders	4:29
10	Rhapsody – The Dark Secret full track	4:12
11	Wintersun – Beyond the Dark Sun	2:37
12	Rhapsody of Fire – Heart of the Darklands	4:10
13	Rhapsody of Fire – Dark Reign of Fire	6:26
14	Kamelot – Silence of the Darkness full track	3:43
15	Dream Theater – Lifting Shadows Off a Dream	6:05
16	Ensiferum – Hero in a Dream full track	3:39
17	Ensiferum – Little Dreamer (Väinämöinen Part II) full track	5:21
18	Nightwish – Ever Dream	4:44
19	Nightwish – Slaying The Dreamer	4:31
20	Týr – Dreams full track	5:33
21	Leaves' Eyes – The Dream	5:00
22	Rhapsody – The Magic of the Wizard's Dream full track	4:30
23	Elvenking – Rouse Your Dream	4:19
24	Rhapsody of Fire – Silent Dream	3:50
25	Falconer – Dreams and Pyres full track	7:46
26	Silly Wizard – The Highland Clearances full track	2:22
27	Rhapsody – Land of Immortals	4:51
28	Rhapsody – Symphony of Enchanted Lands	13:16
29	Kamelot – Across the Highlands full track	3:45
30	Avantasia – Neverland full track	4:57
31	DragonForce – Soldiers of the Wasteland	7:31
32	Rhapsody – Dragonland's River	3:45
33	Leaves' Eyes – Intro - Vinland Saga full track	2:43
34	Leaves' Eyes – New Found Land full track	3:53
35	Blind Guardian – Otherland	5:14
36	Sonata Arctica – My Land	4:37
37	Leaves' Eyes – Legend Land full track	5:05
38	Falconer – Fairyland Fanfare full track	3:22
39	Nightwish – The Islander	5:06
40	Týr – Land	16:19
41	Nightwish – Know Why The Nightingale Sings (Remastered) full track	4:13
42	Blind Guardian – Nightfall full track	5:33
43	Nightwish – Nightquest	4:16
44	Kamelot – On the Coldest Winter Night full track	4:04
45	DragonForce – Black Winter Night full track	6:31
46	Sonata Arctica – Reckoning Day, Reckoning Night	3:20
47	Rhapsody – Nightfall on the Grey Mountain	7:20
48	Elvenking – Midnight Circus	5:04
49	Kamelot – Interlude III: Midnight - Twelve Tolls for a New Day full track	1:21
50	Elvenking – Neverending Nights	6:06
51	Nightwish – Whoever Brings the Night	4:18
52	Silly Wizard – The Loch Tay Boat Song full track	5:02
53	Blind Guardian – The Bard's Song - In The Forest	3:09
54	Blind Guardian – The Bard's Song - The Hobbit	3:53
55	Blind Guardian – Mordred's Song full track	5:15
56	Ensiferum – Battle Song full track	3:15
57	Leaves' Eyes – Norwegian Lovesong full track	3:49
58	Demons & Wizards – Immigrant Song	2:28
59	Eluveitie – The Song of Life full track	4:00
60	Ensiferum – Victory Song full track	10:39
61	Eluveitie – Slanías Song	5:40
62	Dream Theater – Take the Time	8:21
63	Blind Guardian – Time What Is Time full track	5:44
64	Blind Guardian – Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill) full track	4:53
65	Dream Theater – One Last Time	4:11
66	Ensiferum – Token of Time full track	4:16
67	DragonForce – Once in a Lifetime full track	7:47
68	Wintersun – Battle Against Time	7:01
69	Kamelot – The Haunting (Somewhere in Time) full track	5:40
70	Týr – Wings of Time full track	6:24
71	DragonForce – Heroes of Our Time full track	7:16

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