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Mainland Southeast Asia metal is an umbrella term for heavy metal scenes centered in mainland Southeast Asian countries, especially Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and often Malaysia. It blends globally shared metal vocabulary (distorted guitars, fast drumming, harsh vocals, and riff-driven songwriting) with local language lyrics, regional melodic preferences, and occasional incorporation of traditional instruments, scales, and folk rhythms. The sound ranges from classic heavy metal and thrash to metalcore, death metal, and black metal, with many bands reflecting the dominant international subgenres of their era while adding local identity through themes, imagery, and performance culture.