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Heavy metal's sound owes something to a factory accident.
A guitarist lost two fingertips on his last day at a sheet metal works, made thimbles from a plastic bottle, and detuned his strings to ease the pull.
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Why it sounds fake
What most people think
Heavy metal's sound was a deliberate artistic choice, louder amps and attitude.
What is actually true
An industrial injury shaped it: home-made fingertips and slackened strings became the sound.
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