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'''Jazzmetal''' is a form of music characterised by aggressive, driving rhythms and highly amplified distorted guitars but also by the use of [[swung notes]] as found in [[jazz]]. While it isn't a mainstream style, increasingly often have musicians with jazz background found themeselves needing to play something much louder and aggressive than they traditionally would. The same is true for [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] musicians who find themeselves appealed to play with the subtilities of jazz techniques to express and improvise.

This style should however be considered a substyle of [[heavy metal music|metal]] music, not of [[jazz]] as it takes its roots more from binary rhythm and [[rock music|rock]] solid [[Groove (popular music)|grooves]] as well as low-tuning as you could hear in groups like [[Meshuggah]].

It is often confused with [[jazz fusion]] music.

Known musicians that could fit some of their works in this style would include [[Fishbone]], [[Primus (band)|Primus]] and [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]], but hardly any group plays jazzmetal music exclusively.

==External links==
*[http://www.jazzmetal.net Youpi jazzmetal quartet's jazzmetal manifesto (a definition of jazzmetal)]