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Metal's fastest subgenre features sonic experimentation as foreboding as its nihilistic imagery. Release yourself to the grind.

Loud and in your face, these dubstep artists embrace the heavier side of the genre to get audiences onto the dance floor.

Punk rock was born in New York City, but by the late '70s the genre's infectious primitivism had reached cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, where bands began playing a tougher, thrashier style of punk.

Really nasty rap (or r&b) songs. They just needed to be in one place.

From Magic City in Atlanta to King of Diamonds in Miami, gentleman's club DJs are now powerful tastemakers in rap and R&B music. This playlist features some of the dramatic and sexy sounds that pervade many of these popular urban haunts.

Fierce tracks from the thrash/speed-metal heyday of the 1980s and early '90s.

This playlist of doom, sludge, and drone metal features heavy guitar riffs, slowed down tempos, and thick chords that create an impenetrable wall of sound.

Not for the faint of heart, these songs are fast paced, with growled vocals and distorted instrumentation.

Unleash your inner daredevil with these songs from MTV's Jackass television series and films.

A taste of the hottest new dancehall "riddims" created during the last decade, featuring hard, fast, reggae-based grooves that have influenced hit songs by Beyonce, Rihanna and more.

Work your Wget magic while listening to these motivational electro-bangers.

Innovative producer Diplo is known for blending ghetto house, dubstep, baile funk, and dancehall. Listen to this collection of bangers produced by Diplo or released on his label, Mad Decent Records.

One of the greatest hip hop groups of all time, the Wu-Tang Clan has proved timeless and astonishingly prolific. This mix takes you straight to the slums of Shaolin, covering the work of Wu-Tang's core members, outsiders, and everything in between.

This is the funky, abrasive, and distinctive sound of downtown NYC's various post-punk scenes of the late '70s and early '80s.

The heavier side of the alternative boom of the late 1980s and early '90s.

Precision-mounted industrial tracks from the style's late-1980s/early-'90s peak era.

These massive dubstep tracks will make you want to dance until you drop.

Everything you wanted to know about drum and bass but were afraid to ask. Featuring genre defining tracks from the early '90s to new cuts by artists that are redefining the genre today.

Hip hop's most infamous disses, from the early days on the streets of The Bronx to today. From the ferocious to the hilarious, this is the sound of lyrical warfare.

The history of industrial music, from its pre-punk roots to its first wave pioneers in the post-punk era to its modern-day genre offspring -- this playlist includes EBM, coldwave, industrial rock, power electronics and more.

During the 1980s and '90s, D.C. was the place to be for hardcore. Enjoy the finest bands from that time and place, as well as their latter-day incarnations that branched out in different sonic directions.

Some of this month's most downloaded dubstep tracks on beatport.com, the popular and influential online music store for dance and electronic music.