KDude
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"Music" by my definition has some kind of harmony and pleasant sound to it.
At least half of metal has what you'd call harmony.. I assume you mean melodic elements. The other half of metal is more rhythm based (the typical chug chug/thump thump characteristic of metal). Hip hop is less "harmonic" for depending on rhythm more than melody. Drums and bass are the centerpoint of everything in hip hop. Lyrics in hip hop are especially rhythmic too (rather than sung.. usually it's only the chorus in hip hop with any semblance of melody - for example, Rihanna's chorus in that one Eninem song). As for "pleasant sound", I assume you mean the voice of the instruments used? Technically that would be the timbre. Metal uses distorted guitar sounds.. which I guess is a love or hate it thing, but you could easily turn off the distortion on many metal songs, and you'd hear a lot of "pleasant" melody at play. At the end of the day though, a lot of music works in similar ways. Don't just listen to the end product. That's just presentation really.