Deena Weinstein’s book Heavy Metal: The Music And Its Culture argues that heavy metal “…has persisted far longer than most genres of rock music” due to the growth of an intense “subculture which identified with the music”.
Lucrarea lui Deena Weinstein, Heavy Metal: The Music and Its Culture susține ipoteza că heavy metalul „a persistat mai mult decât celelalte genuri de muzică rock” datorită dezvoltării unei intense „subculturi care se identifică cu muzica”.