History SignatureStyle / Music

* Every single Music/DragonForce song features the phrase "for the day", "far away", at least one reference to fire/warriors, and is at least three-quarters epic guitar solos. They're also all in the same time, key, and tempo.

* Music/{{Eminem}} has [[HorrorComedy comedy-spooky]], SubvertedKidsShow pop-G-funk production with RapRock elements, and BloodyHilarious and [[{{Troll}} button-pushing]] lyrics containing celebrity [[TheDissTrack disses]], anguished autobiographical songs about his family and personal struggles, and blatant, upsetting MuseAbuse. He has a distinctive [[NerdyNasalness nasal voice]] and often raps in various silly voices and [[BriefAccentImitation accents]] to [[TalkingToHimself represent other characters or personas]]. The other thing is his ''incredible technical ability'', with complex and ridiculous rhyme schemes and outrageous flows that few other rappers alive can match, [[PissTakeRap intentionally squandered on novelty songs]], [[BigStupidDoodooHead childish belligerence]], and ToiletHumor.

* Music/NineInchNails, created and led by songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Trent Reznor, is an inspired hodge-podge of musical influences spanning nearly the entire spectrum of rock and electronic music subgenres: post-punk, new wave, industrial, progressive rock, glam rock, heavy metal, and so on and so forth. His compositions tend to overlay actual instrumentation -- chiefly piano and guitar motifs -- with drum machines and synthesizers for percussion, rhythm, and abrasive sounds interspersed throughout. When a Nine Inch Nails song features a guitar riff or a solo, it's usually played in a blues key: examples include the solo from "The Ruiner", the climax of "The Downward Spiral", or the rhythm guitar in "Wish". Trent Reznor specializes in {{concept album}}s, with an emphasis on introspective subject matter (e.g. love, death, meaning), though he also sometimes integrates political themes into his lyrics; this is heard most prominently on his 2007 album, *Year Zero*. For the first half of his career, he frequently used words that evoked graphic imagery: 'skin', 'broken', 'hole', 'bleeding', 'head', 'feels', 'falling/loss', [[http://www.ninwiki.com/Recurring_lyrics etc]]. Trent's vocals have little (if any) vibrato; what he lacks in technical singing talent, he makes up for with an uncanny ability to convey raw emotion, particularly anger, angst, and desperation. He has a longstanding habit of both whispering and shouting, often in the same song.