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The Book of Metal Genres

 

Individuals listen to various genres of music, however, many choose to ignore the metal music genre. Many reasons exist as to why these individuals choose to do this. Many people are offended by various themes such as anti-religious imagery, profanity, aggression, and lewd behavior. The use of various styles of vocals that can not be understood by the casual listener are another reason this type of music is ignored. Many genres and sub-genres of metal exist and each one varies by the genre. Each genre has different styles of playing, singing, and content. This page is designed to get the casual listener to absorb more knowledge about this less popular genre of music.

Many individuals are intimidated about becoming a fan of metal music, either that person is concerned that the music will offend his or her religious values or that person is afraid of being judged. The metal community is one in which fans are devoted and passionate about the music. Fans are like a underground community of friends who speak the same language. Metal music offers many varieties of genres to choose from, some people start with nu-metal/gateway metal and find themselves fans of Norwegian Black Metal. This page is to familiarize a person with the various genres of metal. These include artists, descriptions of music styles, and common themes explored by various musicians.

The purpose of this webpage is for the casual music fan to further understand the complexity of metal music and not view it as only music for degenerates who don't want to make something of themselves, this is just a myth as some individuals who listen to metal are intelligent people. A surprising fact is that metal has roots in classical music structure. Some fans of Metal use it to motivate them to succeed in a positive manner. Fans of this genre of music vary in personalities just like the music itself. While this page is under construction, the page will see updates in the form of genre descriptions, band logos, biographies of bands, and user driven surveys to help ease the casual listener into the metal community.

The first item on the agenda is to explain the different genres of metal. Each genre of metal has a certain amount of subgenres within each genre. If an individual starts to listen to metal, they can begin with a specific genre, also known as a gateway genre. The person either moves on to try more extreme genres of metal or they stay content with the genre they chose. Here is a table listing each genre of metal.

Nu Metal

Rap Metal

linkin park

hedpe

limpbixkit

saliva

 

Mainstream/Gateway Metal

disturbed

godsmack

soad

korn

Slipknot

 

 

 

 

 

Thrash Metal

Bay Area Thrash

 

metallica

slayer

testament

megadeth

exodus

machinehead

 

Groove Metal/Post Thrash

wz

pantera

 

sepultura

haunted

 

 

Teutonic/German Thrash

kreator

destruction

 

 

 

 

Black Metal

Early Pioneers

venom

celticfrost

bathory

 

Norwegian Black Metal

 

mayhem

satyricon

emperor

immortal

 

Modern Black Metal

 

dark funeral

1349

gorgoroth

deathspell omega

 

Symphonic/Mainstream/Melodic Black Metal

 

c.o.f.

dimmu borgir

 

keep of kalessin

 

Viking Metal

 

Enslaved

tyr

ensiferum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Death Metal

 

Brutal Death Metal

 

cannibal corpse

 

suffocation

 

obituary

 

 

Scandinavian Death Metal

 

dismember

 

entombed

grave

hypocrisy

 

Swedish Melodic Death Metal

 

At The Gates

 

Arch Enemy

 

In Flames

 

Soilwork

 

Dark Tranquility

 

Technical/ Progressive Death Metal

Opeth

Death

Cryptopsy

Nile

 

Meshuggah

 

 

Blackened Death Metal

 

Behemoth

 

Vesania

 

Zyklon

 

Belphegor

 

Eurpean Technical Death Metal

Vader

Decapitated

Dies Irae

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Music

 

Early Classic Industrial

Skinny Puppy

 

Front Line Assembly

 

Ministry

 

 

 

 

Mainstream Industrial

 

KMFDM

 

Nine Inch Nails

 

Pig

 

Marilyn Manson

 

Terror EBM/ Aggro-tech

 

Combichrist

The Retrosic

Suicide Commando

 

Industrial Metal

Fear Factory

Static-X

 

Rob Zombie

Strapping Young Lad

Pain

 

Neue Deutsche Harte

(New German Hardness)

Rammstein

Eisbrecher

Megaherz

 

 

Industrial Black Metal

 

Aborym

 

Control Human Delete

 

Blut Aus Nord

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hybrid Genres

 

Hardcore

Hatebreed

cro mags

Throwdown

 

Deathcore

 

Job for a Cowboy

 

All Shall Perish

 

Mallcore

 

Atreyu

Avenged Sevenfold

Bullet for my Valentine

 

Metalcore

All That Remains

Killswitch Engage

 

 

 

 

 

Doom Metal

 

Pioneers

 

Black Sabbath

Candlemass

Danzig

 

Sludge

Corrosion of Conformity

Crowbar

Down

 

Stoner

Clutch

Kyuss

Sleep

 

Gothic

 

Him

Lacuna Coil

Type O Negative

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mainstream Heavy Metal

New Wave of British Heavy Metal

Motorhead

Judas Priest

Iron Maiden

Ozzy

 

 

New Wave of American Heavy Metal

 

Chimaira

God Forbid

Lamb of God

Unearth

 

Power Metal

dio

Iced Earth

Kamelot

 

Progressive Metal

 

Dream Theater

Porcupine Tree

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The anti-religious themes expressed make me uncomfortable
The degenerate attitude and aggression offend me
Metal will never appeal to me: I am concerned of what others think
I like softer music, it's too heavy
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Metal is a way of life
I am willing to give it a chance
I don't care about the majority, only what musically pleases me
I listen for metal for the artistic merits

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Drumming
Guitar Work/Riffing
Brutal Vocals/ No wimpy singing
No Growling/I want a clean singing voice
Lyrical Content
Religious Views
Electronic elements