Songs used: >Intro: Blind by KoRn. >Alt Metal: Toxicity by System of a Down and Sulfur by Slipknot. >Groove Metal: Becoming by Pantera and Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck by Prong. >Melodic Metalcore: The Air That I Breathe by All That Remains and Disconnect Me by The Agonist. >Melodic Death Metal: Artifacts of the Black Rain by In Flames and Taking Back my Soul by Arch Enemy. >Metal n' Roll (Metallic Hard Rock): Sad But True by Metallica and Almost Easy by Avenged Sevenfold. >Prog Metal: Constant Motion by Dream Theater and Psalm of Lydia by Nevermore. >Sludge Metal: Temptation's Wings by Down and March of the Fire Ants by Mastodon. >Thrash Metal: Battery by Metallica and Chemical Warfare by Slayer. >Deathcore: You Only Live Once by Suicide Silence and Judgement by Chelsea Grin. >Death n' Roll: Full of Hell by Entombed and I Walk My Way by Gorefest. >Djent: Stengah by Meshuggah and Facepalm Mute by Periphery. >Depressive Black Metal (DSBM): Disheartenment by Forgotten Tomb and This Dreaded Emptiness by Austere. >Downtempo Deathcore: Young Gloom by Black Tongue and Gravebloom by The Acacia Strain. >Epic Doom: Solitude by Candlemass and Destiny Falls to Ruin by Solitude Aeternus. >Entombedcore: The Facts by Trap Them and Home of the Grave by Black Breath. >Grunge: Blew by Nirvana and Outshined by Soundgarden. >Gothic Metal: Christian Metal by Type O Negative and Sweet Art Thou by Theatre of Tragedy. >Industrial Metal: The Reflecting God by Marilyn Manson and Push It by Static X. >Melodic Black Metal: Stellarvore by Watain and Unchain My Soul by Dark Funeral. >Mathcore: Farewell Mona Lisa by The Dillinger Escape Plan and Transitions from Persona to Object by Botch. >Nu-Metal: Twist by KoRn and Blood Pigs by Otep >(Old School) Death Metal: Supposed to Rot by Entombed and In Human Form by Death. >Symphonic Metal: Whoever Brings the Night by Nightwish and Beyond the Matrix by Epica. >Technical Thrash: Alice in Hell by Annihilator and Tornado of Souls by Megadeth. >Technical Death: Seven Crowns and the Oblivion Chain by Archspire and Stabwound by Necrophagist. >Trad Doom (Doom Metal): Iron Man by Black Sabbath and Witchfinder General by Witchfinder General. >Ambient Black Metal: Dunkelheit by Burzum. In the Valley of Death, I am Their King by Judas Iscariot. >Black Metal: Freezing Moon by Mayhem and Raise the Dead by Venom. >Blackgaze (Pink Metal): Dream House by Deafheaven and Golden Number by Ghostbath. >Brutal Thrash: .44 Caliber Brain Surgery by Demolition Hammer and Lock Up You Children by Morbid Saint. >Funk Metal: Epic by Faith No More and Cult of Personality by Living Colour. >Folk Metal: The Call of the Mountains by Eluveitie and Vodka by Korpiklaani. >Goregrind: Necromaniac by Exhumed and Carbonized Eye Sockets by Carcass. >Heavy Metal (NWOBHM): The Hellion/Electric Eye by Judas Priest and Am I Evil? by Diamond Head. >Hyperpop: 800db Cloud by 100 Gecs and Concrete by Poppy. >Incelcore: Scott Pilgrim vs the World Ruined an Entire Generation of Women by Negative XP and Dead by 30 by Fried by Fluoride (Ft. Uhohslater) >Metallic Hardcore: Destroy Everything by Hatebreed and Raise Hell by Full Blown Chaos. >Metalstep: Narcissistic Cannibal by KoRn (ft Skrillex) and Drop=Dead by Beyond All Recognition. >Neoclassical Metal: Caprici di Diablo by Yngwie Malmsteen and Inferno (Unleash the Fire) by Symphony X. >Neo-Crust: The Day After by Tragedy and Morgen by November 13th. >Occult Metal: To Her Darkness by In Solitude and Midnight Phantom by Lucifer >Power Metal: Rainbow in the Dark by Dio and Through the Fire and Flames by Dragonforce. >Proto-Metal: Kingdom Come by Sir Lord Baltimore and Suicide by Dust. >Southern Metal: Stain Glass Cross by Down and Fuel by Metallica. >Stoner Rock: Green Machine by Kyuss and No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age. >Thall: Lavender Haze by Vildhjarta and Cellar Door by Spiritbox. >Viking Metal: A Fine Day to Die by Bathory and Loki by Enslaved. >Brutal Death Metal: Beginning of Sorrow by Suffocation and Phobophile by Cryptopsy. >Crust Punk: Sick of Society by Doom and Slave by Amebix. >Funeral Doom Metal: Remembrance of the Transcending Moon by Mournful Congregation and O Father Sea by Ahab. >Glam Metal: Shout at the Devil by Motley Crue and Round and Round by Ratt. >Grindcore: You Suffer by Napalm Death and Condemned by Terrorizer. >New German Hardness: Du Hast by Rammstein and Labyrinth by Oomph! >Pop Metal: The Final Countdown by Europe and Crazy Train by Ozzy Osborne. >Post-Metal: Watchtower by Cult of Luna and Not Unlike the Waves by Agalloch. >Hard Rock: Let There be Rock by ACDC and Rock and Roll All Nite by Kiss. >Rap Metal: Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit and In the End by Linkin Park. >Slam Death Metal: Baby Killer by Devourment and The Divine Right of Kings by Ingested. >Speed Metal: The Ace of Spades by Motorhead and Fast as A Shark by Accept. >Stoner Doom: Vinum Sabbathi by Electric Wizard and Dragonaut by Sleep. >Trance Metal: Maximalism by Amaranthe and Stargazer by Blood Stain Child. >War Metal: Ritual by Blasphemy and Grand Luciferian Theophany by Archgoat. >Avant Garde Metal: Desert Urbania by Unexpect and They Aren't All Beautiful by Maudlin in the Well. Beatdown Hardcore: The Gospel by Knocked Loose and Contempt of Cop by Sunami. >Black n' Roll: Diabolical Now by Satyricon and 1985 by Kvelertak. >Crossover Thrash: You Can't Bring Me Down by Suicidal Tendencies and Thrashard by DRI. >Cybergrind: No One Wins by The Beserker and Black Ink on Black Paper by Agoraphobic Nosebleed. >Drone Metal: It Took the Night to Believe by SunnO))) and Too Close Enough to Touch by Khanate. >Electronicore: Stick Stickly by Attack Attack and Closure by Asking Alexandria. >Kawaii Metal: Gimme Chocolate by Babymetal and Age Age Money by Ladybaby. >Lolsorandomzcore: Taste Like Kevin Bacon by Iwrestledabearonce and To Playact in Static by Arsonists Get all the Girls. >Post-Grunge: Rockstar by Nickelback and Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down. >Trap Metal: S8n's Head by Scxrlxrd and Killdozer by Kim Dracula. >Crunkcore: Freaxx by Brokencyde and Scream for my Ice Cream by Blood on the Dance Floor. >Pornogrind: N/A
Alternative Metal is a a subgenre of Metal that is influenced by Alternative Rock so that means any Metal band with a Alt Rock leaning is Alt Metal, you listed a few subgenres of Alt Rock particularly Grunge, and Post-Grunge which could have just simply put in with Alt Metal because bands that fuse alt rock and its subgenres with Metal and also Nu Metal, Rap Metal, and Funk Metal are subgenres of Alt Metal
I respect your judgement far more than that of Mike the Music Snob or the like. Edit: No wait, you put my favorite genre in C-tier. You are clearly nitpicking and biased.
Mike's judgment is entirely reasonable as he's just telling you what he thinks of each genre. This guy is doing the same thing, he's just more metal centric and can appreciate genre's with intentionally bad production quality and lazy composition, which is perfectly fine.
Bout time someone said it. Alt and Nu Metal get confused cause they got popular at the same time and bands having a lot of crossover between the two but when people bring them up what they usually mean is just “edgy 00s music to play over crusty Dragon Ball footage”
I started this video assuming the genres would be done alphabetically and not in descending order of quality, so seeing 8 S-tiers in a row made me think this was some late April Fools gag where every genre is perfect.
I think brutal death metal's appeal is the fact that its sheer brutality is able to effectively convey those feelings of pure rage and hatred. I love Suffocation, Cryptopsy, and Mortician because they convey those feelings so well. Still, I understand why it's not more highly rated. I also think post-metal deserves a higher rating. Bands like Isis, Jesu, Alcest, and Rosetta show just how much you can do with that genre. Still, I respect your opinions and I think that overall this list is fantastic. You've definitely got one of the best metal channels out there.
@@hk-4738 don't really listen to all that much post metal aside from agalloch (I didn't even think they were primarily a post metal band to be honest), I do quite like ISIS though. But I agreed with most of the placements it's just a few genres here and there I disagree with and I was making a bit of a joke out of it lol
Woo! Glad Sludge metal made it to S-tier. It is a genre that represents the south of Louisiana/Georgia much like Grunge is part of the Seattle scene. It is the only music genre where it is both putrid, hypnotic, sexy and funky all at once, and there're VERY few bad artists that ever partook the style. Shout out to my favs: Kylesa, Acid Bath, Torche, Cavity, Buzz*en Iron Monkey, High on Fire, Dystopia, Crowbar, Celeste, and The Angelic Process yo!
I don't understand how one can give sludge metal an S tier and then put post-metal in C tier. Bands like Neurosis and ISIS alone prove that genre is A+ tier.
Great video! Interesting to see so much variety of Metal covered. I would say that the most glaring omission here is USPM/US Power Metal. I watched your "Heavy Metal" video too and feel like restricting that term to the NWOBHM movement misses out on a lot of music that developed since - especially in the US. There is a HUGE amount of Metal that sits somewhere in between the NWOBHM-ish sound and the excesses of fully-fledged (especially Euro) Power Metal.
Awesome video! I completely agree with Prog and Sludge being S tier. Those are my two favorite subgenres. But I'm surprised you don't like post-metal all that much; I always saw it as a combination of the two. And also, Blue Stahli is kinda in the vein of the Metalstep you mentioned
Awesome video and a really based list. I like that you express your opinions which have a lot of interesting takes (which I also happen to agree with) instead of making another goy slop tier-list video that yt is filled to the brim with by reading basic information about each genre and saying what everybody (me) already knows. Must be my favourite metal-related channel really
You literally put all my favorite genres in the lower tiers but I still respect your opinion, even if you almost made me cry when you said mid as agalloch was playing in the background
I think a new genre that has emerged from the last couple of decades that has stayed trve but innovative that goes unnoticed is what ive heard to be called voidgaze. This is the sound of dissonant, unsettling, atmospheric, extreme metal with emphasis on timbre and texture to create darkness, chaos, and wonder. Bands like Portal, Deathspell Omega, Gorguts, Ulcerate. I think these bands being lumped into "experimental" or "avant garde" is a disservice to the distinct sound they create. I think it deserves its own genre. There are plenty of bands now who delve into this particular sound to qualify it.
I know its probably just semantics, but the label "dissonant death metal" doesn't quite fit imo. Deathspell omega is far enough removed from death metal. And dissonance is found in lots of metal genres. The genre I'm talking about is defined by a mix of black and death with a particular unique approach of disharmony to create atmosphere. I guess I'm just not a fan of the label "dissonant death". Its more than that.
@@PorscheJonThough the thing is, dissonant death metal has a lot of overlap with black metal, and many of the dissonant death metal bands have black metal influence. So naturally, the combination of the genres is natural
I agree with most of these takes (Prog for life!), but I actually like funeral doom, stoner rock/doom and post metal. Something about the repetitiveness and longer songs just has a different vibe that I personally like. Not for everyone, I completely get that, but it definitely has its merit. I 100% agree with your opinions of slam and brutal death, the idea of slam is cool maybe for a one off segment of a song, but it all blends together otherwise.
Pretty solid video but it’d be cool if you could somehow reupload with edits some of the videos you mentioned that you made so your series would be complete
I knew there would be someone like this. It would likely rank higher on a rock tierlist. I bet Razorfist would have a stroke if he saw my C tier picks.
Good video like always. You need to get into jazz metal. It's more than just prog or thecnical jazz influenced bands. From fusion to modern death metal, to avant guard to death and roll, black to djent. Also the other way, jazz influenced by metal. You like proggy theory heavy and melodic stuff, you'll love jazz metal.
I feel like grindcore gets such a bad reputation because of the short song gag. It's such a unique genre that imo can produce some of the best sounds in metal. Take any album,ep,split etc. from plutocracy for example or even the more metal leaning bands like insect warfare or nasum. The music that homies like this put together is definitely more than just "lol short song" The list was entertaining and well put together, just had to defend my boy grindcore 🙏🙏🙏
Occulturation, you're not alone with the Mathcore love, I also do love, mainly Converge and, you guess it, Dillinger Escape Plan... Well that being said, i just didn't agreed with ALOT of picks here... Mainly Crossover Thrash, grindcore and Brutal Death Metal. Bro i love these genres 😭 (I'm not joking but also not trying to be serious bc i am definitely not the guy to hate on an vid because an fav genre of mine is down on the list because of some reason, mainly bc i loved the vid, mainly the jokes 😎👍). Edit: just noticed how much I used because and mainly in this comment bruv
I do love your videos. Your channel is not just "something new", its a breath of fresh air. Keep going on. And, as a human being, I have my own opinion, including on genres. - Sludge Metal. Maybe not totally my theme. It's good, but not so much. A- for me. - Metal'n'Roll. Didn't hear really good stuff except Metallica. B+. - D(S)BM. Too niche, and personally I do prefer Atmosperic/Post-Black (like White Ward). Around B-tier, too much noise (genre leans more to Raw Black) and could be repetative. - Epic Doom. Yeah, it's cool and with that - too niche. - Gothic Metal. For me it's a bit boring, but I can understand why you put it there. - Tech Death. Overcomplicated, but could be interesting. B+ - Mathcore. Too much chaos for A-tier, IMO. Solid B. - Atmospheric Black. A-tier, so many gems in this genre, and it's not just Filosofem-like rip-offs. - Blackgaze. I do like this genre a lot, but can understand why it's only B-tier to you. - Hyperpop. Maybe not my theme, like "a lot", but could be interesting... sometimes, rarely. C- at most. - Incelcore. Totally not mine. D. - Hardcore/Metallic Hardcore?/Metalcore. Aside from genre naming. There could be more hidden gems, but you have to look for them, and sometimes it's just one album from whole band's discography (Yes, Employed To Serve - Eternal Forward Motion and Great American Ghost - Everyone Leaves, I'm talking about you; blend of Chaotic/Punk-ish sound made the job well done). - Beatdown Hardcore. IMO, you're too harsh on it. C-, pretty good at live performance. Great video!
Personally, doom metal is 100% S Tier. It is a varied genre, most artists make good music, and it is a perfect gateway genre. It can combine with like every other genre perfectly. I agree with your epic doom placement. Stoner metal, another one of my favorites, deserves A Tier simply because it’s not as varied and is very repetitive, but can be a good gateway and has good variation with awesome bands and songs. Note that yeah Im kind of combining Stoner doom and Stoner rock for this. Personally I also believe Southern Metal deserves A Tier because… idk… I really love Corrosion of Conformity. Also personally Grunge is not a genre, more of just a movement.
I'm a little confused by your comment about Epic Doom Metal. I'm not debating its' placement but rather your statement that it is your favorite doom metal genre when you ranked Sludge another doom metal subgenre higher. I am a fan of both, but Funeral Doom is my favorite metal genre alongside a general love of all things Black. How about a Blackened tier list in the future.
You seem to have very similar tastes and preferences for metal music as I do, therefore video good. Also there's at least two of us still listenening to the metalgaze stuff like Deafheaven, Alcest, and Lantlos. I love that stuff.
First time on the channel. Always enjoy hearing others opinions on metal genres and personally hope to find something new. Like you I'm not a big power metal guy, but you should give Beast in Black a try, especially their album "Berserker". They slay.
27:01 What do you mean there aren't a lot of Albums about the Epic Feats of Celtic Gods and Warrior adventures praising their divinity and achievements?
Excellent video, I totally agree with your take on crossover thrash. Many people love it, and that's okay, but crossover fans also expect regular thrash listeners to like crossover, and it's annoying, it's repetitive and boring. I also take it that you're not a big fan of punk/hardcore, and neither am I. The rankings I disagree with the most are regular black metal and avant-garde metal. The former is a classic, and while monotonous at times, it's pretty consistent and versatile, I think it deserved A tier. On the other hand, avant-garde metal is trickier because it can be either superb and refreshing or horrible and pretentious depending on the artist, good examples of excellent avant-garde are Arcturus and Thy Catafalque, I get it's not for most people, but a C tier would've been fairer. Anyway, I really enjoyed the ranking and your opinions about each genre.
I would say the key in difference between our taste is I'm more instrument focused and love super long songs. Yeah, Funeral Doom. Next, I will defend the undefendable. I actually love Drone metal. Let me explain before everyone questions my sanity. It is good background for when I am reading with a low distraction nature. More importantly, it puts me to sleep and not in a bad way. When insomnia hits hard, the best thing I can do is turn on a long Drone Metal album. It beats any rain, wind, crickets or other natural ambient. If the fan is not enough, the drone metal comes to the rescue.
Ah, genres are fun. I tend to view bands individually before I judge them off of what genre they appear to be. Given how much preference correlates with enjoyment, I tend to write bands off more as 'eh, not for me' rather than bad... unless they are really objectively bad 🤣 But ultimately, since my tastes drift over time, experiencing new music through genres you enjoy is a cool way to do it. Metal-n-roll was my intro to metal. Specifically Metallica (Reload - what a way to start...oof!). From there I listened to thrash (earlier metallica), and alt / nu metal / industrial / grunge since it was all over the radio / MTV back then. In those days I'd peruse Tower Records and just buy cds with my summer job money off of album art. It was a really random way to experience metal genres. I'd end up with Type O, Six Feet Under, Cradle of Filth and Foo Fighters in the same purchasing spree. I had a friend in high school who would lend me Iron Maiden cds and that got me into heavy metal and NWOBHM (and maybe a smidge of glam). At one point I bought JP painkiller on a whim...and that got me instantly hooked. One helluva cd. NWOBHM got me into both power metal (Blind Guardian and Angra) and melodeath (In Flames...Jester Race and Amorphis). I also started branching out more and some of the cross over genres were very intriguing like death-doom (paradise lost). From there it was prog, folk and symphonic metal (symphonic death is sweet). More recently a bout of djent / instrumental prog and my most recent guilty binge... tech death. I especially love the melodic or proggy stuff 😁 It feels weird skipping major genres along the way (groove, sludge, black, old-school death, etc), but I know I'll get sucked into those one way or another through a crossover style (melodic black, etc). Despite really loving power metal (also...probably my wife's favorite metal genre), I agree with how you would rank it off of sampling random songs from the genre. As someone who's listened to it for ~25 years now, I feel like there's a couple different flavors. Early european style power metal bands (blind guardian, stratovarius, helloween/gamma ray, etc), some american style stuff like Manowar that seems to have come out of speed metal (?), and then a later wave of euro style that puts a lot of emphasis on technical guitar work (perhaps at the expense of songwriting). I'd say that last stuff came straight out of broad audiences getting spoon fed it through guitar hero (ugh, it's pretty bad!). There's probably a bit of a resurgence of more classic power metal mixed with more modern styles, but it can be hit or miss. Some of it can be really good like recent albums from Unleash the Archers (apex / abyss). But, sometimes just adding cheesy orchestral stuff over bland power metal makes it more gag inducing 😂
I loved this tier list of yours but it kinda sucks that you didn't vibe with crossover trash. I respect most of your takes tbh but I always enjoyed the party thrash and campy ascetic of this fusion genre. My favorite bands from this genre have always been Austrian Death Machine, Municipal Waste and Gwar.
even those Post-Grunge sound generic....many great bands have come out of it were: Breaking Benjamin, Staind, Chevelle, Skillet, Three Days Grace, Incubus, Hoobastank, Creed, Seether, Puddle Of Mudd and Controversially Nickelback
Kek bad music confession thread. I like Stevie Wonder, I don't why I just do, I hate most pop music. But I know Cherie armour is the best NIN song ever made...
Nah chevell was the only good one. And blurry is a banger song. And maybe a few nickelback and creed songs are fun to look back on. But outside of those groups that era of post grunge is pretty bad
Missed a few obvious ones Symphonic black metal = dimmu borgir Symphonic death metal=fleshgod apocalypse Gloom metal = katatonia Extreme metal = carcass Deathgrind = cattle decapitation Melodeath folk metal (melofolk) = ensiferum Melodic deathcore = all shall perish Slamming deathcore (slamcore) = ingested Blackened melodic death metal = dissection Death/brutal metalcore = dead to fall Death/brutal hardcore = the acacia strain
Acacia Strain is Downtempo Deathcore. I even used one of their songs. Nice list, although most of these are hybrid genres. I have never heard of Gloom Metal. Interesting...
Songs used:
>Intro: Blind by KoRn.
>Alt Metal: Toxicity by System of a Down and Sulfur by Slipknot.
>Groove Metal: Becoming by Pantera and Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck by Prong.
>Melodic Metalcore: The Air That I Breathe by All That Remains and Disconnect Me by The Agonist.
>Melodic Death Metal: Artifacts of the Black Rain by In Flames and Taking Back my Soul by Arch Enemy.
>Metal n' Roll (Metallic Hard Rock): Sad But True by Metallica and Almost Easy by Avenged Sevenfold.
>Prog Metal: Constant Motion by Dream Theater and Psalm of Lydia by Nevermore.
>Sludge Metal: Temptation's Wings by Down and March of the Fire Ants by Mastodon.
>Thrash Metal: Battery by Metallica and Chemical Warfare by Slayer.
>Deathcore: You Only Live Once by Suicide Silence and Judgement by Chelsea Grin.
>Death n' Roll: Full of Hell by Entombed and I Walk My Way by Gorefest.
>Djent: Stengah by Meshuggah and Facepalm Mute by Periphery.
>Depressive Black Metal (DSBM): Disheartenment by Forgotten Tomb and This Dreaded Emptiness by Austere.
>Downtempo Deathcore: Young Gloom by Black Tongue and Gravebloom by The Acacia Strain.
>Epic Doom: Solitude by Candlemass and Destiny Falls to Ruin by Solitude Aeternus.
>Entombedcore: The Facts by Trap Them and Home of the Grave by Black Breath.
>Grunge: Blew by Nirvana and Outshined by Soundgarden.
>Gothic Metal: Christian Metal by Type O Negative and Sweet Art Thou by Theatre of Tragedy.
>Industrial Metal: The Reflecting God by Marilyn Manson and Push It by Static X.
>Melodic Black Metal: Stellarvore by Watain and Unchain My Soul by Dark Funeral.
>Mathcore: Farewell Mona Lisa by The Dillinger Escape Plan and Transitions from Persona to Object by Botch.
>Nu-Metal: Twist by KoRn and Blood Pigs by Otep
>(Old School) Death Metal: Supposed to Rot by Entombed and In Human Form by Death.
>Symphonic Metal: Whoever Brings the Night by Nightwish and Beyond the Matrix by Epica.
>Technical Thrash: Alice in Hell by Annihilator and Tornado of Souls by Megadeth.
>Technical Death: Seven Crowns and the Oblivion Chain by Archspire and Stabwound by Necrophagist.
>Trad Doom (Doom Metal): Iron Man by Black Sabbath and Witchfinder General by Witchfinder General.
>Ambient Black Metal: Dunkelheit by Burzum. In the Valley of Death, I am Their King by Judas Iscariot.
>Black Metal: Freezing Moon by Mayhem and Raise the Dead by Venom.
>Blackgaze (Pink Metal): Dream House by Deafheaven and Golden Number by Ghostbath.
>Brutal Thrash: .44 Caliber Brain Surgery by Demolition Hammer and Lock Up You Children by Morbid Saint.
>Funk Metal: Epic by Faith No More and Cult of Personality by Living Colour.
>Folk Metal: The Call of the Mountains by Eluveitie and Vodka by Korpiklaani.
>Goregrind: Necromaniac by Exhumed and Carbonized Eye Sockets by Carcass.
>Heavy Metal (NWOBHM): The Hellion/Electric Eye by Judas Priest and Am I Evil? by Diamond Head.
>Hyperpop: 800db Cloud by 100 Gecs and Concrete by Poppy.
>Incelcore: Scott Pilgrim vs the World Ruined an Entire Generation of Women by Negative XP and Dead by 30 by Fried by Fluoride (Ft. Uhohslater)
>Metallic Hardcore: Destroy Everything by Hatebreed and Raise Hell by Full Blown Chaos.
>Metalstep: Narcissistic Cannibal by KoRn (ft Skrillex) and Drop=Dead by Beyond All Recognition.
>Neoclassical Metal: Caprici di Diablo by Yngwie Malmsteen and Inferno (Unleash the Fire) by Symphony X.
>Neo-Crust: The Day After by Tragedy and Morgen by November 13th.
>Occult Metal: To Her Darkness by In Solitude and Midnight Phantom by Lucifer
>Power Metal: Rainbow in the Dark by Dio and Through the Fire and Flames by Dragonforce.
>Proto-Metal: Kingdom Come by Sir Lord Baltimore and Suicide by Dust.
>Southern Metal: Stain Glass Cross by Down and Fuel by Metallica.
>Stoner Rock: Green Machine by Kyuss and No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age.
>Thall: Lavender Haze by Vildhjarta and Cellar Door by Spiritbox.
>Viking Metal: A Fine Day to Die by Bathory and Loki by Enslaved.
>Brutal Death Metal: Beginning of Sorrow by Suffocation and Phobophile by Cryptopsy.
>Crust Punk: Sick of Society by Doom and Slave by Amebix.
>Funeral Doom Metal: Remembrance of the Transcending Moon by Mournful Congregation and O Father Sea by Ahab.
>Glam Metal: Shout at the Devil by Motley Crue and Round and Round by Ratt.
>Grindcore: You Suffer by Napalm Death and Condemned by Terrorizer.
>New German Hardness: Du Hast by Rammstein and Labyrinth by Oomph!
>Pop Metal: The Final Countdown by Europe and Crazy Train by Ozzy Osborne.
>Post-Metal: Watchtower by Cult of Luna and Not Unlike the Waves by Agalloch.
>Hard Rock: Let There be Rock by ACDC and Rock and Roll All Nite by Kiss.
>Rap Metal: Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit and In the End by Linkin Park.
>Slam Death Metal: Baby Killer by Devourment and The Divine Right of Kings by Ingested.
>Speed Metal: The Ace of Spades by Motorhead and Fast as A Shark by Accept.
>Stoner Doom: Vinum Sabbathi by Electric Wizard and Dragonaut by Sleep.
>Trance Metal: Maximalism by Amaranthe and Stargazer by Blood Stain Child.
>War Metal: Ritual by Blasphemy and Grand Luciferian Theophany by Archgoat.
>Avant Garde Metal: Desert Urbania by Unexpect and They Aren't All Beautiful by Maudlin in the Well.
Beatdown Hardcore: The Gospel by Knocked Loose and Contempt of Cop by Sunami.
>Black n' Roll: Diabolical Now by Satyricon and 1985 by Kvelertak.
>Crossover Thrash: You Can't Bring Me Down by Suicidal Tendencies and Thrashard by DRI.
>Cybergrind: No One Wins by The Beserker and Black Ink on Black Paper by Agoraphobic Nosebleed.
>Drone Metal: It Took the Night to Believe by SunnO))) and Too Close Enough to Touch by Khanate.
>Electronicore: Stick Stickly by Attack Attack and Closure by Asking Alexandria.
>Kawaii Metal: Gimme Chocolate by Babymetal and Age Age Money by Ladybaby.
>Lolsorandomzcore: Taste Like Kevin Bacon by Iwrestledabearonce and To Playact in Static by Arsonists Get all the Girls.
>Post-Grunge: Rockstar by Nickelback and Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down.
>Trap Metal: S8n's Head by Scxrlxrd and Killdozer by Kim Dracula.
>Crunkcore: Freaxx by Brokencyde and Scream for my Ice Cream by Blood on the Dance Floor.
>Pornogrind: N/A
Scott Pilgrim vs The World is by Negative Xp, not Fried By Flouride. Also, personally I'd call it a punk genre more than a metal genre.
Alternative Metal is a a subgenre of Metal that is influenced by Alternative Rock so that means any Metal band with a Alt Rock leaning is Alt Metal, you listed a few subgenres of Alt Rock particularly Grunge, and Post-Grunge which could have just simply put in with Alt Metal because bands that fuse alt rock and its subgenres with Metal and also Nu Metal, Rap Metal, and Funk Metal are subgenres of Alt Metal
@@jaydeem1264 Thank you I fixed it. Typo
Some of these wouldn't label themselves metal
@onlyasmr733 Well some of these would be wrong.
*Periodic Table of Metal*
Top teir joke! Hope your proud!
incelcore being metioned right after hyperpop is the funniest shit i have ever seen
lack of sneedened feedmetal is very alarming
Bloody glowies stop following me around!
I respect your judgement far more than that of Mike the Music Snob or the like.
Edit: No wait, you put my favorite genre in C-tier. You are clearly nitpicking and biased.
Mike's judgment is entirely reasonable as he's just telling you what he thinks of each genre. This guy is doing the same thing, he's just more metal centric and can appreciate genre's with intentionally bad production quality and lazy composition, which is perfectly fine.
Bye, Bye. I win
@@jameskpolk9137 No, it's: "I win, bye bye!"
@@HaydenCharette-mr5ul Sure. I just happen to also have a stronger stomach for lo-fi production than Mike.
@@hk-4738 Thank you! I will now take my own life.
Bout time someone said it. Alt and Nu Metal get confused cause they got popular at the same time and bands having a lot of crossover between the two but when people bring them up what they usually mean is just “edgy 00s music to play over crusty Dragon Ball footage”
I started this video assuming the genres would be done alphabetically and not in descending order of quality, so seeing 8 S-tiers in a row made me think this was some late April Fools gag where every genre is perfect.
i skipped into the middle of the video and thought you were giving everything a c tier out of joke
A tier is truly the coolest tier
No slamming brutal blackened thrash infused grind core ? Hmmnnn weird choice
Didn't you get schooled enough on being facetious about metal subgenres by the video
Agree
DEATH DOOM IS INTEGRAL
And brutal doom
Dude, I just wanna give props to how articulate, agreeable, thoughtful, well-edited, and educating this huge video was. Good job!
Found this hilarious as i got near the end. Great video, thanks
I think brutal death metal's appeal is the fact that its sheer brutality is able to effectively convey those feelings of pure rage and hatred. I love Suffocation, Cryptopsy, and Mortician because they convey those feelings so well. Still, I understand why it's not more highly rated. I also think post-metal deserves a higher rating. Bands like Isis, Jesu, Alcest, and Rosetta show just how much you can do with that genre.
Still, I respect your opinions and I think that overall this list is fantastic. You've definitely got one of the best metal channels out there.
Pathology and Deeds of flesh even Origin
"the greatest trick the Devil ever told was convincing the world he doesn't exist..."
Hell yeah, this is gonna be a banger!
Can't believe you don't agree with all my opinions on these genres, disliked and unsubscribed 😡
A fellow post-metal fan, judging by your profile pic? He did say he liked Agalloch.
@@hk-4738 don't really listen to all that much post metal aside from agalloch (I didn't even think they were primarily a post metal band to be honest), I do quite like ISIS though. But I agreed with most of the placements it's just a few genres here and there I disagree with and I was making a bit of a joke out of it lol
Neurosis
Great list brother, keep on the good content
Maybe just being old, but it's wild how Danzig isn't included in the Metal n Roll conversation. First 3 albums were essential in the 90s
For sure. One of the greats
Woo! Glad Sludge metal made it to S-tier.
It is a genre that represents the south of Louisiana/Georgia much like Grunge is part of the Seattle scene.
It is the only music genre where it is both putrid, hypnotic, sexy and funky all at once, and there're VERY few bad artists that ever partook the style.
Shout out to my favs: Kylesa, Acid Bath, Torche, Cavity, Buzz*en Iron Monkey, High on Fire, Dystopia, Crowbar, Celeste, and The Angelic Process yo!
I would say Sludge also has strong roots in Seattle. Alice In Chains is primarily Sludge Metal.
I don't understand how one can give sludge metal an S tier and then put post-metal in C tier. Bands like Neurosis and ISIS alone prove that genre is A+ tier.
Rwake is also sludge if Mastadon counts....EYEHATEGOD ANYONE?
@@soonerproud eh no not really a better example for sludge in seattle is probably the Melvins (technically Montesano but close enough)
Any good Georgian sludge bands?
Always love your videos, hope you are blessed by the algorithm on this one
What what the FUCK did he say about power metal???
Will Power Metal still get it's own dedicated video?
Love your videos
The joke at 34:03 is so fucking dumb and yet it genuinely made me laugh out loud
Solid B tier, maybe even A tier
One of the best metal channels honestly
Good stuff, very much enjoyed it. 👍👍 would love to see you cover bands individually
Slipknot: we make Metal-Metal
Except they don’t
Nu
They aren't metal metal
Slipknot: we make pop music for children and drunken idiots to bop their head to
“ we make garbage metal music “
Incredible video
how dare you put goregrind over grindcore
Because it is better.
Brutal death metal got done dirty cut my bois some slack
Listen to Pathology and Deeds of flesh
I understand why, all of the ones I listen to are technical brutal DM
Great list
super solid tierlist the first 20ish minutes
Great video! Interesting to see so much variety of Metal covered.
I would say that the most glaring omission here is USPM/US Power Metal.
I watched your "Heavy Metal" video too and feel like restricting that term to the NWOBHM movement misses out on a lot of music that developed since - especially in the US.
There is a HUGE amount of Metal that sits somewhere in between the NWOBHM-ish sound and the excesses of fully-fledged (especially Euro) Power Metal.
This isn’t a definitive source or anything but I think RateYourMusic’s genres page is probably the most accurate list of all metal genres.
I fucking love slam man. Despite the bad production or redundancy of it, to me it’s at least a B tier genre.
SO GOOD SOO UNDERATED!
Fantastic video as always.
Unrelated but I have been on a huge Black Dahlia Murder kick (again)
Damn, i pulled up to the late night premeir, good vid
Awesome video! I completely agree with Prog and Sludge being S tier. Those are my two favorite subgenres. But I'm surprised you don't like post-metal all that much; I always saw it as a combination of the two.
And also, Blue Stahli is kinda in the vein of the Metalstep you mentioned
My wife puts Post-Grunge in S tier, she loves that shit.
I do too Nickelback is one of the best live bands I've ever seen...twice and I've seen the best tech death bands live
I like it too but most fans are women yeah
Awesome you put melodic death metal and my favorite sungenre melodic metalcore in S tier lets go! Awesome video as always
i hate you with all my heart
💀💀💀💀💀
8:56 You've won me over with that assessment alone
Awesome video and a really based list. I like that you express your opinions which have a lot of interesting takes (which I also happen to agree with) instead of making another goy slop tier-list video that yt is filled to the brim with by reading basic information about each genre and saying what everybody (me) already knows. Must be my favourite metal-related channel really
You literally put all my favorite genres in the lower tiers but I still respect your opinion, even if you almost made me cry when you said mid as agalloch was playing in the background
Your "no overly specific genres" is too strict.
There's no Power Bottom despite its value to the musical ecosystem.
I think a new genre that has emerged from the last couple of decades that has stayed trve but innovative that goes unnoticed is what ive heard to be called voidgaze. This is the sound of dissonant, unsettling, atmospheric, extreme metal with emphasis on timbre and texture to create darkness, chaos, and wonder. Bands like Portal, Deathspell Omega, Gorguts, Ulcerate. I think these bands being lumped into "experimental" or "avant garde" is a disservice to the distinct sound they create. I think it deserves its own genre. There are plenty of bands now who delve into this particular sound to qualify it.
I've heard it called Dissonant Death Metal. That is a genre I suppose I missed.
I know its probably just semantics, but the label "dissonant death metal" doesn't quite fit imo. Deathspell omega is far enough removed from death metal. And dissonance is found in lots of metal genres. The genre I'm talking about is defined by a mix of black and death with a particular unique approach of disharmony to create atmosphere. I guess I'm just not a fan of the label "dissonant death". Its more than that.
@@PorscheJonThough the thing is, dissonant death metal has a lot of overlap with black metal, and many of the dissonant death metal bands have black metal influence. So naturally, the combination of the genres is natural
Suprised to see sludge so high but I’m happy to see it by far my fav metal genre
good video, very reasonable.
I agree with most of these takes (Prog for life!), but I actually like funeral doom, stoner rock/doom and post metal. Something about the repetitiveness and longer songs just has a different vibe that I personally like. Not for everyone, I completely get that, but it definitely has its merit.
I 100% agree with your opinions of slam and brutal death, the idea of slam is cool maybe for a one off segment of a song, but it all blends together otherwise.
W upload
I am asking once again for a folk metal video! I feel like folk metal doesn’t get much love.
Im really new to metal. You just put me on to so much shi
PRONG MENTIONED🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥
I don't know how well does The Browning fit electronicore, but give them a listen
Groove metal S tier! Subbed.
Will you take a deeper look in to hardcore punk
Pretty solid video but it’d be cool if you could somehow reupload with edits some of the videos you mentioned that you made so your series would be complete
51:53 "anime opening theme song metal" okay I was not expecting to be attacked like that
It works tbh.
Reminds me of battle music from jrpgs
Cant lie if i say that i didnt get little mad when you put glam metal at mid, its absolute SSS tier 😎😎🤟🏻🤟🏻
I knew there would be someone like this. It would likely rank higher on a rock tierlist. I bet Razorfist would have a stroke if he saw my C tier picks.
Since you mentioned Brutal Thrash, which tier would you individually place the newest Morbid Saint Album?
I've not listened to it yet
But blackened death metal is like an actual defined genre
Stoner Doom only being a C-Tier is a bold opinion, i respect it. Although, i think genre absolutely slaps.
Good video like always. You need to get into jazz metal. It's more than just prog or thecnical jazz influenced bands. From fusion to modern death metal, to avant guard to death and roll, black to djent. Also the other way, jazz influenced by metal. You like proggy theory heavy and melodic stuff, you'll love jazz metal.
I'm pretty sure death doom is a real genre
Brutal doom
Hooded menace is a band that is a part of this genre
@@atvena lol
My dying bride
Incantation, Autopsy
Oh yeah, i can listen to this tier list for hours 😂
"I much prefer sweedish death metal over the florida variety" excuse me???
"... minus death themselves" nvm
I feel like grindcore gets such a bad reputation because of the short song gag. It's such a unique genre that imo can produce some of the best sounds in metal.
Take any album,ep,split etc. from plutocracy for example or even the more metal leaning bands like insect warfare or nasum. The music that homies like this put together is definitely more than just "lol short song"
The list was entertaining and well put together, just had to defend my boy grindcore 🙏🙏🙏
I feel like death doom should've been at least included. It's the one fusion genre that's unique enough to be its own genre
Brutal doom
Occulturation, you're not alone with the Mathcore love, I also do love, mainly Converge and, you guess it, Dillinger Escape Plan...
Well that being said, i just didn't agreed with ALOT of picks here...
Mainly Crossover Thrash, grindcore and Brutal Death Metal.
Bro i love these genres 😭
(I'm not joking but also not trying to be serious bc i am definitely not the guy to hate on an vid because an fav genre of mine is down on the list because of some reason, mainly bc i loved the vid, mainly the jokes 😎👍).
Edit: just noticed how much I used because and mainly in this comment bruv
I do love your videos. Your channel is not just "something new", its a breath of fresh air. Keep going on.
And, as a human being, I have my own opinion, including on genres.
- Sludge Metal. Maybe not totally my theme. It's good, but not so much. A- for me.
- Metal'n'Roll. Didn't hear really good stuff except Metallica. B+.
- D(S)BM. Too niche, and personally I do prefer Atmosperic/Post-Black (like White Ward). Around B-tier, too much noise (genre leans more to Raw Black) and could be repetative.
- Epic Doom. Yeah, it's cool and with that - too niche.
- Gothic Metal. For me it's a bit boring, but I can understand why you put it there.
- Tech Death. Overcomplicated, but could be interesting. B+
- Mathcore. Too much chaos for A-tier, IMO. Solid B.
- Atmospheric Black. A-tier, so many gems in this genre, and it's not just Filosofem-like rip-offs.
- Blackgaze. I do like this genre a lot, but can understand why it's only B-tier to you.
- Hyperpop. Maybe not my theme, like "a lot", but could be interesting... sometimes, rarely. C- at most.
- Incelcore. Totally not mine. D.
- Hardcore/Metallic Hardcore?/Metalcore. Aside from genre naming. There could be more hidden gems, but you have to look for them, and sometimes it's just one album from whole band's discography (Yes, Employed To Serve - Eternal Forward Motion and Great American Ghost - Everyone Leaves, I'm talking about you; blend of Chaotic/Punk-ish sound made the job well done).
- Beatdown Hardcore. IMO, you're too harsh on it. C-, pretty good at live performance.
Great video!
Personally, doom metal is 100% S Tier. It is a varied genre, most artists make good music, and it is a perfect gateway genre. It can combine with like every other genre perfectly. I agree with your epic doom placement.
Stoner metal, another one of my favorites, deserves A Tier simply because it’s not as varied and is very repetitive, but can be a good gateway and has good variation with awesome bands and songs. Note that yeah Im kind of combining Stoner doom and Stoner rock for this.
Personally I also believe Southern Metal deserves A Tier because… idk… I really love Corrosion of Conformity.
Also personally Grunge is not a genre, more of just a movement.
64 minutes video by Occulturation??? Am I dreaming???
I feel like not including disso-death in the list is a miss. the scene is THRIVING and has more than enough bands to comprise an entire genre
Man that lucifer song was a breath of fresh air. Calm sure but still good
I'm a little confused by your comment about Epic Doom Metal. I'm not debating its' placement but rather your statement that it is your favorite doom metal genre when you ranked Sludge another doom metal subgenre higher. I am a fan of both, but Funeral Doom is my favorite metal genre alongside a general love of all things Black. How about a Blackened tier list in the future.
You seem to have very similar tastes and preferences for metal music as I do, therefore video good. Also there's at least two of us still listenening to the metalgaze stuff like Deafheaven, Alcest, and Lantlos. I love that stuff.
Neurosis
Make that 3
I'm not entering your transgenre tierlist if you already discriminated blackened genders all together in the first 15 sec. Blackened genres matters!
First time on the channel. Always enjoy hearing others opinions on metal genres and personally hope to find something new.
Like you I'm not a big power metal guy, but you should give Beast in Black a try, especially their album "Berserker". They slay.
Lets goooo metalcore in the s tirelist
best channel on youtube right now
you kind of simplified viking metal to extreme since there's stuff like wintersun as well
Where’s melodic triangle toilet grind??
WOO TRAP THEM DARKER HANDCRAFT MENTION, that’s one of the most underrated albums ever
27:01 What do you mean there aren't a lot of Albums about the Epic Feats of Celtic Gods and Warrior adventures praising their divinity and achievements?
I can't comment beacause there are too many things i want to talk about
Honestly I respect the stoner-doom criticism. like I love the stuff but if your not in the flow of it it can drag a bit
Excellent video, I totally agree with your take on crossover thrash. Many people love it, and that's okay, but crossover fans also expect regular thrash listeners to like crossover, and it's annoying, it's repetitive and boring. I also take it that you're not a big fan of punk/hardcore, and neither am I. The rankings I disagree with the most are regular black metal and avant-garde metal. The former is a classic, and while monotonous at times, it's pretty consistent and versatile, I think it deserved A tier. On the other hand, avant-garde metal is trickier because it can be either superb and refreshing or horrible and pretentious depending on the artist, good examples of excellent avant-garde are Arcturus and Thy Catafalque, I get it's not for most people, but a C tier would've been fairer. Anyway, I really enjoyed the ranking and your opinions about each genre.
No mention of lamb of god or trivium ???
Listen to Thunderclap and Virtue and Vice by Fear and Loathing and Las Vegas and I bet you'll raise the rank for Electronicore by at least one
Ambient Black metal is what I listen to, to help me sleep
I would say the key in difference between our taste is I'm more instrument focused and love super long songs. Yeah, Funeral Doom. Next, I will defend the undefendable. I actually love Drone metal. Let me explain before everyone questions my sanity. It is good background for when I am reading with a low distraction nature. More importantly, it puts me to sleep and not in a bad way. When insomnia hits hard, the best thing I can do is turn on a long Drone Metal album. It beats any rain, wind, crickets or other natural ambient. If the fan is not enough, the drone metal comes to the rescue.
Ah, genres are fun. I tend to view bands individually before I judge them off of what genre they appear to be. Given how much preference correlates with enjoyment, I tend to write bands off more as 'eh, not for me' rather than bad... unless they are really objectively bad 🤣 But ultimately, since my tastes drift over time, experiencing new music through genres you enjoy is a cool way to do it.
Metal-n-roll was my intro to metal. Specifically Metallica (Reload - what a way to start...oof!). From there I listened to thrash (earlier metallica), and alt / nu metal / industrial / grunge since it was all over the radio / MTV back then. In those days I'd peruse Tower Records and just buy cds with my summer job money off of album art. It was a really random way to experience metal genres. I'd end up with Type O, Six Feet Under, Cradle of Filth and Foo Fighters in the same purchasing spree. I had a friend in high school who would lend me Iron Maiden cds and that got me into heavy metal and NWOBHM (and maybe a smidge of glam). At one point I bought JP painkiller on a whim...and that got me instantly hooked. One helluva cd. NWOBHM got me into both power metal (Blind Guardian and Angra) and melodeath (In Flames...Jester Race and Amorphis). I also started branching out more and some of the cross over genres were very intriguing like death-doom (paradise lost). From there it was prog, folk and symphonic metal (symphonic death is sweet). More recently a bout of djent / instrumental prog and my most recent guilty binge... tech death. I especially love the melodic or proggy stuff 😁
It feels weird skipping major genres along the way (groove, sludge, black, old-school death, etc), but I know I'll get sucked into those one way or another through a crossover style (melodic black, etc).
Despite really loving power metal (also...probably my wife's favorite metal genre), I agree with how you would rank it off of sampling random songs from the genre. As someone who's listened to it for ~25 years now, I feel like there's a couple different flavors. Early european style power metal bands (blind guardian, stratovarius, helloween/gamma ray, etc), some american style stuff like Manowar that seems to have come out of speed metal (?), and then a later wave of euro style that puts a lot of emphasis on technical guitar work (perhaps at the expense of songwriting). I'd say that last stuff came straight out of broad audiences getting spoon fed it through guitar hero (ugh, it's pretty bad!). There's probably a bit of a resurgence of more classic power metal mixed with more modern styles, but it can be hit or miss. Some of it can be really good like recent albums from Unleash the Archers (apex / abyss). But, sometimes just adding cheesy orchestral stuff over bland power metal makes it more gag inducing 😂
I loved this tier list of yours but it kinda sucks that you didn't vibe with crossover trash. I respect most of your takes tbh but I always enjoyed the party thrash and campy ascetic of this fusion genre. My favorite bands from this genre have always been Austrian Death Machine, Municipal Waste and Gwar.
B-tier video; decently informative but error prone and unreasonably biased against slow and punky genres
Funeral doom is amazing
even those Post-Grunge sound generic....many great bands have come out of it were:
Breaking Benjamin, Staind, Chevelle, Skillet, Three Days Grace, Incubus, Hoobastank, Creed, Seether, Puddle Of Mudd and Controversially Nickelback
Kek bad music confession thread. I like Stevie Wonder, I don't why I just do, I hate most pop music. But I know Cherie armour is the best NIN song ever made...
Nah chevell was the only good one. And blurry is a banger song. And maybe a few nickelback and creed songs are fun to look back on. But outside of those groups that era of post grunge is pretty bad
I love that shit has so much heart
People hate skillet but I dunno I think they are alright
@@SubparLoki id listen to breaking Benjamin a million times over nickelback but maybe that’s on me
The Enigma TNG has a lot of original metal step. And it's awesome.
Missed a few obvious ones
Symphonic black metal = dimmu borgir
Symphonic death metal=fleshgod apocalypse
Gloom metal = katatonia
Extreme metal = carcass
Deathgrind = cattle decapitation
Melodeath folk metal (melofolk) = ensiferum
Melodic deathcore = all shall perish
Slamming deathcore (slamcore) = ingested
Blackened melodic death metal = dissection
Death/brutal metalcore = dead to fall
Death/brutal hardcore = the acacia strain
Acacia Strain is Downtempo Deathcore. I even used one of their songs. Nice list, although most of these are hybrid genres. I have never heard of Gloom Metal. Interesting...
Do you consider Doom 2016 and Eternal's soundtrack djent?
Yes, it's Djent/Industrial.
@@whatsinameme5258 Thx bro
Slamming brutal technical death metal
or
Brutal slamming technical death metal