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.
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.
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”
YES EXACTLY. This has been one of those things that have bothered me for so long that to a point lost my understanding of metal or nu metal as a whole. But thank god now someone was able to make out the differences between Alt, Nu metal and 2000s edgy Hard rock
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.
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.
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
@@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
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.
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?
You, my friend, are a very enlightened metal head. Firstly having 75 whole metal sub-genres is absolutely insane in and of itself. Secondly your rankings are extremely top heavy(as in a lot more S and A ranks than D and F) which means you're very open minded to the entire metal spectrum, from the light edge(living on the space between rock and metal) to the heavy edge(as in the most extreme genres to the point where they become utterly unintelligible). Since you did include some very out there barely metal genres I'm surprised you didn't include any of the noise ones, as to me they aren't all that different from say Avant Garde metal, Drone metal, etc, conceptually I mean, arguably their precursor in fact or at the very least a heavy influence of. Don't get me wrong, this list is already extremely long and some of the sub-genres mentioned are already incredibly tough to distinguish from similar ones(like tech death vs prog death for example or brutal death vs all the other death sub-genres, which you struggled defining yourself in this video), however the noise archetype is actually a pretty old one, actually started in the 80s IIRC in Japan, and was well ahead of its time. Since than it grew significantly and the American and European versions of it are quite different from the original Japanese flavor. In any case, the various metal related, noise sub-sub-genres seem right at home with some of the sub-sub-genres you did include and at this point it's a big enough movement that I feel should be talked about more. Especially in such a comprehensive discussion of absolutely everything metal and metal adjacent.
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
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.
I didn't cover Deathgrind, as I excluded hybrids like Blackened Death Metal and Death Doom Metal. But I covered Goregrind and gave it a B and I think I used Carcass and Exhumed for examples.
Great assessment. I am a fan of Stoner Doom, but I also get why people don't like it. However I disagree on Post Metal. It's not mid-tier. I would argue, based on Neurosis: Through Silver and Blood alone, it's at least A tier if not S. It's a genre that requires time and space and I don't think that should be counted against it. Are we basing these tiers on how many plays it gets or on the quality of the experience upon listening? I also disagree with your assessment of Cross Over Thrash. It is one of the few genres that keeps 80's metal alive. And, Rocky George is my favorite guitarist. He integrated stunning solos into every song seamlessly. No one else could do what he did. And the riffs were perfectly part of each song as a whole. Brilliant.
What's the difference between stoner rock stoner metal psychedelic doom desert rock and sludge I have been listening to this style for years and have not heard a single difference between the genres
Funny to see how tastes can be so different. I'd essentially swap most melodic stuff with the more simplistic/punk inspired genres and you'd have my list.
Personally I think kawaii Metal deserves to be put in at least B tier, or even A tier, but a lot of people tend to dislike the sound of "anime" singing in metal as proven by the D tier.
It’s definitely one of those sub genres where people who like post-rock, mathrock, blues, and Jazz will appreciate it more, as there use to the long repetitive side. But it’s totally understandable if people dislike it as it’s not for everyone, especially when they exceed over six minutes haha 🤠
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...
Ingested isnt really deathcore, its more slam death. They have a few songs that can be considered as deathcore and from deathcore they are a great introduction to brutal death metal but slamcore is waking the cadaver or acrania
I have to concur with all the people saying death-doom deserved to be included. Imo it's undoubtedly distinct from the rest of doom metal - trad doom, stoner doom and epic doom (at least Candlemass) still sound as one genre.
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
Based on your name, I'm not surprised. If it's any consolation, I did say that A tier was in some ways the real best tier, so there's that. As far as I'm concerned both S and A tier are both equally good really. Only difference is that S tier genres are more versatile and accessible. That's all.
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
Beatdown for me is best when you go to shows, shits just fun and from my experience everyones usually cool asf, i get why it comes off as "tryhardy" but thats just apart of the culture, and that ignorance and violence is what makes it fun, guess its not everyones preferred sound tho, other than your take on grindcore and beatdown i fw the rest of the list, good shit bro keep up the content
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.
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.
Trance basically being an anime as hell take on power metal and melodic metalcore both of which I like is the sole reason I enjoy it as dorky as that sounds. It’s like video game metal from like a final fantasy game
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.
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.
If you’d separate Euro power metal from US power metal, I’d bet EUPM would be A tier. EUPM is more melodic and proggy than USPM (which is closer to Thrash). Essentially EUPM is the goodness of melodeath without the harsh vocals. Good examples are Kamelot, Orden Ogan and Brothers of Metal.
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.
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!
Found this hilarious as i got near the end. Great video, thanks
lack of sneedened feedmetal is very alarming
Bloody glowies stop following me around!
incelcore being metioned right after hyperpop is the funniest shit i have ever seen
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!"
@@Christophernbh 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.
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.
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”
YES EXACTLY. This has been one of those things that have bothered me for so long that to a point lost my understanding of metal or nu metal as a whole. But thank god now someone was able to make out the differences between Alt, Nu metal and 2000s edgy Hard rock
DEATH DOOM IS INTEGRAL
And brutal doom
A tier is truly the coolest tier
Dude, I just wanna give props to how articulate, agreeable, thoughtful, well-edited, and educating this huge video was. Good job!
i skipped into the middle of the video and thought you were giving everything a c tier out of joke
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..."
@@atvenahe said that he considers those more tech death
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
0:12 but what about blackened banjocore
Will Power Metal still get it's own dedicated video?
He gave c to power metal!
@@leventadam He gave Trap Metal a D and made a dedicated video on it. What's your point...?
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
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
"I much prefer sweedish death metal over the florida variety" excuse me???
"... minus death themselves" nvm
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?
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
Good stuff, very much enjoyed it. 👍👍 would love to see you cover bands individually
Always love your videos, hope you are blessed by the algorithm on this one
What what the FUCK did he say about 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
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.
Para mí es mejor metal-archives
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
Your dogshit opinions on music explain your dogshit politics. Are you by any chance mentally retarded?
Awesome you put melodic death metal and my favorite sungenre melodic metalcore in S tier lets go! Awesome video as always
One of the best metal channels honestly
I fucking love slam man. Despite the bad production or redundancy of it, to me it’s at least a B tier genre.
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 “
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
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.
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
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?
You, my friend, are a very enlightened metal head. Firstly having 75 whole metal sub-genres is absolutely insane in and of itself. Secondly your rankings are extremely top heavy(as in a lot more S and A ranks than D and F) which means you're very open minded to the entire metal spectrum, from the light edge(living on the space between rock and metal) to the heavy edge(as in the most extreme genres to the point where they become utterly unintelligible). Since you did include some very out there barely metal genres I'm surprised you didn't include any of the noise ones, as to me they aren't all that different from say Avant Garde metal, Drone metal, etc, conceptually I mean, arguably their precursor in fact or at the very least a heavy influence of.
Don't get me wrong, this list is already extremely long and some of the sub-genres mentioned are already incredibly tough to distinguish from similar ones(like tech death vs prog death for example or brutal death vs all the other death sub-genres, which you struggled defining yourself in this video), however the noise archetype is actually a pretty old one, actually started in the 80s IIRC in Japan, and was well ahead of its time. Since than it grew significantly and the American and European versions of it are quite different from the original Japanese flavor. In any case, the various metal related, noise sub-sub-genres seem right at home with some of the sub-sub-genres you did include and at this point it's a big enough movement that I feel should be talked about more. Especially in such a comprehensive discussion of absolutely everything metal and metal adjacent.
5:23 - alternative
6:05 - groove
6:41 - melodic metalcore
7:26 - melodic death
8:05 - metal n' roll
8:55 - prog
9:40 - sludge
10:19 - thrash
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
But blackened death metal is like an actual defined genre
Love your videos
Damn, i pulled up to the late night premeir, good vid
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.
B-tier video; decently informative but error prone and unreasonably biased against slow and punky genres
Hey does anyone have a timestamp for death grind I want to see his opinion on it and which band he picked to represent the genre as a whole
I didn't cover Deathgrind, as I excluded hybrids like Blackened Death Metal and Death Doom Metal. But I covered Goregrind and gave it a B and I think I used Carcass and Exhumed for examples.
@@whatsinameme5258 ok thank you for telling me that bro
I don't know how well does The Browning fit electronicore, but give them a listen
Your "no overly specific genres" is too strict.
There's no Power Bottom despite its value to the musical ecosystem.
Great assessment. I am a fan of Stoner Doom, but I also get why people don't like it. However I disagree on Post Metal. It's not mid-tier. I would argue, based on Neurosis: Through Silver and Blood alone, it's at least A tier if not S. It's a genre that requires time and space and I don't think that should be counted against it. Are we basing these tiers on how many plays it gets or on the quality of the experience upon listening?
I also disagree with your assessment of Cross Over Thrash. It is one of the few genres that keeps 80's metal alive. And, Rocky George is my favorite guitarist. He integrated stunning solos into every song seamlessly. No one else could do what he did. And the riffs were perfectly part of each song as a whole. Brilliant.
What's the difference between stoner rock stoner metal psychedelic doom desert rock and sludge I have been listening to this style for years and have not heard a single difference between the genres
Funny to see how tastes can be so different. I'd essentially swap most melodic stuff with the more simplistic/punk inspired genres and you'd have my list.
Suprised to see sludge so high but I’m happy to see it by far my fav metal genre
“Makes Linkin Park look like Slipknot” as a fan of both im not sure how to take that
I meant heaviness wise. Like Crunkcore is so weak sauce it makes What I've Done sound like something off Iowa
@@whatsinameme5258 Oh my bad then, you ain’t wrong tho that’s pretty damn funny lol
Personally I think kawaii Metal deserves to be put in at least B tier, or even A tier, but a lot of people tend to dislike the sound of "anime" singing in metal as proven by the D tier.
Unfortunatly.
PRONG MENTIONED🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥
Stoner Doom only being a C-Tier is a bold opinion, i respect it. Although, i think genre absolutely slaps.
Yes i like Stoner Doom no I am not bold, but yes I am bald 👍
It’s definitely one of those sub genres where people who like post-rock, mathrock, blues, and Jazz will appreciate it more, as there use to the long repetitive side. But it’s totally understandable if people dislike it as it’s not for everyone, especially when they exceed over six minutes haha 🤠
8:56 You've won me over with that assessment alone
9:15 The annoying progressive metal fans, showing TOOL. As a TOOL fan, i completely agree
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
Crossover thrash > trad thrash
as a big fan of slam death metal, i find it funny i was surprised it wasnt ranked lower
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...
Ingested isnt really deathcore, its more slam death. They have a few songs that can be considered as deathcore and from deathcore they are a great introduction to brutal death metal but slamcore is waking the cadaver or acrania
I have to concur with all the people saying death-doom deserved to be included. Imo it's undoubtedly distinct from the rest of doom metal - trad doom, stoner doom and epic doom (at least Candlemass) still sound as one genre.
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
Will you take a deeper look in to hardcore punk
how dare you put goregrind over grindcore
Because it is better.
Carcas, lymphatic phlegm, C.U.M, blue holocaust, etc goregrind is better
It's your opinion, but I got so damn mad seeing melo-metalcore over Death Metal.
Based on your name, I'm not surprised. If it's any consolation, I did say that A tier was in some ways the real best tier, so there's that. As far as I'm concerned both S and A tier are both equally good really. Only difference is that S tier genres are more versatile and accessible. That's all.
@whatsinameme5258 I'll accept that. Been a fan of your content for a couple years now also for what that's worth. Keep up the great work.
I am asking once again for a folk metal video! I feel like folk metal doesn’t get much love.
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
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
Pirate Metal totally has a sound of its own without vocals/lyrics.
Pirate Metal is a valid sub genre.
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
Im really new to metal. You just put me on to so much shi
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
Where’s melodic triangle toilet grind??
Slamming brutal technical death metal
or
Brutal slamming technical death metal
How do you end up coming with the "Occult Metal" genre (which I agree with) and not mentionning The Devil's Blood !?!
I will if I ever do a video on it. The genre explanations are rather brief in this
Blackened melodic brutal death funeral doom
I can't comment beacause there are too many things i want to talk about
I'm not entering your transgenre tierlist if you already discriminated blackened genders all together in the first 15 sec. Blackened genres matters!
Beatdown for me is best when you go to shows, shits just fun and from my experience everyones usually cool asf, i get why it comes off as "tryhardy" but thats just apart of the culture, and that ignorance and violence is what makes it fun, guess its not everyones preferred sound tho, other than your take on grindcore and beatdown i fw the rest of the list, good shit bro keep up the content
It is shocking that this video is made only 4 months ago and not 2010.
The best thing to come out of glam metal was that it inadvertently created grunge
No mention of lamb of god or trivium ???
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.
Since you mentioned Brutal Thrash, which tier would you individually place the newest Morbid Saint Album?
I've not listened to it yet
you kind of simplified viking metal to extreme since there's stuff like wintersun as well
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.
Trance basically being an anime as hell take on power metal and melodic metalcore both of which I like is the sole reason I enjoy it as dorky as that sounds. It’s like video game metal from like a final fantasy game
Fantastic video as always.
Unrelated but I have been on a huge Black Dahlia Murder kick (again)
35:47-35:52 has got to be the funniest thing ever.
Have you ever checked out psyopus? Theyre a great mathcore band
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
You all have shit taste
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.
If you’d separate Euro power metal from US power metal, I’d bet EUPM would be A tier. EUPM is more melodic and proggy than USPM (which is closer to Thrash). Essentially EUPM is the goodness of melodeath without the harsh vocals. Good examples are Kamelot, Orden Ogan and Brothers of Metal.
phazm's "love me rotten, love me true" or "ginnungagap" are good examples of black'n'roll
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.
WOO TRAP THEM DARKER HANDCRAFT MENTION, that’s one of the most underrated albums ever
super solid tierlist the first 20ish minutes
Groove metal S tier! Subbed.
Favorite genre - Blackened Underwear Crust
Do you consider Doom 2016 and Eternal's soundtrack djent?
Yes, it's Djent/Industrial.
@@whatsinameme5258 Thx bro