I thought this would be a really fun video to go over from various perspectives! I'm so hyped to hear your picks and lists for the genres I talk about in this video! Let me know down below your own opinions on both my list as well as your own!!!!!!! But for now, cheers, rock on, stay heavy and have yourselves a fantastic rest of your day or night, depending on when you see this!!!!!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
... Helo Monsieur, I am french and rather "very" old, I am a big fan (reader) of the "Metal Archives" (yes it smells very strong "The Gatekeepers" lol), but when you are searching about a MetalCore band, NuMetal band, DeathcoreMetal, and some others in the genre, you'll find nobody because they aren't Metal bands (search Korn, SOAD or Linkin Park for ex., you'll never find them)... Bring me the Horison and the like, ha ha ha how I hate those "Tik Tok" bands ... !!! It's for children or young girls !!! Ok I know a lot of poeple will hate me or just ignore me, but is it a problem ? No ... alot of poeple young or old knows what is good Metal Music and that's enough for me !!! Ok you've done a good job in general, greetings !!! Just 2 bands I would have heard about them are Ministry in the Indus. genre and My Dying Bride in the Doom/Goth genre, both are very well known bands in their genre (I love them alot as I love Type O Negative or Rammstein ^^) ... So good job man, Salut !!!
@@SheogorathReacts I still think КоЯп is the popular choice. For me LINKIN PARK sound is just so broad that I feel like a lot of people don’t associate them with the genre to begin with. With КоЯп they have a South Park episode, they just released a Adidas press run and all the shoes sold out almost instantly. They play narcissistic cannibals at amusement parks. And people remember that band because of the simple name. There’s definitely a case to be made for a lot of other bands like Limp Bizkit and slipknot. I don’t know if there’s a big four for numetal but those four bands definitely are it. I just think when people think of the genre, their mind doesn’t go to LINKIN PARK but again this could just be a me thing and I fully acknowledge that
@@TheMetalTempestYTSounds great! If you end up getting to making that video, I do have some predictions in mind, but I’ll keep them to myself for now until then.
This is very slightly unrelated to the video. But, I just want to say, I am really glad Acid Bath is growing in popularity, and re-uniting. I do hope this also brings people to listen the members work outside of Acid Bath too. As you know by now, I am a HUGE Dax Riggs fan. He was my pfp at some point.
I don't mean to be that guy to split hairs , but the grindcore band is Napalm Death. Cattle Decapitation hasn't been a grind band since Human Jerky. They maintain elements of grind even to this day, but they have incorporated elements of other genres and less grind with each subsequent release since.
I'd pick them over all the other ones in the video, but they're really not the first name that comes to mind when you talk about industrial metal (to the average person at least).
I definitely think napalm death are more recognisable than cattle decapitation. As someone who is not really into grind at all, i hear of napalm death way before cattle decapitation. Idk that might just be me though. Loved the video!
That Jim Carrey interview introduced me to Napalm Death, and yeah, it's way more popular than cattle decapitation. At least, for me, I've met more people who heard about Napalm Death than Cattle Decapitation
Yeah, absolutely haha. I had to mention the Jim thing, still crazy that happened. Can definitely get Napalm being the pick here. :] and I had a hunch most would say that lol and that's 100% valid
*Heyo mate:* how're u doing? I just want to let u know I have *my own* "mainly" industrial/nu-metal project known as Sins of the Scales: we're on Spotify and TH-cam music ~ I need especially a drummer, a bassist, and mayhaps a background/second vocalist especially for the "band"/project hmu if you're interested /for more information! >;3 🤘 🐉 🤙 🦘
Eyyy Agalloch is nice to end it on :) I really agree with almost everyone of these! And most of the ones I don´t agree with are the ones where I would´ve chosen the other of your two alternatives, like SOAD over Deftones and Death over Cannibal Corpse. One band I would throw in (even though their discography changes quite a bit) is Avenged Sevenfold for Metalcore. They are also a band that goes soooo far outside the metal scene in terms of popularity. I know so many people that are not into metal at all but they like or have at least heard of Avenged Sevenfold, it´s insane. A lot of my friends also got into metal because of them, including myself to some degree. Also the whole industrial metal debate I feel is more in the US! If you include Europe, it´s Rammstein without a question. I don´t think I know a single person who hasn´t heard Du Hast! And that might be because I´m from Sweden and metal is really big here, but I think most of europeans will agree on this one. And some personal picks for me would be Opeth for prog (even though they are not as big as Tool and Dream Theater, they have kept reinventing themselfs which is what prog is all about imo) and Necrophagist for tech-death (just slappin) :)
Haven't watched yet, let me predict Traditional: Iron Maiden Thrash: Metallica (Duh) Death: Cannibal Corpse Black: Mayhem Gothic: Type O Negative Grindcore: Napalm Death Symphonic: Nightwish Power: Helloween Blackgaze: Deafheaven Deathcore: Suicide Silence or Whitechapel Metalcore: Killswitch Engage or As I Lay Dying Drone: Sunn O))) Prog: Dream Theater Alternative: Primus???? Groove:Pantera Folk: Alestorm Sludge: Acid Bath Electronic metal:Bring Me The Horizon Nu Metal: Linkin Park Rap Metal: Rage Against the Machine Glam: Motley Crue Doom: Black Sabbath Industrial: Nine Inch Nails DSBM: Xasthur baddiecore lol: Bad Omens Kawaii metal: Babymetal The last 2 are obviously not seriously. But hope I'm right
@@TheMetalTempestYTmy definition of alternative metal is horrible. It's honestly a bit of an umbrella term, I dunno if I wanna call Sabbath doom over trad. But I dunno. Also the type O one is correct. Definitely.
@axel90000 i just don’t think it’s funny because at the time he was in a very bad mental and physical state, I mean he was literally molested when he was a kid, so that’s enough to break anyone, plus I just don’t laugh at overweight people
My favorite music genres were Nu Metal and Alternative Metal. Besides Slipknot, some lesser-known but great nu metal bands include Nonpoint, Spineshank, SOiL, Nothingface, Kittie, 40 Below Summer, and Dry Kill Logic. For alternative metal, I enjoy Three Days Grace, Thousand Foot Krutch (I know it's Christian), Downplay, Hoobastank, and Breaking Benjamin. They really draw me in. There are also many small nu metal bands apart from the well-known ones.
*Ngl* for industrial metal I'd pick Ministry if I'm being honest with myself; if it wasn't for them Nine Inch Nails probably wouldn't have even been a thought in T Reznor's head circa 1988-1989. 🤘
Absolutely agree with your take on death metal. While Death was the OG and the namesake of the sub-genre, they actually were a very experimental band and shifted away from what death metal became and explored other avenues. Cannibal Corpse is the quintessential death metal band these days, both in terms of their popularity, staying power and consistency. Likewise I agree with your take on Metalcore, it's such a broad genre that picking one or two bands to represent it is simply impossible. I figured you'd pick Killswitch Engaged if you were forced to pick but honestly staying with none would have been the better conclusion Imho. As far as Groove metal goes, very easy indeed. Pantera, simple as that, no further elaboration needed. Sepultura and Lamb of God are a stretch, they both did Groove metal, in combination with other sub-genres, but neither ever got as big and popular as Pantera. Black metal is a very tough one, again a very broad sub-genre with many different scenes and sub-sub-genres inside it. I agree that it's definitely not Venom, Bathory nor King Diamond. To me Black metal as we know it today begun with Mayhem, Emperor, Dark Throne, Immortal, etc, not those bands, but are they really the most popular Black metal bands? Not really, no. I'd say bands like Dimmu Borgir are actually significantly more popular than any of the early second wave Norwegian Black metal bands. With that said Dimmu Borgir is not a pure Black metal band but a Symphonic Black metal band so I fully understand why you didn't talk about them. Cradle of Filth is also incredibly popular but even more so than Dimmu Borgir they aren't fully Black metal, if at all. As many people see them as Black metal adjacent. I'd argue that Nu-Metal is actually a rather small sub-genre of metal that is grossly misunderstood. I don't really consider bands like Limp Bizkit, System of a Down, Linkin' Park, etc, as Nu-Metal despite becoming popular during that same era and Imho mistakenly being labeled as such. To me Nu-Metal is early Korn, plain and simple. Other bands like Slipknot, Disturbed, etc, certainly had songs that were very much Nu-Metal but they also have songs that are very far away from it. Speaking of System of a Down, they are *the* Alternative metal band, not Nu-Metal. Progressive *metal* to me has to be Dream Theater. Tool is in right on that line between Progressive rock and Progressive metal, so I'm really uncomfortable using them as the representative Progressive metal band. For Deathcore I definitely agree with Lorna Shore over say Suicide Silence as I agree with you that the modern Deathcore bands have outshone the OGs to the point where today most people know the newer Deathcore bands a lot more than the older ones. Yeah, I strongly disagree with Deftones over System of a Down. Non metal heads listened to a ton of Chop Suey, Aerials, Toxicity, etc, on the radio for years and years. It's arguably *the* metal band across all the metal sub-genres that has most mainstream(as in non metal fans) appeal. I'm sorry but Black Sabbath isn't Heavy metal! It's Doom metal... Heavy metal is very close between Iron Maiden and Judas Priest but ultimately there is only one right answer and that is Iron Maiden. Yeah, Thrash metal is absolutely Metallica. Many metalheads would say Slayer instead but in terms of overall popularity there is no other choice but Metallica. No idea why you mixed Doom metal with Gothic metal, the two are very different... For Doom metal as I said above it's Black Sabbath hands down. Gothic metal is a much tougher one but your choice of Type O Negative is certainly a good one. For Power metal it really depends on who you're talking to. For Americans/Canadians it's certainly Dragonforce, for anyone outside of North America, and especially Europeans, than Blind Guardian, Rhapsody, Stratovarius, etc, would be a much better choice. Not sure what Sabaton is even doing there as it's not at all a Power metal band... Not even Power metal adjacent. Also why did you not mention Dio and Rainbow...? Yeah Symphonic metal is absolutely Nightwish. They're still the biggest name in the sub-genre and others like Within Temptation have shied away from Symphonic metal altogether and now have a completely different style. Epica would be the closest alternative to Nightwish but as much as I love Epica they are still significantly less popular than Nightwish, especially in non metal spheres. Not sure why Grindcore is even in this discussion considering it's one of those very niche metal sub-genres that people outside of metal don't have a clue what it even is. As you said, Napalm Death did indeed breach into the mainstream, but the mainstream doesn't even know they're a Grindcore band as they have no clue what Grindcore is... Yeah your top 4 for Industrial metal is spot on. I agree that NIN is the least popular of those 4 and that both Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie have achieved celebrity status but are known as a celebrity much more than they are known as Industrial metal musicians. Therefore it has to be Rammstein. Sludge metal, just like Grindcore, shouldn't really be on this list.
this appeared on my fyp lmao, and i was like yeah okay. for metalcore, i kinda hoped youd say parkway drive or i prevail tbh- disappointed but not surprised. Parkway has been around for like 40 years and a lot of people i know dont even them(considering we’re in Australia, id expect them to know Parkway lol)
*Heyo mate:* how're u doing? I just want to let u know I have *my own* "mainly" industrial/nu-metal project known as Sins of the Scales: we're on Spotify and TH-cam music ~ I need especially a drummer, a bassist, and mayhaps a background/second vocalist especially for the "band"/project hmu if you're interested /for more information! >;3 🤘 🐉 🤙 🦘
Combining gothic and doom feels like a cop-out, Candlemass and Sleep (who are probably the biggest doom bands) do not have much stylistic overlap with gothic metal other than "slow and atmospheric" (which I'd argue their atmospheres are substantially different). Doom's distinction from gothic metal becomes more apparent when you consider bands like Solitude Aeturnus, Pentagram, Cirith Ungol, Pallbearer, Witchcraft, etc.
Honestly, I was trying to approach things from a way to include both! Since I feel as if I wanted to be basic, I could say black sabbath for doom. But when it comes to the average non-metal listener, Type O's name and legacy really permeates on both of those genres. Keep in mind, it's not just about metalhead's opinions solely in terms of what I tried to base this off of. But that's absolutely fair.
From the perspective of someone who actively avoids grindcore and thus isn't very knowledgeable about it, I've heard way more people talk about both Napalm Death and Pig Destroyer than Cattle Decapitation.
That's totally valid! Honestly, Napalm Death was like the #1 band that was on my list until the very last moment of me recording it and it's definitely gonna vary on the space. Napalm's like THE grindcore band so I'm not shocked about that. :]
Yeah, I think Darkthrone would probably be a really good pick for most popular black metal band. Personally I'd probably say: Darkthrone, Mayhem, Emperor, Satyricon or Dimmu Borgir in terms of names people know if I had to throw a few more names out there. Satyricon has charted in the Nordics several times, reaching number 1 even, and have been around since the early-mid 90s to boot.
I know that for black metal fans it is hard to swallow, but the most popular band in that genre would be Dimmu Borgir (name dropped by Demi Lovato) or Cradle of Filth (name dropped in IT crowd) sns
As a symphonic metal fan, I agree Nightwish has to be the pick for the genre, even though they are not my favourite band, honestly not even close. Epica has a much smaller fan base, but they are by far my favourite, both because they are on the heavier side, and because they spend time and energy on creating shows like their recent "The Symphonic Synergy" shows in Amsterdam and Mexico City
it is not a hot take to say cannibal corpse is the most famous death metal band lmao. from their ace ventura appearance to seeing cannibal corpse shirts almost as much as you see slipknot and gojira shirts, they definitely have a reputation among normies, whereas death is just not known if you aren't into metal.
with metalcore i think more of falling in reverse, for the normy area, how much they took over social media. As far as nu metal goes, I don't know how we have this discussion without KoRn.
Honestly, that's valid in terms of KoRn! I just saw them pretty similar to NiN for industrial metal--very well known, but also offputting to a widespread audience. when it comes to the aesthetic/influence of nu-metal, i tried to look at what defined that generation.
This was a fun video. That being said, who was the most “fun” Metal band? I love bands in all these genres but for a smiling good time, STATIC-X. The older the better.
Cool vid but I gotta veto the Grindcore pick. I’m not sold on Cattle Decap being grindcore (or grindcore enough) to accurately represent that scene. I do agree in the last 15 years they’ve seen huge growth and have an enormous reach online. But the records you pointed to that are grabbing the average Joe’s attention who don’t keep their ear to the ground on this stuff barely have grindcore on them. Especially the last two. I can see a case for grind elements being present on Monolith but the last 3 are taking from black metal and combining it with brutal death metal, in my eyes. There’s a much stronger case for their deathgrind status on records like Harvest Floor, Karma.Bloody.Karma and then obviously the first 2. But yea picking Cattle Decap as the most popular grindcore band is like picking Cradle of Filth as the most popular black metal band. Thats not a slight against the bands, it just feels like they don’t quite accurately match up. And I’d have to go Napalm Death here.
That's absolutely valid and I can understand a lot of these points. realistically, cattle decap's deathgrind style always seemed to steadily grow even more popular. and in the same way their sound has diverged, there was that whole timeline of Napalm Death's mid catalogue of practically becoming a death metal band for lack of better terms. Napalm's obviously the pick most would make.
My 80 y/o parents know about Cannibal Corpse through the media and all of the controversy they created over the years. They never heard about Death, except through my T-shirts.
Alot of people conflate popular for influential. Lets take metalcore for example. Most popular. Could absolutely say Killswitch. I agree with you. Most influential and who I think influenced most band members in metalcore bands to play in the genre and those in the die hard fan base? Converge. This applies to every genre.
For all of these my answer was pretty easy. Death metal: Cannibal Corpse. They're the prototypical band of how normies view death metal and even some think all metal is when it comes to sound and imagery, plus the Ace Ventura cameo has done a lot. Metalcore: Bring Me The Horizon. Sheer numbers are insane, they did experiment with more accessable sounds but came back to it with the Post Human series of albums. Plus they're still playing songs even from the days of Count Your Blessings to sold out stadiums. Groove metal: Pantera. The sheer influence they've had on metal ever since and they're the reason why many bands (including Sepultura) tried hopping on the genre, and DIme changed guitar forever since then. Plus they're known as the heaviest band to ever chart #1 on Billboard, that says enough. Black metal: Behemoth. They're the first band I've heard of when it comes to anything close to black metal, and the numbers don't lie. They are blackened death but they did definitely reach the middle ground of having a sound that is more accessable than the 90's Norwegian stuff but still having the same larger than life intimidating satanic imagery, unlike other bands that have gone in the more symphonic/melodic route that don't have this threatening character. However if we have to stick with the OG Norwegian black metal it's gotta be Mayhem, the story has now reached huge noteriaty even in normie spaces, being covered by normie true crime youtubers and of course... Lords Of Chaos (say what you will about its accuracy). Nu metal: Slipknot. Even when the genre passed its popularity stage they've always stayed relevant throughout the years, which is something you can't say about other nu metal bands, that alone sets it apart and made it an easy answer for me. Plus the fact sound wise it's some of the least accessable bands in the genre yet it pulls such numbers, compared to Linkin Park which always had this accessability to it. Prog metal: Tool. You said it best, plus they do have a quite varied fanbase which also includes people who are not typically into prog, I know people who are into various forms of alternative rock that are really into Tool and would not like any other kind of prog. Deathcore: Lorna Shore. For a genre that's based on an arms race of who's the most brutal and who plays the heaviest breakdowns the fact they reached #4 on Spotify's viral charts says a lot! The only OG that came close to that is Whitechapel, with Our Endless War reaching #10 on Billboard. Alternative metal: System Of A Down. They've been the kings of it since the day they entered the scene, both Serj and Daron are incredibly charismatic and with a sound so unique they've gotten a bunch of fans from all different metal backgrounds. While Deftones are having a ressurgence among Tiktok alternative kids System Of A Down also have more well known songs purely numbers wise OG heavy metal: Ozzy. The godfathers of the genre of course, and I know enough people who are not metalheads at all and are fans of Black Sabbath or Ozzy's solo material. He's a star beyond all stars with so much well known lore and even an incredible reality show too :) Gothic metal: Cradle Of Filth. They're pretty much what people think all goths are, aesthetics and culture wise. Plus the numbers don't lie. Doom metal: Black Sabbath, again. Foor the same reason I mentioned about Ozzy earlier. Thrash metal: well... Power metal: Dragonforce. Purely because of Guitar Hero they'e done so much for such a niche nerdy genre and still getting numbers much bigger than pretty much any other power metal band. Symphonic metal: Nightwish. Non have combined opera and metal in such extreme ways and with such success, you've said it best. Grindcore: Napalm Death. Everything from the Jim Carrey praise, the John Peel exposure and BBC TV appearences, and the feature on the Mortal Kombat movie OST, and the fact they're doing such huge numbers for a genre so underground. An also it's one of the only bands I can think of where going more extreme gave them more popularity an attempts at commercialization never brought in new fans. And also it's the only band I can think of that have been making music since the 80's with their new material being just as good if not even better, that's rare! Though Carcass might also be an honorable mention for the success of their non Grind stuff and the mention on Friends. Also, Cattle Decap are not grindcore, they're brutal death. Maybe Deathgrind. Industrial metal: Marilyn Manson. The man himself is larger than his own music for all the wrong reasons lol. Sludge: Melvins. They have the numbers, they have both the punk cred and the metal cred which is something rare even at a genre which combines punk and metal like Sludge.
I think Metalcore has to be Bring Me The Horizon, just the sheer numbers they have and the collabs with bigger non-rock/Metal artists like Ed Sheeran and Lil Uzi Vert, and standing the test of time from being the MySpace-core band from the UK to a known act that people flock to see.
ngl as a young person, I might have seen more lorna shore shirts than any other metal band aside from maybe Metallica, and even there while I'm only uncertain due to not having that great of memory, I'd say I at least probably see lorna shore more too
I definitely agree with Cattle Decapitation and Rammstein. Rammstein is a huge live band. I would have switched out NIN for Ministry. Ministry is now a full-fledged industrial metal band. NIN really isn't industrial metal except for Broken and a few songs here and there from other albums.
back when Napalm Death started the term "grindcore" was not quite around yet and all of the non-hair metal bands were called Thrash Metal, or at least that's what I hear (I was a baby in the early eighties and my music muscles wouldn't start to develop until the early nineties). So yeah, Jimmy Carrey was not totally inaccurate.
I'd pick Mayhem for black metal. A lot of people know the dark story behind the band even if they don't care about black metal. Also their logo is popular and gets copied a lot.
Industrial I agree Rammstein, Doom/Gothis metal I agree Type Of Negative, Nu while I'm not a fan of them I would say Slipknot just on how overly talked about and covered that band is. Folk metal? maybe Tyr, Korpiklaani, or Fintroll.
That's valid! Honestly, considering Napalm went through their own death metal phase, it's splitting hairs. At the end of the day, I do think either of them is the obvious and most valid answer for that lol
I disagree with metalcore. Although I think that Killswitch is amazing I just think that A7X is a much bigger band in the normie scene. Love the video though!!!
I like Cattle Decapitation, but you,... YOU have committed a quasi-capital sin. You have contravened, outraged, profaned, defiled, trampled (I'm running out of synonyms) the name of Napalm Death. How dare you 😉
You're judging the most popular band of every genre by what the people WHO ARE NOT REALLY INTO THAT GENRE know? What a weird fucking concept for a list.
My Elitist neckbeard basement dwelling keyboard warrior mode activated!! Reeeeeeeeeeee Industrial Metal - I do not think that word means what you think it means. Rob Zombie, NIN, and Marilyn Manson are not Industrial Metal. This is the realm of Fear Factory, Ministry, Skin Chamber, Godflesh, Pitchshifter. Most popular is Ministry even though my bias wants to say Fear Factory. Heavy Metal - Black Sabbath Gothic Metal - Type O Negative Doom Metal - Black Sabbath Alternative Metal - Slipknot even though SOAD is sooo close in popularity. Finally, I have to mention every time because I am a person that goes by taxonomy and band genres are taxonomy; Nu Metal isn't a genre, it's a buzzword to sell multiple different genres. Linkin Park isn't Metal. This does not mean you can't like the band.
@Man-st1pc I wouldn't know who the most popular is without recency bias. I like Job for a Cowboy, but never see anyone mention them. Lorna Shore and Slaughter to Prevail are all over right now, but that's because the genre is peaking. I have seen Lorna's music played in videos that aren't about the band, sooo I guess I'll pick them.
I feel like there's different types of industrial metal that often get ignored. Like I'd say the classic industrial metal e.g. Ministry and Godflesh can be subdivided into Ministry's more thrash influenced style and Godflesh's more distortion-heavy sound. It's a pet peeve of mine when NIN are called Industrial Metal, they're far more industrial rock. "Industrial Metal" in my opinion when applied to things like Rob Zombie means a different thing when applied to traditional industrial metal. Like with Ministry, Godflesh, Pitchshifter, etc it's like "Industrial with Metal" and with Rob Zombie and the more 90's era stuff under that label it's more "Metal with Industrial" if that makes sense. In conclusion, "Industrial Metal" needs subdivisions because it describes way too much shit. And MM definitely isn't Industrial Metal.
I thought this would be a really fun video to go over from various perspectives! I'm so hyped to hear your picks and lists for the genres I talk about in this video! Let me know down below your own opinions on both my list as well as your own!!!!!!! But for now, cheers, rock on, stay heavy and have yourselves a fantastic rest of your day or night, depending on when you see this!!!!!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
... Helo Monsieur, I am french and rather "very" old, I am a big fan (reader) of the "Metal Archives" (yes it smells very strong "The Gatekeepers" lol), but when you are searching about a MetalCore band, NuMetal band, DeathcoreMetal, and some others in the genre, you'll find nobody because they aren't Metal bands (search Korn, SOAD or Linkin Park for ex., you'll never find them)... Bring me the Horison and the like, ha ha ha how I hate those "Tik Tok" bands ... !!! It's for children or young girls !!! Ok I know a lot of poeple will hate me or just ignore me, but is it a problem ? No ... alot of poeple young or old knows what is good Metal Music and that's enough for me !!!
Ok you've done a good job in general, greetings !!! Just 2 bands I would have heard about them are Ministry in the Indus. genre and My Dying Bride in the Doom/Goth genre, both are very well known bands in their genre (I love them alot as I love Type O Negative or Rammstein ^^) ...
So good job man, Salut !!!
For Nu Metal I gotta say КоЯп
Popular not what you think is the best
I agree
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@@SheogorathReacts I still think КоЯп is the popular choice. For me LINKIN PARK sound is just so broad that I feel like a lot of people don’t associate them with the genre to begin with. With КоЯп they have a South Park episode, they just released a Adidas press run and all the shoes sold out almost instantly. They play narcissistic cannibals at amusement parks. And people remember that band because of the simple name. There’s definitely a case to be made for a lot of other bands like Limp Bizkit and slipknot. I don’t know if there’s a big four for numetal but those four bands definitely are it. I just think when people think of the genre, their mind doesn’t go to LINKIN PARK but again this could just be a me thing and I fully acknowledge that
For true nu metal I absolutely agree.
I have an idea for a video. Can you do a most popular *song* in each metal subgenre?
Ooh, that would be a LOT of fun! I'd love to!!
@@TheMetalTempestYTSounds great! If you end up getting to making that video, I do have some predictions in mind, but I’ll keep them to myself for now until then.
@@TheMetalTempestYT Another one would be the most underrated on each subgenre.
My favourite nu metal: SOAD
Most successful nu metal: Linkin Park
Most metal nu metal: Slipknot
Most "traditional" nu metal: Korn
I dont think sk is nu metal but yeah
This is very slightly unrelated to the video. But, I just want to say, I am really glad Acid Bath is growing in popularity, and re-uniting. I do hope this also brings people to listen the members work outside of Acid Bath too. As you know by now, I am a HUGE Dax Riggs fan. He was my pfp at some point.
Also, random question, but do you like Rozz Williams? I have been a fan for six years now.
I don't mean to be that guy to split hairs , but the grindcore band is Napalm Death. Cattle Decapitation hasn't been a grind band since Human Jerky. They maintain elements of grind even to this day, but they have incorporated elements of other genres and less grind with each subsequent release since.
Omg this was such a fun video to watch!😁 I totally agree with you especially on Black Metal, you literally read my mind. A great video as always! 🖤
I was surprised about industrial not mentioning fear factory
Any answer other than Korn for Nu metal is a TRAVESTY 😂
LMAO, nu metal was the most difficult shit for me to figure out because of how much I love like a solid 10 or up bands that're massively popular
Industrial = Ministry. This is not a discussion.
That'd be a great pick!
I didn't even know Ministry was an industrial metal band until last week.
I'd pick them over all the other ones in the video, but they're really not the first name that comes to mind when you talk about industrial metal (to the average person at least).
Do non-metal music fans even know Ministry...? They seem like a metalhead's choice not a normie's.
Godflesh
Great video, hoping for more random stuff like this
Woooop I opened youtube and this video popped up perfect timing
Yay!! Hope you enjoy it man! :D
I definitely think napalm death are more recognisable than cattle decapitation. As someone who is not really into grind at all, i hear of napalm death way before cattle decapitation. Idk that might just be me though. Loved the video!
That Jim Carrey interview introduced me to Napalm Death, and yeah, it's way more popular than cattle decapitation. At least, for me, I've met more people who heard about Napalm Death than Cattle Decapitation
Yeah, absolutely haha. I had to mention the Jim thing, still crazy that happened. Can definitely get Napalm being the pick here. :] and I had a hunch most would say that lol and that's 100% valid
Napalm Death is also directly mentioned in the Guilty Gear video game series.
also i would say that cattle decapitation is deathgrind not grindcore
Merry Christmas btw, Alex!
Ayo new Metal Tempest video. Say less, imma watch. Also this is my first comment on one of your vids I believe.
ayy, thank you so much! happy to have you here!!
If you're European, Rammstein is about as popular as the rest of metal combined
Immediately stopped working on my noise project to watch this, lmao.
Haha, I appreciate it a ton.
*Heyo mate:* how're u doing? I just want to let u know I have *my own* "mainly" industrial/nu-metal project known as Sins of the Scales: we're on Spotify and TH-cam music ~ I need especially a drummer, a bassist, and mayhaps a background/second vocalist especially for the "band"/project hmu if you're interested /for more information! >;3 🤘 🐉 🤙 🦘
Thank you so much for putting Melvins for Sludge
you got it!!
how accurate that that specific undertale song is playing while talking about black metal at 7:36 lol
LMAO, hey, I love the Undertale OST.
Eyyy Agalloch is nice to end it on :) I really agree with almost everyone of these! And most of the ones I don´t agree with are the ones where I would´ve chosen the other of your two alternatives, like SOAD over Deftones and Death over Cannibal Corpse.
One band I would throw in (even though their discography changes quite a bit) is Avenged Sevenfold for Metalcore. They are also a band that goes soooo far outside the metal scene in terms of popularity. I know so many people that are not into metal at all but they like or have at least heard of Avenged Sevenfold, it´s insane. A lot of my friends also got into metal because of them, including myself to some degree.
Also the whole industrial metal debate I feel is more in the US! If you include Europe, it´s Rammstein without a question. I don´t think I know a single person who hasn´t heard Du Hast! And that might be because I´m from Sweden and metal is really big here, but I think most of europeans will agree on this one.
And some personal picks for me would be Opeth for prog (even though they are not as big as Tool and Dream Theater, they have kept reinventing themselfs which is what prog is all about imo) and Necrophagist for tech-death (just slappin) :)
Haven't watched yet, let me predict
Traditional: Iron Maiden
Thrash: Metallica (Duh)
Death: Cannibal Corpse
Black: Mayhem
Gothic: Type O Negative
Grindcore: Napalm Death
Symphonic: Nightwish
Power: Helloween
Blackgaze: Deafheaven
Deathcore: Suicide Silence or Whitechapel
Metalcore: Killswitch Engage or As I Lay Dying
Drone: Sunn O)))
Prog: Dream Theater
Alternative: Primus????
Groove:Pantera
Folk: Alestorm
Sludge: Acid Bath
Electronic metal:Bring Me The Horizon
Nu Metal: Linkin Park
Rap Metal: Rage Against the Machine
Glam: Motley Crue
Doom: Black Sabbath
Industrial: Nine Inch Nails
DSBM: Xasthur
baddiecore lol: Bad Omens
Kawaii metal: Babymetal
The last 2 are obviously not seriously. But hope I'm right
Hehe, really excited to see how you feel about these!!
@@TheMetalTempestYTmy definition of alternative metal is horrible. It's honestly a bit of an umbrella term, I dunno if I wanna call Sabbath doom over trad. But I dunno. Also the type O one is correct. Definitely.
@@TheMetalTempestYTthats it. I've lost all respect for you. You put Cattle Decapitation over Napalm. Unsubscribed lol 😂
@Izanamimusic is kawaii metal actually a sub genre?
@@Milo-it1tfnot really. I was joking.
Now do your personal favorites from each genre:D
Turns out Marilyn Manson is sober and is now skinny again, just wanted to say that since the thumbnail has an old picture of him
Yeah but the thumbnail image is funnier
That’s not true, he was in very bad health, I think he even threw up on stage once
@@Milo-it1tf I don't see what that has to do with the thumbnail image being funny
@axel90000 he was just in a bad mental and physical state, that’s why I don’t think it’s funny, plus I don’t really laugh at people being overweight
@axel90000 i just don’t think it’s funny because at the time he was in a very bad mental and physical state, I mean he was literally molested when he was a kid, so that’s enough to break anyone, plus I just don’t laugh at overweight people
My favorite music genres were Nu Metal and Alternative Metal.
Besides Slipknot, some lesser-known but great nu metal bands include Nonpoint, Spineshank, SOiL, Nothingface, Kittie, 40 Below Summer, and Dry Kill Logic.
For alternative metal, I enjoy Three Days Grace, Thousand Foot Krutch (I know it's Christian), Downplay, Hoobastank, and Breaking Benjamin. They really draw me in.
There are also many small nu metal bands apart from the well-known ones.
kittie was amazing, Korn was my nu-metal obsession when I was in high school.
Have you listened to American Head Charge? It is a really good Nu Metal band
I am a simple man. I see Darkthrone, I click. Fun video!
for black metal I'd say it's mayhem bc whenever people talk about the Norwegian black metal scene, they tent to be at the forefront.
this might b a bit biased bc i was introduced 2 black metal from a yt documentary about mayhem
I'm not into black metal and they're the only band I recognized, so I think that's a good pick.
If you take an average normie, they'd rather say burzum bc of the lore or dimmu borgir bc of the costumes and organs
mayhem is a band that exists for its reputation while the music sucks
Rammstein, while I would describe them as a type of industrial metal, they most definitely do NOT have "all the boxes ticked off"
*Ngl* for industrial metal I'd pick Ministry if I'm being honest with myself; if it wasn't for them Nine Inch Nails probably wouldn't have even been a thought in T Reznor's head circa 1988-1989. 🤘
Absolutely agree with your take on death metal. While Death was the OG and the namesake of the sub-genre, they actually were a very experimental band and shifted away from what death metal became and explored other avenues. Cannibal Corpse is the quintessential death metal band these days, both in terms of their popularity, staying power and consistency. Likewise I agree with your take on Metalcore, it's such a broad genre that picking one or two bands to represent it is simply impossible. I figured you'd pick Killswitch Engaged if you were forced to pick but honestly staying with none would have been the better conclusion Imho. As far as Groove metal goes, very easy indeed. Pantera, simple as that, no further elaboration needed. Sepultura and Lamb of God are a stretch, they both did Groove metal, in combination with other sub-genres, but neither ever got as big and popular as Pantera. Black metal is a very tough one, again a very broad sub-genre with many different scenes and sub-sub-genres inside it. I agree that it's definitely not Venom, Bathory nor King Diamond. To me Black metal as we know it today begun with Mayhem, Emperor, Dark Throne, Immortal, etc, not those bands, but are they really the most popular Black metal bands? Not really, no. I'd say bands like Dimmu Borgir are actually significantly more popular than any of the early second wave Norwegian Black metal bands. With that said Dimmu Borgir is not a pure Black metal band but a Symphonic Black metal band so I fully understand why you didn't talk about them. Cradle of Filth is also incredibly popular but even more so than Dimmu Borgir they aren't fully Black metal, if at all. As many people see them as Black metal adjacent.
I'd argue that Nu-Metal is actually a rather small sub-genre of metal that is grossly misunderstood. I don't really consider bands like Limp Bizkit, System of a Down, Linkin' Park, etc, as Nu-Metal despite becoming popular during that same era and Imho mistakenly being labeled as such. To me Nu-Metal is early Korn, plain and simple. Other bands like Slipknot, Disturbed, etc, certainly had songs that were very much Nu-Metal but they also have songs that are very far away from it. Speaking of System of a Down, they are *the* Alternative metal band, not Nu-Metal. Progressive *metal* to me has to be Dream Theater. Tool is in right on that line between Progressive rock and Progressive metal, so I'm really uncomfortable using them as the representative Progressive metal band. For Deathcore I definitely agree with Lorna Shore over say Suicide Silence as I agree with you that the modern Deathcore bands have outshone the OGs to the point where today most people know the newer Deathcore bands a lot more than the older ones. Yeah, I strongly disagree with Deftones over System of a Down. Non metal heads listened to a ton of Chop Suey, Aerials, Toxicity, etc, on the radio for years and years. It's arguably *the* metal band across all the metal sub-genres that has most mainstream(as in non metal fans) appeal. I'm sorry but Black Sabbath isn't Heavy metal! It's Doom metal... Heavy metal is very close between Iron Maiden and Judas Priest but ultimately there is only one right answer and that is Iron Maiden. Yeah, Thrash metal is absolutely Metallica. Many metalheads would say Slayer instead but in terms of overall popularity there is no other choice but Metallica.
No idea why you mixed Doom metal with Gothic metal, the two are very different... For Doom metal as I said above it's Black Sabbath hands down. Gothic metal is a much tougher one but your choice of Type O Negative is certainly a good one. For Power metal it really depends on who you're talking to. For Americans/Canadians it's certainly Dragonforce, for anyone outside of North America, and especially Europeans, than Blind Guardian, Rhapsody, Stratovarius, etc, would be a much better choice. Not sure what Sabaton is even doing there as it's not at all a Power metal band... Not even Power metal adjacent. Also why did you not mention Dio and Rainbow...? Yeah Symphonic metal is absolutely Nightwish. They're still the biggest name in the sub-genre and others like Within Temptation have shied away from Symphonic metal altogether and now have a completely different style. Epica would be the closest alternative to Nightwish but as much as I love Epica they are still significantly less popular than Nightwish, especially in non metal spheres. Not sure why Grindcore is even in this discussion considering it's one of those very niche metal sub-genres that people outside of metal don't have a clue what it even is. As you said, Napalm Death did indeed breach into the mainstream, but the mainstream doesn't even know they're a Grindcore band as they have no clue what Grindcore is... Yeah your top 4 for Industrial metal is spot on. I agree that NIN is the least popular of those 4 and that both Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie have achieved celebrity status but are known as a celebrity much more than they are known as Industrial metal musicians. Therefore it has to be Rammstein. Sludge metal, just like Grindcore, shouldn't really be on this list.
this appeared on my fyp lmao, and i was like yeah okay.
for metalcore, i kinda hoped youd say parkway drive or i prevail tbh- disappointed but not surprised. Parkway has been around for like 40 years and a lot of people i know dont even them(considering we’re in Australia, id expect them to know Parkway lol)
That's valid! Honestly, I was trying to base this off of widespread appeal to both metal and non-metal fans.
*Heyo mate:* how're u doing? I just want to let u know I have *my own* "mainly" industrial/nu-metal project known as Sins of the Scales: we're on Spotify and TH-cam music ~ I need especially a drummer, a bassist, and mayhaps a background/second vocalist especially for the "band"/project hmu if you're interested /for more information! >;3 🤘 🐉 🤙 🦘
Combining gothic and doom feels like a cop-out, Candlemass and Sleep (who are probably the biggest doom bands) do not have much stylistic overlap with gothic metal other than "slow and atmospheric" (which I'd argue their atmospheres are substantially different). Doom's distinction from gothic metal becomes more apparent when you consider bands like Solitude Aeturnus, Pentagram, Cirith Ungol, Pallbearer, Witchcraft, etc.
Honestly, I was trying to approach things from a way to include both! Since I feel as if I wanted to be basic, I could say black sabbath for doom. But when it comes to the average non-metal listener, Type O's name and legacy really permeates on both of those genres. Keep in mind, it's not just about metalhead's opinions solely in terms of what I tried to base this off of. But that's absolutely fair.
A little bit of screams and clean vocals is the type of metal I f with😊
From the perspective of someone who actively avoids grindcore and thus isn't very knowledgeable about it, I've heard way more people talk about both Napalm Death and Pig Destroyer than Cattle Decapitation.
That's totally valid! Honestly, Napalm Death was like the #1 band that was on my list until the very last moment of me recording it and it's definitely gonna vary on the space. Napalm's like THE grindcore band so I'm not shocked about that. :]
yeah sabaton were the ones that originally got me into metal
Yeah, I think Darkthrone would probably be a really good pick for most popular black metal band.
Personally I'd probably say: Darkthrone, Mayhem, Emperor, Satyricon or Dimmu Borgir in terms of names people know if I had to throw a few more names out there. Satyricon has charted in the Nordics several times, reaching number 1 even, and have been around since the early-mid 90s to boot.
*And I know this is is kind of a trend* rn in your comment section but; I *really* want to pick KoRn for being the most popular nu metal band, J! 🌽
I know that for black metal fans it is hard to swallow, but the most popular band in that genre would be Dimmu Borgir (name dropped by Demi Lovato) or Cradle of Filth (name dropped in IT crowd) sns
i was shocked to not see djent mentioned lol. but if i were to choose i'd prob say meshuggah
As a symphonic metal fan, I agree Nightwish has to be the pick for the genre, even though they are not my favourite band, honestly not even close. Epica has a much smaller fan base, but they are by far my favourite, both because they are on the heavier side, and because they spend time and energy on creating shows like their recent "The Symphonic Synergy" shows in Amsterdam and Mexico City
it is not a hot take to say cannibal corpse is the most famous death metal band lmao. from their ace ventura appearance to seeing cannibal corpse shirts almost as much as you see slipknot and gojira shirts, they definitely have a reputation among normies, whereas death is just not known if you aren't into metal.
with metalcore i think more of falling in reverse, for the normy area, how much they took over social media. As far as nu metal goes, I don't know how we have this discussion without KoRn.
Honestly, that's valid in terms of KoRn! I just saw them pretty similar to NiN for industrial metal--very well known, but also offputting to a widespread audience. when it comes to the aesthetic/influence of nu-metal, i tried to look at what defined that generation.
falling in reverse is neither metalcore nor popular enough
This was a fun video. That being said, who was the most “fun” Metal band? I love bands in all these genres but for a smiling good time, STATIC-X. The older the better.
great list but my man how can u not include mastodon in sludge metal.
For melodeath is between The Black Dahlia Murder and In Flames
Cool vid but I gotta veto the Grindcore pick. I’m not sold on Cattle Decap being grindcore (or grindcore enough) to accurately represent that scene. I do agree in the last 15 years they’ve seen huge growth and have an enormous reach online. But the records you pointed to that are grabbing the average Joe’s attention who don’t keep their ear to the ground on this stuff barely have grindcore on them. Especially the last two. I can see a case for grind elements being present on Monolith but the last 3 are taking from black metal and combining it with brutal death metal, in my eyes. There’s a much stronger case for their deathgrind status on records like Harvest Floor, Karma.Bloody.Karma and then obviously the first 2. But yea picking Cattle Decap as the most popular grindcore band is like picking Cradle of Filth as the most popular black metal band. Thats not a slight against the bands, it just feels like they don’t quite accurately match up. And I’d have to go Napalm Death here.
That's absolutely valid and I can understand a lot of these points. realistically, cattle decap's deathgrind style always seemed to steadily grow even more popular. and in the same way their sound has diverged, there was that whole timeline of Napalm Death's mid catalogue of practically becoming a death metal band for lack of better terms. Napalm's obviously the pick most would make.
Alt metal: normies would pick SOAD or Disturbed bc of oh-ah-ah-ah-ah
Goth: HIM, come on, normies loved that (TON is great too)
Black: Dimmu?..
Soda and disturbed isnt alt metal its nu metal
My 80 y/o parents know about Cannibal Corpse through the media and all of the controversy they created over the years. They never heard about Death, except through my T-shirts.
Alot of people conflate popular for influential. Lets take metalcore for example.
Most popular. Could absolutely say Killswitch. I agree with you.
Most influential and who I think influenced most band members in metalcore bands to play in the genre and those in the die hard fan base? Converge.
This applies to every genre.
For all of these my answer was pretty easy.
Death metal: Cannibal Corpse. They're the prototypical band of how normies view death metal and even some think all metal is when it comes to sound and imagery, plus the Ace Ventura cameo has done a lot.
Metalcore: Bring Me The Horizon. Sheer numbers are insane, they did experiment with more accessable sounds but came back to it with the Post Human series of albums. Plus they're still playing songs even from the days of Count Your Blessings to sold out stadiums.
Groove metal: Pantera. The sheer influence they've had on metal ever since and they're the reason why many bands (including Sepultura) tried hopping on the genre, and DIme changed guitar forever since then. Plus they're known as the heaviest band to ever chart #1 on Billboard, that says enough.
Black metal: Behemoth. They're the first band I've heard of when it comes to anything close to black metal, and the numbers don't lie. They are blackened death but they did definitely reach the middle ground of having a sound that is more accessable than the 90's Norwegian stuff but still having the same larger than life intimidating satanic imagery, unlike other bands that have gone in the more symphonic/melodic route that don't have this threatening character.
However if we have to stick with the OG Norwegian black metal it's gotta be Mayhem, the story has now reached huge noteriaty even in normie spaces, being covered by normie true crime youtubers and of course... Lords Of Chaos (say what you will about its accuracy).
Nu metal: Slipknot. Even when the genre passed its popularity stage they've always stayed relevant throughout the years, which is something you can't say about other nu metal bands, that alone sets it apart and made it an easy answer for me. Plus the fact sound wise it's some of the least accessable bands in the genre yet it pulls such numbers, compared to Linkin Park which always had this accessability to it.
Prog metal: Tool. You said it best, plus they do have a quite varied fanbase which also includes people who are not typically into prog, I know people who are into various forms of alternative rock that are really into Tool and would not like any other kind of prog.
Deathcore: Lorna Shore. For a genre that's based on an arms race of who's the most brutal and who plays the heaviest breakdowns the fact they reached #4 on Spotify's viral charts says a lot! The only OG that came close to that is Whitechapel, with Our Endless War reaching #10 on Billboard.
Alternative metal: System Of A Down. They've been the kings of it since the day they entered the scene, both Serj and Daron are incredibly charismatic and with a sound so unique they've gotten a bunch of fans from all different metal backgrounds. While Deftones are having a ressurgence among Tiktok alternative kids System Of A Down also have more well known songs purely numbers wise
OG heavy metal: Ozzy. The godfathers of the genre of course, and I know enough people who are not metalheads at all and are fans of Black Sabbath or Ozzy's solo material. He's a star beyond all stars with so much well known lore and even an incredible reality show too :)
Gothic metal: Cradle Of Filth. They're pretty much what people think all goths are, aesthetics and culture wise. Plus the numbers don't lie.
Doom metal: Black Sabbath, again. Foor the same reason I mentioned about Ozzy earlier.
Thrash metal: well...
Power metal: Dragonforce. Purely because of Guitar Hero they'e done so much for such a niche nerdy genre and still getting numbers much bigger than pretty much any other power metal band.
Symphonic metal: Nightwish. Non have combined opera and metal in such extreme ways and with such success, you've said it best.
Grindcore: Napalm Death. Everything from the Jim Carrey praise, the John Peel exposure and BBC TV appearences, and the feature on the Mortal Kombat movie OST, and the fact they're doing such huge numbers for a genre so underground. An also it's one of the only bands I can think of where going more extreme gave them more popularity an attempts at commercialization never brought in new fans. And also it's the only band I can think of that have been making music since the 80's with their new material being just as good if not even better, that's rare! Though Carcass might also be an honorable mention for the success of their non Grind stuff and the mention on Friends.
Also, Cattle Decap are not grindcore, they're brutal death. Maybe Deathgrind.
Industrial metal: Marilyn Manson. The man himself is larger than his own music for all the wrong reasons lol.
Sludge: Melvins. They have the numbers, they have both the punk cred and the metal cred which is something rare even at a genre which combines punk and metal like Sludge.
I think Metalcore has to be Bring Me The Horizon, just the sheer numbers they have and the collabs with bigger non-rock/Metal artists like Ed Sheeran and Lil Uzi Vert, and standing the test of time from being the MySpace-core band from the UK to a known act that people flock to see.
Would you ever do this with punk subgenres?
ngl as a young person, I might have seen more lorna shore shirts than any other metal band aside from maybe Metallica, and even there while I'm only uncertain due to not having that great of memory, I'd say I at least probably see lorna shore more too
Who you think the most popular electronicore band is
Electric Callboy's a big contender! I'd say them or I See Stars, but Enter Shikari or Attack Attack are great picks too!
Alright alllriiight
I definitely agree with Cattle Decapitation and Rammstein. Rammstein is a huge live band. I would have switched out NIN for Ministry. Ministry is now a full-fledged industrial metal band. NIN really isn't industrial metal except for Broken and a few songs here and there from other albums.
I dunno how anyone could claim that Death is a better band than Corpse.
back when Napalm Death started the term "grindcore" was not quite around yet and all of the non-hair metal bands were called Thrash Metal, or at least that's what I hear (I was a baby in the early eighties and my music muscles wouldn't start to develop until the early nineties). So yeah, Jimmy Carrey was not totally inaccurate.
I'd pick Mayhem for black metal. A lot of people know the dark story behind the band even if they don't care about black metal. Also their logo is popular and gets copied a lot.
15:02 wait i know the exact one your talking about omg
Rammstein is the biggest industrial metal band of all time. No discussion
Industrial I agree Rammstein, Doom/Gothis metal I agree Type Of Negative, Nu while I'm not a fan of them I would say Slipknot just on how overly talked about and covered that band is. Folk metal? maybe Tyr, Korpiklaani, or Fintroll.
Death or Cannibal ? it is Bolt Thrower for sure
Glam Metal?
More hard rock than metal
Motley crue is the most prominent as far as im concerned.
But Cattle Decap is deathgrind, not straight up grindcore
That's valid! Honestly, considering Napalm went through their own death metal phase, it's splitting hairs. At the end of the day, I do think either of them is the obvious and most valid answer for that lol
The most popular band in Voivodian metal is Voivod. You're welcome.
Also narrowed it down to Sabaton and Dragonforce lmao...
Funeral Doom=Thergothon change my mind
I’d say slipknot is groove metal, and they’re bigger imo
I disagree with metalcore. Although I think that Killswitch is amazing I just think that A7X is a much bigger band in the normie scene. Love the video though!!!
Honestly the thumbnail was really confusing... "Most popular metal by every genre"... 😂 I thought you were going to start discussing types of metals
Cmon ! Industrial is always gonna be Rammstein, was not that hard
I see where your coming from saying Metallica is the most popular Thrash band but they did lose the grammy to Jethro Tull sooooooo....
most the bands you said as metalcore i thought where screamo
Screamo is like Saetia, pg.99 and foxtails. Listen to it you may enjoy:)
Try opal in sky it a great band
instagram band
@toomanyblocks8448 so they also on TH-cam and good and it okay to have your opinion metal elitest
I like Cattle Decapitation, but you,... YOU have committed a quasi-capital sin. You have contravened, outraged, profaned, defiled, trampled (I'm running out of synonyms) the name of Napalm Death. How dare you 😉
You're judging the most popular band of every genre by what the people WHO ARE NOT REALLY INTO THAT GENRE know? What a weird fucking concept for a list.
My Elitist neckbeard basement dwelling keyboard warrior mode activated!! Reeeeeeeeeeee
Industrial Metal - I do not think that word means what you think it means. Rob Zombie, NIN, and Marilyn Manson are not Industrial Metal. This is the realm of Fear Factory, Ministry, Skin Chamber, Godflesh, Pitchshifter. Most popular is Ministry even though my bias wants to say Fear Factory.
Heavy Metal - Black Sabbath
Gothic Metal - Type O Negative
Doom Metal - Black Sabbath
Alternative Metal - Slipknot even though SOAD is sooo close in popularity.
Finally, I have to mention every time because I am a person that goes by taxonomy and band genres are taxonomy; Nu Metal isn't a genre, it's a buzzword to sell multiple different genres. Linkin Park isn't Metal. This does not mean you can't like the band.
What about deathcore?
@Man-st1pc I wouldn't know who the most popular is without recency bias. I like Job for a Cowboy, but never see anyone mention them. Lorna Shore and Slaughter to Prevail are all over right now, but that's because the genre is peaking. I have seen Lorna's music played in videos that aren't about the band, sooo I guess I'll pick them.
I feel like there's different types of industrial metal that often get ignored. Like I'd say the classic industrial metal e.g. Ministry and Godflesh can be subdivided into Ministry's more thrash influenced style and Godflesh's more distortion-heavy sound.
It's a pet peeve of mine when NIN are called Industrial Metal, they're far more industrial rock.
"Industrial Metal" in my opinion when applied to things like Rob Zombie means a different thing when applied to traditional industrial metal. Like with Ministry, Godflesh, Pitchshifter, etc it's like "Industrial with Metal" and with Rob Zombie and the more 90's era stuff under that label it's more "Metal with Industrial" if that makes sense.
In conclusion, "Industrial Metal" needs subdivisions because it describes way too much shit.
And MM definitely isn't Industrial Metal.
KoRn is objectively the best and most popular nu metal band. Limp Bizcuit wins the trophy for most mainstream nu metal band.