What's your favorite metal subgenre?

anch_io said:Yeah. Hardcore kids who eventually decided to pivot into playing metal...

converge, coalesce, cave in...

hm... I can't think of a fourth band starting with C... 😁

I've been getting into these early ones lately. It’s not necessarily my favorite genre, but it’s definitely up there right now. So tell me, expert, do you know where I can find some Converge's CDs? (Original copies, obviously—I don't need the feds knocking on my door, for god's sake).

I don't know a fourth band starting with C, but I know one starting with A—Agoraphobic Nosebleed (and they did that split with Converge, just like Coalesce did).

Scorpions... honestly, they’re the only legitimate metal band left in this world.

Kevin Chavez3 said:just Skinny Puppy - Choralone

aaah: "rabies". nothing... just a sigh. looks like we still have some nostalgics hanging around here... 🙂

Kevin Chavez3 said:Grind/death! 👍

Then some old school thrash (Anthrax, Metallica, Testament...) and maybe Iron Maiden as a "guilty pleasure".

looks like someone actually beat Cody for the title of having the widest musical range on this forum... 😉

It’s always the same pattern with me. Once I find something I actually care about, I just lean in too hard. It builds up until it's overwhelming. 🙂

Like Discharge - Hear Nothing , see Nothing

Ryan Ruiz said:industrial

?

Come on, Ryan, give me a break... 😉

Heavy!

Heavy, power, progressive.

Nothing but pure, unadulterated Heavy Metal here!!!
JUDAS PRIEST
IRON MAIDEN
HELLOWEEN
MEGADETH (alright, fine, they aren't exactly Heavy, but who cares!)
MANOWAR
HALFORD

My absolute favorite route has to be the one running from the outskirts straight through downtown
It’s such a clean, solid metal route—what people call the "twelve" line

Bryan Martin31 said:?

Come on, man, don't even go there... I'm serious. 😉

Don't give me that. Look, when it comes to Symbol of Life... that's just how I have to look at it. 😁

I just found myself reminiscing about another one—sludge
*****

Heavy, industrial,
maybe some alternative stuff here and there too
sometimes even some symphonic black...

Alex Ramirez40 said:Heavy, industrial,
just some random alternative stuff
occasionally symphonic black...

What exactly counts as alternative metal?
I've never actually heard that term used before—any specific bands in mind?

power
Heavy
death

...honestly, that trash is absolute garbage. It’s straight from hell, just pure crap... sorry for the language, but that's just how I feel about it. (just my two cents...)

🙂

Nicholas Castillo said:...that stuff is just trash

It isn't "trash," it's T H R A S H! Seriously, I am getting so incredibly tired of correcting people on this, so please, for the love of everything holy, just learn the difference once and for all.

Nicholas Castillo said:...to thrash stuff is just garbage to me, straight up Satanic crap... sorry for the language, but that's just how I feel! (that's all...)

🙂

I have never actually heard of any thrashers worshipping Satan...

ruggedhawk80 said:I’ve honestly never heard anyone say that thrashers actually worship Satan...

I mean, it’s not like they're all out there forming actual cults or anything, but let's be real—there's a massive amount of thrash bands out there with songs dedicated to the devil, like Slayer, Exodus, or Possessed...

give me a like:1)Taylor Swift
2)Iron Maiden
3)Ozzy
4)In Flames
5)Metallica
6)Bruce Dickinson
7)Helloween
8)Korn
I know the first one is a bit controversial and totally unfair, but hey, what can I say... Taylor rocks

Since this thread is already alive and kicking, I figured I’d jump in and see if anyone here has checked out Metallica lately? What’s the verdict? I haven't really dug into their earliest stuff yet, but they put out two albums this year—Deliverance (which hits a bit harder) and Damnation (a bit more chill)—and I’m honestly loving them. They’re playing this kind of progressive Death Metal with all these moody, Pink Floyd-esque vibes... at least, that's how it feels to me, since I feel like I'm constantly getting lost trying to figure out which genre is which these days.

Anyway, my heart usually belongs to progressive rock or metal, and then maybe some heavy or thrash... but heavy metal and death metal aren't really my main thing.