bands that define genres

[lurch70]

so all this essential discs stuff got me thinking about something else ...

bands that define genres in your mind ... a band that is the pure definition, without a doubt, of the genre it belongs to

post specific discs if you want ... but band first.

we can go into other genres as well ... outside of metal.

ok, for example

Thrash = Exodus
Black Metal = Burzum

 

[NAD]

thrash - megadeth
stoner - kyuss
black metal - darkthrone
awesome - primus
black man blues thievery - led zeppelin
heavy with time crazy signatures and shit - meshuggah
ice cream - pink floyd

 

[spikes77]

for me

Blackmetal - darkthrone
thrash - kreator
doom - reverend bizarre
funeral doom - skepticism
power metal - blind guardian
punk err: dirty looks) bad religion
neo folk - sol invictus

 

[EdenKriss]

gothic metal - paradise lost (yeah, because of that album)

progressive rock - rush (yep, they werent the first, but probably the most significant)

doom metal - black sabbath (no comments needed!)

pop music (as in popular music) - the beatles

psychedelic rock - pink floyd (not sure this is correct, but hey, had to mention the best band in the world)

 

[NAD]

halloween kickass - the misfits
orange julius - clutch
bangbangbang - marvin gaye

 

[Reign in Acai]

Annoying Armenian Cacophony - System of a Down
Look at me I'm Evil Music- Slipknot
Lead Singers voice makes me horny - Lacuna Coil

 

[EdenKriss]

Lead Singers voice makes me horny - Lacuna Coil

i think youre wrong, didnt you mean the gathering?

 

[Reign in Acai]

Hmmm. All good female vocalists tickle my fancy. A good voice can make an ugly brutish woman as attractive as Carmen Electra circa "Singled Out". I'd even make passionate love to Elisa Martin for having such a glorious set of cords.

 

[Demonspell]

prog in the true sense: King Crimson
post-rock: GYBE and its incestuous branches
viking: Moonsorrow
defiance of all genres while dabbling in all genres: Frank Zappa
post-hardcore: Neurosis, Isis, and their progeny
autumnal metal: Agalloch
all that was good about 80s metal: Iron Maiden
all that sucked about 80s metal: insert glam band here. Or Manowar.

 

[General Zod]

psychedelic rock - pink floyd (not sure this is correct, but hey, had to mention the best band in the world)

Whatever genre they belong in, they own it.

Zod

 

[cthulufhtagn]

buttrock: hammerfall

 

[Dark One]

Whatever genre they belong in, they own it.

Zod

I'd say "Progressive" Rock - but how many freakin' sub-genre labels can we have???

I fully agree by the way.

 

[E-bortion]

Deathmetal - Venom
Grindcore - Assuck
Trance - Jean Michel Jarre

 

[J.]

Viking metal - Bathory
black metal - Bathory

folk metal - Skyclad
Death metal - Carcass

 

[cthulufhtagn]

Deathmetal - Venom

uh?

 

[E-bortion]

uh?

Eh, they paved the way. Error on my part. Suppose they didn't define the genre, rather was a catalyst for inspiration to.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

Eh, they paved the way. Error on my part. Suppose they didn't define the genre, rather was a catalyst for inspiration to.

yea but i'd say they were more paving the way for black metal though...

 

[E-bortion]

Considering they released "Black Metal" agreed on a level, but the sound itself wasn't reminiscent of blackmetal, nor deathmetal either really. Bah, fuck genre dropping. People make asses of themselves while doing it and its usually me.

 

[lurch70]

Venom was more punk than anything ... their tongue in cheek lyrical theme was picked up by BM bands as something serious

they were the KISS of the darkside ...

 

[General Zod]

Not sure if it counts as a genre, but:

I-totally-want-to-nail-the-lead-singer-Hair Metal = Femme Fatale.

Zod