Big four of other metal genres

[vgmaster9]

Since there's already a big four of thrash, I'm wondering what other genres you think could have a big four. You could add any genre you like. Here's my picks.


Heavy metal

Black Sabbath
Judas Priest
Motorhead
Iron Maiden (with Bruce/Blaze)

NWOBHM

Iron Maiden (with Paul)
Saxon
Diamond Head
Raven

Speed metal

Exciter
Anvil
Accept
Running Wild

Thrash metal part 2

Exodus
Testament
Overkill
Kreator

Doom metal

Candlemass
Trouble
Pentagram
Saint Vitus

Funeral doom

Evoken
Ahab
Skeptisism
Mournful Congregation

Death metal

Death
Obituary
Morbid Angel
Deicide

Brutal death metal

Suffocation
Devourment
Disgorge
Dying Fetus

Melodic death metal

Hypocrisy
Amon Amarth
Dark Tranquility
At the Gates

Technical death metal

Origin
Necrophagist
Cryptopsy
Nile

Black metal (First wave)

Bathory
Venom
Hellhammer
Celtic Frost

Black metal (Second wave)

Mayhem
Gorgoroth
Immortal
Darkthrone

Grindcore

Napalm Death
Terrorizer
Repulsion
Brutal Truth

Goregrind

Carcass
Last Days of Humanity
Regurgitate
Dead Infection

Gothic Metal

Paradise Lost
My Dying Bride
Anathema
Type O Negative

Progressive metal

Dream Theater
Fates Warning
Watchtower
Queensryche

Power metal

Hammerfall
Helloween
Blind Guardian
Manowar

Symphonic metal

Nightwish
Haggard
Epica
Therion

Folk metal

Skyclad
Finntroll
Enisferum
Korpiklanni

Medieval metal

Corvus Corax
Subway to Sally
In Extremo
Schandmaul

NWOAHM

Avenged Sevenfold
Devildriver
Chimaira
Mastadon

Metalcore

Hatebreed
Converge
Integrity
Rorschach

Melodic metalcore

All that Remains
Killswitch Engage
As I Lay Dying
Trivium

Industrial metal

Ministry
Godflesh
KMFDM
Fear Factory

Groove metal

Pantera
Sepultura
Gojira
Machine Head

Sludge metal

Eyehategod
Crowbar
Acid Bath
Grief

Stoner metal

Electric Wizard
Bongzilla
Weedeater
High on Fire

Crossover thrash

Suicidal Tendencies
Stormtroopers of Death
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
Corrosion of Conformity

NWOTHM

White Wizzard
Cauldron
Enforcer
Holy Grail

 

[Luoto]

The definition for the big four of thrash is solely commercial success, need to remember that.

Melodic death metal

In Flames
Children of Bodom
Dark Tranquility
At the Gates

CoB being melodeath is disputed, especially when they had their commercial breakthrough. The big four of melodeath could be something like:

In Flames
Dark Tranquillity
Amon Amarth
Amorphis

Similarly to IF, Amorphis drifted away from melodeath but made considerable success in album sales during the era. "Tales from the Thousand Lakes" has sold more than 250 000 copies, and I've seen some figures of "Elegy" going past the 100 000 mark.

 

[Avigrus]

Incantation instead of Deicide

 

[Personified Hatred]

My list could be the same of vgmaster9.

 

[SomeGuyDude]

Black Metal 2 should be:

Burzum
Mayhem
Darkthrone
Emperor

 

[SweptbackFlame]

Instead of Running Wild for speed metal, I probably would of put Iced Earth in there place. But that's just me, two excellent bands either way.

 

[Krow]

If we are going by what the big four meant in thrash, not including Cannibal Corpse in death metals big four is retarded.

 

[Spiderchrist]

Cannibal Corpse should be in the big 4 of Death Metal. Get Anal Cunt out of Grindcore, and put in Carcass or Brutal Truth!
Edit: Carcass is already in Goregrind, but I feel like they belong in simple Grindcore.

 

[Spiderchrist]

Incantation instead of Deicide

?!?!?!?!?!? Hell naw!

 

[Balls McHoolihan]

What would you all say for slam/brutal death? I know Devourment is in there somewhere...

 

[Krow]

What would you all say for slam/brutal death? I know Devourment is in there somewhere...

Suffocation, Devourment, Disgorge, Dying Fetus.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Progressive metal

Dream Theater
Fates Warning
Watchtower
Queensryche

Fixed.

 

[Exodus Prime]

Pretty good lists. Good to see Skyclad getting some love.
I'd have put Die Krupps in the Industrial list and Symphony X in the prog metal list though, and maybe Entombed in the DM list.

 

[Spiderchrist]

What about tech death?

 

[massacred]

Tech death:
Origin
Necrophagist
Cryptopsy (pre-The Unspoken Shit)
Spawn of Possession

SoP is debateable though.

 

[Spiderchrist]

Tech death:
Origin
Necrophagist
Cryptopsy (pre-The Unspoken Shit)
Spawn of Possession

SoP is debateable though.

Gorguts? I'd take Spawn of Possession out and put Psycroptic in before them. Progressive Death Metal? Atheist and Cynic for sure. Death could also qualify.

 

[CF87]

I hate when people regard Children of Bodom as Melodic Death Metal. It really makes no sense to me.

 

[massacred]

Gorguts?

Ah, fuck. How could I forget? How embarrasing.

 

[vgmaster9]

Instead of Running Wild for speed metal, I probably would of put Iced Earth in there place. But that's just me, two excellent bands either way.

Iced Earth isn't speed metal, they're American power metal.

 

[Chairman Kaga]

Personally, I'd change these ones

Symphonic metal

Nightwish
Kamelot
Epica
Within Temptation

Folk metal

Eluveitie
Finntroll
Enisferum
Korpiklanni

Power metal

Stratovarius
Helloween
Blind Guardian
Gamma Ray