Favorite Metal Sub-genres (This time with a poll :) )

[genocide roach]

viking
~gR~

 

[Teh Grimace]

borknagar = quintessential post-black band


post-anything in general tends to be good, or at least unique. post- is just another way of saying "not the same old shit"

 

[hibernal_dream]

heavy, thrash, death, doom, black

yep.. i like the lot too.

 

[Xeroth]

Death Metal, what sub-genre are Finntroll? Anyway, Battle Metal is good too.

 

[Teh Grimace]

finntroll are polkacore.

...

blackened tubametal.

...

drunk dwarf rock.

 

[Xeroth]

well quite

 

[Zephyrus]

melodic black, symphonic black, post-black, swedish death (in most of its forms), and polish death.

 

[Killbot]

cyber-grind.... if done well, which about two bands have actually managed to do.

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

Melodic Death, Black, Thrash

 

[byrne]

wtf is battle metal.

thrash and death for me.

 

[Procella]

Doom (all kinds) and things like Arcturus, Peccatum, Atrox, Ephel Duath... music with metal roots but searching for something more...

 

[Susperia]

Folk/Viking and Doom and then Black!!

 

[Xeroth]

Dragonforce are classed as Battle Metal, I think it has something to do with the fans actually doing battle with plastic weapons... bit odd but nevermind

 

[Killbot]

Surely if anyone would be battle metal it would be Turisas, they even released an album called battle metal.

 

[Xeroth]

also a good point

 

[Xeroth]

but tht doesn't mean tht Dragonforce can't b Battle Metal also

 

[byrne]

Dragonforce are classed as Battle Metal, I think it has something to do with the fans actually doing battle with plastic weapons... bit odd but nevermind

i cant tell whether you are being serious, because you say a lot of stupid things. but because you mentioned "battle metal" without any context of a joke, i can only assume you think it exists. dragonforce are power metal - battle metal probably falls in with "viking metal", otherwise known as "non-existent genres of metal, metal"

 

[Mort Divine]

Folk, Viking, and Black. However, I find myself liking alot of post-black and avant-garde things as well.

Battle metal, to my knowledge, while being made up usually refers to bands like Axis of Advance.

 

[Nico]

Dragonforce are power metal. There's absolutely nothing about them that could warrant a new subgenre.

 

[Xeroth]

I didn't say I'm classing them as Battle Metal, they have been on all the Battle Metal albums, so I kinda figured.... I was wrong tho, so fair enough