The best metal band in which genre!

[Satanstoenail]

Death: Pestilence
Tech Death: Atheist
Thrash: Slayer
Post Thrash: Coroner
Power: Manowar
Black: Mayhem
Grind: Napalm Death
Industrial: Ministry
Heavy: Black Sabbath
NWOBHM: Iron Maiden
Doom: Cathedral
Djent: Meshuggah
Math: The Dillinger Escape Plan
Metalcore: Norma Jean
Noisecore: Converge
Deathcore: The Red Chord
Nu-Metal: Korn
Post Metal: Isis

 

[Personified Hatred]

Black: Mayhem
Heavy: Mercyful Fate
Doom: Black Sabbath
Thrash: Slayer
Death: Morbid Angel
Industrial: Strapping Young Lad
Viking/Folk: Einherjer

 

[Balmung]

Death: Death
Thrash: Megadeth
Power: Helloween
Black: Dissection
Doom: Candlemass

 

[Onder]

Grind: Doom(If they count) If not, Assuck, really unfortantely haven't explored grind as much as I should

Well yeah Doom doesn't classify as grind, it's a crust band (the best of it's kind, yes).

 

[mutantllama]

Well I know they're crust, but they're definitely pretty grindy, which is why i put them.

 

[Thoth-Amon]

i can't really rank bands anymore... i usually narrow it down to 2-3 as the best

 

[RavageTheKingdom]

just personal taste here:
black-Burzum
doom-Swallow the Sun
prog- Spiral Architect
prog death- Pan.Thy.Monium
tech death- its all crap

 

[Sven Pakkanen]

tech death- its all crap

. . . . .

Technical Death Metal - Either Atheist (if they count) or Spawn of Possession.

Progressive Metal - I have no shame in electing Opeth

Death Metal - Morbid Angel, especially if the new album is even a bit better than Heretic

Black Metal - Hard. Going with Emperor or Dissection

Black/Death Metal - Dawn or Sacramentum

Power Metal - Demons and Wizards or Blind Guardian

I don't really listen to much of other genres, but I'll throw in these:

Melodic Death Metal - Kalmah

Depressive / Suicidal Black Metal - ColdWorld

Traditional - Judas Priest

Thrash - Metallica's First Four

Folk Metal - Ensiferum or Moonsorrow

 

[Kara-Shehr]

As for progressive, I have no shame in electing Opeth

Melodic Death Metal - Kalmah

Depressive / Suicidal Black Metal - ColdWorld

<3

 

[Sven Pakkanen]

<3

Lol I'm glad you approve. At least I'm not alone.

 

[Kreated]

Black: Summoning
Thrash: Metallica
Nwobhm: Iron Maiden
Power: Iced Earth
Doom: Type O Negative
Hardcore: Hatebreed
Symphonic: Theatre of Tragedy (old)
Nu: Korn
Grunge: Nirvana even though they're not metal at all
Industrial: Spineshank
Death: Kalmah
Groove: Lamb of God
Post-grunge: Three Day's Grace
Alt: Ill Nino
Metalcore: Silent Civilian
Ambient: Mirkwood (of Summoning)
Classic: Dio


I know it's arguable whether some of those genres are really metal but those are my favorites in each

 

[GrayRain]

Death: Decapitated
Thrash: Slayer (First 6 albums)
Black: Gorgoroth
Dark: Bethlehem
Folk: Agalloch
Grind: Brutal Truth (don't listen to a lot of grind)
Heavy: Black Sabbath
Doom: Katatonia
Black/Doom: Dolorian
Funeral Doom: Mournful Congregation
Depressive: Forgotten Tomb

Eh, some of these may not be "genres" but it's how I classify music. And yeah, there's a lot of overlap, especially in the last four.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Black: Mayhem
Death: Atheist
Doom: Trouble
Progressive: Fates Warning
Thrash: Coroner
Traditional: Iron Maiden

The other genres I'm not opinionated and/or knowledgeable on enough to say.

 

[DeadWinterDay]

Brutal/Tech Death: Suffocation/Kronos
Death: Intestine Baalism/Death
Black/Viking: Windir/Bathory
Black: Darkthrone/Burzum
Epic: Moonsorrow/Summoning
Grind: Rotten Sound/Carcass
Folk: Agalloch/Viikate
Slam: Devourment/Wormed
Doom: Y.O.B./Electric Wizard
Progressive: Green Carnation/Opeth
Deathcore: Suicide Silence/August Burns Red <-- I dont know why, but I can actually stand these bands for some reason
Industrial: Fear Factory

 

[Hell Patrol]

Death: Bolt Thrower
Groove: DevilDriver
Thrash: Megadeth
Traditional: Judas Priest
Prog: Dream Theater
Power: Manowar
Glam: Skid Row
Speed: Motörhead

I don't like Black. Or Doom. Or Tech Death. Or Folk.

 

[HolyJari]

Death: Death

Tech Death: Atheist

Melodeath: Insomnium

Black: Emperor

Atmospheric / Depressive Black: Austere

Doom: Electric Wizard

Funeral Doom: Thergothon

Folk / Pagan: Moonsorrow

Power: Wintersun

Classic Heavy: Iron Maiden

Progressive: Opeth

Symphonic: Bal-Sagoth

Industrial: Devin Townsend

Grind: Anaal Nathrakh

Post: Agalloch

Core: Trivium

Viking: Ensiferum

 

[The Ozzman]

Glam: Dokken, followed by Ratt
Thrash: Very hard to choose, but I'll go with Sepultura right now
Death: Suffocation or Bolt Thrower
Heavy: Judas Priest
Progressive: Opeth
Goth Rock: Katatonia
Metalcore: Killswitch Engage
Melodeathish: Bodom

 

[ArneZ]

Hard as fuck, cause I enjoy most metal I listen to no matter what genre its from:

Death: Death
Blackened death: Behemoth
Brutal death: Aborted
Melodic death: Skyfire
Tech death: Necrophagist
Black: Emperor
Doom: Katatonia
Folk: Equilibrium
Thrash: Destruction
Power: Helloween
Heavy: Black Sabbath
Progressive: Opeth
Symphonic: Enslavement of Beauty
Glam: Hardcore Superstar
Nu: Static-X
Industrial: Fear Factory
Viking: Ensiferum
Drone: Jesu
Groove: Machine Head
Grindcore: Carcass
Crust: Extreme Noise Terror
Metalcore: Raunchy
Deathcore: Despised Icon
Avant-garde: Dødheimsgård
Alt: Katatonia
Gothic: Before the Dawn
Neo-classical: Children of Bodom
Post: Agalloch
Sludge: Mastodon
Speed: Motörhead

 

[EternalMetal]

Death: Demilich
Black: Beherit
Doom: Candlemass
Heavy: Mercyful Fate
Progressive: Voivod
Technical: Atheist
Thrash: Coroner
Melodic Death: At the Gates (early)
Sludge: Old Man Gloom

 

[Sven Pakkanen]

^ Nice list.