(150+ Genres Named)

August 4, 2023 1:22 PM

EVERY GENRE OF ROCK/METAL
posted by box (38 comments total)

Sure, but could any of them kill the Metal?
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 1:26 PM on August 4, 2023

This is a pretty good list, but I have have some notes.

1/146: Firstly...
posted by gwint at 1:47 PM on August 4, 2023 [14 favorites]

What about light metal, as exemplified by The Warlord and the Bishop? (I must admit I've never quite understood the bit, but Stephen Fry as the naughty bishop belting out Hard-Headed Woman is a glorious thing.)
posted by Ursula Hitler at 1:54 PM on August 4, 2023 [1 favorite]

No Yacht Metal? I mean, there's Pirate Metal, but I assume that's an advanced progression of Yacht Metal after you get boarded.

Now I'm picturing a genre of Yacht Rock where the song suddenly stops and after a scuffle becomes a pirate shanty...
posted by credulous at 2:58 PM on August 4, 2023 [2 favorites]

Rock, Rot, Rule.
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 3:04 PM on August 4, 2023 [2 favorites]

I thought there were only so many times one can split a hair...
posted by AwkwardPause at 3:28 PM on August 4, 2023 [1 favorite]

Previously on Metafilter:
The map of music (from 2013)

it's a thread about Every Noise at Once.
click a genre title for a sample. Click the ">>" to drill down into that category or to that artist. The genres have tabs that link to spotify playlists. And more selection methods from the home page.

And referenced in
Be calmly aware that this may periodically expand, contract or combust. (2017).
posted by jjj606 at 3:40 PM on August 4, 2023

Put this on so my husband could have some fun yelling at the tv.
posted by PussKillian at 3:45 PM on August 4, 2023 [9 favorites]

Map of Metal

Heavy Metal Genre Generator
posted by gwint at 3:50 PM on August 4, 2023 [3 favorites]

No No Wave?
posted by swift at 4:35 PM on August 4, 2023

Every genre & artist on the list (from a youtube comment)

1. Rock and Roll (Chuck Berry)
2. Rockabilly (Elvis Presley)
3. Classic Rock (Aerosmith)
4. Heavy Metal (Black Sabbath)
5. Soft Rock (Billy Joel)
6. Hard Rock (AC/DC)
7. Alternative Rock (Pixies)
8. Progressive Rock (Yes)
9. Art Rock (Radiohead)
10. Blues Rock (Led Zeppelin)
11. Folk Rock (Bob Dylan)
12. Country Rock (Eagles)
13. Punk Rock (Sex Pistols)
14. Psychedelic Rock (Jefferson Airplane)
15. Pop Rock (Elton John)
16. Glam Rock (David Bowie)
17. Arena Rock (Queen)
18. Thrash Metal (Metallica)
19. Glam Metal (Def Leppard)
20. Grunge (Nirvana)
21. New Wave (Talking Heads)
22. Proto-Punk (MC5)
23. Post-Punk (Joy Division)
24. Acid Rock (Cream)
25. Proto-Metal (Steppenwolf)
26. Neoclassical Metal (Deep Purple)
27. Power Pop (The Who)
28. Pop Punk (blink-182)
29. Indie Rock (Neutral Milk Hotel)
30. Britpop (Oasis)
31. Garage Rock (The Kingsmen)
32. Garage Rock Revival (The Strokes)
33. New Wave of British Heavy Metal (Iron Maiden)
34. Power Metal (Rainbow)
35. Speed Metal (Motörhead)
36. Experimental Rock (The Velvet Underground)
37. Noise Rock (Sonic Youth)
38. Industrial Rock (Nine Inch Nails)
39. Space Rock (Pink Floyd)
40. Jazz Rock (Chicago)
41. Symphonic Rock (The Moody Blues)
42. Electronic Rock (Depeche Mode)
43. Baroque Pop (Procol Harum)
44. Synth Pop (Tears for Fears)
45. Jangle Pop (The Byrds)
46. College Rock (R.E.M.)
47. Jazz Fusion (Steely Dan)
48. Yacht Rock (Supertramp)
49. Disco Rock (The Rolling Stones)
50. Dance Rock (Hall & Oates)
51. Rap Rock (Beastie Boys)
52. Latin Rock (Santana)
53. Samba Rock (Jorge Ben)
54. Heartland Rock (Bruce Springsteen)
55. Roots Rock (The Band)
56. Swamp Rock (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
57. Southern Rock (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
58. Boogie Rock (ZZ Top)
59. Surf Rock (Dick Dale & His Del-Tones)
60. Hair Metal (Guns N' Roses)
61. Biker Metal (Judas Priest)
62. Acoustic Rock (Kansas)
63. Sunshine Pop (The Turtles)
64. Progressive Pop (The Beach Boys)
65. Dream Pop (Mazzy Star)
66. Shoegaze (my bloody valentine)
67. Stoner Rock (Queens of the Stone Age)
68. Desert Rock (Kyuss)
69. Gothic Rock (The Cure)
70. Death Metal (Death)
71. Black Metal (Mercyful Fate)
72. Doom Metal (Electric Wizard)
73. Progressive Metal (Dream Theater)
74. Alternative Metal (Alice in Chains)
75. Groove Metal (Pantera)
76. Hardcore Punk (Black Flag)
77. Crossover Thrash (Suicidal Tendencies)
78. Pub Rock (Nick Lowe)
79. Funk Rock (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
80. Psychedelic Funk (Funkadelic)
81. Neo-psychedelia (Tame Impala)
82. Nu Metal (Korn)
83. Rap Metal (Limp Bizkit)
84. Funk Metal (Rage Against the Machine)
85. Instrumental Rock (Rush)
86. Jam Rock (Grateful Dead)
87. Raga Rock (The Beatles)
88. Tropical Rock (Jimmy Buffett)
89. Celtic Rock (Great Big Sea)
90. Reggae Rock (The Police)
91. Math Rock (Battles)
92. Post-rock (Tortoise)
93. Neo-progressive Rock (Marillon)
94. Post-progressive (King Crimson)
95. Post-grunge (Bush)
96. Skate Punk (Big Boys)
97. Street Punk (The Casualties)
98. Oi! (Sham 69)
99. Krautrock (Can)
100. Anatolian Rock (Baris Manço)
101. Slacker Rock (Sebadoh)
102. Ska Punk (Sublime)
103. Trip Hop (Gorillaz)
104. Electronic Punk (Devo)
105. Dark Wave (Q Lazzarus)
106. Organ Rock (The Doors)
107. British Invasion (The Yardbirds)
108. Christian Rock (Skillet)
109. Operatic Rock (Meat Loaf)
110. Bubblegum Pop (The Archies)
111. Comedy Rock (Tenacious D)
112. Shock Rock (Marilyn Manson)
113. Occult Rock (Coven)
114. Crust Punk (Hellbastard)
115. Post-hardcore (Dance Gavin Dance)
116. Emo (My Chemical Romance)
117. Screamo (Thursday)
118. Symphonic Metal (Nightwish)
119. Epic Doom Metal (Candlemass)
120. Funeral Doom (Mournful Congregation)
121. Art Punk (Suicide)
122. Punk Blues (Immortal Lee Country Killers)
123. Cowpunk (Social Distortion)
124. Metalcore (Avenged Sevenfold)
125. Deathcore (Whitechapel)
126. Post-metal (Neurosis)
127. Melodic Death Metal (In Flames)
128. Technical Death Metal (Nocturnus)
129. Horror Punk (Misfits)
130. Anarcho-punk (Crass)
131. Sludge Metal (Melvins)
132. Industrial Metal (White Zombie)
133. Gothic Metal (Paradise Lost)
134. Djent (Meshuggah)
135. Grindcore (Napalm Death)
136. Psychobilly (The Meteors)
137. Gothobilly (The Cramps)
138. War Metal (Blasphemy)
139. Blackgaze (Deafhaven)
140. Mathcore (Converge)
141. Jazz Metal (Animals as Leaders)
142. Drone Metal (Earth)
143. Avante-garde Metal (Celtic Frost)
144. Neue Deutsche Härte (Rammstein)
145. Folk Metal (Skyclad)
146. Viking Metal (Bathory)
147. Medieval Metal (Subway to Sally)
148. Pirate Metal (Swashbuckle)
149. Kawaii Metal (BABYMETAL)
150. Death 'n' Roll (Entombed)
151. Black 'n' Roll (Kvelertak)

posted by glonous keming at 5:40 PM on August 4, 2023 [8 favorites]

Shots fired.
posted by mmrtnt at 6:07 PM on August 4, 2023 [1 favorite]

Nevermind the hairsplitting over genre, what really bugs me about htis video is the apparently random order the genres are presented in. Surely you'd arrange them in some sort of chronological order?
posted by davidwitteveen at 6:26 PM on August 4, 2023 [2 favorites]

- I guess it looks as if you're reorganizing your records. What is this though? Chronological?
No...
- Not alphabetical...
Nope...
- What?
Autobiographical.
posted by swift at 7:23 PM on August 4, 2023 [5 favorites]

I'd just like to point out that the Rolling Stones are herefore canonically Disco Rock.
posted by signal at 8:03 PM on August 4, 2023 [2 favorites]

Pink Floyd isn't space rock, but they don't sound anything like Yes, so what are you going to do?
posted by grumpybear69 at 8:18 PM on August 4, 2023

What is the difference between psychedelic rock and acid rock?
posted by Selena777 at 8:41 PM on August 4, 2023

I think there is some kind of clustering going on when it comes to organization
posted by Selena777 at 8:42 PM on August 4, 2023 [1 favorite]

In case you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend multi-hyphenate Dave Hill's Black Metal Dialogues.
posted by Anoplura at 9:45 PM on August 4, 2023

Beatles are Raga Rock?! I mean there’s no entry for Rock and Roll. And Nick Lowe, I love him for 45 years, but Pub Rock has to be Rockpile.
posted by billsaysthis at 10:07 PM on August 4, 2023

I'd argue some of the assignments if I cared but some of you seem to be missing that the labels are being assigned to specific recordings, not to the entire oeuvre of those bands whose tracks were selected to provide well-known examples.

> I mean there’s no entry for Rock and Roll

The video literally begins by citing "Johnny B. Goode" as an example of the "Rock and Roll" genre.
posted by Nerd of the North at 2:02 AM on August 5, 2023 [4 favorites]

Challenge accepted YouTuber, you missed:

Jazz Punk (NoMeansNo)

But I suppose they missed that Vancouver Jazz Festival show where they shamefacedly admitted it.
posted by house-goblin at 2:25 AM on August 5, 2023 [2 favorites]

Pirate Metal

OK, now you're just making stuff up.
posted by Paul Slade at 2:58 AM on August 5, 2023 [2 favorites]

Blast ye for a Lubber Metal fan, Pirate Metal/Punk/Pop /Whatever be known for it’s abundance of hooks!
posted by house-goblin at 3:12 AM on August 5, 2023 [3 favorites]

Is it related to Arrrrrrr & B?
posted by Paul Slade at 4:53 AM on August 5, 2023 [5 favorites]

Pink Floyd isn't space rock

Depends on which era of Pink Floyd you are talking about. Early Pink Floyd albums are definitely examples of space rock.
posted by Pendragon at 7:51 AM on August 5, 2023

That's a lotta white dudes.
posted by The corpse in the library at 10:57 AM on August 5, 2023 [3 favorites]

you missed:
Jazz Punk (NoMeansNo)

However much I like NoMeansNo, in my list Victims Family gets that label slapped onto them, if any.
posted by stFire at 11:23 AM on August 5, 2023 [1 favorite]

Ha! Yes, Victims Family could take the Jazz Punk throne and I’m pretty sure the NoMeansNo guys would be happy to let them take it.

P.S. Serendipitously enough I was just looking at an old Victims Family shirt in my closet a week or two ago.
posted by house-goblin at 11:47 AM on August 5, 2023 [1 favorite]

Is it related to Arrrrrrr & B?

Yarr, I do believe that mighty scalawag Booty Collins walks the planks connecting Pirate Metal, Funk Metal, Psychedelic Funk and Arrr & B.
posted by house-goblin at 11:53 AM on August 5, 2023

Incomplete, don't see, Eastern European Death Metal Polka
posted by sammyo at 11:58 AM on August 5, 2023 [1 favorite]

I have ontological constipation
posted by DeepSeaHaggis at 1:46 PM on August 5, 2023

Also no mention of Hardcore Oompah, a personal favorite.
posted by kinnakeet at 6:50 PM on August 5, 2023

Also no mention of Hardcore Oompah, a personal favorite.

I suspect you're joking, but now I really want to hear some Hardcore Oompah!

Also, today's Guardian has this:"Two doom metal bands, Arð and Pantheïst, recently performed at Huddersfield town hall – accompanied by the venue’s imposing 1860 Father Willis organ. The Organic Doom gig was so successful that they plan to repeat the performance around the UK. But the collaboration is about more than just making beautiful music – the hope is that events like these will help save some of the nation’s pipe organs from destruction."
posted by Paul Slade at 2:34 AM on August 6, 2023 [1 favorite]

Nerd off the North, my bad. I lost track after 137 genres.
posted by billsaysthis at 11:51 PM on August 6, 2023

Pirate Metal

OK, now you're just making stuff up.


Alestorm! will fix that for you.
posted by illongruci at 3:30 AM on August 7, 2023

Is shock rock its own distinct genre or a performance style with a lineage that runs throughout rock subgenres? Manson *sounds* like pretty straightforward industrial rock with occasional deviations. Grindcore lyrics - when discernible - tend towards shocking subject matter as a rule and I remember Lou Reed having to answer an interview question that was essentially "why do you write about distasteful things all of the time?"
posted by Selena777 at 1:28 PM on August 7, 2023

The Cure insists they are not gothic rock and Meshuggah insist they are not djent. That said, I think both bands are wrong.
posted by mutesolo at 3:51 PM on August 9, 2023