Metal Sub-Genres Explained

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[kenshin]

Black : all hail the beast
Death : i am the beast
Power : lets slay the beast
Thrash : lemme tell you about a beast

[ginkiba]

Folk metal is less "Elves dancing in the forest" and more "We're calling upon the dead gods of the forest to kill our enemies."

[devlinorsomething]

“VIKING METAL IS DESTROYING THE VILLAGE” caught me off guard

[craiglee]

I’m 45. I used to play in a metal band (drums). This is the most succinct, accurate description of 25 years worth of drunken conversations I’ve had. Bravo.

[JordieOz]

Growing up in a broken home, I really appreciate that Punk and Metal are so willing to share custody of Hardcore like that. Warms my heart.

[GracefulTube]

Nu Metal actually got me into the metal genre as a whole

[TheBdawg]

"Kawaii metal is adorably heavy" got me good! Great Babymetal reference!

[ElegantHope]

can confirm, nu metal got me fully into metal by being a good basis for my friend to give me songs based off of what I liked in nu metal.

[yeetsmolboi]

you forgot dwarf metal: I AM A DWARF AND IM DIGGING A HOLE! DIGGY DIGGY HOLE! DIGGY DIGGY HOLE!

[nerodia]

As a power metal fan, your description is correct in all the best ways.
And progressive metal is taking any other subgenre and applying a story to it and making the songs twice as long. But also in the best way.

[Mulch-rb]

Prog metal gives you the most heavenly sounds you can think of while at the same time giving you headaches from all the head bopping

[somethingcreativeprobably]

Not only did you acknowledge Symphonic metal, you praised it 🥺❤️

[LienRanMizunagi]

'Djent is not a genre' this stung my soul in more ways than one, while giving me existential crisis as on the side

[ela-]

I needed this. This is good as someone who stumbles around music with a: "sound good, good sound" approach.

[joVeeNoise]

Didn’t expect the mathcore reference, but it’s greatly appreciated

[yeetaleet_gd]

I will never remember those sub-genres, but if it's metal, I'll listen to it lmao.

[dr.spaaceman]

This is officially the best video to ever exist.

[vantablack]

THIS IS BEYOND TRUE.

In fact, when someone asks what's the difference, I'm just gonna send them here.

[jaykanou]

The Babymetal reference was awesome 😂😂😂

[alksi]

And Melodic Death Metal is Death Metals little brother who due to being the younger one, got to play cello and got to go to college and says that manicures are for men too.