Great list, but under what catagory would you file a band like, say, Rage against the Machine?

don't forget metallica, dunno if you put that the post is so long...

but yeah, METALLICA are the best metal band ever.

**** man i can't beleive you acctually took all that time to do that!!! AWSOME JOB! :thumb:

Ah I went and read everything ****it.
It's a really good post though it has many bad points. All the fighting made me wanna quit. I took me 3 days not one after the other. Only because I didn't have time. I'm going to have to go back. The last few pages were useless someone should go back and delete and the useless info or praise. Like this for example.

Thrash
 

[QUOTE=TheUnavoidable]Thrash probably.[/QUOTE]

any true pantera fan would know that pantera are not thrash, they sound nothing like slayer. Pantera are in fact power metal which in my veiw started the hardcore side of music. If you watch the pantera DVD they them selves say that they are a powere band :thumb:

[QUOTE=Nicholas Sutton]Yeah System of a Down is nu metal no matter how hard you try to say otherwise.

Very good list man...verrry good list.[/QUOTE]

American and English Hair Metal?
KISS
Aerosmith
Van Halen
Alice Cooper
Motley Crue
Extreme
????

You put Mithras as a key death metal band, well done Legions :D :thumb:

Mithras are full-on stunning and worlds beyond the veil is unbelievable unique and different to anything i've heard before.
Imagine your brains being drilled out by a martian, that's what it sounds like to me. I need to sit down and have a glass of water after each time i listen to it.

[QUOTE=Jondur]
Grindcore:

As it's name suggests, grindcore is an extension of the UK hardcore scene of the early 80's. It's roots lie mainly with Discharge but also Chaos UK, Crass, The Exploited etc. Songs are predominantly short (taken to the extreme by the likes of Napalm Death - Dead is 6 seconds long - and Sore Throat who had 101 songs on Never Mind the Napalm.... here's Sore Throat), with punk structures. The music is simple, based around a few chords. It is , most importantly, fast. Very fast. It was grindcore that had the first blast beats (It was Pete Sandoval who introduced them to Death Metal when he left Terrorizer to join Morbid Angel). Lyrics are usually socio-political. Sometimes with a vegan or straight-edge slant.

Important bands include: Terrorizer, Napalm Death, Brutal Truth, Extreme Noise Terror, Bolt Thrower, Sore Throat, Old Lady Drivers, A$$uck, Nausea, Black Army Jacket, CSSO.

Goregrind is a subgenre that keeps the punky structure of Grindcore but adds more of a death metal influence. Lyrics are always about gorey killing etc.

See: Carcass, Repulsion, Agoraphobic Nosebleed etc

Noisecore is pointless but related to an extent.[/QUOTE]

Legion - do you want to update your list? You should add each new definition to the first post.

[QUOTE=cowboyfromhell1986]any true pantera fan would know that pantera are not thrash, they sound nothing like slayer. Pantera are in fact power metal which in my veiw started the hardcore side of music. If you watch the pantera DVD they them selves say that they are a powere band :thumb:[/QUOTE]

Do you even know what power metal is?

but
 

MEtal is good but it will never beat the Rock. AC-DC, Van Halan. hendrix, led zepplein they rocked the planet.

nivana is a reall good metal band

Look... i love the way your trying to classify all the types of metal out there... but heres a question for you all....

Since when did Heavy Metal become so splintered?

i remember a time when Heavy Metal was IT...

sad really

[QUOTE=Led Zepplein Hendix AC-DC ROCK]nivana is a reall good metal band[/QUOTE]
In no way, shape, or form is Nirvana a metal band.

With a Name that describes a state of eurphoric happiness they are no more than stoned grunge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dave Grohl's probot no thats awesome death metal....

I want to know what pantera is. Is it black metal maybe?

[QUOTE=RockBassist89]bravo :thumb:[/QUOTE]

yeah that is awesome dude

newbie
 

hello this is my first post and I'd just like to say EXCELLENT list! :-D and I don't understand why people find it insulting for one of their fav bands in nu-metal? I love slipknot alot but I know they are Nu-metal and that doesnt bother me. blah... whatever... just wanted to say hello to everyone and ummm.... Awsome list. thank you and goodnight

[QUOTE=ScarTissue]I want to know what pantera is. Is it black metal maybe?[/QUOTE]
Pantera = Black metal?

I think i'm going to cry

[QUOTE=inertiatic]armenian folk progressive post metal?[/QUOTE]
We're trying hard not to go overboard.

I think the original writer of this thread bases his categories to much on the guitar play. For example, if we look at System of a Downs drummer, John Dolmayan he is a very, very skilled drummer and often include ancient middle-eastern (turkish) rythms in the songs, which in no way is typical for Nu-Metal.

There's a great list on Wikipedia too. Check it out.

Woa!
 

That was awoesome, u rock, could've been a little shorter. :thumb:

[QUOTE=moridin]really good list. thanx a lot Legions!!
where would a band like orphaned land fit in the genres?[/QUOTE]

Orphaned Land are "Oriental Metal" which is doom metal sub-genre....it is doom metal with some elements of the israeli and jewish culture.....Orphaned Land are of course Israeli.

power metal anyone, viking/folk metal anyone!

I didn't read all the posts, but what about gothic/industrial metal like tool, or nine inch nails, or if i'm so bold marylian manson?

[QUOTE=ibanezsucks04]I didn't read all the posts, but what about gothic/industrial metal like tool, or nine inch nails, or if i'm so bold marylian manson?[/QUOTE]
Tool and Manson aren't industrial.

That being said, I defined industrial on the 2nd or 3rd page.

as i said i didn't read all of the posts

[QUOTE=axeslinga_32]Hair Metal:

80's pop metal. Typical party music, vocals are sung cleanly and cheesy backing vocals shouted by about 5 or 6 guys are generally evident. Hair metal is highly focused on image, hence the name. Big hair, spandex and high amounts of make up are big factors that make up the hair metal image. Lyrical topics generally include girls, love, partying, cars etc. Guitar riffs are usually simple and cheesy, drums are simple and so is bass. there are usually cheesy show-off guitar solos throughout hair-metal songs as well. Bands include Motley Crue, Poison, Ratt, Van Halen and twisted sister.[/QUOTE]

van halen isn't really hair metal he can be considered that but when compared to poison there's a considerable difference

[QUOTE=ibanezsucks04]van halen isn't really hair metal he can be considered that but when compared to poison there's a considerable difference[/QUOTE]
Well, Van Halen are different from alot of hair metal, but I'd say they're the best hair metal band:)

EDIT: The new hardcore music is the opposite of what the original hardcore set out to do..it was to bring music back to the basic 1 minute songs (punk anyone?). Newer hardcore encompasses 4 minute songs (usually) with heavy growls and heavier guitars. NH is known for it's use of "breakdowns", which usually involve swirling guitars, and softer vocals, as a replacement for solos, in some instances. NH is very popular with teenagers (mostly male) now a days.[/QUOTE]

I've heard bands such as blink-182 or the used being described as hardcore so i'm confused now