Top 20 (with genres)

Subject: Top 20 (with genres) Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:38 pm

Pointless bump of an old thread, mainly cause I'm bored:

1. Nokturnal Mortum - Black/Folk/Symphonic metal
2. Sol Invictus - Neofolk/Industrial/Neoclassical
3. Agalloch - Folk metal/Post-rock/Neofolk
4. Moonsorrow - Black/Folk metal
5. Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio - Martial Industrial/Neofolk
6. Drudkh - Atmospheric black metal
7. Vibrasphere - Psytrance
8. Blut Aus Nord - Atmospheric black metal
9. Dead Can Dance - Neoclassical/ethereal/ethnic
10. Tristania - Gothic metal
11. Senmuth - Ethnic/Ambient/Metal/Industrial
12. Jesu - Doom metal/Shoegaze
13. The Angelic Process - Shoegaze/Drone
14. Triptykon - Black/Doom metal
15. Yat-Kha - Tuvan folk/Throat-singing
16. Fields of the Nephilim - Gothic rock
17. Nevermore - Progressive/Thrash metal
18. Nadja - Ambient/Drone
19. Puissance - Martial Industrial/Neoclassical
20. Triarii - Martial industrial/Neoclassical

Rough order only.

Subject: Re: Top 20 (with genres) Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:12 am

Lets see if I can straighten out my top 20 enough for this post

1. Disturbed - Hard Rock
2. The Syncope Threshold - Math/Core
3. Crimfall - Folk/Death Metal
4. Freedom Call - Melodic Power Metal
5. Kamelot - Symphonic Power Metal
6. Kansas - Classic Rock
7. Alestorm - Power/Folk Metal
8. Skillet - Rock
9. Breaking Benjamin - Post-Grunge rock
10. Celldweller - Industrical Rock
11. Rise Against - Punk Rock
12. Communic - Prog Metal
13. Creed - Post-Grunge rock
14. Thousand Foot krutch - Nu-Metal
15. Epica - Symphonic Metal
16. Diablo Swing Orchestra - Operatic Swing Metal
17. Eluveitie - Folk/Metal
18. Flyleaf - Rock
19. Evanescence - Symphonic Rock
20. Crom - Folk Metal

Meh. A little rough on 16 below.

Subject: Re: Top 20 (with genres) Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:20 am

Haimerej wrote:: 7. Alestorm - Pirate Metal

Subject: Re: Top 20 (with genres) Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:34 am

Kerberos wrote:

Haimerej wrote:: 7. Alestorm - Pirate Metal

What?!

Subject: Re: Top 20 (with genres) Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:39 am

Pseudo-genres like "pirate metal" make baby Jesus cry.

Subject: Re: Top 20 (with genres) Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:41 am

Kerberos wrote:: Pseudo-genres like "pirate metal" make baby Jesus cry.

If I called it Viking metal would you be less upset? Viking metal seems to be generally accepted as a sub-genre of Folk, and Vikings were the original pirates, in any case.

Subject: Re: Top 20 (with genres) Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:50 am

Generally people who accept Viking Metal do so on the basis that it often has a distinctive sound that differs from other black/folk/epic metal, while pirate metal certainly doesn't have a distinctive sound, compared Alestorm with Running Wild with Swashbuckle, for instance.

So, in conclusion, calling Alestorm pirate metal or viking metal would give me a heart attack. 'Cause it's straightforward power/folk metal stuff.

Subject: Re: Top 20 (with genres) Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:54 am

There. Fix'd. Happy? I'ma go sleep now 'cause it's 3 AM here.

Subject: Re: Top 20 (with genres) Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:55 am

Yes and no worries.

Subject: Re: Top 20 (with genres) Sun Jul 10, 2011 7:56 pm

Just going to tack 10 more onto the list I already did in the other thread, again, no order and subject to mood swings.

1. Devin Townsend and associated acts: Industrial Metal/other stuff
2. Emperor: Symphonic Black Metal
3. Demilich: Technical Death Metal
4. Bathory: Black Metal
5. Inquisition: Black Metal
6. Anal Cunt: Noise/Grindcore
7. Acid Bath: Doom Metal
8. Candlemass: Doom Metal
9. Ahab: Funeral Doom
10. Mortician: Brutal Death Metal
11. Panopticon: Black Metal
12. Demigod: Death Metal
13. Burzum: Black Metal
14. Aspid: Thrash Metal
15. Electric Wizard: Doom Metal
16. Mercyful Fate: Heavy Metal
17. Music Is the Enemy: Punk
18. Reverend Bizarre: Doom Metal
19. Samsara Blues Experiment: Doomy Bluesy stuff (I don't keep tabs on the specifics)
20. Celestial Bloodshed: Black Metal

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