Who’s your favorite band in each of these Genres?

2 Tone
Acid rock
Afro-punk
Alternative metal
Alternative rock
Anatolian rock
Art punk
Art rock
Avant-garde metal
Avant-rock
Avant-progressive rock
Baroque pop
Beat
Bisrock
Black metal
Blackened death metal
Blues-rock
Boogaloo
Brazilian rock
Britpop
Bubblegum pop
C86
Canterbury sound
Cello rock
Celtic punk
Celtic rock
Chicano rock
Christcore
Christian rock
Christian metal
Coldwave
Comedy rock
Country rock
Cowpunk
Crossover thrash
Crust punk
Crust punk
Cuddlecore
Dance-punk
Dance-rock
Dark cabaret
Darkwave
Deathcore
Deathgrind
Death metal
Death rock
Doom metal
Dream pop
Electro Punk
Emo
Experimental rock
Folk rock
Folk metal
Folk punk
Freakbeat
Funk rock
Garage rock
German rock
Glam metal
Glam rock
Goregrind
Gothic metal
Gothic rock
Grebo
Grindcore
Groove metal
Group Sounds
Grunge
Hatecore
Hard rock
Hardcore punk
Heartland rock
Heavy metal
Horror punk
Indie pop
Indie rock
Indorock
Industrial metal
Industrial rock
Instrumental rock
Iranian rock
J-ska
Jam rock
Jangle pop
Jazz rock
Jersey Shore sound
Krautrock
Latin rock
Lo-fi
Lovers rock
Madchester
Manila sound
Mathcore
Math rock
Melodic black metal
Melodic death metal
Melodic hardcore
Metalcore
Mod
Mod revival
Nardcore
Nazi punk
Neo-classical metal
Neo-folk
Neo-prog
Neo-psychedelia
New prog
New wave
Nintendocore
Noisecore
Noise pop
Noise rock
No wave
Nu metal
Oi!
Ostrock
Pagan rock
Piano rock
Pinoy rock
Pop punk
Pop rock
Porn rock
Pornogrind
Post-punk
Post-punk revival
Post-hardcore
Post-grunge
Post-metal
Post-rock
Power pop
Power metal
Power violence
Progressive metal
Progressive rock
Protopunk
Psychedelic rock
Psych-Folk
Psychobilly
Punk rock
Punta rock
Raga rock
Rapcore
Riot Grrrl
Rock
Rock Against Communism
Rock and roll
Rockabilly
Rock en Español
Rockoson
Rocksteady
Russian rock
Sadcore
Samba-rock
Screamo
Shoegazing
Shock rock
Ska punk
Skate punk
Skate rock
Sludge metal
Soft rock
Soul rock
Southern rock
Space rock
Speed metal
Stoner metal
Stoner rock
Street punk
Sunshine pop
Surf music
Surf rock
Swamp rock
Symphonic metal
Symphonic rock
Synth pop
Thrash metal
Thrashcore
Trash rock
Trip rock
Twee pop
Viking metal
Wagnerian rock
Wizard rock
Zeuhl

Honestly, isnt this ridiculous?
Yes….these are all genres for ROCK
Hey Shreder- Bro, when did this happen…all of these genres?
mustang_girlie-I think you have a valid point. But when does it stop being a legit genre and becomes nothing more than painting a Ford Pinto pink and calling it a different car?

I could be wrong for some of these….

Alternative rock - Smashing pumpkins
Avant-garde metal - Sigh
Avant-progressive rock
Black metal - Emperor
Blackened death metal - Behemoth
Christian metal - Becoming the Archetype
Crossover thrash - Municipal Waste
Deathcore - Job for a cowboy
Deathgrind - impaled
Death metal - Nile
Doom metal - Candlemass
Folk metal - Ensiferum
Glam metal - Dokken
Goregrind - carcass
Gothic metal - Tristiana / Draconion
Gothic rock - Within temptation
Grindcore - Carcass
Groove metal - Pantera
Grunge - Alice in chains?? (kinda metal though)
Hard rock - GnR
Heavy metal - Megadeth
Industrial metal - Fear Factory
Mathcore - Dillinger escape plan
Melodic black metal - Dissection
Melodic death metal - Edge of Sanity
Neo-classical metal - Cacaphony
Nu metal - System of a down
Power metal - Blind Guardian
Progressive metal - Symphony X
Sludge metal - Down
Speed metal - Early Blind Guardian
Symphonic metal - Nightwish
Thrash metal - Dark Angel
Viking metal - Enslaved

34 Responses to “Who’s your favorite band in each of these Genres?”

  1. Find your own way back home. Says:

    It is a tad ridiculous.
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  2. Mother Russia [breaks] Says:

    F*ck that….

    here read over this

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  3. Bored @ Work Says:

    I try to keep my music to 2 genres

    good music
    crap
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  4. Hope B Says:

    My favorite bands right now are the Maine..3oh!3…The veronicas
    and i love we the kings and rihanna look them up listen to dont trust me the WHole thing by 3oh!3 its my favorite
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  5. Head of Irons Says:

    Don’t we all know about these stuff!!!!!!!!??
    I mean, the way-too-many-genres thing!
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    DUH!

  6. Pepsihockey05 Says:

    amazing isn’t it riki? Where did all these genres come from? I thought the point in genres and music labeling was to make it easier to find bands that are similar…

    Madchester? WHAT?
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  7. Rookie Says:

    wizard rock? wtf is that?
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  8. mustang_girlie Says:

    It does seem silly, but I am still sticking with the fact that it’s bands/artists way to show their stuff to a record company and say lookie here, you can be an innovator. It’s just to get people’s attention.
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  9. Ladytron Says:

    Ah! Here are all these very ‘useful’ and ‘necessary’ genres you were talking about in your last question! XD

    If I’m excruciatingly bored later I’ll come back and fill them in. :P
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  10. shreder (is on yahoos hot list) Says:

    Much love to you Bro!!!!

    LOL>>>>> oh dude I FEEL THE SAME WAY hands down

    OMG dude lol yeah its insane yeah its outrages
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  11. Myshuno383 Says:

    HAHAHAHAHAA Wizard rock is one!!! GO DRACO AND THE MALFOYS!!!

    By the way people, wizard rock is much about Harry Potter and the movies. It sounds nerdy but i love it.
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  12. Valerizzle Says:

    who really has the time to sit and reasd this crap and then have an answer to all these ridiculous shizz??

    Not me!!
    =]
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  13. kimmy Says:

    paramore??? i dont know those are to many choices
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    me

  14. Wire&String (pro-home recording) Says:

    edit- might take a week or so.
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  15. LexLuger Says:

    Crust Rock ?….really ?……next we’ll have Butt-Cheese Rock , Toe Jam Metal , Jock Itch Country , and Arm Pit Soul
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  16. A Fair Judgment. Says:

    Zeuhl, Twee pop, C86??

    Where the heck did those come from?
    Ridiculous, yes, very.
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  17. Linda K Says:

    haha glad you put math rock on there! lol that is outrageous
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  18. I_Refuse! (backup) Says:

    2 Tone - sounds like a hair color
    Acid rock - acid bad for the skin
    Afro-punk - wtf
    Alternative metal
    Alternative rock
    Anatolian rock - what is that? a city?
    Art punk - reminds me of people with mohawks coloring pictures
    Art rock - im not good at art anyways
    Avant-garde metal - sounds like a plant untill u say metal
    Avant-rock
    Avant-progressive rock - if its still progressing then why put it here?
    Baroque pop - i thought it said "barbque pop"
    Beat - the Jonas Brothers?
    Bisrock
    Black metal
    Blackened death metal
    Blues-rock - make up ur mind
    Boogaloo- boomafoo(idk)
    Brazilian rock
    Britpop - britney spears?
    Bubblegum pop - taste nasty
    C86 - b52’s
    Canterbury sound
    Cello rock
    Celtic punk
    Celtic rock
    Chicano rock - is that like spanish rock?
    Christcore - jesus stomach
    Christian rock
    Christian metal
    Coldwave - blah!
    Comedy rock
    Country rock
    Cowpunk - mad cow disease
    Crossover thrash - oh wow…
    Crust punk - sounds like someone’s ashy
    Cuddlecore - GAY
    Dance-punk
    Dance-rock
    Dark cabaret
    Darkwave
    Deathcore
    Deathgrind
    Death metal
    Death rock
    Doom metal - take cover
    Dream pop -i know im not gonna dream of this sh!t
    Electro Punk
    Emo
    Experimental rock
    Folk rock
    Folk metal
    Folk punk
    Freakbeat - hahaha
    Funk rock - stank rock
    Garage rock
    German rock
    Glam metal -…..
    Glam rock
    Goregrind
    Gothic metal
    Gothic rock
    Grebo -……..
    Grindcore
    Groove metal
    Group Sounds - is that when a whole bunch of people get together and start talking?
    Grunge
    Hatecore
    Hard rock
    Hardcore punk
    Heartland rock
    Heavy metal
    Horror punk
    Indie pop
    Indie rock
    Indorock
    Industrial metal
    Industrial rock
    Instrumental rock
    Iranian rock
    J-ska
    Jam rock
    Jangle pop
    Jazz rock
    Jersey Shore sound
    Krautrock
    Latin rock
    Lo-fi
    Lovers rock
    Madchester
    Manila sound
    Mathcore
    Math rock
    Melodic black metal
    Melodic death metal
    Melodic hardcore
    Metalcore
    Mod
    Mod revival
    Nardcore
    Nazi punk
    Neo-classical metal
    Neo-folk
    Neo-prog
    Neo-psychedelia
    New prog
    New wave
    Nintendocore - I had one!, but i took it back to gamestop
    Noisecore
    Noise pop
    Noise rock
    No wave - then why put it on here
    Nu metal
    Oi! -OINK!
    Ostrock
    Pagan rock
    Piano rock - oh really?
    Pinoy rock
    Pop punk
    Pop rock
    Porn rock -freak
    Pornogrind -u lil nastys
    Post-punk
    Post-punk revival
    Post-hardcore
    Post-grunge
    Post-metal
    Post-rock
    Power pop
    Power metal
    Power violence - hahahahaha WHOA!
    Progressive metal
    Progressive rock
    Protopunk - aliens?
    Psychedelic rock
    Psych-Folk - crazy people?
    Psychobilly
    Punk rock
    Punta rock - so thats like b!tch rock?
    Raga rock
    Rapcore
    Riot Grrrl
    Rock
    Rock Against Communism
    Rock and roll
    Rockabilly
    Rock en Español
    Rockoson
    Rocksteady
    Russian rock
    Sadcore - emo?
    Samba-rock
    Screamo
    Shoegazing - shoe shopping?
    Shock rock
    Ska punk
    Skate punk
    Skate rock
    Sludge metal
    Soft rock
    Soul rock
    Southern rock
    Space rock
    Speed metal
    Stoner metal
    Stoner rock
    Street punk
    Sunshine pop
    Surf music
    Surf rock
    Swamp rock
    Symphonic metal
    Symphonic rock
    Synth pop
    Thrash metal
    Thrashcore
    Trash rock
    Trip rock
    Twee pop - kid pop?
    Viking metal
    Wagnerian rock
    Wizard rock - harry potter makes music!?
    Zeuhl - muhallll? (idk)

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    wow wow wow…we really need these?

  19. SatchJR Says:

    wow…thats all i can say really

    Wagnerian rock?? WTF is that?? LOL
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  20. Johanna Says:

    I don’t even know what half of those are, but I’ll answer a few.

    Alternative - The Cure
    Black metal - Venom
    Death metal - Carcass (maybe more melodic)
    Death rock - 45 Grave
    Doom metal - Candlemass
    Garage rock - Von Bondies
    Glam rock - David Bowie
    Glam metal - Guns N Roses (kind of) and Cinderella
    Gothic rock / metal - 69 eyes, Sisters of Mercy, For my pain, HIM
    Grunge - Alice In Chains, Collective Soul
    Heavy Metal - Iron Maiden
    Horror punk - Peppermint Creeps, Heart Throb Mob, Orphan Punks
    Industrial metal - Nine Inch Nails
    Industrial rock - Dope Stars Inc.
    Melodic death metal - Children of Bodom
    Melodic black metal - Cradle Of Filth
    Metalcore - Stick to your guns
    New wave - Depeche Mode
    Punk - Distillers
    Psychobilly - Horrorpops
    Rock en Español - Rosangera ?
    Progressive metal - Kraken
    Speed Metal - Dragonforce
    Shock Rock - Alice Cooper
    Thrash Metal - Sepultura, Death Angel
    Viking Metal - Bathory, Ensiferum

    That’s all I feel like doing at the moment

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  21. Shell from a beach Says:

    Woah, are there enough genres there? I don’t have a favourite for each of those. I haven’t even heard of some of those. What’s Zeuhl or Wizard rock or Swamp rock?!
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  22. Silver * Rose ~ Wolf Says:

    I think I recognise about 5 of those…

    Though I thought 2Tone was Ska mixed with Pop…?
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  23. HELENA Says:

    My ChEmIcAl RoMaNcE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  24. A Perfect Circle Says:

    LOL the only one I’m gonna say is that Dragonforce is Nintendocore.

    Thanks for laugh Riki!
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  25. xkygurlx (R.I.P. Adam) Says:

    OMG I can’t believe I read all this….I actually started reciting the genres in that irritating Discovery channel boom-de-yada boom-de-yada….way way too many genres, someone has alot of time to think about useless crap, oh wait…that’s what everyone tells me….
    It is ridiculous, where would we be w/out all these WONDERFUL labels??
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  26. sublimeRHCP Says:

    come on you left out funk metal
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  27. ~Ostrich~ L'Ange des Damnés Says:

    LMAO — RIKI !! - You A TRIP !! lol

    Well, I DO have a Few Days to Kill and Yes, Riki - These are Legitimate Genres.

    Since I don’t listen to ALL of them - I will have to go to "Shiksapedia" for some Answers.

    I JUST WANT TO ANSWER THIS, SO I CAN TELL MY GRANDCHILDREN - LOL

    Riki - Don’t You DARE Close-out this Post, before I’m finished.

    ..Or I shall have Your PAWS for EarMuffs !! LOL

    EDIT –

    For Bands That I REALLY DO Listen to - I will put an Asterisk

    The others I just copied, but maybe they will be of use to someone else.

    Zeuhl - Magma * (Created Zeuhl) , Happy Family * (Japanese Zeuhl)
    Wizard rock - Harry and the Potters
    Wagnerian rock - King Crimson * ( look it up, Folks !! lol )
    Viking metal - Bathory ( heard of them )
    Twee pop ( subgenre of Indie ) – The Smiths *
    Trip rock - Portishead ( heard of them )
    Trash rock – ( Redirected to Thrash Metal )
    Thrashcore - Vitamin X ( WTF ?? )
    Thrash metal - Megadeth *
    Synth pop – Ultravox *
    Symphonic rock – Moody Blues *
    Symphonic metal - Therion (You forgot SYMPHONIC – Black, Power, & Gothic – Metal LOL)
    Swamp rock - Creedence Clearwater Revival *
    Surf rock - Duane Eddy *
    Surf music – The Beach Boys *
    Sunshine pop - The Mamas and the Papas *
    Street punk - Sham 69 * ( “Tell Us the Truth” is an Awesome Album, btw )
    Stoner rock - Queens of the Stone Age ( heard of them )
    Stoner metal - ( same Reference as Stoner Rock )
    Speed metal – Anthrax *
    Space rock – HAWKWIND *******
    Southern rock – Lynerd Skynrd * (is that how you spell it ?? )
    Soul rock – Hall & Oates *
    Soft rock - Bee Gees *
    Sludge metal - Melvins ( heard of them, supposedly, Flipper* & Black Flag* were Influences?)
    Skate rock – ( referred to Skate Punk )
    Skate punk - The Offspring * ( ?? LOL – Apparently music for SkateBoarders !! )
    Ska punk - The Specials *
    Shoegazing – Cocteu Twins *
    Shock rock - The Tubes *
    Screamo - Heroin ??
    Samba-rock - Banda Black Rio ( okay ?? )
    Sadcore - Chan Marshall ( The Queen of Sadcore {and I have no Clue who this is LOL} )
    Russian rock - SILENCE KIT * (Math Rock — Category is TOO Broad, so it includes this band – Ha Ha :)
    Rocksteady - The Techniques ( some Jamaican style ?? )
    Rockoson - Vanito y La Lucha Almada ( Cuban Music… Ay, Caramba )
    Rockabilly – Robert Gordon * ( was from the 1970’s, but HE WAS THE BEST !! )
    Rock en Español – Bloque * – ( Spanish speaking Prog Band – does that count ?? )
    Rock and roll – Carl Perkins *
    Rock Against Communism – LMAO !! - Skrewdriver. ( never heard of ‘em )
    RIKI – You’ve left out So Many !! What about –
    RIO – (Rock-In-Opposition – A Prog Form) – Henry Cow ( Amazing Band )
    Rock – ooohhh !! I can’t think of anyone is this Category !!
    Riot Grrrl - Bikini Kill *
    Rapcore – ( referred to Rap Rock ) – Faith No More *
    Raga rock - Mahavishnu Orchestra ( any band with a South Asian influence (Sitar))
    Punta rock – (I thought Punta meant… nevermind ) — Pen Cayetano ??
    Punk rock – Buzzcocks *
    Psychobilly - The Cramps * !! ( I HATE THIS BAND )
    Psych-Folk - Current 93 * ( but they were Industrial, before Folk – all stuff is Excellent
    ( for MORE Psych-Folk – Check out “The Incredible String Band”* – Pioneers !! )
    Psychedelic rock - Grateful Dead *
    Protopunk – MC5 *, The Stooges *
    Progressive rock – Genesis ( sub-genre = Symphonic Prog )
    Progressive metal - PAIN OF SALVATION ( THE KINGS of Prog Metal !! bbbwwwaaaahhhhaaahhaaaah )
    Power violence - Man Is the Bastard ( never heard of them )
    Power pop – The Records *, XTC *, Elvis Costello *, Nick Lowe *, The Romantics *
    Power metal – Symphony X * ( the only one I know LOL )
    Post-rock - Public Image Ltd *
    Post-punk revival - ( same as Post-Punk !! )
    Post-punk – WIRE * ( “154” - The Most Important Album to end the 1970’s )
    Post-metal - Melvins ( how can you have Post-Metal, when METAL is Still here ?? LOL )
    Post-hardcore - Hüsker Dü *
    Post-grunge - Bush *
    Pornogrind ( refers back to Porn Rock )
    Porn rock - Women of Sodom ( not heard of them )
    Pop rock - Michael Jackson *
    Pop punk - Green Day *
    Pinoy rock - Buklod ( Phillipino Protest Music ) ??
    Piano rock - Billy Joel *, Elton John *
    Pagan rock - Godsmack *
    Ostrock - Nina Hagen * !! Ahead of Her Time !!
    Oi! - Cockney Rejects ( never heard of ‘em )
    Nu metal - Disturbed *
    Noisecore – ( referred to NoiseGrind ) — Sore Throat ??
    Noise rock - Fugazi * ( actually covers a lot of Known bands who use dissonance )
    Noise pop - The Jesus and Mary Chain
    No wave - Lydia Lunch *, Sonic Youth * (the rest of the List was a bunch of ???)
    Nintendocore – ( could NAWT find Anything )
    New wave – Magazine* !!!
    New prog - Coheed and Cambria ??
    Neo-psychedelia
    Neo-prog - Coheed and Cambria ?? ( Don’t “NEO” & “NEW” mean the same thing ??)
    Neo-folk - Current 93 *
    Neo-classical metal - Symphony X *
    Nazi punk - The Exploited ( but only “Accused” of being Nazi Punk – LMAO !!)
    Nardcore - California Redemption ??
    Mod revival - The Jam *
    Mod – The Who *
    Metalcore - Avenged Sevenfold ( heard of them )
    Melodic hardcore
    Melodic death metal - Dark Tranquillity ( heard of them )
    Hardcore punk - Bad Brains * !! ( Hello, Washington, DC !! REPRESENT !! )
    Doom metal - Pagan Altar ??
    Deathgrind - Cattle Decapitation – LMAO !!
    Deathcore - As Blood Runs Black ??
    Death metal - Celtic Frost *
    Blackened death metal - Akercocke ??

    2 Tone - The Specials*, Madness*, & The Selector*
    ( Were the First Popular Ska Bands to make it in the States.
    The Name refers BOTH - To the name of the Label and that Ska Fashion included "Two-Tone" Checkerboard
    - First Albums by all 3 of these Band, are the FINEST Examples of SKA, btw

    I’m DONE !! LOL

    I thought I could do it, but I Flew Too Close to the Sun <sigh>
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    No ONE Should Be Complaining about this Post –

    WE ALL GOT OUR 2 PTS, DIDN’T WE ?? LOL
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    I KNOW MY MUFFIN !!
    .

  28. POCKET JOKERS Says:

    Should there be a "science rock" invented?
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  29. I'm bored and have school so Says:

    Why not putting a fake-rock and jonabilly too?
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  30. Darth Maul Says:

    Well, screw that.

    You forgot a couple though..

    ipukeduntilmyheadexplodedcore
    bendoverandkissyourownarsecore
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  31. Prof.Anger (insert clever stmt) Says:

    hahahaha.

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  32. tron Says:

    I could be wrong for some of these….

    Alternative rock - Smashing pumpkins
    Avant-garde metal - Sigh
    Avant-progressive rock
    Black metal - Emperor
    Blackened death metal - Behemoth
    Christian metal - Becoming the Archetype
    Crossover thrash - Municipal Waste
    Deathcore - Job for a cowboy
    Deathgrind - impaled
    Death metal - Nile
    Doom metal - Candlemass
    Folk metal - Ensiferum
    Glam metal - Dokken
    Goregrind - carcass
    Gothic metal - Tristiana / Draconion
    Gothic rock - Within temptation
    Grindcore - Carcass
    Groove metal - Pantera
    Grunge - Alice in chains?? (kinda metal though)
    Hard rock - GnR
    Heavy metal - Megadeth
    Industrial metal - Fear Factory
    Mathcore - Dillinger escape plan
    Melodic black metal - Dissection
    Melodic death metal - Edge of Sanity
    Neo-classical metal - Cacaphony
    Nu metal - System of a down
    Power metal - Blind Guardian
    Progressive metal - Symphony X
    Sludge metal - Down
    Speed metal - Early Blind Guardian
    Symphonic metal - Nightwish
    Thrash metal - Dark Angel
    Viking metal - Enslaved

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  33. Clayton K The Ace Of Spades!!! Says:

    I’m not going to answer this question,but I could’nt agree with you more,too many genres!
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  34. ? Says:

    LOL @ Darth XD

    I, for one, got a good laugh at some of these. I actually thought you wanted us to list a band for each. Do you really? lol

    I think it would take me forever, because merriamwebster.com makes my computer lag sometimes, so I wouldn’t be able to look up all 500,000,000 of these genres
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