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Metal Styles Charted Against Listener Reaction
4/1/2011 3:25:13 PM by Frank




Every now and then, some of my non-metal friends ask me what I'm listening to. Here's an ascending chart of how the music style influenced the listeners' reactions. It's fairly predictable, but Glam wins out as the friendliest where Black and Death tie for the most displeasing reactions. Let it be your Maximum Metal guide to attracting or repulsing your visitors.

Typical Bands Played
· Glam - Poison
· Hard Rock - AC\DC
· Progressive - Rush
· NWOBHM - Iron Maiden
· Power - Helloween
· Nu - Korn
· Industrial - Ministry
· Doom - Black Sabbath
· Gothic - Therion
· NWOAHM - Killswitch Engage
· Thrash - Overkill
· Metalcore - Hatebreed
· Black - Emperor
· Death - Cannibal Corpse




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RANDOM ACTS OF METAL
· Cathedral· Nightwish
· Scanner· White Skull
· Big Dumb Face· Carpathian Forest
· Impellitteri· Goatwhore
· December· Majesty
· Usurper· Steel Attack
· Liege Lord· Angel Dust
· Black Label Society· October 31
· Pyn Siren· Agony Divine
· Black Sabbath· Shakra
· Iced Earth· Paragon
· Bloodbath· Mourning Beloveth
· Victory· Malstrom
· Sinergy· Beautiful Creatures
· Savatage· Drillpoint
· Murdercycle· Slayer
· Fraise· Death Angel
· I Hate Sally· Yngwie Malmsteen
· Gothic Knights· Devil To Pay
· Riot· Leash Law
· Madison Paige· W.A.S.P.
· Kingcrow· Amityville Whore
· Disarmonia Mundi· Dimmu Borgir
· Acrid· Mob Rules
· Fireaxe· Insomnium
· Scorpions· Saxon
· Dio· Tartharia
· Arch Enemy· The Last Act
· Agnostic Front· Blind Guardian
· The 7 Method· Angra
· Avenue F· Azrael's Bane
· Milkweed· Code Black
· Paradise Lost· Crowbar
· Motley Crue· Image
· Belef· Maze Of Torment
· Suidakra· Angtoria
· Darkthrone· Crimson Moonlight
· Freedom Call· Novembers Doom
· Frantic Bleep· Lord Gore
· Axel Rudi Pell· Soul SirkUS
· Swallow The Sun· Strapping Young Lad
· Fastkill· Throes of Dawn
· Shade Empire· Astarte
· Agents Of Man· Python
· Naglfar· Maximum Overdrive
· Slough Feg· Subterranean Masquerade
· Monolithe· Horna
· Love Forsaken· Resurrecturis
· Edenbridge· Agents Of The Sun
· The Scourger· Future is Tomorrow
· Mercyful Fate· Peccatum
· V:28· Black Majesty
· Before The Dawn· Monster Magnet
· Evergrey· Violent Storm
· Blood Thirsty Demons· Penetrator
· Ignarus· Algol3
· Spellbound· Gojira
· Vile· Celebratum
· Zero Down· Khold
· Motorhead· Nikki Puppet
· Wolves in the Throne Room· Manngard
· Phoenix Mourning· The Smackdown
· Nicodemus· The Furor
· Ensoph· Upon Infliction
· Gorgoroth· Suzukiton
· Space Odyssey· Amon Amarth
· Scary Manilow· Woodtemple
· Pretty Maids· Twinball
· Cult of Daath· Biolich
· Cheva· Demise
· Extium· Lecherous Nocturne
· Stonegard· The Chronicles of Israfel
· Marc Sasso· Five Finger Death Punch
· Pentacle· The Wonderfools
· Funeral· Hell N' Diesel
· Frosthardr· Mass Extinction
· Pathology· Father Befouled
· The Obsessed· Aetherius Obscuritas
· Blood Haven· Burzum
· Moonshine· The Lamp of Thoth
· Bible Of The Devil· Alestorm
· The More I See· Coffins
· My Dying Bride· Suspyre