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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
· Bathory· Lost Horizon
· Vehemence· Chaingunn
· Immolation· Mondo Generator
· Poisonblack· Dokken
· Disturbed· Rebellion
· Twelfth Gate· Goatwhore
· Twisted Tower Dire· Helloween
· Overkill· Nazareth
· Usurper· Steel Attack
· Iron Maiden· Mortician
· Sickspeed· Abigor
· God Dethroned· Power of Omens
· Alchemy X· Tungsten
· Shakra· Catch 22
· Biomechanical· Thunderbolt
· Artension· Dream Weaver
· Sinergy· Axenstar
· Tad Morose· Vhaldemar
· Pharaoh· Krisiun
· Primal Fear· Slayer
· Probot· Out of the Lair
· Dreamaker· Mother Misery
· Yngwie Malmsteen· Funerus
· Leash Law· Outworld
· Highlord· Lonewolf
· Zaius· Dragonspoon
· Cyst· Hatework
· Destructor· Unleashed
· Wintersun· Medusa
· Annihilator· Z02
· Slowlife· House of Shakira
· Silent Force· The 7 Method
· Angra· Triumph
· Fifth Cross· Motley Crue
· Helgrind· The Mighty Nimbus
· Blood Red Throne· Impaled
· Veni Domine· Quiet Riot
· Vicious Circle· John Sykes
· the missing:· Oathean
· Novembers Doom· Meshuggah
· Kinrick· Operatika
· Strapping Young Lad· Thunderblast
· Raintime· Fastkill
· Biss· Disbelief
· Groundcrew· Defleshed
· Brand New Sin· Darkane
· Subterranean Masquerade· Unshine
· Supagroup· The Father Panic Riot Orchestra
· Widow· Resurrecturis
· Scar Symmetry· Warchild
· To The Bone· Peccatum
· The Atomic Bitchwax· Monster Magnet
· Sun O)))· Ignarus
· The Firstborn· Vinterriket
· Urizen· Gorefest
· Vader· Enforsaken
· Nobody's Fool· Tandjent
· Wolves in the Throne Room· Daylight Dies
· Cavalar· 8th Sin
· Dreams of Damnation· Hate Profile
· Upon Infliction· Spawn of Possession
· Before Silence· Suzukiton
· Unsilent Phenomenon· Swashbuckle
· War Within· Scary Manilow
· Agalloch· Woodtemple
· Wednesday 13· Pretty Maids
· Zoroaster· Celtic Frost
· Stonegard· Hardcore Superstar
· Threat Signal· Battered
· Warbringer· Lord Belial
· Necrophobic· Madking Ludwig
· Merciless Death· Nagelfar
· Marc Sasso· Mendeed
· Pantera· Trenchfoot
· Fight· Hellveto
· Mass Extinction· Father Befouled
· Jesus Martyr· Pop Evil
· Witchfinder General· Hacksaw Surgery
· Trinacria· Bullet For My Valentine
· Sin· Papa Roach
· Wolfgate· Sotajumala
· Uli Jon Roth· Suspyre