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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
· Demons and Wizards· Lost Horizon
· Racer X· Neck
· Machine Head· Dirty Power
· Usurper· Ring of Fire
· Advent· Ravage
· God Dethroned· Led Zeppelin
· Pyn Siren· Circle of Nero
· Evolution· Agony Divine
· Sevendust· The Graveyard Boulevard
· Curriculum Mortis· Morbid Angel
· Runemagick· Victory
· Beautiful Creatures· Savatage
· Mnemic· Tad Morose
· Thunderstone· Primal Fear
· DevilDriver· Deivos
· Iron Savior· Death Angel
· Silver Mountain· Celesty
· Ebony Ark· Bang The Union
· Donnerkopf· U.D.O.
· Marillion· Dragonspoon
· Hatework· Metal Church
· Psychotron· Shadows Fall
· Beaten Back To Pure· Potential Threat SF
· Occult· Aina
· Otep· Annihilator
· Z02· Polterchrist
· Marshall Law· Six Feet Under
· Tsjuder· Fifth Cross
· Kinetic· Gods Of Fire
· Helgrind· Ligeia
· Requiem Aeternam· Veni Domine
· Quiet Riot· Labyrinth
· Car Bomb· Desire Black
· Icarus Witch· Carina Alfie
· Argument Soul· Alex Skolnick Trio
· Freedom Call· Bleed The Sky
· Bruce Dickinson· Meshuggah
· Kinrick· Grand Magus
· Throes of Dawn· Astarte
· Mirador· Sothis
· Amorphis· Brand New Sin
· Testament· Circus Maximus
· Dynamic Lights· Supagroup
· Love Forsaken· Wetwork
· Warchild· To The Bone
· Loits· Black Majesty
· Pagan's Mind· Dragonia
· Before The Dawn· ASG
· Bolt Thrower· Forever Slave
· Ewigkeit· Dechrist
· Ram-Zet· Urizen
· Skullshifter· Torture Killer
· Gorefest· Detonation
· Vader· Enforsaken
· Totalisti· Powerglove
· Intronaut· Fields Of The Nephilim
· Steep· Vore
· Speed/Kill/Hate· The Sword
· Bludgeon· Sun Descends
· Jotunspor· Bloodbound
· War Within· Vicious Rumors
· Abominant· The Abominable Iron Sloth
· Enochian Crescent· Thy Majestie
· Semargl· Rotting Christ
· Satyricon· Cult of Daath
· Escape The Fate· Cheva
· Extium· Celtic Frost
· Handful of Hate· Stonegard
· Diagnose: Lebensgefahr· Threat Signal
· Battered· Warbringer
· Necrophobic· Merciless Death
· Trouble· Pentacle
· Rob Zombie· Retrospective
· The Wonderfools· Hearse
· Fight· Randy Ellefson
· Depressed Mode· Temple Of Blood
· Diamond Dogs· Mass Extinction
· Dantesco· Bilocate
· Demonic Symphony· Trivium
· Witchfinder General· Vulture Industries
· Moonshine· Intolerant
· Bullet For My Valentine· The More I See
· Sin· Papa Roach
· Faded Hope· Something Beautiful
· Sister Sin· Earthen Grave