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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
· Anvil· HammerFall
· The Great Deceiver· Carpathian Forest
· Disturbed· Kataklysm
· Kalibas· Solace
· Warhorse· Seether
· Fozzy· Agoraphobic Nosebleed
· Metallica· Tungsten
· Catch 22· Iced Earth
· Fireball Ministry· Artension
· Mourning Beloveth· Victory
· Rob Rock· Stryper
· Axenstar· Stalker
· Halloween· Pharaoh
· Edguy· Fraise
· Lacuna Coil· Defiled
· Secret Sphere· Doro
· Neverland· Fear Factory
· Force Of Evil· Superchrist
· Funerus· Construcdead
· Babylon Mystery Orchestra· Epica
· Icon And The Black Roses· Edge Of Forever
· Low Earth Orbit· Judas Priest
· Spiral Madness· Krokus
· Joe Lynn Turner· Killswitch Engage
· Shadows Fall· Theocracy
· Neurosis· Dark Ruin
· Six Feet Under· Blind Guardian
· Anger· Behemoth
· Tsjuder· Cryme
· Fifth Cross· Code Black
· Lost Soul· Hellfueled
· Carina Alfie· Severe Torture
· Oathean· Bleed The Sky
· Drunkard· Magica
· Kryoburn· Raintime
· Babylon· Green Carnation
· Ivory Knight· Groundcrew
· Astarte· God Among Insects
· Darkane· Unchained
· Unshine· Nuse
· Monolithe· Gaia
· Frameless Scar· Alice Cooper
· Widow· Clutch
· A Lower Deep· Warchild
· Dirty Americans· The Firstborn
· Algol3· The Absence
· Phantom X· Even X
· Gojira· Chain Collector
· Mastermind· Dragonlord
· Sinocence· God Forbid
· Absolution· Across Tundras
· Tandjent· Hell-Born
· Event Horizon· Moonspell
· Valhalla· Manngard
· Ampast· Down Factor
· Stormcrow· TK-421
· Apiary· Upon Infliction
· Spawn of Possession· Smohalla
· Destruction· Paul Bonrud
· Psycroptic· From the Grave
· Woodtemple· I
· Skyforger· The Ruins of Beverast
· The Finals· Oblomov
· Mastodon· Satyricon
· Eyes of Ligeia· Eighteen Visions
· Biolich· E-lane
· Middian· Starkweather
· Lecherous Nocturne· Stonegard
· Static-X· Merciless Death
· Grenouer· Blood of the Black Owl
· Marc Sasso· Divine Empire
· Gotthard· Pentacle
· Rob Zombie· Since the Day
· Retrospective· Glorior Belli
· Faith And Fire· Mass Extinction
· Alkemyst· Shining Star
· Mortiis· Demonic Symphony
· Witchfinder General· Armory
· Kreator· Souls Of We
· Virgin Black· Something Beautiful
· Crown The Lost· Sister Sin
· Earthen Grave