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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· Hate Eternal
· In Flames· LA Guns
· White Skull· Carpathian Forest
· Karaboudjan· Perzonal War
· Rebellion· Twelfth Gate
· Celestial Ode· Steel Attack
· Fozzy· Dark Moor
· Wizard· Dr. Butcher
· Brainstorm· The Chainsaw
· Goat Horn· Tungsten
· Shakra· Bloodbath
· Nordheim· Stalker
· Drillpoint· Halloween
· Attacker· Project: Failing Flesh
· Neverland· Construcdead
· Jag Panzer· Babylon Mystery Orchestra
· Amityville Whore· Nova Lex
· Low Earth Orbit· Destructor
· Fireaxe· Black Destiny
· Shadows Fall· Potential Threat SF
· Katagory V· Annihilator
· Valume Nob· GWAR
· Within Temptation· The Last Act
· Behemoth· Cryme
· Tristania· Dark Tranquillity
· Napalm Death· Of Infinity
· Paradise Lost· Crowbar
· Bloody Sign· The Apocalyptic Riders
· Divine Fire· Kamelot
· Yyrkoon· Strikelight
· Icarus Witch· Angtoria
· Kaamos· Novembers Doom
· Bleed The Sky· Meshuggah
· Lord Gore· Fire Alley
· Holy Moses· Kryoburn
· Operatika· Strapping Young Lad
· Neil Turbin· Agents Of Man
· Naglfar· Amorphis
· Ektomorf· Kult ov Azazel
· Evemaster· Dam
· Frameless Scar· Power Quest
· Thor· A Lower Deep
· To The Bone· Mercyful Fate
· Peccatum· Illuminatus
· Orphaned Land· Casus Belli
· Mabon· Vinterriket
· Ghost Machinery· Dechrist
· Even X· Doomfoxx
· Infliction· Asrai
· Define Divine· Dragonlord
· God Forbid· Khold
· Detonation· Virgin Steele
· Dismember· Beecher
· Powerglove· Scum
· Boris· Valhalla
· The Smashup· Ampast
· Imagika· Bludgeon
· Stormcrow· Dawn of Azazel
· Before Silence· Smohalla
· Destruction· Hydrogyn
· Dendura· Skid Row
· Warface· Vicious Rumors
· Skyforger· Abominant
· Belphegor· Thy Majestie
· Isis· Sathanas
· Escape The Fate· Darkness Eternal
· Better Left Unsaid· Phazm
· Warmachine· Melechesh
· With Passion· Terry Sullivan
· Throne of Katarsis· Warbringer
· Cattle Decapitation· Hacride
· Denial Fiend· Malevolent Creation
· JR Ewing· Architect
· Mongrel· Glenn Hughes
· Bilocate· Cockpit
· Father Befouled· Kreator
· Souls Of We· Equilibrium
· Virgin Black· Intolerant
· Mustasch· Dark Castle