Top 10 Metal Subgenres that Aren't Influenced by Punk
Please don't add Thrash Metal to this list because it is a mix of metal and hardcore punk.Same for death metal, which was based mainly on thrash.
And of course, don't add subgenres with 'core' and 'grind' in the name.
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Speed metal is like thrash without punk. Thrash emerged by mixing speed/power metal with hardcore punk.
Speed metal is between power metal and thrash and some bands/songs may have slight traces of punkish elements but this isn't typical.
It has no punk but some early metal bands/songs had traces of hard rock (which is explainable).
This is an important metal subgenre and I should have put it higher. But I didn't do this because according to Wiki black metal was influenced by punk. I personally don't think it has much punk in it but I played safe here (not that I trust wiki very much when it comes to metal). At least guitar picking style in black metal isn't typically punk-ish. Punk strumming includes all strings (downpicking), black metal strumming usually includes 1-2 strings (tremolo or alternate picking). Metal strumming in general usually includes 2 strings, 3 top. However, there are much more things to consider.
Not very high on my remix only because it's a sub-subgenre. But there's no punk at all (examples - Theocracy, Blind Guardian).
Doom metal bands are inspired by early Sabbath