Top 10 Proofs Metal Music is in a Very Good Condition in 2018
I think it has been at #1 for a long time - I'm sure it was at #1 in 2015 and 2016.
Hope voters will keep it first.
I did not know that
Metal forever!
Metal isn't a mainstream genre and Spotify explained why metal benefited the most:
"Metal is often ignored by terrestrial radio, but its success bucks almost every other trend.", Spotify said. "Back in the day, you could've been the most talented dude with the best songs, but if the gatekeepers didn't like you, you weren't going anywhere. Streaming has allowed people to come out, literally."
The Spotify report also mentioned that "The metal listener, they're much more of an active listener than a passive listener."
Too many of these seem to involve the top tens where metal is unusually popular. Overall I think if you had more representative polls it would not fair as well. That is not to say that metal is not in a good condition but it is better to not use the top tens without considering whether it is really reflecting the population.
Many bands, a lot of variety. And this number does not include nu metal bands, rap metal bands, most of the alternative metal bands and most of the metalcore bands because they aren't considered metal.
Update as of Dec 31, 2018: 126,073 bands.
And this number includes bands that already released something - at least a demo or EP, that contains metal. This number doesn't include formed metal bands without recorded metal material.
Damn that's a lot
Metal at #2, getting 13% of the votes, is really great. Rock is at #1 with 17% of the votes but rock includes many subgenres, even metal: classic rock, hard rock, punk rock, alternative rock, metal, and so on.
That's how I got my name. It might not stay at number 1 for long but it deserves to be high on the list.
Judas Priest were formed in 1969 and still going strong!
But Heavy Metal has a big chance to get to #1 because currently #1 Progressive rock, gets 16% of the votes, and Heavy Metal at #2 also gets 16% of the votes.
Thrash Metal was at #9 in 2016 so it gets higher on that list - from #9 to #6. And it's only a metal subgenre and not a whole genre like hard rock.
Some of them may become the next favorites of the metal fans
It was at #6 in 2016, too. Maybe it was the same in 2017 but I don't remember.
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Metal stereotypes... such as: "Metal is all about screaming", "Metal is satanic", "Metal doesn't take talent to play", "Metal is just noise", and so on.