Top Ten Words to Describe Certain Genres of Metal

Wow..Great list, all right words for the genres! - Ananya

This is one of the reasons I like prog metal. Very few metal genres are complicated as prog metal. - zxm

This list is mostly accurate (giggidy)

I like saying ominous. - Metalhead1997

Is this brutal death metal or are you describing the whole genre? - Metalhead1997

The riffs. - zxm

Extreme metal is not really a genre. Its just a part of metal music. People call it umbrella term. But yeah, extreme metal is very aggressive. Death metal, black metal or thrash metal for example. - zxm

I don't like metalcore vocals. But I think metalcore instrumental is good. I don't like the famous metalcore bands. I like some underrated metalcore bands. - zxm

Great way to describe this genre of "Metal" - christangrant

The emo Metalcore bands are crap but bands like Bullet For My Valentine and As I Lay Dying are great.-DarkBoi-X

Look, metalcore is "core" (i.e. punk) influenced by metal. It's basically a punk subgenre. Some metalcore bands skip the metal part and what's left is punk with pop. No metal in it. - Metal_Treasure

Deathcore is the punk version of death metal. Not metal for me. - Metal_Treasure

With the exception of Job For A Cowboy - nickolie

This isn't a music subgenre. It's grindcore with porn lyrics. The genre is grindcore. Oh, and it's punk, not metal. So stop putting Pornogrind is metal genres. It's not a genre and not metal. - Metal_Treasure

It's not metal. It's punk. - Metal_Treasure

Yes, it is robotic but most of it isn't really metal, it's just industrial rock people think is metal. Basically the concept of "Industrial Metal" bears a contradiction in it. - Metal_Treasure