Every Single Genre of Metal Ever
By Vince Von.
Firstly, some disclaimers.
- This list does not include deathrash as it is not a genre. It's really just that phase of metal where we were transitioning from thrash to death, and I'd say that it's safe to say that a deathrash band is just death metal. (e.g., Possessed, Protector, early Pestilence)
- This list does not include umbrella terms like "extreme metal", "pop metal", "Christian metal", "Latin metal", "jazz metal", "comedy metal", "speed metal", "southern metal", or "post-black metal". All bands in those umbrellas have their own genres.
- There are times when things contradict themselves. For instance, Sodom is from Germany, but their early work is not Teutonic thrash metal, its actually blackened thrash metal. This is because the band being from a place is less important than the actual music.
- Anything that combines heavy metal (the base genre) with anything else is not a subgenre of heavy metal, rather, it is a new subgenre by itself.
- This list will not include three genres that technically should be here, but they aren't really metal at all. These genres are: crunkcore (combines nu metal with crunk), emo rap (combines nu metal with hip hop and emo), and hyperpop (combines emo rap with pop). These genres have almost nothing to do with metal in most cases, and their impact is nonexistent on metal as a whole, so it does not need to be here. We have standards.
And also, when I say "combines metal with _____", it just means all metal. This would only happen when the genre in question contains bands that vary with its use of different metal genres.
Lastly, I have to explain how I am arranging this, as this is a very difficult task that took a lot of thought and it may seem confusing at first glance. The main genres (e.g., doom metal, thrash metal, death metal) will go in chronological order. All of their subgenres (e.g., sludge metal, technical thrash metal, blackened death metal) will come after that, in chronological order. Say a main genre was invented in the mid-1980's and another was also invented in the mid-1980's. In that case, I alphabetize it. So, for instance, death metal and beatdown hardcore were both invented in the mid-1980's. Because "b" comes before "d", beatdown hardcore would come before death metal and its subgenres. Also, for example, deathcore is a subgenre of death metal and metalcore, meaning you cannot have one without the other. Because metalcore was invented in a different era than death metal, deathcore would go under metalcore and live with its subgenres, not death metal's. Confused? You should be.
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Blues rock, but heavier
Heavy metal
Blues rock, but heavierBlack Sabbath - "Black Sabbath" (1970)
Invented in the late 1960's by Black Sabbath and is the original metal genre. It is characterized by having a thick sound, with distorted guitars, guitar solos, emphatic beats, and being overall loud. Black Sabbath also assisted in the creation of doom metal in the early 1970's speaking of which...
Example bands: Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne, Motörhead.
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Doom metal
Combines heavy metal with blues rock
Trouble - "Psalm 9" (1984)
Invented in the early 1970's by bands like Witchfinder General and Trouble. It is characterized by having slower tempos, lower-tuned guitars, and an even thicker and heavier sound that tries to evoke a sense of despair, dread, and impending doom.
Example bands: Witchfinder General, Trouble, Pentagram, Saint Vitus, Electric Wizard.
Epic doom
Combines doom metal with classical music
Candlemass - "Solitude" (1986)
Invented in the mid-1980's by Candlemass. It is characterized by having clean, operatic, and choral singing, along with keyboards and bombastic drumming to evoke an epic feel.
Example bands: Candlemass, Solitude Aeturnus, Solstice, While Heaven Wept, Doomsword.
Sludge metal
Combines doom metal with hardcore punk
Acid Bath - "Dr. Seuss is Dead" (1994)
Invented in the mid-1980's by Black Flag. It is characterized by being harsh and abrasive, featuring shouted vocals, contrasting tempos, and heavily distorted instruments, usually with lo-fi production. The genre's development is closely related to grunge, as both are similar in sound, although sludge metal is not mainstream at all, like grunge is.
Example bands: Melvins, Acid Bath, Eyehategod, Crowbar, Chat Pile.
Stoner metal
Combines doom metal with psychedelic rock
Sleep - "Marijuanaut's Theme" (2018)
Invented in the mid-1980's by Kyuss and Sleep. It is characterized by being mid-tempo, featuring a distorted bass sound, melodic vocals, vintage production quality, and has an image of cannabis in most cases.
Example bands: Sleep, Kyuss, High on Fire, Weedeater, Fu Manchu.
Desert rock
Combines stoner metal with hard rock
Queens of the Stone Age - "Go With the Flow" (2001)
Invented in the late 1980's by Masters of Reality and Yawning Man. It is characterized by repetitive drumbeats, free form jamming, and sludgy grooves. The genre is exclusive to the "Palm Desert Scene", a group of bands from Palm Desert, California.
Example bands: Queens of the Stone Age, Masters of Reality, Yawning Man, Fatso Jetson, Hermano.
Drone metal
Combines doom metal with drone music
Earth - “Seven Angels” (1993)
Invented in the early 1990’s by Earth. It is characterized by heavily distorted guitars and bass alongside a large amount of reverb and audio feedback. Vocals aren’t usually present. Songs do not have any discernible beat or rhythm and most songs last well over fifteen minutes. You could leave a concert for an hour and a half and come back only to find that the band has only played two songs.
Example bands: Earth, Sunn O))), Boris, Corrupted, Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine.
Gothic-doom
Combines doom metal with gothic rockType O Negative - "Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)" (1993)
Invented in the early 1990's by Type O Negative. It is characterized by the usage of instruments from classical music along with romantic and melancholic lyrical content of gothic rock.
Example bands: Type O Negative, The Foreshadowing, Artrosis, Ava Inferi, Draconian.
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Hair metal
Combines heavy metal with glam rockMötley Crüe - “Girls, Girls, Girls” (1987)
Invented in the late 1970’s by Van Halen. It is characterized by pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, upbeat mainstream anthems, and slow power ballads. It is based heavily on the image and fashion of 1970’s glam rock. Image is important in hair metal, and bands wear flashy, tight-fitting clothes, makeup, and adopt an androgynous aesthetic in which denim and leather is replaced by spandex and lace. This genre came in two different waves. The first wave were bands like Mötley Crüe, Quiet Riot, or Van Halen. These bands were poppier than traditional heavy metal but were grittier than the second wave. The second wave are the mainstream success bands: Warrant, Poison, and Cinderella. These bands are less metal than their predecessors and are more mainstream. Due to the mainstream popularity of hair metal, some metal bands, like Judas Priest, Celtic Frost, and Discharge, drastically changed their sound to cash in.
Example bands: Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, Poison, Quiet Riot, Cinderella._______________________________________________________________________
Neoclassical metal
Combines heavy metal with classical music
Yngwie Malmsteen - "You Don't Remember, I'll Never Forget" (1986)
Invented in the late 1970's by many guitarists and keyboardists. It is characterized by consisting elements of classical music and being very technical and fast. The genre is exclusive to guitarists and keyboardists, and almost never the focus is on the whole band.
Example artists: Yngwie Malmsteen, Randy Rhoads, Alexi Laiho, John Petrucci, Michael Pinnella.
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Black metal
Born out of hardcore punk... and the continent of Europe!Mayhem - "Freezing Moon" (1994)
Invented in the early 1980's by Venom. It is characterized by having very fast tempos, a shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, raw production quality, unconventional song structures, and an emphasis on atmosphere. The artists usually cover themselves in corpse paint and adopt pseudonyms. The genre came in two waves. The first wave consists of bands like Venom and Bathory and was more conventional in song structures and was slower. The second wave arose in the early 1990's, consisting of bands such as Mayhem and Immortal. The genre received mainstream media attention when bands and its fans in the second wave began committing arson on churches. The genre was also the subject of two murders and one suicide. Lyrically, the genre is heavily misanthropic, and bands usually advocate for various forms of extreme anti-Christian sentiment, Satanism, or ethnic paganism.
Example bands: Venom, Satyricon, Mayhem, Immortal, Bathory.
Blackened thrash metal
Combines black metal with thrash metalSodom - "Nuclear Winter" (1987)
Invented in the early 1980's by Sodom. It is characterized by crossing the border between black and thrash metal, giving thrash a darker, grittier, sound.
Example bands: Sodom, Aura Noir, Deströyer 666, Witchery, Black Fast.
Viking metal
Combines black metal with Nordic folk musicBathory - "One Rode to ASA Bay" (1990)
Invented in the late 1980's by Bathory. It is characterized by having a thematic and lyrical focus on Norse mythology, Norse paganism, and the Viking Age. Viking metal is actually very broad as a genre, but it is usually black metal with influences from Nordic folk music.
Example bands: Bathory, Falkenbach, Thyrfing, Månegarm.
Depressive suicidal black metal
Combines black metal with doom metalXasthur - "Moon Shrouded in Misery - Pt. 1" (2001)
Invented in the early 1990's by Bethlehem. It is characterized by having melancholic, introspective, and nihilistic themes, along with raw and lo-fi production, usually more raw than normal black metal.
Example bands: Bethlehem, Xasthur, Silencer, Deinonychus, Forgotten Tomb.
Dungeon synth
Combines black metal with dark ambientMortiis - "Scar Trek/Parasite God" (2001)
Invented in the early 1990's by Mortiis. It is characterized by its heavier emphasis on atmospheric elements, going so far as to include ambient and medieval or fantasy-inspired soundscapes. The name, "dungeon synth", was not used at the time, and was coined in the 2010's on the internet.
Example bands: Mortiis, Yob, Depressive Silence, Old Sorcery, Quest Master.
Nationalist Socialist black metal
Black metal with neo-Nazi imagery with lyrical themesAbsurd - "In die Schlacht" (2003)
Invented in the early 1990's by Absurd. It's just black metal with neo-Nazi imagery. Yeah, not the best look for black metal or metal in general. The members of Absurd were sentenced to four years in prison for murdering one of their classmates, Sandro Beyer, in 1993. Just a fun fact.
Example bands: Absurd, Wolfnacht, Totenburg, Goatmoon, Satanic Warmaster.
Pagan metal
Combines black metal with Viking metalMoonsorrow - "Suden Tunti" (2016)
Invented in the early 1990's by Primordial. Like Viking metal, Pagan metal sounds different from band to band, and this genre is easily confused for Viking metal. Pagan metal seems to have a bigger emphasis on black metal than normal Viking metal, which seems to be the only difference.
Example bands: Primordial, Moonsorrow, Arkona, Windir, Wolfchant.
Psychedelic black metal
Combines black metal with psychedelic musicIn the Woods... - "Yearning the Seeds of a New Dimension" (1995)
Invented in the early 1990's by Ved Buens Ende. It is characterized by having more unconventional song structures than regular black metal and having trippy and hypnotic guitar effects.
Example bands: In the Woods..., Ved Buens Ende, Oranssi Pazuzu, Blut Aus Nord, Nachtmystium.
Raw black metal
Black metal with EVEN WORSE production qualityGorgoroth - Begravelsesnatt (1994)
Invented in the early 1990's by Darkthrone. It is characterized by being even more noisy and lo-fi than black metal already is.
Example bands: Darkthrone, Gorgoroth, Ildjarn, Von, Moonblood.
Red and anarchist black metal
Blackened crust with anarchistic themes
Panopticon - "Resident" (2011)
Invented in the early 1990's by Arkona. It's just blackened crust with anarchist themes, and I'm not entirely sure why we need a separate genre for it.
Example bands: Panopticon, Arkona, Iskra, Nux Vomica, Dawn Ray'd.
Unblack metal
Black metal with strong Christian beliefsHorde - "Hellig Usvart" (1994)
Invented in the early 1990's by Horde. It's just black metal with anti-Satanic themes, which is one of the most ironic things I've ever heard. When Horde released their debut album in 1994, death threats from black metal musicians were being sent to Nuclear Blast Records's headquarters, which tells you a lot about the 1990's black metal scene.
Example bands: Horde, Antestor, Admonish, Kekal, Vaakevandring.
Ambient black metal
Combines black metal with ambient musicWolves in the Throne Room - "Face in a Night Time Mirror: Part 1" (2006)
Invented in the mid-1990's by Summoning. It is very atmospheric and dreamy, and not very aggressive. It usually features synthesizers and classical instruments for melody and a shimmering sound from the guitars. The music is slow or mid-paced like doom metal, and usually does not use any blast beats.
Example bands: Wolves in the Throne Room, Drudkh, Agalloch, Summoning, Uneven Structure.
Symphonic black metal
Combines black metal with classical musicCradle of Filth - "Her Ghost in the Fog" (2000)
Invented in the mid-1990's by Emperor. It is characterized by the heavy use of keyboards and orchestras and an even more atmospheric feel than regular black metal. Most of the time, vocals, instead of a shriek, are operatic and clean. Strangely enough, symphonic black metal was invented before symphonic metal. The first symphonic metal album is Theli by Therion, which came out in 1996, however, the first symphonic black metal album is In the Nightside Eclipse by Emperor, which came out in 1994. That is why it is here, and not under symphonic metal.
Example bands: Emperor, Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Carach Angren, Tvangeste.
Black 'n' roll
Combines black metal with hard rockKhold - "Nattpyre" (2001)
Invented in the early 2000's by Khold. It is characterized by being mid-paced and taking a lot of cues from 1970's style hard rock and rock 'n' roll.
Example bands: Khold, Kvelertak, Midnight, Vreid, Satyricon.
Blackgaze
Combines black metal with shoegazeVaura - "Incomplete Burning" (2013)
Invented in the early 2000's by Alcest. It is characterized by being black metal with obscured vocals, muffled guitar, distorted sounds, feedback, and being louder than normal black metal.
Example bands: Alcest, Amesoeurs, Altar of Plagues, Vaura, Ghost Bath.
Blackened crust
Combines black metal with crust punkGallhammer - "Blind My Eyes" (2007)
Invented in the mid-2000's by Gallhammer. It simply combines black metal and crust punk, harkening back to the second wave of black metal, but with an emphasis on punk.
Example bands: Gallhammer, Downfall of Gaia, Young and in the Way, Darkthrone, Ancst.
Blackened screamo
Combines black metal with screamoWe Came Out Like Tigers - "Remember Why You Are" (2012)
Invented in the mid-2000's by Celeste. It takes the punky elements of screamo and combines it with the rasp of black metal.
Example bands: Celeste, We Came Out Like Tigers, Anomie, Bosse-de-Nage, No Omega._______________________________________________________________________
Crust punk
Combines anarcho-punk with D-beatAmebix - "Battery Humans" (1983)
Invented in the early 1980's by Amebix. It is characterized by having a distincly bassy and distorted sound with dark and pessimistic lyrics. This is the first extreme metal genre.
Example bands: Amebix, Discharge, Antisect, Hellbastard, Aus-Rotten.
Crustcore
Combines crust punk with hardcore punkDoom - "Life Lock" (1988)
Invented in the mid-1980's by Disrupt and Doom. It is characterized by being more punk sounding than regular crust punk.
Example bands: Disrupt, Doom, Wolfbrigade, Filth, Baptists.
Crack rock steady
Combines crust punk with ska punkChoking Victim - "500 Channels" (1999)
Invented in the early 1990's by Choking Victim. It is characterized by having a major ska influence along with the grit of crust punk. Lyrically, the genre focuses on themes like drug-use and religion.
Example bands: Choking Victim, Leftöver Crack, Morning Glory, Star Fucking Hipsters.
Neo crust
Combines crust punk with screamoHis Hero is Gone - "Like Weeds" (1997)
Invented in the mid-1990's by His Hero is Gone. It is characterized by being overall louder and noisier than regular crust punk. Unlike most punk-metal fusion genres, it isn't rooted in punk or rooted in metal, and it shifts between the two frequently. Like regular crust punk, it is dark, but also has a melodic element.
Example bands: His Hero is Gone, Tragedy, Fall of Efrafa, From Ashes Rise, The Dagda.
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Power metal
Combines heavy metal with neoclassical metal
Helloween - "Future World" (1987)
Invented in the early 1980's by multiple bands like Savatage and Cirith Ungol. It is characterized by being faster than normal heavy metal but having neoclassical tendencies. It has a very uplifting and anthemic sound, in sharp contrast to extreme metal, which we're getting to. The term refers to two different types of power metal, which came in waves. The first wave includes bands like Savatage and Manowar, which were prevalent in the 1980's. They were heavier and faster than traditional heavy metal. The second wave includes bands like Symphony X and Stratovarius, which became popular in the 1990's. These have a poppier sound that is more melodic and lighter than traditional heavy metal and make use of keyboards.
Example bands: Helloween, Manowar, Gamma Ray, Blind Guardian, Savatage.
Pirate metal
Combines power metal with sea shanties
Running Wild - "Under Jolly Roger" (1987)
Invented in the late 1980's by Running Wild. It is characterized by having an incorporation of pirate mythology and pirate sea shanties within the music and sometimes, stage performances. It's basically power metal with the concertina. It was created when Running Wild removed themselves from their Satanic imagery on their third album, Under Jolly Roger. The genre only started to gain traction in the mid-2000's when bands like Alestorm and Swashbuckle popped up.
Example bands: Running Wild, Alestorm, Swashbuckle, The Dread Crew of Oddwood, Storm Seeker.
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Thrash metal
Combines heavy metal with hardcore punkMetallica - "Creeping Death" (1984)
Invented in the early 1980's by Metallica. It is characterized by being much more aggressive and faster than traditional heavy metal. The riffs are at a low register, paired with neoclassical guitar shredding. Lyrical matter is usually against The Establishment and has a concern over environmental destruction. Sometimes, it has a Satanic theme, borrowed from black metal. These lyrics are written simply and rhythmically, borrowed from hardcore punk. The genre partly came out as a rebuttal to hair metal, which was gaining traction in the mainstream.
Example bands: Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Testament.
Crossover thrash
Combines thrash metal with hardcore punkS.O.D. - "Kill Yourself" (1985)
Invented in the early 1980's by D.R.I. It is characterized by being faster than normal thrash metal, and songs are shorter as well, usually less than two minutes. It is known for its satirical and sometimes comedic lyrics. The genre is often confused with thrashcore, a subgenre of punk that combines hardcore punk with punk rock.
Example bands: D.R.I., S.O.D., M.O.D., Suicidal Tendencies, Cryptic Slaughter.
Teutonic thrash metal
Thrash metal, but it comes from GermanyKreator - "Riot of Violence" (1986)
Invented in the early 1980's by Destruction and Holy Moses. It is characterized by being faster and more aggressive than regular thrash metal but not short and comedic like crossover thrash. The lyrics usually deal with violence and war, unlike the other subgenres at this time. The genre gets its name from the Teutons, who were a Germanic tribe.
Example bands: Destruction, Kreator, Sodom, Holy Moses, Tankard.
Technical thrash metal
Thrash metal with more technical playingAnnihilator - "Alison Hell" (1989)
Invented in the mid-1980's by Voivod. It is characterized by being more technically demanding than thrash metal already is. The Canadian thrash metal scene was the first to do this.
Example bands: Voivod, Annihilator, Megadeth, Coroner, Toxik._______________________________________________________________________
Alternative metal
Combines heavy metal with alternative rock, among other thingsFaith No More - "Epic" (1989)
Invented in the mid-1980's by Faith No More. Although it is primarily alternative rock that is mixed with metal here, it also can include other genres such as hip hop, funk rock, and post-punk. It is characterized by using heavily down tuned guitars, mid-paced guitar riffs, and a combination of harsh and melodic vocals.
Example bands: Faith No More, Tool, Helmet, A Perfect Circle, In Flames.
Funk metal
Combines alternative metal with funk rockPrimus - "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" (1991)
Invented in the mid-1980's by Red Hot Chili Peppers. It's alternative metal with a larger emphasis on funk rock, with a small sprinkle of punk rock. Towards the tail end of the 1980's and early 1990's, many hair metal and thrash metal bands began experimenting with a funk metal sound.
Example bands: Primus, Fishbone, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Infectious Grooves, Living Colour.
Rap metal
Combines alternative metal with rap rockRage Against the Machine - "Bulls on Parade" (1996)
Invented in the early 1990's by Body Count. It's alternative metal with the emphasis on hip hop. This entails heavy guitar riffs and funk metal elements combined with rapped vocals and sometimes turntables. Rap metal had existed prior to Body Count, when metal bands like Anthrax, Metal Church, and Ministry collaborated with rappers to make one-off songs.
Example bands: Rage Against the Machine, Body Count, Biohazard, Clawfinger, Stuck Mojo.
Reggae metal
Combines alternative metal with reggae rockDub War - "Spiritual Warfare" (1995)
Invented in the early 1990's by Dub War. It is characterized by mainly being alternative metal but with a lot of reggae rock influence.
Example bands: Dub War, Shinobi Ninja, Twelve Foot Ninja, Zeroscape, Skindred.
Neue Deutsch Härte
Combines alternative metal with Neue Deutsche Welle with sprinkles of electro-industrial and technoRammstein - "Engel" (1997)
Invented in the mid-1990's by Rammstein. It is characterized by German lyrics, heavy use of keyboards, synthesizers, and samples. Imagery is important and is strongly masculine and militaristic. This genre is exclusive to Germany.
Example bands: Rammstein, Oomph!, Joachim Witt, Megaherz, Eisbrecher.
Trap metal
Combines rap metal with trapGhostmane - "Fed Up" (2020)
Invented in the mid-2010's by OG Maco. It is characterized by having elements of metal and rap, paired with trap music, which is a style of hip hop known for its heavy beats and dark lyrical themes. Trap metal can also have some hardcore punk influences. This isn't usually a band, rather, just one person.
Example artists: OG Maco, Ghostmane, City Morgue, PRXJEK, ZillaKami._______________________________________________________________________
Avant-garde metal
Combines metal with experimental musicMr. Bungle - "Carry Stress in the Jaw" (1995)
Invented in the mid-1980's by Mr. Bungle. It is characterized by having unconventional overall sound, meaning unconventional instruments, song structures, playing styles, and vocal techniques. Whenever extreme metal is in the mix, it's usually death metal.
Example bands: Mr. Bungle, Maudlin of the Well, Celtic Frost, Today is the Day, Avenged Sevenfold.
Post-metal
Combines avant-garde metal with post-rock
Deafheaven - "Dream House" (2013)
Invented in the early 1990's by Neurosis. It is characterized by having an emphasis on textures, atmosphere, and emotion. It usually does not follow a strict lyrical structure, using many crescendos and repeating themes. It usually mingles with the black metal genre.
Example bands: Isis, Neurosis, Deafheaven, Year of No Light, Callisto._______________________________________________________________________
Beatdown hardcore
Combines crossover thrash with hardcore punkKilling Time - "Brightside" (1989)
Invented in the mid-1980's by Sheer Terror. It is characterized by featuring aggressive vocals, down-tuned guitars, gang vocals, heavy guitar riffs, and breakdowns. It also has a hypermasculine image. This genre was the start of the rise of metalcore in the 1990's.
Example bands: Killing Time, Sheer Terror, Madball, Judge, Lionheart._______________________________________________________________________
Grindcore
Combines crust punk with thrashcoreNapalm Death - "Scum" (1987)
Invented in the mid-1980's by Napalm Death. It is characterized by being very abrasive, with heavily distorted and down-tuned guitars, overdriven bass, a very fast tempo which one can argue is the fastest in all metal genres, blast beats, and vocals that can consist of death growls, shouting, and black metal-styled shrieks. A trait of grindcore is the "microsong", which is a very short song, usually only a couple seconds long. The world's shortest song is "You Suffer" by Napalm Death, which came out in 1987 on their debut album, Scum. It is 1.316 seconds long. Technically, this is a crust punk subgenre, but its grown so big that it is its own genre.
Example bands: Napalm Death, Brutal Truth, Terrorizer, Pig Destroyer, Wormrot.
Blackened grindcore
Combines grindcore with black metalApes - "Devour" (2022)
Invented in late 1980's by Rotting Christ, although they stopped playing this genre and began playing regular black metal before their first album. It takes black metal elements and combines that with the intensity of grindcore.
Example bands: Rotting Christ, Anaal Nathrakh, Apes, Balberith, Heathen Beast.
Goregrind
Grindcore but with gory lyrical content and watery vocal noisesCarcass - "Regurgitation of Giblets" (1988)
Invented in the late 1980's by Carcass. It's just regular grindcore but with gory lyrical content and watery-sounding vocals.
Example bands: Carcass, Impetigo, General Surgery, Regurgitate, Haemorrhage.
Noisegrind
Combines grindcore with noise music
Full of Hell - "Pile of Dead Horses" (2011)
Invented in the late 1980's by Sore Throat. It is characterized by simply including noise music elements such as distortion, feedback, static, hisses, and hums.
Example bands: Full of Hell, Sore Throat, Bastard Noise, Sissy Spacek, The Rita.
Full of Hell - "Pile of Dead Horses" (2011)
Invented in the late 1980's by Sore Throat. It is characterized by simply including noise music elements such as distortion, feedback, static, hisses, and hums.
Example bands: Full of Hell, Sore Throat, Bastard Noise, Sissy Spacek, The Rita.
Jazzcore
Combines grindcore with avant-garde jazz
Sorry, it's not on YouTube: Pain Killer - "Scud Attack" Pain Killer - "Scud Attack" (1991)
Invented in the early 1990's by Naked City. It combines the absurdity and franticness of avant-garde jazz with the speed of grindcore. It's very weird and avant-garde.
Example bands: Naked City, Pain Killer, Le Scrawl, Deep Turtle, Melt-Banana.
Pain Killer - "Scud Attack" (1991)
Invented in the early 1990's by Naked City. It combines the absurdity and franticness of avant-garde jazz with the speed of grindcore. It's very weird and avant-garde.
Example bands: Naked City, Pain Killer, Le Scrawl, Deep Turtle, Melt-Banana.
Pornogrind
Goregrind but with slower tempos and pornographic lyrical content
I couldn't get YouTube to work for this one, so here's the link:Cock and Ball Torture - "Where Girls Learn to Piss on Command" (2002)
Invented in the early 1990's by Gut. It's combines the toilet-flushing sound of goregrind with pornographic themes, making this an obscure genre that's just pure evil and vile. Definitely not for anybody with a weak stomach, or anybody in general for that matter.
Example bands: Gut, Cock and Ball Torture, Razorrape, Vile Disgust, Dehydrated Goat.
I couldn't get YouTube to work for this one, so here's the link:
Cock and Ball Torture - "Where Girls Learn to Piss on Command" (2002)
Invented in the early 1990's by Gut. It's combines the toilet-flushing sound of goregrind with pornographic themes, making this an obscure genre that's just pure evil and vile. Definitely not for anybody with a weak stomach, or anybody in general for that matter.
Example bands: Gut, Cock and Ball Torture, Razorrape, Vile Disgust, Dehydrated Goat.
Electrogrind
Combines grindcore with electronic musicGenghis Tron - "Board Up the House" (2008)
Invented in the mid-2000's by The Berzerker. It is characterized by its electronic passages and its glitchy effects along with grindcore.
Example bands: The Berzerker, Genghis Tron, Gigantic Brain, Drumcorps, Codex Orzhova.
Mathcore
Combines grindcore with math rock
The Dillinger Escape Plan - "Sugar Coated Sour" (1999)
Invented in the mid-1990's by The Dillinger Escape Plan. It is characterized by being highly technical and including multiple different genres, including metalcore and post-hardcore, but usually sticks to math rock and grindcore put together.
Example bands: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Converge, Botch, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Car Bomb.
The Dillinger Escape Plan - "Sugar Coated Sour" (1999)
Invented in the mid-1990's by The Dillinger Escape Plan. It is characterized by being highly technical and including multiple different genres, including metalcore and post-hardcore, but usually sticks to math rock and grindcore put together.
Example bands: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Converge, Botch, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Car Bomb.
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