"Big Four" of other metal genres.

Big Four Of Melodic Death Metal:

Children Of Bodom
Arch Enemy
Dark Tranquillity
In Flames

Fathers Of Melodic Death:

At The Gates
Carcass

ultmetal wrote:

Classic American Hard Rock
Aerosmith
Kiss
Ted Nugent
Alice Cooper

I agree with that, but i'd add the mighty BOC to that list.

My further revised list. Decided to get rid of glam metal.

Heavy metal

Black Sabbath
Judas Priest
Motorhead
Iron Maiden (with Bruce/Blaze)

NWOBHM

Iron Maiden (with Paul)
Saxon
Diamond Head
Raven

Speed metal

Exciter
Anvil
Accept
Running Wild

Thrash metal part 2

Exodus
Testament
Overkill
Kreator

Doom metal

Candlemass
Trouble
Pentagram
Saint Vitus

Funeral doom

Evoken
Ahab
Skeptisism
Mournful Congregation

Death metal

Death
Obituary
Morbid Angel
Deicide

Brutal death metal

Suffocation
Devourment
Disgorge
Dying Fetus

Melodic death metal

Hypocrisy
Amon Amarth
Dark Tranquility
At the Gates

Technical death metal

Origin
Necrophagist
Cryptopsy
Nile

Black metal (First wave)

Bathory
Venom
Hellhammer
Celtic Frost

Black metal (Second wave)

Mayhem
Gorgoroth
Immortal
Darkthrone

Grindcore

Napalm Death
Terrorizer
Repulsion
Brutal Truth

Goregrind

Carcass
Last Days of Humanity
Regurgitate
Dead Infection

Gothic Metal

Paradise Lost
My Dying Bride
Anathema
Type O Negative

Progressive metal

Dream Theater
Fates Warning
Watchtower
Queensryche

Power metal

Hammerfall
Helloween
Blind Guardian
Manowar

Symphonic metal

Nightwish
Haggard
Epica
Therion

Folk metal

Skyclad
Finntroll
Enisferum
Korpiklanni

Medieval metal

Corvus Corax
Subway to Sally
In Extremo
Schandmaul

NWOAHM

Avenged Sevenfold
Devildriver
Chimaira
Mastadon

Metallic hardcore

Hatebreed
Converge
Integrity
Rorschach

Industrial metal

Ministry
Godflesh
KMFDM
Fear Factory

Groove metal

Pantera
Sepultura
Gojira
Machine Head

Sludge metal

Eyehategod
Crowbar
Acid Bath
Grief

Stoner metal

Electric Wizard
Bongzilla
Weedeater
High on Fire

Crossover thrash

Suicidal Tendencies
Stormtroopers of Death
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
Corrosion of Conformity

NWOTHM

White Wizzard
Cauldron
Enforcer
Holy Grail

Wow, 26 subgenres. Hilarious.

Where I come from "4" really isn't all that "BIG"

My two genres are music I like and music I think that sucks

manny wrote:

My two genres are music I like and music I think that sucks

Been my philosophy since getting my first vinyl in 1971