BLACK METAL – Burzum, Graveland, Emperor, Ildjarn, Von, Veles, Graveland, Grand Belial’s Key, Profanatica, Agalloch (kind of bm), Der Sturmer, Hellhammer/Celtic Frost, Venom, Bathory, Mortuary Drape, Peste Noire, Countess, Drudkh, Hate Forest, Spear of Longinus, Christ Agony, Darkspace, Inquisition, Fullmoon, Absurd, Morbid (death/thrash/black), Bone Awl, Ohtar, Beherit, Satanic Warmaster, Legion of Doom, Temnozor (folk/black), Necromass etc.
DEATH METAL – Morbid Angel, Mortem, Death, Nocturnus, Deicide, Vital Remains, Acheron, Infester, Entombed, Gorguts, Immortalis, Incantation, Atheist, Dead Congregation, (old) At the Gates, Eucharist, Necrophobic (melodic death/black), Unanimated, Goatlord (death/doom), Pungent Stench, Autopsy, Masacre, Massacra, Nuclear Death (dm/grind), Nunslaughter etc.
THRASH METAL – Slayer, Kreator, Sodom, Destruction, Necrodeath (death/thrash), Fearless Iranians From Hell, Slaughter, Razor, Sarcofago (black/thrash), Mutilator, Holocausto, Necronomicon, Dark Angel, Voivod, Bulldozer (speed/thrash/black), Carnivore, Nuclear Assault, Numskull (death/thrash), Nocturnal Graves (black/thrash), Vomitor (black/thrash), Vulcano etc.
Other random metal artists from different subgenres – Danzig, Black Sabbath, Dio, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Tank, Holocaust, Katatonia, My Dying Bride, dISEMBOWELMENT, Alice In Chains, Blind Guardian, Deftones, Repulsion, Disharmonic Orchestra, Nevermore, Paradise Lost etc.
PUNK/POST-PUNK – Amebix, Discharge, Crass, Bad Brains, Killing Joke, TSOL, Iskra, Nausea, Doom, Public Image Ltd., Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, The Birthday Party, Suicidal Tendencies, Black Flag, Christian Death, Dead Can Dance (post-punk then gothic/ethereal) etc.
GRUNGE/ALTERNATIVE/ROCK/SHOEGAZE – The Smashing Pumpkins, Hole, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains (though I consider them metal), My Bloody Valentine, Lush, Slowdive, Ride, Pearl Jam, Cocteau Twins, Jane’s Addiction, Faith No More, Primus, The Cranberries etc.
These are some of my favourites though I like bits of other stuff too such as some martial, neofolk, power electronics etc.
Also some of these artists listed didn’t really fit into any category very well while some of them could easily be in more than one, but yeah these are some top artists for me…
I might come back and list my favourite albums from each genre/subgenre later...
28 Jan 2013, 5:07 pm
