For me it's death > grind > metalcore (which includes deathcore 'cause I love Attila and Emmure) > thrash (mostly old stuff; new bands like Warbringer, Toxic Holocaust, et al. do nothing for me). I delete black metal promos unheard.
― Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Violent J (誤訳侮辱), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 18:21 (seven years ago) link
1. Black Metal - Love lots of it from the '90s onwards, still producing cool and surprising music2. Thrash - There's some classic stuff there but not a fan of anything past the '80s really3. Metalcore - Not big into it but I've got time for Botch and Converge4. Death Metal - Some bands I like in small doses, not keen on the vocals though plus it's all a bit too... knotty5. Grindcore - Not for me at all
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 2 May 2017 18:30 (seven years ago) link
check out the last 3 minutes of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32iX5lbVDto
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 2 May 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
death for me. My favorite as a kid, and the only subgenre of metal I still listen to on purpose
― Wimmels, Tuesday, 2 May 2017 20:42 (seven years ago) link
I like some old metalcore I guess, if Botch and Bloodlet count.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 21:58 (seven years ago) link
black metal
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 23:39 (seven years ago) link
death metal wins, next level extreme music
i don't really get black metal..
haven't heard much grindcore apart from some napalm death. eh.
metalcore... is converge metalcore? that band rules
― brimstead, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 00:13 (seven years ago) link
oh and thrash. thrash is good.
― brimstead, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 00:14 (seven years ago) link
metalcore is Converge and a bunch of shitty Converge ripoffs, correct me if I'm wrong
― Guy Pidgeotto (Tom Violence), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 01:08 (seven years ago) link
grindcore because it's over the quickest.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 01:10 (seven years ago) link
Death metal, then black, then probably a tie between grind and thrash. Not sure I know what metalcore is, but if it's stuff like Kvelertak, count me in.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 02:58 (seven years ago) link
Attila and Emmure
I honestly thought "metalcore" mostly referred to stuff like this. Converge are not bad (but this still wouldn't change my answer).
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 03:21 (seven years ago) link
Grind is also the closest to other genres I enjoy like free jazz, punk rock and noize
― Jay Elettronica Viva (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 04:07 (seven years ago) link
Oh hm, are you thinking of Painkiller as a grind offshoot/fusion?
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 04:10 (seven years ago) link
sure
― Jay Elettronica Viva (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 04:35 (seven years ago) link
Metalcore is a relatively big tent if you include subgenres like Deathcore (Emmure, Attila, After The Burial, Slice The Cake, Whitechapel, etc) and Mathcore (Botch, Dillinger Escape Plan, etc).
― Siegbran, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 11:26 (seven years ago) link
other than the earliest DEP, and at least a respect for bands like Car Bomb and Psyopus, I find a lot of mathcore to be a bit on the spastic side for me (which is probably the point). What about stuff like Naked City? Probably too conceptual and self-conscious. anyway, I can handle straight crust/hardcore/powerviolence, but when they try to metal up their sound, I find myself wanting better riffs/coherent songs. but I can be schooled!
― Dominique, Wednesday, 3 May 2017 14:48 (seven years ago) link
Hot takes: Dillinger Escape Plan is hardcore, Naked City is jazz
― Guy Pidgeotto (Tom Violence), Wednesday, 3 May 2017 20:18 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 1 June 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
Thrash or Death. Black is generally not toe-tapping enough for my tastes.
― chap, Thursday, 1 June 2017 13:40 (six years ago) link
I expected this to be death for American patriots and euros voting black but chap just had to be different ;)
― Odysseus, Thursday, 1 June 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
thrash then death
― Balðy Daudrs (contenderizer), Thursday, 1 June 2017 14:27 (six years ago) link
but that's heavily weighted by nostalgia. present listening = death then black, w/ maybe a little kimchi grind pile on the side.
― Balðy Daudrs (contenderizer), Thursday, 1 June 2017 14:29 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 2 June 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
this will never be settled haha
― imago, Friday, 2 June 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link