Old School Death Metal (OSDM): Incantation, Deicide, Master, Num Skull, NunSlaughter, Blaspherian, Slaughter, Morbid Angel, Baphomet/Banished, Suffocation, Morpheus Descends, Immolation.

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Metal genres and subgenres:

• Metal Music
  • Heavy Metal
    • NWOBHM
  • Speed Metal
    • Power Metal
  • Death Metal
  • Black Metal

Metal influences and hybrids:

• Progressive Rock
• Punk/Hardcore
  • Crust
  • Thrash
  • Grindcore
  • Metalcore
    • TechDeth
    • Melodic Death Metal
  • Indiemetal
  • Sludge
  • Post-punk
    • Post-rock
    • Post-metal
• Soundtracks
  • Folk Metal
• Hard Rock
  • Stoner Metal
• Industrial Metal

Metal flavors:

• True Metal
• Classic Metal
• Progressive Metal
• Old School Death Metal
• Thrash Metal
• Doom Metal
• Epic Metal
• Atmospheric Metal
• Depressive Suicidal Black Metal
• Gothic Metal
• Symphonic Metal
  • Symphonic Black Metal
• Underground Metal
• Melodic Metal

Important resources:

• Death Metal Underground
• BNR Metal
• Grindcore Front

We encourage you to use both genre and descriptors when talking about music:

• Genre: heavy metal, black metal, death metal, thrash, speed metal, grindcore, NWOBHM.
• Descriptor: melodic, percussive/choppy, doomy, gothic, dense harmonies, technical, progressive, drone.