422 shades of metal
I've been having fun playing with the last.fm social tags -
there's lots of interesting bits in there. For instance, there are (at
least) 422 different types of 'metal' including 'viking metal',
'math metal' 'polka metal' and my favorite 'funeral doom metal'.
Here's the list sorted by frequency:
176845 metal
70690 death metal
64126 black metal
50595 heavy metal
41816 metalcore
37324 thrash metal
37294 power metal
36540 progressive metal
29188 melodic death metal
25478 gothic metal
23361 doom metal
16542 folk metal
13885 nu metal
13344 symphonic metal
11605 industrial metal
9621 viking metal
7325 female fronted metal
7140 brutal death metal
7027 nu-metal
6187 alternative metal
4914 speed metal
4690 technical death metal
4667 melodic metal
3738 melodic black metal
3194 pagan metal
2971 symphonic black metal
2821 hair metal
2681 finnish metal
2501 progressive death metal
1901 swedish metal
1405 epic metal
1380 dark metal
1330 love metal
1329 stoner metal
1237 avant-garde metal
914 trash metal
902 technical metal
870 math metal
834 not metal
814 prog metal
814 funk metal
779 true metal
760 gothenburg metal
756 sludge metal
719 groove metal
696 fantasy metal
690 christian metal
620 real metal
609 extreme metal
606 blackened death metal
600 classic metal
593 funeral doom metal
586 nordic metal
568 melodic power metal
557 german metal
518 ambient black metal
501 metallica
497 old school death metal
487 80s metal
481 suicidal black metal
458 numetal
455 true black metal
450 norwegian black metal
446 avantgarde metal
427 post-black metal
426 death-doom metal
426 new metal
414 post-metal
413 battle metal
398 goth metal
394 rap metal
387 glam metal
383 black death metal
379 scandinavian metal
374 atmospheric black metal
360 tech metal
359 folk black metal
358 gothic doom metal
356 industrial black metal
349 atmospheric metal
347 pagan black metal
339 melodic metalcore
337 symphonic power metal
332 traditional doom metal
329 progressive black metal
322 metal monk approved
307 sid metal
306 opera metal
292 80s hair metal
288 raw black metal
287 depressive black metal
286 norwegian metal
273 german metalcore
271 death doom metal
270 progressive power metal
254 troll metal
252 industrial death metal
248 folk and viking metal
248 neo-classical metal
247 jazz metal
244 rap-metal
240 extreme power metal
238 black y pagan metal
236 swedish death metal
219 hardcore and metalcore
218 celtic metal
215 experimental metal
214 british metal
211 blackmetal
210 epic black metal
205 neo metal
204 drone metal
201 christian metalcore
199 new wave of british heavy metal
197 instrumental metal
193 doom-death metal
192 death-thrash metal
190 cyber metal
185 gore metal
182 true norwegian black metal
180 german black metal
179 spanish metal
176 suicide black metal
174 j-metal
172 pop metal
164 southern metal
162 japanese metal
156 metal-core
151 all metal tracks
149 technical thrash metal
148 punk metal
147 dance metal
144 hardcore metal
139 kills nu-metal ten times over
134 traditional metal
134 black thrash metal
134 all metal 134 black metal from germany
127 underground black metal
127 nu metalli
127 female-fronted metal
125 oriental metal
123 white metal
121 video game metal
118 gothic metal and ethereal
116 cello metal
116 american metal
114 metal opera
114 horror metal
112 pirate metal
110 brazilian metal
109 lithuanian metal
108 doom death metal
107 epic doom metal
104 mathmetal
103 medieval metal
102 powermetal
101 deathmetal
101 space metal
101 modern metal
100 industrial-metal
100 hardcore and metal
99 pagan and viking metal
97 gothic-doom metal
96 fun metal
96 symphonic death metal
95 italian metal
95 real power metal
93 black and death metal
93 technical brutal death metal
93 nice heavy metal music
91 french black metal
90 satanic black metal
90 metal francais
90 tanz-metall
88 hateful black metal
87 gothic atmospheric doom metal
86 spanish heavy metal
84 operatic metal
84 extreme progressive metal
84 metal-real-metal
83 russian metal
83 danish metal
81 blackened thrash metal
80 metal hardcore
80 polish metal
79 finnish black metal
79 atmospheric doom metal
79 fuckin metal
78 gothic black metal
78 metal core
78 canadian metal
77 brutal technical death metal
77 viking and folk metal
77 pure metal
76 tribal metal
76 extreme gothic metal
76 false metal
75 unblack metal
75 progressive thrash metal
74 hardcore-metal
74 melodic heavy metal
74 rock emo metal screamo hardcore punkrock metalcore indierock emocore alternative
73 folk viking black metal
73 polish death metal
72 hardcore-metalcore
72 my metal
71 pop-metal
70 melodic doom metal
70 viking folk metal
69 german thrash metal
69 viking black metal
68 metal as f
68 black-thrash metal
67 estonian metal
67 dutch metal
66 celtic folk metal
66 post metal
66 ambient metal
65 thrash and speed metal
64 old school thrash metal
63 bluegrass prog funk hardcoremetal
62 nintendo metal
62 black-death metal
62 goth-metal
62 neoclassical metal
61 avant-garde black metal
60 art metal
60 symphonic gothic metal
59 french metal
57 death fucking metal with balls
57 epic power metal
56 belgian metal
56 sognametal
55 fullmetal alchemist
54 black folk metal
54 melodic speed metal
54 early metal
53 tech-metal
53 death thrash metal
52 slavic pagan metal
52 murder metal
52 folk viking metal
51 foreign metal
51 electronic metal
51 black metal from france
51 blackened heavy metal
51 ns black metal
50 sleaze metal
49 niederrhein4-electrodarkwavemetal
49 progressive doom metal
49 atmospheric death metal
49 metal video game remix
48 turkish black metal
48 swedish black metal
48 polish nu metal
48 viking-folk metal
48 symphonic-melodic-power metal
47 humppa metal
47 folk power metal
46 flamenco metal
46 war metal
46 suomi metal
46 metal and rock
45 religious black metal
45 black - folk - pagan metal
45 orchestral metal
45 black metal from sweden
44 metal - black metal - death metal - doom metal - viking metal - doom - folk metal - norway - power metal - german - death doom - melodic black metal - heavy metal - ambient - death doom metal -
44 crossover metal
44 post black metal
44 math-metal
43 heavy metallic hardcore without being metalcore
43 technical metalcore
43 tanz metal
43 grindgorehardcoremetal
43 progressive metalcore
42 metal bands
42 alt punk and metal station
42 old school black metal
42 old-school metal
42 rock and metal
42 true heavy metal
41 christian black metal
41 death-metal
41 epic melodic death metal
41 alt metal
41 hybrid metal
40 gay metal
40 heavy fuckin metal
39 black doom metal
39 progressive melodic death metal
39 general metal
38 tanz-metal
38 swiss metal
38 power-metal
38 heathen metal
38 sympho black metal
38 jmetal
38 heidnische und folk und so weiter-metall
38 party metal
37 black metal from finland
37 viking death metal
37 swamp metal
36 doom and gothic metal
35 lady metal
35 gothic-black metal
34 polka metal
34 country metal
34 tanzmetal
34 christian death metal
34 metalcore-hardcore
34 soul metal
34 beer trash metal
33 traditional melodic heavy metal
33 thrash fucking metal with balls
33 metalstuff
33 melodic thrash metal
33 black metal from usa
33 electro metal
33 us metal
33 electronic black metal
33 tolkien metal
32 metal gods
32 ulvbots swedish and one norwegian non-metal
32 brutal black metal
32 turkish rock-metal
32 australian metal
32 metal of some persuasion
32 folk-viking metal
31 metal complimentum
31 epic heavy metal
31 drone doom metal
31 latin metal
31 death metalcore
31 folk-metal
30 emo metal
30 zirck metal
30 orthodox black metal
30 post-thrash metal
30 gehirnmetal
30 classic death metal
30 metalrock
30 russian metalcore
30 beer metal
30 metal baby
29 femme metal
29 happy metal
29 turkish metal
29 death black metal
28 doomdeath metal
28 us power metal
28 classic heavy metal
28 sympho metal
28 black metal from poland
28 progmetal
28 classical metal
28 folk doom metal
28 good metal
27 metalmoshcore
27 hardcore metal metalcore
27 avantgarde black metal
27 scandinavian music thats not metal
27 thrashmetal
27 gods of metal
26 metallic hardcore
26 suicide metal
26 alternative and metal
26 acoustic black metal
26 mittelalter metal
26 progressive viking metal
26 western metal
26 heavy speed metal
26 epic death metal
26 hardcore industrial metal
26 swedish melodic death metal
26 national socialist black metal
25 polish black metal
25 warrior metal
25 modern era thrash metal
25 hollywood metal
25 experimental death metal
25 anti-cosmic metal of death
25 instrumetal
25 bajuwaren-metal
24 vampiric metal
24 heavy-metal
24 non metal
24 symphonic extreme metal
24 power speed metal
24 thrash death metal
24 brit metal
24 hungarian metal
23 epic viking metal
23 sorrow metal
23 asian metal
23 reggae metal
23 fuckin hard metal
23 metal god
23 technical progressive metal
22 nu-metall
22 japanese heavy metal
22 new wave of american metal
22 melodic death or black metal
22 neometal
22 metal maidens
22 avant-metal
22 folkmetal
21 progressive sludge metal
21 death melodic death metal
21 avant garde metal
21 svart metal
21 dark progressive metal
21 metalkuins
21 proto-black metal
21 the only true metal of steel
21 latvian metal
21 progressive folk metal
21 eighties metal
21 comedy metal
Posted by Kjeks on February 09, 2007 at 10:04 PM EST #