The Metal Subgenre Challenge

This isn't a ranking of the genres, but rather a ranking of the albums. For example, Alternative Metal is my favorite Subgenre but it's not the highest on the list, I might do a round two as well for some genres.

Converge - Jane Doe
1.
97
Metalcore (OG)
In Flames - The Jester Race
2.
95
Melodic Death Metal
Dealer - Soul Burn
3.
92
Nu Metalcore
Death - Symbolic
4.
92
Technical Death Metal
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
6.
87
Stoner Doom Metal
Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist
8.
85
Alternative Metalgaze
Ghost - Meliora
9.
84
Heavy Metal
Sunn O))) - Black One
10.
83
Drone Metal
After The Burial - Evergreen
11.
80
Progressive Metalcore
Whitechapel - Kin
12.
79
Alternative Deathcore
Skepticism - Stormcrowfleet
13.
79
Funeral Doom Metal
Saviour - Shine & Fade
15.
78
Melodic Hardcore
Acrania - Totalitarian Dystopia
17.
77
Slamcore (Slam Deathcore)
Xasthur - To Violate the Oblivious
19.
76
Depressive Suicidal Black Metal (DSBM)
Chevelle - Wonder What's Next
21.
74
Alternative Metal
A Day To Remember - Homesick
22.
72
Pop Punk Metalcore
Metallica - Kill 'em All
23.
71
Thrash Metal
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
24.
71
Symphonic Black Metal
Knocked Loose - Pop Culture
26.
88
Beatdown Hardcore
Nightwish - Once
27.
68
Symphonic Power Metal
Gorguts - Obscura
29.
56
Avant-Garde Metal
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5mo
@PhobixTheGuy I'll check it out!
5mo
Try Dopethrone for Stoner/Doom Metal if you’d like, fantastic record
6mo
@TheDeathOfPedro thanks for the recs!
6mo
Here's some recommendations for more subgenres:

Obituary - Cause of Death (Classic Death Metal)

Insect Warfare - World Extermination (Grindcore)

Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1st Wave Black Metal)

Taake - Nattestid Ser Porten Vid (2nd Wave Norwegian Black Metal)

Ulver - Bergtatt (Atmospheric Black Metal)

Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I (Progressive Metal)

Panopticon - And Again Into the Light (Folk Metal)

Autopsy - Mental Funeral (Death/Doom Metal)
6mo
@Ederbugs for sure I'll peep it
6mo
Don't stumble in to any rabbit holes on accident either.
6mo
Now I haven't listened to a lot of jazz metal, but here's a pretty good example is Cojum dip's self titled album Cojum Dip. Take a crack at it if you're interested.
6mo
The Converge or Deftones for example weren't, but As I Lay Dying and A Day To Remember were. It's also bascially a ranking of the albums, not the genres
6mo
@Ederbugs mostly yes. Not all but most were first listen
6mo
Are you striving to go for albums that you've never listened to for this list.
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