Sacred Genres

The Genres Of Heavy Metal

  • METAL
    • HEAVY METAL (Tradicional)
      • NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal)
        • Speed Metal
        • Heavy/Power híbrido
        • Proto-Thrash
      • Glam Metal / Hair Metal
      • Hard & Heavy
      • Power Metal (Primeira Geração)
      • Shock Rock / Horror Metal
    • POWER METAL
      • Euro Power
      • Power Metal Melódico
      • Symphonic Power Metal
      • Epic Power Metal
      • US Power Metal
      • Speed Power Metal
      • Folk Power Metal
      • Dragon/High Fantasy Metal
    • THRASH METAL
      • Bay Area Thrash
      • German Thrash
      • Crossover Thrash
      • Technical Thrash
      • Groove Thrash
      • Blackened Thrash
      • Death/Thrash
      • Neo-Thrash / Modern Thrash
    • DEATH METAL
      • Old School Death (OSDM)
      • Brutal Death Metal
      • Slam Death Metal
      • Technical Death Metal
      • Progressive Death Metal
      • Melodic Death Metal (Melodeath)
        • Gothenburg Style
        • Finnish Melodeath
        • Melodic Black/Death
      • Death/Doom
      • Blackened Death Metal
      • Deathgrind
      • Industrial Death Metal
      • Symphonic Death Metal
      • Cavernous/Atmospheric DM
    • BLACK METAL
      • First Wave Black Metal
      • Second Wave (Norwegian Style)
      • Atmospheric Black Metal
        • Cascadian Black Metal
        • Nature-Based Ambient BM
      • Symphonic Black Metal
      • DSBM (Depressive Suicidal Black Metal)
      • Melodic Black Metal
      • Blackgaze
      • Pagan Black Metal
      • Folk Black Metal
      • Raw Black Metal
      • War Black Metal
      • Industrial Black Metal
      • Post-Black Metal
    • DOOM METAL
      • Traditional Doom
      • Epic Doom
      • Funeral Doom
      • Death/Doom
      • Gothic Doom
      • Atmospheric Doom
      • Drone Doom
      • Blackened Doom
      • Sludge Doom
      • Stoner Doom
      • Psychedelic Doom
      • Occult Doom
      • Avant-Doom / Experimental Doom
    • STONER METAL
      • Stoner Rock / Desert Rock
      • Stoner Doom
      • Psychedelic Stoner
      • Groove Stoner
      • Space Stoner
    • SLUDGE METAL
      • Sludge Hardcore
      • Atmospheric Sludge
      • Post-Sludge
      • Sludge Doom
      • Swamp Sludge
      • Crust Sludge
    • GROOVE METAL
      • Southern Groove Metal
      • Neo-Groove
      • Death/Groove
    • INDUSTRIAL METAL
      • Industrial Groove
      • Electronic Industrial Metal
      • Cyber Metal
      • Industrial Black Metal
      • Industrial Death Metal
    • NU METAL
      • Nu Metalcore
      • Rap Metal
      • Alternative Metal
      • Funk Metal
      • Electronic Nu Metal
      • Gothic Nu Metal
    • METALCORE
      • Melodic Metalcore
      • Deathcore
        • Blackened Deathcore
        • Symphonic Deathcore
        • Technical Deathcore
      • Progressive Metalcore
      • Mathcore
      • Post-Metalcore
      • Christian Metalcore
      • Electronic Metalcore
    • POST-METAL
      • Post-Doom
      • Post-Black Metal
      • Atmospheric Post-Metal
      • Sludge/Post-Metal
      • Ambient Post-Metal
    • PROGRESSIVE METAL
      • Prog Power Metal
      • Progressive Death Metal
      • Technical Prog Metal
      • Post-Prog Metal
      • Djent
        • Progressive Djent
        • Ambient Djent
        • Deathcore Djent
    • FOLK METAL
      • Viking Metal
      • Pagan Metal
      • Celtic Metal
      • Oriental Folk Metal
      • Slavic Folk Metal
      • Tribal Folk Metal
    • SYMPHONIC METAL
      • Symphonic Black
      • Symphonic Death
      • Symphonic Power
      • Symphonic Gothic Metal
      • Cinematic Metal
    • GOTHIC METAL
      • Gothic Doom
      • Symphonic Gothic
      • Gothic Rock/Metal
      • Industrial Gothic Metal
      • Melancholic Gothic Metal
    • WHITE METAL / GOSPEL METAL (Christian Metal)
      • Christian Heavy Metal
      • Christian Thrash
      • Christian Power Metal
      • Christian Death Metal
      • Christian Black Metal (Unblack Metal)
      • Christian Doom Metal
      • Christian Metalcore
      • Worship Metal
      • Epic/Spiritual Metal
    • LIGHT METAL (Metal Of Light)
      • Doom Light Metal
      • Atmospheric Light Metal
      • Gothic Light Metal
      • Ritual Light Metal
      • Light Power Metal
      • Light Doom (experimental)
    • EXPERIMENTAL / AVANT-GARDE METAL
      • Avant-Black
      • Avant-Doom
      • Jazz Metal
      • Noise Metal
      • Orchestral Metal
      • Ambient Metal
      • Electronic/EDM Metal
      • World/Fusion Metal

Thrash Metal

Fast, aggressive, and technical. Christian Thrash emerged in the late 80s to rival the secular "Big 4". Deliverance and Vengeance Rising are key pillars, offering speed and precision.

Death Metal

Guttural vocals, down-tuned guitars, and blast beats. Mortification proved that this extreme sound could be used for spiritual warfare. It deals with darker themes of sin, death, and redemption.

Unblack Metal

A controversial but fascinating subgenre. Musically identical to Black Metal (shrieking vocals, tremolo picking, lo-fi production) but ideologically opposed to its Satanic roots. Horde and Antestor are the legends here.

Metalcore

A fusion of Extreme Metal and Hardcore Punk. Breakdowns, screamed/clean vocal interplay. This genre exploded in the 2000s with bands like Demon Hunter and August Burns Red dominating the scene.