Rocktober Challenge (Amended)

Õla Rockers,

Since it is in fact \ROCKTOBER/, I would like to issue a huge challenge to you all:

For the duration of my favourite month of the year, I challenge you to listen to a couple of bands from ALL of the below heavy metal sub-genres; especially those you don’t usually listen to or sneer at thinking “that is not metal”…  I know what you’re thinking and trust me; it is going to be sooooo worth it.  Broaden your horizons fellow rockers, it is well worth it and honestly, there is no such thing as “too much metal…” right?!

So, have at it and once you have found yourself a new band / sub-genre that you actually like, post your findings as a comment below, so we can all benefit.

Rock on!

Heavy Metal Sub-genres (broadly defined)

Primary Sub-genres: Alternative metal Avant-garde metal Black metal Death metal Doom metal Drone metal Sludge metal Extreme metal Glam metal Gothic metal Groove metal Industrial metal Neo-classical metal Nu metal Power metal Speed metal Symphonic metal Thrash metal Traditional heavy metal Viking metal

Fusion Sub-genres: Crust punk Folk metal Funk metal Grindcore Metalcore Melodic death metal Nintendocore Post-metal Progressive metal Rap metal Stoner metal

P.S. Look out for my post on Within Temptation – coming soon….

P.P.S. A great big thank you to RifferBoy for the below flowchart - it is going to be so much easier for everyone to participate in the challenge.  So no more excuses!

Metal Genealogy

~J~