Metal World: Metal Subgenres

Metal.. What is metal? Metal is the heaviest and one of the best genres in music scene. Probably most passionate community ever existed. Let me name each subgenres in metal with its definition each.

Heavy metal : tempo and beat of drums does not sound fast. Use high pitch clean vocals. Mostly the band in this genre starts in 80s.
Bands for the following for this genre : Manowar, Accept

Thrash Metal : aggresive drums, tight riffs and guitars, Energetic vocals. Sometimes shrieking nearly like BM vocals. The golden era was around in middle 80s. For themes they use can be politics, facts of life, propaganda, rants and more

Bands for the following for this subgenre : Slayer, Sodom, Testament, early Metallica and Megadeth, Havok, Lost society, Evile etc

> Death metal : sometimes uses repetitive patterns of drums but sometimes not really fast. Simple riffs and old school sounds. They use GROWL vocals technique. [remember.. GROWL and SCREAM are far different]. For themes , sometimes anything from fantasy, death, gore, even darkness and more. Bands for the following for this genre : Bolt Thrower, Immolation, Dismember etc.

and about more of this type apart from Old School are

~ Melodic Death metal : the guitars sounds more melodious, harmonise,rhythmic. If you dont know how does it sound like, try these reccomended bands for the following : Children of Bodom, Norther, Imperanon, Insomnium, Be'lakor

~ progressive death metal : more complex musically. You can blend it with jazz elements, technical elements. Most of bands uses CLEAN vocals.
For the following bands : Opeth, Ne Obliviscaris, Haken, Gojira, Noneuclid

~ Technical death metal : technical drum kicks, intense and probably the sickest music you ever listen, some blend with jazz and progressive elements and or just brutal kind of death metal. Bands for the following :
Fleshgod Apocalypse, Nile, Obscura etc

~ Symphonic Death Metal : ochestration mixed with melodious music. Bands for the following : Wintersun

Black metal : repetitive drums [identically with repetitive drums, tremolo picking and blast beats] Uses harsh , shrieks, and fry vocals technique. for themes, mostly its Satanic [Black metal known as satanic when this subgenre first ever invented in late 80s,because its basically anti-religion music. BUT times has change and more innovative also more creative. So NOT ALL Black metal bands are satanic] , the themes they tell about are Darkness, nature, Winter, Fantasy, Ghost tales, satanic and more.

please NOTE that corpse paint is just the appearance they use, it symbolised as darkness, they are basically spread their darkness in their own way. Since these days's bands do not really keep that tradition so It seems some of bands dont use corpse paint.
There are many kinds of Black metal subgenres :

~ Raw black metal/ Traditional black metal/ [just] Black metal : raw, mostly in low quality sound because it sounds kvlt. Less lead guitars. Majorly it must be sounding GRIM, Cold ,and hateful.
For the following bands for this subgenre : [early] darkthrone and mayhem, Skagganauk abyss, Warwulf, Satanic Warmaster, Sargeist, Behexen, (old stuff from) Dimmu Borgir, Immortal, Taake,Marduk, Astarte, Dark Funeral,Taake and more

(Throne Of Katarsis, norwegian black metal)

(Warwulf from Satanic Warmaster)

(Taake, Norwegian -raw- black metal)

(Astarte, greek black metal)

~ Melodic black metal : have melodic and melancholy guitar sounds. So melodic and up beat. Sometimes also have atmospheric elements.
For the following bands : Dissection, Thulcandra, Dark Fortress, Frozen Dawn, Dawn and more

(Dark Fortress, german black metal)

(Dissection, Swedish black metal)

~Symphonic black metal : black metal coated by Symphonic/orchestra elements. Horror and haunting sounds.
For the following bands : Grand Alchemist, Carach Angren, Neron Kaisar and some late stuff of Dimmu borgir and more

(Carach Angren, Dutch symphonic black metal)

(Dimmu Borgir, Norwegian black metal)

~ Progressive black metal : more complex musically. Just its black metal with the touch of clean vocals in certain parts. For all i've discovered it also have atmospheric -ish.
For the following bands : Enslaved, Shylmagoghnar, Amiensus etc

Viking metal : actually Viking is just the theme in the music. Since any genre could fitting as it's a matter of sense of the theme.

(Ensiferum , Finnish viking/folk (death) metal)

Atmospheric black metal : harmonisation plus a little bit of symphonic. Mostly slowand enjoyable. But it must be have repetitive drums in certain part in its music.
For the following bands : Caladan Brood, Summoning, Kråke, Veldes, Raventale etc

(Caladan Brood, atmospheric/epic black metal from States)

Folk/celtic Metal : metal with elements of traditional instruments. Mostly related with Ancient stories , viking and pagan. Can be sounded in melodic death metal music kinds and even black metal also power metal.
For the following bands : Eluveitie, Skilltron [Folk power metal], Equilibrium, Korpiklaani, Northland, Stribog, Krampus etc

More subgenres to come

Doom metal.. Doom metal is a subgenre that have slow beat, simple and plain riffs. Themes they use are such as sadness, pain etc. whether melodic or not its still be called just doom metal.
For the following bands : Akelei, Draconian, My Dying Bride etc

-Post -Metal / rock : its subgenre that a half metal or rock. Especially for post metal.. Mostly you will hear touch of guitar ambience. There are very few kinds but im just going to tell you 3 subgenres [that i usually listen, which i actually more understand]

> Shoegaze : lots of guitar ambience, softer music. Soft kind of metal.
Bands for the following : New stuff of Alcest, Les Discrets, Ameseours etc

> Post Black Metal : one of unique subgenres.. The music itself sounds a half black metal and half metal. So the music is also slow but still have blast beats and repetitive drums in certain parts. But slower music and relaxing. Sometimes classic guitars also included as their instrument.. So its more like classic relaxing kind of music

Bands for the following : old stuff from Alcest, Agalloch, Oak Pantheon etc

(Agalloch)

Oriental metal : this term usually used for bands that have middle eastern music influence. For all i've discovered bands like Orphaned Land and Myrath are definitely in this category.
As for black metal, Melechesh, Darkestrah etc

Blackened death metal : faster and heavier sound from the drums. With black metal influence too. They use growl and shrieks vocal techniques.
For the following bands like : Behemoth, Hate etc

Avant-Garde metal : experimental metal. In its music it probably wont hear any typical metal you use to listen. Thats why its called avant-garde. Bands for the following is, band like Thy Catafalque are categorized as this.
There are alot of avant-garde black metal but so far they are recommended to try Diabolical Masquerade also for the example

Symphonic metal : sometimes sounds like gothic metal, power metal and also can be sounds like opera. Vocals tech uses clean vocals. Mostly female as the vocalist. But basically.Its a matter of vocal they use actually. For the following bands : Nightwish, Epica, Leaves' eye.

(Nightwish, finnish symphonic metal)