13 Non-Metal Acts That Metalheads Love

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[@Force-hiddenmasquerade]

I mean you can’t get more metal than “I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die”

[@truckshackley373]

Hidden Masquerade Listen to the bluegrass/ traditional country song Knoxville Girl by Mac Wiseman. It's about a guy, in graphic detail telling how he murdered his girlfriend. These old songs dealt some pretty metal shit

[@Force-hiddenmasquerade]

Truck Shackley Sounds sick. I’ll give it a listen

[@williamtecumsehsherman4574]

The cheering in the “live at Folsom prison” when he said that was edited in the song to make them seem horrible

[@LordOfNihil]

@@truckshackley373 comes from the blues influences. thats some satan worshipy shit.

[@JohnDoe-qf1ji]

People with anime profile pictures cant have opinions

[@CookBoss88]

To be fair, the lyrics "I shot him just to watch him die" is pretty metal enough on their own.

[@davidkinnelly1122]

I shot a man in reno, just to watch him die.

[@robink.9966]

Sounds more psycho-like to me.. But maybe that's me.

[@LimbDee]

And then he hung his head and cried, very metal indeed.

[@zackzallie8735]

Wouldnt call the Man in Black for nothing

[@shawarmageddonit]

Counterfeit comment alert.

[@masterofcubes5540]

Johnny Cash playing in jail is the most metal thing ever. Period.

[@knotletis]

Master Of Cubes Metallica and Johnny Cash playing in the same prison 40 years apart is the most metal thing

[@s.a.l.1974]

Or the cramps playing in a mental hospital

[@avadakedavra69]

@@s.a.l.1974 That just made me like The Cramps a whole lot more than I already did. That's fuckin hilarious.

[@lucianoalonso4389]

And the kicker is that he's a country singer

[@mudlakesawmill9332]

.......Johnny Cash played in folsom prison for free too...

[@NeuroticNightmares07]

Frank Zappa was the only person who had a parental advisory explicit lyrics sticker... On a solely instrumental album lol

[@alieffauzanrizky7202]

Bruh

[@gabrielem.9690]

Bruh

[@ashtonr7879]

How

[@benbovine]

Tamara Wagner Polyphia managed to do it too

[@walterwallman3566]

seriously? fuckin hell

[@jacksonbaker8477]

Johnny Cash was one of the most gangster people of all time

[@tammy6610]

Grandfather of og gangsters. One of the first to tell the establishment to f@$k off

[@thelowmein9143]

Love his version of “hurt”

[@ednaellixson2486]

And that sir is why I have him tatted on me

[@ddcs0s]

Yes sir ... Johnny Cash didn't give a single shit his music was more gangster than anything coming out right now Like think about it your writing a song about being in prison ... What's the absolute worst thing you can do ... Shoot a MF in broad daylight ... Now what's the most gangster reason you can possibly come up with as to why you did it ... Fuck it I just wanted to watch a MF die That's some real gangster shit

[@twistedviewlabs]

@@ddcs0s #realtalk

[@davidnissim589]

Singing “I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die,” TO A CROWD FULL OF PRISONERS, SOME OF WHOM MAY HAVE ACTUALLY KILLED SOMEONE, is the most metal thing ever.

[@hyperluminalreality1]

May have?

[@kenpachi5919]

@@hyperluminalreality1 people got into prison for different crimes

[@MichaelJones-kq3md]

You obviously haven't heard San Quentin...

[@tabathastaples7884]

Shepherd's Chapel Network !!!!!!! Pastor Murray is an Anointed Servant of GOD who teaches the Word of GOD with Authority!!!!!!!

[@DavidGomez-ph4yn]

I was a classical music fan before going into metal and I was very amazed that, It was easier finding a metalhead that also loves classical music than a classical music fan who likes metal too

[@MaiiOrduna]

Me too! When I first got into metal I didn't know that it was common for metalheads to like classical music as well. I was pleasently surprised :)

[@harrycook9041]

My musical progression was hard rock to metal to prog to classical! Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Vivaldi, Paganini and Chopin are the shit!

[@davidlamothe8586]

David Gómez classical music is basically metal before electricity

[@JTOremus]

@ Trekkie 135 Not a single one of your listed composers is usually considered Classical. Debussy was Impressionism Rachmaninoff, Chopin, and Paganini were Romantic Vivaldi was Baroque. It isn't a big deal. Music history is full of overlapping eras and everyone just calls old music classical anyways. Classical is a distinct style of it's own though.

[@DarkAndiel]

You’d enjoy nightwish or epica! Metal/classical/operatic style music

[@Some0neSomewhere]

What do the majority of these have in common? Charisma, attitude, personality, musicianship and badassery. I'd throw in Frank Sinatra as well.

[@shrishikesh2292]

The common thing is just talent

[@cockylockridge8644]

Among a major sense of individuality.

[@k_dawg7475]

Side Note: Frank Sinatra despised Rock'n Roll Music and i am damn sure he disliked Metal aswell 😂 But i like his music regardless!

[@CelestialCimmerian]

Bach!

[@OriginalKingRichTv]

@@k_dawg7475 which Frank. Sr or junior or the III?

[@midget_spinner8449]

Johnny cash will always be a saint to metal heads

[@gunnersteve13]

And punk rockers. And post punk. And grunge.

[@jojoj3243]

You've spelled "all Americans" wrong here.

[@holdenmcgroin5003]

Johnny Cash is the father of metal

[@bassguy8013]

Johnny cash actually enjoyed metal.

[@constapatedbannana4164]

indeed he will but lets not forget that all metal and rock can be given its birthplace from blues and jazz.

[@forgefather2886]

Metalheads know how to respect the legends. 'Nuff said.

[@adithyaramesh2254]

And not these Biebers and swifts

[@aodhgano.9531]

Adithya Ramesh i actually have a lot of respect for taylor swift because she’s encouraged a lot of younger people to pick up guitar

[@albertl5444]

@@aodhgano.9531 back when swift was in a country genre

[@zacharycaltrider6336]

Metal and Rock is my favorite but don’t get me wrong you can NEVER go wrong w/ Johnny Cash or Willie

[@st3v3n41]

Zachary Caltrider also Waylon

[@trumpshairdresser2695]

So the Highwaymen basically

[@andrewince8824]

Willie Nelson warms my heart. His guitar, Trigger, has holes from playing, signatures all over, chips, dents and cracks but she keeps on singing with Willie playing the strings. There's something special about a musician who truly adores their instrument and something beautiful about the voice of a loved guitar.

[@pavelm.gonzalez8608]

Rock n Roll is son of Country music and R&B (the classic one not it's commercial form from today), that also makes it's the grandson of blues!!!

[@LordOfNihil]

@@Mrp00p3rs love the album he did with pantera

[@wingsofthephantomghost3105]

The sad part is. Most of them are dead or have dead members. Johnny Cash,Freddy Mercury,David Bowie,Bob Marley,Frank Zappa,Prince,Keith Flint,Adam Yauch,Richard Wright

[@rockybarzini8786]

Syd Barret and all great Classic composres

[@TwoToeTags]

Metalheads just know how to appreciate good music. Its the core basis of being a metalhead.

[@BlackStarXx11xX]

Damn straight

[@dreamypunx]

Hell yes it is! Well put.

[@DeathBYDesign666]

Not if you're a metal elitist... They won't admit to listening to anything. other than metal

[@dblaron86]

Without trying to be too political... because all great productive conversation starts this way.. I want to throw this theory out there. What do you all think about this being connected to metalheads and an aversion to post modern thinking. Am I alone in noticing a draw toward heavy metal and a foundation toward universal truth and a more concise structured view of society being related... or is this Jim Beam fucking up my perception ....

[@TwoToeTags]

Aaron Schmidt Much like jazz and classical, metal is a genre for intellectual thinkers. The people who write the music we listen to are often intellectuals and they inhabit the same world we do so its only normal for us to witness parallels in our music and our surroundings.

[@jeremyboehm5512]

Johnny Cash is an "everyman can relate to" kind of performer who transcends genre's of music.

[@newflesh666]

I'm not big on country music but Johnny Cash fucking rules

[@knoxboyd5150]

I feel like Springsteen and Dylan are in the same boat

[@jasondierbeck4392]

"We're Motorhead, and we play rock n' roll!" - Lemmy

[@beakerland]

Jason Dierbeck we're fucking artists we're sensitive as shit

[@btipton6899]

Song: Motorhead Album:Motorhead Band:Motorhead

[@bargainbrandmusician]

btipton6899 Motörhead by Motörhead from Motörhead is really good, as is Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath from Black Sabbath

[@soulhound8739]

g r e y l i e n you forgot Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden from Iron Maiden

[@LouisWinthorpe622]

'...No matter what anybody thinks Orgasmatron might sound like, OK'!

[@luccaburaglia9094]

Prince: the pop singer who can actually play a guitar

[@heavymetalrules436]

He is the best to ever touch a guitar. He actually mastered 27 instruments. His SB halftime performance happened cause of his song purple rain

[@jonahm3121]

@Ludwig Van Beethoven is he not blues? Or blues rock?

[@jesserichards5582]

Not only that but every instrument in his music

[@nfspbarrister5681]

@@jonahm3121 blues rock, rockabilly, rock, pop, new age...there a reason he friends with Queen and many cross genre musician

[@JG-rp8pr]

@@jonahm3121 I'd consider prince to be pop rock, and mayer to be blues like you said

[@TheSilverGate]

"Every classical composer", that's absolutely true, there's nothing more metal than Vivaldi's Presto or Mozart's Dies Irae.

[@illican]

The 3rd movement of Beethoven’s moonlight sonata is so metal that Exmortus plays it live and even released it on an album

[@michaelcumming2097]

Or Liszt. Take your pick on which piece.

[@TheSilverGate]

John Sullivan I think that the "classical" was used in a general context by Loudwire

[@bobsciascia]

Vivaldi is fire!!

[@tyranids4ever]

3rd movement of Dvorak's New World Symphony.

[@jumpingman8160]

Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Queen, A-Ha, Prodigy, Led Zep, Depeche Mode, Vangelis, Jean Michel Jarre, James, RadioHead, Mozart, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Bach, Gorecki...

[@onlygonstreet]

nice job including a-ha

[@alieffauzanrizky7202]

Bach huh? Nice

[@charlesrast4235]

John Coltrane Miles Davis Wagner...I could do this all day

[@mrm2542]

Ugh I hate Pink Floyd

[@mileshill7196]

>king crimson I skipped over the joke I was going to make there.

[@painpeace3619]

If something have pure art....then we all appreciate that.....

[@billyanggranesta8722]

Pain Peace Except for elitist

[@masikorski6411]

Define pure art then

[@tplouffe9226]

True

[@lickit8096]

Matte PL anything that makes you personally feel good

[@elpeluca7780]

Nope, if that was the case old school death metal would be mainstream and mainstream music would be underground

[@robertmcarthur6423]

"Every classical composer" I felt that

[@kaiser7695]

Search heavy metal moonlight sinatra on KZbin

[@theJaRRoOnE22]

Classical music kicks ass

[@strife10301]

me too

[@miksobrado]

Somebodys been listening to pretucci

[@andreabradley5837]

I don't like Mozart and I hate that Vivaldi that kept turning up as my ringback because I can't effing remember my Apple ID password!

[@dawsonadams9612]

Classical music is basically just metal before electricity.

[@corpsie666]

Læzy Cüñt - with the quatro and octo bass foreshadowing Doom and also Djent

[@oskarvavtar4990]

Not even close, some of it is but def not all

[@greggopanda7395]

I have doubts that Mozart would listen to cannibal corpse but okay

[@bubsyfinnigan4462]

Læzy Cüñt It's bronze.

[@TheGreyGreenMonkey2]

Nope.

[@burnthetrolls5971]

Johnny Cash I've never seen millions of people Rappers and Rock Artists alike say that man inspire the hell out of them R.I.P. you utter legend

[@Unkle_Genny]

Oh yeah, definitely. If you take more than just a glance at the lyrics of most of the popular hip hop and rap songs from across the past two or three decades, you’ll find tons of examples of influence from metal, classic rock, blues, soul, funk, and other genres of music. Music itself is just one big beautiful endless cycle of inspiration and influence; the popular musicians of today grew up listening to the popular musicians of the recent past, and the influence had is undeniable, even across genres.

[@kaiser7695]

People of literally every genre love him

[@animegothvampire1999]

@@kaiser7695 it is true though tbh

[@RustyWalker]

Pete Townshend: smashes guitar Tchaikovsky: "hold my cannon"

[@bettym.1640]

@Punch Death Hey, Buddy! Want to know some funny thing? I live nearby his house :D

[@leahzeroes]

Im not seeing enough love in the comments for The Prodigy, especially Keith Flint. He was an amazing performer and he and Liam, Maxim and Leeroy were all a huge inspiration to me personally, and many artists and performers. It sucks to see so many influential names taken by suicide, and it shows that male suicide is still a huge problem in society these days. Rest In Peace Keith, and if anyone reading this is struggling with suicidal thoughts then please don't feel scared or ashamed to get help for yourself. Youre never alone, and the world would probably suck that bit more if you weren't here.

[@Ignaz66692]

Flint - Device 1 - Such an Great Album but never Released.

[@robval1308]

Depeche Mode and Pink Floyd are my favorite bands of all time and I’m a metalhead. So cool to see em back to back

[@Daily_Bassist]

Umm, the Misfits? You know, the band that nearly every metal band from the 80s has covered? Or how about the Beatles? Chuck Berry? Hendrix?

[@fiendymisfits1734]

yes Misfits, many metal and not metal bands have covered the Misfits, uncountable, it's really great but too bad they weren't mentioned.

[@maxy4545]

Maybe this list is about the “not that obvious acts”

[@deathintheair8453]

What about captain fantastic the rocketman🚀🚀 elton Hercules john??

[@GabrielLuiz-mj5gc]

Jesus fuck Beatles what a overated band man

[@bigtrip6344]

Gabriel Luiz edgy alert literally every artist you listen to praises The Beatles music today what not be anywhere near where it is helter skelter is widely regarded as the first metal song so before you go trying to be edgy learn about what came before

[@DMXIII]

"Every classical composer" Me as a Power metal fan: "Send this man to Valhalla!"

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

*Wagner plays*

[@mvdmusicvideosdaily4993]

I’m a normal man I see Johnny cash I click

[@Pownage1245]

The man in black was metal before metal existed

[@elinorris]

You are goddamn right bro

[@traviswooley164]

True

[@Taurus1337]

Metal existed in 1971 tho lol

[@jay3398]

Doesn't mean we hate him now, do we? Cash's music, even if not as complicated as Metal, is one of the few which is simple, and really fucking enjoyable

[@dialektischermaterialist]

Taurus *70

[@nicholascastillo3055]

To be fair, Queen was one of the Heavy Metal flagships of the 70s... especially their early albums.

[@jackattack7940]

Yeah, they even made the first ever thrash metal song "Stone Cold Crazy" in 1974.

[@theoneandonlyrustyshaklefo6256]

Jack Attack That song is nothing compared to Symptom of the Universe.

[@zerocz8655]

Father to Son is af

[@glenntipton6226]

In the night of the oper album, the prophets song is about the world coming to an end. In death on two legs, freddie talks about how he wants the managers to kill themselves. That's some deep ass metal shit

[@mcshidnfard456]

Dumbest comment I’ve ever read

[@Blitzkrieg_Wolf]

I'm a simple man, I see Johnny Cash, I click and like.

[@AndreyFadeev-rw3jx]

Then you should click and like Lynyrd Skynyrd too.))

[@DARINBAGGSGUNOUTLAW]

@@AndreyFadeev-rw3jx 👍 HELL YEAH 😎👊

[@Zomala]

Whhat is the use of 'I'm a simple man..'ehh??Stop using this

[@gustavbogren5119]

I see frank zappa

[@luizpiccinin7575]

@@AndreyFadeev-rw3jx yeah, but this time you are not a Solitary Man

[@Wurzelknecht]

I miss Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin on this list. Although many people see Zeppelin as something like proto-metal. The Thing is: most people who like metal just like good music i.e. music with the use of real instruments and music that (at least for the majority of songs) has some thought behind it beyond making it catchy and marketable. That's why we can also appreciate good music that is NOT metal.

[@NAFUSO1]

I'm surprised no real blues artist was on this list as metal takes influence from both classical music and blues. Zeppelin is a perfect example.

[@brottarnacke]

Led Zeppelin is hard rock. Hard rock was founded by bringing more blues back into rock n’ roll. Heavy metal, in turn, started developing from hard rock while moving away from the blues again. Judas Priest is generally considered being the band that kicked the last bit of blues out of heavy metal

[@nurgle333]

I like how autocorrect capitalize 'Thing' JC's The Thing is my favorite movie of all time

[@josephalvarado8526]

Wurzelknecht Zeppelin was blues not metal....and they would tell you that

[@crasstrash]

YESSS, OMG BRUTALLY HONEST YOU ARE THERE! I love every song that has thought put into it, and of which the lyrics are good.

[@hellionaire1209]

Along with Bad Brains, I’d add the Ramones, Black Flag, Misfits. And no blues? Muddy Waters? Howlin’ Wolf?

[@ponyboy481]

Don't forget screaming Jay Hawkins

[@mikebrase5161]

Leadbelly

[@skeletal13]

Well at least they didn’t say “13 TOP bands”.

[@piggysmalls4373]

bb king, clapton, id even insert some jazz tbh

[@wasntme9578]

Howlin Wolf! That spoon that spoon that spoonful!

[@Darksky1001able]

Johnny Cash was my 1st way of dealing with anger and depression. He will forever be a staple in my library. Forever. Him and Waylon Jennings.

[@sladenealy1299]

Waylons the best, one of my favorite musicians ever he has the voice of an angel

[@lorenp505]

Hell yeah cant go wrong with waylon! Get some T.G. Sheppard in there too!

[@Darksky1001able]

Will Ravo Lol Im a metalhead now, but i had to work towards it since it wasnt a household genre. I would not hear it often if at all. The 1st band i ever heard that was metal was Fear Factory. Zero Signal. Thank god for Mortal Kombat. Then Slayer from South Park. 4 years roll by, my 1st time hearing Black Sabbath and Ozzy. And then at 15 i pick up Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. Later i moved on to punk with the Sex Pistols and Ramones. And finally after getting reintroduced to Fear Factory, i rediscover metal, and been headbanging ever since.

[@Fireglo]

Depression doesn't exist.

[@elpeluca7780]

My man Waylon

[@j_freed]

Brian May definitely has some Metal in his riffery....

[@sasmitroy5480]

He kinda invented thrash with Stone Cold Crazy.....

[@joes7378]

Wait riffery is a word? I like it

[@ayelmao1224]

March of the Black Queen don’t forget Keep Yourself Alive and Brighton Rock

[@GeoffreyGentryMusic]

Ogre Battle is some pretty heavy stuff. You can hear quite a bit of power metal (not to mention a little bit of prog metal) in their first couple albums.

[@Timliu92]

Queen has its own share of metal songs IMO. Songs like Ogre Battle, Stone Cold Crazy, Brighton Rock, March Of the Black Queen, Death On Two Legs, Gimme the Prize, Princes of the Universe, I Want It All, Innuendo, and even Bohemian Rhapsody's heavy section sound quite metal to my ears.

[@lisagibson2975]

the fact is Mozart was the closes we got to rebellious metalheads. And not because Falco told me so lol

[@ember_fox666]

Rock me Amadeus

[@PorkSoda101]

Growing up we were always told "Mozart was the Kurt Cobain of his day"

[@julianbrochu4147]

I would argue that position is actually Beethoven's. He was the one that said, "fuck it, time to make real music," and fathered the romantic era because music from the classical period wasn't expressive enough, with all the musical rules that had to be followed and formalities that had to be made. The dude literally reinvented the symphony four times(symphonies 3,5,6,9), so much so that some composers were afraid to write symphonies after his ninth because they knew they couldn't make them as good.

[@Marps2016]

Prince is one of the most underrated guitar players in history

[@Astrodude55]

He's alright as a guitarist. There's definitely better dudes and gals out there who are begging for the kind of exposure just the song Purple Rain gets. (Which is alright. It's overplayed and I get tired of hearing it.) But I'll definitely agree with you on Prince being an underrated multi-musician, and am underrated vocalist. He did record a demo and his first album entirely by himself, playing, writing, and recording- if I recall correctly.

[@kevinbushracing58]

And a fruitcake.

[@shanfrann]

@@Astrodude55 Jerry Cantrell too

[@MyloshEK]

I would say he is one of the top 10 all time!

[@cosmicfaeriedust4009]

Prince isn’t just purple rain

[@zeitesixx]

I’m Metal head and brutally love also Pink Floyd... anyone else?

[@diab_soule06]

Fuck yes!

[@davidec.4021]

I hope that THAT goes without saying!

[@kaelanmcalpine2011]

Dude I show off my love for Pink Floyd like it's a heart on my sleeve and I'm a speed metal fan.

[@blackcountryme]

No, you're on your own... Ugh

[@jan_Travis]

Not a metalhead really but I have all their albums and love them.

[@D-Man_Jam]

You callin' Johnny Cash "non-metal"? Bruh he's more metal than Slayer.

[@jaygarc4500]

''I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die'' is a basical theme for a slayer song

[@zsauce7447]

A man shot is a theme for slayer

[@cometblazt]

Well said faze

[@nathangriffith2737]

13 non metal acts that everyone should love

[@ragnarokawaits3476]

If metal didn't exist, I would listen to classical music

[@treygc3291]

If metal didn't exist, I would listen to classic rock.

[@treygc3291]

(And classical music)

[@poundtacos4006]

I listen to classical because of metal

[@arthas640]

Tchaikovsky was pretty metal, dude fired a cannon at his audience. How many modern bands have cannons? Ozzy sold his cannon years ago and Dave Grohl only breaks it out for special occasions.

[@Dumb_Killjoy]

If metal didn't exist, I would listen to pop punk, classic rock, and Frank Sinatra.

[@eliasaltman4439]

What about Hendrix?

[@beegyoshi2111]

Elias Altman And Sex Pistols or AC⚡DC.

[@lukaskucera9043]

Elias Altman hendrix is kinda metal before metal

[@diesel92kj1]

Nah.

[@mateuszszwarc8100]

Proto metal.

[@lukaskucera9043]

diesel92kj1 why

[@MasterOfKnowledge.]

Johnny Cash was the first punk rocker, and you can't change my mind on that

[@casesuit]

Damn straight.

[@animegothvampire1999]

Yep

[@Lazy_eye_blobFish]

Anyone who doesn't like Johnny Cash is not human. Even in my I Hate Everything country music phase I love Johnny Cash. He should be number one on this list. And yes I'm a non-metal head but I like metal music.

[@chip9649]

Gabe The Samurai u probably would hate Ricky Gervais

[@slipknotmfkrlocust8843]

I don't like him

[@Lazy_eye_blobFish]

SlipknotMFKR I don't know of a lot of people that do to be honest with you. I am a fan of metal music I'm just not a Metalhead, the majority of the metal I listen to is usually around the Christian genre such as acts like theocracy and divorced Prada. I like all genres of music I'm just mostly into country pop and rap.

[@richardherzog5405]

Gabe The Samurai Any idiot that says you have to LOVE a certain artist or you're not human is literally brain dead and most likely a NAZI LIBITARD

[@Lazy_eye_blobFish]

Richard Herzog I know you're a clear troll but I'm a Conservative Christian. Go away from me FAL creature, or stay either way it's entertainment for me.

[@BrandonPrive1432]

Depeche Mode, So Dark And So Catchy, The Perfect Blend

[@bassdrummer9849]

The right choise of words man! Amazing band, love them forever.

[@rubaidaallen2764]

Depeche Mode is my fave band of all time. Love metal too. I appreciate good music regardless of genre. Slayer, Meshuggah, Metallica, Miles Davis, Sade, Bach. Music is music and if you appreciate it in all its forms you're good to go.

[@nocturnalflare8457]

I love extreme metal but Depeche Mode are my favourite band atm. They're also super covered by a ton of metal bands including Vader

[@wasntme9578]

I have Personal Jesus on my playlist next to Sabbath, Bobaflex, and Priest. I don't know much of their other stuff but that song always hinted at something heavier.

[@miguelslv]

Calm down fanboy!

[@mookid2223]

These are all artists that everyone should enjoy, not just Metalheads. Great list though regardless.

[@cameronberry457]

I generally treat things like this as lists to get more exclusionary metal heads to expand their horizons. Not a list this is what “metal” non-metal, if you catch my drift

[@mookid2223]

Not sure where you got the implication that I was telling you to listen to anything, I simply said these are artists everyone *should* enjoy.

[@mookid2223]

That's a fair point, but the only reason I said that is due to how widely viewed they are as very talented and influential artists. So long as you enjoy what you listen to that's all that should matter, support the artists you think deserve it, but don't bash others simply because you don't enjoy them.

[@sweguss7624]

I think Johnny cash hit so deep cause his songs just felt so real, the lyrics and the sadness in his voice while singing

[@austindorf83]

Wow, this is spot on. Edit: I’d add Bob Dylan, Wu Tang and Joy Division to this. Personally.

[@KIA-qh7cg]

Sorry man but joy division is ear cancer to me; the dude couldn’t sing for shit

[@austindorf83]

Joseph Williams I hear ya. They’re not for everybody. I like how dark and minimalistic it is though.

[@jorgedebracamonte6350]

Joy division

[@hre2stay]

Joseph Williams Yes he could and he's also one of the best lyricists I've known. The smiths could also be here and the Cure.

[@spectratio]

I fucking love joy division

[@plciferpffer3048]

Johnny Chash is darker than black or death metal!

[@mr.spartacus6390]

Pølcifer Pøffer well I mean he shot a man in Reno...just to watch him die

[@Jasondirt]

And his daddy sang bass and momma sang tenor, him and his brother would join right in there

[@pablo3355]

You goodamm right!

[@MacSalterson]

I mean his later stuff definitely sounds dark as hell. His cover of Hurt, songs like Rusty Cage, etc.

[@4zafinc]

With the exception of early Norwegian death metal

[@DavidGomez-ph4yn]

"I want it all" by Queen it's pretty metal

[@esands36]

David Gómez I would have to agree. So is Princes of the Universe and Headlong.

[@Suchagreatchannelling]

and death on two legs,hammer to fall and stone cold crazy and many many of them.queen partialluy is metal band.they have many metal songs

[@ryanbazail]

march of the black queen death on two legs and prophets song are preety metal

[@esands36]

We can forget Keep Yourself Alive came out during metal's infancy in 1973.

[@MordecaiTheAwesomeBluejay]

More metal than Slipknot and every Corey Taylor band

[@paulamaceio]

Metalheads also love The Bee Gees, Santana, Jethro Tull and Plasmatics.

[@levig384]

Jethro Tull fucking rocks

[@seanj3667]

I like Ozzy’s cover of Stayin’ Alive…

[@rmattbill]

Plasmatics are amazing!!!

[@swash4440]

Ramones NWA ACDC Michael Jackson

[@tleeg74]

swash I agree with N.W.A. Who doesnt love alittle "Fuck The Police"?

[@swash4440]

tleeg74 Probably a cop

[@sandal7674]

Each person could add something. This is their list, I think but i have to agree about Jackson, NWA and (I prefer old, i mean with Bon Scott) ACDC

[@swash4440]

Sandal Anybody who hates Michael Jackson is a communist.

[@mateuszszwarc8100]

swash It's impossible to hate Michael Jackson!

[@rendher3688]

MISFITS?? THE DOORS?? ZZ TOP??

[@zenbozic6184]

the adicts? dead kennedys?

[@pit19931]

As for Misfits a lot of Metalheads like punk in general so i wouldnt include them either.

[@германумбулус]

Misfits metal

[@nastylittlecritter]

Rendher a lot of punk and hard rock has a lot of crossover appeal to metal.

[@ErickGarcia-ux7lu]

Misfits? Nope😒

[@alanmichelena6974]

B.B. King?

[@Terrorking676]

B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Gary Moore, Carlos Santana

[@challenger4157]

Oh hell yeah

[@europeanunityworldwide5264]

Talgia BM Champagne And Reefer, Manish Boy and She’s only 19 are my favorites. I definitely love BB

[@loudmind68]

And Albert King

[@jessica6d946]

@@loudmind68 happy to see someone beat me to it Albert never gets the recognition he deserves its all about bb

[@sirluisray1974]

I would add RUSH and NWA everyone I know who is a metal head loves them. Oh can't forget the Misfits.

[@eduardoGentile720]

Rush are kind of metal-ish

[@DemRise1999]

@@eduardoGentile720 Its a kinda weirdo proto metal for some reason

[@Arturo.Juarez]

PRINCE IS SERIOUSLY ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED GUITARIST EVER!!!!

[@johnzahm193]

He definitely deserves a spot in the top 100 of all time

[@stuartmendez9217]

Same With Álex Lifeson Or Mark Knopfler

[@SneedyKetler]

Prince literally saved the half-time show. I knew he played Hahns but I never thought much about him playing until the Super Bowl & started looking back to older performances and realized this guy had been melting kinds for years.

[@helderayon4357]

Hear 'ya

[@unrepentant7805]

GFM Productions i fuckin love prince

[@harrycook9041]

Rush? Yes? The Beatles? Led Zep? Thin Lizzie? Hendrix? All non-metal.

[@butchvito]

Most of those are Hard Rock. There isn't too many differences between 70s hard rock and 70s heavy metal.

[@bunglingalmonds19]

Many people consider Led Zeppelin Metal

[@aerogun18]

Rush, Led Zeppelin and Thin Lizzy are metal.

[@georgemaclennan4579]

Hank Hill Rock and Roll is heavy metal influenced along with Black Dog, you can hear the prog influence on whole lotta love too

[@aerogun18]

@Hank Hill I used to think that, until I bought my 100db soundcard.

[@funkmetal1234]

As a metal fan I also enjoy: KMFDM Skinny puppy Rush MJ King crimson NWA Ice cube Cypress hill Public enemy Beastie boys The Beatles Pink Floyd Queen AC/DC Van Halen Johnny cash Green Day NIN RHCP Bloodhound gang +100 more i didn’t list

[@DannyGesko]

Omiah Andasola Early Van Halen is considered metal because of songs like House of Pain and Eruption and Nine Inch nails is like Alternative 90's Prog metal

[@joocebox793]

I think metalheads, for the most part, can appreciate genuinely talented musicians who put everything into their art.

[@liberacemiami5302]

Metalheads low key like 70s-80s punk bands .

[@seth_5394]

Liberace Miami it’s not low key

[@rip666able]

Not only punk but music from that era even new wave

[@stonevisionmedia]

Ugh True

[@poserdisposer6460]

Liberace Miami most would never admit it

[@hotheddfever4783]

I don’t think its bad, look at where a big majority of big bands looked for inspiration. Metallica really liked the Misfits and Samhain and funny because Glenn came from both of those bands before Danzig. I think that we should all be united in a way that we all have the same enemy, which is the mainstream media and pop music. Plus, we have Motörhead and The Plasmatics, lots of punks and metalheads love them. But that’s what I think, no need to take my essay seriously.

[@magdachlebicka3895]

My mom literally brought me to Scorpions, G'N'R and Metallica. She loves Bethoven

[@stbone6274]

Magda Chlebicka god bless your mum, wish I had those parents, my dad brought me into it and then they stopped and now I’m the only one with “good music taste” lol

[@jimimack7298]

Doesn't everyone love Beethoven?

[@hectormendoza7261]

True metalheads appreciate every type of music.

[@derekwhite9932]

I would say, I find this to be very much true.

[@Strixiac]

Technically speaking, no... a true metal head by definition only has to appreciate metal.../: Also, I think most metal heads hate modern pop, at very least...

[@bodhi9937]

Benjamin Harcourt well, can't really blame them, most modern pop really does suck

[@Strixiac]

Indeed, I enjoy pretty much every genre aside from Pop, Hip-Hop and Rap... but I love metal much more than any other genre, as such, you can’t really say I’m not a true metal head, can you...?

[@hectormendoza7261]

There is pretty good stuff in every single genre if you know where to look (or what to listen in this case). Anyways, it's just a youtube comment lol take it easy guys.

[@Kebabpunk]

I teared up at Freddie, Bowie, Prince, Prodigy... RIP, all of you. Thanks for the excellent list - I'd've also added Kraftwerk and Nick Cave.

[@remy7092]

I'm super happy that Frank Zappa was on this list, because I feel he gets very little representation as one of the greatest musicians to ever live.

[@ryancalming884]

Remy Amen brother

[@KorysRides]

He helped keep rock alive, along with Dee Snyder when they fought Tipper Gore.

[@remydirt3158]

Zappa was only pleasing when i was high

[@remydirt3158]

Nice name though bro

[@thetemplar4842]

I even like the American classics like Frank Sinatra,Dean Martin,Tony Bennett and Bobby Darin.

[@clabobambam]

Yugo Slav u dont like sammy davis Jr?

[@thetemplar4842]

bambam gaming Oh yeah I forgot about him man. Yes I like him too.

[@jhonny1416]

Yugo Slav And ricky martin?

[@thetemplar4842]

jhonny Floréz No dude I don't like him.

[@lacritzer3070]

Me too but my love of them stems more from the memories I have with my grandfather

[@daphneloose5880]

so glad that Johnny Cash, Queen and Beastie Boys were on this list!!

[@MyloshEK]

Beastie Boys ☝are F*** great!🖖👍

[@detailed_data4PSN]

This is a pretty accurate list of Non metal groups especially Pink Floyd, Queen, Johnny Cash and Classical music 🤘. That I love listening to.

[@fox-jake8784]

Johnny Cash is a music legend.

[@havicmyers7011]

YES

[@wyndorphstormcrow8372]

Brian May is friends with Tony Iommi of black Sabbath, I mean he even guested on a couple Sabbath tracks, queen may not be metal but they are Gods

[@Minmataro718]

Most "Metalheads" i know don't just listen to metal, they pick and choose between many track across the great wide chasm that is "rock". So yeah liking Queen, bowie etc makes sense. Johnny Cash transcends genres in music, he's like elvis, the beatles and MJ.

[@clintonjosephcAMIELj]

Minmataro718 Very true. It all comes within the huge umbrella of Rock 'N Roll

[@michaelmeis2953]

And most people who do listen to only metal, or only one of any genre and never anything else, are very annoying people.

[@luviskol]

Johnny Cash, He who took a Trent Reznor song and made it his own Hurt gets every man of a certain age right in the feels every damn time

[@Nathanthepleb]

I can definitely back Depeche Mode 👌

[@vallisdaemonumofficial]

KMFDM: Kill Mutha Fuckin' Depeche Mode

[@conradoramos5722]

NMetal25 Fuck yeah \m/

[@Impuritan1]

NMetal25 fuck yes. Love that band.

[@raulirias6661]

NMetal25 Sonata Arctica, In Flames, Vader, Ghost and many more have covered DM. They are epic

[@GearReview23]

I saw them live a while back, they are really good.

[@Kblog777]

ABBA are quite popular with a lot of metalheads too.

[@dmitrivlad8538]

Kblogg 777 THANK YOU!!!

[@niroshanfernando4784]

I wish Type O Negative covered an ABBA song before Peter Steele passed away! There is a /m\etal tribute to ABBA. 😎\m/

[@WesleysTheory-ec4ll]

Kblogg 777 well ABBA is everyone’s guilty pleasure

[@horsepuncher95]

I fucking love ABBA

[@epicsnail14]

Ah yes. Iron maiden's the super trooper

[@lukegomez7715]

As a metalhead here are my favorites non metal acts: Weird Al, Johnny Cash, Queen, American Football, Animal Collective, Aphex Twin, Beach House, Beastie Boys, Bjork, Blur, Bob Dylan, Daft Punk, De La Soul, Death Grips, Eminem, Frank Zappa, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Gorillaz, Husker Du, Ice Cube, James Brown, The Jet Age Of Tommorow, Kendrick Lamar, Kali Uchis, Kid Cudi, KMD, MF Doom, MGMT, Michael Jackson, Minutemen, Miles Davis, Missy Elliot, My Bloody Valentine, Frank Ocean, N.W.A, Nina Simone, The Notorious B.I.G, Odd Future, Outkast, Panda Bear, Pavement, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, Prince, Public Enemy, Radiohead, The Replacements, The Roots, Run The Jewels, Saba, Sebadoh, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Sublime, A Tribe Called Quest, Tyler The Creator, Vampire weekend, 2pac, 2 Live Crew, Yo La Tango, X, Wire, Wu-Tang Clan, Ween, and The Velvet Underground.

[@thecosmicblueautie]

You fuck with the undeniable greats. That says something.

[@franklinfarwell1984]

Nice picks🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@unrepentant7805]

lukegomez97 god i love björk

[@jaygarc4500]

Soundgarden, Nirvana, Sex Pistols, Faith No More?

[@jaygarc4500]

i'm a metalhead and i really love punk (not fallout boy, 5sos or panic at the disco) and grunge like nirvana. I also like west coast rap

[@didncozosksma4466]

Cash managed to transcend genres and be adored by rap fans, pop fans, metal and rock fans etc. truly one of the best artists to have ever graced the Earth.

[@Imperfect_Workshop]

Let's be honest Queen are possibly one of the greatest bands in the world ever

[@jessica6d946]

Seriously queen and Floyd don't count if someone doesnt like them you need looked at there's something wrong with them same goes for the eagles too in my opinion

[@creamydistortion]

This is a well known fact.

[@michaelsuder3217]

Jessica Wallen I have yet to meet a person who likes metal or rock;even some punk who dislikes Queen and Pink Floyd.

[@jessica6d946]

@@michaelsuder3217 exactly my point if someone doesn't like those bands get their head checked something is wrong

[@michaelsuder3217]

Jessica Wallen well they would be too stupid to understand the storylines of Dark Side, The Wall, Wish You Were Here or the societal truths of an oppressive government in Animals. So technically at the time they were doing what The Sex Pistols were doing in a prog rock form

[@exguestcheapgamez3225]

Kraftwerk, Wu tang clan, gorillaz?...

[@sidswitch9040]

I Absolutely Love Kraftwerk. I Hope They Get Inducted Into The HOF. As Well As Nine Inch Nails And Depeche Mode.

[@TITAN-LEVI]

As a die hard metalhead i think cash, queen, Pink floyd, Bob Marley, depeche mode, Bowie, zappa and classical composers re really good choices but I dont like the others

[@thehuman1202]

I can agree.

[@mateusgomes9102]

I love thrash metal and Depeche Mode. I can't explain it. I just love both!

[@spittingfire420]

Hell you can put all the Highwaymen up there......I'll listen to them!! Parliament , Eazy- E , Sublime ???? Funny I listen to Tech N9ne, Bad Brains , Beastie Boys and Pink Floyd myself 🤘

[@Astrodude55]

Highwaymen kick ass!

[@ImNorsk4669]

I'm surprised that Enya isn't on the list. Literally every metal head I know including myself loves her music.

[@konradslush]

Jeg og. Bra greier

[@Ammeo]

I love Enya. Almost every metalhead likes her music.

[@SDCB754]

She is awesome

[@torehy5912]

Liker også Secret Garden

[@eleanor.shadow]

Dead Can Dance, Lisa Gerrard, Vas... we’re an eclectic bunch :)

[@MrPunkrockkid69]

You forgot about our guitar god Lil Wayne

[@AndyIli]

and the guitar demigod Nick Jonas

[@jetstreamsam1242]

Ffs man, i am eating!😂😂😂

[@smitty3456]

Hahahahaha

[@jesvs666.]

Big D word like he aint here

[@jerkfacefuckasaurusrex328]

Lol nice

[@codybrockway1616]

Love most of these for sure. Frank, Queen, Floyd, Prince, Johnny, all heroes of mine. Genesis my #1 band of all time... (although they aren’t on here!) you’d be surprised how many metal heads love Progressive Rock!

[@TheKirbyT]

Is anyone else here a big fan of bluegrass and old time music? I understand that it is partly because i was raised in the boonies of North Carolina, but I've always found them more similar than they are different. Being that there is focus stringed instruments almost exclusively and both formats require solos as a part of the song (bringing jazz in on this point although the culture of jazz soloing was born from he blues which was born from bluegrass and old time music) and there are some vocal similarities where the voice is sometimes treated as a percussion instrument. Would love to hear your thoughts.

[@plasticoflamingo2952]

blue grass is the speed metal of country music. All good music has commonality with jazz.

[@praywithpio6028]

There is nothing more dark and brutal than the tragic side of bluegrass.

[@jeremyday9056]

Absolutely bluegrass! Some of the finest use of instruments out there.

[@Kongorlobo]

I also find flamenco quite similar to blues and, to that extent, even with hard rock and metal. It's also a guitar based music where high skilled improvised solos are part of the song, and then there's the voice, raw, potent and high.

[@breakerbill8776]

Agreed! Also, the lyrics to a lot of bluegrass songs are just as dark and depressing as most Metal songs.

[@aaronblashyrkh7655]

Depeche mode are like metal without metal and i love it

[@AndresManosalvas]

they are simply perfect

[@DernsMcHigginson]

I love me some Depeche

[@asscrabtube]

Watch '93 live, they play like rock band

[@anitamason1325]

Mid '80's Depeche Mode were so wonderfully dark......

[@arte0021]

I guess if you add distorted guitars into Depeche Mode you would get some gothic metal

[@TheSaltySeaman]

Cypress Hill? Rolling Stones? Doors? If you’re gonna put in Bad Brains than just say “most hardcore.” It is metals bastard child with punk, of course we like it a lot (brains, misfits, flag, dk, etc) And depeche mode wtf lol

[@kuriousstylez]

I was expecting Cypress Hill

[@barbatosrex9473]

I always thought Thrash was "Punk Meets Metal"

[@justin2597]

Depeche Mode's "Violator" is fucking great

[@superjonh1000]

Robert Campopiano it is indeed. Misfits was a huge influence for Metallica back in the 80s.

[@TheSaltySeaman]

Washington Hamilton nice to be recognized lol.

[@coolguy4179]

They nailed it with "every classical composer." I don't know a metalhead who doesn't like a little Bach now and then.

[@adamFIVE88]

If you don't like most of these reguardless... you were raised wrong lmao

[@nuberiffic]

Or you prefer good music ;)

[@yesimtakeoffcantstopmenow2663]

nuberiffic good job liking your own comment buddy

[@nuberiffic]

.....I didn't. What are you talking about?

[@unknownuchiha1839]

I never really liked queen tbh i although freddy's vocal range was killer

[@yesimtakeoffcantstopmenow2663]

nuberiffic sure

[@417woot]

I know several metalheads in my small circle that love Weird Al.

[@michalbernat1088]

I listen to old-school gangsta rap and classical music beside metal.

[@PanthraxIV]

Love me some Mobb Deep, Wu Tang and Nas.

[@ddcs0s]

Well I mean it comes from the same place emotionally it's just another cultures take on it I've always said my favorite vocalists we're Johnny Cash Tupac an Lemmy it's not because of the type of music they sang it's because they sang about very real things an you could hear how much it meant to them in their voices it trips people out but I'll listen to a playlist with Ice T pantara an Waylon Jennings all on one list before I listen to steady stream of pop BS there's already enough fake crap in this world I'm not about to go out of my way to hear it on the radio

[@venomousnate7263]

Michal Bernát not gonna lie I like Eminem along with that

[@ddcs0s]

@@venomousnate7263 I'd hang myself before listening to that shit dudes all shock value

[@UnchainedMelodie92]

@@ddcs0s That's just not true. Listen To Mockingbird or Stan.

[@roryotoole6837]

Surprised the doors wasn’t included

[@LordOfNihil]

the beatles have some good tracks, too bad they are only known for their happier poppier tunes. they had their dark side too.

[@johnzahm193]

Like their song Helter skelter or come together, imagine those lyrics played over a metal tracking... Well Godsmack covered come together but it didn't give me the same feel as the original or aerosmiths cover

[@miguelslv]

Overrated

[@tylermankins2960]

Considering they pretty much started goth rock/metal

[@zooy44]

@@johnzahm193 try this kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnPHlnqQgNJ-aac

[@miguelalonso38]

Depeche Mode? Here is a big metal fan who's favorite band are depeche so.....yeah!

[@nocturnalflare8457]

Ditto!

[@KatNoir1313]

Same! I was looking for this comment.

[@KZfr]

As a metalhead, I never realised until now that I actually do love classical music

[@TheSuperNinjaUnicorn]

Hendrix? The Ramones? The Doors?

[@electricmak7298]

Honeycomb23 doors is father of tool

[@StregaKyto]

Depeche Mode is the most right answer of all time.

[@TheBrunarr]

Rush?

[@wangson]

Yes. Great call!

[@Mace2.0]

RUSHHHHHHH...... Wait, wrong reference.

[@snap2snip]

What, you don’t like “Working Man”?

[@tomassheva]

rush is that rapper?

[@blackcountryme]

I can smell old people

[@mikethegrunty5968]

I can only speak for myself, so here’s my picks that aren’t on here Ramones The Who Public Enemy Wu tang Elton John Michael Jackson Social Distortion ( one of my favs) Bruce Springsteen The Doors ( kinda surprised not to see them here) Kendrick

[@brettmcgill7933]

Wu tang forever 🙌🏻

[@mikethegrunty5968]

Brett McGill fuck yeah 😊

[@mikethegrunty5968]

jeff Dhu of course jimi! Not sure how I forgot him considering I have a poster with him lol

[@zenbozic6184]

gotta love ramones. if someone doesnt like ramones he's a lost cause

[@knightartorias5182]

Some other non metal artists that should be on the list. -Creedence Clearwater Revival -Roky Erickson -Bob Seger and the Siver Bullet Band -The Byrds -Waylon Jennings

[@BIGBLOCK5022006]

Knight Artorias I like listening to Leonard Cohen.

[@knightartorias5182]

BIGBLOCK5022006 Definitely! My favorite song of his is "The Stranger Song"

[@BIGBLOCK5022006]

Knight Artorias My favorite Leonard Cohen songs are "Waiting For The Miracle" and "A Thousand Kisses Deep".

[@elpeluca7780]

My man Waylon

[@Memoriesfadingband]

Knight Artorias I second the byrds my man.

[@Vicky-xn3cm]

Queen is the band that led me into rock and metal. After discovering them I stopped listening to today's music.

[@gaborkrausz5402]

Yeah same

[@helixshark1753]

Who wouldnt listen to the God Johnny Cash himself???

[@smallshrimpin6939]

I like the profile pic

[@junkhead_92]

deaf people

[@Kanae18]

@@junkhead_92 They would, but can't!

[@gcat7145]

No one