The ABC's of Musical Genres + Subgenres

[@Secumind]

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[@no1u521]

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[@krwrie]

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[@maple8040]

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[@harburmills1783]

Zamrock is amazing. It's a type of psychedelic rock that combines psychedelia with traditional African rhythms and sound. It's from 1970s Zambia. I'd recommend Wings of Africa by Musi-O-Tunya, Day of Judgement by Ngozi Family, and Black Power by The Peace. Great stuff

[@cleaningmyroom1000]

Black Power by Peace is so fucking good. Lazy Bones' album WITCH is great too, Bandsplaining did an awesome video on Zamrock btw.

[@MBLU21]

this is a great video on the topic kzbin.info/www/bejne/mavVgYWAms2gmqM

[@pouisjude4431]

Africa by amanaz is also great

[@ronnierockit4468]

Listening to some of this after I send this reply, sounds absolutely amazing

[@ronnierockit4468]

Listening to some of this after I send this reply, sounds absolutely amazing

[@MarcioMaximo81]

Xote is tradicional music from the northeast part of Brazil, using lots of Accordion and percussion instruments. lyrics are usually about the stuggles of the northeastern people, very regionalized genre

[@sephiroth70001]

Zydeco is also a is a music genre that evolved in southwest Louisiana by French Creole speakers which blends blues, rhythm and blues, and music indigenous to the Louisiana Creoles and the Native American people of Louisiana. Zydeco music is also lead by an Accordion, and a specialized washboard, called a vest frottoir.

[@amphalure]

Incrível ♡

[@rogueozy9394]

As a peruvian, Zamacueca is a traditional dance and genre, it's what we would consider música criolla which means it is of indigineus and afro-peruvian origin. Now I don't know any album or artist that does "just" zamacueca, since most of these peruvian artists tend to switch genres within the whole of música criolla (like marineras, tonderos, festejos and more). With that in mind, I can only recommend artists like Chabuca Granda, Eva Ayllon, Arturo Zambo Cavero, who might have a few zamacueca songs in their repertoires.

[@Alberto-ny7kf]

cool

[@jodecics]

aea

[@snitzelll3710]

Bien dado, Gaaaa

[@GeneralNuisance00]

Here's one from me. V for Vocaloid/Voice Synth music. It is unique in being tied to a medium, but that medium being that instead of a human vocalist being used, a vocal synthesizer is used, the most iconic of these vocal synthesizers being Hatsune Miku, a vocalist for Yamaha's Vocaloid software and Crypton Future Media's more recent Piapro NT software, though UTAU and Synth V as well as other Vocaloids have become more popular as well. Like video game and film music, Vocaloid/Voice synth music is highly diverse, and ranges from anything from Ambient to Thrash Metal. Much of it is in Japanese, and is produced independently, but there are also large English and Spanish speaking communities as well, and the scene has a very large emphasis on independent artists. Due to the anonymous nature of the medium allowing you to use a digital voice, topics such as abuse, bigotry, gender and sexuality, the education system, disability, childhood trauma and mental health are common, as are large overarching series with their own lore and worldbuilding, told through song, along with a lot of fairly run of the mill pop songs. A few good albums to start with are: - Worlds by Porter Robinson (yes, this is a vocaloid album! the female voice used on this album is the English vocaloid Avanna) - ZERO-GO, Human, and Obscure Questions by PinnochioP (Japanese, Pop) - Official Orange by Hachi (currently known as Kenshi Yonezu) (Japanese, rock) - Kikuo Miku 6 by Kikuo (Japanese, Prog Pop??? Horrorcore??? It's a tough album to categorize) (Strong content warning) - Unhappy Refrain by Wowaka (Japanese, J-Rock) - GALAPAGOS and UNIQUE by UTSU-P (Japanese, Metal. If you like the DOOM OST, you'll like UTSU) - For A Sick Boy by Yuyoyuppe (also metal, though it's more melodic) - SYNTECH+ by Nostraightanswer (English, Soft pop) - Spectrum, 715 and CMYK by CircusP (English, Pop, EDM) - The Introduction (plus all his new singles) by KIRA (English, Pop, EDM, Hyperpop) - Sim You Later by Flanger Moose (English, Rock, EDM) - Tiara by Tiara (Japanese, I have no idea how to categorize this but it's pretty) - Proto. by Yunosuke (EDM, complextro) - ANDROID GIRL, UNDEAD ALICE, and Conti New by Deco*27 (Japanese, Pop rock) - in my hands by r-906 (Japanese, Drum & Bass) - Virtual Pop Star by Mitchie M (Japanese, Idol Pop) - WEATHER STATION by Inabakumori. They're known for their song Lagtrain, and for using Kaai Yuki, a Vocaloid voiced by a six year old girl. - Literally anything by Cosmo@BousouP/CosMo it's all speedcore and pop rock - Literally anything by Hiigari Kiirai. They don't have an album yet, but their style is a mix electroswing and hardbass. No I am not joking. - WAVE and -ERROR by niki. WAVE is all electro pop, -ERROR is all rock, both are wonderful. - All of Maretu's work is great and widely considered iconic but I am going to issue a content warning since a lot of his work is about disturbing subjects and he is NOT subtle about any of it. If you are going to need more narrowing down, I'd say that Niki, Hachi, Maretu, PinnochioP, Kikuo, UTSUP and, most importantly, Wowaka's work are all the most iconic here. From there, the world is your oyster, this is an INCREDIBLY diverse subculture.

[@Cla226]

For B i would say Bossanova a music genre from Brasil, it's a mix between jazz and samba, the music is literally gorgeous, I’ll recommend the classics, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Carlinhos Brown, Beth Carvalho, Djavan

[@do_yohomework]

Bossa-nova is the most important thing to happen to guitar since blues, jazz, and country layed the foundations for a lot of basic guitar techniques

[@Bobby_LSerunai]

As a Malaysian, my fav Zapin album (from Z category) is SM Salim bersama Orkestra Filharmonik Malaysia. It is a live album so, you gonna hear the singer SM Salim does his 'grandpa' storytelling session first before he starts singing. Listen to the song Pantun Budi for the general idea of the genre.

[@cohnjena2573]

for z: zef rap is a south african rap subgenre which is basically just trying to be as shocking as possible with their lyrics. the most popular zef rapper is yolande visser from the band Die Antwoord. highly recommended

[@SpikeGaming123]

A UK hip hop vid from alfo media is definitely something I want in my life

[@adamedwards1544]

Thanks for putting me onto this Origami Angel album! Absolutely love it. I'm so excited for your end of year lists

[@toyszz5250]

man im always waiting for a new alfo media video. his videos are always fun, its nice to listen to someone talk about music and not get bored with things like music theory and all that heheh

[@MellonVegan]

Another genre recommendation for the letter P: Progressive Death Metal It depends on the artist, of course, but bands like Fallujah, Kardashev and Aegaeon have managed to bridge the gap between utter mind boggling brutality and ethereal beauty with songs about nihilism, romance, futurism and other subjects, diverging from the stereotypical gore and violence. This is heavy music that will make you cry. I'd recommend The Void Alone (very fast and virtuosic), Between Sea and Sky (slower, the most accessible of the bunch and it's a waltz, lol) and Neural Union (really digs into the concurrent ambient and brutal riffing vibe), respectively. Edit: Obviously these are not the genre greats but they most embody this brutiful kind of vibe.

[@jimit.4220]

Regular old prog metal is better

[@maxlanglinais]

As a Zydeco fan, I'd start with Clifton Chenier especially the album I'm Here that album was huge for me growing up!

[@notreallyreal7812]

The reason that Dazey and the Scouts album felt as if it sounded older is because they also fit into the riot grrrl sub genre that reached its peak of popularity in the 90s as a female driven punk scene

[@Ana-ko9px]

I wish there was a Spotify playlist for the music examples in the video.

[@shifttide484]

man i have discovered so many amazing suggestions and albums from your channel, can't thank you enough for all the videos

[@AaronDut]

For Z: One of my favourite albums, in general, is "Fongola" by KOKOKO!, which is a modern and experimental approach to Zouk and electronic music in general. They are a band from Kinshasa, DRC and use self-build instruments alongside modern electronic production :) I recommend to listen to the songs Malembe, Azo Toke and Tokoliana

[@unhelpfulrevelations7989]

Hi This Is Flume is a kickass electronic record, I've stoked to hear you give it a shoutout

[@ycantiusegeorgiantextforhandle]

For Zamrock I'd say Rikki Illilonga or WITCH would be great entries. For Zef definitely Die Antwoord, although personally I don't like their music, they gets major respect from me.

[@TheRazze5]

Africa by Amanaz is pretty good

[@jackweiss5480]

We intend to cause havoc is so great, I just wish more bands form that scene would get their records put on streaming services, especially outside of the singles on comps

[@devgo180]

My favorite Zam band is Ngozi Family

[@kellennicholson4488]

Don't give homophobes and sex traffickers respect, as someone who enjoys (or used to, I can't anymore morally) their music

[@ycantiusegeorgiantextforhandle]

@@kellennicholson4488 I'm assuming you're talking about Die Antwoord? If so, yikes sex trafficking, thanks for the info, I'll look into it. I'm a seperate the music from the artist type of guy (if I wasn't then whole genres like gangsta rap or drill would be no go zones) but in this case cos I don't like their music anyway it's an easy write off lol.

[@jml6263]

So happy to see Origami Angel on here, those guys are just a good time. Also tossing out Holy Fawn's Death Spells as a Blackgaze-esque album I just stumbled into and think is incredible.

[@RoweReviews]

woahh self-destruct by origami angle is an incredible song. definitely gonna check out the album soon, thanks for shouting it out

[@karibbeanklara]

As a Guadeloupean girl, Zouk is a music genre created in the 80s by a group from the French Caribbean. The group name is “Kassav” and the members are from both Guadeloupe and Martinique. Anything from kassav will do but “zouk la sé sel médinaman nou ni” is the zouk anthem. Also there is a subgenre of zouk called “Zouk Love” it’s much slower and of course the main topics are love and relationships. “West Indies” by Patrick Saint-Éloi and “Le ou love” by Jean-Michel rotin are good exemples.

[@irratecommander1540]

For z: zeuhl is a prog rock derivative that originated in the 1960s in France. Really amzing world building and imaginery. For sure check out anything by Magma

[@hikikimorimasqueerade8743]

A - Afrobeat B - Breakcore C - Crunk D - Deathcore E - Easy Listening F - Funk G - Grindcore H - Horrorcore I - Industrial J - JRock K - Kpop L - Lounge M - Metalcore N - Noise pop O - Otacore P - Pornogrind Q - Queercore R - Reggae S - Ska Punk T - Trip Hop U - ??? V - Vocaloid W - ??? X - ??? Y - ??? Z - ???

[@memyopinionsche6610]

Kind of reminds me of when a time where a friend of mine and myself got into a battle of naming bands. He'll name a band then I'll name a band. Until one of us couldn't remember another one. And that whole scenario lasted about I think 2 hours maybe 3. Then we both got bored. It was fun. And stupid at the same time.

[@theuselessmember]

Gothic country is a weird mixture of country, bluegrass, psychedelic rock, and depression. 16 horsepower is basically the Beatles of the genre and the defining album is Sackcloth n Ashes. It’s not for everyone, but if you like twangy music with dark atmospheres, it’s really great. Also check out Slim Cessna’s Auto Club and Wovenhand. Lyrical themes are usually biblical, but not in the way “Jesus loves me,” but more misanthropic like “God will strike you down and you will burn in hell eternally for your lust.”

[@joaovalente7806]

Xote is great, I'd sure recommend Luiz Gonzaga as a whole, songs like Xote das meninas and Asa Branca are absolute classics, but a song itself sure needs to be Xiquexique, by Tom Zé, a masterpiece of Xote, for sure

[@dunkarooni4135]

THANK YOU for introducing me to Deafheaven - Sunbather. I didn't even know I wanted something like this.

[@davidcrs3043]

You have to listen to Natalia Lafourcade's "Hasta la raíz" or "Musas Vol. 1" if you want a great mexican folklore experience I say this as a mexican myself

[@Martinez7Luiz]

Or Ed Maverick for Mexican folk

[@gracebevill]

This 100%!!!

[@jarodferkin2585]

Yes yes yes

[@AlectriXSharpness]

@@Martinez7Luiz No lmao

[@SmokeyChipOatley]

Natalia Lafourcade es una de las mejores cantoautoras en el mundo entero en mi opinión. Sin tener que agregarle el adjetivo “mexicana” tampoco. Tiene un nivel de talento artistico que merece la atención del mundo entero no nomas nosotros los hispanohablantes. Ojalá lo logre muy pronto. Natalia Lafourcade is in my opinion one of the best singer-songwriters in the world. Without even needing to add “female”/“Mexican” or whatever else. Her level of artistic talent deserves larger exposure throughout the world beyond the Spanish speaking Latinx Americans who make up the overwhelming majority of her current fan base. Hopefully she’ll succeed in extending her reach throughout the world very soon! (Who am I kidding, she been on her grind since like the year 2000 with her adorably rebellious pop punk-esque first release as a teen. Her sound is much more mature now btw lol)

[@svntvcrvzrec5689]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE MON LAFERTE!!! OMG I’M SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED HER!!!

[@summerw.1425]

"I myself get caught up listening to the same songs over and over again" * Shows Pheobe Bridgers * -Me "I feel attacked right now"

[@wm8036]

Plunderphonics, future funk, jpop, noise, acid jazz, hypnagogic pop, neo psychedelia, experimental, and industrial hip hop are some of the genres I’d recommend to you.

[@ericramos1916]

Fantanotard fan spotted 🤢🤢🤢

[@ice_gawd_]

Do you have any good albums for future funk? I've wanted to get deeper into it

[@jessedonnellan]

D is for Drum & Bass. If you're new to this genre I would recommend artists like Technimatic, Hybrid Minds, Nu:Tone, Metrik, Calyx & Teebee, Wilkinson, Sub Focus. Go treat yourself people! 😁

[@patty1181]

Thanks for recs! I listen to very few d&b acts, Sub Focus being one of them. Wanna go deeper into the genre so I'll check out others

[@jessedonnellan]

@@patty1181 You're welcome mate! Got plenty more recs if you want haha

[@khadeeja1228]

some of my favourite kpop albums: soul lady - yukika the perfect red velvet - red velvet max and math - odd eye circle walpurgis night - gfriend pink tape - f(x)

[@Senchi3]

If you're just now getting into K-pop, I absolutely recommend "The Perfect Red Velvet" by Red Velvet, it rules!

[@scarcat2469]

Very surprised Hyperpop wasn’t on the final list especially considering it’s recent rise! Highly recommend the genre, the most iconic Hyperpop album is probably 1000 gecs by 100 gecs. Also if anybody knows what genres Sewerslvt and Machine Girl would be let me know

[@ari.jpeg1]

Sewerslvt is mostly categorised under breakcore and depressive drum and base, not super familiar with machine girl so can't help you there.

[@Unsilence409]

Machine Girl makes jungle, breakcore and digital hardcore, mostly avoids being pegged into one genre but pulls from those

[@tacocatpoopracecarpooptacocat]

@@ari.jpeg1 and “lolicore” lol

[@wasuptime]

also recommend SOPHIE (rest in peace) and Dorian Electra.

[@soundsc4pes]

@@tacocatpoopracecarpooptacocat the people who were naming that genre gotta been high

[@jasonlieberman4606]

Off the top of my head... Art rock Bossa nova Cumbia Dancehall Electro Funk Grindcore Italo disco Jumpup Krautrock Latin fusion Mariachi Nashville blues Opera Polka Q- don't know Reggae Salsa Tsugaru U- don't know Vaporwave War chant X- don't know Yodel Zouk

[@reverietapes]

4:32 i didn't expect to see DJ Sabrina after listening for the second time an hour ago

[@SmokeyChipOatley]

Moon Safari by Air was on constant repeat in my old Accord’s cd changer back in like 2007/8 and I absolutely loved it. My hometown had a freak unusual snowstorm that year so my brain has forever linked the two in the inner fuzzy-feels of my soul. Also helped that I smoked a lot of marijuana back then lol. And omg I absolutely ADORE Mon Laferte! You completely caught me off guard right when I was about to post my original comment above. I highly recommend checking out her music whether or not you understand Spanish. She’s incredible! She recorded a Japanese 60s style love ballad in both Spanish and Japanese. They’re both top notch. Check her out if any of that interested you. Or even if it didn’t sound appealing. She’s great regardless

[@ok5988]

For Z I think Zeuhl is a pretty good genre for it. Zeuhl is a freanch subgenre that originated from jazz and became an originator of prog rock, it is great one and I think one of the Magma's Üdü Ŵüdü album is pretty good and a great and underrated introduction to the genre even if it is safe to say it

[@ailemasvega]

12:10 Allright! Zarzuela is a form of spanish operetta. It appeared in the late 19th century and it remained a strong force 'till the 50s or so. It's almost exclusively comedy and it's structured like a musical but it's songs are more... operatic I guess. To start I recomend "La Verbena de la Paloma" by Tomás Bretón. It's a classic. It's a story about jealousy and trying to marry rich. Another good one is "La Gran Vía" by Chueca, in which streets in Madrid that are about to be demolished to make way for the new big road, have a conversation. There is a huge language barrier tho. Since it is theatre musical, the story, dialogue and lyrics are important. Still, give it a try.

[@janine2957]

estaba pensando en lo única que es la zarzuela y como me gustaría poder comentar sobre ella y aquí estás, te lo agradezco mucho ♥️

[@InvertedBurial]

Great list! It's always nice to see Metal and UK Hip Hop get some recognition!

[@Hydons]

I feel like one of the most well-known Z genres (At least to me) isn't on that list. Zolo! It's basically like a super manic and quirky mixture of New Wave and Prog Rock. I haven't listened to a lot of it, but I would suggest either Nothing to Fear by Oingo Boingo or literally any album by The Cardiacs

[@jackweiss5480]

I personally found out about Zolo through seeing Spark described as Zolo, and while I haven't heard anything I like quite as much as "Kimono My House" or "Propaganda" from other Zolo bands, its still a really cool genre

[@samakafrisco1759]

Oingo Boingo and Big Rock Finish. Love this guy.

[@Animaniacs11]

I always liked music that sounded zolo. I juts never knew the name of it until recently.

[@Based_Proletariat]

Catching yourself listening to the same song again and again... There was one point where I was listening to Living Colour's "Cult of Personality" about 100 times in a week back in 2011. And I listened to Joji's songs "Run" and "Sanctuary" 100 in a week a few months ago.

[@sanchobalu]

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[@sephiroth70001]

Zydeco is also a is a music genre that evolved in southwest Louisiana by French Creole speakers which blends blues, rhythm and blues, and music indigenous to the Louisiana Creoles and the Native American people of Louisiana. Zydeco music is typically played in an uptempo, syncopated manner with a strong rhythmic core, and often incorporates elements of blues, rock and roll, soul music, R&B, Afro-Caribbean, Cajun, and early Creole music. Zydeco music is centered around the accordion, which leads the rest of the band, and a specialized washboard, called a vest frottoir, as a prominent percussive instrument.

[@t_albino]

Q Is for Qawwali, a Sufi Muslim ecstatic devotional form of music which is really unlike any other genre out there. While I love other genres of music, nothing brings me to the peaks of ecstasy as well as qawwali does. Get started by listening to the emperor of Qawwali, Nusrat fateh ali Khan

[@dune6528]

holy shit yesssss i love maggot so glad you suggested it its been one of my favorites for years

[@James-kj9hw]

Black midi hellfire is an amazing jazz rock album

[@jazz9128]

Zamrock is defo pretty interesting. In terms of albums I’d recommend WITCH: We Intend To Cause Havoc, but I usually just listen to Bandsplaining’s Zamrock playlist

[@gracebevill]

Thanks for putting me onto "Be" by Common- just started listening and have never vibed more with something on the first listen, it's awesome! As to film scores, the 1995 Wuthering Heights score by Ryuichi Sakamoto is absolutely gorgeous and so underrated, I think because the film wasn't a huge success. But the melody and mood is indescribable, it captures the essence of the book but also stands alone as a fantastic piece of music. Even the paired-back version available on Spotify is gorgeous!

[@baseballruler0344]

the intro to that album is just truly perfect

[@welibelly7691]

i think twice's most recent album formula of love is the textbook example of what a cute bubblegum kpop release is and blackpink's latest album the album is the textbook example of what a badass more hip hop inspired kpop release is, and these two concepts cute and badass have been the most prominent concepts in all of kpop for the last 15 years basically and the aformentioned albums are representative for the last 5 years of their kpop concepts

[@noisehippo1561]

Z for Zheuhl Like Magma, Koenji Hyakkei or The Ruins. Zheuhl is some crazy Prog Rock, Fusion sound.

[@djiog2771]

YOOOOOOOO CHASE CEGLIES GIULIANA IS SO GOOD THO GOD DAMN CANT BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED IT

[@K_i_t_t_y84]

This is awesome, I really love finding new music!!

[@DrummingOtaku]

You should check out the band Magma and the band Ruins for the genre Zeuhl. It's a genre where singers make up their own languages.

[@andrewi1052]

For good zeuhl, Ruins' compilation album 1986-1992 is great, especially "Praha In Spring". The band is Japanese and their inspiration is the originators of the genre, French outfit Magma. The drummer writes all the music and it's sung in a made up language. Thanks for the recommendations. It's hard to talk about music without sounding like a total snob. Here's to changing stereotypes. Cheers.

[@ok5988]

Finally love to zheul

[@NoiseBombS14]

Rock Opera Me* “When I was, a young boy”

[@jimtaaa]

Magma's Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh has to be the oick for Zeuhl. It is just madness

[@TheSpratty16]

Clifton Chenier falls under the umbrella of Zydeco. it's like the Blues, only incorporating the accordion and the washboard, it's definitely worth checking out his song Louisana Blues

[@theriguyayylmao3761]

Zambian Rock is a style of psychedelic rock that originated and is played in (as the name would suggest) Zambia. Really cool stuff blending psych rock sensibilities with African style drums and rhythms

[@bb.houdini]

Thanks for shouting out Origami Angel that’s probably my favorite album this year 🤘

[@ccricers]

Autechre is also another of the earlier producers of IDM. And as someone who mainly listens to electronic music, I actually find math rock very accessible to me.

[@Lewis-is6wn]

Another Z that was left out of that list is Zilizopendwa. Its basically Kenyan 60s-70s blues rock love songs infused with traditional Kenyan rhythms and beats as well as some jazz here and there. Most of them were sung in Swahili tho. I'd recommend Malaika by Fadhili Williams its honestly perfect

[@powerfullyoffbeat8838]

I happy Persona 5’s sound track got a bit of recognition because it’s good. Beneath the mask goes hard in a calming way

[@Weegeeguy208]

zydeco is a genre of music pioneered by french creole speaking people in the early 20th century. it’s like the blues’s happier cousin

[@Alberto-ny7kf]

ABC's of genres but it's all metal! A- Ambient Black Metal Black Metal with Ambient influences, ex.: Burzum's Et Filosofem B- Brutal Death Metal Death Metal with more extreme vocals and abrupt rhythm changes, distances itself from Thrash Metal. ex.: Cryptosy's None More Vile C- Crossover Thrash: Thrash Metal with more pronounced Crossover influences. ex.: Suicidal Tendencies's S/T D- Doom Metal Metal with slow, dark riffs, and nihilistic, misanthropic, apocalyptic themes, Doom Metal has spawned many subgenres. ex.: Electric Wizard's Funeralopolis E- Epic Doom Metal Doom Metal with an influence from Power Metal and a focus on epic fantasy themes, in contrast with Doom's usual bleakness. Features operatic vocals and less heavy riffs than usual Doom. ex.: Candlemass' Epicus Doomicus Metallicus F- Funk Metal Metal with Funk and Rap influences, was popular in the late 80s but then died suddenly. ex.: Faith No More's Epic G- Grindcore Evolving from Hardcore and extreme Metal, Grindcore features extreme vocals, insanely heavy guitar riffs, and radical shifts in tempo. usually seen as one of Metal's heaviest genres. ex.: Napalm Death's catalogue. H- Heavy Metal Metal's most basic genre, evolved in the late 70s from Hard Rock and Prog, features moderately fast riffs, usually high-pitch operatic singing, and epic themes that contrast with Metal's usual darkness ex.: Judas Priest's British Steel I- ?? J- ???? K- ??????? L- ?????????????? M- Metal Just metal ex.: Any metal N: Nu Metal Evolving from groove, alternative, and funk Metal, Nu Metal is an edgy brand of Metal that spawned in the late 90s and went on until absolute death in the late 2000s, Nu Metal is characterized by its modern sound influenced by Hip-Hop and electronic music. ex.: Slipknot's debut O: ?????? P: Progressive Metal Metal fused with Progressive Rock, uses odd time signatures, unconventional instrumentation, and tends to have more intellectual subject matter. Prog Metal is very diverse and can be found under many different genres, such as Prog Death, Prog Thrash, and even Prog Sludge. ex.: Tool's albums, Death's Crystal Mountain, any Vektor album, etc... Q: ??????? R: Rap Metal Metal with rapping in it, but only when it's not Nu Metal ex.: Rage Against The Machine's debut S: Sludge Metal A variant of Doom Metal, it fuses Sabbath riffage with Hardcore intensity. Is characterized by Mid to Slow pace riffs, very distorted guitar tone, screaming, and misanthropic lyrics. ex.: Acid Bath's When The Kite String Pops T: Thrash Metal Evolving from the NWOBHM, Thrash fuses Punk and Hardcore speed and aggression with Heavy Metal's Metallic sound. Thrash is one of Metal's most popular subgenre and features a wide range of sounds, from Sepultura's quasi Death Metal to Megadeth's technical speedy riffs. ex.: Metallica's Master Of Puppets U: V: W: War Metal Deathened Black Metal, or Blackened Death? ex.: Blasphemy's Fallen Angel Of Doom X: ?????? Y: ??????? Z: Zeuhl Metal Metal with Zeuhl influences, strong overlap with prog ex.: Papangu's Holoceno

[@andesite8837]

love that you shouted out origami angel! gami gang is my aoty!

[@briankrosky3567]

Shout out for friend for the opera recommendation. The intermezzo from cavalleria rusticana is my favorite piece of music of all time. It was the theme song for raging bull and was in the ending of god father 3 iirc. Never felt as strong emotions listening to anything as I do that song.

[@mysticmamba5133]

I don’t know if anyone has recommended you a Zeuhl album or not, but I would happily throw in K.A. by Magma. Their music features operatic vocals sung in their own made up language along with high energy technical instrumentation (it is a subgenre of prog after all). Their drummer and mastermind Christian Vander is very good at crafting chaotic rhythms and there’s definitely a bit of jazz influence as well.

[@bramstultjens9735]

Unshaken from RDR 2 is probably my favorite videogame score ever (the other songs in the game come very close with Cruel World and That's The Way It Is, man even thinking of these songs makes me emotional...) If we don't count Housebuilding Song.

[@helenaotam5596]

Zouk is traditional Caribbean dance music usually sang in French or creole. I would recommend u look into Kassav. They would probably the easiest bang or artist to get into. The genre uses big band instruments and reggae on like beat depending on the song. As someone from a carriebbean descent it would be cool for more people in the west to learn about zouk.

[@camilorodriguezpousa2254]

Hello! I also will do my part sharing some genres that are not here Shamstep: middle-eastern electronic music genre very popular in Syria and Palestine (Omar Souleyman and 47soul are some examples. DARK Jazz!! : dark - ambient-jazzy vibes with a lot of drone mixing that can make you feel on a dark polluted night or a forest (Bohren and der club of gore, Kilimanjaro Darkjazz ensemble) Breakcore: this is a whole world full of noisy-progressive and kind distorted vibe (Igorrr, Venetian snares) Jazzcore / jazz punk (John zorn, Naked city) Progressive country-ragtime thing (Bela fleck and the flecktones) Non-western electronic/experimental/industrial music (Aisha Devi, Howie Lee, Tzusing, Guzz, Meitei) Progresive Jazz metal thing (Panzerballet, Tigran Hamasyan, TRAM) Electronic asian folk jazzy progressive spoken world experimental whatever thing: Sainkho namtchylak

[@justincarr8178]

I think Latin Pop in its present form really starts in the 80s with Freestyle ,check that it was massive but non Latinos knew nothing about it,it's has hard electro beats with sweet sugary vocals ,it was dope..sometimes check labels like Mic Mac and acts like Corina .

[@jacko250]

Here’s my own version (I’m going to try and include as many obscure genres as I can to challenge myself) Acid house: 808 State - Ninety Blue eyes soul: Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels Cowpunk: Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II Dark Wave: Molchat Doma - Etazhi Experimental rock: Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica Folk-punk: The Men They Couldn't Hang - How Green Is the Valley Grebo: Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine - 30 Something Hardcore punk: Bad Brains - Bad Brains Indietronica: LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening Jangle pop: Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain Krautrock: Can - Ege Bamyasi Lo-fi: The Cribs - The Cribs Madchester: Happy Mondays - Pills ‘n’ Thrills and Bellyaches Noise rock: Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician Opera: Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach Pub rock: Dr. Feelgood - Down by the Jetty Reggae: Junior Murvin - Police and Thieves Sophisti-pop: Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen Two-tone: The Specials - The Specials UK indie: Half Man Half Biscuit - Back in the DHSS For the letters that I can’t think of genres for I’m just going to recommend albums by underrated bands for you to check out instead: Q: The Qemists - Join the Q V: Van der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One W: Ween - Pure Guava or Wild Beasts - Two Dancers X: XTC - English Settlement or Xmas Deutschland - Fetisch Y Young Marble Giants - Coloassal Youth Z The Zutons - Who Killed…… The Zutons?

[@idna832]

watching the intro and my first thought was " M is for math rock" and I got a bit too excited seeing that at 6:42

[@commercialchase8442]

Z is for Zoomer Pop. Characterized by a fusion of trap, R&B and pop and being the stereotypical music that tops the TikTok charts. I'd recommend any of BROCKHAMPTON's albums.

[@moselaw2]

Zydeco is a genre from Southern Louisiana that put an emphasis on uptempo rhythms meant for dancing. Typical instruments are accordions, drums as well as washboards. Over the years its incorporated a lot of different genres including R&B and Hip Hop. I've grown up listening to it my whole life. I def recommend checking out anything by Lil Nathan and the Zydeco Big Timers.

[@tino.monetti]

A great xote album from Brazil would be Luiz Gonzaga (the master of the genre), 50 ANOS DE CHÃO (50 years of floor). Another one by Elba Ramalho called ALEGRIA is also very iconic.

[@maxresdefault_]

For anyone interested in Math Rock, there are some great Math Rock mixes on KZbin. Jeff Pish has some really great ones that were my introduction to the genre, but my favourite is rockambloesque Skydog's video 'Mix Math Rock'. A little bit of everything I love about Math Rock, some of my favourite bands in the genre.

[@quiquemejiatejeda5254]

Nice section ,i´ve loved if you could do more of these sections

[@nikolaikarvinen5258]

videogame musikk can be different. from minecraft`s chill amgient musik to megalovania which is the musik to the hardest boss in undertale which is the least chill song i can think off

[@ccandrew111]

Alcest introduced me to blackgaze and I absolutely love it

[@alenaphoenix]

new alfo video😍😍

[@Tully_23_32]

In my country we have the Pub Rock genre... it's where the likes of AC/DC (Acca Dacca as we call them), INXS, Cold Chisel, Icehouse etc etc etc come from

[@k1dlherme]

Greetings from Brazil. If you wanna check it out one really good xote band, you can look for "Falamansa".

[@MarshallsEmporium]

For Zeuhl, I recomend Papangu's Holoceno. It's one of the most brutal and transcedental metal records to come out this year.

[@yogevlevy2043]

For Z I would say Zeuhl. It’s a wired prog rock subgenre, invented by the band magma

[@BigUziVert2190]

Glad you showed rush when you mentioned prog rock, my favourite band of all time.

[@ice_gawd_]

Some good albums to get newcomers into kpop are: Odd eye circle- max & match Dreamcatcher- road to utopia Twice- twicecoaster lane 2 Red velvet- the perfect red velvet Sunmi- 1/6 Enjoy!

[@unhelpfulrevelations7989]

Just found out about the Zydeco genre in my music class and remembered this video lol. It's french-speaking Louisiana-based ethnic music, basically, you can look it up.

[@scarcat2469]

After watching this Gami Gang is now one of my favorite albums of all time

[@MassiveJib]

I’ve been needing a video liek this for so ling

[@willsellfrog429]

My mom and I love watching your videos

[@ali3n_father]

I have thick as a brick on cassette! I bought it at a music store called reckless records (located here in chicago 💕) it's probably the oldest one i have, it's dated 1972. the first time i listened to it i was literally blown away by how unique it is. the drums and bass in part one are so /chef's kiss//💕💕💕 it's one of my fave cassettes that i own 💕

[@mangologg3070]

what's it called?

[@crisaldoproductions9065]

for those interested in latin pop, i recomend: Calambre, Nathy Peluso and Limón y Sal, Julieta Venegas.

[@amandafaulk965]

As someone from Louisiana who isn't a fanCajun music guess its my time to shine. Zydeco is a mixture of blues, country, and Cajun music. Cajun music and Zydeco music are actually different believe it or not. Cajun music is an umbrella term in which the accordion is the driving force of the song. Not to say Zydeco doesn't use the accordion, as it is also the driving force of the song. Zydeco features more bluesy, rock n roll, soul, Creole, Afro-cuban, and RnB based songs. Cajun music typically has fiddles and violins to accompany the accordion. Zydeco has many elements of Creole culture and blues culture. I mean this IS the South after all. Big names here are Clifton Chenier (pronounced sha-neeer), Rockin' Sydney (who had the hit My Toot-Toot), and John Delafose. Newer artists in the genre are Geno Delafose (song of John Delafose), Chubby Carrier, Chris Ardion (pronounced ar-dwan), Dwanye Dopsie, and Lil' Nate. You may hear some mixture of English, French, and our Cajun/Creole French for the lyrics. Lot's of Cajun music is typically sung using a mixture of both. Cajun French is to normal French as is American English is t British English. Mostly the same but has some different spellings, pronunciations, and some other intricacies. One of my old high school teachers is fairly big in the Zydeco/Cajun Music scene so if you ever want to do a video about it or learn more drop a line and i can send you their contact info! They are very big on having the music spread throughout the world.

[@yassatron]

(Pink tape, The Red, Reboot, Dark & wild) are some generally good kpop albums would recommend

[@eljohncabildo4086]

I'm really happy you also like Origami Angel. If you want to know more Emo Pop bands, i recommend Charmer, Mom Jeans, Modern Baseball, and Hot Mulligan

[@indigoblur]

For D: Deathrock. It's a goth subgenre that's a direct off-shoot of punk, unlike it's post-punk-inspired companions like gothic rock and darkwave. Formed in California, gained popularity in London's Batcave club. Examples include Christian Death, 45 Grave, Alien Sex Fiend and Specimen. EDIT: Wanted to add an album recommendation like the video. I recommend Echos in the Corridor by Altar de Fey to people who want to delve into the genre. :)

[@gabrielpiscopo3916]

I am very happy I found this comment. Deathrock is one of my favourite goth subgenres

[@indigoblur]

@@gabrielpiscopo3916 Haha mine too! It may be my favorite in fact.

[@soraorganik]

'Dead Man's Party' by Oingo Boingo is a Zolo influenced album, that's the only recommendation I can think of