Originally Posted by boo boo

I can't even tell the difference between a lot of these new sub-genres of metal.

I understand the most basic ones, thrash metal, death metal, black metal, power metal, prog metal, goth metal, doom metal, etc.

But then you have sub-genres for all those sub-genres, technical metal, sludge metal, groove metal, viking metal, viking black metal, melodic black metal, symphonic black metal, gothic black metal, symphonic goth metal, symphonic power metal, technical death metal, epic doom metal, funeral doom metal, death doom metal, black doom metal, drone doom metal, grindcore (which includes noisegrind and goregrind), metalcore, mathcore, deathcore, deathgrind, death/doom fusion, death/black fusion, someone is going to invent vikingcore eventually. It's so ridiculous.

The criteria for all these is just way too confusing.