What Your Favorite Metal Genre Says About You 

As a nu metal fan, "men don't grow up, they grow old."

Finn "I want to be more likeable, people don't find me likeable". Also Finn: "People who listen to Death metal are losers".

Could not stop laughing at this. I'm one of your six female viewers, who listens mostly to death, sludge, and doom metal. Can confirm I think I'm too cool for my own good, but my therapist agrees with you

Straightedge Hardcore: You used to be hard-partying, but are now hard-lining, sublimating your hatred for yourself into beating strangers at shows.

Finn, you're so good at straddling the line of being serious and goofing around. I'm actually not sure if you are being serious with what you are saying about the genres. I love it, even though I am a Death Metal fan that doesn't collect retro games, watch wrestling, or live low-wage. What you said about Metalcore, I'm gonna say equally applies to Deathcore. Keep on going, I actually love trying to figure out what's sarcastic and not.

The sludge metal take is spot on. I have bi polar disorder and when I find myself listening to eyehategod or acid bath for more than 15 minutes at a time; I know im in a manic low.

The Tech-death analysis was brutally accurate. Cut right to my core. Genuinely, bravo. And yes, FromSoftware is God

Low-key one of your best videos I haven't laughed this hard in a while and I needed it. Thank you

I am a Groove Metal fan and my favourite band is Machine Head so theres that I also enjoy Metalcore

I wonder what Finn's take is on the New Wave of Traditional Heavy Metal. There are a lot of younger bands playing in a more Trad style and while it's not a massive scene - it proves that the style is still relevant to a substantial amount of people.

The sludge metal analysis was spot on

There’s no better start to a Friday morning than some good ol fashioned metal nerd bullying

Hi, I was today’s years old when I found out Finn was/is also Sergeant D from Metalsucks. His articles are the reason I actually liked Metalsucks back in the day

seriously SHOUT OUT to our brothers in sisters in the navy and coast guard for keeping us safe from viking metal and folk metal!

9:29 omg Finn you are so right about this 😂, you are truly gifted with the ability to detect stereotypical behaviors 😮

The good thing about Glam Metal, (which I always heard referred to as Butt Rock growing up, but I guess that's not quite right, as says Lord Finn), is that they have chops but still focused writing songs with actual hooks!

I'm a proud trad-metalhead! I love Dio, Grim Reaper, Accept, Maiden etc... and Judas Priest is my favorite band un-ironically. I'm also a huge fan of the New Wave Of Traditional Metal scene too, just like neo thrash...there's a bunch of younger dudes that love 80's metal and want to play that style and I think it's great and it's keeping that sound alive and introducing it to a newer audience.

I went to a metalcore show recently for the first time since the pandemic, and yeah you basically nailed it. I was scratching my head the whole time wondering “TF happened and who are these people” This is somebody who made liking metalcore their personality for a decade and some change too….Modern metalcore is audio melatonin. Change my mind!

Its crazy how accurate you are about prog rock. One of my best friends and my DnD DM fucking loves prog rock and the nerdiest kinds of prog rock. She made me listen to it on long road trips. Shes also a successful chemist with a masters degree 😅

No Viking Metal fans in the U.S.? That was a funny bit, but my guy, you can't say there are no U.S. viking metal fans when Amon Amarth exists.

I am proud to be a certified groove metal fan.

Personally , I’m more of a fan of dense alloy. But whatever floats your boat

Hall does such great roasts, finn adding too them is gold.

My favorite Metal Genre is Thrash Metal. Thrash bands are influenced by Punk Rock. So It was my gateway into Punk. In 1984 to 86 i was listening to Motorhead, Metallica, Slayer, Destruction, Anthrax, Nuclear Assault. But after discovering "Crossover" bands like D.R.I, Suicidal Tendencies, C.O.C., Cryptic Slaughter, Crumbsuckers, The Accused & S.O.D i went down the rabbit hole of Punk Rock.

Best Music Video ✅ Very understandable ✅ Very epic music ✅ No bad words ✅ No inappropriate images ✅

Babe, wake up! New Finn McKenty making fun of metal nerds just dropped!

You think an ocean keeps you safe from us Folk metal fans? I've got news for you pal, I went to see Ensiferum and Blackguard in Seattle and there was a pretty big crowd. We live among you Finn, you'll never be truly safe

Oof, that death metal bit. Nice projection bro 👍

The ear stretchers transcend genre. The only person I know with them is my dad's cousin, whose favourite guitar player is Tommy Emmanuel, and is old enough that he saw the Beatles live.

As an adult child who loves cats and is a low achiever… I guess the next step is getting into death metal 😭🤘

11:18 my dad loves Machine Head, it’s up here with Slipknot as his favorite band. We went to their concert together and I really liked it even though I heard only few best old songs and the newest album at that point. Since then, I’ve really listened to their nü metal phase. Overall I’d say we’re both fans of Machine Head, but then again, we live in Europe, that’s why you never met us. Also, I’ve once met a cute girl, completely normie appereance, that was really into Rings Of Saturn, it puzzles me to this day.

Forced Entry is underrated, not enough people know about the accused. Seattle had an incredible thrash scene back in the day

I know a guy who was an electrician who played drums in a sludge metal band on the side and he stole a ton of copper wiring from a church he did a job for.

I like that sweet spot between glam and grunge. Between '88 and '92. I don't know if you would call that proto-grunge or post-glam, but that music seems the most raw and real to me.

Being a Metalhead who enjoys many styles of Metal, I like these videos where he bashes on various Metal communities. It reminds me not to take myself too seriously

As a thrash fan, it's true. As I get older, I can't handle the hangovers any more so I replace all the beer in my beer cans with water. I drank two beers on accident the other night and I'm still hungover Also, I regularly listen to Machine Head's first album

Death Metal is my fav... and that description is 100% accurate... Bradley's description, not yours. XD I am crushing it at my career, making well into 6 figures,, own my own house, and am still an adult child with 4 cats in the country.

Loving that Believer name drop for the Thrash elite. Sanity Obscure is a banger

I fell in love with Trad metal more and more over the past decade bands like Eternal Champion, Sign of the Jackal, Visigoth. The newer stuff is either too djenty, too bland (Five Finger Death Punch/Skillet), too modern pop influenced (I prevail, Falling in reverse) etc.

The Doom and Sludge takes were frighteningly on point....... *looks down at EHG shirt*

In the great RPG that is life itself, Finn chooses to spend most of his level points on stereotyping... he made a good choice now his build is overpowered on the internet meme era

I was hooked you said "Believer". Phenomenal band.

When you mentioned Coroner....I wanted to hug you. So underrated!

I have no idea about sludge metal but I had a date with a guy whose favourite band was eyehategod and boy does he fit the description

This is why I like early metalcore. But I think I sound like a sludge metal fan. However, I do love Acid Bath, Eyehategod, Melvins, and Neurosis.

Yeah dude, you killed me with the tech-death analysis.

You have a gift when it comes to stereotyping! I’m a prog and death metal fan and a licensed therapist. I guess I can take care of the sludge and doom metal fans!

I feel both seen & called out. Thank you

A lady coworker of mine was actually wearing a Machine Head hoodie today haha. I was pretty surprised.

The rant about Metalcore was spot on.

There is so much unique music in the world. Explore all of it

It´s nice to see that the finnish black metal parody band The black satans got some well deserved exposure on these two channels.

Modern Soulfly is closer to classic Sepultura than modern Sepultura is. The Cavaleras are under rated.

Uh uh... I have a feeling I'm about to get accidentally roasted...

Ribena is a concentrated juice thats dark red like a sweeter cranberry juice.

As a nu metal fan that played in a death metal band that covered Acid Bath I'm offended on multiple levels 😂😂😂

I first heard about Machine Head from a guy who worked at my local Games Workshop, when Burn My Eyes came out. There are no winners in that story.

Born in the same town that Acid Bath is from, within the same timeframe of them recording When the Kite String Pops. One of my favorite albums and bands. I guess i defy the Sludge metal trend though, because when im not studying to be a Lutheran pastor, I work as a Chaplain at a university hospital.

I met a crust punk recently who told me that he loves folk metal and was trying to show me some bands.

TAKE AS NEEDED FOR PAIN ahahahqhq that description also applies to me ughh

Collecting into video games like Nintendo 64 and purchasing more shoes to listening in a old and new time back in the late 80s

Just putting this out there as a guy who has a friend who owns a retro gaming store, you basically have to be crushing it in your career to afford that shit at this point 😂

I 100% appreciate your sarcasm Finn. In pretty much all of your videos. But Devildriver fans do exist haha. "Fury of Your Maker's Hand" is a legit album. Specifically the song "End of the Line" 👍👍

This video was hilarious until he attacked my genre!

say what you want, my brother is in a frat and when i go to parties they blast hair metal and thrash metal along with rap. that shit it somehow still popular in a party setting where i am from.

You know, I always took issue with people hating on nu-metal as it always had something to do with a lot of nu-metal fans being more working class/blue collar folks. We need to criticize nu-metal for it's real reason; most of it sucks. Like I love cheesy nu-metal but the gap between an A tier band and a b tier band is astronomical Also folk metal is great if you ignore the shocking amount of racism

As a person who loves tech death...you were spot on about also loving fromsoft games...damn

Me over here with my DevilDriver Tattoo, I remember learning the lyrics to just about every one of their songs, then fell down the coal chamber k hole. I even rock the heavy metal Christmas album that dez fafara is featured on every year for Christmas. Fight me, we exist

I listened to mostly lil Wayne and Drake before I found your channel at age 33. I am now a late stage (stage 4) emo/scene kid….because of u

People still like Hair Metal because in the 80's alone they produced more hooks than all metal bands from the 90's onwards combined.

What group am I in if my favorite bands are Pantera, Stryper, and Dying Fetus, but I am a southern protestant christian who also loves Johnny Cash and Hank Jr.??

Hey, Nightwish is a phenomenal band, Floor Jansen is one of the best singers in the game. And I’ll happily like folk metal in front of you Finn!!

If metal concert posters were a fancy dinner , machinehead would be the parsley garnish . You don't ever eat it but it looks good on the plate .

16:25 those pants are spot on. The Arch Enemy fall collection.

I know of black/Viking metal dude in Sweden that lived alone in a cottage in the woods without running water or electricity. Their fire place was the TV, and collecting/decorating the walls with Viking stuff. What would the U.S. equivalent be to that person?

That sludge metal thing got me thinking if I actually like Noothgrush or just think I do, I do frick with Bell Witch tho fr, once a year I froth it before I feel to worn out from the heaviness

Metalcore by far is my favorite. Just the right mix of heavy instruments and harsh vocals, while still having great melodic sections and actual song structure instead of just 4 minutes of screeching and chugging.

The Atlantic protects Europe against Five finger death punch!

So ...What is the cool genre Finn ? LOL ! By the way , I love Acid Bath !!! Hahaha ! But I love a bit of every genre of metal , punk , hardcore etc..

Groove Metal is extremely popular in latin language countries strangely. Both South America and Southern Europe.

@17:20 I cashed out some of my SBUX stock and hired plastic surgeon to surgically close my 1” gauges lol

Ive been listening to music since the 70s and i had no idea there were so many genres of music. Isnt it all just rock, pop, country and r&b or whatever devidiers they had at Harmony House?

Idk that death metal guy sounds pretty cool

me and my friend joel saw soulfly in houston this year, great show was packed

For trad metal, there was a massive boom of bands more recently, Eternal Champion, Throne of Iron, Visigoth, etc. On top of that, it's rarely Maiden or Priest, though respect is due. It's bands no one really talked about, ala Manilla Road, Brocas Helm, Riot V, Medieval Steel, etc.

I’m a huge sludge metal fan, and a huge acid bath fan, I’m on a verge of a mental breakdown every day. Life is pain It’s just fucking good

The way Finn pulled out “the guy who collects VHS porn,” means that he has actually known someone that does that. Terrifying.

Did he just say Megadeth was terrible? What timeline am I in?

My favorite thing about Finn is his talking a ton of shit about fans of genres of music that he's also a huge fan of. Like he's talked very passionately about Suffocation, Sanguisugabogg, and the Faceless, but the stereotypes still absolutely ring true. You can enjoy all this shit, just don't be a smelly person or buy weird puffy Walmart shoes about it.

WWE doesn't do PPV buys anymore. It's all on subscription from Peacock. I get what you mean though.

In my early 20s devildriver, machine head and soulfly were 3 of my favourite bands xD

That's why my folk metal band markets itself as Medieval Punk. It's different, I tell you, it's not the same!

Haha .. love it .. hilarious comments .. I rofl'ed so hard everytime you saud "losers" hehe :D

I've met one guy who was a Machine Head fan, and he was a massive Mike Patton stan.

Feeling deeply called out with my vhs player and N64 collection on this video 😂

Holy shit babe wake up new fin drop

As a groove metal fan i can confirm i do not exist

Hi everyone, my name is Lauri and... i'm a fan of groove metal. Yes more than Pantera, including Machine Head and Soulfly. I'm also a fan of some thrash, industrial and nu metal and that's it, i don't care about the rest of these genres and i don't have time because i listen to many other types of music aswell. Thanks for listening and giving me the chance to share.

As someone who literally listens to nothing but sludge metal, dude couldnt have been more accurate 🥲

"If you're into sludge metal, I'm not even joking, you legitimately should professional help." Firstly, thank you. Secondly, listen to Punching Dicks by I Am Duckeye.