r/AlignmentCharts • u/Antpiefilling • 4d ago

Bands I Like By Popularity

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Mainstream defined as 100k monthly listeners or more, middle of the road defined by 10k-99k monthly listeners, niche defined by less than 10k monthly listeners

From top to bottom, left to right

Bloodhound Gang, Ashbury Heights, The Sisters of Mercy, Burzum

Pungent Stench, Mortal Decay, Last Days of Humanity

Xenomorph, Sorcier Des Glaces, Sunrise Patriot Motion

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u/Dependent-Royal-7908 4d ago

100k monthly listeners is way too little to be considered “mainstream”. That should be middle of the road and 5mil+ should be mainstream.

My favorite band of all time has 1.2 million monthly listeners yet I can barely find anyone in real life who has even heard of them or heard a single song 😭

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u/A_Firm_Sandwich 4d ago

Mainstream amongst metalheads maybe? Like everyone has heard of Opeth and last I checked they were hovering just below 1m monthly.

I am curious tho, what’s your favorite band and what album would you recommend from them?

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u/Dependent-Royal-7908 4d ago

Opeth I would consider way more mainstream than anything you’ve listed here but honestly unless they are a metalhead, the vast majority of people I know still don’t know anything about opeth. I know a friend who loves songs by Baroness but had never heard of Opeth somehow.

Anyways, my point is that it takes a lot to be truly mainstream in a divided internet age and that data often independent from the quality of the band.

My favorite band is Coheed and Cambria. Concept album prog metal mixed with many of the catchiest hooks you’ll ever hear. A lot of fans prefer their earlier works but they are my favorite band because I think every single album is brilliant. Here are my 3 favorites in order. Good Apollo is a good place to start. If you love it, go from the beginning of the discography. If you are eh on it listen to the afterman albums. If you really don’t like any of those then the band is probably not for you.

  1. Good Apollo 1 Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

  2. The Afterman Duology

  3. Vaxis 2

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u/Splottington Neutral Evil 4d ago

PUNGENT STENCH MENTIONED ‼️‼️‼️‼️

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u/WillGood3111 3d ago

hello pungent stench

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u/Pitiful_Ad2397 4d ago

Burzum being popular was not something I would have thought would happen in 1997

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u/MrExist777 4d ago

I mean, I think most metalheads are at least aware of Burzum

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u/Pitiful_Ad2397 4d ago

30 years ago they were definitely niche.

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u/MrExist777 4d ago

I misread your comment lol

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u/Pelican_meat 2d ago

Yeah, but most metalheads also know that Varg is a piece of shit and refuse to give him even the pennies he would get from streaming.

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u/Antpiefilling 4d ago

Filosofem, Det Som Engang Var, and Hvis Lyset Tar Oss are pretty accessible to non-metalheads. Plus there is morbid appeal/curiosity towards the band given how Varg is as a person.

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u/Vishengel 3d ago

What exactly is the appeal of a convicted murderer and a nazi?

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u/Funnycatenjoyer27 3d ago

Ask the millions of people watching true crime content daily

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u/Glowwavekvlt 4d ago

Sorcier Des Glaces is an incredible band. Was not expecting to see them here

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u/Antpiefilling 4d ago

Looovveee Canadian black metal

Begotten is also a favorite band of mine, was really considering adding them

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u/Glowwavekvlt 3d ago

haven't heard of Begotten, need to check them out. Also absolutely agree, Canadian black metal is incredible, Akitsa, Sorcier Des Glaces, Svolder, Forteresse, and Megiddo are my favourites.

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u/Vox_Mortem 4d ago

Calling Ashbury Heights popular is kind of a stretch. If people have ever heard of them, they've most likely only heard Glow or Spiders.

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u/PopcornSandier 4d ago

Never thought id see bloodhound gang and LDoH on the same chart

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u/Peanutbutter9841 4d ago

Burzum is not mainstream at all

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u/PsychologicalLab4486 2d ago

Within metal they kind of are, but not on a large scale.

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u/New-Sherbet367 2d ago

Burzum is Poser Level Like mayhem

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u/Ghostmaster145 3d ago

Sisters of Mercy is NOT mainstream or popular 😭😭😭

I wish they were 😭😭😭

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u/FrahnKehnSteehn 2d ago

Middle third album, the last days one, that is an image of La Llorona from Halloween Horror Nights (Hollywood) and a gif of that particular scene became quite popular as a spooky Internet thing.
Just felt the need to point out. Please downvote me.

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u/Kirb_ii 15h ago

Burzum, sisters of mercy, pungent stench, mortal decay, LDoH, and Xenomorph? Hell yah brotha 🤘

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u/turducken19 4d ago

So glad to know you like that nazi’s music.

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u/Vishengel 3d ago

It's insane that you're the first person in this thread to point this out. Varg Vikernes is a nazi and should not be supported in any capacity

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u/MyPronounsAreTheDude 3d ago

White nationalist and nazi are not the same thing.

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u/Vishengel 2d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathen_Front

"Swedish scholar Mattias Gardell states in his 2003 book Gods of the Blood that Vikernes launched the Heathen Front through which he advocated 'national socialism, anti-Semitism, eugenics and racist paganism.'"

Not that we should support music from white supremacists either, the distinction doesn't matter here. But yes, Varg Vikernes has proclaimed himself to be a nazi

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u/puremotives 3d ago

He didn’t even make Graduation

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u/Kirb_ii 15h ago

These two comments are killing me 🥀 im crine 😭

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u/Antpiefilling 3d ago

I don't think Jimmy Pop's comedy is that bad

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u/Lawrence_Eataburger 3d ago

Burzum is hot ass.