Alternative metal
Avant-garde metal/Experimental metal
Black metal
Christian metal
Crust punk
Death metal
---Technical Death metal
---Melodic Death metal
Doom metal
---Funeral doom
---Drone metal
Extreme metal (also describes Death metal, black metal, doom
metal, and some thrash metal collectively)
Folk metal
Glam metal
Gothic metal
Grindcore
Groove metal
Industrial metal
Metalcore
---Deathcore
---"Nintendocore"
Neo-classical metal/Shred
Nu metal
Power metal
Post-metal
Progressive metal
---Djent
Rap metal
Speed metal
Stoner metal
Symphonic metal
Thrash metal
Traditional heavy metal
Viking metal
Note that any of these genres can be fused in any way
imaginable. In fact, that is how some types came to be, like djent,
which is a fusion of progressive metal, metalcore, groove metal,
technical death metal, and experimental metal.