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[–] [email protected] 117 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Just to be clear, these are the most popular metal bands from each country, according to worldwide listening stats, correct?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

Yeah. I agree it's fairly confusing. Seems to be the most listened to band from each country according to Spotify.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Oooooh, that explains why System of a Down didn’t show up in Armenia.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

I edited the title

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Somehow genuinely had no idea Gojira were French so, TIL!

Also wtf South Africa.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I’ve checked them out on Spotify and that is some dirty, filthy grindcore

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Also wtf South Africa.

Yeah, can someone help me out with a pronunciation guide on that one?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Xavleg (zav-leg) is the accepted "short" name for when you need to say it out loud or write it and can't be bothered to put the whole thing

The whole thing is an abbreviation for a bunch of gross shit with X's on the front and end.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

It's pronounced just like it's spelled.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There are a few surprises here, tbf. I had no idea that Pentagram was Turkish (although, maybe it's a different Pentagram). I kinda remembered that Sepultra that was Brazilian, but I'm not really a fan, so I had mostly forgotten.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (3 children)

South Africa wins best bandname.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know, Bloodywood is a pretty fucking good name for an Indian metal band.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Until you find out what it stands for. Lol

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Genuinely surprised to see that Eluveitie beats out Celtic Frost.

Edit: Just looked at the stats, and wow, it's not even close: 872,935 to 120,157. That's a real wtf. Insert Principal Skinner "...it's the children who are wrong."jpg

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you have a higher resolution picture?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Click the HD button in the top right but even that won't help you spell South Africa's favourite metal band.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Here we go ""XavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffX (abbreviated as Xavleg, aka Acidic Vaginal Liquid Explosion Generated By Mass Amounts Of Filthy Fecal Fisting And Sadistic Septic Syphilic Sodomy Inside The Infected Maggot Infested Womb Of A Molested Nun Dying Under The Roof Of A Burning Church While A Priest Watches And Ejaculates In Immense Perverse Pleasure Over His First Fresh Fetus) is a South African deathcore/ Christian music/ deathgrind/ death metal band. Its members rarely consider themselves Christians."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Of course The Hu are the mongolian one. Theyre awesome.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Their cover of enter sandman cracks me up. Super great band!

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

South Africa looks like a cat walked across the keyboard

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Full name: Acidic Vaginal Liquid Explosion Generated by Mass Amounts of Filthy Fecal Fisting and Sadistic Septic Syphilic Sodomy Inside the Infected Maggot Infested Womb of a Molested Nun Dying Under the Roof of a Burning Church While a Priest Watches and Ejaculates in Immense Perverse Pleasure Over His First Fresh Fetus.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My friends are metalheads but I'm not. Popped this over to our discord to see what comes up.

First response: "Greenland is a country. What the fuck?"

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

They are a vassal state of denmark

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Visions Of Atlantis in a land locked country.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

That's how they're sure it wasn't actually there, just a vision.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Surprised to see New Zealand on the map.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All this proves to me is that the global takeover by Metal is nearly finished, soon the whole world will be metal!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Let's fucking go, so happy to see Spiritbox get the attention they deserve!

[–] rab 8 points 1 year ago

Devin Townsend is the true Canadian metal hero tho

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[–] No_Eponym 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anyone have a playlist with a song from each?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I was not disappointed when I zoomed in on France.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Of course Japan has Baby Metal as their top Metal band.

And I'm a huge fan of Within Temptation. If I could only recommend one song for this entire graphic, its A Demons Fate by Within Temptation

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for including small countries!

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm surprised by the lack of Iron Maiden

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It's the most popular bands from each country, not the most popular bands in each country. So Maiden could have only been in the UK and Sabbath beat them out.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sabbath > Maiden any day of the week.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but Black Sabbath literally created (Heavy) Metal due to Tony Iommi's accident.

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