Rate music genres by tier

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Here goes mine (won't use the tier generate meme template thing although it's a good one):

S-Tier:
Melodic Hardcore
Real Emo (Midwest Emo included)

Not much to say here. These genres are the absolute pinnacle and epoch of music.

A-Tier:
Pop-Punk
Real Screamo/Emoviolence
Post-Hardcore
Post-Rock
Easycore

Very very solid genres and still some of my favorites.

B-Tier:
Punk
Hardcore Punk
Orgcore
Indie Rock
Powerviolence
Alternative (90s style)

Generally good, not as perfection as the above genres but still more good than not.

C-Tier:
Grindcore
Metalcore
Grunge
Folk Rock
Sludge
Industrial
Noise Rock
Heartland Rock
Crust Punk
Post-Punk

All have flaws and things to criticize about them, but they all have solid records and artists in them as well.

D-Tier:
Country
Pop
Doom Metal
Post-Grunge
"Fake Emo"/"Mall Emo"
R&B
Techno
Tough Guy Hardcore
Electronicacore/"Nintendocore"
Djent
Hard Rock
Yacht Rock
New Wave

Usually bad.

F-Tier:
Nu-Metal
Death Metal
Power Metal
Heavy Metal
Deathcore
Thrash Metal
Hip Hop
Disco

Yech.

Z-Tier:
Crunkcore
Black Metal

Not even going to comment on these.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

All I listen to are country and worship music, along with seasonally listening to Christmas music.

[Reluctant Republican]

I'm actually surprised you listed mall emo as "only" D-Tier. Are there any songs in this genre you like or at least tolerate?

I think I'm odd in that I like both versions of Emo, from Tiny Moving Parts to the Get UP Kids stuff like My Chemical Romance and Fallout Boy both before and after From Under the Cork Tree. But I've never really tried to label what I like because I find all the distinctions confusing honestly.

My preferences in general veer more towards alternative music, broad a genre as that is, along with retro and synthwave so that would be A Tier in general for me as it's most of what i listen to.

B would be softer rock, pop, musicals, and the occasional anime theme.

C would tend to be harder rock and country, both decent genres but ones a song has to be really good to get me interested in.

D would be rap, I like the rare song and think some of it is really good, but it's not a genre that ever hooked me.

Last on the list and the only genre I believe I can 100% say I can't find any interest in is metal. I've tried listening to it a few times and it just bounces off me.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'm actually surprised you listed mall emo as "only" D-Tier. Are there any songs in this genre you like or at least tolerate?

I think I'm odd in that I like both versions of Emo, from Tiny Moving Parts to the Get UP Kids stuff like My Chemical Romance and Fallout Boy both before and after From Under the Cork Tree. But I've never really tried to label what I like because I find all the distinctions confusing honestly.

My preferences in general veer more towards alternative music, broad a genre as that is, along with retro and synthwave so that would be A Tier in general for me as it's most of what i listen to.

B would be softer rock, pop, musicals, and the occasional anime theme.

C would tend to be harder rock and country, both decent genres but ones a song has to be really good to get me interested in.

D would be rap, I like the rare song and think some of it is really good, but it's not a genre that ever hooked me.

Last on the list and the only genre I believe I can 100% say I can't find any interest in is metal. I've tried listening to it a few times and it just bounces off me.

I actually Iike the first Fall Out Boy and Paramore records but I consider those to be pop punk. Actually it's not a real genre, just a label slapped on some mostly sh!tty pop-punk and post-hardcore bands. I'll still include it there because really bad post-hardcore like MCR doesn't belong with the stuff in the A-Tier.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

having thought this over Djent goes in the D-Tier because while it's one of the most tolerable forms of metal to my ears it's still not something I ever actively listen to. The only metal I do is some of the artsier sludge based metal like Isis and Mastodon and that's because the foundation of it completely lacks any of the elements usually in metal that make it unlistenable to me. Djent is lighter in those elements.

And btw those artsy DIY ethiced black metal bands who dress like hipsters instead of wearing those ridiculous corpse paint and medieval outfits like Wolves in the Throne Room and Deafheaven still fall in the Z-Tier, culturally they're not as toxic as most black metal but the sound.....YECH. there was a period when the Upper Midwest was full of those type of bands and they kept ending up on the bills of shows I went to and I had to leave the venue during their sets because it was like somic torture to my ears.

[John Dule]

Only you could name this many genres of music and forget about classical music, BRTD.

[Rand]

All I listen to are country and worship music, along with seasonally listening to Christmas music.

I’m sorry.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

S Tier:

Rap
Metalcore
Post-Hardcore

F Tier:

Penis Music

[HisGrace]

I don't have a high enough IQ to keep up with all these tiers.

From the ones you listed I like post-rock, punk, hardcore punk, indie rock, 90's alternative, noise-rock, post-punk, and new wave. Some techno is okay I guess. Not interested or haven't heard of the others.

Melodic Hardcore
Real Emo (Midwest Emo included)

Not much to say here. These genres are the absolute pinnacle and epoch of music.

Whatever you say bro

[Sirius_]

This is more like rate rock genres by emo-ness.

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

This is more like rate rock genres by emo-ness.

What else did you expect from BRTD?

[Sirius_]

This is more like rate rock genres by emo-ness.

What else did you expect from BRTD?

I somehow gave him the benefit of the doubt that he'd include other major genres like jazz in his rankings, and I knew what the top tier would look like, but alas he still manages to surprise me.

[Wikipedia delenda est]

Whatever genre this is is the one I like:

[HisGrace]

This is more like rate rock genres by emo-ness.

What else did you expect from BRTD?

I somehow gave him the benefit of the doubt that he'd include other major genres like jazz in his rankings, and I knew what the top tier would look like, but alas he still manages to surprise me.

Yeah, no jazz at all plus a lot of major sub genres of rock are missing at that. All electronic music is also consolidated under "techno" as well.

[HillGoose]

god tier:
EDM, trap, that kind of thing

ight:
country, pop, jazz, r&b, post grunge, whatever tf it was Don Henley and his Eagles were doin

ass tier:
metal, anything slow

[morgankingsley]

sh**t I like - God Tier
 
sh**t I hate - F tier

done

[Santander]

Great

New wave
Folk/Celtic rock
(Classic) R&B/Soul/Motown
Blues
Jazz

Good

Disco
Country
Bluegrass
Doo wop
Indie pop

Bad

Hip hop
Whatever BRTD listens to
Anything that comes on a top 40 station these days

Listing it like that makes you really appreciate the immense contributions African-Americans made to the music of the 20th Century.

[Beet]

A-tier:

'80s pop
mid to late '70s classic rock
mid to late '90s alternative rock
early '10s EDM
mid '10s alternative rock

B-tier:

bluegrass
'70s and '80s southern rock
traditional rap
bruce springsteen/billy joel
indie pop

C-tier:

conventional pop
r&b
jazz
classical
country

D-tier:

metal
hip hop
disco

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Great

New wave
Folk/Celtic rock
(Classic) R&B/Soul/Motown
Blues
Jazz

Good

Disco
Country
Bluegrass
Doo wop
Indie pop

Bad

Hip hop
Whatever BRTD listens to
Anything that comes on a top 40 station these days

Listing it like that makes you really appreciate the immense contributions African-Americans made to the music of the 20th Century.

This is actually a great list, although I think hip hop and top-40 material are confoundedly variable rather than uniformly bad.

[HisGrace]

sh**t I like - God Tier
 
sh**t I hate - F tier

done

This is music criticism.

[Wazza [INACTIVE]]

S Tier (The Best):
Progressive Rock
Progressive Metal (This would include so called "Djent" bands like Animals as Leaders, Periphery, etc.)
Psychedelic Rock

A Tier (Great):
Hard Rock
Thrash Metal
Heavy Metal
Alternative Metal
Experimental/Industrial Hip Hop
Stoner Rock/Stoner Metal/Doom Metal
Neoclassical
Baroque/Classical/Romantic music
Gabagoolcore (Sinatra, Martin, Darin, Bennett)
The Smiths

B Tier (Good):
Post-Rock
Alternative Rock
Grunge
Post-Punk
Surf Rock
Blues Rock
Power Metal
Rock'n'Roll
Renaissance music
Jazz Fusion
Bebop
Death Metal
Folk
Folk Rock
Old School Country
Folktronica
New Wave
Synthwave
Ambient
Psychadelic Pop (MGMT, Tame Impala, etc.)

C Tier (mixed/neutral):
Drone Metal
Black Metal
Punk Rock
Pop Punk
Doo-Wop
Old School Hip Hop
Ragtime
Other Blues
Swing
Other Jazz
R&B
Funk
Disco
Soul
EDM
Gabber
Techno
Dubstep
Other electronic
Reggae
Indie
Hardcore

D Tier (Soft dislike):
Industrial Metal
Nu-Metal
Metalcore
Deathcore
Emo
Shoegaze
Crunk
Contemporary R&B
Free Jazz
Screamo

F Tier (Hate):
Crunkcore
Grindcore
Pop Country
Trap
Mainstream Pop
Noise

Z Tier (Painful to listen to):
Mumble Rap
Emo Rap/Cloud Rap
Zoomercore (Hyperpop and other experimental pop sh*te)

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

This is more like rate rock genres by emo-ness.

What else did you expect from BRTD?

I somehow gave him the benefit of the doubt that he'd include other major genres like jazz in his rankings, and I knew what the top tier would look like, but alas he still manages to surprise me.

Does this count as jazz? It rocks.

 

[RINO Tom]

Woah, actually impressed with the effort and passion behind this, haha.  I’m definitely more of an artists guy over genre.  Do I “like country”?  I don’t know.  I like Zac Brown Band, I hate Luke Bryant.  I like Brad Paisley, I hate Tim McGraw (not as a dude).  LIke Eric Church, don’t like ... well, pretty much all country-pop trash I’m catching on the radio these days.

[Kingpoleon]

S Tier:

Bardcore (HIGHLY RECOMMEND)

A Tier:

Traditional pop
Classical music
Spirituals
Traditional Jazz
Country pop
Classic country
Hymns
Crooning music

A/B:
Folk music

B Tier:

Modern pop
Country music
Jazz
Americana music
Swing music

C Tier:
Blues
K-Pop
Alternative country

D Tier:
Rock
Hip Hop
Rap
Metal



Does this make me seem pretentious?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Woah, actually impressed with the effort and passion behind this, haha.  I’m definitely more of an artists guy over genre.  Do I “like country”?  I don’t know.  I like Zac Brown Band, I hate Luke Bryant.  I like Brad Paisley, I hate Tim McGraw (not as a dude).  LIke Eric Church, don’t like ... well, pretty much all country-pop trash I’m catching on the radio these days.

Do you like any emo or melodic hardcore bands then?