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[–]adelan 35 points36 points ago

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why would you link to such a small image? ಠ_ಠ bigger is always better

[–]stinger_ 29 points30 points ago

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whoa, Canada is more metal that the US.

[–]GreatWallOfGina 9 points10 points ago

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Well good for you for having eyes that can distinguish between the subtlest shades of orange.

Show-off.

[–]Daemonicus -1 points0 points ago

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Yellow isn't orange.

[–]solzhen 5 points6 points ago

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The crappier the winter weather, the more black metal.

[–]SouthFresh 1 point2 points ago

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Brace yourself, metal is coming.

[–]theJavo 0 points1 point ago

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then why the lack of metal in russia?

[–]Grotpar 2 points3 points ago

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Communism.

[–]tritonx 0 points1 point ago

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I can bet that Quebec City is responsible for half those stats...

[–]ALL_CAPS 16 points17 points ago

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Fish don't gots no good metal to listens to.

[–]whoadave 0 points1 point ago

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[–]matmann2001 12 points13 points ago

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I've been saying for years that there's a market for Swahili Death Metal. It'd be a frantic mixture of squeals and clicks.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points ago

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Swahili

Xhosa

FTFY

[–]matmann2001 1 point2 points ago

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Thanks. I'm ignorant.

[–]lux06aeterna -3 points-2 points ago

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Upvote for you sir. I really laughed my head off.

[–]Distemper 3 points4 points ago

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[–]reddit_user13 6 points7 points ago

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Big opportunity in Africa, dudes.

[–]Ignatz_42 8 points9 points ago

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Finland has it all!

[–]fuccess 3 points4 points ago

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Everybody knows all the good stuff comes from Gothenburg.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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It looks pretty much exactly like I thought it would.

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[–]munchbard 14 points15 points ago

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Neat. My general thinking was lack of daylight in the winter months.

[–]quirx90 3 points4 points ago

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Just look at Dethklok

[–]Picea_germanus 0 points1 point ago

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Causation? I think not!

[–]akh 1 point2 points ago

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Doesn't explain Greece or Portugal, and perhaps Iceland.

[–]dudewhatthehellman 0 points1 point ago

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Japan/Korea/Singapore etc.?

[–]autodidact89 0 points1 point ago

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To the people who pointed out the exceptions: congrats. The trend is still there, however.

[–]kaini 2 points3 points ago

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xposted to the excellent /r/MapPorn

[–]jellyfungus 2 points3 points ago

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You mean there are no Metal bands in Afghanistan, central Africa,or North Korea? I am shocked.

[–]trippynumbers 2 points3 points ago

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I know! I mean, all those places are pretty fuckin' brutal, amiright?

[–]autodidact89 2 points3 points ago*

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Scandanavia is mostly atheistic and all metal. And yet most people don't recall the last time they heard about Sweden coming out and eating babies, raping your churches and burning your women.

(They don't actually do that).

[–]DivineRobot 1 point2 points ago

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Sweden has melodic death. Norway has black metal.

Also, it's eating churches, raping babies and burning women.

[–]autodidact89 0 points1 point ago

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...Thus they are both metal. I also got raping churches/burning women from a WKUK sketch.

[–]Say_Ocean 0 points1 point ago

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Actually there were some church burnings/murders associated with black metal in Scandanavia

[–]autodidact89 1 point2 points ago

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Here I was, hoping someone who knows a little of their metal history wouldn't happen to be named Buzz Killington.

[–]geenaleigh 3 points4 points ago

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Greenland has metal bands? Greenland has anything?

[–]almodozo -3 points-2 points ago

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It's part of Denmark, guess it's just coloured along with it. Though Greenland would actually be an awesome place for metal.

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[–]almodozo 0 points1 point ago

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I could barely make out Denmark on the map, but the larger version posted in the comments show ... you're absolutely right!. I'll downvote my own comment then.

[–]assumetehposition 2 points3 points ago

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Am I the only one who wants to hear a Ugandan metal band now?

[–]almodozo 2 points3 points ago

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I present you: Vale of Amonition and their eight minute, twentyfour second "Rebirth Through Fire", part I of their "Black Cathedral" suite.

Sons of Satan we are,

Marching to the throne of Heaven,

Troops of Doom all accounted for,

We swore the Eternal Oath,

Upon the Seal of Baphomet,

And now we're bonded by blood!

Nothing can stop me,

In Hell fire reborn,

Becoming demonic

My evolution complete,

Nothing can stop me,

In Hell fire reborn.

[–]buddybonesbones 0 points1 point ago

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yes

[–]assumetehposition 0 points1 point ago

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My dear sir, as the originator and a mod of r/crappymusic, I can assure that I am not.

[–]LimEJET 1 point2 points ago

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Wait, we have over 5,000 metal bands? What the hell.

[–]marthirial-repair 2 points3 points ago

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[–]LimEJET 0 points1 point ago

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That's nice, but I'm not talking about the US.

[–]autodidact89 0 points1 point ago

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What was the point if you aren't mentioning your home country?

[–]LimEJET 2 points3 points ago

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More importantly, why does everyone assume I'm American?

Besides, The amount of bands in the US (from the graph) is obviously a lot more than 5 000.

[–]autodidact89 -1 points0 points ago

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According to a demographic pole, Americans make up almost three quarters of reddit. So if you're gonna say "we" or "here" without giving a location, you might as well be American by default.

The graph doesn't show metal bands per country, but per 100,000 people. Most people couldn't be assed to do the math just to see if you aren't American.

[–]LimEJET 0 points1 point ago

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Oh yes, the poll that went out when everyone in europe was asleep.

A quick glance at the map is enough, by the way.

[–]autodidact89 0 points1 point ago*

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Haha. You were there to see it two years ago?

[–]LimEJET 0 points1 point ago

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<_<

I was thinking of another poll, actually, but they tend to be discriminating against Europeans.

[–]RDandersen 1 point2 points ago

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Seeing the title, I sorta expect Sweden to be on fire in the picture.

[–]Scott555 0 points1 point ago

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This is great! But I want to see the graphic for metal bands that don't suck per capita.

I love me some good metal, but dang there's a lot of crap out there.

[–]FartingBob 4 points5 points ago

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Then youll need to go find every band on the planet and rate them after listening to a large sample of their music as to whether they suck or not. It will take you your whole life to listen to every band out there. Your mind will be broken and your body tired, but you will succeed.

[–]Scott555 0 points1 point ago

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I didn't say I was willing to do the work, Jeez.

That does bring up an interesting premise, though. What would happen if someone set out to hear ALL the metal? Would they survive? What would happen to their mind?

[–]FartingBob 2 points3 points ago

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They would have epic 17 minute classic rock songs written about their legendary journey.

[–]Scott555 0 points1 point ago

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Even better! At first I thought the journey to hear all the metal would make a great movie, but that's not it.

The year-long recording of the 17-minute epic by an embarrassingly shitty band about the journey would be the movie, shot as a documentary.

Where's my agent?

Hey, did you fart?

[–]Dassembrae 0 points1 point ago

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17 minutes? Bitch please, someone would have to make a Bull Of Heaven-esque song to commemorate such a feat.

[–]visage 1 point2 points ago

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[–]Scott555 1 point2 points ago

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<head asplode>

I've been regurgitating this very same adage for as long as I can remember. I don't recall ever hearing it or reading it anywhere. Not to claim I created it; I quite obviously didn't and likely heard/read it somewhere. Dang.

Whenever anyone asks me what music I like, I always say, "Whatever doesn't suck," followed by, "You know, the 10 percent of whatever it is that isn't crap."

This makes me happy. Thank you.

[–]visage 0 points1 point ago

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You're quite welcome. :)

[–]naljorpa108 1 point2 points ago

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Sturgeon's Law commonly cited as "ninety percent of everything is crap".

[–]qtprot 1 point2 points ago

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Sweden, fuck yeah.

[–]almodozo 0 points1 point ago

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Malaysia's a real regional redoubt of metal.

[–]SmLnine 0 points1 point ago

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It seems like the further you go from the equator (north or south), the more metal bands you encounter.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Africa is not very metal.

[–]plopliar 0 points1 point ago

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Per capita? So there is 53 metal bands per person in sweden? Thats metal.

[–]importantnameselectn 0 points1 point ago

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Africa needs more Metal.

[–]JackLint 0 points1 point ago

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Metal is for cold people, apparently.

[–]Kazruw 1 point2 points ago

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Everyone knows that welfare states are pretty fucking metal.

[–]rolfv 0 points1 point ago

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So apparently there is 1 metal band in Greenland

[–]MobyChick 0 points1 point ago

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SWEDEN REPRESENT!

[–]RedDragonPryde 0 points1 point ago

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Svalbard represent!

[–]zublits 0 points1 point ago

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Black people....

[–]zanycaswell 0 points1 point ago

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If you like this you'll like /r/dataisbeautiful

[–]Say_Ocean 0 points1 point ago

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I would like to see it done by state, growing up in Alaska it seemed like every local band was metal

[–]Daemonicus 0 points1 point ago

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Relevant Botswana Cowboy Metalheads

These guys know how to rock. And no I'm not being sarcastic. Horns up for these men.

[–]Airazz -4 points-3 points ago

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Metal bands in Saudi Arabia? Yeah right :D

[–]almodozo 1 point2 points ago

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Best-named Saudi metal band: Al-Namrood

[–]BONUSBOX 0 points1 point ago

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pretty decent. is this halal to the government though?