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Describe a genre in one sentence.

Just what the title says. Describe a genre of your choice in just one, short sentence. I will add the description to this list with a popular album of that genre.
1Daughters
You Won't Get What You Want

Noise Rock: Rock music with extreme distortion, that spun off from the punk scene.
~ArsMoriendi
2Iron Maiden
The Number of the Beast

Heavy Metal: Angry dudes make angry sounds.
~ArsMoriendi
3Metallica
Master of Puppets

Thrash Metal: Torn jeans, white high-tops, and cheap beer.
~budgie
4Green Day
Dookie

Pop Punk: Depressed kids pretend to be fun.
~someone
5Brand New
The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me

Emo: Normal kids pretend to be depressed.
~someone
6Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures

Post-Punk: Depressed kids, all grown up.
~someone
7Animal Collective
Merriweather Post Pavilion

Pyschedelic Pop: A catchy aural rainbow.
~ArsMoriendi
8Kyuss
Welcome to Sky Valley

Stoner Rock: It's psychedelic but, dude, like, what if like it's all heavy and shit like dude.
~someone
9Freddie Gibbs and Madlib
Pinata

Gangsta Rap: Money, cash, hoes; money, cash, hoes cmon!
~DaHound
10Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp a Butterfly

Conscious Hip-Hop: Money, cash, and hoes, but it's all bad for you.
~someone
11At the Drive-In
Relationship of Command

Post-Hardcore: No, we don’t know what classifies as this genre either!
~Joeman82
12Coil
Horse Rotorvator

Industrial: Machine sounds and often super creepy lyrical content that is often fused with rock and/or dancey electronic.
~ArsMoriendi
13American Football
American Football

Midwest Emo: Shit singers with twinkly guitars and weird tunings
14At the Drive-In
Relationship of Command

Post-Hardcore: Pierce the Veil, but somehow also Fugazi.
15Sex Pistols
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols

Punk Rock: Safety pins and mohawks, reggae covers and politics, but not Green Day.
~Slugboiiii
16Converge
Jane Doe

Metalcore: A quick way to spot an elitist (both in general music and in metal)
~DavezillaMP3 (the next 10 entries will also be by this person, who decided to leave a massive comment.)
17Luna Sea
Mother

Visual Kei: From the POV of a boomer or a Dir En Grey fanboy - "Every band after the 90s sucked."
18Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here

Egoro Kei (I actually couldn't even find this genre, which is supposedly a subgenre of the aforementioned Visual Kei, so here's PF for ya.): If they were in America, they would be on a watchlist.
19Foo Fighters
The Colour and the Shape

Post-Grunge: Terrible pop music, but with distorted guitars.
20Asking Alexandria
Stand Up and Scream

Electrocore (assuming they're referring to Trancecore): Showing the metalcore kid dubstep or trance once.
21Dc Talk
Jesus Freak

Christian Rock (Excluding Metalcore): Using trends from 5 years ago that were already beaten do death.
22Charles Mingus
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

Avant-Garde: An excuse most music snobs will use to justify having a guilty pleasure.
23Boris
Boris At Last -Feedbacker-

Drone: Giving a 5/5 to Lou Reed's 'Metal Machine Music".
24Thy Art Is Murder
Hate

Deathcore: Yo dawg, I heard you like breakdowns, so we made some breakdowns in the breakdowns while you have a mental breakdown.
25brokeNCYDE
I'm Not a Fan, but the Kids Like It!

Crunkcore: A grim reminder of how cursed humanity is.
26City Morgue
HELL OR HIGH WATER VOL. 1

Scream Rap (Assuming they're referring to Trap Metal): When you wanna be metal but no one wants to be in a band with you
27Iron Maiden
The Number of the Beast

Metal: Distorted guitar music four manchild-ass degenerate shrimpdick garbage-lords to cross their arms about.
~Lord(e)Po)))ts
28Dream Theater
Images and Words

Progressive Metal: Wank.
~Cygnatti
29Sweet Trip
Velocity : Design : Comfort

Glitch Pop: Not a genre and also a top 15 genre.
~JohnnyoftheWell (Again, this guy made 8 entries, so here we go.)
30Dead Can Dance
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun

Neoclassical Darkwave: Post-punk wasn't enough.
31Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Indie Folk: Folksongs no longer about love, now about being ghosted.
32Toshimaru Nakamura
No Input Mixing Board

Onkyo:
33Metallica
Master of Puppets

Thrash Metal: Lol, as if anyone who understands thrash could write a coherent sentence on it.
34Brand New
The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me

Emo: A worthwhile diploma.
35Pig Destroyer
Prowler in the Yard

Grindcore: Attention spa.
36Metallica
Master of Puppets

Thrash Metal: Trash lol amirite.
~dedex
37Gospel
The Moon Is a Dead World

Screamo: Adolescents screaming because their crush didn't wanna go to prom with them.
~dedex
38IAM
L' Ecole du Micro D'Argent

French Hip-Hop: Best genre and also not the best genre.
~dedex
39Kyuss
Welcome to Sky Valley

Stoner: Pass the boof.
~dedex
40Freddie Gibbs and Madlib
Pinata

Gangsta Rap: They supposed to be street, but really they actors.
~dedex
41Green Day
Dookie

Pop Punk (1990s era): ADHD skater-boi stoners + loud guitars
~ReturnToRock (The following 13 entries are gonna be by him too.)
42My Chemical Romance
The Black Parade

Pop Punk (2000s era): Sadbois + loud guitars
43Nightwish
Oceanborn

Epic Metal (Assuming they're referring to Symphonic Metal): Closeted fantasy geeks + cosplay + loud guitars
44Blind Guardian
Nightfall in Middle-Earth

Power Metal: Someone's balls getting squeezed + fast drumming + keyboards
45Boris
Boris At Last -Feedbacker-

Drone/Noise: Sound of someone's dad using his buzzsaw for an hour
46Mayhem
De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

Black Metal (TRVE KVLT): Someone with a sore throat and a steel drum shouting up from the bottom of a well
47Pig Destroyer
Prowler in the Yard

Grindcore: 30 second snippets of someone grunting
48Cryptopsy
None So Vile

Brutal Death Metal: 3 minute snippets of someone grunting
49Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven

Post-Rock: Open E chord every 2 minutes
50Linkin Park
Hybrid Theory

Nu Metal: 30-something year olds pretending to be 16 year olds + loud guitars + samples
51Pink Floyd
The Dark Side of the Moon

Progressive Rock: 20-minute guitar and keyboard noodling
52Dream Theater
Images and Words

Progressive Metal: 45-minute guitar and keyboard noodling
53Mastodon
Leviathan

Sludge Metal: Incoherent shouting + really slow riffing
54Magnolia Electric Co
Magnolia Electric Co

Alt-Country: Southern fratbois + guitars + beer
55mayhem
De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

Black Metal: If it sounds like shit then it’s an instant classic
~butt.
56Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend

Indie Pop: Regular pop music with a fancy coat of paint to appeal to a snobbier demographic.
~bloodshy
57My Bloody Valentine
Loveless

Shoegaze: Where shitty production value is a feature, not a bug.
~dedex
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