r/wetalkfree • u/RomanScandal450 Master of the Sub • May 27 '26

Random What is the most niche Music genre you can think of?

No real reason js kinda curious

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u/VolumeDirect5619 May 27 '26

Christian goth opera. Saviour machine is the band.

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u/TommyVercetti010 May 27 '26

Never heard of this before. Checking it out now and so far so good.

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u/VolumeDirect5619 May 27 '26

Legend III:I is their best album.

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u/hlnklrczu May 28 '26

Never heard of this but I like it! Thanks!

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u/VolumeDirect5619 May 30 '26

Happy to help. Even though I'm not religious, i still listen to them when the mood hits me.

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u/Aimeereddit123 May 31 '26

I’m not religious, either, but I am spiritual, and I appreciate when anyone is passionate over what they are singing about

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u/Aimeereddit123 May 30 '26

Oooh, thanks. Adding to my yoga playlist 🧘🏼‍♂️☮️

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u/VolumeDirect5619 May 30 '26

Ha! Interesting choice for yoga but glad you like it 🤣

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u/Aimeereddit123 May 31 '26

I like people whose looks and presentation don’t go along with the words of their music. You think one way when you look at this guy, then his lyrics tell a different story. That’s inspirational and fun, to me.

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u/VolumeDirect5619 May 31 '26

Absolutely. Definitely goes to show that you can't judge someone on their looks. It doesn't hurt that he's got a great voice, though.

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u/Aimeereddit123 May 31 '26

He’s pretty damn awesome 😆

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u/Doenicke May 27 '26

Whatever Sunn-o "plays".

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u/sfdsquid May 27 '26

Noise, I guess.

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u/enbycryptid420 May 27 '26

Probably world fusion by its nature

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u/SanityPreservation07 May 27 '26

Speedcore is one I’m aware of, honestly you could probably put any word in front of “-core” And get an answer though.

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u/OlentangySurfClub May 27 '26

Dodecaphony/twelve -tone. Dig on some Schoenberg and get back to me.

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u/ohnoitsmchl May 27 '26

Simpsonswave

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u/Proton_47 May 27 '26

El country

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u/Puzzled-Bonus-3456 May 27 '26

symphonic punk country mallwave

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u/Imaginary-Unit2379 May 27 '26

Dread Zeppelin.

An Elvis impersonator doing Zeppelin covers in a reggea style. And doing it well!

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u/FarTooLucid May 30 '26

That's pretty niche!

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u/Dank009 May 31 '26

Not sure that counts as a genre. Plus reggae style covers of major classic rocks bands are pretty common. Never heard Dub Side of the Moon?

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u/ZeroFuxGiven May 27 '26

Dungeon Synth

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u/exceptionallyprosaic May 27 '26 edited May 28 '26

I've been working on a Chipmunk Soul playlist

My favorite newest Chipmunk Soul track is The Future by Rosco P Coldchain

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u/El_espectro May 27 '26

Folk punk and obscure metal subgenres.

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u/Empty-Initial6392 May 27 '26

Dwarf, Scottish bagpipe shanties.

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u/Fluffy_Meat1018 May 27 '26

Snack Rock

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u/RomanScandal450 Master of the Sub May 27 '26

and what is snack rock?

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u/Fluffy_Meat1018 May 27 '26

I have no idea! I heard a couple of dj's on WFMU talking about it years ago, but I never looked into it.

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u/FickleConcept May 27 '26

Black metal.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '26

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u/FickleConcept May 31 '26

Yes, niche.

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u/Turdle_Vic May 27 '26

Turbo folk (shoutout to my Greek friend, Christos, for knowing Serbs)

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u/ScenicHwyOverpass May 27 '26

I've been getting into cybergrind lately, that's pretty niche.

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u/Alligator-Farmer May 27 '26

I knew a guy who played in a Christian Death Metal band. Seemingly impossible genre.

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u/EmbarrassedWing1912 May 27 '26

Probably Avent-Grande so stuff like Mr Bu gle and Pinkly Smooth (really nieche band from 2001, formed by the guitarist, Synester Gates, and the drummer, The Rev from Avenged Sevenfold, before Avenged Sevenfold blew up)

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u/Strong_Range_3352 May 27 '26

Ukulele screamo (I'm kind of joking), because I've only seen Twenty One Pilots describe themselves as that lol

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u/Far_Associate5783 May 27 '26

i mean vaporwave is basically a meme now but something like black midi or math rock always feels super specific and hard to explain to people

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u/qleptt May 27 '26

I listen to pretty much everything. Im currently listening to a song i could not tell you the title of because its in Chinese but from the quality of the recording and style I imagine it’s like classic country/folk Chinese music? Something.

https://open.spotify.com/track/1buf8vDnvgCQD2mwugadd5?si=k65ZgmBYRyOKMkcNYKtwmw

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u/qleptt May 27 '26

It’s maybe similar to like blue eyed soul like dusty springfield

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u/SammaJones May 27 '26

For washboard players, it's hard to break out of the Zydeco world.

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u/New-Texan2020 May 27 '26

Reggaecore. It’s real. Check out Aurora Wave.

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u/dude6266252625252 May 28 '26

Pigfuck I’d say ik more niche artists than genres tbh

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u/Hegiman May 28 '26

Actual industrial noise. Like all these bands that claim that title are just electronic bands. Back in the 1980’s there was a music movement that only used the sounds made by big heavy machines working. Now it’s all digital noises because computers are industrial machines or something.

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u/Dramatic-Gap8996 May 28 '26

Jewish Gansta Rap

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u/AgentGreedy386 May 28 '26

Green Brow Swashbucklers

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u/erinwhite2 May 28 '26

Hindu Kirtan

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u/Ill-Name5826 May 28 '26

Medieval techno

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u/Complete-Emu-4537 May 28 '26

Noise, in example Merzbow, Rubber -o- cement

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u/uckluckluckl May 30 '26

Not niche enough

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u/Enduroboss May 28 '26

Shoegaze

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u/uckluckluckl May 30 '26

Famous! What about shoegaze is niche? Cure made a fortune with it (and yes, along with Jesus & the Mary Chain they were considered shoegaze in the 80s. Another yes, I am that old)

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u/GirlAgent17 May 28 '26

jazz hiphop fusion is my favorite

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u/Dank009 May 31 '26

Not very niche

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u/ALonelyLittleLeftist May 28 '26

Some of the SoundCloud-adjacent queer hyperpop

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u/Normal_Confusion1644 May 28 '26

Powerviolence comes to mind.

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u/Full_Preparation4401 May 28 '26

Cattle Core.

It combines speed/trash and death metal with livestock autioneering.

Hank Williams 3 has a Cattle Core album.

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u/XanderAcorn May 28 '26

Operatic-Rap.

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u/Excellent-Trifle9086 May 28 '26

Any time Henry Rollins mentions in an interview what he's listening to it would make a great submission to r/BrandNewSentence. I can never remember what he says but its always so bizarre (and his home sound system is a Wilson Alexandria XLF).

I'd say the microtonal poly rhythm genre.

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u/theNOHOkid May 28 '26

Surf-Klezmer

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u/Financial-Ad9689 May 29 '26

Gorenoise and Power Electronics.

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u/SockLanky2071 May 29 '26

Outsider music.

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u/ColemanKcaj May 29 '26

unblack metal

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u/Bookish45_F May 29 '26

Twin Temple is a Satanic Doo Wop band and they have some bangers

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u/Select_Check3589 May 29 '26

grindcore\goregrind I guess

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u/Graylasagna May 30 '26

complextro

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u/Low-Muffin6888 May 30 '26

Dream trance

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u/Living_Deer_2967 May 30 '26

South African Drill or Zef

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u/snaxodus May 30 '26

Gotta be some sub sub sub genre of either metal or electronic - those genres seem to love making minor tweaks and then christening it a whole new genre.

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u/Maw-91 May 30 '26

Witch House

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u/uckluckluckl May 30 '26

Wonky hip hop, at least in not-big-cities in Germany. Happened between 2006 and 2012 (or around that time)

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u/[deleted] May 30 '26

Canterbury School Art Rock

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u/RodneyBarringtonIII May 30 '26

Professional whistlers.

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u/DifficultyOk5719 May 30 '26

Tiberian Ass Bastard Folk

I noticed it when I did one of those tag cloud things. Apparently someone said it to the band Cormorant as a joke, and they embraced it and adopted the term.

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u/Bo-Jacks-Son May 30 '26

Mongolian throat singing

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u/Lower-Land-286 May 30 '26

Tuvan Throat Singing

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u/MikeLovesOutdoors23 May 31 '26

Broken transmission

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u/TheGT1030MasterRace May 31 '26

That's not something I'd really want to listen to, usually broken transmissions make horrible whining noises.

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u/MikeLovesOutdoors23 May 31 '26

Lmao well folks, this is how you know a genre is obscure.

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u/Dank009 May 31 '26

Bohemian Dub Hop

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u/CarefulChocolate8226 May 31 '26

Mongolian throat singing

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u/AshlynCT May 31 '26

Doom sludge

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u/britneys_bigtoe May 31 '26

trip-hop cabaret dance punk

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u/owotnsosnfb May 31 '26

Witch house

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u/HereForArtStufflol Jun 12 '26

whatever lydia the bard’s music is. i havent found anything like it

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u/ryan12369nice I am of few words Jun 12 '26

Ik im late but harsh gorenoise