Metal Playlist Name Generator

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Generate metal playlist names for Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music: gym mixes like Deadlift Doom and Double Kick Cardio, work and commute titles like Blast Beats and Spreadsheets and Headbanger's Commute, slow ones like Slow and Low Sunday, and seasonal picks like October Fog and Battle Jacket Weather.

About metal playlist names

A metal playlist title has a different job from a song or album title. An album name sets a mood; a playlist name says what the mix is for and how heavy it gets. The ones that stick join a piece of metal vocabulary to an everyday situation: Deadlift Doom, Blast Beats and Spreadsheets, Headbanger's Commute. The vocabulary does much of the work. A blast beat is a very fast drum pattern that alternates kick and snare, tremolo picking is one note repeated rapidly with the pick, a breakdown is the slow, stomping section metalcore is known for, and a battle jacket is a denim vest covered in band patches.

The list is built in more than a dozen styles so that rerolls feel different: gym and running mixes, commute and work mixes, subgenre mixes for thrash, doom, black metal, death metal, power and folk metal, prog and metalcore, a nu-metal nostalgia corner, mood titles for venting or calming down, seasonal titles such as October Fog and Winter Tremolo, chore jokes, lowercase captions, old-school and discovery mixes, and some gentle self-mockery.

The titles are built on sounds and situations instead of band, album, song or festival names. A title like that still fits after the playlist has grown by two hundred tracks.

How to choose metal playlist names

  • Pair one metal word with one everyday word. Double Kick Cardio and Dishwasher Unloading Doom work because the two halves should not belong together.
  • Say the subgenre when the mix has one. Thrash Before Breakfast, Funeral Doom for Patient People and Cabin Fever Black Metal tell a listener how fast and how harsh it gets before they press play.
  • Keep a public playlist title short and put the important word first, because long titles are cut off in the app's lists. Save the long joke titles for private mixes.
  • Leave band names, album titles and lyrics out unless the playlist holds only that band. A title about a sound or a moment stays true as you add tracks.
  • Match the lettering to the mood: a lowercase caption such as tremolo picking and tea suits an atmospheric mix, and a capitalized title such as Circle Pit Starter Kit suits a loud one.

Frequently asked questions

What are good names for a metal playlist?

Good ones are short and say what the mix is for. Try Deadlift Doom for the gym, Headbanger's Commute for the drive to work, Slow and Low Sunday for doom, Winter Tremolo for black metal, or Calm Through Noise for the days you need to unwind.

What should I name a metal workout playlist?

Put a lift or a pace next to a drum or guitar term. Double Kick Cardio, Bench Press Blast Beats, Barbell Breakdowns, Tempo Run Thrash and Blast Beat Intervals all say gym and metal in a few words. Slower lifting days suit doom titles such as Deload Week Doom.

Do the names mention real bands or songs?

The titles are built around subgenres, instruments, moods and situations instead of band, album or song names. That keeps a name fitting as the playlist grows. For a mix of one artist you can add the artist's name to any title yourself.

Are these playlist names funny or serious?

Both. Subgenre and seasonal titles such as October Fog and Hypnotic Tremolo Hours are straight, while a good share is self-aware, such as Metal for People with a Mortgage, Horns Up, Knees Down and Death Metal to Water Succulents To. For jokes about every genre, try the Funny Playlist Name Generator in the related generators.

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A: 25 names

  • a little doom, as a treat
  • a wall of amps and a deep breath
  • Accordion in the Pit
  • Acoustic Songs by Loud Bands
  • Adrenaline on Tap
  • After School Angst Hour
  • Air Drums, Real Sweat
  • Album Closers Only
  • All Killer, Barely Any Ballads
  • All-Nighter Artillery
  • Allergy Season Aggression
  • Ambient Interlude, Then Screaming

A, continued

  • Ambient Intro, Trust the Process
  • Ancient Tombs, Modern Production
  • Anger, Professionally Managed
  • Anthems for an Imaginary Army
  • April Showers of Sparks
  • Arena Metalcore Singalongs
  • Arena Riffs, Living Room Seats
  • Arguing About Subgenres Quietly
  • Arpeggio Avalanche
  • Atmospheric Black Metal for Hikers
  • Atmospheric Djent Drift
  • Aurora and Anguish
  • Autumn Leaves, Heavy Sleeves

B: 84 names

  • B-Sides and Rarities, Heavy
  • Back Road Brutality
  • Backseat Headbangers
  • Backwards Cap Anthems
  • Backyard Grill Thrash
  • Bad Day, Good Breakdown
  • Baggy Jeans Revival
  • Bagpipes over Distortion
  • Band Shirt at the Parent Teacher Meeting
  • Bands I Found on a Flyer
  • Bands My Cousin Recommended
  • Barbell Breakdowns
  • Bard Rolled a Twenty
  • Bare Branches, Loud Speakers

B, continued

  • Barricade Bruises
  • Bass Drop Before the Breakdown
  • Bass Drop, the Old Kind
  • Bass Lines You Can Actually Hear
  • Bass Solo, Stay Seated
  • Bass You Feel in the Floor
  • Battle Jacket Weather
  • Battle Ropes and Blast Beats
  • Battle Vest, Business Casual
  • Bay Window Thrash
  • Bayou Sludge Simmer
  • Beach Day in a Black Shirt
  • Beatdown Before Brunch
  • Bedroom Producer Shred

B, continued

  • Before It Had Subgenres
  • Bench Press Blast Beats
  • Best Intros, No Skips
  • Bike Lane Battle Cries
  • Bike Trainer Blast Furnace
  • Bittersweet Blast Beats
  • Black Coffee, Blacker Playlist
  • Black Hoodie Classics
  • Black Ice Morning
  • Black Metal for Baking Bread
  • Black Metal to Alphabetize Spices To
  • Black Metal to Repot a Fern To
  • Black Road Headlights Mix
  • Black Shirt in July

B, continued

  • black shirt, clean laundry day
  • Black Wardrobe, Colorful Lunchbox
  • Blackened Death Metal Blend
  • Blackened Everything
  • Blackgaze Morning
  • Blast Beat Buffet
  • Blast Beat Intervals
  • Blast Beats and Bedtime Stories
  • Blast Beats and Spreadsheets
  • Blast Beats in the Bus Lane
  • Blast Beats to Prune Roses To
  • Blast Beats to Untangle Cables To
  • Blastbeats Under Starlight
  • Bleak Midwinter Blasting

B, continued

  • bleak, but pretty
  • Bleghs per Minute
  • Blizzard on Four Tracks
  • Bonfire Night Bangers
  • Boss Fight Ballads
  • Bouldering Problem Solvers
  • Boxing Round Timer Metal
  • Brainy and Brutal
  • Brave Face Bangers
  • Break Room Microwave Countdown
  • Breakdown Incoming
  • Breakdown So Slow It Stops
  • Breakdowns to Pick Up Dry Cleaning To
  • Bridge Traffic Black Metal

B, continued

  • Brooding by the Window
  • Brutal Brunch
  • Brutal on a Budget
  • Brutal Riffs, Sensible Shoes
  • Brutal, with a Hook
  • Budget Review Blast Beats
  • Build, Build, Collapse
  • Bulking Season Brutality
  • Bullet Belt Bangers
  • Bumper to Bumper Breakdowns
  • Burial Mound Blues
  • Burpees I Did Not Agree To
  • Buzzsaw Guitars, Glacial Views
  • Buzzsaw Pedal Appreciation

C: 73 names

  • Cabin Fever Black Metal
  • Cabin Weekend, Amp Included
  • Cable Machine Carnage
  • Cadence at Double Bass Speed
  • Calculator Required
  • Calluses and Chorus Pedals
  • Calm Through Noise
  • Camping Chair, Front Row
  • Can't Read the Logo, Love the Song
  • candles lit, amps on
  • Cape Not Included
  • Cardio I Can Tolerate
  • Cargo Shorts Brigade
  • Carpool Lane Carnage

C, continued

  • Cascadian Rain Tapes
  • Castle Siege Chorus
  • Castle Synth Intermission
  • Cat Named After a Riff
  • Catacomb Reverb Collection
  • Catharsis in Drop Tuning
  • Cathedral of Cabinets
  • cathedral reverb, kitchen floor
  • Caveman Death Metal
  • Caveman Riff Collection
  • Cavernous Reverb
  • Celtic Riffs and Reels
  • Century Ride Sludge
  • Chainmail Cardio
  • Chalk Bag and Chugging

C, continued

  • Chalk Dust and Distortion
  • Chaotic Hardcore Coffee Break
  • Check Engine Light Anthems
  • Cheese, Proudly Served
  • Chest Day Chugs
  • China Cymbal Count
  • Choir Budget: Unlimited
  • Cider and Sludge
  • Circle Pit Starter Kit
  • Classics in Heavy Rotation
  • Clean Chorus, Dirty Verse
  • Clean Section Incoming
  • Clean Tone, Dirty Rhythm
  • Climbing Gym Chugs

C, continued

  • Clocking Out Loud
  • Coding to Polyrhythms
  • Coffee Machine Queue Chugs
  • Cold Wind Collection
  • Comfort Albums in Pieces
  • Commuter Rail Catharsis
  • Conference Call on Mute, Metal on Loud
  • Confidence Boost Bangers
  • Convert Your Coworker
  • Cool-Down Clean Guitars
  • Cornfield Lightning Thrash
  • Corporate Headbanger
  • Corpse Paint Casual Friday
  • Cosmic Tech Metal
  • Couch to 5K to Chaos

C, continued

  • Counting to Seven Repeatedly
  • Courage in Six Strings
  • Crabcore Stance, Engaged
  • Crescendo Takes Nine Minutes
  • Critical Hit Choruses
  • Crossover Classics for Skinned Knees
  • Crossover Skate Session
  • Crosswalk Countdown Chugs
  • Cruise Control Chugs
  • Crushing, but Make It Cozy
  • Cry in the Pit
  • crying to blast beats again
  • Crypt Cardio
  • Cubicle Catharsis
  • cup of coffee, wall of sound

D: 78 names

  • Dad Metal, Dad Jokes
  • Dad's Metal Shelf
  • Dark at Five PM
  • Dashboard Drum Solos
  • Dawn Patrol Double Bass
  • Daylight Saving Doom
  • Deadlift Doom
  • Deadline Metal
  • Death Doom Descent
  • Death Metal Before Dinner
  • Death Metal Drum Clinic
  • Death Metal for Gardening
  • Death Metal for Morning People

D, continued

  • Death Metal to Bake Banana Bread To
  • Death Metal to Knit a Scarf To
  • Death Metal to Water Succulents To
  • Deathcore Detour
  • Deathcore for Doing Dishes
  • Debugging in Drop D
  • December Riffs by the Fire
  • Deep Breaths and Blast Beats
  • Deep Cuts for Lifers
  • Deep Winter Listening
  • Deep Work Doom
  • Defroster on High, Volume Higher
  • Delayed Train Dirges

D, continued

  • Deload Week Doom
  • Demo Tape Diggers
  • Denim and Downstrokes
  • Denim Vest Velocity
  • Desert Haze Heavies
  • Dirge Division
  • Dish Pit Destroyers
  • Dishwasher Unloading Doom
  • Dissonance for Dessert
  • Dissonant and Delightful
  • distortion as a warm blanket
  • Divebomb Department
  • DJ in a Metal Band, Somehow

D, continued

  • Djent and Tonic
  • Djent to Tighten Bolts To
  • Djent to Whittle To
  • Djenty Metalcore Detour
  • Dog Days Downtuning
  • Dog Walk, Wolf Energy
  • Doom Before Noon
  • Doom Brunch
  • Doom for a Grey Afternoon
  • Doom for Doing Nothing
  • Doom Jazz Detour
  • Doom Nap
  • Doom to Defrost a Freezer To

D, continued

  • Doom to Pet a Very Old Dog To
  • Doom to Wait on Hold To
  • Doomscroll, but Actual Doom
  • double bass in my chest
  • Double Bass to Polish Boots To
  • Double Bass to Shovel the Driveway To
  • Double Kick Cardio
  • Double Shift Double Kick
  • Double Time Delinquents
  • Downpicking Discipline
  • Downtempo Stomp
  • Downtuned and Unhurried
  • Dragging the Tempo on Purpose

D, continued

  • Dragons Mentioned Frequently
  • Drive Home Decompression
  • Drive Time Double Bass
  • Drizzle Doom
  • Drone Zone, Bring a Chair
  • Drum Fills of Note
  • Drum Machine and Distortion
  • Drum Roll, Then Chaos
  • Drummer Has Too Many Limbs
  • drums like a heartbeat, but faster
  • Dry Lake Bed Doom
  • Dumbbells and Down-Tuning
  • Dungeon Synth Detour

E: 23 names

  • earbuds, hoodie, breakdown
  • Earplugs In, Horns Up
  • Easing You In, Loudly
  • Easy Run, Uneasy Listening
  • Eight Strings, No Waiting
  • Eighties Metal on Cassette
  • Electronicore Experiment
  • Elevator Ride, Earbuds Loud
  • Elliptical of Eternal Night
  • Emo Night Next Door
  • Emotional Support Riffs

E, continued

  • Empty Gym, Full Volume
  • Empty Interstate Epics
  • Energy Drink Sponsored, Allegedly
  • Epic Doom, Clean Vocals
  • Epic Intros, Epic Outros
  • Epic Quest, Small Errand
  • Essay Due at Midnight Metal
  • everything is loud and i am fine
  • Evil, with a Pension Plan
  • Exhale on the Breakdown
  • Extended Range Rangers
  • Extreme Metal, Moderate Volume

F: 57 names

  • Failure Set Anthems
  • Fake Fan, Real Enjoyment
  • Falsetto at First Light
  • Fanned Frets, Furrowed Brow
  • Fantasy Novel Soundtrack
  • Farmer's Carry Fury
  • Fartlek Fury
  • Fast Feet, Faster Drummer
  • Fast Songs About Bad Decisions
  • Fast, Mean and Under Four Minutes
  • Faster Than the Click Track
  • feedback fading out
  • Feelings, but Louder
  • Festival Field, Day Three

F, continued

  • Festival Season Warm-Up
  • Finals Week Fury
  • Finish Line Feedback
  • First Concert Memories
  • First Frost Riffs
  • First Warm Day Shred
  • First Wave Favorites
  • Fists in the Air Anthems
  • Five by Five, Loud by Loud
  • Fjord Fog
  • Flashcards and Feedback
  • Flat Pack Furniture Fury
  • Flat Tire Funeral March
  • Flutes and Fury

F, continued

  • Foam Roller Funeral Doom
  • Focus Mode: Instrumental Heavy
  • Fog Bank Rolling In
  • Fog Lights and Feedback
  • Fog Machine Not Needed
  • fog, forests, fast drums
  • Folding Fitted Sheets in Fury
  • Folk Metal Harvest Feast
  • Folk Metal to Bathe a Reluctant Dog To
  • Folk Metal to Carve a Pumpkin To
  • Forest Feast Fiddles
  • Forest Spirits, Fast Drums
  • Forest Walk, Bleak Edition
  • Forklift Certified Heavy

F, continued

  • Fresh Riffs This Week
  • Fretboard Geometry
  • Fretless Bass Appreciation
  • Friday the Thirteenth Mix
  • Frost on the Windows
  • Frostbitten and Fully Insured
  • Frostbitten Fretboards
  • Frozen Lake Field Recording
  • Full Moon Heavies
  • Full Stack Volume Check
  • Funeral Doom for Patient People
  • Furious and Fine
  • Fusion Chords, Metal Tone
  • Fuzz and Incense
  • Fuzz Pedal Fog Bank

G: 47 names

  • Gains in Drop C
  • Gallop Rhythm Greatest Hits
  • Galloping Rhythm Guitars
  • Game Master's Combat Mix
  • Gang Vocals, Go
  • Garage Cleanout Grind
  • Garage Demo Thrash
  • Garage Gym Thrash
  • Gas Station Coffee, Galloping Riffs
  • Gatekeeping Is Exhausting
  • Gateway Riffs for Curious Friends

G, continued

  • Gauntlets Off, Oven Mitts On
  • Ghost Notes and Odd Meters
  • Git Push, Mosh Push
  • Glacier Pace
  • Gloomy and Glad About It
  • Glory, Honor and Leftovers
  • Golden Retriever in a Spiked Collar
  • goosebumps on the key change
  • Gothenburg Sound Sampler
  • Gothic Metal Candlelight
  • Graveyard Shift Growlers
  • Gravity Blast Practice

G, continued

  • grey skies, down-tuned
  • Grey Sky, Black Vinyl
  • Grief and Guitars
  • Grim and Punctual
  • Grim, but in a Fun Way
  • Grind Through the Last Rep
  • Grind Your Own Coffee
  • Grindcore in Ninety Seconds
  • Grindcore to Iron Shirts To
  • Grindcore to Renew a Passport To
  • Grip Strength Grindcore
  • Grocery Run Gallops

G, continued

  • Groove Metal Head Nod
  • Growl Along If You Can
  • Growls Before the School Run
  • Growls I Cannot Decipher
  • growls i find comforting
  • Grown-Up Goth Adjacent
  • Guest Vocal Spot Greatest Hits
  • Guitar Nerd Paradise
  • Guitar Solos to Lose at Board Games To
  • Guitar Solos to Summon the Wi-Fi To
  • Guttural Greatest Hits
  • Gym Bag Full of Thrash

H: 57 names

  • Hair Metal, No Apologies
  • Half Marathon, Whole Volume
  • Half Speed, Full Weight
  • Half-Pipe Thrash Loop
  • Hall of Guttural Fame
  • Hall of Heavy
  • Halloween Party, Heavy Room
  • Hammer Curls, Hammer-Ons
  • Hand Stamp Still Showing Mix
  • Happy Metal Exists
  • Hardcore Dancing in the Kitchen
  • Harmonized Guitars Forever
  • Harpsichord Was a Choice
  • harsh noise, soft landing

H, continued

  • Harsh Vocals to Paint Miniatures To
  • Harsh Vocals to Play Chess Badly To
  • Harvest Moon Heavies
  • Haunted Hayride Heavies
  • Headbanger's Commute
  • headbanging at my desk, subtly
  • Headbanging with a Bad Back
  • Headless Guitar Showcase
  • Heartbreak, Downtuned
  • Heatwave Heavies
  • Heavier Than My Eyelids
  • Heavy Bag, Heavy Metal
  • Heavy but Hummable
  • Heavy Covers of Soft Songs

H, continued

  • Heavy Heart, Heavier Amps
  • heavy in a gentle way
  • Heavy Metal, Light Yogurt
  • heavy music for a light rain
  • Heavy Music, Light Heart
  • Heavy Sets, Heavier Riffs
  • Heavy Songs to Open Stubborn Jars To
  • Heavy Songs to Scowl at Clouds To
  • Heavy Through the Decades
  • Hermit Mode
  • Hesher Starter Pack
  • High Notes Held Too Long
  • High Tops and Speed Picking
  • Highway Hypnosis, Heavy Edition

H, continued

  • Hiking Uphill, Both Ways, Loudly
  • Hill Repeats from the Abyss
  • Hockey Skate Sharpening Mix
  • Holiday Travel Survival Metal
  • Home Gym, Loud Neighbors
  • Homeowners Association Complaint
  • Homesick Heavies
  • Hopeful and Heavy
  • Horns Up, Knees Down
  • Howling at a Sensible Hour
  • Hurdy-Gurdy Heavy
  • Hybrid Picking Hour
  • Hydrated Headbanger
  • Hypertrophy and Harsh Vocals
  • Hypnotic Tremolo Hours

I: 22 names

  • i came here to feel something loud
  • i contain multitudes and blast beats
  • I Know Three Riffs
  • I Only Listen to the First Demo
  • I Watch the Pit from the Balcony Now
  • i'd like to speak to the riff manager
  • Ibuprofen Before the Show
  • Ice on the Strings
  • Icicle Arpeggios
  • Illegible Logo Collection
  • In Bed by Ten, Brutally

I, continued

  • Inbox Zero, Mercy Zero
  • Inline Skates and Razor Riffs
  • inside voice, outside volume
  • Instrumental Interludes Worth Keeping
  • Instrumental Metal for Deep Focus
  • Instrumental Sunrise Shred
  • International Heavy, Many Flags
  • Intro to Heavy, No Quiz
  • Introvert Recharge Metal
  • Is This Blackened or Just Burnt
  • it's not a phase, it's a tuning

J: 6 names

  • Jack-o'-Lantern Riff Carving
  • January Thaw Thrash
  • Jazz Hands, Metal Horns
  • Jean Jacket Jams
  • Joyful Aggression
  • Jump Rope Gallop

K: 9 names

  • Kettlebell Chaos
  • Key Change of Destiny
  • Keytar Heroics
  • Kick Triggers Engaged
  • Kickboxing Combos in Odd Time
  • Kitchen Line Rush Metal
  • Knights of the Kitchen Table
  • Kvlt Classics for Beginners
  • Kvlt Leader of the Carpool

L: 37 names

  • Lane Change Leads
  • Last Set, Loudest Song
  • Last Train Thrashers
  • Late Bus Lamentations
  • late night, low end
  • Laundry Day Lamentations
  • Lava Lamp Low End
  • Lawn Care and Low Tunings
  • Lawn Mower Metal
  • Lead Guitar Lecture Series
  • Leaf Blower Blast Beats
  • Leather and Studs Hour

L, continued

  • Legato Runs, Leftover Pizza
  • Legs Gone, Riffs Remain
  • Library Headphones, Loud Thoughts
  • Lift Heavy, Listen Heavier
  • Lifting Belt, Lifted Spirits
  • Linear Fills and Odd Thrills
  • Liner Notes and Long Hair
  • Lo-Fi and Freezing
  • Locker Room Low End
  • Long Hair, Receding Slightly
  • long hair, short patience
  • Long Run, Long Songs

L, continued

  • Longest Night Listening
  • Longship Rowing Songs
  • Looks Brutal, Is a Sweetheart
  • Loud Enough to Think
  • Loud Music, Early Bedtime
  • Loud Songs to Change a Duvet Cover To
  • Loud Songs to Hang Pictures Crookedly To
  • Low End Liturgy
  • Low Growl, High Standards
  • Low Tuned Lullabies
  • Lunch Break Lead Guitar
  • Lunges of the Damned
  • Lyrics Sheet Required

M: 67 names

  • Main Character, Heavy Edition
  • Majestic and Slightly Silly
  • Mall Food Court Flashback
  • Mammoth Tone
  • Math Homework, Loud Version
  • Mathcore Mischief
  • Mead Hall Singalongs
  • Meal Prep Mosh
  • Meditation with Distortion
  • Meeting That Was an Email
  • Melancholy in a Minor Key
  • Melodeath Road Trip
  • Melodic Black Metal Mountain Pass

M, continued

  • Melodic Death Metal Morning
  • Melodic Metalcore Memory Lane
  • Melodic Shred for Mornings
  • Menacing Playlist, Mild Manners
  • Merch Table Budget Gone
  • Merge Lane Mosh
  • Message Board Era Downtuning
  • metal for a slow sunday
  • Metal for Max Effort
  • Metal for People Who Say They Hate Metal
  • Metal for People with a Mortgage
  • Metal in Many Languages
  • Metal My Uncle Taped for Me

M, continued

  • Metal Plates Only
  • Metal Since Before You Were Born
  • Metal Until the Lights Flicker
  • Metal with Singing in It
  • Metal Your Mom Might Like
  • Metalcore for the Mall Parking Lot
  • Metalcore to Fix a Bicycle To
  • Metalcore to Sweep the Porch To
  • Metalhead with a Meal Plan
  • Metallic Hardcore Hustle
  • Metronome's Worst Nightmare
  • Middle School Me Would Approve
  • Midnight Sun Tremolo
  • Midsummer Bonfire Metal

M, continued

  • Mile Splits and Minor Chords
  • Minivan, Maximum Volume
  • Mirror Selfie, Minor Key
  • Mist on the Moor Tremolo
  • Modern Metal Production Showcase
  • Modulate and Devastate
  • Mom's Death Metal Hour
  • Monday Onramp Onslaught
  • Monday Standup Sludge
  • Monolith Hours
  • Monster Voice Karaoke
  • mood: minor key
  • Mood: Thunderstorm

M, continued

  • Mood: Volcano, Dormant
  • Moonlit Ridge Tremolo
  • Morbid Curiosity Mix
  • Morgue Humor, Mild
  • Morning Commute Mosh
  • Mortgage Payment Blast Beats
  • Mosh Call Hall of Fame
  • Mosh Pit Retiree
  • moshing in my mind
  • Mountain Bike Descent
  • Mountain King's Commute
  • Mud Season Sludge
  • my neck hurts, worth it
  • My Neighbors Know All the Words

N: 18 names

  • Neck Brace Recommended
  • Necro Sound, Nice People
  • Negative Splits, Positive Aggression
  • Neoclassical Shred Recital
  • Nerves of Downtuned Steel
  • New Blood, Old Soul
  • New Heavy, Checked Weekly
  • new to me, older than me
  • New Wave of Old Riffs

N, continued

  • New Year, Same Riffs
  • Night Drive Distortion
  • Night Run, Headlamp On
  • Night Shift Noise
  • Nine Eight, Feeling Great
  • Noise Therapy Session
  • Northern Lights, Harsh Vocals
  • Nu-Metal Mall Walk
  • Nu-Metal Nostalgia Trip

O: 20 names

  • Octave Chords and Feelings
  • October Fog
  • Odd Time Signature Club
  • Oil Change Onslaught
  • Old School Death Metal Dig
  • Old School, Loud Rules
  • One Chord, Held Forever
  • One More Rep, One More Riff
  • Open E Onslaught
  • Open Note Chug Club

O, continued

  • Open Office Survival Kit
  • Opening Act Discoveries
  • Opening Riff Hall of Fame
  • Operatic Vocals, Open Road
  • Orchestra Hits and Double Bass
  • Out of Office, Into the Pit
  • Outrun the Drum Fill
  • Overhead Press, Underground Metal
  • Overstimulated, Oddly Soothed
  • Overture Overload

P: 54 names

  • Pace Yourself, Then Don't
  • Pagan Hillside Hymns
  • Paladin's Playlist
  • Palm Mute Parade
  • palm mutes and overthinking
  • Paperwork of the Abyss
  • Park and Ride and Rage
  • Parking Garage Reverb
  • Passenger Seat Air Drums
  • patch sewn on crooked, keeping it
  • Patch Vest Thrashers
  • Patches I Would Sew On
  • Peace and Double Bass

P, continued

  • Pedal Stroke Palm Mutes
  • Per My Last Riff
  • Pick Scrape Preamble
  • Pickup Game Pit Energy
  • Pillow Scream Alternative
  • Pines and Palm Mutes
  • Pirate Metal Shore Leave
  • Pit Etiquette Refresher
  • pit of one
  • Pit Opens on the Count of Four
  • Pit Stop
  • Pivot Table Pummeling
  • Planking to Breakdowns
  • Plates and Palm Mutes

P, continued

  • Polar Vortex Pick Slides
  • Political Thrash, Polite Listener
  • Polymeter Party
  • Polyrhythm Practice
  • Pool Party, Wrong Playlist
  • Poser and Proud
  • Post-Black Sunrise
  • Post-Hardcore Crossover Picks
  • Post-Metal Slow Bloom
  • Power Ballads, Lighters Up
  • Power Metal for Slaying Chores
  • Power Metal to Assemble a Bookshelf To
  • Power Metal to File Taxes To

P, continued

  • PR Attempt Soundtrack
  • Prog Epics for Patient Ears
  • Prog Metal for Long Flights
  • Progressive Death Metal Odyssey
  • Progressive Metal Road Atlas
  • Pronouncing Band Names Wrong
  • Protein Shake and Palm Mutes
  • Proto-Metal Roots
  • Proto-Thrash Primer
  • Pull Day Pinch Harmonics
  • Pull-Up Bar Pandemonium
  • Pumpkin Patch Pandemonium
  • Push Day Pummeling
  • Putrid, Politely

Q: 5 names

  • Quarterly Report Requiem
  • Quest Log: Clean the Garage
  • Quiet Loud Quiet Louder
  • Quiet Mind, Loud Speakers
  • quietly losing it to a guitar solo

R: 35 names

  • Rack Pulls and Tremolo Picking
  • Rage, Then Rest
  • Rain on the Rehearsal Room Roof
  • rain on the window, doom on the stereo
  • Rain Run Rage
  • Rap Verse, Heavy Chorus
  • Rap-Rock Rec Room Rewind
  • Raven Weather
  • Raw Production, Pure Intentions
  • Record Store Clerk Said So
  • Record Store Dollar Bin Metal

R, continued

  • Recorded in a Shed, Lovingly
  • Recovery Jog, Recovering Ears
  • Red Light Breakdown
  • Reformed Elitist Mix
  • Retired from Stage Diving
  • Reverb from a Cave
  • Riff Repeats Until Enlightenment
  • Riff, Chorus, Breakdown, Repeat
  • Riffs I Cannot Tap My Foot To
  • Riffs Measured in Minutes
  • Riffs That Built the House
  • riffs that feel like weather

R, continued

  • Riffs to Knead Dough To
  • Riffs to Mow the Lawn To
  • ringing ears, clear mind
  • Rip, Rinse, Repeat
  • Road Trip Riff Rotation
  • Roar in the Car
  • Robed Figures, Good Melodies
  • Roll for Initiative Riffs
  • Rowing Splits and Sweep Picking
  • Rune Stone Radio
  • Runner's High Gain
  • Running from My Responsibilities, Loudly

S: 131 names

  • sad but in drop c
  • Sawdust and Sweep Picking
  • Scary Music, Friendly Listener
  • School Run Shred
  • Sci-Fi Metal Star Charts
  • Score for a Film That Is Not Real
  • Scraping Ice to Tremolo
  • Screamed Verse, Sung Chorus
  • Screaming Responsibly
  • Screaming So I Do Not Have To
  • Screaming to Crochet Menacingly To
  • Screaming to Split Firewood To
  • screaming, but make it peaceful
  • Screams That Sound Like Relief

S, continued

  • Sea Shanty, Distorted
  • Seated Venue Enthusiast
  • Second Stage, Early Afternoon
  • Second Wave, Second Cup
  • Second Wind, Second Guitar
  • Serotonin via Subwoofer
  • Seven Fifteen Express to Doom
  • Seven Strings and a Laptop
  • Seventies Heavy Blueprint
  • Shield Wall Singalong
  • Shin Splints and Speed Metal
  • Shoegaze with a Sludge Problem
  • Shop Floor Shred
  • Shout the Chorus Back
  • Shower Scream Session

S, continued

  • Shred Now, Stretch Later
  • Shrieks for Sorting Recycling
  • Shrugs and Shredding
  • Shuttle Bus Shredding
  • Sing the Guitar Solo
  • Sing-Scream Ratio: Balanced
  • Six AM Gym, Zero Mercy
  • Sixty Beats per Minute, Tops
  • Skatepark Crossover
  • Skeleton Staff Overtime Mix
  • Skinny Jeans Era Heavies
  • Slam Riffs, Slow Nod
  • Sled Push Sludge
  • Sleepy Doom for Tired Brains

S, continued

  • Sleet Day Sludge
  • Slide Deck Shredder
  • Slow and Low Sunday
  • Slow Burn Sludge
  • Slow Motion Avalanche
  • slow riffs, slower mornings
  • Sludge for a Humid Evening
  • Sludge Report
  • Sludge to Clean the Gutters To
  • Sludge to Do a Jigsaw Puzzle To
  • Small Label, Huge Sound
  • Small Victories, Huge Riffs
  • Snare on Every Beat
  • Sneaker Squeak in the Pit
  • snow outside, blast beats inside

S, continued

  • Snow Shovel Speed Metal
  • Snow Squall Blast Beats
  • Snowboard Run Speed Picking
  • Snowed In, Shrieking
  • Social Battery at Zero
  • soft morning, harsh vocals
  • Solo Trade-Offs
  • Solos Worth Rewinding
  • Solstice Bonfire Blasting
  • somewhere a drummer is counting
  • Songs Shorter Than Their Titles
  • Southern Sludge and Swagger
  • Space Doom Drift
  • Space Prog Orbit Check

S, continued

  • Speed Demons of the Fretboard
  • Speed Limit Ignored
  • Speed Limit Thrash
  • Speed Metal Sprint
  • Speed Metal to Hammer Nails To
  • Speed Metal to Jump-Start a Car To
  • Speed Picking Seminar
  • Spikes Are Hard to Wash
  • Spin Bike Speed Trials
  • Spin Kick Safe Distance
  • Split Times in Seven Eight
  • Spooky Season, Sincerely
  • Spreadsheet Sorcery
  • Spring Cleaning Brutality
  • Spring Thaw Blast Beats

S, continued

  • Sprint Finish Shred
  • Squat Rack Sermon
  • Staccato Chug Science
  • Stadium Metal Singalong
  • Stadium Stairs Stampede
  • Stage Dive Sampler
  • Stair Climber to Valhalla
  • Standing at the Back, Arms Crossed
  • Standup Meeting Aftermath
  • Starless Night Tremolo
  • Static, but Blacker
  • static, then thunder
  • Steel and Singalongs
  • Steering Wheel Blast Beats

S, continued

  • Step Count Carnage
  • Stomp Riffs and Gang Shouts
  • Stress Relief at Unsafe Decibels
  • Stretching to Sludge
  • Strongman Sunday
  • Stuck in Traffic, Screaming Along
  • Study Hall Sludge
  • Subsonic Sunday
  • Subway Car Sludge
  • Suite in Several Movements
  • Summer of Distortion
  • Sunburn and Fuzz Riffs
  • Sunday Service for the Slow
  • Sunroof Open, Gain Up
  • Sunscreen and Sludge

S, continued

  • Sunset Strip Spandex Hour
  • Support Slot Standouts
  • Swamp Sludge Soak
  • Sweatband Thrashers
  • Sweater Weather Sludge
  • Swedish Chainsaw Tone
  • Sweep Picking Sweepstakes
  • Swim Meet Warm-Up Scowl
  • Swoopy Bangs Not Required
  • Sword Arm Stretching Mix
  • Sword Raised, Chorus Higher
  • Symphonic Metal Storm Clouds
  • Symphonic Storm Front
  • Symphonic Sunday Roast
  • Synths in My Metalcore

T: 100 names

  • Tailgate Party Thrash
  • Tape Deck Heavies
  • Tape Trader Speed
  • Taper Week Tension
  • Tapping Lessons I Never Took
  • Tar Pit Tempos
  • Tavern Brawl Folk Metal
  • Tax Season Thrash
  • tea steeping, drums blasting
  • Tech Death for Math Lovers
  • Tech Metal Typing Speed
  • Technical Difficulties, Intentional
  • Tempo Marked Reckless
  • Tempo Run Thrash

T, continued

  • Tempo Squats, Tempo Changes
  • Ten Songs, Eleven Minutes
  • Tension Release Valve
  • Teutonic Tempo
  • Thall Tales
  • The Amp Is the Lead Singer
  • the bassist is finally audible
  • The Blegh Collection
  • the breakdown fixed me
  • the clean intro is a trap
  • The Eagle Has a Solo
  • The Good Kind of Loud
  • The Keyboard Solo Is Mandatory
  • The Logo Looks Like Twigs

T, continued

  • The Long Song Collection
  • The Long Way Home, Loudly
  • The Old Stuff Was Better, Allegedly
  • the part where everyone jumps
  • The Riff Is the Chorus
  • the snare sounds like a trash can and i love it
  • the solo made me text my friends
  • Therapy Is Thursday, This Is Wednesday
  • Thesis Draft Dirge
  • Third Band on the Bill
  • this riff owes me nothing
  • Thrash Beat Basics
  • Thrash Before Breakfast
  • Thrash for the Drive-Thru Line

T, continued

  • Thrash for the Short Fuse
  • Thrash Lunch Special
  • Thrash Revival, Round Two
  • Thrash the Halls
  • Thrash Thursdays Run Long
  • Thrash to Fold Towels To
  • Thrash to Parallel Park To
  • Thrash with a Conscience
  • Thrash, No Filler
  • Tight Jeans, Tighter Riffs
  • Time Signature Whiplash
  • Timesheet Thrash
  • Tinnitus Prevention Society
  • Tinsel and Tremolo
  • Tire Flip Thrash

T, continued

  • tired, tuned low
  • Toll Road Tremolo
  • Too Many Subgenres, Send Help
  • Tool Belt Thrash
  • Torchlit Procession Tempo
  • Tornado Watch Thrash
  • Tortoise Tempo
  • Tough Guy Riffs, Soft Heart
  • Tour Shirt Back Print Research
  • Tour Van Mixtape
  • Track Seven Treasures
  • Track Workout Thrashing
  • Tracksuit Era Bounce Riffs
  • Trad Doom Tea Time

T, continued

  • Trad Metal Treasure Chest
  • Traded Tapes, Photocopied Covers
  • Trail Run Tremolo
  • Train Platform Thrash
  • Trap Bar, Not Trap Music
  • Treadmill Tyranny
  • Trebly and Triumphant
  • Tree Line Black Metal Hour
  • tremolo picking and tea
  • Tremolo Picking Through the Pines
  • Tremolo Picking to Roast Vegetables To
  • Tremolo Picking to Stare at the Ceiling To
  • Tremolo Riffs and Tomb Dust
  • Triumph After a Rough Week

T, continued

  • Triumphant Songs for Minor Wins
  • Triumphant Trumpets, Somehow
  • Truck Stop Sludge
  • Trve Enough
  • Trve Kvlt, Two Kids
  • Tundra Soundtrack
  • Tuned to the Basement
  • Turn Signal Polyrhythm
  • Turntable Scratches and Seven Strings
  • Twelve Minute Minimum
  • Twin Guitar Melodeath
  • Twin Leads at Dawn
  • Two Lane Blacktop Thunder
  • Two Minute Rippers
  • Two-Step Tutorial

U: 7 names

  • Umlauts for No Reason
  • Unclench Your Jaw Metal
  • Under a Thousand Listeners
  • Underground Finds
  • Underworld Detour Driving Mix
  • Unison Runs at Unreasonable Speed
  • Unsigned and Unhinged

V: 9 names

  • V-Shaped Guitar Fundamentals
  • Vacuuming to Double Bass
  • Valve Glow
  • Venue Sticky Floor Classics
  • Viking Row Cadence
  • Vinyl Crackle and Twin Guitars
  • Vocal Fry Champions
  • Volume Knob Negotiations
  • volume up, shoulders down

W: 32 names

  • Wah Pedal Warfare
  • wait for the drop tuning
  • Walk to Work Warpath
  • Wall of Sound, Wall of Calm
  • Wallet Chain Weather
  • War Chants for Board Game Night
  • Warehouse Floor Wall of Sound
  • Warm-Down Dirges
  • Warm-Up Set, Warm-Up Scream
  • Wearing Shorts to the Show

W, continued

  • Weighted Blanket Doom
  • Welding Mask Mix
  • Whammy Bar Gymnastics
  • Whammy Pedal Wizardry
  • Whiplash Warning
  • Whisper Verse, Scream Chorus
  • White Sneakers in the Pit
  • Wholesome Headbangers
  • Wind Machine On
  • Windshield Wiper Tempo
  • Winter Coat, Summer Tour Shirt

W, continued

  • winter in my headphones
  • Winter Tremolo
  • Wintry, but Cozy
  • Wizard Hat Optional
  • Wizards on Motorcycles
  • Women Who Growl
  • Woodsmoke and Tremolo
  • Workbench Thrash
  • Working Remotely, Raging Locally
  • Wrestling Entrance Themes, Unofficial
  • Wrist Wraps and War Drums

Y: 2 names

  • Yelling the Chorus at Yield Signs
  • Yoga, but It Is Doom

Z: 1 name

  • Zombie Apocalypse Chore Chart

0-9: 1 name

  • 3am and the riff won't leave