Best song you know from each metal genre (Christian or secular)?

My choices:
Prog power: Theocracy - Mirror of Souls

European power: Memories of Old - Fowlen’s Revenge

Thrash: Adorned Graves - Valley of Achor

Traditional: Judas Priest - Painkiller or Pretty Maids - Future World

Doom: Adorned Graves - Lord of the Stone or Nomad Son - Winds of Golgotha

Death (melodic): Wintersun - Awaken from the Dark Slumber

Black: Divine Symphony - Cry in the Dark

Folk: Illuminandi - Illumina Tenebras Meas

Female-fronted symphonic: Xandria - A Theater of Dimensions

Extreme symphonic: Ecthirion - On Eagles Wings

Neoclassical: Golden Resurrection - Flaming Youth

Hybrid/uncategorizable: Epta Astera - Noche Oscura, Biogenesis - Tears of God

Symphonic: Ecthirion - Chariots of Elysium

Power: Theocracy - Mirror of Souls

Black: Divine Symphony - Cry in the Dark

Tourniquet: Tourniquet - Broken Chromosomes

Thrash: Deliverance - Weapons of our Warfare

Death: Mortification - Terminate Damnation

Nu: Disciple - 1, 2, Conductor

Alt Rock: Skillet - Comatose

Softer Thrash: Metallica - Master of Puppets

Deathrash: Mortification - Web Of Fire

Alt: Red - Fight Inside

Symphonic Death: Blood Thirsty - Slaughtering Sin

Ballad: Holy Soldier - Last Train

Hair: Holy Soldier - See No Evil

Folk: Illuminandi - Hymn of All Creation

Prog: Deliverance - Time

Industrial: Deliverance - The Learned Man

Speed: Tourniquet - The Threshing Floor

Metalcore: Oh Sleeper - Hush Yael

Softer Thrash is my favorite genre.

I’ll do secular/Christian:

Trad: The Sentinel(Judas Priest)/No More Nightmares (Bride)
Thrash: Rust in Peace…Polaris(Megadeth)/The Tomb of Gilgamesh (Tourniquet)
Euro-power: Mirror Mirror(Blind Guardian)/Remission (Seventh Avenue)
Prog: Pale Fire (Fates Warning)/Pandemonium (All Things Fallen)
USPM: The Powers That Be (Metal Church)/So Let It Be Done (Thee Final Chapter)
Black: dunno/Through the Mist (Marble Tomb)
Death: Bite the Pain (Death)/Grind Planetarium (Mortification)
Doom: The Sign of the Southern Cross(Black Sabbath)/Resurgam (Forsaken)
Symphonic: Holy War (Reflection of Glory)/The Pallbearer Walks Alone (The Dark Element)
Metalcore: dunno/Ribcage (Demon Hunter)
Hair: It’s Not Love (Dokken)/All for One (Stryper)
Rapcore: dunno/Behind Closed Doors (Pillar)

Prog Metal:  Fates Warning "A Pleasant Shade of Grey (live)"/Affector "Harmageddon"
Trad:  Judas Priest "Turbo Lover"/Barren Cross "Its All Come True"
Alt Metal:  Alice In Chains "Them Bones"/Stavesacre "Suffocate Me"
USPM:  Vicious Rumors "Digital Dictator"/Haven "Holly"
Rapcore:  Linkin Park "Paper Cut"/Project 86 "Six Sirens" (feat. Sonny from P.O.D.)
Thrash:  Forbidden "Through Eyes of Glass"/Betrayal "As I Turned Away"
Industrial:  NIN "Godmoney"/Argyle Park "Scarred For Life"
Death:  Don't know any/Extol "Renewal"
Euro Power:  Ummm...
Doom:  Dio-era Black Sabbath "Sign of the Southern Cross"/Nomad Son "Guilty as Sin"
Metalcore: Blank/Zao "To Think of You is To Treasure an Absent Memory"
Glam:  Ratt "Lack of Communication"/Guardian "Curiosity Killed the Cat"
Goth:  Ministry "Everyday Is Halloween"/Saviour Machine "Killer"
Neo-Classical:  Yngwie Malmsteen "Far Beyond the Sun"/Narnia "Inner Sanctum"
Nu-metal:  don't care/These 5 Down "Hymn"
InstruMetal (from an all instrumental album):  Marty Friedman "Dragon Mistress"/Angelica "Psalm 91"
Hybrid Metal:  Saigon Kick "New World"/Galactic Cowboys "The Machine Fish Suite"
Groove Metal:  Pantera "Flood"/Eloi "Mexico"

Bonus -

Flower Thrash: Helloween "Savage"/Deliverance "Somber Theme"
Cyber Synthwave:  Volcor X "Stratos" (feat. Feather)/Maico "R-20 10"

Note: Hair metal is not a genre

Neither is "flower thrash."

I kid. I kid.

I'm trying to decide if I should shift from saying "melodic trash" to "flower thrash" or "softer thrash."

Superjuice wrote:Prog Metal:  Fates Warning "A Pleasant Shade of Grey (live)"/Affector "Harmageddon"
Trad:  Judas Priest "Turbo Lover"/Barren Cross "Its All Come True"
Alt Metal:  Alice In Chains "Them Bones"/Stavesacre "Suffocate Me"
USPM:  Vicious Rumors "Digital Dictator"/Haven "Holly"
Rapcore:  Linkin Park "Paper Cut"/Project 86 "Six Sirens" (feat. Sonny from P.O.D.)
Thrash:  Forbidden "Through Eyes of Glass"/Betrayal "As I Turned Away"
Industrial:  NIN "Godmoney"/Argyle Park "Scarred For Life"
Death:  Don't know any/Extol "Renewal"
Euro Power:  Ummm...
Doom:  Dio-era Black Sabbath "Sign of the Southern Cross"/Nomad Son "Guilty as Sin"
Metalcore: Blank/Zao "To Think of You is To Treasure an Absent Memory"
Glam:  Ratt "Lack of Communication"/Guardian "Curiosity Killed the Cat"
Goth:  Ministry "Everyday Is Halloween"/Saviour Machine "Killer"
Neo-Classical:  Yngwie Malmsteen "Far Beyond the Sun"/Narnia "Inner Sanctum"
Nu-metal:  don't care/These 5 Down "Hymn"
InstruMetal (from an all instrumental album):  Marty Friedman "Dragon Mistress"/Angelica "Psalm 91"
Hybrid Metal:  Saigon Kick "New World"/Galactic Cowboys "The Machine Fish Suite"
Groove Metal:  Pantera "Flood"/Eloi "Mexico"

Bonus -

Flower Thrash: Helloween "Savage"/Deliverance "Somber Theme"
Cyber Synthwave:  Volcor X "Stratos" (feat. Feather)/Maico "R-20 10"

Note: Hair metal is not a genre

Hair metal is another name for glam metal

Pethead wrote:I'm trying to decide if I should shift from saying "melodic trash" to "flower thrash" or "softer thrash."

I don't really think it matters, I just know there's a big difference between Master of Puppets and What a Joke

StevenCressler wrote:
Hair metal is another name for glam metal

 Then how would you classify Tesla, Enuff'Z'Enuff, or Extreme?

A lot of bands here that aren't glam:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-greatest-hair-metal-albums-of-all-time-162362/

Had to add Hush Yael for metalcore because of this great lyrics

Gosh.

Thrash: Christian: Religion - Jesus Freaks or Never Walk Alone - Megadeth, Secular: ...And Justice For All or Master Of Puppets - Metallica

Power and/or Prog: Christian: I Am - Theocracy, Secular: The Spirit Carries On - Dream Theater or Through The Fire And Flames - DragonForce

Nu: Christian: Alive or Satellites - P.O.D, Secular: Chop Suey! or Aerials - System Of A Down

Metalcore: Christian: Fight The Silence or Pariah - For Today, Secular: Shadow Moses - Bring Me The Horizon

Easycore: Christian: How We Live or Closer Than Close - At The Wayside, Secular: In Friends We Trust - Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!

Traditional/NWOBHM: Christian: To Hell With The Devil or Saved By Love - Stryper, Secular: The Trooper or The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden or Am I Evil? - Diamond Head

Alt.: Christian: Easier Than Love - Switchfoot(Not metal I know) or Silence The Storm - Saving Jackie, Secular: Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden or The Unforgiven II - Metallica

Groove: Christian: My Savior, My Lord - Chained, Secular: Walk or Cowboys From Hell - Pantera

Black: NONE