War metal is a subgenre of black metal that is characterized by its aggressive and chaotic sound. It often features heavily distorted guitars, blast beats, and guttural vocals. The lyrics typically focus on themes of war, violence, and anti-religious sentiment. Bands in this genre often have a raw and primitive sound, with lo-fi production values.
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Here is a list of war metal artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the war metal genre. You can find out what war metal genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.
| # | name | popularity | followers | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 | 22845 | 76 | 26 | 94 | 8 | 13 | 125 | |
| 2 | 16 | 20392 | 78 | 14 | 81 | 7 | 4 | 111 | |
| 3 | 27 | 53089 | 78 | 18 | 92 | 0 | 15 | 130 | |
| 4 | 18 | 17343 | 83 | 17 | 93 | 0 | 7 | 118 | |
| 5 | 11 | 16464 | 48 | 17 | 95 | 0 | 13 | 149 | |
| 6 | 13 | 18407 | 17 | 14 | 96 | 0 | 4 | 137 | |
| 7 | 14 | 13512 | 7 | 19 | 95 | 0 | 10 | 157 | |
| 8 | 10 | 15455 | 13 | 21 | 95 | 10 | 13 | 119 | |
| 9 | 11 | 15222 | 87 | 24 | 96 | 0 | 6 | 127 | |
| 10 | 7 | 14368 | 11 | 19 | 98 | 3 | 17 | 110 | |
| 11 | 25 | 50281 | 76 | 27 | 66 | 4 | 23 | 128 | |
| 12 | 4 | 9649 | 59 | 16 | 93 | 7 | 4 | 112 | |
| 13 | 23 | 14203 | 73 | 16 | 87 | 6 | 9 | 142 | |
| 14 | 23 | 24298 | 71 | 21 | 97 | 0 | 5 | 116 | |
| 15 | 9 | 9684 | 49 | 19 | 98 | 0 | 11 | 137 | |
| 16 | 11 | 8422 | 8 | 20 | 90 | 1 | 18 | 122 | |
| 17 | 7 | 8650 | 90 | 16 | 97 | 0 | 10 | 139 | |
| 18 | 10 | 6583 | 82 | 14 | 90 | 0 | 6 | 143 | |
| 19 | 4 | 4243 | 70 | 15 | 89 | 0 | 7 | 121 | |
| 20 | 5 | 4951 | 88 | 22 | 97 | 0 | 15 | 108 | |
| 21 | 6 | 5522 | 74 | 16 | 88 | 28 | 28 | 139 | |
| 22 | 3 | 5551 | 87 | 17 | 96 | 0 | 3 | 124 | |
| 23 | 6 | 10507 | 85 | 18 | 96 | 11 | 11 | 146 | |
| 24 | 3 | 4936 | 73 | 12 | 88 | 10 | 4 | 137 | |
| 25 | 4 | 6935 | 89 | 20 | 90 | 0 | 17 | 109 | |
| 26 | 1 | 3421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | 2 | 3661 | 94 | 13 | 79 | 0 | 6 | 108 | |
| 28 | 1 | 2057 | 74 | 19 | 77 | 5 | 20 | 126 | |
| 29 | 13 | 15397 | 50 | 24 | 68 | 5 | 18 | 125 | |
| 30 | 21 | 10372 | 79 | 14 | 96 | 1 | 6 | 139 | |
| 31 | 19 | 9181 | 73 | 18 | 91 | 0 | 5 | 109 | |
| 32 | 8 | 8328 | 60 | 29 | 91 | 0 | 27 | 98 | |
| 33 | 11 | 4090 | 91 | 31 | 91 | 0 | 19 | 115 | |
| 34 | 14 | 8437 | 30 | 19 | 87 | 4 | 10 | 133 | |
| 35 | 13 | 10258 | 50 | 17 | 92 | 3 | 11 | 104 | |
| 36 | 12 | 1746 | 87 | 19 | 88 | 0 | 9 | 146 | |
| 37 | 6 | 3466 | 48 | 25 | 96 | 0 | 17 | 163 | |
| 38 | 9 | 4576 | 89 | 23 | 95 | 0 | 5 | 100 | |
| 39 | 0 | 569 | 37 | 27 | 100 | 5 | 8 | 137 | |
| 40 | 3 | 6294 | 61 | 18 | 73 | 9 | 9 | 129 | |
| 41 | 8 | 1989 | 84 | 24 | 95 | 3 | 22 | 117 | |
| 42 | 8 | 2746 | 69 | 16 | 87 | 7 | 8 | 126 | |
| 43 | 8 | 4597 | 40 | 30 | 63 | 12 | 20 | 112 | |
| 44 | 5 | 2813 | 82 | 18 | 93 | 4 | 10 | 133 | |
| 45 | 6 | 2473 | 74 | 26 | 99 | 2 | 3 | 123 | |
| 46 | 3 | 1028 | 0 | 23 | 96 | 0 | 9 | 136 | |
| 47 | 5 | 3275 | 90 | 16 | 81 | 9 | 12 | 141 | |
| 48 | 5 | 2792 | 88 | 17 | 92 | 2 | 10 | 144 | |
| 49 | 4 | 1612 | 38 | 38 | 81 | 38 | 62 | 143 | |
| 50 | 4 | 1472 | 29 | 18 | 88 | 0 | 8 | 121 | |
| 51 | 0 | 569 | 45 | 27 | 93 | 9 | 11 | 127 | |
| 52 | 2 | 1421 | 81 | 23 | 97 | 0 | 6 | 116 | |
| 53 | 2 | 1382 | 36 | 21 | 94 | 2 | 7 | 144 | |
| 54 | 2 | 967 | 49 | 29 | 94 | 1 | 8 | 123 | |
| 55 | 2 | 383 | 6 | 16 | 87 | 0 | 4 | 131 | |
| 56 | 0 | 5622 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 57 | 0 | 424 | 70 | 15 | 98 | 0 | 8 | 152 | |
| 58 | 3 | 1740 | 78 | 27 | 96 | 0 | 4 | 123 | |
| 59 | 3 | 1150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 60 | 3 | 1859 | 72 | 20 | 97 | 0 | 8 | 101 | |
| 61 | 3 | 2456 | 87 | 15 | 84 | 26 | 21 | 114 | |
| 62 | 0 | 554 | 69 | 14 | 99 | 1 | 3 | 137 | |
| 63 | 1 | 755 | 64 | 40 | 95 | 0 | 4 | 120 | |
| 64 | 1 | 470 | 66 | 14 | 95 | 0 | 14 | 121 | |
| 65 | 2 | 1156 | 87 | 20 | 95 | 0 | 10 | 136 | |
| 66 | 2 | 611 | 66 | 18 | 82 | 13 | 21 | 122 | |
| 67 | 2 | 365 | 60 | 19 | 75 | 0 | 41 | 117 | |
| 68 | 1 | 381 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 69 | 2 | 762 | 71 | 28 | 74 | 11 | 12 | 152 | |
| 70 | 2 | 1326 | 77 | 11 | 93 | 2 | 4 | 136 | |
| 71 | 2 | 293 | 81 | 18 | 97 | 0 | 9 | 142 | |
| 72 | 2 | 1781 | 84 | 16 | 83 | 12 | 4 | 140 | |
| 73 | 2 | 539 | 93 | 22 | 95 | 32 | 9 | 135 | |
| 74 | 1 | 782 | 77 | 19 | 97 | 0 | 11 | 122 | |
| 75 | 0 | 364 | 24 | 27 | 94 | 12 | 11 | 135 | |
| 76 | 0 | 389 | 28 | 14 | 87 | 0 | 10 | 140 | |
| 77 | 0 | 478 | 0 | 32 | 95 | 0 | 21 | 131 | |
| 78 | 1 | 671 | 92 | 14 | 83 | 0 | 10 | 132 | |
| 79 | 1 | 1622 | 17 | 14 | 93 | 0 | 6 | 124 | |
| 80 | 1 | 668 | 9 | 17 | 91 | 11 | 12 | 111 | |
| 81 | 1 | 1727 | 72 | 16 | 95 | 0 | 5 | 121 | |
| 82 | 1 | 1575 | 84 | 14 | 99 | 0 | 3 | 104 | |
| 83 | 1 | 479 | 7 | 31 | 93 | 0 | 10 | 119 | |
| 84 | 1 | 850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 85 | 1 | 970 | 86 | 14 | 99 | 0 | 2 | 139 | |
| 86 | 1 | 453 | 90 | 15 | 97 | 0 | 11 | 158 | |
| 87 | 1 | 431 | 84 | 18 | 95 | 1 | 4 | 100 | |
| 88 | 1 | 774 | 67 | 12 | 95 | 3 | 4 | 142 | |
| 89 | 0 | 1653 | 30 | 26 | 76 | 6 | 19 | 130 | |
| 90 | 0 | 157 | 76 | 17 | 85 | 13 | 19 | 138 | |
| 91 | 0 | 1381 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 92 | 0 | 572 | 85 | 14 | 97 | 1 | 11 | 149 | |
| 93 | 0 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 94 | 0 | 241 | 14 | 25 | 99 | 0 | 7 | 121 | |
| 95 | 0 | 980 | 91 | 15 | 74 | 15 | 5 | 119 | |
| 96 | 0 | 147 | 33 | 25 | 90 | 0 | 5 | 134 | |
| 97 | 0 | 493 | 77 | 16 | 95 | 0 | 7 | 122 | |
| 98 | 0 | 140 | 63 | 34 | 79 | 6 | 10 | 131 | |
| 99 | 0 | 110 | 90 | 20 | 85 | 8 | 12 | 120 | |
| 100 | 0 | 351 | 94 | 16 | 97 | 0 | 11 | 180 |
Enjoy this playlist of popular war metal music. We made this playlist using an algorithm created by our team.
