who are the "coke and pepsi" of each subgenre?

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Metallica and Megadeth for thrash. Metallica is coke because they’re the default choice. Megadeth is pepsi because they’re basically the same but less popular. Slayer is dr.pepper because they’re kind of weird and their fans are annoying. Anthrax is sprite because they’re fine but it’s no ones first choice.

Black should be mayhem and burzum

prog coke: Dream Theater / prog pepsi: Opeth

gothic coke: Type O Negative / gothic pepsi: Paradise Lost

Black Dr. Pepper: Dimmu Borgir

Black vitamin water: Wolves in the throne room

Black ginger beer: Abruptum

Melodeath Coke: In Flames / Melodeath Pepsi: Dark Tranquility

Gothic Doom Coke: Paradise Lost / Gothic Doom Pepsi: My Dying Bride

Gonna go ahead and say Immortal is Black Fanta

I'm more a mountain dew guy

The only real way to do this is poll users over their drink preference, then use their flairs as an average to whether a band is Coke/Pepsi, then classify each band by like-subgenres.

Mods: Get this done

Doom coke: Candlemass Doom pepsi: Pentagram

Sludge Coke: Acid Bath Sludge Pepsi: Eyehategod

Stoner coke : Electric Wizard, Stoner Pepsi : Sleep

(You can swap them depending on who you ask but it feels like EW is more mainstream recently)

Melodic metalcore has to be Killswitch Engage and As I Lay Dying

Boris coke and Sunn O))) Pepsi

Crossover thrash coke: Stormtroopers of Death

Crossover thrash pepsi: Suicidal Tendencies

(Really ST should be coke as the go-to/standard but all I wanted was a pepsi)

The fuck does this even mean

Ghost is Crystal Light

Deep Purple and Black Sabbath

Prog - tool vs dt. Gojira is dr pepper

Black should be Burzum and darkthrone tbh.

Also power should be blineguardian/helloween and manowar or sabaton.

Grunge coke: can’t answer this one without someone getting upset

Hair coke: Bon Jovi, hair Pepsi: Motley Crue

Metalcore:  coke=bullet for my valentine.  Pepsi=August burns red

Yep. That’s them. That’s all of the sub genres.

Symphonic Metal: Nightwish is Coke and Epica is Pepsi

Bay Area non-big-4 thrash coke: Exodus

Bay Area non-big-4 thrash pepsi: Testament

East Coast thrash coke: Anthrax

East Coast thrash pepsi: Overkill

(The east coast one was tougher because Overkill are really more "standard" like coke, while Anthrax are sillier and more experimental and fun. But also Anthrax are the default)

Judas Priest > Iron Maiden

Death metal idk if I agree with. Solid list though otherwise.

Drone Coke: Sunn O))) / Drone Pepsi: Earth

Industrial Coke: Nine Inch Nails / Industrial Pepsi: Ministry

Stoner Coke: Electric Wizard / Stoner Pepsi: Sleep

Mathcore Coke: Converge / Mathcore Pepsi: The Dillinger Escape Plan

Post-Metal Coke: Neurosis / Post-Metal Pepsi: Isis

Blackgaze Coke: Deafheaven / Blackgaze Pepsi: Alcest

Kawaii metal Coke: Babymetal Kawaii Pepsi: Lovebites

Avant-garde Coke:Agolloch Avant-garde Pepsi: Zeal & Ardor

Pure filthy death Coke: Immolation

Pure filthy death Pepsi: Incantation 

Death coke: Possessed / Death Pepsi: Death

Power coke: Sabaton / Power Pepsi: Powerwolf

Iron maiden and judas? Naaaaaa

Deathcore Coke: Suicide Silence

Deathcore Pepsi: Slaughter to Prevail

i don't think you could have organized the layout of this post any worse if you tried

Groove Coke: Pantera / Groove Pepsi: Gojira

Prog Coke: Dream Theater / Prog Pepsi: Tool

Alternative Coke: SOAD / Alternative Pepsi: Avenged Sevenfold

Power Coke: DragonForce / Power Pepsi: Sabaton

Sludge Coke: Mastodon / Sludge Pepsi: Acid Bath

Stoner Coke: Electric Wizard / Stoner Pepsi: Sleep

Doom Coke: Black Sabbath / Doom Pepsi: Candlemass

Glam Coke: Motley Crue / Glam Pepsi: Twisted Sister

Funk Coke: Primus / Funk Pepsi: Living Colour

industrial Coke: Nine inch Nails / industrial Pepsi: Rammstein

Drone Coke: Sunn O))) / Drone Pepsi: Boris