Junkie Metal

Genre nickname for hardcore/metalcore/deathcore bands that shady, trashy, strung out teenagers and wannabe dope dealers in the scene listen to. While a lot of them are generally fun to listen to, these bands often have an incredibly ignorant sound (i.e. unnecessarily slow, chugging breakdowns, trashy rap screaming, an overuse of the “BLEAGH” noise), stupid and pointless samples or sound effects (i.e. sounds of people inhaling a bong, threatening or foreboding voicemails, breaking glass), and their lyrics are generally about heavy drug use, binge drinking, addiction/withdrawals, exes/frenemies, ratchet parties, etc.. Examples of “Junkie Metal” bands would be Sworn In, Yuth Forever, Gift Giver, Depreciator, The Plot In You (sort of), Traitors, etc.

Person A: “Hey man do you listen to Gift Giver?”
Person B: “Their music is cool but their lyrics are so trashy. They’re like junkie metal.”

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