These Music Genres Sound Totally Made Up

Japanoise

This sounds like a white noise machine on the fritz. This video is by the most famous Japanoise artist, Merzbow. Their work is more of a social protest or performance art instead of actual music.

Shoegaze

Shoegaze came out as a genre as a result of 80's psychedelic music in the UK. The press found it funny how the artists had no stage presence. They would stand around and seem to be looking down at their shoes. That is how it got its name. The truth was that this style of music used heavy pedals to create most of their sound, so the artists were, in fact, looking down most of the time.

Baby Metal

Putting the words "baby" and "metal" together is not the only thing that makes this genre a weird one. It comes from Japan, and we all know Japan is pretty weird, so it kind of makes sense. Baby Metal usually has J-pop dancers mixed with thrash metal mixing the cute with the brutal.

Oi!

This is a sub-genre of punk rock that started up in the 70's in the UK. It had a mass anti-establishment appeal that drew in the punks, working class, and the skinheads. Cockney Rejects are perhaps the most popular Oi! bands.

Italian Occult Psychedelia

This music genre was built on all things occult from Italian pop culture. It represents Italian horror B-movies, spaghetti westerns, the films of Federico Fellini and what not. Italy is one of those countries that live by their superstitions and blind beliefs. IOP brings all of that together for the listener.

Pirate Metal

Ahoy, Matey! This is a genre that I think I could really enjoy. They mix heavy metal with pirate lores and myths. The song lyrics are mixed with pirate slang. They even use folk instruments and costumes to encompass the full pirate show. Alestrom, whose video we are featuring here, is one of the most famous pirate metal bands.

Tuvan Throat Singing

This genre is also referred to as Mongolian throat singing. It is an art form of overtone singing. The performer creates one steady pitch then adds more varying pitches to it. It is pretty cool to see and has a deep-rooted history. It has been passed down for hundreds of years within the sheep herding tribes in Mongolia.

Nintendocore

Ever wonder what would happen if Mario at too many mushrooms? I am pretty sure you would find the answer in this music genre. It is a fusion of video game music, heavy metal, hardcore punk, and other blaring music genres.

1-Bit Symphony

Listening to 8-bit music tracks like the ones we used to hear on our classic arcade games can make us nostalgic. But, do you think you could handle 1-bit sound or a 1-bit symphony?

Tristan Perich made a symphony that automatically plays when you plug a headphone jack into a single, simple microchip. It is pretty much just the sounds of transistors turning on and off in the circuitry.

Whatever the hell John Cage's 4' 33" is!

For those who do not know, John Cage was an American experimental composer and music theorist. In the late 40s, while also practicing Zen Buddhism, Cage began contemplating the essence of music and decided that any sounds could be constituted as music. He wrote a four-minute-thirty-three second piece called 4'33". It is just four minutes and 33 seconds of silence.

The philosophy underlying it is that every time it is performed, the ambient sounds of the orchestra, theater or wherever the piece is being performed, becomes the music. This includes things like people coughing, clearing their throats, and other random vibrations. Since each performance setting is unique, you will never have the same experience twice.