Bandcest

[davidn]

It was Whitney that coined the term "bandcest" while describing my taste in music and the way that everyone involved in its creation seems to switch groups every five years or so, forming one large band that encompasses virtually the whole of Europe. As I've now finished my exams, I took the time to do what all students do when they have time on their hands - draw out insanely complex diagrams. Maybe that's just me.

I was going to take account of guest appearances compared to leaving one band and joining another, but I think that would have required me to invent a couple of extra dimensions in order to make the whole thing readable. It's large enough as it is for one morning - I kept on discovering new links that I didn't know about, and decided to give up when it began looking rather silly and escaping the genre. Oddly enough, I couldn't find any links from Nightwish to the main tree at all, so you could say that they are the only non-incestuous power metal band ever, as if that's something of which to be proud.

So, with this diagram I was trying to answer the question of whether the large number of European metal bands are actually all the same one.

Yes.

Comments

[ethelfleda.livejournal.com]

While unfamiliar with most of these, that is one rocking diagram.

[raphx.livejournal.com]

I didn't know what to expect before I looked at it, but this is great!

[e-to-the-ipi.livejournal.com]

As I said, even not knowing about it, it does look like there should be a line from Jens Johansson to Kamelot.

And much Kudos for such a great pointless, incredibly diagram.

[yemminie.livejournal.com]

My big question is this:

Did you know all that off the top of your head???

[davidn]

Most of it was (particularly the top half), but I had to look up http://www.metal-archives.com for a few of the more difficult links.

[pookatimes.livejournal.com]

What about Ulver?

[madtom.livejournal.com]

Ulver? Power metal?

Go sit in the corner.

[stubbleupdate.livejournal.com]

i'm sure that Limozeen and Taranchula share a manager.

[bonappetite.livejournal.com]

I once created a pen-and-paper diagram of a hack-cest tree.
It was for anyone who had ever kissed (including dares, forfeits, and Raisin Weekend antics or else people would never have come clean).
Let's just say that I started it on an A4 piece of paper and eventually worked up to A0.
We never did fully finish it.

[siloh.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's incredible. You never cease to amaze me. =)