These albums right here are like my Mt Rushmore

And if anyone knows where I can get a War Master patch I would kill for you

This band is so incredible, nearly every album is banger after banger. The insanity of Hall of the Mountain King, the tragic brilliance of Handful of Rain, and the expert songwriting on Poets and Madmen. Jon and Criss Oliva are and were some of the best musician of the 80s and 90s, and Paul O'Niell was one of my personal favorite producers.

Suppose my example isn't exclusive to metal, but I really dislike bands using the self titled naming convention for any album that isn't their debut.

Metallica, Dream Theater, Megadeth, Alice in Chains, Helloween, Annihilator, Killswitch Engage and many more are all guilty of this. Just comes across as lazy to me.

Late to the Summoning bandwagon… but Im here for good. Whats your favorite album of theirs?

Yeap Nu Metal is metal!

This was a recommendation from some rando on tiktok, and holy shit, this is epic.

Mine is Perdition City, don't know too much about trip hop genre but I love what they managed to achieve here.

If you only go to big concerts and ignore your local scene, trust me, you shouldn't. Try to go to the local gigs as much as you can. They are cheap but I will always have huge fan and meet really cool people

The earth shattering riff should be the first thing you hear.

Classic examples:

Jag Panzer - Harder than Steel

Manilla Road - Necropolis

I didn’t meet their drummer, he was out smoking pot. They gave me a signed poster and signed the bill of my hat. The bassist recognized me from the previous nights show even.

I have problems with my ears because of metal 👂🏼

I've been listening METAL for almost 1 year, I really like it when it's so heavy like "scourge of iron" by cannibal corpse. The thing is, I started noticing that my sometimes ears annoyed when I listen to some music, even if it's not metal or loud.

Sometimes I can't distinguish the musical instruments when they overlap, and the sound interference can sometimes be annoying.

Sometimes I feel like I can't stand the electric guitar. I mean, it hurts my ears and my ears just can't take it.

I also watched "Sound of Metal" movie, I feel afraid.

"Ohhhhh, Baron Jeffery von Dahmer is actually such a teddy bear in real life! Sure, his band Rotisserie Kindergartner had lyrics and a stage show that would have made Mengele puke, but he's just the nicest, most charitable guy!"

Which guy... wasn't? As in, the evilness was no mere act? Varg comes to mind, but who else? Or even if they weren't cartoonishly evil, but just nasty pieces of work? Seth Putnam comes to mind, possibly.

I'm rather picky about music and don't have a clear idea of what exactly it is that I like. Often I try recommendations based on what I Iike that should be similar yet don't end up liking them.

What I like that is:

• Linkin Park: the gateway of metal for me. I didn't grow up in a household that allowed heavy music or really any interesting music whatsover but as a depressed teen, obviously I enjoyed this and still do to this day.
• Karnivool: Themata and Sound Awake in particular
• Caligula's Horse: Golem is my favorite song of theirs. That riff is groovy, heavy, and fun
• Tool: mostly Ænima and Lateralus
• Fair to Midland: the riffs and vocals just flow and it scratches an itch in my brain
• Dead Letter Circus: The Mile in particular is a fantastic album
• Bring Me the Horizon: I believe this one is controversial in some circles but I like all their stuff with my preferences leaning from Suicide Season through Sempiturnal.
• Unleash the Archers: this is an odd ball as I tend to dislike the cheesiness of power metal but this just hits
• King Gizzard: PetroDragonic Apocalypse is sick although at times I feel the songs drag
• Elephant Tree: groovy doom so what's not to love
• Windhand: her voice is killer and the sound is just awesome.
• Elder: they have sick riffs and great vocals.
• Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol: this band is pure fun. Big heavy riffs with tight songs that just move.
• Black Sabbath: classic and awesome. Masters of Reality is far and away my favorite with their Self Titled as a close second

These bands don't classify as metal, I believe, but they can be heavy and I love them:

• The Beatles: obviously not metal but Helter Skelter is fucking awesome and they are my intro to rock and good music leading me into Linkin Park for my first taste of metal.
• Queens of the Stone Age: particularly enjoy Songs for the Dead, Rated R, and Self Titled
• Dead Poet Society: their latest album is probably my favorite and they went heavier imo (and too heavy for my friends lol)
• Kyuss: groovy and fun
• Clutch: same fit as Kyuss
• King Buffalo: this band is fucking awesome. The songs just flow and the riffs feel good
• Turnstile: fun riffs and enjoyable vocals
• Nothing but Thieves: not really heavy but they are my favorite band so I figured I'd include as an extra data point
• The Warning: again not really heavy but they are fun and I really enjoy them, especially their Keep Me Fed album

Some death metal rips for me like Entombed or Amorphis. I really like their riffs but something about albums as a whole fail to keep my interest.

Problems I have when finding music:

A good chunk of my list is prog, doom, and stoner. Here's problems I encounter with each:

• prog runs into the problem where the riffs either don't hit for me or they drag a bit. I don't dislike long songs but there is a tendency for some long songs to drag and repeat in a way that my brain dislikes which seems common within prog.
• doom runs into a problem where they can be too slow to the point where my brain feels like they aren't going anywhere. It also has a similar issue with long songs that prog does, although there's always exceptions for me.
• stoner is a weird one. Kyuss and Qotsa with some of Clutch is kind of the only ones that really hit. A lot of them either don't
• harsh vocals - I tend to get a bit bored of them which is probably the weirdest and dumbest reason to dislike harsh vocals. It's probably ignorance where I don't have a feel for their

As for common recommendations that I tried but have never clicked with:

• Opeth: this one is well loved yet I tend to find it boring. Like, I'll enjoy a portion of one of their songs or a riff but the song as a whole and the albums just never click with me.
• Mastodon: this one bothers me. On paper, they seem perfect for me. Heavy and groovy with excellent vocals. Several riffs are just fantastic yet I fail to find them engaging. I usually have to force my way through their albums which I don't understand
• Dream Theatre: the vocals are not my thing and they fit more in the camp of long songs that don't keep my brain's attention most of the time.
• Protest the Hero: the vocals are very power metal and I'm a fan of it. Some of their riffs are killer though.
• Between the Buried and Me: not sure why but they don't click at all. The songs just do nothing for me sadly.
• The Sword: another that doesn't make sense. It seems like they'd fit perfectly alongside Kyuss and Clutch yet I find myself not clicking with it.
• Pantera: the vocals aren't for me. The fan base for it is pretty offputting too but were it good and not heavy on themes I disagree with then I can tolerate that.

Idk, it's a real problem since I'm often in the mood for heavier music yet I seemingly bounce off so much of the heavy stuff I can find.

TL;DR Picky about metal, but I seem to have a preference for prog, doom, and stoner metal or a preference for heavier alt rock (maybe, genres are complicated) Trying to find metal that scratches the itch in my brain for heavy music that I enjoy.

Whitby, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

Genre: Progressive Metal, Metalcore

Man, I really slept on these guys. I remember having a friend in college hyping these guys up around when Volition was out and I just didn’t give ‘em a proper try. They’re really a nice cross of the Metalcore I enjoyed when I was younger and the more technical Metal I enjoy now. Volition is an amazing album. Kept me locked in every minute with banger after banger - 10/10 without a doubt. Within is their newest and shortest album, but man is it fun. Really heavy, but refreshingly lighthearted and uplifting. My third pick would be one of the earlier ones with Fortress. Really hadn’t heard anything from that time period that sounded like that, so felt extremely new and interesting for me.

Recommended Tracks:
“Red Stars Over the Battle of Cowshed”
“Bloodmeat”
“Drumhead Trial”
“Cold Water”
“The Fireside”
“Grandfather’s Axe”

New video from Narcotic Wasteland, featuring former Nile guitarist Dallas Toler-Wade.

For fans of heavy riffs and technical death metal!

What do you guys think?

Their 3rd album Halla is on the way and the band is sharing free Bandcamp codes for early listen. Send band a message in some social media platform and pick your free code!

Hey guys!

Here goes some melodic blackend death metal from Portugal! Hope you guys like it!

New album after 7 years comes out December 1st! You guys think they'll tour on this one or stay just a studio project?

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That's probably a unusual question to be made, but what are your recommendations on "Anthem" like songs?

To make myself clear, when i mean Anthem like songs, I'm looking for that type of song that whole arenas would sing along, i really do mean to get into the "generic" label.

Stuff like:

I Won't Give In - Asking Alexandria

Begin The Sacrifice - Fit For a King

Fever - Normandie

All Sempiternal and some Bad Omens and Architects Albums.

The thing is, I don't want something that soft, I still want to hear the instruments, and I still want some degree of heaviness. I usually spend most of my time listening to pretty heavy stuff, and i want to make a more soft and melodic Playlist.

Edit: Holy there are a lot more messages than i expected, I'll listen to all as soon as i have the time to it

I often buy second hand records on vinted, mostly black metal, and I keep getting fooled by this Taylor Swift album. Constantly this album gets recommended by the algorithm and is often in the middle of actual metal albums. This keeps happening with this specific album and every time I immediately think “wow cool, don’t think I know this one, must be atmospheric bm”.

Are there non-metal art covers that trick you?