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Metal is a fairly broad group of genres, I'd suggest there's something in it for everyone. Just for fun, I'd be interested in hearing some recommendations. I'l
by ZenoArrow 10y ago
Metal is a fairly broad group of genres, I'd suggest there's something in it for everyone.
Just for fun, I'd be interested in hearing some recommendations. I'll start with one, this is The Space For This by Cynic, I'd guess you could call this melodic tech death metal, but as Zappa said, talking about music is like fishing about architecture, just see if you like it!
http://youtu.be/gw-6IIBXNSQ http://youtu.be/gw-6IIBXNSQ
- pavel_lishin 10y agoMy recommendations: - Rammstein - Du Riechst So Gut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrmsJhf89MY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrmsJhf89MY (music video) -- nearly everyone's heard of Rammstein; their music videos are always well done and usually tell a story, often based on traditional Germanic fairy tales. - Korpiklaani - Tuli Kokko: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRbg1uEglEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRbg1uEglEE -- folk metal - Eluveitie - The Arcane Dominion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-hkjryDCmg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-hkjryDCmg -- folk metal again, from their album "Evocation 1", which was recorded with traditional, acoustic instruments. - The Kovenant - The Human Abstract: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH3P_6Ns7Go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH3P_6Ns7Go -- black metal, has some electronic/industrial influence. Vocals may be an acquired taste. - Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGe8qID9gSs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGe8qID9gSs (music video) -- These guys won Eurovision in 2006; their gimmick is that every band member is a monster (think Gwar). - Nekrogoblikon - We Need a Gimmick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q3ub1SUYfg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q3ub1SUYfg (music video) -- another band with a gimmick (heh) - goblins, obviously. Vocals are again an acquired taste, but this whole album is worth listening to for a wonderful story about goblins trying to commit autogenocide. - Urizen - Boxmen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDv1U_P7gTk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDv1U_P7gTk -- 8-bit influenced metal with good vocals. - Epica - The Last Crusade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV3gQcb8jU0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV3gQcb8jU0 -- symphonic metal with female vocals. - Babymetal - Gimme Choko: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKqgE4BwAY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKqgE4BwAY (music video) -- jpop meets metal. You're basically either going to love this or hate this. - Ladybaby - Nippon Manju: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8-vje-bq9c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8-vje-bq9c (music video) -- jpop meets metal, but with a bearded Austrlian lead singer. - Knorkator - Buchstabe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUcSTyD2T7M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUcSTyD2T7M (music video) -- comedy metal from Germany; funnier if you understand the lyrics.
- ZenoArrow 10y agoThanks for the recommendations, heard some of them before. To be honest I'm not so much into gimmicky metal, but that Ladybaby video is pretty funny!
- pavel_lishin 10y agoYeah, it's definitely an acquired taste. I really genuinely found myself liking Nekrogoblikon, though - the album hits some sort of spot I didn't know I had.
- pgm8705 10y agoMy typical music tastes lean mostly toward classic rock and indie. Never was a huge metal guy. Then I stumbled on the doom metal band 'Pallbearer.' Their album 'Foundations of Burden' blew my mind. Epically melodic, complex, and moving all while fully living up to the 'doom' sound of the genre. Highly recommended.
- rodgerd 10y agoDevilskin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm0DfUsDBBk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm0DfUsDBBk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRfzXCl-D-Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRfzXCl-D-Y Turisas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzDWSkNuE-w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzDWSkNuE-w is from their concept album, _The Varangian Way_, about a northerner who goes to Constantinople to join the Varangian guard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUvCFW6SfIQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUvCFW6SfIQ an acoustic version of one of their numbers that show the folk metal roots a little more clearly; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ift85e38H3M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ift85e38H3M was their first notable song; and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdkBs0VCSX0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdkBs0VCSX0 is a very silly cover of a disco song. Not every day you see a metal band with an accordian player. Nightwish: when Tarja Turunen was still a member they were one of the defining operatic metal bands; metral ballads like Sleeping Sun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejnck_pnSWk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejnck_pnSWk) and Nemo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUTTA2X74N4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUTTA2X74N4), and more orthodox metal like Slaying the Dreamer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvm6fc3z0GM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvm6fc3z0GM) and Wish I Had an Angel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR4QvZUgpMc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR4QvZUgpMc). Also the incredibly silly Dragonlance inspired Wishmaster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAbVkagvYc0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAbVkagvYc0 Unfortunately they fired Tarja at the end of the concert these videos came from, and have moved to a more orthodox vocalist. I do not know how to describe Kontrust: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwhPOlIuSXM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwhPOlIuSXM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUO9SNCBL6U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUO9SNCBL6U Alestorm: pretty tongue-in-cheek; "pirate metal" - like Turisas they're arguably an offshoot of the folk metal branch of metal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f55CqLc6IR0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f55CqLc6IR0
- ZenoArrow 10y agoThank you for the recommendations, wouldn't say they were my personal taste, but you've picked out a couple I've not heard before, so thanks for the introduction. Here's one more recommendation, Needled 24/7 by Children of Bodom: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJBTFRZRJ04 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJBTFRZRJ04