> That's just thinly disguised metal snobbery. Almost all metalheads adore Black Sabbath, because they wrote fantastic songs I think you might have misundersto

> That's just thinly disguised metal snobbery. Almost all metalheads adore Black Sabbath, because they wrote fantastic songs I think you might have misunderstood the parent a bit. They're not saying Black Sabbath is really technical instrumental metal but that someone who listens to Black Sabbath AND ALSO likes really technical instrumental, is probably not looking to listen to Slipknot (though I suppose that could depend on the technical to Black Sabbath ratio). The point is more that Spotify supposedly recommends without taking into account what people actually listen to. Spotify says "oh this person listens to Black Sabbath which is a popular metal band. They also listen to a lot of Blotted Science, which is also a metal band. They most likely will like Slipknot, another popular metal band" instead of "This person listens to Black Sabbath and Blotted Science. People who listen to both Black Sabbath and Blotted Science also listen to Nile, so this person will most likely like Nile"[0]. [0] Blotted Science and Nile are the only technicalish bands I know off the top of my head. If those bands don't work, try Blind Guardian and Stormkeep