It's fine honey, I got this covered.
Hello officer, I got some Elder with me. Never leave home without them!
Nightwish - Dark Chest of Wonders
Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side
Whitesnake - Crying in the Rain
Armored Saint - Upon My Departure
The Black Mages - Hunter's Chance
Twisted Sister - Under the Blade
Ugly Kid Joe - Jesus Rode a Harley
Alice Cooper - Feed My Frankenstein
...yes, I'm old.
Some female fronted and maybe not so commonly known Bands:
It Was Metal · A Sound of Thunder
A Grave for Each One of Us · Lucifer
General of the Dark Army · Unleash The Archers
Chasing The Mirage · Seven Kingdoms
The Ripper in Black · Savage Master
Pray for Fire · Oceans of Slumber
Archspire - death metal + speed rap
The Browning - electronicore
Avatar of Hate, Fleshgod Apocalypse - symphonic death metal
Angel Maker - melodic deathcore
Bleed from Within - melodic metalcore
Beast in Black - power metal
Mors Principium Est - melodic death metal
Not a huge metal person, but coming from a rock background, I've really been into Bad Omens lately. They have a kinda alternative sound to them imo.
I'm going to show my age with this list, and metal is such a large genre I don't always know what counts. Hopefully there's new ones for some folks that you'll enjoy as much as I do.
- Bleed - Meshuggah
- Serums of Liao - High on Fire
- A Colossal Wreck - Every Time I Die I really love this one because I feel like you get 3 songs in 1. Might count as punk instead, I dunno.
- Hypermania - Polaris
- Earth Scar - Decapitated
- Loyal To None - Kublai Khan TX
- Rebuttal - Johnny Booth
- Dark Horse - Converge
- Blood and Thunder - Mastodon
- New Low - Thrown
Here's few of my favorites
One of my favorites from Kiuas as it also contains part where they sing in Finnish :P More popular songs are "Warrior Soul" and "Kiuassault".
Turmion Kätilöt - Vastanaineet
2 Times Terror - Ikävässä Paikassa (side project of Turmion Kätilöt)
Children Of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet?, also Oops I Did It Again! is epic 😁
Bring Me The Horizon ft. Babymetal - Kingslayer
Star-Lord band - Zero to Hero (from Guardians of the Galaxy game)
Death Metal Æther Realm, Heaven Shall Burn
Some sick Pacific Northwest metal/hardcore to checkout:
There’s SO MUCH good modern hardcore music here right now that I’m barely scratching the surface, but hopefully at least one of these does something for you!
Merchant of the Void by 3Teeth with Mick Gordon (maker of the Doom 2016 and Eternal soundtrack(
Sleep Token
These guys have an incredible range and mix up different styles in a way that is quite unique. I'm not normally someone who pays that much attention to drums but their drummer really is amazing. The singer can do both clean and 'dirty' vocals.
First time in ages I've been excited about a new band!
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alien weaponry. Kiwi band that have a lot of Maori (nz indigenous people/language) in their music.
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red. Christian metal band, but still good for non Christians since it's just based on Christian values not directly worship.
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"Kardashev is a progressive death metal band hailing from Tempe, AZ, whose lyrics focus on the advancement of the human race through themes of technology, selflessness, love, and altruism. Given their positive take on death metal, their style has been jokingly referred to as “life metal,” and they also embrace the genre tag “deathgaze” (death metal + shoegaze) which perfectly describes their ambient death metal approach. "
Bloodywood has a hold in my heart. Truly fun metal. Bloodywood - Gadaar
Arka'n Asrafokor is the band I'd push the hardest. Effing talented Arka'n - Walk with us
Dark Tranquility
Katatonia
Draconian
Omnium Gatherum
Insomnium
Try out some Botanist.
Two instrument black metal. Drums, and hammer dulcimer. Sometimes has Bass guitar. Very atmospheric. Interesting vibes.
here is their upcoming album which has some good singles
Hamferð is also pretty slick.
Their new album Men guðs hond er sterk is an absolute banger. Absolutely crushing death-doom. Their previous album, Tàmsins likam was probably my favorite album of the year.
Mandroid Echostar - Catchy prog metal with clean vocals
Anaal Nathrakh - Grind/black metal with industrial influences
The Arcane Order - Long-form melodic death metal
Arcania - Kinda like a thrashier Gojira
Rivers of Nihil - Proggy death metal
Unfathomable Ruination - Brutal tech death
Thantifaxath - Dissonant black metal
We Lost the Sea - Post-metal. I need to give some context for this one:
Departure Songs is inspired by failed, yet epic and honourable journeys or events throughout history where people have done extraordinary things for the greater good of those around them, and the progress of the human race itself. This is a celebration and a tribute. Each song has it’s own story and is a soundtrack to that story.
This is our 3rd album and our first instrumental album. We’re exploring new ground and exploring ourselves in the past 2 and a bit years since Chris went on his own journey. It’s slightly bleak with shimmers of hope and layers of emotion. It’s a tribute and a catharsis of emotion and honesty.
I.e., their vocalist died and this was their way of grieving. Incredibly deep cut IMO.
Alpinist - "heavylowfastslowdark hardcore"
Some of recommendations I did not already see, that are not-that-well-known; all of these are various flavors of melodic death metal:
Parasite Inc. - Once and for All
The Agonist - Panophobia (unfortunately, the band is now defunct)
artist - recommended album (spotify link)
my recommendations:
- Deafheaven - Sunbather (guess my namesake wow)
- Vektor - Terminal Redux
- Abigail Williams - Walk Beyond the Dark
- Ne Obliviscaris - Portal of I
- Lantlôs - .neon
- Wilderun - Epigone
- Ashenspire - Hostile Architecture
- Rivers of Nihil - Monarchy
- Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology
- Virvum - Illuminance
- Gojira - From Mars to Sirius (NOW I CAN SEE THE WHALEEEEES)
- Wayfarer - A Romance With Violence
- Silhouette - Les retranchements
- Black Crown Initiate - Selves We Cannot Forgive
- Mgła - Age of Excuse
friends recommendations (maybe slightly more digestible than some stuff on my list):
- Inferi - Vile Genesis
- Vale of Pnath - II
- The Black Dahlia Murder - Deflorate
- Lorna Shore - Pain Remains
- Fallujah - Empyrean
- Allagaeon - Fragments of Form and Function
- Native Construct - Quiet World
I recently discovered Fit for a King and I really like them! Actually got to see them live earlier this year :3c
I will never stop worshipping Primus and whatever whacky thing they do.
I think this is considered prog metal, not sure. But the band Animals as Companions. I think they are fucking awesome. Combat Cartography (iirc) is a awesome track check out.
I'm not into rock/metal enough to know all the genres that well, but alot of the heavier stuff has singers that just ruin it for me. Animals deals with that in Mt favorite way, no singer.
I love Jesters Dance by In Flames, but that seems to be one of the few they have without singing.
I like Dir En Grey, its just a bunch of japanese dads doing heavy metal
They are supposedly heavy metal, but they got all kinds of stuff in there.
Is Shaka Ponk metal? Probably
It’s prog but Angra with Kiko as lead guitarist is still the greatest of all time for me. Kiko left the band for Megadeth a little while back, their new guitarist is solid but just not on the same level. Rebirth, Fireworks and Temple of Shadows are probably my top 3 favorite albums.
- Aether
- The Absence
- Fox Lake
- Paleface Swiss
Bandcamp Friday so I’ll post a few smaller bands:
Gorilla Wizard
https://gorillawizard.bandcamp.com/album/titanosaur-x-gorilla-wizard
Kaiju Daisenso
https://kaijudaisenso.bandcamp.com
Titanosaur
https://titanosaur1.bandcamp.com/music
Love Sex Machine
https://lovesexmachine.bandcamp.com/music
Native Daughters
https://nativedaughters.bandcamp.com/music
Grizzlor
Mechina - Siege. Take a metal band with industrial influences. Release an album. Take that album. Add tons of atmospherics and electronica. Release that version as well. Now take that, and add angelic votes, and some harsh and release that as well. You can buy whichever version you prefer. All great for the different reasons
Wayfarer – American Gothic. The jangly guitar alternate 1890s death/black metal band you didn’t know you needed.
Sermon - on golden verse. proggy anthemic melodeath with fantastic clean vocals.
- Nickelback
- Steely Dan
- Silversun Pickups
- Goldfrapp
Been listening to Municipal Waste recently. They're good.
Spotify links cuz I'm lazy — not in any particular order:
- Architects - "Spit the Bone"
- Chaosbay - "New Age" Do take a listen to the whole album if you like this song. It's a concept album and the music really flows quite well from track to track.
- Beartooth - "Below"
- Beartooth - "In Between"
- Ice Nine Kills - "The American Nightmare" This band's interesting, in that their last two albums' tracks are all inspired from/are about various horror movies.
- While She Sleeps - "Sleeps Society"
- Periphery - "Wax Wings"
- Bury Tomorrow - "Begin Again"
- Everture - "Empire"
- Dark Tranquility - "Eyes of the World"
- Countless Skies - "Tempest"
- Shylmagoghnar - "Transience"
May I suggest Twelve Foot Ninja https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SYvzn5grrI
Job for a Cowboy - The Forever Rot - technical death metal/progressive metal
Lacuna Coil - Delirium - gothic metal with a mix of clean/harsh female/male vocals
Decapitated - Veins - technical death metal
VOLA - Head Mounted Sideways - progressive metal with a mix of clean and harsh vocals
Caligula's Horse - Slow Violence - progressive metal with mostly clean vocals
Skyharbor - Miracle - progressive metal with clean vocals
Baroness - Shine - progressive metal with mostly clean vocals and mix of male/female
Pierce the veil with Pass the Nirvana
Holding Absence with Afterlife
Caskets with Glass Heart
Beartooth with Sunshine!
We Came As Romans with Black Hole
Architects with Animals
Falling in Reverse with Popular Monster
Bad Omens with Dethrone
Motionless in White with Masterpiece
The Plot in You with Forgotten
Catch your Breath with Dial Tone
And finally Bring me the Horizon with Dear Diary,
This thread is a scorcher. Excellent recommendations.
I could do this all evening but I've picked a few favourites. These are artist recommendations rather than just tracks.
Here's some accessible ones (Spotify links):
- Primordial - Empire Falls
- Ghost Brigade - Suffocated
- Leprous - The Flood
- *shels - Butterfly (on Luci's Way)
- Sólstafir - Necrologue
- Sleep Token - The Summoning
- Saor - Monadh
- Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
And some slightly less accessible ones (Also Spotify links):
- Alter of Plagues - Found, Oval and Final
- Behemoth - Messe Noire
- The Angelic Process - Burning in the a Undertow of God
- Ihsahn - Arcana Imperii
- Bell Witch - Beneath the Mask
- or if you're feeling brave enough to listen to a single, album length sludge/doom track, Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper
I will also strongly second the already recommend Chelsea Wolfe, Opeth, Alcest, Orbit Culture and 3TEETH!
Not exactly like stereotypical metal, but I think Ok Goodnight and Atomic Guava count
Thornhill, Volumes, Spiritbox.
I'll take the time to share my friend's band. Corsair, a Pirate themed Adventure Metal band
Anything Pantera. You don’t need a link. Just Google.
Fulci "Tropical Sun" Excellent death metal. https://youtu.be/Co4Kun9VEG0?si=kZs_fxGp1OR9-ryN
This is gonna stretch the definition but
Dorthia Cottrell from Windhand did a country album and it's so good
80s thrash: Overkill - I Hate.
Will take any excuse to recommend this album: Sybreed - The Pulse of Awakening
Sabaton recently found this band they are really good!
Shiroyama Killing ground And Primo Victoria These are just a few of my favorites of their songs.
Architechtects
Motionless in white (especially the last Album)
Mechina, Sir!
Start with "Non Serviam" or "Impact Proxy"
Cattle Decapitation Imperial Triumphant Black Tounge
Spudboy by Spazz https://youtu.be/w_bxv5Yz0OM
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