My taste in metal is pretty much based on how cool it sound while playing dark souls
Metal genres
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ashenone@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
vritrahan@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Little bit of all of these tbh
DNU@lemmy.world 7 months ago
cant find myself, garbage list obv.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Check out “Rare and Obscure Metal Archives” sometime, very nice
ICastFist@programming.dev 7 months ago
I feel like I have achieved true metal nirvana since I stopped caring about silly labels. They’re only half useful for finding new stuff anyway. If the music activates my dopamine generators, I like it. The only thing I avoid is gutturals, I don’t want a fucking horror movie creature on the microphone, thank you.
kofe@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I can’t do the pig squeal sounding screams, but a good heavy vocalist can add so much to the range of emotion. It was an acquired taste for me, though. I had friends trying to show me BTBAM thinking I’d appreciate the complexity, but it took ages for me to really hear everything through the wall of sound. Looking up lyrics helped massively, along with finding bands that blend the heavy and clean vocals so there were spots I could sing along with. I’d love to learn to scream properly so I could belt out some gutturals
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 7 months ago
Honestly, I used to feel the same way for a long long time. I actually ended up getting into got it all vocals through bands like Svalbard, Brutus, thranenkind and enferens
That led to atmospheric black metal. Now I can enjoy bands like Uada but I have to be in the right mood
SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
i dont recognize half the words
Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m a fuckin new guy to metal. My best friend got me into Ozzy on high school. Dimmu Borgir live in Oslo with the choir and orchestra finally made harsh vocals click for me. I like thrash, speed, power, melodic, folk, prog, and some select black metal. I try not to support Nazi bands.
PraiseTheSoup@midwest.social 7 months ago
Trivium, killswitch (with Howard Jones), and dio are all great. Metallica sucks.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 7 months ago
Howard Jones is an incredible vocalist. Have you heard his (not so new anymore) new band Light the Torch?
UniversalBasicJustice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
As a dedicated metal-type autist for over 15 years I am proud to say I’m not on this list. I am the Ambassador, the Professor, the Diplomat. I welcome any and all into the fold and love to help people find their niche. My personal taste leans towards prog, black, and death but my knowledge runs deep and I love to share it.
drath@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Any suggestions for something microtonal? Preferrably polyrhythmic as well.
UniversalBasicJustice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Check out Blotted Science and Behold…the Arctopus! Anything with Ron Jarzombek (Blotted) and Colin Marston (Behold) should scratch that itch. I don’t have much microtonal in the library but now you’ve got me wanting to dig deeper. I’ll get back to you in a few days!
Otherwise if you’re cool with avant-garde in general I’d also recommend Dodecahedron, Imperial Triumphant, Igorrr, Meshuggah (THE polyrhythm kings), and Unexpect.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 7 months ago
I’m not really into metal, but I dabble a bit because I like great guitar playing in any genre, but I appreciate your stance. I’m like you, but with other genres like Classical, Jazz, Blues, World Music, and Classic Rock. There are a lot of gatekeepers in those genres, and I like to guide noobs past them, and into new music they can love.
UniversalBasicJustice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Guitar virtuosity is rampant in metal! You should take a look at Tosin Abasi - start with TRAM, then his bandmate Javier’s project Mestís, then his band Animal’s as Leaders’s album The Joy of Motion. TRAM is modern jazz, Mestís is very Spanish influenced, and AAL is one of my favorite bands of all time. All (primarily) instrumental.
CHON and Covet are both chill prog/math-rock with incredible guitar work. I’d recommend CHON’s Newborn Sun EP or Homey LP. Covet’s first two releases, Currents EP and Effloresce, have been my sleeping music every night for a couple years at this point.
I can recommend heavier/harsh stuff as well, but based on your current preferences these are good starting points. Feel free to keep replying or DM if you want more!
LemmyThinkAboutIt@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
I think I’m “it’s all metal” because I don’t care to give thought to every subgenre of metal. If it sounds good, I like it. I have to laugh at the description though because I do really enjoy melodic death metal and I blame Avatar for that.
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 7 months ago
Ne Obliviscaris
lemmyknow@lemmy.today 7 months ago
Babymetal & Poppy ftw
Naz@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Now these are real lemmy hours
Btw, it’s all metal
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theparadox@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Random question - anyone know a good site to buy digital music that pays the artists somewhat decently? I’ve got a few artists I need to get albums from after bailing on Spotify and they aren’t on Bandcamp and don’t has album sales linked to their official sites. Hell, even physical copies of some albums are hard to come by in the US.
I saw “7Digital” mentioned somewhere but I see there multiple listings for the same album at different prices (literally the exact same album, exact same quality) which makes me suspect it’s not as legit as I had hoped.
Tingle@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I tend to use Bandcamp, they have a thing on the first Friday of every month where they give a bigger cut to artists if you buy that day.
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 7 months ago
I use tidal - they get a much better chunk out of the profits. There’s another new one out there but I can’t recall it’s nsm
theparadox@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It seems Tidal is streaming only. There is Qobuz but I hear them mentioned by people looking for Hi-Fi. Their streaming service seems to pay higher than average.
I guess I’ll just have to assume the compensation is decent for digital purchases as well. Having Hi-Fi audio quality doesn’t hurt - I can always transcode it if I need to stream or convert it if I need to cram it in a small storage device.
PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I feel like I’m “Its all metal” cause I don’t judge and will listen to a lot of it as long as I can understand the vocals. But I’ll lean more towards the classic stuff like early Sabbath and Dio (both rainbow, sabbath and solo) and if its more modern it just ends up being Iron Maiden (I still love The Final Frontier or Book Of Souls… which are 15 and 10 years old now… fuck me). No idea of any new artists after like 2000 lol. I don’t see myself here.
ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I have this problem where I love some good metal guitar, but most of the stuff with that kind of guitar also includes vocals reminiscent of Christian Bale’s Batman with a sore throat, which I do not enjoy
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 7 months ago
Try Haunt - he can sing. Same with Night demon
UniversalBasicJustice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Have you considered going instrumental?
DaneGerous@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Try Sinergy.
tino@lemmy.world 7 months ago
prog purist here. Dream Theater? ewww
slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 7 months ago
I was never really into prog, i like some songs, but i would have a hard time to name 10 prog bands. I had no idea dream theatre was even considered prog rock.
t_berium@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Nothing is more metal than respecting the right to self-determination and the fun of others. Don’t be close-minded. Enjoy what you enjoy, don’t be a snob, let other people have fun and stop thinking about categories.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Why kind of metal is Hoobastank?
nocklobster@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I used to be one or some or all of these.
But some time in the 2010s, or rather over the course of the last 10-15 years, i stopped listening to music by genre and started listening to music by what made me feel good. Like, my phone is filled with music from so many different genres now i can’t really call myself anything in terms of music subculture. I’m a music “generalist”? I listen to anything that sounds good to me and don’t cut myself off from any genre just because it is said genre.
Except pop.
fuck pop.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 7 months ago
Yeah I’ve focused more on finding stuff I like, and that happens to primarily be punk music. But there’s a lot of stuff I like and really the only genres that I can’t do are country (it’s just nails on chalkboard for me) and pop (because it’s too over-engineered)
My wife and my oldest enjoy some pop music and I can find the parts I enjoy but it has to be small doses and has to be something with a hint of actual creativity and soul to it
cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 7 months ago
I kinda feel this. Some years ago I was a diehard Hardcore (Techno) and Uptempo enjoyer and would not listen to anything else. Then about one year ago I kinda stopped caring and now I listen to a whole bunch of stuff except pop. Pop is absolutely lame in my opinion. It has nothing that makes a single song stand out from any other. No kicks, no drops, no provocation. It only cares about being liked by the masses.
slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 7 months ago
Pop music is so weird to listen to for me. It’s like it’s engineered by 12 different people to sound catchy. The equivalent of a movie showing a dog dying and the filmmakers are very proud of themselves because they were able to make people sad with a movie.
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I think its fair to say i have a favourite genre, or multiple favourites, but that is no longer exclusive or exclusionary. All music is welcome, i will no longer judge a song by its genre.
I attribute the change to having different social groups in my life. When i was in school i was into rock and thwn metal and that was pretty much the only thing i liked. Later i got in with a crowd that was more into techno, dnb, dubstep, house, minimal etc and grew to appreciate it, around the same time i was playing in bands and learning the blues, and got into jazz more recently. Always liked classical because of my piano lessons when i was young. It opened my mind up to so much more.
Except pop :)
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m the “it’s all metal” guy.
Custard@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Can you guys suggest me something like Dinoysus
CPMSP@midwest.social 7 months ago
Uhh no idea where I fit here; Amon Amarth, Devildriver, Machine Head, Fear Factory…Metallica (Black and prior), Megadeth, NIN, and Tool / APC - and so much more.
I think I’m mostly “It’s all good if it’s angry and loud” but I do run across bands and genres on occasion that I just can’t get into.
Coldcell@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
You are a 1999 Metal Hammer magazine.
domdanial@reddthat.com 7 months ago
This meme makes me want to try more metal, and I think that makes me as bad as “the weeb”
I also drew direct comparisons to the electronic music subgenres.
Kinokoloko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Dad is the only one I’d hang out with
slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 7 months ago
I used to have only band shirts. Like i would buy a shirt on every concert i went to and had around 400 shirts. There was no reason to ever buy normal shirts. The “dad” guys would always look at my shirt and say something like: “infant annihilator”? I like AC/DC. Always cracked me up.
Redfox8@mander.xyz 7 months ago
Listening to Tool right now, love 'Maiden but enjoy pre Bruce as much as the rest… NIN, Anthrax, Sick of it All, Type O Negative, Paradise Lost, Sepultura…must be some kinda metal chameleon circa 90s-00s!
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 7 months ago
If you like Type O, listen to Woods of Ypres
Redfox8@mander.xyz 7 months ago
Not heard of them, thanks for the recommendation, that’ll be tonight’s listening sorted!
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
I have no strong opinions I just love Opeth so much
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 7 months ago
Try Vvilderness
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
I WILL THANK YOU :3
Ypsilenna@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
I’m “it’s all metal” but in all genres. I just enjoy listening to whatever track that sparks joy (you definitely wouldn’t like me DJing on your party, lol)
Wolf314159@startrek.website 7 months ago
Hot take: Most metal is just Classical Music II Electric Bugaloo.
Broadfern@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I snorted.
The prog purist makes your point to be honest.
meliante@lemmy.pt 7 months ago
What about the nu-metal peeps, where do we fit in?
kinther@lemmy.world 7 months ago
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