Music

I'm basic and most of my favorite metal is pretty accessible. That being said, there's a couple I don't usually play for my friends:

Yodh - Mizmor

Converge, in general

Meshuggah, in general

Nasum

Turns out most of my friends are not into grindcore nor do they appreciate me sharing said music.

Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza is another that is such an excellent song but my non-metal friends just hear noise.

I did get the wife to listen to The Chariot but I think that was about her limit.

I wouldn't call myself a metalhead, but I've been listening to Galneryus a lot lately (japanese powermetal). Any recommendations?

Hell yes! So happy to find some other metalheads here. I’m sort of “basic”, I guess, in terms of my metal tastes. I haven’t been able to get into any harsh vocals. I can get into Mastodon’s harsh vocals and enjoy some of Gojira and Opeth. But other than that, I’ve never had harsh vocals “click” for me.

So I mainly love and always listen to Metallica, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, and Megadeth…NWOBHM stuff mainly. But I want to branch out and get into some newer stuff.

Recently I’ve enjoyed the latest releases from Blood Ceremony, Blood Star and Oozing Wound. Sleep is pretty cool, and I enjoyed Thrice’s newest release.

So I’m interested in finding some new music to check out with you fine folks!

Hey I just joined Lemmy recently since I’m trying to get away from Reddit. Part of what I miss is the music communities for finding recs and concert dates.

Would anyone be interested if I made a space for Metal? Or maybe a more mature one already exists? I haven’t made one yet but I could figure it out!

Reddit refugee - So I think I might be considered a baby metal head, though I just started getting into this genre. I'm guessing that what I've been listening to is more "light metal" but I have no idea

I had never listened to metal before and always though it was too screamy, but I let youtube music autoplay do it's thing, and it has somehow played some songs that I genuinely really, really dig

It started by playing me Sabaton, but I've somehow veered towards artists like Beast in Black - it seems more melodic?

Some of my favorites so far are:

• They Don't Care About Us by Beast in Black (I know is based on Michael Jackson's)
• No Surrender by Beast in Black
• Sweet True Lies by Beast in Black
• My Dystopia by Beast in Black
• Presence of Mind by Dynazty
• Heartless Madness by Dynazty
• Fly Away by GloryHammer
• Night of the Werewolves by Unleash the Archers

I'm not sure why, but I think I've seen some judgments against people who listen to these bands. Maybe they're overrated or not the real deal or the stereotypical "starter metal bands"? Either way, as a musician (Violist in orchestras) I love how these songs have a tune to them and are melodic. I tend to veer away if it's too monotone or screamy, but I'm open to more suggestions :)