The Metal Thread

I have a weird relationship with djent. I normally don't like it, but for some reason I'm fine with Tesseract and Periphery, and Ocean goes that direction occasionally. Maybe it's just Meshuggah I don't like. lol

 

Wow, I hate a lot of Djent bands, though the only djent band that I'm fine with is Meshuggah. As for The Ocean they're more on the Post-Metal/Atmospheric Sludge side rather than Djent, so I guess that's why I like them as well.

Though speaking of Atmospheric Sludge, Cult of Luna had released an album earlier this year, there's quite some debate on it, though I think that it's an excellent album, maybe not as good as their other stuff, but still great.

[video=youtube;qkHSvwKgJQA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkHSvwKgJQA[/video]

 

I guess our tastes are just opposite then. XD

I'm not into sludge or any atmospheric music really. I prefer my stuff to sound well... crisper. More melodic, less manly, you know. Like I said before, metalcore and its relatives are pretty new to me and I'm rather picky about them. Normally I live in symphonic/prog/powerland. Among my recent purchases in those genres are Avantasia, Protest the Hero, and Luca Turilli's new Rhapsody.

Also--and I can't believe I forgot to mention them earlier--Seventh Wonder. They have a new record set to come out this year. <3

 

I'm good with Sludge and atmospheric stuff, not always my main choice though it still is good. Almost all of the -core genres aren't really new to me and I've been listening to them for quite a long time, I've always found myself staying away from Melodic Metalcore nowadays, I used to like Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying, Atreyu etc. but now I haven't been listening to any of them. I normally stick to Hardcore, Black, and Sludge/Doom territories though sometimes I find myself able to crossover to Prog land. I never did have a liking for Symphonic, Power, Folk, or Death, well there's a few exceptions for Death Metal, and Melodeath is alright, but that's about it. I also am surprisingly able to listen to Grindcore.

 

Just what I have downloaded

• Alesotrm
• Audiomachine
• Blind Guardian
• Candlemass
• Cirith Ungol
• Demons and Wizards
• Dethklok
• Dol Ammand
• Dream Theater
• Elvenking
• Fängörn
• Grave Digger
• Hammerfall
• Heidevolk
• Helloween
• Holy Knights
• Iron Mask
• Iron Savior
• Korpiklaani
• Manowar
• Mithotyn
• Rammstein
• Rhapsody of Fire
• Rob Zombie
• Symphony X
• The Monolith Deathcult
• Through the Eyes of the Dead
• Týr

From another thread.

 

f**king love Elvenking. Their first three albums at least.

 

Here's some good stuff from GAZA, they're a pretty good band if you don't mind anti-Christian lyrics
[video=youtube;O3xFXkHK74Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3xFXkHK74Y[/video]

Pantera are Thrash Metal, so yeah they count

 

New Norma Jean album is coming out soon, I can't wait for it.
[video=youtube;4aiAF_efEt8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aiAF_efEt8[/video]

 

ASDFFFZGGAS- I forgot Christopher Lee!



[video=youtube_share;BTfFXrVJcNQ]http://youtu.be/BTfFXrVJcNQ[/video]

 

What the goddamn? How did I not know Christopher Lee had a band?

I've only ever heard his voice as part of Rhapsody. o.o

 

I like nice, relaxing music like Cradle of Filth.

 

Eh, I'm the opposite, I prefer a lot of heavy, harder, and faster stuff, though I don't mind some relaxing stuff like Agalloch
[video=youtube;z4ih3JVrRPE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4ih3JVrRPE[/video]

Also for those of you who are interested, I have my top 5 bands list done up, though I might end up constantly editing it for a while until I'm 100% satisfied with the list. It's in the OP just to let you guys know

 

I wasn't even aware of his part in Rhapsody until recently.

I can't pick favorites, I like metal too much. Ok, I lied, Blind Guardian is number one, but other than them I can't choose. Not to mention I'm constantly adding to my library.

 

I like Limp Bizkit, Disturbed, Linkin Park, Three Days Grace, Saliva, Skillet and Sick Puppies.

 

Somebody once told me that their favorite rock band was Nickleback, so I slapped them. Hard.

 

I don't think that Three Days Grace, Saliva, Skillet, and Sick Puppies count as Metal, I'm pretty sure that they count as Hard Rock.


Though anyways, I've been listening to a lot of Rosetta recently so I'll just leave on of their songs here
[video=youtube;kQ6MTdVuN-k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ6MTdVuN-k[/video]

 

I just noticed that I forgot about Drowning Pool and Rob Zombie when I was listing the Metal bands that I both like and listen to.

 

They're under nu metal and alternative metal, same as Linkin Park.

[video=youtube_share;MCETXxCkyUk]http://youtu.be/MCETXxCkyUk[/video]

 

Breaking Benjamin, Papa Roach, Metallica, Disturbed, Three Days Grace, and Avenged Sevenfold are the bands I listen to. Most of them will probably get me yelled at for not being "true metal" but I like them all and think they fit in close enough