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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!
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.
I’m listening to Botanist.
Fucking weird, but fucking good.
Hamfero is pretty solid.
In exchange I offer Devil
And Warmoon Lord
I’m a huge panopticon fan. I got one of their CDs from a local radical book shop the other day.
I’ve not heard of the other three, I’ll check em out!
Edit: I’ve listened to a song by all three, and I really dig Cauldron and Warmoon Lord. I can definitely see cauldron go in my catalogue for when I need to mix things up, they’re outside my normal go-to genres.
To throw two more back at you, check out Dawn Ray’d, an excellent melodic black metal/RABM band with some great lyrics, themes, and some solid songwriting. The band’s politics are similar to Panopticon, or Woe.
Others by No One, a prog metal concept album I can’t exactly describe. To me, it feels like the only band that has carried Native Construct’s torch, which is one of the best compliments I can give. It’s an enthralling listen.
Devin Townsend is the shit!
Here are two of my favorite songs from his solo project.
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I offer Witchcraft by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
I request power metal recommendations, please.
I request power metal recommendations, please.
Blind Guardian (earlier stuff was primarily speed metal)
Unleash the Archers
Unlucky Morpheus
I hesitate to recommend Iced Earth since the bandleader is a raging POS but they fit the bill
Nightwish is more symphonic than power but they’re top notch and might scratch that itch
I went to Kamelot’s show last weekend, if you don’t know them definitely check them out. Opening act was Ad Infinitum, I didn’t know them but I was blown away! Melissa Bonny is an amazing singer.
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power metal
If you let hardcore bleed into the selection a bit, here are some favorites:
- Pantera
- Godsmack
- NIN (Broken EP has more power metal in it than industrial, see “Last”)
- Rollins Band (End of Silence is so great)
- Hatebreed (Concrete Confessional and Supremacy)
- Chimaira
- Lamb of God (dubiously power, more death but that’s ok)
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
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
Don’t have links atm but
Alpha Wolf (Just released a record today)
Erra (just released an record today)
Cliffside
Knocked Loose
Orbit Culture
Darko US
Aviana
Varials
Invent Animate
Bury Tomorrow
Chamber
I want to like Darko US cuz their stuff has a really cool sound, but I just can’t get through even one song by them most of the time. It’s just so incredibly aggressive and heavily engineered that it’s difficult to listen to imo
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!
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,
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!
It’s fine honey, I got this covered.
Hello officer, I got some Elder with me. Never leave home without them!
Nice I really like it.
You’re dropping recomendations for the majority of the comments here, mad respect!
Have some Stonefield as a treat.
I saw them live at a TOOL concert. They were great!
May I suggest Twelve Foot Ninja https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SYvzn5grrI
Twelve Foot Ninja is fantastic. A little bit funky and weird, but still heavy, and some very positive vibes
Hello fella fan from Arka’n. Writing so I can check your recommendations later.
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.
You might be thinking of Animals as Leaders, I can’t find anything about Animals as Companions. And you’re right, they’re definitely prog metal. Super intricate riffing and bizarro time signatures. It’s a good time! I’m not familiar enough with them to know what song you’re talking about, but they’re a very unique group.
Lol yes leaders. Irl animals are usually companions and I just mess that up in my head.
If you’re into the vibe but not the singers, you might like And So I Watch You From Afar, Earth, Pomegranate Tiger, Plini, Polyphia, The Algorithm, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, If These Trees Could Talk, Pelican, and Polarization. All instrumental metal/rock at different levels of heavy.
That’s kind of a long list but I hope you find something in it 😅
Well plini I have liked for some time. He recently dropped a track with the guy from Animals as Leaders, Tosin Abasi. It’s pretty good. Thanks for that list tho I enjoy having new shit to lookup on spotify.
And to anyone reading this who read my first comment,it’s Animals as LEADERS and the song I mentioned is Conflict Cartography.
