The Official Heavy Metal Thread

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DarthMetalliCube said:

My kinda thread!

My "big three" metal bands, so to speak, would have to be Metallica, System of a Down, Sonata Arctica (lesser known power metal band, like Dragonforce but actually good). Those 3 are actually pretty different from eachother in many ways, though I like a lot of different heavy metal subgenres, as long as they have some sort of melodic, or at least musically complex nature.

Typically though I'm into - Power metal, melodic death, some thrash (mainly Metallica and Megadeth), some metalcore (moreso during my angsty teenage years), and folk/Viking. So usually somewhere in the middle between more mainstream and extreme metal. Stuff like straight up death and black metal I really don't like, but also don't like a lot of really poppy/tame metal either. Used to like nu metal as a kid but I've sort of grown out of it. System of a Down is about the one band that's stuck with me that I still listen to, maybe some Disturbed.

Also - I need to scroll through this thread and study up on some new bands/songs based off these youtube vids posted.. I'm in dire need of some new music. My playlist for 2017 is disturbingly short compared to previous years, and we're already half way through the year!

Hmm, I guess you could check out the recommended albums list, but you may already know most of those albums.