Metal Recommendations?

Energizer

I'm looking to add to my music collection but none of the bans i listen too have anything new out.

Can anyone recommend any good band or albums?

To give an idea of my taste, here's a list of bands i listen too:
Rammstein
Metallica
Megadeth
machinehead
slipknot
himsa
devildriver
motorhead
machinehead
Lamb of god
killswitch engage
Slayer

Not really interested in death metal as the vocals don't really do anything for me.

Any suggestions?

brianthebard

Mastodon, NIN, Clutch, Grip Inc?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

blind guardian
rhapsody
anthrax
Rage (not ratm, just rage)

c - 13

Chimaira
Arch Enemy
In Flames
Hatebreed ?


Others - Might not be to your taste but may be worth a look
Lighter
Anathema
30 Seconds to Mars
Mad At Gravity

Heavier
Gorija (SP)
At The Gates

yknaa

Another vote for Rage.
Also Astral Doors if you like Dio
GRave Digger are class too

ClarenceOveur

Ever listened to Nevermore? Music is kinda Death Metal-ly but the vocals aren't

OctavarIan

Beyond Twilight
Communic
Devin Townsend
Dream Theater
Evergrey
Gojira
Iced Earth
Kamelot (the more recent stuff)
Opeth (seriously worth giving them a try, if you can get past some of the vocals)
OSI
Scar Symmetry
Strapping Young Lad
Symphony X

The three in bold would be most akin to the kind of metal you listen to.

gizmo

Unearth, As I Lay Dying and All That Remans will be right up your alley if you like KSE and Lamb Of God.

eljono

Out of what has been put forward, I second Dream Theater, In Flames and Devin Townsend.
Have you listened to Tool or The Mars Volta at all? If not, I seriously recommend both these bands for mind-blowing music. Might find them a little odd at the start, I did anyway but I really cannot recommend them enough.
Deloused in the Comatorium (T.M.V) is an amazing album, although strangely I didn't like it at all the first time I heard it and didn't listen to it until nearly a year after that. But then I started listening to a couple of songs from it which eventually ended up in giving the whole album another chance and thank god I did. It's the most listened to album on my ipod and I still can't get over how good it is. If you listen to the first two tracks from it alone, you'll be hooked.

smackbunnybaby

i wonder could we have a sticky at the top to help people get into new music?

maybe by listing out some genres and key bands/albums. or if you listen to this then you might like these?

I like to read these recommendation threads as it helps me to keep up to date.the lack of a search function (i think it is gone anyway!) means you cant find the similar topics.

its just a thought anyway....

Patricide

From the bands youve mentioned TESTAMENT are by far the ebst band i can recmomend for you. Go get first stike still deadly, its a greatst hits where all the songs are rerecoded so the quality is superb. Unreal album.

Also try gojira just cause i found them recently and i was BLOWN AWAY.
Dream theathers train of thought might be worth a listen to you but mabey not jusding from the bands listed above.

Energizer

Cool, thanx for the recommendations:

downloading gojira now.

will also try -
Testament
Rage
unearth
and a load of the others!!

- this will be great!

A sticky recommending new bands and their genre maybe a good idea.

Oral Slang

smackbunnybaby wrote:

i wonder could we have a sticky at the top to help people get into new music?

I usually use Amazon or Nuclear Blast to see what new bands are similar to. Another one I used to use was http://www.metalmayhem.com.au/ - a cool metal shop I used to shop in all the time when I was in Melbourne.

I'd recommend, based on what you're in to - as before: Testament, Nevermore & Iced Earth. Also Primal Fear, Soilwork, Anthrax, Judas Priest & Death Angel.

My personal favourites, on top of the ones listed above, but perhaps not your scene would be Blind Guardian, Queensryche, Dream Theater & Helloween. All brilliant bands!

Recon

Also you could try:

Demons & Wizards - they're the singer from Blind Guardian and the guitarist from Iced Earth. Anyone who's heard Fiddler on the Green has to agree it's a great songs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Keg7B1EYxw someone made a final fantasy movie for it...

Manowar - classic heavy metal

JIZZLORD

try using last fm, from your played music you can listen to an online radio thingy that plays stuff that people who listen to the same bands like also.
www.last.fm

Energizer

That last.fm is brilliant! lets me sample a load of bands.

God Forbid seem to be a good band.:D

brianthebard

Yeah god forbid are cool, I have to look for an album soon. Last.fm is great too.

Energizer

Listening to Chimaira now, have meant to listen to them before but kept on forgetting! not bad at all!

And the search goes on!

brianthebard

You're in New Zealand I take it? What's the metal scene and exposure to new music like there?

John

Vanadium, iron, copper, gold, silver, platinum... they're all good.

I see no Black Sabbath on this page. Rectify that.

Energizer

Black Sabbath are default best metal band of all time! don't need to be added to the list.

The New Zealand Metal scene is alright, the main popular theme is Emo sadly.
My chemical romance are massive over here.

They do have good underground metal scene here but rarely get any of the big bands coming over. The popular music here is mainly Rock. the radios are consumed by it and they have a dedicated rock station here in wellington. No metal but no pop either.

gizmo

****, forgot God Forbid. Yea check them out, they're newest album Constitution Of Treason is fantastic.

*slaps forehead* Also try Shadows Fall, you won't be disappointed. Their first two albums are class stuff.

Energizer

lol - ye really cool band! looking into them now.

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Iron maiden - the number of the beast/piece of mind/powersleve
Trivium - the crusade
Mastadon - blood mountin
Megadeth have a new album out now, i think

23

Dagoba (what hell is about) is in the same style of Machine Head (each...)you might like that.

Skiesonfire19

Killswitch engage, Machine head, slipknot, enter shikari, mudvayne, koRn, soil, devil driver, mastadoon, trivium, shadows fall, forever never, bullet for my valentine, opeth, stone sour, shattersphere, slayer, EPIDEMIC, papa roach, eighteen visions, rise against, cradle of filth, sepultura, suffocation, coma, type o negative, children of bodom, static-x, disturbed, in flames, Chimaira, ill nino, soulfly, drownig pool, spine shank, godsmack.

Schism

At The Gates; they were mentioned eariler but i second it, listen to Slaughter of the Soul. Try some Tool, Aenima is a great album maybe try Undertow aswell. Has anyone said Pantera? I cant remember. also Sepultura, Betzefer and Down. sorry if I repeated anyone I cant remeber what people have posted

Energizer

Cool, thanx for the recommendations

Listening to Chimaira now, bloody great.

Not really into tool.

Also got some gojira and god forbid stuff! Haven't listened to gojira very closely!

Just listened to a sample of Dagoba - bloody sounds brilliant.

This it great, have at least added 5 bands to my collection.

Metal Madness!!

Den_M

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that is all

Monkey Alan

moron - better mod explanation. your recommendations were bordering on trolling

adox

Mastodon - Blood Mountain is a fantastic album and would be right up your street looking at your list.

MindFunk were a hugely underrated band and would be well worth checking out.

Why not try dipping your toe into some 80s stuff?Some of it might sound corny to you but alot of it really is great stuff.A few suggestions would be:

Accept,Demon,Raven,Loudness,Trust.

Energizer

Monkey Alan wrote:

moron

Ok, have i just been insulted or is this the name of a band?

So many bands to listen to, so little time!!!

Thanx for all the recommendations, would never have been able to find these bands myself.

Monkey Alan

Energizer wrote:

Ok, have i just been insulted or is this the name of a band?

So many bands to listen to, so little time!!!

Thanx for all the recommendations, would never have been able to find these bands myself.

Nah mate. Iv'e been insulted... by the system. Mods can't accept my non-conformist attitude. I admit my views can be forthright and harsh, but theyre also deep and thought provoking.

Once I called a Mod a poopoo head.

DeadSkin

adox wrote:

MindFunk were a hugely underrated band and would be well worth checking out.

Just youtubed them there, takes me back to the good old days!!!
Goddess was a classic tune.

gizmo

Also recommend Mendeed, a young metal band from Scotland. Their new album The Dead Live by Love is bloody great actually. Funnily enough, their lead singer sounds rather like Alexi Laiho but their overall sound isn't the same as Bodom. Check'em out anyway...

Jimkel

They are the one of the best metal bands of all time, Or even better then them is Devin townsend band...yes I know its the same guys

Diceicle

Check out

Length of Time
Goatwhore
Sonny Red
Walls of Jericho
The Red Chord
100 Demons
Carcass
and you really really need to hear Vision of Disorder - Imprint.

I see someone mentioned Shadows Fall....... I hear they're back in the studio writing their second riff

Dr.Slurm

Not a big metal fan. I only really listen to Mastodon, Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, Trivium and Opeth. I highly recommend those though.

irish_boy90

try some korn and rob rombie

Awesomus54

finnish metal is the way to go not like lordi i lost respect wen they did the eurovision but bands like children of bodom nightwish sonata arctica dimmu borgir u cant go wrong with those guys

Awesomus54

Diceicle wrote:

Check out

Length of Time
Goatwhore
Sonny Red
Walls of Jericho
The Red Chord
100 Demons
Carcass
and you really really need to hear Vision of Disorder - Imprint.

I see someone mentioned Shadows Fall....... I hear they're back in the studio writing their second riff

Very nice :):)

GLaDOS

Awesomus54 wrote:

finnish metal is the way to go not like lordi i lost respect wen they did the eurovision but bands like children of bodom nightwish sonata arctica dimmu borgir u cant go wrong with those guys

Stratovarius are pretty good too

Awesomus54

ooo i forgot them thnks lol i haven listened t them in ages

gizmo

Ah, no one has mentioned 3 Inches Of Blood yet. Bloody awesome Canadian metal band with some great tunes. New album, Fire Up the Blades is just out and well worth picking up along with their last studio effort Advance And Vanquish.

Speaking of blood, just discovered As Blood Runs Black the other day. Very As I Lay Dying like, single 'In Dying Days' will give you a good idea of what they're like.

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Botch - Not exactly metal, but...class band, used to be on hydrahead. Broke up.

The Bled - Jus' listen to 'em, see what you think.