Out of touch- recommendations?

Six of One

I am a fan of rock and metal but I feel out of touch these days and am struggling to hear about new bands. I don't have many friends who are into rock and metal and I only go to gigs of big name bands. I feel like I haven't discovered any band I really love in a long time. I am craving new music and would appreciate some recommendations!

My favourite band ever is Metallica and I still love them but am not as much into other metal bands as I used to be. My Pantera, Machine Head, Amen etc albums are not getting an airing as much as they would have a few years ago. What I tend to listen to these days is the likes of Audioslave, Queens of the Stone Age, Velvet Revolver, Faith No More, Metallica, Guns N'Roses, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam... you get the picture!

I have been looking through the forum and seen recommendations for some bands that I hadn't heard of- Five Finger Death Death Punch, Clutch and Black Country Communion are ones I am checking out at the moment.

Anyone care to share?

Nailz

FFDP are **** (argh... in my opinion, I guess). FNM is sweet with me though. I reckon we should try and evolve your taste. How about;

Fear Factory
Down
Rotting Christ
Mr. Bungle
Overkill
Ministry
Atheist
Morbid Angel
Death

Then we can get to on to less mainstream stuff.

Lawrence1895

Slayer, Kreator, Sodom, Heimdalls Wacht, Dark Funeral, Nagelfar, Cannibal Corpse, Amon Amarth, Prostitute Disfigurement

Angron

Nailz wrote: »

FFDP are **** (argh... in my opinion, I guess).

Like I said somewhere before, they strike me as a watered down Lamb of God.

Malice

Six of One wrote:

My favourite band ever is Metallica and I still love them but am not as much into other metal bands as I used to be. My Pantera, Machine Head, Amen etc albums are not getting an airing as much as they would have a few years ago.

Get yourself Machine Head's most recent album The Blackening if you haven't already.

Just something I've noticed out of the bands listed already, if the OP is a fan of stuff in the same vein as Metallica why recommend stuff like Cannibal Corpse or Prostitute Disfigurement? Chances are the OP isn't going to like them at all.

Harrocks

I found Rateyourmusic.com very helpfull it has charts for all genres of metal and of course metalireland.com

Lawrence1895

Malice wrote: »

Get yourself Machine Head's most recent album The Blackening if you haven't already.

Just something I've noticed out of the bands listed already, if the OP is a fan of stuff in the same vein as Metallica why recommend stuff like Cannibal Corpse or Prostitute Disfigurement? Chances are the OP isn't going to like them at all.

Since I mentioned Cannibal Corpse and Prostitute Disfigurement, maybe I mentioned them to show the OP some alternatives, like to broaden his/her horizon

Anyway, another good overview can be found here: http://www.metal-archives.com

Malice

Lars1916 wrote: »

Since I mentioned Cannibal Corpse and Prostitute Disfigurement, maybe I mentioned them to show the OP some alternatives, like to broaden his/her horizon

I'm not sure the OP was looking to broaden their horizons that much but I could be wrong.

Lars1916 wrote:

Anyway, another good overview can be found here: http://www.metal-archives.com

That site is fine if you know what you're looking for, not if you're looking for recommendations. That's where we come in .

Six of One

Thanks for all the suggestions, will check out those links. Yeah, I'm not so much looking to broaden my horizons into other genres as just hear about new bands in the same genre.
I have albums knocking around from ten or more years back when I was into all sorts, things like Morbid Angel, Cathederal, Fear Factory, my God there's even a Cradle of Filth album in there! But these days I'm happy enough with big rock tracks.
I know I must be missing out on loads of great rock bands, new or old, and was just looking to have some names thrown at me. Oh and cheers Malice, I will have a listen to The Blackening, I used to love Machine Head!

chin_grin

Malice wrote: »

I'm not sure the OP was looking to broaden their horizons that much but I could be wrong.

That site is fine if you know what you're looking for, not if you're looking for recommendations. That's where we come in .

Metal Archives has a handy search on the left for "bands by genre". Also cross links to other bands that members are in or have been.

And that you mentioned Metallica, so search for some 'thrash' in the genre type and just randomly click on any one of them (or one you might know to start off).

For example Gene Hoglan who's currently in Fear Factory is in the following.

Gene Hoglan - Drums (2009-) (Daemon (Dnk), Dark Angel (USA), Death, Dethklok, Devin Townsend, Forbidden (USA), Just Cause, Meldrum, Naphobia, Old Man's Child, Phantasm, Pitch Black Forecast, Tenet, Strapping Young Lad, Testament, Unearth, Wargod (USA), Zimmers Hole, Mechanism (Can))

(I've bolded bands above that you might like to check out OP).

Personally I think the best way to find about a new band is either sites like this or myspace. Check out a few tunes\genres\bands and what they're like. This would halt these "recommend me" threads turning in to lists of peoples favourite bands.

InigoMontoya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-Su1YXQYek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL9kaJZw8iw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-plxxWUV5pU

Malice

chin_grin wrote: »

Metal Archives has a handy search on the left for "bands by genre". Also cross links to other bands that members are in or have been.

Good post, I actually had never used the "Bands by Genre" search so it's great that I know about it now .

chin_grin wrote:

Personally I think the best way to find about a new band is either sites like this or myspace. Check out a few tunes\genres\bands and what they're like. This would halt these "recommend me" threads turning in to lists of peoples favourite bands.

There is also Music Map which can be handy for finding bands that sound like other bands.

Out of curiosity chin_grin is there any particular reason you recommend Strapping Young Lad but not Zimmer's Hole or The Devin Townsend band given that they share a few members?

Angron

Don't forget the trusty last.fm too, it's good for finding newer bands, particularly if you have the sub for the radio.

D.Q

To repeat a poster above, Mastodon.

"the greatest metal band of their generation-no one else comes close" - Rolling Stone

chin_grin

Malice wrote: »

Out of curiosity chin_grin is there any particular reason you recommend Strapping Young Lad but not Zimmer's Hole or The Devin Townsend band given that they share a few members?

None at all! Personal preference I suppose.......:o

Denny M wrote: »

Don't forget the trusty last.fm too, it's good for finding newer bands, particularly if you have the sub for the radio.

Also Radiosure (http://www.radiosure.com/). Download and install that.

You can stream internet radio by genre. Also it'll come up with the name of the tune that's playing so stick it on in the background and when you hear a song you like just take a look at the title bar of the program. It'll also let you record from the station too. Quite handy.

Malice

chin_grin wrote: »

None at all! Personal preference I suppose.......:o

Heh, nothing wrong with that .

Useful.Idiot

Irish? Like metal? BOOM!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpI86whiTnM

Nailz

Also, lots and lots of Animals As Leaders, in my opinion the best metal band to come around in the last few years that isn't extreme metal.


And forgive me R&M, but am I the only person who got the Hall and Oakes song in my head when reading the thread title??

Malice

Nailz wrote: »

am I the only person who got the Hall and Oakes song in my head when reading the thread title??

Well I've never heard of Hall and Oakes but I have heard of Hall and Oates . Anyway, no, the song title never came into my head. It's just you!

Six of One

chin_grin wrote: »

Also Radiosure (http://www.radiosure.com/). Download and install that.
You can stream internet radio by genre.

I've downloaded it but it says cannot connect for whatever I try stream.

Malice wrote: »

There is also Music Map which can be handy for finding bands that sound like other bands.

That's really cool, cheers, makes a great team with Metal Archives and Wiki!

Denny M wrote: »

Don't forget the trusty last.fm too, it's good for finding newer bands, particularly if you have the sub for the radio.

I will have a look at that next, cheers.

Thanks to everyone for posting, plenty of homework for me in this thread!

chin_grin

Six of One wrote: »

I've downloaded it but it says cannot connect for whatever I try stream.

Hmm. Have you tried a few stations? I know for me a few wouldn't connect because they weren't "live" any more.

You can also do a search for any metal stations via google and add them to radiosure.

Malice

Some other bands you might want to check out as well given the Pantera reference from your first post are Down (featuring Phil Anselmo and Rex Brown), Hellyeah (featuring Vinny Paul) and of course Damageplan (featuring Vinny Paul and the sadly-departed Dimebag Darrell).

Also check out Christians Vs Lions, I saw them last week in Galway and they were easily the best band on the night.

Lawrence1895

I just remembered a good band from Germany: Dew Scented :cool:

Especially on stage some very good stuff

Nailz

Malice wrote: »

Well I've never heard of Hall and Oakes but I have heard of Hall and Oates . Anyway, no, the song title never came into my head. It's just you!

Damn you grammar Nazi, in my defence I was tired. I'll take pride in my musical diversity... :pac: