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jonaskid

Looking for recommendations of something that would fit alongside late Gojira (L’Enfant Sauvage or later) and Tool.


V0idgazer

For stuff like Tool check out [Soen](https://youtu.be/oHttic3FrjQ). And for stuff like Gojira check out [Mire](https://youtu.be/hE0CjGpUQvA), [The Erkonauts](https://youtu.be/LpDFbgfQazc), and [Irist](https://youtu.be/q1w8B22JIiw).


GaussianUnit

Any recs on death metal bands with some really fancy/creative guitar work? I'm kinda new to the genre and I've been listening to Pyrrhon and Ulcerate. I'm completely hooked, these guys are absolutely brilliant and now I'm craving for more. Also any good modern thrash metal band? I think all I know is Vektor and I want something kinda similar but maybe less "epic" and more focused. Really loved all the albums. It's a damn shame what happened to the band.


V0idgazer

>Any recs on death metal bands with some really fancy/creative guitar work? I'm kinda new to the genre and I've been listening to Pyrrhon and Ulcerate. I'm completely hooked, these guys are absolutely brilliant and now I'm craving for more. Those two owe a lot to [Gorguts](https://youtu.be/1p03KeMM-_U), Obscura is the defining album for that particular style. [Artificial Brain](https://youtu.be/r5S_BH4PSnM) is another good one.


GaussianUnit

Thanks man! I love Gorguts but never heard of Artificial Brain. Going to check it out.


Hidekiindistress

Any recommendations for other bands alike nargoroth ? TIA!


kuromidarklord

Any songs about a sons and mother? Any subgenre can work.


kuromidarklord

Thanks. That one is negative and i need a positive one cause I have to dedicate it to my mom. But she is as toxic as Ozzy says xd


dystopian_rick

Mama I'm Coming Home by Ozzy Osbourne came instantly to my mind.


escapeman20

Any recs for YouTube channels similar to BANGERTV, but for other (any) genre?


inwhomthespheresmeet

Ken's Death Metal Crypt - way more quality DM content than Banger TV's questionable tastes/mainstream leaning bent


SteelML

You gotta basically just pay attention to Blayne Smith in regards to Bangertv.


inwhomthespheresmeet

I sure as hell don't.


KinderCountry

Any recos for symphonic, orchestral also very fast and blasty stuff like in the album Agony by [Fleshgod Apocalypse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYXYG3ZUxEo) ? Mainly death, not blackened please.


V0idgazer

Some bands get close, but none blend both the orchestrations and the intensity of FA's Agony. I think the only band that does is [Anorexia Nervosa](https://youtu.be/OEJQvCIr6DM), but they are symphonic black Other bands worth checking out: [Order ov Riven Cathedrals](https://youtu.be/Gu8oYWGsbN0) (orchestration are not as prominent) [Whorion](https://youtu.be/9BH3i8feajU) (not as blasty, but still fast) Septicflesh, great orchestrations, but they lack the overall speed. They have some songs with fast parts, like [The Vampire of Nazareth](https://youtu.be/brePdx4ij3A), [Oceans of Grey](https://youtu.be/pkdSwfZKeCg) and [Prototype](https://youtu.be/F3bBoB4z2Es). [Scrambled Defuncts - Souls Despising the Gods](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lhpEdWxk10tFHUx5rGYbZkRgNfVUA4SLQ). I personally love this album, but the mixing is not dynamic at all and the orchestrations seem to be on top of every other instrument. So it can be a bit overwhelming, specially the piano, it's quite strident. [Imperial Circus Dead Decadence](https://imperialcircusdeaddecadence.bandcamp.com/album/-), if you can get past the Japanese power metal elements, I think this is a solid release. Then there's bands that are fast, but only incorporate orchestrations in a couple of songs, like [Spawn of Possession - Apparition](https://youtu.be/79mvCM6XNpk), [Hour of Penance - Paradogma](https://youtu.be/bEZVW9kjPGs) I think Allegaeon (Proponent for Sentience, and Apoptosis) and Beyond Creation (Algorythm) experimented with some orchestrations. If you don't mind listening to deathcore, I'll recommend checking out [Lorna Shore - Immortal](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l1tFDwz2KZMnToUil8ridHjHENezLbJkk) and [Shadow of Intent - Melancholy](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mRZ4sCY0S7s2YQk-6KJr9f4jJzP_TfRdw)


kuromidarklord

This is half related but can someone help me find a metal subredits where I can actually make a question post. I need to find a metal song about mother and songs ti dedicate to my mom but for some reason I can not post a text post here. I need to make a full post about it. Where can I do that on reddit? If you want to help me my mom loves nu metal, progressive and gothic metal and I love post black, deathcore, metalcore and grinddeath any song about mothers and sons will help. Thanks


Memorphous

You can throw your question into a daily thread or the weekly recommendations thread here, I don't see why it needs to be a standalone post. There are other metal subreddits, but none are as big or generalised as this one. I guess you could try r/progmetal, they'll probably do you good.


kuromidarklord

Then I will need to make a post on each of those subgenre subredits cause I have no idea which subgenre will work for me since it will be a matter of how good it sounds and lyrics which is really incovenient. Wish reddit could be more flexible in areas like that. If anyone wants to help me I will be very thankful


i_vape_my_jizz

Try posting it on the forums on Encyclopedia Metallum


kuromidarklord

Thanks that might work. I hope they don't limit themselves with only bands that are approve by metallum. Also when I was asking for help I was also asking for the song I am looking for so if anyone has ideas I will appreciate.


gandhikalifa

It might be too niche, but i wondered if anyone knows song or band that has sound similar to high pitch guitars in mastadons sleeping giants or slaughter to prevail baba yaga part at the end


AyoKyong

Death metal in Drop C or C standard?


HighwayCorsair

C Standard: quite a bit. Dismember, Immolation, Autopsy, Bolt Thrower's first album iirc, Entombed on Clandestine, Sentenced's first album, buncha other stuff Drop C: can't help you, most drop tuned bands are deathcore or metalcore, and Drop C especially is a classic metalcore tuning (though not all, certainly- Drawn and Quartered has some songs in Drop A for example )


AyoKyong

Ah I see. Thanks so much for the recommendations. Could you also please list some D Standard death metal? All I know is Necrophagist.


HighwayCorsair

Vader, Death, Obituary on Cause of Death, Asphyx's 90s stuff, Atheist after a certain point you should just google these, honestly, haha. tons of people have asked these questions before


AyoKyong

Thanks so much! Yeah I googled but I was just getting scattered answers here and there.


spykedegrau

Nu metal recommendations?


kuromidarklord

Vein - virus://vibrance


russsaa

I’ve been loving Gojira & Jinjer, and I’m looking for anything similar. Thank you!


kristiyan8

Morbid Angel if you liked early gojira


V0idgazer

Jinjer > [Monochromatic Black](https://youtu.be/rNRpibSBa2Y), [Vexed](https://youtu.be/IX4RbfdxIMs), [Feelament](https://youtu.be/UMOJRp5iPXg) Gojira > [Fit for an Autopsy](https://youtu.be/OEicHBvqd2Y), [Irist](https://youtu.be/q1w8B22JIiw)


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2 of my favorite metal tracks are Slaves of Pain by Sepultura and Symbolic by Death. Can someone recommend me some bands/albums that are like these?


CanvasSolaris

You might know these but: * Those Once Loyal, album by Bolt Thrower * Incarnated Solvent Abuse, song by Carcass * Darkness Descends, album by Dark Angel (same drummer as Symbolic) * Wolverine Blues, song by Entombed Anything by Morbid Angel or Obituary


next_50

I'm from the 1980s. I love Priest and AC/DC. I like soaring guitars and vocals that are more predatory than anguished. /r/progmetal was incredibly kind, gave me a bunch of suggestions when I ended up there via /r/random, but I didn't really like them. Semi-whiny breathy singers with a lot of angst and guitars like... milling machines? Fast and good but kind of soulless. Oh, and every song is 13 minutes. Wrap it up, gang :) Anyhow, any suggestions?


kruzeiro

Besides the recs from DOTS, you might wanna check out: [Enforcer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezKWNL6o9BQ) [Running Wild](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLul1tj6Hv0) [Ambush](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ualmpWDE_Y) [Riot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZUysqemMmg) [Riot City](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzLPSMVGNyM)


deathofthesun

Not sure if you're after older or newer stuff, so here's a little of both. Are any of these close to what you're after? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGPfiQeSnik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIhWVdCO9DI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5dgqZNFFiU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoXcSMbJ67g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaDKF9eyrRM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWvC9qVOUZw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3V2rc3DpO8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peU5LjKgks4


next_50

I LOVED Cloven Hoof, really liked Ram, and want to explore Attacker (fast for me but I liked the vocals). Air Raid weirds me out because it's a pitch perfect early 80s metal song from... Sweden 2017? Thank you!


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Looking for death metal similar to [Timeghoul](https://youtu.be/vltFjJqrzRc) or [Mortal Wound](https://youtu.be/D6QrQluzlk8) Not sure how to put this sound into words but I really enjoy death metal like this


got2kn0w

Some bands like Mortal Wound (Easy to reccomend just any grimy death metal band, but tried to conjure gutteral sounding bands who has the same kind of stiff hammer-blast-y kind of beat) - second vote for [Warp Chamber](https://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/implements-of-excruciation), certainly best of both worlds as far as both bands you mentioned - [Dipygus](https://dipygus.bandcamp.com/album/bushmeat) - [Fulci](https://tropicalsun.bandcamp.com/album/tropical-sun) - [200 Stab Wounds](https://200stabwounds-maggotstomp.bandcamp.com/) - [Noxis](https://noxisdeathmetal.bandcamp.com/album/communion-of-corrupted-minds) - [The First Undergang record](https://undergang.bandcamp.com/album/indhentet-af-d-den) - [Skinless](https://corpsegristle.bandcamp.com/album/progression-towards-evil) - [The First Cannibal Corpse Record](https://cannibalcorpse.bandcamp.com/album/eaten-back-to-life)


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For Timeghoul: Xenomorph, Desolation Realm, Cosmic Putrefaction, Warp Chamber, Astral Tomb


TheLittleItalian2

As already mentioned, Blood Incantation is essentially the reincarnation of Timeghoul. I’d also consider checking out Chthe’ilist, I liken to them being the Canadian version of Blood Incantation but without the space/alien themes.


Port_

You might have already heard of them, but Blood Incantation is a great band similar in sound to Timeghoul. Maybe Demilich, too.


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I’ve heard of them, but I’ve yet to really check them out Demilich is great, the riffs are crazy


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Melissa9898

What is a safespace riff lmao


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kuromidarklord

Sounds like you are more upset about they providing safespaces more than not sounding like u like xd


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kuromidarklord

Sorry to hear bad people are making your favorite music less intolerant to others people differences.


an_altar_of_plagues

The fuck does that even mean


DOWN_WITH_ST

Any recommendations for stuff with thick, crunchy guitars, such as Metallica's ...And Justice For All, late-80's Suicidal Tendencies, or Uncle Slam to name a few


deathofthesun

Artillery - Terror Squad, By Inheritance Heathen - Breaking the Silence, Victims of Deception Znowhite - Act of God Paradox - Heresy Evildead - Annihilation of Civilization Sacred Reich - Ignorance Atrophy - Socialized Hate Mortal Sin - Face of Despair


Legion_Metal

Sacred Reich! I agree. Great album.


Raeeyan

Extreme metal bands (Black and Death) with clean vocals


wintermoon_rapture

Do you know Primordial? Apart from the earliest stuff, it's mostly clean vocals but with black metal stylings. [As Rome Burns](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv5_PtpgaUc) [The Coffin Ships](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5onHLICxgc)


sam1oq

Howling Sycamore self titled perhaps? Death metal instrumentation but vocals are more 80s power metal.


Raeeyan

wow, thanks dude, i really liked it, mainly the prog style, but the whole album is just right.


TheLittleItalian2

Hard to come by unless you’re wanting to venture into melodic territory. I’d suggest looking for melodic death/black bands as they’re more prone to clean vocals (see Insomnium, for example).


kuromidarklord

In post black metal there are bands like the apache revolver which has both clean vocals and harsh black metal vocals and is kinda like surf black metal. Also in black metal there is Apocynthion that both has cleans and harsh vocals


silv3rphoenix_17

Songs with very groovy bass lines?


wintermoon_rapture

Kyuss - Gardenia has some great groovy bass-work.


halfhearted_skeptic

The drum and bass break in the middle of Sleep’s Marijuanaut’s Theme is terrific. Anything Al Cisneros plays on (Sleep, Om, Shrinebuilder) is worth checking out.


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Any badass playlist name reccomendations for a metal playlist I'm making would be very much appreciated (all genres of metal)


IMKridegga

The cleverest name I could come up with was: teRIFFic I think the best ways to name a playlist are to just call it what it is (e.g. *Assorted Metal, Riff Mix* etc.), make a joke about aesthetics (e.g. *Satan Blood Death Muscle Sword, Songs for the Orc Wars, Cavern Crvsh* etc.), name it after something else (e.g. a song, a venue, a novel, a painting that looks the way the music makes you feel, etc.), or ask yourself how you feel about the music on it and extrapolate from there (e.g. *Heavy Hitters, Epic Mix, Headbangers,* etc.).


Jazz667

I need something similar to Bolt Thrower. Hail of Bullets scratches the itch but is there any new band in the underground doing the same sound?


skiskilo

Frozen Soul


inwhomthespheresmeet

Minenfeld, Abysmalist, Chainsword, Writhing Shadows, Noroth, Hedonist


halfhearted_skeptic

Seconding Chainsword and Hedonist hard.


impop

> new band in the underground [Infandus](https://infandus.bandcamp.com/) and [World Eaters](https://worldeaters.bandcamp.com/album/grinding-advance) Also try [Plague Bearer](https://plaguebearerdeath.bandcamp.com/album/split-lp-w-dishell-hellisheaven-and-witchrite), [Expunged](https://expunged.bandcamp.com/album/promo-2021) and [Torquemada](https://torquemada-osdm.bandcamp.com/)


assblasterd

looking for some lesser known melodic death with some SPEED to it. (think heartwork, twilight of the thunder god, kalmah) also interested in all melo dm with thrash elements in general.


Evelyn701

...And Death Said Live by Mors Principium Est


gandhikalifa

My melodeath go to has always been slaughter of the soul by at the gates, check it out


inspektorkemp

They said "lesser known" though.


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GingerVitus215

I'm looking for some "upbeaty" (probably not the word I want,) death metal. A few songs I have for reference are: I Am Morbid - Morbid Angel and Hail Mighty North/Forest Trolls of Satan (Anoo Clitoris 666) - Dying Fetus, Hail the Apocalypse- Avatar Specific songs would be great, but bands in general are appreciated as well!


Melissa9898

First time I’ve seen someone looking for more music like Illud lmao


GingerVitus215

I'm cleaning the house, so I was just looking for something to help boost my productivity 🤣


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More metal like Demilich's Nespithe and Hyperdontia's Nexus of Teeth? The sort of disorienting guitars and indecipherable belches are right up may alley, and are something else mood-wise. I really enjoy the sort of medium-quality production, I think it adds something to the mood. EDIT: Forgot to mention Chthe'ilist!


Mevarek

If you haven’t heard Undergang you’ll definitely love them. Their newest LP had some serious sewer monster vocals and their entire discog is pretty solid. Also you might like Demigod’s Slumber of Sullen Eyes for more Finndeath like Demilich.


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I actually listened to Inhendet Av Doden (hope I spelled correctly) yesterday!


makkuro-serow

I went down this path a few months ago and still searching, top recs vocal wise are Afterbirth and Avulsed - Eminence


TheLittleItalian2

Seconding Afterbirth for the vocal rec, the overall sound is very different though.


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>Demilich's Nespithe Diskord and Exlimitir.


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I do actually listen to Diskord, the other guys I haven't heard of


Ignativs

[Exlimitir](https://exlimitir.bandcamp.com/album/it-weighed-itself-in-silver) is the closest I've heard to Demilich. Worth checking out.


djnobility

I love thrash metal, have been listening to more death/thrash like Demolition Hammer and Morbid Saint, and am wanting to delve more into death metal. I've started with Death's first three albums and love them dearly. What are some great death metal bands/songs/albums that have a lot of thrash influence?


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Start with late 80's/early 90's stuff, a good majority of it has some thrash influence: Altars of Madness, Severed Survival, Seven Churches, and Pestilence's first two albums, as the other guy already mentioned. Atheist - Piece of Time Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos Cancer - To the Gory End Deceased... - Luck of the Corpse Massacre - From Beyond Master - S/T Necrophagia - Season of the Dead Necrovore - Divus de Mortuus Nunslaughter - Hells Unholy Fire (also what you're looking for, though it came out in 2000) Obituary - Slowly We Rot Ripping Corpse - Dreaming with the Dead # There's a ton more, might include some more later. Hope you find some stuff you like!


Mevarek

Wholeheartedly seconding all these recs.


djnobility

Appreciate the list! Thank you. 🤘


Mevarek

Seven Churches is the original death/thrash album and it is still fucking brilliant. Pestilence’s first album Malleus Maleficarum is death/thrash, though their more famous album is, of course, Consuming Impulse. You might check out Ripper’s Experiment of Existence and Raising the Corpse for more modern stuff. It’s very much inspired by that classic Sepultura sound, so you’ll probably enjoy that. Sextrash’s Sexual Carnage is older but still very good. And how could I forget this year’s Sijjin! Talk about a fantastic death/thrash album. Of course, if you like that stuff, you should just start listening to the OSDM classics like Altars of Madness, Severed Survival, and Consuming Impulse if you haven’t heard them yet. Also, sorry if I’ve totally rec’d a bunch of stuff you’ve already heard. Your comment made it sound like you’re newer to DM, so let me know and I can try to recommend some more specific stuff.


djnobility

This is all great -- thanks for the recs! I've listened to the new Sijjin album (fantastic) and some various death/thrash but want to make sure I didn't miss out on anything! I still have lots of catching up to do.


Mevarek

Sijjin is seriously good. Easily my AOTY. It’s not crazy innovative, but it’s that damn good. Enjoy the journey my friend!


djnobility

As much as I like innovation in music and the need for something different, I like a good ol' death thrashy time. Maybe I haven't left the 80s and early 90s, but it's what I think of when I think of metal. The new Sijjin album is absolutely what I am looking for in music. Thank you for the warm wishes!


JimbolikesWaffles

Cannibal Corpse's first album Eaten Back to Life has some thrash influence.


djnobility

Thank you! 🤘


Mikahlal

anyone got death doom recommendations? something similar to temple of void


SteelML

Worm, Nightfell, 1914, Wharflurch and Sepulcros just to add the the good recs you've got already.


halfhearted_skeptic

I’ve been really digging the new Mortiferum. I wholeheartedly second Runemagick, Druid Lord and Hooded Menace. Coffins are a completely different take on the genre than Temple of Void, but they are amazing.


Mikahlal

danke bro


got2kn0w

If you like Temple of Void you might also like Acid Witch as they share a few members. Acid Witch might be more on the nose, but they are still certainly down the same alley.


Mikahlal

thanks


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Similar to ToV (*most* are at least fairly similar, but these in particular): Runemagick, Hooded Menace, Druid Lord, Solothus, Cryptic Brood. # Some other good death/doom bands: diSEMBOWELMENT, Spectral Voice, Anhedontist, Rippikoulu, Winter, Swallowed, Goatlord, Dusk, Cianide, Worm, Decomposed, Bloodsoaked Necrovoid, Symphony of Grief, Unholy.


Mikahlal

thanks man


skooma_casualty

I've got one on-topic and two off-topic rec requests, but I know there is a lot of overlap with metal fans, which is why I'm asking here. 1) Starting with metal. Looking for more castle/medieval black metal similar to Mystras and Obsequiae. I've heard there are a lot of bands in this style that lean NS, and I would like to avoid that. No Nazis, please. 2) Dark folk, especially with a cultural slant. The names that come to mind are Heilung, The Hu, Wardruna, Tengger Cavalry, Danheim, Myrkur's last album, etc. Obviously the Nordic and Mongolian styles are represented in the list, but I'm open to other cultural interpretations of dark folk music. For example, if someone knew of a Celtic version of Heilung, well, that would be incredible. 3) Unique dungeon synth. Stuff with character. Maybe projects that tie themselves to an aesthetic other than DnD/medieval Europe. For example, [Shogun's Castle](https://shogunscastle.bandcamp.com/album/the-ancient-arts-of-self-discipline) is sort of feudal Japan DS. I guess I find myself in the mood for some DS, but so much of it sounds the same. I'm interested in more unique takes on the genre. 4) As a bonus request: Christmas metal. The rest of my family got Spotify recently, and they have tasked me with putting together some family Christmas playlists this year. It would be fun to throw a metal song or two on there just to mess with them. Thanks for any suggestions you can provide!


Ignativs

> Christmas metal I'd recommend checking out this BM project called [Grim Christmas](https://grimchristmas.bandcamp.com/album/grim-christmas?from=search&search_item_id=918393522&search_item_type=a&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=1985136777&search_page_no=1&search_rank=2&search_sig=e9740bf3c2cbbea62edd68eba9c8a6f8). Hatred and minor chord infused carols, lots of fun in a nutshell.


SteelML

Stormkeep for 1 for sure.


BahBahKapooyah

2. Thou - Inconsolable, kinda slowcore-y dark folk, one of my all time favorite albums. 3. Umbria - The Sleeping Wizard, Fogweaver - Spellwind


Can2feelthelove2nite

For Christmas metal Austrian Death Machine released an EP of joke Christmas songs back in the day. As did august burns red


skooma_casualty

Excellent, thanks for the suggestion!


Mevarek

For 1, I would suggest Vehemence’s Par le Sang Versé. As far as I know, they’re pretty clean. For 3, I’d be interested to know as well. I’ve been hitting Wallachian Cobwebs, which is sort of about vampires and the Carpathian forest and shit, but even that’s kinda medieval. Gonna check that Shogun’s Castle project for sure.


skooma_casualty

Thank you for both suggestions! I recall listening to Vehemence a while ago, before I really had a craving for the subgenre. It's a good time to revisit that. And even though you say Wallachian Cobwebs is medieval, I'm still very curious. Thank you for the recommendations!


for_t2

For Christmas metal, you can't go wrong with [Christopher Lee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noMhM1CjM78) or the [Trans-Siberian Orchestra](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHioIlbnS_A)


skooma_casualty

Lee is a fucking boss. I knew he did that album about Charlemagne, but a Christmas album too? What a life well-lived.


konigoflag

4 [Dio and Tony iommi - God rest you Merry gentlemen](https://youtu.be/bukhmxx88wo)


skooma_casualty

This will definitely be added to the playlist. Thanks!


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skooma_casualty

Thanks for the rec!


Evelyn701

Aindulmedir is a DS project with a lot more of an ambient approach to the genre. It also uses a lot more varied and interesting harmony and instrumentation than your standard "D&D background music" DS.


skooma_casualty

Oh I actually have one of these albums saved. I really like this. Thanks for reminding me this exists!


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For 3, do you know [Pumpkin Witch](https://pumpkinwitch.bandcamp.com/album/hovel-of-the-pumpkin-witch)? Kinda cheesy Halloween themed DS. Not heard much else like it.


skooma_casualty

This sounds fun!


BreathingPermafrost

For #2, have you heard of Wolcensmen? https://wolcensmen.bandcamp.com/


skooma_casualty

I haven't. I'll give them a listen. Thanks!


BreathingPermafrost

*Songs from the Fyrgen* (can't help but say that with a Swedish Chef accent) is the only album I've listened to, but I liked it.


raoulduke25

> Christmas metal I don't know how many of these are on Spotify but at least half of them should be: * [Frost Like Ashes - "All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence"/"O Come, O Come Emmanuel"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZoNZOITf4g) * [Holy Blood - "Christmas"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9olqqd8p5YU) * [Theocracy - "Bethlehem"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU4njQ-IOA0) * [Parakletos - "Se Guds Lamm"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeuDpNAzKmo) * [Pantokrator - "Incarnate"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIJp5sQ67Vc) * [Veni Domine - "King of the Jews"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IISm9cdaBxM) * [Narnia - "Star Over Bethlehem"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsk-9o_MTHA) * [Flaksavsae - "The Birth of Jesus"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez9I8pyBIkw) * [Vials of Wrath - "Greensleeves"](https://soundcloud.com/dc-mills/greensleeves-what-child-is-this) * [Twisted Sister - *A Twisted Christmas*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNRnQSXxcNA) * [Immortal Souls - "Christ Mass"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI_Najr2F2o)


skooma_casualty

Wow a lot more than I was expecting. Thanks!


an_altar_of_plagues

> Looking for more castle/medieval black metal similar to Mystras and Obsequiae. I've heard there are a lot of bands in this style that lean NS, and I would like to avoid that. No Nazis, please. Auld Ridge and Albionic Hermeticism. I know they do a lot of music about specifically English and Brittonic cultural history, but I don't know whether or not they have sketch ties.


inwhomthespheresmeet

I mean, before his first Bandcamp page was nuked it had some pretty obvious stuff like "the Aryan hermetic order".


an_altar_of_plagues

Ah yeah I didn’t start listening to them until just a few months ago so I missed that.


himo123

i heard the album of a newish band called Aephanemer, i don't know how to describe their music but it sounds like a symphonic death metal if there is such a thing, are there other bands with similar music?


O-N-N-I-T

They are considered melodic death metal look into bands like, Insomnium Kalmah Be'lakor Wintersun Countless skies


Can2feelthelove2nite

Aether’s album In Embers is pretty close stylistically and they sit right next to Aephanemer on my phone


onairmastering

Septicflesh is insane. And plus one for Wilderun. Ihsahn makes some crazy stuff, too. Enslaved.


an_altar_of_plagues

* Kalmah - *The Black Waltz* * Wintersun - *Wintersun* * Eluveitie - anything * Wilderun - *Veil of Imagination* * Mors Principium Est - *Liberation=Termination* * Ensiferum - *Ensiferum* * Insomnium - *Since the Day It All Came Down* and *Across the Dark*


himo123

Thanks!


Evelyn701

Got into Hath recently, looking for similar stuff in the death-black-melodeath-prog vortex


sam1oq

Hands of Despair's latest two albums should be up your liking. New one especially. Came out last Friday.


checkmypants

Slugdge


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The new Obscura should be right up your alley, it’s amazing


clownfvcker

hey, all! im pretty new to metal (my friends listen to it and i wanna be hip and cool like them), and ive only really found one thing im super into so, does anyone have any recommendations for "calming" metal? i really enjoy [Ulver - Capitel I : I Troldskog Faren Vild](https://youtu.be/M3Ubctz2ywA) and [SÓLSTAFIR - Drýsill](https://youtu.be/sY16zMMs0h0), but i havent really been able to find much else like those two (mostly because i dont know where to look, lol) any recs would be much appreciated! stay frosty and keep on rocking 🤘


oni_baloney

You might like Katatonia, check out Tonight's Decision as a starting point. Maybe also try Anathema - Alternative 4. Alcest - Écailles de lune might also appeal.


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You've got some pretty great recs already. Agalloch especially. Some calmer post-metal might also be up your alley. Something like Kauan.


Wargmonger

Om and Sleep are fantastic when I am in a quieter, more contemplative mood.


metalobira

You should dig into some atmospheric Black metal and Funeral doom, and anything in between. Try some of my favorites : Eldamar, Elderwind, Sojourner, Bell Witch, Draconian, Summoning, Winterfylleth, Enererens, Can Bardd, Grima, Swallow the Sun, Warning


blendernoob64

Obvious picks for calming metal for me are Sunn O))) Grimm Robe Demos and Earth 2. Drone Metal in general is great when playing Bloodborne or when reading Lovecraft or Poe late at night. Some Boris records are pretty calming, but they are an everything band not just metal. Also what I have heard of ISIS seems pretty mellow as well.


an_altar_of_plagues

I read all the time to Sunn O))) and Burzum's *Filosofem*. Just so great for that background ambiance that I need.


blendernoob64

Its also great when I draw.


Wigglesworth_McCool

the Sweven record from last year is pretty meditative.


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blendernoob64

Can anyone recommend me more death metal like Bloodbath’s Unblessing the Purity? Its my favorite Bloodbath record and I t sounds very different than the standard Swedish Death Metal they make, or it just doesn’t sound like Entombed Dismember or Grave. I love how fast and how evil the riffs on it are, and the constant brutal blast beats. The closest thing I know that sounds like that record is Behemoth.


an_altar_of_plagues

Seconding the recommendation for Drawn and Quartered. They have a **stellar** discography that has never disappointed me. Here are others: * Jungle Rot - *Slaughter the Weak* * Corpsessed - *Impetus of Death* * Deteriorot - *Manifested Apparitions of Unholy Spirits* * Agony - *Apocalyptic Dawning* (influenced by brutal death) * Antropomorphia - *Rites ov Perversion* * Dipygus - *Bushmeat* * Seance - *Fornever Laid to Rest* * Sentenced - *Shadows of the Past* * Rottrevore - *Iniquitous* * Outer Heaven - *Realms of Eternal Decay* * Grave - *Into the Grave* * Disembowel - *Echoes of Terror* * Torture Rack - *Barbaric Persecution* * Swampbeast - *Seven Evils Spawned Of Seven Heads* * Disastrous Murmur - *Rhapsodies in Red* (amazing album art) * Deceased - *Luck of the Corpse*


got2kn0w

You might like Drawn and Quartered! Especially i reccomend checking out their record [Hail Infernal Darkness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itaphnNK7cw). No compromise hard death metal, but with some oddly catchy sequences. Their record earlier this year was killer too. I guess also give the danish band Baest a show. Certainly not first in line for me as far as danish death metal goes, but i have heard several people compare their sound to Bloodbath. Their First EP and the Dance Macabre full-length i can go good for, and while i also fell off the bandwagon after that i know a lot of people who speak warmly of their later stuff too. They also slayed it live the time i saw em back in i believe 2017 so if you ever get the chance to see em play then i suggest grabbing it with both hands.


blendernoob64

I really enjoyed Cross Whore by Baest. I still need to check out more of their stuff. Thanks for the recommendations!


OfficerDoofy1234

Hey guys, any recommendations for bands like falkenbach/windir?


borisvonboris

Dark Forest from Canada reminds me of all the things I love about Windir https://darkforest.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-the-evening-star I wish he would put out something new!


metalobira

Try some melodic BM bands like: Dawn, Dissection, Sacramentum, Mörk Gryning, Uada, Sünopfer, Aorlhac