Agalloch, Graveworm and a select few others are just great. Apart from that, black metal can enter the region where theatricality means more than musical accomplishment (which I despise). Really, the only "bad" metal genres are nu-metal and rap metal (which I've yet to discern a good band from either).
Personally, I'm a big fan of the vintage late seventies and early eighties metal (prior to the advent of thrash and sans glam metal). Coroner, UFO, Krokus, and of course Sabbath are great.
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