Alright I'm a noob metalhead right now, but I really want to get into some GOOD music. I really like Metallica and Escape The Fate and I recently heard some Opeth so if anyone wants to recommend me some Opeth?

I really like hard, dangerous riffs.
Probably more instrumental than singing.
I like growling and screaming better, but I HATE screamo/bands with guys who have pop voices and scream.
I don't really like scratchy deep voices, I don't really know how to explain that, which is why I lean towards older rock.

Any recommendations?

If you like Opeth then you`ll probably like the whole Swedish death metal scene of which you can try bands like In Flames, At the Gates, Dark Tranquillity amongst many others. Also Finnish band Children of Bodom are another great option. Max Cavalera era Sepultura will give you in my opinion the ultimate thrash/groove metal experience and bringing you right up to date with the groove thing try Lamb of God the true heirs to the Pantera throne who growl out the vocals!

All of the above are pretty mainstream and theirs a whole load of more obscure or experimental sounding stuff you could get into as well.

Another band to look at would be the Melvins a sludge and experimental metal band that were hugely influential on grunge back in the day.

Finally Opeth, do you just like the death metal stuff of the mellower stuff they often do?

Have you checked out High on Fire? Their style is kind of a throwback to 80s thrash bands like Metallica. You might dig them:

If you like Metallica, try:

• Exodus
• Megadeth
• Slayer
• Anthrax
• Iron Maiden
• Kreator
• Destruction
• Sodom
• Sepultura

also...

• Overkill
• Testament
• High On Fire
• Metal Church
• Death Angel
• Hellhammer
• Voivod

*ahem*

Let's say a.. umm.. friend of mine has never listened to Iron Maiden for whatever reason... what album would you reccomend to me.. I mean him.

So if you like Opeth and want more by them, I recommend albums Blackwater Park, Still Life, Damnation and Watershed.
Maybe you may like also bands Katatonia, Anathema, Pain of Salvation. I love also Tool but it's band on their own - you love it or not, probably nothing between.
Some good band with growl and catchy melodies is for example Swallow the sun, maybe Amorphis and Ghost Brigade.
Just now I found one band that seems to be my new addiction - Agalloch. Try them. Lot of instrumental parts, little bit of growling.

Start with "The Number of the Beast" The most famous and essential release, if he likes that then "Piece of Mind" and "Powerslave" albums in the same vain. I also recommend "Somewhere in Time" and "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" these albums see the group move away from their traditional HM sound to something more synth influenced (Very much keeping in with the times around the mid 80`s as DEF Leppard and Van Halen had already gone in this direction)

Another good place to start is their debut album which is a classic, but its with a different singer Paul DÀnno and its very punk influenced.

Five Finger Death Punch are an excellent band!! and their new album is worth a listen, it varies from heavy to soft metal with a lovely instramental track inbetween. Never enough and the bleeding were the tracks that got me hooked!

Everyone should listen to them!

Start with Killers, Piece Of Mind, Powerslave, Somwhere In Time in that order.

These are Maiden's 4 best IMO.

Number of the Beast has some of their most popular stuff but quality wise it isn't in their top 5.

Ive mentioned this song before..and I like it so well I just have to post the link, I do know that it was on a soundtrack off one of the movie sequels 'The Crow'.
YouTube - Hurt - Rapture

I'd like to recommend a band called ZeroZonic.

They play music similar to Pantera and Chimaira, a fine mix between groove metal and thrash metal. Seen them live, and a great band with lots of energy.

Check them out!

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I'm looking for ambient/trance psychedelic music. I've already listened to Shpongle quiet a bit and am wondering if there are any other psybient groups out there that are worth listening to.

Now I am completelly fascinated by band Agalloch :)

They are not easy to describe... Mixture of dark metal, neo-folk, post-rock and progressive. Electric and acoustic guitars, sometimes piano.
If you like Opeth, you will probably like this band too.

Somewhere In Time is by far Maiden's best album. Number of the Beast sounded good in it's day, but hasn't stood the test of time.

Petula, I like the somber feeling of both songs. You describe them well.

I especially like the instumentals and the times when the singers *aren't* growling. The growling in songs just feels so impersonal to me, and it makes me stop and think, "Oh yes, the person is growling to show he/she can growl," which distracts me from the emotion behind what is being growled.

Since often the growling makes hearing the words difficult, I also feel some animosity toward growling, because I think it makes understanding the music more difficult.

I guess I really just prefer people's talking/singing voices...they feel more individual and unique than growling long passages. I agree, though, that what I admire about these two songs by Agalloch is very similar to what I admire about Opeth...the cleanless of the drums, the energy, the changing beat patterns, and the feeling of foreboding and all is not well.

As I lay dying

or opeth.........lol

anyone know of any space rock bands, similar in sound to the clean-vocal breaks Between The Buried And Me often incorporates in the middle of some of thier songs?

Hibria- pretty sweet power metal group

If you're after space rock definitely check out the band Failure.

Yeah I listened to both of them a few years back, they lost touch with me though. I'm not sure As I Lay Dying is capable of writing an album or even a song for that matter that doesn't sound exactly like everything they've ever done.

I still listen to Job For a Cowboy every now and then, pretty brutal and it's good when the mood fits.

Looking for more Rock / Metal that's of a similar style to Inhuman Rampage by Dragonforce. i.e. not too Screamo, and lots of crazy guitar :) Cheers

Try material by groups like Blind Guardian, Helloween and Stratovarius these are some of the best known European power metal bands that would`ve influenced Dragonforce. But remember these groups have been around since the 80`s so have large discographys. But the craziest sounding would probably be Children of Bodom who add power metal to their sound and might be more to your liking, I highly recommend the "Hatecrew Deathroll Album"

I`m not sure if it Dragonforce that you like, guitar solos or the power metal sound, if its the latter there is a whole host of other bands to recommend.

Try some Kamelot, alot similar to Dragonforce on the fantasy, some pretty crazy guitar and drum work. maybe not as intense as Dragonforce, but much better IMO.



Also, Stratovarius is a great fantasy metal band with some pretty balls out solo's and guitar work.

deftones deftones deftonessss!

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A really cool (mainly instrumental) Belfast band, they lent their splitter to us when we had a Belfast gig in 2009.Things are picking up for them as they have toured as support with Them Crooked Vultures check them out on YouTube and myspace etc.

Not sure if this is the place to do it, but I was reading the first couple pages of this topic and read about Queens of the Stone Age. I had forgotten I wanted to check them out. I've only heard a couple of their singles, but I really liked what I heard. Which of their albums is a good one to start with?

Wow somebody who doesn`t know this band!

"Rated R" and "Songs for the Deaf" are the two to start with.

I'm not really sure where else to put this, aside from starting a topic. So in here will do.

I recently started getting more into Silverchair's discography, and I am really quite impressed. Their first album Frogstomp seems to get the most attention for some reason, but Neon Ballroom and Diorama are like, a lot better. Really creative fresh sounding modern rock. Strong lyrics and vocalist, excellent use of an orchestra. Overall stellar instrumentation.

Highly recommend you guys check them out if you like some sleeker and more creative sounding post-grunge.

I think they sound inferior in every aspect to all the grunge acts of the time, and really wouldn`t recommend them to anybody.

What albums have you heard? If you're talking about Frogstomp and Freak Show, then yeah, I agree.

Neon Ballroom and Diorama on the other hand...

Frogstomp and Freak Show are the two I`m referring to. If you recommend the other two, then I`ll make a mental note and give them a play some time.

Here's a few songs.

Thanks for taking the time to put the songs up. I actually liked the second song and the others kind of sounded like a very mainstream radio friendly Nirvana but as said will give those albums a listen.

Why don`t you do a review of the group on a thread on this forum.

Because Frogstomp actually came out during a time when that type of music was still big.

Their later albums sound quite a bit different though. It's much more evolved.

Eh, Freak Show is the best album they ever did IMO. Slave is their best song.

They evolved in the wrong direction. Their later efforts were scattered and not as focused. Not to mention the personal issues the band suffered after that.

I dunno, I think their first two are really mundane and generic. Their later stuff is actually refreshing and enjoyable to me.

to each his own though.

Hi all, I'm a newbie and i am looking for some cool instrumental prog metal or instrumental shred metal recommendations.

I get right into artists like Animals As Leaders, Liquid Tension Experiment, Buckethead (and all the other guitar virtuosos), so am looking for music along similar lines.

Please, no vocals and stuff with a sense of melody not just avant garde tripped out ****!

Cheers, any recommentdation is appreciated.