Well, so, I kinda like a lot of metal; be it black, death, doom, power, heavy, thrash, avant garde or what not. Maybe I'm a bit out of place here, since I never found any metalcore bands I enjoyed listening to, but still there seems to be quite a few people who enjoy more classical metal bands, so I thought I might list some of the stuff I enjoy =)
avant-garde Metal:
Arcturus - probably no need to introduce them, but if you enjoy avant garde stuff (or think you might enjoy) and don't know them, a good example of there sound would be Radical Cut of the Sham Mirrors Album:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pK1Os14rVg
Thy Catafalque - maybe a tad bit less known, but especially Neath waters (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY08AFfzJKk) is a fine piece of art near musical perfection. (The rest of their stuff is amazing, that track is simply on a new level of music).
Akphaezya - french band, which is sadly even less known. They are producing one of the most interesting, genre-blending sounds ever; or could you name another band using Death metal, Jazz and oriental influences in the same song, where still nothing sounds out of place, and no transition feels forced? (Chrystallis from their only release:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GgkrOp9Xwo though you might want to give the whole album a listen, since the songs are pretty unique =) )
Black metal:
Ulver - Well Ulver... I don't know of many bands that completly changed their musical genre twice (folk metal -> black metal -> ambient electronic stuff) , but I guess they could start produzing Jazz tomorrow and it would be amazing (: So, here we got their black metal release. Some might object to the quality of the record, but hey, it's one of the most uncompromising black metal albums out there, what did you expect? (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9IJLostR0k)
Noenum - Hailing from Finland we got Noenum, a band which i would dare to guess no more then a five digit number of people world wide know of, which is really a pity (despite of course, the less people know it, the more TRVE KVLT it is
). Their ability to create that haunting, melanchonic athmosphere that many of those underground black metal bands fail to achieve is most amazing. Vocals here are one of my most favourite in the scene (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWcFYiRWgFw)
Wolves in the Throne Room - Do I have to say anything about them? I highly doubt it, but Crystal Ammunition (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-5jxRN70Ro) stands as one the best black metal songs ever created.
Power metal:
Manticora - even if you usually would dismiss power metal as generic, never-changing music with singers, who had their balls removed, you should give Manticora a listen. Not caring at all for the well-worn paths of power metal, they create their own sound, which is loved by pretty much everyone who ever came across these guys from Denmark. Some people might need to give them another listen, since their music is not easily acessible to most, but once you understand them, you'll probably love them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06TmD8Q85ZU is from their most straight forward album, but still...
Storm Warrior - A lot more generic, but fun, straight forward power metal. If you don't expect genre expanding works of art, but just something you can furiously bang you head to, you can still enjoy them a lot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ml921S2aO0
Rhapsody (of Fire) - and a again a genre classic, but the EPICNESS of their records is so much fun, I just had to mention them (last time I checked I owned over ten hours of Rhapsody and the solo projects of one of their guitarrists (Luca Turilli) as physical CD releases *yay* :D)
Well, so much for now, perhaps I'll write some more another time =)
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