Thanks for all the recommendations & clarifications for things I didn't understand everybody!! Super helpful. I really appreciate it. P.S. super embarrassing that I've been mis-reading "Megadeth" as "Megadeath" this whole time lmao
you are gonna have so many comment with 50 bands that you “must” listen. but yeah soad is great also to get a general idea just listen to spotify metal playlists, you will get the hits and see what sounds you like
@@AlfoMedia For Dio I'd recommend Rainbow's Rising as well, as he sang lead over that. It also has Ritchie Blackmore the lead guitarist for Deep Purple another very early band
I'll love to see you listen to Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse and Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark. Two classics of the black metal that would be a perfect introduction to the genre.
Absolutely. For example I think that Power Metal (my favourite subgenre, tbf) is one of the best places to start. It's cleaner, but still clearly metal and can get really rough at times. I also like nu metal, but I don't think it's the best place to start.
not really. I don't need to understand anything but some history to understand sabaton I don't need to understand anything to understand Alestorm, I just need to like pirates Babymetal is just interesting to listen to and Gloryhammer, the only thing you need is imagination and love of fantasy
That is the exact reason I'm watching this. I know very very little about metal and its subgeneras. I like classic rock and hip hop, but am trying to learn about Metal. I bought my first metal vinyl Metallica's Master of Puppets. I was told that was a good jumping off point. I do like the sounds of the 80s metal over some of the new stuff I've listened to. Maybe that is where everyone starts. I just don't like the growling and incoherent vocals lots of metal bands have.
I hate how he became an elitist in 40 days. I like classic metal too, but the constant need to bash current artists solely for the reason they weren't born 30-40 yrs back seems absurd.
sven tutt i doubt he would like them i do enjoy some black metal but drath metal is just trash to me and its the reason people think metal is “only screaming lul”
@@juuzousuzuya24 they have the characteristics of a hair or a glam metal band but I can see why some people call them hard rock, not a fan of them tho so I might be biast
One of the most confusing things about getting into metal for the first time is the fact that metal has so many different subgenres and they sound different. So one sound doesn't define the genre as a whole.
As a hip hop fan, this albums got me into metal, now I enjoy metal more and more Megadeth - Rust In Peace Metallica- Kill Em All Sleep - Dopesmoker Electrical Wizard - Dopethrone Death - Human / Leprosy Burzum - Filosofem Opeth - Blackwater Park
To people interested in metal I usually recommend stuff like Sabaton or Bloodywood ... you can get them with the feels and expose them to the harder stuff depending on the song
@@nightshade3782 I have listened to all Tool albums countless times and imo they are more prog metal than prog rock. Prog rock tends to be even more experimental
@@jussitanska8279 yeah, I know but Tool is something between prog rock and prog metal, they not straight metal band and they even don't classificate themselves as metal
Every Metal head thinks that what he like is "Real Metal" and everything else isn't Metal. Lol Internet definition of Metal being loud. Mighty pathetic non technical definition - the author of that definition could have simply wrote any music I don't like.
Ginger, I understand your sentiment. Many like what they like but the most vocal like what they like and think that other's opinions are wrong. Personally I like Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, some Thrash, and didn't like the 90s metal at all. I have no problem with people who do, only those that think Black Metal and Death metal are the only metal. And it is unfortunate that most people who don't like metal or never listen to it assume the worst negative stereotypes about metal heads from the worst examples of fans of those 2 genres. My personal view of music is that if the music is good and the there is a good vocalists and good lyrics then I will listen to it. For an example I like old Metallica because they have good lyrics and good song structure. I don't like Megadeth, mostly because I can't stand the singer's voice, Slayer is just terrible, except the album South of Heaven. I don't like Death Metal as a genre but Jinger has some excellent musicianship and song writing, I could just do without the death growling parts. I like complexity in music, and that includes the ranges of instruments and vocals. I come from listening to classical music as a child and complex orchestration appeals to me. Vocalist with great ranges is important, as well as musicians that explore the full range of their instruments.
@@gerardcote8391 now that is controversial, Megadeth i understand not liking, i personally love them but mustaines voice can be a bit shit sometimes, i have the same view on Anthrax, Slayer is intentionally chaotic, thats why they are so loved because they pretty much gave birth to bands like sepultura and testament. Jinjer is ok but i dont like them much because of the style, not because ginger. What some might call tech death is a good place to get into the death growl sound bands like Gojira have incredible musicianship and the singer screams but its still coherent, the same with extreme metal bands like Meshuggah, who are incredible musically and the vocalists has his own sound. unfortunately a lot of metal has the issue of just trying to be the heaviest and the fastest and that takes away from the sound. from what you describe i imagine you would like bands like opeth and dream theater if you dont already listen to them.
@@bexiemounne7781 I don't really listen to a lot of stoner metal, but i could recommend DOWN. With Phil Anselmo being the vocalist, i think you'll like it, it's also pretty easy to listen to (not overwhelming and shit like that). \m/
I just went in with cannibal corpse as like my first metal band I listened to and they are still one of my favorites but I get where you are coming from with Gojira because I revisited them yesterday and they are probably better if you want to into it more easily
Slayer: Thrash with a darker content Amon Amarth: Melodic death metal about a lot of viking stuff Rammstein: You either like it or you don’t, just give it a whirl Black Label Society: trust me on this one, some stuff is metal but Zakk Wylde likes his blues Body Count: Ice-T likes metal GWAR: it seems hokey and over the top, but necessary Killswitch Engage: I’m not big on metalcore but Howard Jones. Any of their work with Howard Jones Dio: Ronnie James Dio. If Black Sabbath had a more Dungeons and Dragons feel. Motörhead: Lemmy. Closer to punk than metal, but one of Metallica’s favorite bands Tool: Lateralus Venom: another band from the transitional hard rock to heavy metal era Sabaton: anthemic power metal and a lesson in military history
Eh, korn have more of a groove influence. Slipknot definitely have a hip hop influence but they pull from a lot of places. Its mostly Corey's vocal flow and delivery on clean vocals and sid on the turntables. Jim is more akin to a jazz guitarist, where mick is more thrash-esque. Paul and joey have a lot of groove.
I'm team Ghost all the way. I would never say they represent metal, but for what they are, they're pretty good. They're like pop-metal parody, a guilty pleasure.
Me: *sees that Megadeth's name is spelled wrong* My objectively bias metalhead heart: calm down....CALM DOWN, JUST BREATH, IT'S HIS FIRST TIIIIIIIIME!!!
Slipknot is one if those bands that you either vibe with or don't. If you know their backstory it really helps, because they're a band that a lot of people relate to.
I don’t mind their music, they have really sad backstories. But I just prefer classic metal. i.e Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Megadeth and Slayer too. Mötley Crüe if you wanna count them too
Iowa hooked me into metal in general. The pure nihilism of that album was perfect for angsty 15 year old me just entering highschool. Still go back to that album from time to time brings back rushes of memories.
Here's my take on your questions : - ACDC and G&R are not metal, at all, they're hard rock with some punchy lyrics. - Pantera suffered from irregularity, they've got a few really awesome songs mixed into pretty mediocre albums, the singer definitely has a monstruous potential (cemetary gates, 5 minutes alone) and they had Dimebag, who's considered one of the (if not straight up the) best metal guitarist ever. - Slipknot and Disturbed are awesome, the other mentions are medium at best, i can't stand avenged sevenfold and i've never met a hardcore fan of them older than 16. - I do not like Judas Priest stuff that much either, the singer's voice and demeanor scream punk. - Please listen to more Iron Maiden, Bruce is such a powerhouse of a singer and their songs are genuinly interesting to listen to. - Do yourself a favor and listen to Rammstein. - Most metal heads i know absolutely love hip-hop (mostly old school stuff), most hip-hop heads i know despise metal, i don't know why but it is something i've seen throughout my life. - It's not about being "that guy" there's very little i find enjoyable in today's music, you don't have to like everything, you don't have to like what's new and trending, i'd rather turn my musical interest towards real classics and learn the history of music than force myself to listen to what's pop nowadays just to be included in the conversation.
As far as the Nu Metal genre goes, would it be safe to say that Faith No More, "Roots" by Sepultura, or Pantera with their groove play a role in the start of Nu Metal?
try introducing them to skinflint or ARKA'N ... I mean they are bands from different parts of Africa so it might convince them Rock and metal are for everyone
Fun fact: Megadeth is a technical term that’s used to measure number of casualties caused by a nuclear bomb. 1 Megadeth = 1 million deaths via nuclear bomb.
And he also spelt it ‘megadeath’ in the video which is incorrect....sorry to be that guy but the metalhead inside me got triggered at this for some reason
I would really recommend the industrial genre. Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Einstruzende Neubaten, Pailhead, Lard, Revolting Cocks, Skinny Puppy, KMFDM, Foetus and others. The blend of electronic, metal, and noise was my 90s sound.
14:39 Those bands like Korn, Slipknot, Disturbed, etc, only seemed like fads because the gatekeepers and critics hated it coz it was so new and created a new sound (nu metal), so they convinced all metal fans that they didn't count. So these bands had to change their style to make the gatekeepers happy. But now all these bands are loved and respected by the fans, bands, and the gatekeepers.
It’s also that Nu-metal also mixed in some rap/hip-hop elements, be it thematically, sound-wise or vocally, so it might be a bit of a bridge between rap and metal. A lot of songs are basically rap with metal riffs under it
The newer bands you didn’t like are actually all huge bands within their respective sub-genres. “Old heads” hate them, but they all brought something new to the table, which is why they all still have huge fanbases and sell out arenas everywhere. Unfortunately, metal as a whole has too many elitist fans that spread hate, rather than just saying it’s not for them.
I'm about to be destroyed. I don't like slayer, Black Sabbath, or iron maiden and I have been a metal head my whole life. They just never did anything for me.
@@xero1xr Destroyed ? Well, that would be a shame. I don't like Slayer either, the other two I like but mostly because me and my brother learned our instruments and music in general listening to them amongst other bands. It's all about tastes and colors and ways you connected with things throughout your life. Ziggy's 100% right, too much elitists. That goes for everything musical but metal has the loudest of them all and sadly enough I've had more constructive discussions about music with country enthusiasts or hihopheads than metalheads for that very reason. "If you're thrashmetal you can't be core, if you're core you're not a real heavy but if you like heavy you can't like death or glam [...] ... and God forbid you like metal fusioned with anything else cause that's worse than murder or smth. It's all a shame...
As somebody that only dabbles in metal, Ghost was one of the first bands I ever heard (outside of like Enter Sandman). I randomly stumbled on Cirice on spotify and it weirded me out but intrigued the hell out of me too. What are a couple of their songs outside of the popular ones that you think are great?
@@gabrielseaborn257 Late to this, no particular order (: Prime Mover, Deus in Absentia, Per Aspera Ad Inferi, Idolatrine, Monstrance Clock (I never appreciated this song until I saw them live and they played it as an encore love the ending so much) and Waiting For The Night. Hope you enjoy the band as much as I did, this band made me get so much deeper into metal.
Growing up around classic thrash, and mostly listening to hardcore / emo, I rarely dabble too deep into anything metal anymore but anything that Ghost produces, just clicks for some reason. They're absolutely fantastical and they're always a pleasure to listen to whenever I get the itch.
Damn man you need to listen to more of what Korn has to offer, and DEFINITELY classic Deftones.. but I do like those newer bands, you gotta delve deeper into their works. Kinda hurts me to hear 90s and early 2000s bands being thrown under the bus.. that’s my childhood and still a part of my adult life. Please reconsider checking them out more.
They were thrown in the metal pile by the general population a long time ago, as the hard rock/metal differences weren't that clear back then. They're definitely harder than average rock but not metal in my book. I'd say most of Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin's discography wouldn't fit in our contemporary definition of metal either, but back when they released it everything was softer and there was no way to guess how hard metal would become. I mean the "earliest" example was Helter Skelter by The Beatles of all people so
Aveneged Sevenfold is like My Chemical Romance for me: Loved them when I was 15 and an angsty teenager, cringed at myself for a few years, and loved them again now for the nostalgia... Also,. try Ensiferum - Victory Songs - Finland has the most metal bands per captita and this album is what got me into the folk/melodic death metal stuff
My personal favorite metal album is Roots by the Brazilian metal band Sepultura. It’s pretty intense, but they do some really cool stuff on it. They use some classic Brazilian instruments, such as the berimbau in the intro to Attitude, Ratamataha is in Portuguese, and they did Itsari with a tribe in the Amazon. Not to mention a lot of the riffs are pretty simple. It might not be the best album for beginners in metal, because of it’s intensity, but its really worth a try
The 80s was like The 2000s hip hop height popularity. A good half of the 80s had a more materialistic thinking sound and a way of flaunting their style. The 90s was the era of grit and grunge in both genres. And the early 2000s was when the energy drink DAD ROCK metal stuff started.
I definately recommend Powerwolf; they have a more orchestral sound and energy to them. If you like Ghost, you'll probably like them. My mother also showed me The Hu sometime ago, and they are brilliant. Bunch of Mongolian dudes using traditional instruments for their music and singing in their traditional language. Been a while since I fell in love with a metal band quite as hard. [Edit]: As for my feelings on Korn, Slipknot, and the others, I like them. But I'm a relatively younger metal fan, so some of these bands were my entry into the "metal sound" back in the early 2000s. It's likely nostalgia, but I have a soft spot for them.
Also, the name of the band Megadeth comes from the term "megadeath" meaning "one million deaths". It's a term coined to describe the awesome destructive power of nuclear warheads. So the death toll of a nuclear war would be measured in megadeaths.
Something to know about heavy metal is that it has like a million different sub genres, thrash metal, doom metal, death metal etc. I think it would make for an interesting series if you listened and investigated to all these different sub genres
Dude, as a guy (and now subscriber) who is in the same boat as you accept switch around the hip hop with Rock/Metal/Punk etc I can really respect anybody who is willing to go out of their way to at least spread their awareness of music in general. Just taking the honest approach and getting out of that one track mind is admirable. Your logic, arguments and level headed opinions is very refreshing to see. Keep it up.
Also, Rap Metal? Possibly the best of both worlds for you? Rage Against The Machine, Body Count (Ice T's band dating back late 80s), Limp Bizkit (though their a very marmite band for metal heads) and Skindred (to some extent) maybe a good way to go.
A newer Metal band that I love is Sabaton, a Swedish band that sings of history. It's not grungey, it's catchy and powerful and the stories told are great. A lot of Metalheads don't like them, but idk I thought I'd suggest.
Metal is the umbrella term; not heavy metal. Heavy metal refers to the traditional style played by Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Dio, Armored Saint, etc. This includes NWOBHM bands (Iron Maiden, Saxon, Tygers of Pan Tang, Diamond Head, Raven, etc), USPM (Manowar, Jag Panzer, Riot, Savatage, Omen, etc), and NWOTHM (Enforcer, Striker, Ambush, Night Demon, Eternal Champion, etc). Heavy metal is my favourite style of metal. A lot of the "heavier" stuff is metal with punk touches which in my opinion makes it less fun. Trad chads for life!
@@JustPuckinAround I'm on the other side of you haha. I'm big on punk, specifically hardcore. I like the thrashy, sludgy shit that doesn't sound all that great (not metalcore and other core subgenres though). I still recognize the impact that the traditional bands had though and the quality of their music. Respect your opinion broski
As someone whos been into Metal for years, I would like to give you some album recommendations System Of A Down-Toxicity Deftones-White Pony Opeth-Blackwater Park Converge-Jane Doe Mastodon-Leviathan Agalloch-The Mantle
The whole point of metal is that there's a lot of different genres, power metal and death metal are nearly opposites in the metal spectrum, but still are classified as metal because of the overall evolution of metal. You just gotta dive deep on some of the more niche genres to really know what you wanna hear.
in my honest opinion AC/DC and Guns n’ roses are hard rock, tho it’s “heavy” it doesn’t have the same type of chugging, complexity, and speed that metal bands have, guns n’ roses and ac/dc in the 80s had lots of commercial appeal and were very popular. metal was definitely a more underground thing
Influential for sure but yeah totally agree, hard rock. We just have to acknowledge that influence they had in both transitioning people to heavier music and the challenge in becoming better guitarists and more complex players.
Metal was literally the most popular genre of the 90s, after the mid 80s it was definitely not underground. Although there were the purists and snobs fans, in interviews of bands like Metalica you clearly see the bands themselves weren't even close to match the elitism of the fans, and spoke nicely about some glam or other popular metal bands. And even the "serious" metal bands were as much "posers" with their forced angry faces and rebel persona, as the ones that metal heads derided just because those bands had popular appeal. Pop bands just didn't fake it as well and played "happier" songs using major scales which was a give away lol
I had the same problem when I first started getting into heavy metal. It's like you said "I'm not scared of this genre anymore." That's when you need to move forward just a little bit. I listened to Motorhead and Judas Priest and thought "it can't get heavier than this." Then I gave Pantera a shot, and it grew on me. When I thought the same, I heard Drømmer om Død by Gorgoroth and thought "It can't get heavier than this." Then I heard Heartwork by Carcass. Then I thought the same again until I heard Dillinger. It's all about baby steps. Listen until it gets old, then find something that sounds like the other thing, but just a bit heavier. You'll be a Knocked Loose fan before you know it.
I am a bit late with this comment, but I just found the video and I wanted to praise your willingness to dive into the genre and I am glad you liked some of it. As someone who listens to metal almost my whole life, gotta say, there is so much more to it - power, gothic, symphonic, black, death, industrial and much more with every subgenre offering different sounds and themes. I hope you get to it eventually, till then, enjoy your new favourite bands and I hope I see a similar video sometime in the future :) \../
slipknot - subliminal verses, although i wasn’t born when the album come out so many songs played on the rock channels on tv and my mum was a big fan during the early 2010s
I know you're new to the genre and all of these amazing albums, but you almost fucking killed me when you spelt megadeth like "megaDEATH" Also, some recommendations: Thrash Slayer - Raining Blood Anthrax - Among The Living Kreator - Coma Of Souls Testament - The Legacy Suicidal Tendencies - Lights, Camera, Revolution Sepultura - Arise Death metal (heavier thrash with harsher vocals) Death - Human Death - Symbolic Morbid Angel - Alters Of Madness At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul Carcass - Heartwork Entombed - Left Hand Path Bolt Thrower - For Victory Black Metal (very abrasive and raw. Its designed to be that way. Also, tread VERY carefully. Some black metal fans are very intense and defensive of the genre. If you at all try to say why you don't like the genre, they will tear you a new one) Mayhem - Deathcrush Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark Dissection - Storm Of The Lights Bane Doom Metal (heavy metal but slower and more melancholy. Can have both clean and extreme vocals) Candle mass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses Sleep - Holy Mountain Electric Wizard - Dopethrone Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper Progressive Metal (pushes the boundaries of metal in terms of technicality instead of extremety, even though it can be extreme and borrow from other metal genres) Dream Theater - Images And Words Tool - Lateralus Opeth - Blackwater Park Mastodon - Crack The Skye Gojira - From Mars To Sirius Meshuggah - ObZen Cynic - Focus Metalcore (heavy metal fuzed with hardcore [a subgenre of punk and in a way, a cousin of thrash metal] once again tread very carefully. The elitists [oldheads for metal heads] absolutely HATE this genre) Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache Avenged Sevenfold - Waking The Fallen (probably heavier than the stuff you've heard by them) Bullet For My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire Bring Me The Horizon - Sempiternal Deathcore (death metal fuzed together with hardcore and incorporates breakdowns. This is where a bunch of the modern metal is made) Suicide Silence - The Cleansing Thy Art Is Murder - Hate Job For A Cowboy - Demonocracy Whitechapel - Our Endless War As Blood Runs Black - Allegience Black Tongue - Born Hanged Metallic Hardcore (literally hardcore bands that listen to and borrow more from metal than hardcore) Code Orange - Forever Code Orange - Underneath (literally only dropped a few weeks ago) Converge - Jane Doe Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works Knocked Loose - A Different Shade Of Blue Other (groove metal, industrial metal, power metal) Machine Head - Burn My Eyes Sepultura - Roots Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle Earth Sabaton - Heroes Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage Rammstein - Mutter Extreme Metal (exactly what you'd expect it to be. This is the heaviest, most aggressive and most brutal forms of music ever made. I only put this in here if you really wanted to challenge yourself because this would send any new comer running to the hills [yes, that was an iron maiden pun]. Have fun with these and yes, all of these band and album names are real) Infant Annihilator - The Elysian Granderval Galleraich NAILS - You Will Never Be One Of Us Cattle Decapitation - Monolith Of Humanity Cannibal Corpse - Tomb Of The Mutilated Behemoth - The Satanist Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten Carcass - Symphonies Of Sickness Devourment - Butcher The Weak Best music of last decade. Last decade had a bunch of amazing releases from both old and new bands. I've put down 10 albums which I believe were the best of last decade. Some of these are going to be underground releases and pretty extreme but I fully believe that these albums best paint a picture of 2010s metal Gojira - L'enfant Sauvage Power Trip - Nightmare Logic Deaf heaven - Sunbather Horrendous - Ecdysis Behemoth - The Satanist Carcass - Surgical Steel Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper Code Orange - Forever Mgla - Exercises In Futility Cattle Decapitation - Death Atlas Sorry for the long read but you're literally trying to cover 50 years of music history in the span of a few months. It's really not easy
As you’ve said before: context is king. Something like White Pony by Deftones has a lot more appeal in the context of what the band was going through and takes the lyrics from just a bunch of words into the really twisted and dark underbelly of music. Watching the documentary on the making of any Slipknot album will help you see what they bring and achieve in their music and the context it grew from. Context is king here in metal. There’s a lot of escapism in metal too. The full throttle tension in the verse then the release of the chorus. Musically or lyrically, the themes give the listener power and agency through speed, attack and delivery. Whatever the listener is experiencing, they can latch onto something in metal and transcend it for a few minutes. This stands at juxtaposition to the lyrical storytelling realness of hip hop that works on relatability and matches that with groove to build a community, it’s cathartic in the same way that hanging out with your friends will make you feel better; you’re free to be yourself. Metal is cathartic in the same way that boxing is: you’re free to release yourself.
salem In it's current state, it's a hollow shell of what was meant to be before Lars got his hands on the mixing. Personally, I think of it as their 4th best album, simply due to the mixing issue.
@@Emolga2225 I think that the mix fits the record very well even though I'm a bass player and I love to hear bass.. I think that the lack of low end in Justice makes it sound really unique.
There is a documentary called Metal: A Headbangers Journey that you should check out. It could be helpful understanding the history of metal and it’s evolution
The three albums in history that actually started heavy metal as a genre 1. Black Sabbath-paranoid 2. Led Zeppelin-led zeppelin II 3. Deep Purple-in rock
@@timothyness6695 no he didn't, Motorhead are awesome but the term Heavy Metal was coined about Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, while Sabbath was the first to openly commit to it
@@Dementat I picked In Rock because all of the three albums were released around the same time(69 to 70 era). They were the three albums at that time that popularized the heavy and aggressive style of sound.
Agreed. Anyone else ever noticed how similar welcome to the jungle and cowboys from hell are? Maybe just in terms of rhythm. I mean for the sake of arguing it's almost the same genre. Almost.
Good call. Would throw meshuggah in there. Open arguments about polyphia but I think we can all agree that they sacrifice "dedicated ganre" for "displays of virtuosity" and Noone can deny that they are incredible musicians.
These should be your next stops. Death - Human Death - Symbolic Cynic - Focus Pantera - Cowboys From Hell Systerm of a Down - Self Titled Systerm of a Down - Toxicity Tool - Aenima Tool - Lateralus Judas Priest - Painkiller Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
While I don't know much about the first 2 bands, everything else on here is great, I think if you’re gonna listen to System's first 2, he might as well listen to Mesmerize and Hypnotize which IMO are their masterpieces, Tool and Dream Theater are probably the most mind blowing metal acts I’ve ever heard so Tool definitely belongs here
"Metal: a Headbanger's Journey" is the documentary *YOU NEED* ! Trust me. The Metal world goes above and beyond anything you mentioned here. We live in a golden age of metal. No, seriously. It may not be on the radio, but Metal has never been this interesting or diverse. Welcome! ♥ (Seriously watch that doc)
As a metal head my self you should try out these bands gojira,Korn, Slipknot,acid bath, Black Sabbath,lamb of god,meshugga,rammstein,system of a down and more but these are a wide variety. You should also just try out learning about the sub genres and how some bands influenced the genre.
He's one of the best artists to get into metal, specially if you're into pop. I have some friends who are more into pop and they tended to enjoy his first 2 albums. The dude knew how to write an enjoyable song
Heavy metal is basically the root of the metal tree, accessible to many. The evergrowing number of branches and leaves that are sub-genres produce increasingly niche stuff, which means tons of people listen to metal, but few bands are as huge as the classic bands. With all the niches, chances are there's metal for anyone who likes music, it's just a matter of finding the stuff to your tastes. Also means different gateways for people who like rock, jazz, classical, rap, EDM, country, etc. For me it was Metallica and symphonic metal. For a rap fan, nu metal or all the rap-metal collaborations/crossovers would seem an obvious choice, especially if can get past the harsh-vocal barrier...
Komornik5872 Honestly yeah, Toxicity is the first Metal Album that I was able to play all the way through. Now, I find myself listening to other Metal Bands while still not knowing too much about the genre 😂
Metal is just such a HUGE and differentiated genre. It takes a lot of time and patience to dig in and all. Also the appreciation comes with time, at first something might not sound even like music, but after a bit you begin to understand it and it all ties together, forcing you to love it. I think some interesting bands to check out would be Behemoth, Gojira, and maybe even push it further with death metal and bands like Fit for an autopsy or Thy art is murder. One of my favourite bands is Meshuggah, but that's a whole different and unique thing, which takes time to appreciate, more than anything i have ever listened to.
Well said! Back when I was younger, I used to only listen to EDM and dubstep and whatever was on the radio, like your typical 10 year old. It wasn’t until I started playing guitar and my mom introduced me to bands like Tool, Filter and Foo Fighters that I got into actual BANDS. My dad then introduced me to Metallica, Pantera and a bunch of 80’s bands. This is when it truly started for me. As I learned guitar, I started listening to music more for the MUSIC aspect, but still hated scream vocals. It was then when I got into Fit for a King and Wage War, and I started to warm up to screaming. Ever since then, I’ve been more and more into it, to the point where Thy Art is Murder, Fit for an Autopsy, Chelsea Grin and Shadow of Intent are among my top favorite bands, mainly BECAUSE of the harsh vocals. I love it now. I still listen to tamer metalcore bands (Northlane being my favorite band of all time, along with Silent Planet, Invent, Animate, Currents and Thornhill), and I also love 90’s alternative, 80’s rock, jazz, blues, 40s-50s, and even classical. I am so glad I opened up to new music, because now I couldn’t be happier with my taste in music. I wish others would do the same and stop backing the whole mumble rap trend nowadays.
I started listening with power metal and never thought I'd get into much else. Now some of my favorite bands are doom and death metal. Still like power metal though
When I was coming of age, I had a similar problem to you, but the exact opposite. I was metal and rock all the way. My mom and sister liked most "radio rap" (besides like maybe one eminem album they had) but it didn't appeal to me. As I made more friends in my late teens/early adulthood, I found that a lot of them really LOVED rap music, often putting on beats to try and freestyle over for fun. I ended up looking up a bunch of influential tracks, and getting fascinated by the underground and newer stuff. I became a DOOMhead (rest in peace), but also really enjoy Tyler, AFRO, and a lot of other modern rappers who can blend in the boom-bap style. I'm also really enjoying Kendrick too, I can see why he's so GOATed. I think Hip Hop also opened me up to appreciating Jazz more too (thanks to great samples), which came full circle into listening to a lot more Jazz Fusion and Prog Rock/Metal
Here a few recommendations : Progressive Metal: Mastodon - Crack the Skye (personal favourite ) Tool - Lateralus Gojira - From Mars to Sirius Stoner/Doom Metal: Electric Wizard - Dopethrone Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley Should hopefully be enough for now, enjoy the journey :)
I admire how you jumped into this. I don't expect anyone who didn't grew up with metal to like it now. It's pretty amazing that you picked three masterpieces that are so different to each other, that's crazy, you got taste brother. And yeah the recent bands you've mentioned before are not very good, and most new "metal" bands are disgusting unfortunately. Your assessment of all this is pretty interesting.
Popping your metal cherry on Master and then having to judge all others against it, is like losing your virginity to an energetic and busty 10, then living out the rest of your life in Pittsburg.
Death - The Sound of perseverance Dying Fetus - Grotesque Implement Slipknot - Self Titled Lamb of God - Ashes of the wake Behemoth - The Satanist Bloodbath - Nightmares made flesh
A couple of rabbit hole recommendations: Rammstein (German industrial metal) Iron Maiden (classic British metal) Power metal in general (usually high tempo and more classic sounding) By rabbit hole, I mean just put on a playlist / album and just let it play. One of the bands that solidified my love of metal was Sabaton, a Swedish power metal band that focuses on telling the stories of war. When it comes to metal though, just take your time getting into it. It's a nearly endless genre of music that can easily overwhelm someone who's just starting on the journey. Hell, it took me around four years to finally start liking Slipknot.
Opeth, Mastodon, Gojira, Tool, Katatonia, Between The Buried and Me, Be'lakor, Rivers of Nihil, Cult of Luna, Alcest, Behemoth, Pallbearer, Insomnium, Agalloch, Blood Incantation, Cynic, Devin Townsend, The Ocean, Zeal and Ardor...the list goes on and on! There are so many great modern bands. The classics are great, but if you are patient modern stuff will grow on you :) The current metal scene is diverse even tho you need to go a little beyond what is mainstream to find gems ! Hope you continue your metal journey :) !
@@gmobile6991 Tool is metal, obviously, but its progmetal and they are unique, but its hard sound without using the pentathonic scale, and screamings, makes Tool a great progressive METAL band. Also their lirycs are hard, complexe and tuff like metal lirycs, and also they try to make new sounds
There's a TH-camr named PergProductions with a 13 video playlist where he talks about the different sub-genres in metal, which when it comes to newcomers, they're important to understand to an extent. He also names a ton of bands throughout the series, so I really think it's worth checking out.
Thanks for all the recommendations & clarifications for things I didn't understand everybody!! Super helpful. I really appreciate it. P.S. super embarrassing that I've been mis-reading "Megadeth" as "Megadeath" this whole time lmao
System of a Down, Mastodon, and Dio seem to be the front runners for suggestions rn 🤝
you are gonna have so many comment with 50 bands that you “must” listen. but yeah soad is great also to get a general idea just listen to spotify metal playlists, you will get the hits and see what sounds you like
Pre-emptive defense nice, was coming here to comment Megadeath lol
@@AlfoMedia For Dio I'd recommend Rainbow's Rising as well, as he sang lead over that. It also has Ritchie Blackmore the lead guitarist for Deep Purple another very early band
I'll love to see you listen to Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse and Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark. Two classics of the black metal that would be a perfect introduction to the genre.
"I'm not scared of this genre anymore" - a man who hasn't touched black metal yet.
Helios XII exactly what I was thinking when he said that haha
Lol the first time listening to Gorgoroth, Deathspell Omega, and Blut Aus Nord were definitely some experiences for me..
Helios XII I've been a metal head since 7th grade. I still steer clear of black metal.
Wait till he finds out about grindcore
That sunbather stuff comes near it
Alfo: *Spells Megadeth like Megadeath*
Everybody: So you have chosen, Deth
Actually he chose death
@@blueroses7468 You ruined the joke!
Not going to lie when I was trying to get into Megadeth I spelled it Megadeath
@@blueroses7468 did he do that?
*voice of the soul intensifies*
As a metal head, I think that to understand metal fully, you need to understand metal sub-genres
Absolutely. For example I think that Power Metal (my favourite subgenre, tbf) is one of the best places to start. It's cleaner, but still clearly metal and can get really rough at times. I also like nu metal, but I don't think it's the best place to start.
facts
not really. I don't need to understand anything but some history to understand sabaton
I don't need to understand anything to understand Alestorm, I just need to like pirates
Babymetal is just interesting to listen to
and Gloryhammer, the only thing you need is imagination and love of fantasy
Absolutely agree Aidan.
Started with black metal 💀
You have my respect. As a metalhead, I can respect someone who knows nothing wanting to get the knowledge.
It's a trippy journey through many sub-genras, as well as the history of the electric guitar.
That is the exact reason I'm watching this. I know very very little about metal and its subgeneras. I like classic rock and hip hop, but am trying to learn about Metal. I bought my first metal vinyl Metallica's Master of Puppets. I was told that was a good jumping off point. I do like the sounds of the 80s metal over some of the new stuff I've listened to. Maybe that is where everyone starts. I just don't like the growling and incoherent vocals lots of metal bands have.
Amen
I love how he became a metal elitist in just 40 days
I hate how he became an elitist in 40 days. I like classic metal too, but the constant need to bash current artists solely for the reason they weren't born 30-40 yrs back seems absurd.
Baivab Jena yeah I know, It was a joke and I’m with you on that, I for one love both old and new metal and always have
Besides, he didn’t actively bash the newer bands, he just said he didn’t vibe with it too much
LMAO
sven tutt i doubt he would like them i do enjoy some black metal but drath metal is just trash to me and its the reason people think metal is “only screaming lul”
When has Guns N' Roses and AC/DC ever classified as Metal lmao, I love them both but they’re Hard Rock plain and simple
guns is hair metal tho
@@syrionband gnr isn't quite "metal" altho their "use your illusions albums were kinda heavy.
@@juuzousuzuya24 they have the characteristics of a hair or a glam metal band but I can see why some people call them hard rock, not a fan of them tho so I might be biast
"Dont damn me" is kinda heavy metal
@@syrionband hair metal is far from heavy metal and thrash which is what metal has become known for
One of the most confusing things about getting into metal for the first time is the fact that metal has so many different subgenres and they sound different. So one sound doesn't define the genre as a whole.
As a hip hop fan, this albums got me into metal, now I enjoy metal more and more
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Metallica- Kill Em All
Sleep - Dopesmoker
Electrical Wizard - Dopethrone
Death - Human / Leprosy
Burzum - Filosofem
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Burzum ah a man of culture
fK metal
Nice to see Burzum in there
To people interested in metal I usually recommend stuff like Sabaton or Bloodywood ... you can get them with the feels and expose them to the harder stuff depending on the song
@@PeoplecallmeLucifer I kinda started of with cannibal corpse
Started on Ozzy Osbourne’s birthday. That’s a pretty metal way to begin
my birthday too!!
Vchicago lmao no one asked hahahahaha
@@talan4493 no u
@@talan4493 just f off
posted the day ordinary man (his new album) was released as well
You can tell this guy is new when he calls The Black Album the self-titled album.
He doesn't want to take it from Jay
Ha i know
It’s both technically
It is a self titled album.
@@unwinsis indeed but nobody calls it Metallica though, hell I can hardly see the logo on my copy but it is a self titled
Tool and Opeth are two absolute must metal bands to try out. Tool's 'Lateralus' and Opeth's 'Ghost Reveries' are two fantastic albums.
Lateralus, huh? It would seem sir that you have been infected with, "Good Taste." I'm (not) so sorry to say, there is no cure.
I love Tool music but they're not metal, even musicians from Tool said that, it's more like prog rock than metal
@@nightshade3782 I have listened to all Tool albums countless times and imo they are more prog metal than prog rock. Prog rock tends to be even more experimental
All Prog fans love at least one of those two
@@jussitanska8279 yeah, I know but Tool is something between prog rock and prog metal, they not straight metal band and they even don't classificate themselves as metal
Motörhead directly inspired Metallica so listening to them is a must in my book if you love Metallica
Hah, that's cute, he thinks there is any consensus at all in the metal community
Every Metal head thinks that what he like is "Real Metal" and everything else isn't Metal.
Lol Internet definition of Metal being loud. Mighty pathetic non technical definition - the author of that definition could have simply wrote any music I don't like.
@@gerardcote8391 thats not always the case, thats the way elitists think, normal metalheads just like what they like and move on
Ginger, I understand your sentiment. Many like what they like but the most vocal like what they like and think that other's opinions are wrong. Personally I like Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, some Thrash, and didn't like the 90s metal at all. I have no problem with people who do, only those that think Black Metal and Death metal are the only metal.
And it is unfortunate that most people who don't like metal or never listen to it assume the worst negative stereotypes about metal heads from the worst examples of fans of those 2 genres.
My personal view of music is that if the music is good and the there is a good vocalists and good lyrics then I will listen to it. For an example I like old Metallica because they have good lyrics and good song structure. I don't like Megadeth, mostly because I can't stand the singer's voice, Slayer is just terrible, except the album South of Heaven. I don't like Death Metal as a genre but Jinger has some excellent musicianship and song writing, I could just do without the death growling parts. I like complexity in music, and that includes the ranges of instruments and vocals. I come from listening to classical music as a child and complex orchestration appeals to me. Vocalist with great ranges is important, as well as musicians that explore the full range of their instruments.
@@gerardcote8391 now that is controversial, Megadeth i understand not liking, i personally love them but mustaines voice can be a bit shit sometimes, i have the same view on Anthrax, Slayer is intentionally chaotic, thats why they are so loved because they pretty much gave birth to bands like sepultura and testament. Jinjer is ok but i dont like them much because of the style, not because ginger. What some might call tech death is a good place to get into the death growl sound bands like Gojira have incredible musicianship and the singer screams but its still coherent, the same with extreme metal bands like Meshuggah, who are incredible musically and the vocalists has his own sound. unfortunately a lot of metal has the issue of just trying to be the heaviest and the fastest and that takes away from the sound.
from what you describe i imagine you would like bands like opeth and dream theater if you dont already listen to them.
Hahahaaa
"the speed seems like a big factor too"
*stoner metal would like to know your location*
The Sword might really be my favorite band, when I don't really know any other stoner band. I like their rawness. D'you have any recomendations pal?
@@bexiemounne7781 I don't really listen to a lot of stoner metal, but i could recommend DOWN. With Phil Anselmo being the vocalist, i think you'll like it, it's also pretty easy to listen to (not overwhelming and shit like that). \m/
Sleep is probably the best band ever when I'm high, nearly impossible to enjoy when I'm sober
*Sun O))) wants to know your location*
Doom Metal is awesome
You have to try Gojira, I think they are essential for getting people into heavier stuff. They are fuckin amazing
Yeah I agree completely. Flying Whales was the first song I actually loved that didn't have clean vocals
I just went in with cannibal corpse as like my first metal band I listened to and they are still one of my favorites but I get where you are coming from with Gojira because I revisited them yesterday and they are probably better if you want to into it more easily
I love them
I love it when someone has an open mind enough to make an effort to really explore something new. This was a cool video!
Ayee Gojira. Hell yeah
Slayer: Thrash with a darker content
Amon Amarth: Melodic death metal about a lot of viking stuff
Rammstein: You either like it or you don’t, just give it a whirl
Black Label Society: trust me on this one, some stuff is metal but Zakk Wylde likes his blues
Body Count: Ice-T likes metal
GWAR: it seems hokey and over the top, but necessary
Killswitch Engage: I’m not big on metalcore but Howard Jones. Any of their work with Howard Jones
Dio: Ronnie James Dio. If Black Sabbath had a more Dungeons and Dragons feel.
Motörhead: Lemmy. Closer to punk than metal, but one of Metallica’s favorite bands
Tool: Lateralus
Venom: another band from the transitional hard rock to heavy metal era
Sabaton: anthemic power metal and a lesson in military history
vulcan1358 “Tool: Lateralus” well said
THROUGH THE GATES IF HELL, AS WE MAKE OUR WAY TO HEAVEN, THOUGH THE NAZI LIIIINES, PRIMO VICTORIA!
Amon Amarth is viking metal
@@osmacar5331 well said my friend
@@cockixxon6308 They actually don't like to be classified as viking metal.
I find it kind of funny how you, coming from a hip hop background, dislike bands like Korn and Slipknot, who have a clear hip hop influence.
Lot of the time bands like that come off as corny.
No pun intended.
Because they're painfully forced.
because they can't hip hop
Doesn't mean he has to like it
Eh, korn have more of a groove influence.
Slipknot definitely have a hip hop influence but they pull from a lot of places. Its mostly Corey's vocal flow and delivery on clean vocals and sid on the turntables. Jim is more akin to a jazz guitarist, where mick is more thrash-esque. Paul and joey have a lot of groove.
"Everything is super fast."
Doom metal: 👁👄👁
When he said he liked ghost I started fearing for his life
I'm team Ghost all the way. I would never say they represent metal, but for what they are, they're pretty good. They're like pop-metal parody, a guilty pleasure.
Wtf? How is Ghost not metal? They literally sound like a late 60's metal band.
at least it wasn't nickleback
First two albums can be considered as metal-ish but since Meliora, their sound got softer and with Prequelle they just became a rockpop shit band
Ghost is awesome
Me: *sees that Megadeth's name is spelled wrong*
My objectively bias metalhead heart: calm down....CALM DOWN, JUST BREATH, IT'S HIS FIRST TIIIIIIIIME!!!
RJEIDHSJDNSJDKDKDKSDNAHA
He called the black album Metallica's self entitled album
@@Titopaivag3 Wellll, the black album was trash, so, he could have just called it that, I would have been fine with it.
Yes, take a deep breth and calm down.
same though
Slipknot is one if those bands that you either vibe with or don't. If you know their backstory it really helps, because they're a band that a lot of people relate to.
i agree. personally i think IOWA is their best album partially because of what happened behind the scenes and how they managed to power through it.
Yasss
I don’t mind their music, they have really sad backstories. But I just prefer classic metal. i.e Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Megadeth and Slayer too. Mötley Crüe if you wanna count them too
Iowa hooked me into metal in general. The pure nihilism of that album was perfect for angsty 15 year old me just entering highschool. Still go back to that album from time to time brings back rushes of memories.
I’ve gone through just about the entire discography and I don’t like 99% of SlipKnot but Physcosocial is so fucking fun idk why
Alice in chains is considered as alternative metal and they’re my favourite band. They’re mainly considered grunge but alternative metal works.
ehhh, i disagree, dont get me wrong, AIC is dope but "mostly grunge with heavy metal influence" is a better way to describe them
They’re grunge with metal influence. Just like Nirvana were grunge with punk and Pearl Jam were grunge with rock.
@@Ballin4Vengeancesame for soundgarden. AiC seems more thrashy and SG more Sabbathy
AIC is great but too depressing hahaha, I feel a bit down after listening to them.
Here's my take on your questions :
- ACDC and G&R are not metal, at all, they're hard rock with some punchy lyrics.
- Pantera suffered from irregularity, they've got a few really awesome songs mixed into pretty mediocre albums, the singer definitely has a monstruous potential (cemetary gates, 5 minutes alone) and they had Dimebag, who's considered one of the (if not straight up the) best metal guitarist ever.
- Slipknot and Disturbed are awesome, the other mentions are medium at best, i can't stand avenged sevenfold and i've never met a hardcore fan of them older than 16.
- I do not like Judas Priest stuff that much either, the singer's voice and demeanor scream punk.
- Please listen to more Iron Maiden, Bruce is such a powerhouse of a singer and their songs are genuinly interesting to listen to.
- Do yourself a favor and listen to Rammstein.
- Most metal heads i know absolutely love hip-hop (mostly old school stuff), most hip-hop heads i know despise metal, i don't know why but it is something i've seen throughout my life.
- It's not about being "that guy" there's very little i find enjoyable in today's music, you don't have to like everything, you don't have to like what's new and trending, i'd rather turn my musical interest towards real classics and learn the history of music than force myself to listen to what's pop nowadays just to be included in the conversation.
I never understood the strong dislike towards Avenged Sevenfold
@@edenjamesis2398 same
@@chillychese growing up my intro to metal. They were the starters for me and only a handful of A7X fans were around the metal community I was in
@@edenjamesis2398 slipknot got me into metal but avenged was definitely in my top 10
@@chillychese agreed felt the same way with slipknot. Just wish there was a satisfied explanation
Me, a metalhead: there is no album we unanimously agree upon
“Most seemed to say master of puppets”
...... damn, you won this time
Injustice for all was better
I prefered kill em all
MoP is very insane in first listen, but since it's very overplayed in my playlist i get kinda bored
Vio-Lence - Eternal Nightmare. Probably the best Thrash album ever made. Never been a huge Metallica fan and Justice is their best work in my opinion.
Alief Fauzan thecat battery always does it for me, purely for the intro
Korn, slipknot, disturbed, and all of them are part of a “Nu Metal” group that korn practically created
Slipknot is much more than that
As far as the Nu Metal genre goes, would it be safe to say that Faith No More, "Roots" by Sepultura, or Pantera with their groove play a role in the start of Nu Metal?
Brad Pritt definitely a role. I know the guys in korn were big panthers fans
Ancient Darkness I’d agree. I categorized them here because a lot of people that listen to slipknot listen to these kinds of groups
@@is_c_h_a_i_r fair enough
I am African, and I love Avenged SevenFold.
My friends and neighbors don't get it.
They say black ppl shouldn't listen to rock music.
try introducing them to skinflint or ARKA'N ... I mean they are bands from different parts of Africa so it might convince them Rock and metal are for everyone
Remember Jimi Hendrix is a literal god of rock and electric guitarist, is not only black. But a real inspirational to many artist like me
@@AsteoEz I mean Hendrix basically uplifted the rock genre to a new level
man, thats complete fucking bullshit, they probably said the same things to Hendrix back in the day, now he's legendary status
Music is universal.
At the gates "slaughter of the soul", 1995. A must! Melodic death metal
Fun fact: Megadeth is a technical term that’s used to measure number of casualties caused by a nuclear bomb. 1 Megadeth = 1 million deaths via nuclear bomb.
Actually it's mega dumb
Its megadeath Dave Just tossed away the "a" because its cooler without it
I hear a meganerd
@@aideneberhardt6871 meganrd
And he also spelt it ‘megadeath’ in the video which is incorrect....sorry to be that guy but the metalhead inside me got triggered at this for some reason
One word to start an absolute riot among metal fans
*S u b G e n r e s*
And cores as well.
@@gerardcote8391 what’s cores?
Leon, metal core and it’s sub genres and fusion genres I guess.
It begins...
@@jacktowers7533 blood shall be spilled onto the comments and we shall dance upon the raining blood
I would really recommend the industrial genre. Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Einstruzende Neubaten, Pailhead, Lard, Revolting Cocks, Skinny Puppy, KMFDM, Foetus and others. The blend of electronic, metal, and noise was my 90s sound.
I know you didn’t purposely exclude Rammstein for the Industrial side of metal
Industrial is so cool, skinny puppy sounded like nothing else I had ever heard when I found them
Hell yes!
NIN has my upvote
Glad to see Revolting Cocks + Rammstein. Some of the industrial samples in Pop Will Eat Its Self are great too
14:39 Those bands like Korn, Slipknot, Disturbed, etc, only seemed like fads because the gatekeepers and critics hated it coz it was so new and created a new sound (nu metal), so they convinced all metal fans that they didn't count. So these bands had to change their style to make the gatekeepers happy.
But now all these bands are loved and respected by the fans, bands, and the gatekeepers.
Yeah they kinda lead him astray on that one. Every metalhead that I've ever known including myself appreciates all those bands.
Slipknot is still very popular today though
@@brooksmullen5426 I never said they weren't.
Thank you for defending them Nu metal is fun
It’s also that Nu-metal also mixed in some rap/hip-hop elements, be it thematically, sound-wise or vocally, so it might be a bit of a bridge between rap and metal. A lot of songs are basically rap with metal riffs under it
Don’t forget to listen to Grunge. It’s not metal, but it’s our little cousin that died young but left an impact in our hearts.
I love this. perfect description of grunge lmaoo
it killed metal tho
That really is a beautiful way to describe grunge
Grunge is complete ass full of Whining bitches
@@Yeoldepube exactly
The newer bands you didn’t like are actually all huge bands within their respective sub-genres. “Old heads” hate them, but they all brought something new to the table, which is why they all still have huge fanbases and sell out arenas everywhere. Unfortunately, metal as a whole has too many elitist fans that spread hate, rather than just saying it’s not for them.
Well said!
sad but trueUEEEEE
I'm about to be destroyed. I don't like slayer, Black Sabbath, or iron maiden and I have been a metal head my whole life. They just never did anything for me.
@@xero1xr Destroyed ? Well, that would be a shame. I don't like Slayer either, the other two I like but mostly because me and my brother learned our instruments and music in general listening to them amongst other bands. It's all about tastes and colors and ways you connected with things throughout your life.
Ziggy's 100% right, too much elitists. That goes for everything musical but metal has the loudest of them all and sadly enough I've had more constructive discussions about music with country enthusiasts or hihopheads than metalheads for that very reason.
"If you're thrashmetal you can't be core, if you're core you're not a real heavy but if you like heavy you can't like death or glam [...]
... and God forbid you like metal fusioned with anything else cause that's worse than murder or smth. It's all a shame...
@@FoxyHxCMacfly that's what I meant by destroyed. I figured the elitists would come after me for my blasphemy lol
As a Ghost fan I was so happy to see they're a band that people outside of the rock/metal community can enjoy
As somebody that only dabbles in metal, Ghost was one of the first bands I ever heard (outside of like Enter Sandman). I randomly stumbled on Cirice on spotify and it weirded me out but intrigued the hell out of me too. What are a couple of their songs outside of the popular ones that you think are great?
@@gabrielseaborn257 Absolution, Witch Image, Stand by Him, Faith, Ghuleh/Zombie Queen, Ritual
@@wadekemmsies7180 spot on. Absolution and Ritual are my favorites
@@gabrielseaborn257 Late to this, no particular order (:
Prime Mover, Deus in Absentia, Per Aspera Ad Inferi, Idolatrine, Monstrance Clock (I never appreciated this song until I saw them live and they played it as an encore love the ending so much) and Waiting For The Night. Hope you enjoy the band as much as I did, this band made me get so much deeper into metal.
Growing up around classic thrash, and mostly listening to hardcore / emo, I rarely dabble too deep into anything metal anymore but anything that Ghost produces, just clicks for some reason. They're absolutely fantastical and they're always a pleasure to listen to whenever I get the itch.
Nobody in the comments is mentioning Mastodon. They are one of the best metal bands ever and almost certainly the best from the last 20 years.
Yeah and Nobody mentioned Man 'O' War either, what's your point?
SOAD, Korn, and Seether are my personal favorite from the last 20 years, but you are entitled to your opinion.
That is exactly what I was thinking
Eh mastodon is alright
Too much happening in too little time imo. Not even a live show could convince me (I was there for Opeth though)
"They might be niche sub-genre's" - Oh boy... he said the G word
Blackened synphonic death metal
My favourite has to be post industrial blackened folk power death metal
@@aryan5695 thats great, but I think Melodic blackened symphonic speed death metal
i like heavy bands like slipknot, but death metal is to heavy and vulger for me.
My favourite one is nedal.
“the one album that everyone seems to like is Master of Puppets-“ *audible cheering*
You have my utmost respect for being honest and for wanting to get knowledge
Damn man you need to listen to more of what Korn has to offer, and DEFINITELY classic Deftones.. but I do like those newer bands, you gotta delve deeper into their works. Kinda hurts me to hear 90s and early 2000s bands being thrown under the bus.. that’s my childhood and still a part of my adult life. Please reconsider checking them out more.
Deftones is in my recommended as well, important to note that they are more grunge then metal. Love that band.
90s: Death, Pantera
20s: System of a Down
Also check Gojira
he should've just checked Cowboys from hell other than vulgar display of power
@@krabbypatty849 he should've checked both :)
Dexter vortex sungte your a toilet
Oh yes Gojira is fantastic. Especially Flying Whales but the whole album and their other songs too are just a treat.
The 90s own Mayhem and CC
You gotta start off with something casual and easy to get into like Infant Annihilator for example.
Holy shit, don´t scare him right away. :D
Infant Annihilator is a bit weak. I would say The Violation by Fleshgod Apocalypse is a better start for something casual
This made me lol. The new album is sick as shit
U Wot M8? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
IA is a good start for something casual but I'd say listen to some Benighted if you're looking to just kick your feet up and relax.
A7X was my gateway to metal. The stage was really good.
The stage is an absolute banger!
They are great! Sidewinders is also super underrated and Unholy Confessions always remains one of my favorites from them.
@@alisunwonderland4242 M.I.A and betrayed is my favorites from them
For me it was polyphia, randomly stumbled upon G.O.A.T. fell in love with the song and slowly also in metal
I enjoyed the self titled album and City Of Evil
Great video. I’m a massive classic rock and metal fan. Cool to hear a actual opinion not some fake reaction.
Never heard of Guns 'n Roses as a metal band, being a metalhead.
Pieter K. Slash is more of the metal in GnR
Maybe glam or hair metal idk
They were thrown in the metal pile by the general population a long time ago, as the hard rock/metal differences weren't that clear back then. They're definitely harder than average rock but not metal in my book.
I'd say most of Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin's discography wouldn't fit in our contemporary definition of metal either, but back when they released it everything was softer and there was no way to guess how hard metal would become.
I mean the "earliest" example was Helter Skelter by The Beatles of all people so
Aren’t they a t-shirt brand?
Hard rock is more like it honestly
6:34 too much going on? wait till he finds out about Dream Theater
Wait until he hears octavarium
Bruh he said «that’s not the case here at all»..
@@jameshatfield7165 exactly, wait till he hears Dream Theater...
Yeah or almost any prog, fusion or symphonic band.
Wait till he finds Between the buried and me
Aveneged Sevenfold is like My Chemical Romance for me: Loved them when I was 15 and an angsty teenager, cringed at myself for a few years, and loved them again now for the nostalgia...
Also,. try Ensiferum - Victory Songs - Finland has the most metal bands per captita and this album is what got me into the folk/melodic death metal stuff
They do have some genuinely great tracks though. I consider Exist to be one of the greatest songs of all time
@@Lyralye23a7x's guitarist is crazy
My personal favorite metal album is Roots by the Brazilian metal band Sepultura. It’s pretty intense, but they do some really cool stuff on it. They use some classic Brazilian instruments, such as the berimbau in the intro to Attitude, Ratamataha is in Portuguese, and they did Itsari with a tribe in the Amazon. Not to mention a lot of the riffs are pretty simple. It might not be the best album for beginners in metal, because of it’s intensity, but its really worth a try
90's - Pantera, Emperor, Darkthrone, Blind Guardian, Iced Earth.
2000's - Lamb of God, Gojira, Strapping Young Lad/Devin Townsend Project, Septicflesh, Wintersun.
Everything with Devin Townsend is good, the guy is a genius.
Don't you dare forget Opeth
@@bulletfaceLP devin is beastly.
@@chaosbringer2752 Dude Opeth is just great
Oh shit yeah Devin Townsend, I always think of him as a mad scientist of metal
Hip Hop Fan tries metal:
Metal heads: *entered the chat*
edit: spelling
The 80s was like The 2000s hip hop height popularity. A good half of the 80s had a more materialistic thinking sound and a way of flaunting their style. The 90s was the era of grit and grunge in both genres. And the early 2000s was when the energy drink DAD ROCK metal stuff started.
I definately recommend Powerwolf; they have a more orchestral sound and energy to them. If you like Ghost, you'll probably like them. My mother also showed me The Hu sometime ago, and they are brilliant. Bunch of Mongolian dudes using traditional instruments for their music and singing in their traditional language. Been a while since I fell in love with a metal band quite as hard.
[Edit]: As for my feelings on Korn, Slipknot, and the others, I like them. But I'm a relatively younger metal fan, so some of these bands were my entry into the "metal sound" back in the early 2000s. It's likely nostalgia, but I have a soft spot for them.
Also, the name of the band Megadeth comes from the term "megadeath" meaning "one million deaths". It's a term coined to describe the awesome destructive power of nuclear warheads. So the death toll of a nuclear war would be measured in megadeaths.
Something to know about heavy metal is that it has like a million different sub genres, thrash metal, doom metal, death metal etc. I think it would make for an interesting series if you listened and investigated to all these different sub genres
Yeah, if I had a pound for every "progressive alternative vegetarian brutal black-gazecore joke...
doom metal is one of the easiest sub genres to get into as a hip hop fan imo.
@@doctapeppur1900 Any relation to MF Doom?
@@des0163 haha, nah. it's slower, more instrumental, more downtempo metal. MF Doom is a legend tho
@@doctapeppur1900 I love MF Doom, and Doom metal is my favorite metal subgenre. Lol
Dude, as a guy (and now subscriber) who is in the same boat as you accept switch around the hip hop with Rock/Metal/Punk etc I can really respect anybody who is willing to go out of their way to at least spread their awareness of music in general.
Just taking the honest approach and getting out of that one track mind is admirable. Your logic, arguments and level headed opinions is very refreshing to see.
Keep it up.
Also, Rap Metal? Possibly the best of both worlds for you? Rage Against The Machine, Body Count (Ice T's band dating back late 80s), Limp Bizkit (though their a very marmite band for metal heads) and Skindred (to some extent) maybe a good way to go.
A newer Metal band that I love is Sabaton, a Swedish band that sings of history. It's not grungey, it's catchy and powerful and the stories told are great. A lot of Metalheads don't like them, but idk I thought I'd suggest.
It's not that new but they are pretty awesome, their songs show their genuine love for history
“I’m not scared of this genre anymore” wait until your turn your back on Metallica and they hit you with saint anger, you’re not ready
He's going to be in for a shock.
No one tell him about Load's album cover!
XDXD
Saint Anger is like being constipated. I couldn't give a shit about it. Metallica stopped being worth the listen with And Justice For All
Or Cannibal Corpse
I don’t like how people classify metal as heavy metal. Especially since heavy metal is one of the lightest sub genres of metal
Heavy metal is lighter than other metal. That's what I call irony.
Metal is the umbrella term; not heavy metal. Heavy metal refers to the traditional style played by Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Dio, Armored Saint, etc. This includes NWOBHM bands (Iron Maiden, Saxon, Tygers of Pan Tang, Diamond Head, Raven, etc), USPM (Manowar, Jag Panzer, Riot, Savatage, Omen, etc), and NWOTHM (Enforcer, Striker, Ambush, Night Demon, Eternal Champion, etc).
Heavy metal is my favourite style of metal. A lot of the "heavier" stuff is metal with punk touches which in my opinion makes it less fun. Trad chads for life!
@Dudeman Senior I'm crying in Rainbow (even if it became more pop after Ronnie James Dio left)...
@@nightjaronthegate the door is to the left, please leave and take my like
@@JustPuckinAround I'm on the other side of you haha. I'm big on punk, specifically hardcore. I like the thrashy, sludgy shit that doesn't sound all that great (not metalcore and other core subgenres though). I still recognize the impact that the traditional bands had though and the quality of their music. Respect your opinion broski
As someone whos been into Metal for years, I would like to give you some album recommendations
System Of A Down-Toxicity
Deftones-White Pony
Opeth-Blackwater Park
Converge-Jane Doe
Mastodon-Leviathan
Agalloch-The Mantle
I recommend Gojira. Very technical and heavy with some death metal elements and the drummer kicks ass as well!
The whole point of metal is that there's a lot of different genres, power metal and death metal are nearly opposites in the metal spectrum, but still are classified as metal because of the overall evolution of metal. You just gotta dive deep on some of the more niche genres to really know what you wanna hear.
I can't wait for him to find grindcore, goregrind and pornogrind 😂
@@andrewfurey2999 Anime slam is fucking weird, it's decent but I am never showing anyone I know it
in my honest opinion AC/DC and Guns n’ roses are hard rock, tho it’s “heavy” it doesn’t have the same type of chugging, complexity, and speed that metal bands have, guns n’ roses and ac/dc in the 80s had lots of commercial appeal and were very popular. metal was definitely a more underground thing
I call 80s stuff dust metal
Influential for sure but yeah totally agree, hard rock. We just have to acknowledge that influence they had in both transitioning people to heavier music and the challenge in becoming better guitarists and more complex players.
I’ve never heard anyone call them metal, only hard rock😂
I think the reason tose bands get often lumped into metal, is that you won't get shit from the "real" metal fans for liking them.
Metal was literally the most popular genre of the 90s, after the mid 80s it was definitely not underground. Although there were the purists and snobs fans, in interviews of bands like Metalica you clearly see the bands themselves weren't even close to match the elitism of the fans, and spoke nicely about some glam or other popular metal bands. And even the "serious" metal bands were as much "posers" with their forced angry faces and rebel persona, as the ones that metal heads derided just because those bands had popular appeal. Pop bands just didn't fake it as well and played "happier" songs using major scales which was a give away lol
I had the same problem when I first started getting into heavy metal. It's like you said "I'm not scared of this genre anymore." That's when you need to move forward just a little bit. I listened to Motorhead and Judas Priest and thought "it can't get heavier than this." Then I gave Pantera a shot, and it grew on me. When I thought the same, I heard Drømmer om Død by Gorgoroth and thought "It can't get heavier than this." Then I heard Heartwork by Carcass. Then I thought the same again until I heard Dillinger. It's all about baby steps. Listen until it gets old, then find something that sounds like the other thing, but just a bit heavier.
You'll be a Knocked Loose fan before you know it.
I am a bit late with this comment, but I just found the video and I wanted to praise your willingness to dive into the genre and I am glad you liked some of it.
As someone who listens to metal almost my whole life, gotta say, there is so much more to it - power, gothic, symphonic, black, death, industrial and much more with every subgenre offering different sounds and themes.
I hope you get to it eventually, till then, enjoy your new favourite bands and I hope I see a similar video sometime in the future :) \../
The album that made me a metal head is DIO - HOLY DIVER, i think it's a perfect introduction to the genre
I love holy diver, the song, its one of my favourite metal songs, but i always questioned if the rest was metal. It sounded too soft.
@@s_for_short2400 it is the sound of traditional heavy metal tho.
slipknot - subliminal verses, although i wasn’t born when the album come out so many songs played on the rock channels on tv and my mum was a big fan during the early 2010s
@@s_for_short2400 go listen to the song stand Up and shout then get back to me.
as a huge metal head, i personally think the black album is a great introduction into heavy metal
I know you're new to the genre and all of these amazing albums, but you almost fucking killed me when you spelt megadeth like "megaDEATH"
Also, some recommendations:
Thrash
Slayer - Raining Blood
Anthrax - Among The Living
Kreator - Coma Of Souls
Testament - The Legacy
Suicidal Tendencies - Lights, Camera, Revolution
Sepultura - Arise
Death metal (heavier thrash with harsher vocals)
Death - Human
Death - Symbolic
Morbid Angel - Alters Of Madness
At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
Carcass - Heartwork
Entombed - Left Hand Path
Bolt Thrower - For Victory
Black Metal (very abrasive and raw. Its designed to be that way. Also, tread VERY carefully. Some black metal fans are very intense and defensive of the genre. If you at all try to say why you don't like the genre, they will tear you a new one)
Mayhem - Deathcrush
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
Bathory - Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
Dissection - Storm Of The Lights Bane
Doom Metal (heavy metal but slower and more melancholy. Can have both clean and extreme vocals)
Candle mass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
Sleep - Holy Mountain
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper
Progressive Metal (pushes the boundaries of metal in terms of technicality instead of extremety, even though it can be extreme and borrow from other metal genres)
Dream Theater - Images And Words
Tool - Lateralus
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
Meshuggah - ObZen
Cynic - Focus
Metalcore (heavy metal fuzed with hardcore [a subgenre of punk and in a way, a cousin of thrash metal] once again tread very carefully. The elitists [oldheads for metal heads] absolutely HATE this genre)
Killswitch Engage - The End Of Heartache
Avenged Sevenfold - Waking The Fallen (probably heavier than the stuff you've heard by them)
Bullet For My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire
Bring Me The Horizon - Sempiternal
Deathcore (death metal fuzed together with hardcore and incorporates breakdowns. This is where a bunch of the modern metal is made)
Suicide Silence - The Cleansing
Thy Art Is Murder - Hate
Job For A Cowboy - Demonocracy
Whitechapel - Our Endless War
As Blood Runs Black - Allegience
Black Tongue - Born Hanged
Metallic Hardcore (literally hardcore bands that listen to and borrow more from metal than hardcore)
Code Orange - Forever
Code Orange - Underneath (literally only dropped a few weeks ago)
Converge - Jane Doe
Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
Knocked Loose - A Different Shade Of Blue
Other (groove metal, industrial metal, power metal)
Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
Sepultura - Roots
Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle Earth
Sabaton - Heroes
Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage
Rammstein - Mutter
Extreme Metal (exactly what you'd expect it to be. This is the heaviest, most aggressive and most brutal forms of music ever made. I only put this in here if you really wanted to challenge yourself because this would send any new comer running to the hills [yes, that was an iron maiden pun]. Have fun with these and yes, all of these band and album names are real)
Infant Annihilator - The Elysian Granderval Galleraich
NAILS - You Will Never Be One Of Us
Cattle Decapitation - Monolith Of Humanity
Cannibal Corpse - Tomb Of The Mutilated
Behemoth - The Satanist
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Agony
Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten
Carcass - Symphonies Of Sickness
Devourment - Butcher The Weak
Best music of last decade. Last decade had a bunch of amazing releases from both old and new bands. I've put down 10 albums which I believe were the best of last decade. Some of these are going to be underground releases and pretty extreme but I fully believe that these albums best paint a picture of 2010s metal
Gojira - L'enfant Sauvage
Power Trip - Nightmare Logic
Deaf heaven - Sunbather
Horrendous - Ecdysis
Behemoth - The Satanist
Carcass - Surgical Steel
Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper
Code Orange - Forever
Mgla - Exercises In Futility
Cattle Decapitation - Death Atlas
Sorry for the long read but you're literally trying to cover 50 years of music history in the span of a few months. It's really not easy
replying to this a few months later but this list got me into metal! thank you so much, i'm now a prog metal superfan lmao
you really said a few suggestions and named every metal album
for a second I was worried Ecdysis was never going to show up on the list lol
Your list threatens my manhood
I recommend Death atlas over Monolith of Inhumanity
Can't recommend Opeth enough, I recommend their album Ghost Reveries in particular. Always love to see people checking out new genres!
As you’ve said before: context is king. Something like White Pony by Deftones has a lot more appeal in the context of what the band was going through and takes the lyrics from just a bunch of words into the really twisted and dark underbelly of music.
Watching the documentary on the making of any Slipknot album will help you see what they bring and achieve in their music and the context it grew from.
Context is king here in metal.
There’s a lot of escapism in metal too. The full throttle tension in the verse then the release of the chorus. Musically or lyrically, the themes give the listener power and agency through speed, attack and delivery. Whatever the listener is experiencing, they can latch onto something in metal and transcend it for a few minutes.
This stands at juxtaposition to the lyrical storytelling realness of hip hop that works on relatability and matches that with groove to build a community, it’s cathartic in the same way that hanging out with your friends will make you feel better; you’re free to be yourself. Metal is cathartic in the same way that boxing is: you’re free to release yourself.
I think the album Ride the Lightning is actually better then Master of Puppets personally
Kaleb Madron I honestly thought I was the only one who thought that as well. Love both albums, but Ride the Lightning as a whole does it more for me
Justice is the best metallica album..
salem In it's current state, it's a hollow shell of what was meant to be before Lars got his hands on the mixing. Personally, I think of it as their 4th best album, simply due to the mixing issue.
agreed
@@Emolga2225 I think that the mix fits the record very well even though I'm a bass player and I love to hear bass.. I think that the lack of low end in Justice makes it sound really unique.
There is a documentary called Metal: A Headbangers Journey that you should check out. It could be helpful understanding the history of metal and it’s evolution
Yeah! Also there’s a full version of Dio’s interview which was released on TH-cam by “Headbangers” creator
Only 1 comment: mad props for being open and pursuing knowledge.
The three albums in history that actually started heavy metal as a genre
1. Black Sabbath-paranoid
2. Led Zeppelin-led zeppelin II
3. Deep Purple-in rock
You forgot motorhead
@@timothyness6695 no he didn't, Motorhead are awesome but the term Heavy Metal was coined about Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, while Sabbath was the first to openly commit to it
Although I will say I think he picked out the wrong Deep Purple album, Machine head is way more important than In Rock
I prefer the less “thrashy” stuff, I prefer deep purple, led zeppelin and black sabbath for some reason
@@Dementat I picked In Rock because all of the three albums were released around the same time(69 to 70 era). They were the three albums at that time that popularized the heavy and aggressive style of sound.
Guns 'n Roses don't live in "the Metal house", but they hang out and we think they're cool guys. They can crash on the couch, if they feel like it.
I have never heard such a perfect way of putting it before....thank you.
This guy.
Just... Just this guy.
Better with words than Hemingway
Agreed. Anyone else ever noticed how similar welcome to the jungle and cowboys from hell are? Maybe just in terms of rhythm. I mean for the sake of arguing it's almost the same genre. Almost.
Except Pantera is good
If you're still into this project,
try the new prog stuff like Polyphia, Unprocessed, Animals as Leaders.
They're the future of this genre imo
Not even close to metal
@@alextinchev3891 Animals as Leaders are definitely metal, but Polyphia and Unprocessed are more prog rock..
If polyphia is the future of prog, then RIP prog lmao. It’s easier to find groundbreaking experimental BM bands nowdays than actual progressive metal
Good call. Would throw meshuggah in there. Open arguments about polyphia but I think we can all agree that they sacrifice "dedicated ganre" for "displays of virtuosity" and Noone can deny that they are incredible musicians.
Listening to shoegaze facilitated my transition into black/doom metal. I started with Slowdive and progressed gradually towards Deafheaven.
These should be your next stops.
Death - Human
Death - Symbolic
Cynic - Focus
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
Systerm of a Down - Self Titled
Systerm of a Down - Toxicity
Tool - Aenima
Tool - Lateralus
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Definitely some good choices there!
I would recommend ever Death album.
Yea he should have listened to cowboys from hell instead of vulgar
Oh add in opeth's in Claude veneume and watershed
While I don't know much about the first 2 bands, everything else on here is great, I think if you’re gonna listen to System's first 2, he might as well listen to Mesmerize and Hypnotize which IMO are their masterpieces, Tool and Dream Theater are probably the most mind blowing metal acts I’ve ever heard so Tool definitely belongs here
"Metal: a Headbanger's Journey" is the documentary *YOU NEED* ! Trust me. The Metal world goes above and beyond anything you mentioned here. We live in a golden age of metal. No, seriously. It may not be on the radio, but Metal has never been this interesting or diverse. Welcome! ♥
(Seriously watch that doc)
That one person is right !
I agree. There’s TOO many sub genres and it’ll get overwhelming for a new person.
I second this! I hope he sees this and watches it!
Man, this video is so amazing
Congratulations for stepping out of your comfort zone 🤘
As a metal head my self you should try out these bands gojira,Korn, Slipknot,acid bath, Black Sabbath,lamb of god,meshugga,rammstein,system of a down and more but these are a wide variety. You should also just try out learning about the sub genres and how some bands influenced the genre.
This was so delightful I really wish he would do an update. Its so much fun to watch someone start getting into something you're passionate about!
Yeah I'd love to see if he burst his death metal cherry and which band got him into it.
@@aaradicatin12 yea i can imagine it will be something more mellow like death or obituary
Not seeing or hearing Dio here makes me kinda sad
Dio was and is the best metal vocalist in the history of the genre. Those who know Ronnie, know what's up. Everything he did was so metal.
True 🤘🤘
Well of course we didn't. Kinda hard to see or hear DIO in stopped time.
He's one of the best artists to get into metal, specially if you're into pop. I have some friends who are more into pop and they tended to enjoy his first 2 albums. The dude knew how to write an enjoyable song
Omg Holy Diver by Dio is one of my favorite songs ever
Trust me loads of metalheads just like 70-90s and that’s fine it’s just about enjoying music and you don’t have to like anything else
Heavy metal is basically the root of the metal tree, accessible to many. The evergrowing number of branches and leaves that are sub-genres produce increasingly niche stuff, which means tons of people listen to metal, but few bands are as huge as the classic bands. With all the niches, chances are there's metal for anyone who likes music, it's just a matter of finding the stuff to your tastes. Also means different gateways for people who like rock, jazz, classical, rap, EDM, country, etc. For me it was Metallica and symphonic metal. For a rap fan, nu metal or all the rap-metal collaborations/crossovers would seem an obvious choice, especially if can get past the harsh-vocal barrier...
System of a down is pretty great for people who start listening to metal
Komornik5872 10/10 discography
Agreed, fantastic artist to start with
They were the first metal band ive listened to, and I love them so much. Their first album is the best.
Komornik5872 Honestly yeah, Toxicity is the first Metal Album that I was able to play all the way through. Now, I find myself listening to other Metal Bands while still not knowing too much about the genre 😂
Soad is my My first metal band that I listen :(
Metal is just such a HUGE and differentiated genre. It takes a lot of time and patience to dig in and all. Also the appreciation comes with time, at first something might not sound even like music, but after a bit you begin to understand it and it all ties together, forcing you to love it.
I think some interesting bands to check out would be Behemoth, Gojira, and maybe even push it further with death metal and bands like Fit for an autopsy or Thy art is murder.
One of my favourite bands is Meshuggah, but that's a whole different and unique thing, which takes time to appreciate, more than anything i have ever listened to.
Well said! Back when I was younger, I used to only listen to EDM and dubstep and whatever was on the radio, like your typical 10 year old. It wasn’t until I started playing guitar and my mom introduced me to bands like Tool, Filter and Foo Fighters that I got into actual BANDS. My dad then introduced me to Metallica, Pantera and a bunch of 80’s bands. This is when it truly started for me. As I learned guitar, I started listening to music more for the MUSIC aspect, but still hated scream vocals. It was then when I got into Fit for a King and Wage War, and I started to warm up to screaming. Ever since then, I’ve been more and more into it, to the point where Thy Art is Murder, Fit for an Autopsy, Chelsea Grin and Shadow of Intent are among my top favorite bands, mainly BECAUSE of the harsh vocals. I love it now. I still listen to tamer metalcore bands (Northlane being my favorite band of all time, along with Silent Planet, Invent, Animate, Currents and Thornhill), and I also love 90’s alternative, 80’s rock, jazz, blues, 40s-50s, and even classical. I am so glad I opened up to new music, because now I couldn’t be happier with my taste in music. I wish others would do the same and stop backing the whole mumble rap trend nowadays.
I started listening with power metal and never thought I'd get into much else. Now some of my favorite bands are doom and death metal. Still like power metal though
When I was coming of age, I had a similar problem to you, but the exact opposite. I was metal and rock all the way. My mom and sister liked most "radio rap" (besides like maybe one eminem album they had) but it didn't appeal to me.
As I made more friends in my late teens/early adulthood, I found that a lot of them really LOVED rap music, often putting on beats to try and freestyle over for fun. I ended up looking up a bunch of influential tracks, and getting fascinated by the underground and newer stuff. I became a DOOMhead (rest in peace), but also really enjoy Tyler, AFRO, and a lot of other modern rappers who can blend in the boom-bap style. I'm also really enjoying Kendrick too, I can see why he's so GOATed.
I think Hip Hop also opened me up to appreciating Jazz more too (thanks to great samples), which came full circle into listening to a lot more Jazz Fusion and Prog Rock/Metal
We need this man to find rage against the machine
I'm hoping he'll stumble into folk metal as well XD
Megadeth: one million deaths -usually used as a unit in reference to nuclear warfare.
I'm a Deth fan and I genuinely didn't know that
Here a few recommendations :
Progressive Metal:
Mastodon - Crack the Skye (personal favourite )
Tool - Lateralus
Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
Stoner/Doom Metal:
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
Should hopefully be enough for now, enjoy the journey :)
Great list here!
All of those albums are amazing
Good choices
Sleep - Dopesmoker
Melvins - Houdini is a personal fav doom metal album
I admire how you jumped into this. I don't expect anyone who didn't grew up with metal to like it now. It's pretty amazing that you picked three masterpieces that are so different to each other, that's crazy, you got taste brother.
And yeah the recent bands you've mentioned before are not very good, and most new "metal" bands are disgusting unfortunately.
Your assessment of all this is pretty interesting.
Popping your metal cherry on Master and then having to judge all others against it, is like losing your virginity to an energetic and busty 10, then living out the rest of your life in Pittsburg.
The fact that you categorized Slayer, Metallica and Megadeth together made me very happy!
Get anthrax in there and we got us a big 4 tour!
@@andyb1653 hell yes!
Death - The Sound of perseverance
Dying Fetus - Grotesque Implement
Slipknot - Self Titled
Lamb of God - Ashes of the wake
Behemoth - The Satanist
Bloodbath - Nightmares made flesh
The Slipknot self titled album might be the best for a hip hop head imo
Nevermind, he doesn’t like Slipknot lol
Whitechapel - This is Exile
Ah, a man of taste
Great albums but those are all going to be very harsh for someone who doesn't already like metal.
this is how everyone should go at metal
They are so many types of metal. I love symphonic metal, power metal and melodic metal 🤷 so the journey goes a little deeper
A couple of rabbit hole recommendations:
Rammstein (German industrial metal)
Iron Maiden (classic British metal)
Power metal in general (usually high tempo and more classic sounding)
By rabbit hole, I mean just put on a playlist / album and just let it play.
One of the bands that solidified my love of metal was Sabaton, a Swedish power metal band that focuses on telling the stories of war.
When it comes to metal though, just take your time getting into it. It's a nearly endless genre of music that can easily overwhelm someone who's just starting on the journey. Hell, it took me around four years to finally start liking Slipknot.
Definitely check out Powerwolf.
@@shadowsinsomniacs9943 Powerwolf is one of my favs, Resurection by Erection and Army of the Night.
sabaton is great
@@sovietmachine528 Hell yeah they are!
Opeth, Mastodon, Gojira, Tool, Katatonia, Between The Buried and Me, Be'lakor, Rivers of Nihil, Cult of Luna, Alcest, Behemoth, Pallbearer, Insomnium, Agalloch, Blood Incantation, Cynic, Devin Townsend, The Ocean, Zeal and Ardor...the list goes on and on! There are so many great modern bands. The classics are great, but if you are patient modern stuff will grow on you :) The current metal scene is diverse even
tho you need to go a little beyond what is mainstream to find gems ! Hope you continue your metal journey :) !
Can add Jinjer to the list as well
i wouldnt call tool metal Id put them more in an experimental alt rock category
@@gmobile6991 Tool is metal, obviously, but its progmetal and they are unique, but its hard sound without using the pentathonic scale, and screamings, makes Tool a great progressive METAL band. Also their lirycs are hard, complexe and tuff like metal lirycs, and also they try to make new sounds
Death,Sabaton
100% this list. A lot of progressive metal here and it is most likely some of the deepest metal you can find.
There's a TH-camr named PergProductions with a 13 video playlist where he talks about the different sub-genres in metal, which when it comes to newcomers, they're important to understand to an extent. He also names a ton of bands throughout the series, so I really think it's worth checking out.
Huge difference between “Hard Rock,” “Metal,” and “Heavy Metal.”