While I listened to trance for a long time in my youth there was the time the new rock/metal came to live. I bought the very first Guano Apes album. Then in school somebody gave me a Limp Bizkit album with the words “It’s similar to Guano Apes”. Well… it wasn’t. But I loved it.
So I converted to metal side of life. Disturbed, Linkin Park, Godsmack, Staind, Boy Hits Car…
Sometimes I really need that bang with bands like I Prevail (I really love their last album Trauma) or Devil You Know or Spineshank. But I also love some slower paced music like 10 Years. I like Biffy Clyro and Alter Bridge. Five Finger Death Punch. Subway To Sally.
I just can’t say it’s a specific sub genre that fits my taste. It has to be kind of special (riffs, melodies, voices). I like it when the bass drum kicks in really heavy and the guitars are fat.
Oh… and love bands that mix rap with rock/metal.
And
The Antwoord!
Everybody who does not know this combo - check it out. I recommend watching their vids on youtube. It’s defenitely special.
Oh… and I am with @Heavy. Don’t hear any of my favourite music while playing. This music’s wants to be heared on max volume. It’s nothing for the background.
That’s generally how I consume new music. I’ll listen to a “teaser” via most current release, then jump back to either earliest ep stuff or first full release. Yeah, production is more raw on their earlier stuff as you say - but a lot of times that lends to the purity/ferocity of a metal album, and their first two so far do not dissapoint.
Eh, after I get cozy with a game - arpgs especially, I’ll throw on some jams while playing. My guitar amp has 2x10 100w emulated stereo out and roars like a full cab so ofc I crank that thing.
I have almost all of my music on a physical medium, be it LP or CD. Even though i am not that “old” i still have the collector mentality when it comes to music. Especially LP’s of my favorite bands i do use as “decoration”.
Have all of my music stored and backed-up on an external harddrive.
But i still use Youtube Music as a streaming service, because i own and listen to soooooo much music, that it’s impractical for mobile use. Thats were the streaming services really shine for me.
On top of that the artist get extra money from me, because i own their music and still stream it.
Youtube Music is fairly new but it did really impress me.
Not a big fan of spotify, especially with their business model, but that’s a topic for another day.
Been meaning to take a look at youtube music. Already do most of my music discovery on yt anyway. Spotify/amazon when on the go.
I own most of my favorites on cd or digital at least, and go to shows when (rarely) in my area. Most of my entertainment budget goes towards games/hardware but I’ve always wanted to get into vinyl too.
Shoot me a msg later on if ya want and we’ll trade more bands.
I grew up with country music like Hank Williams Sr., Hank Jr., David Allen Coe and many others. This was mostly my dad’s type of music and my mom was more easy listening and soft rock. Country music can be an acquired taste that many don’t like. I respect you stance. I’ll have to listen to some of the names you listed. I did listen to Metallica, Pantera, Judist Priest, Iron Maiden and others during my high school days, and continue to do so from time to time.
Thank you for sharing.
That’s actually country music. The stuff that’s out today resembles Country Pop too much for my tastes. Johnny Cash. Loretta Lynn, HW Sr., Patsy Cline. That’s good country music.
Ok, I checked out Infant Anhiliator - Decapitation Fornication, I could get into this type of Metal, seemed pretty light-hearted and I got a real kick out of the video. Inferi - Cursed Unholy, Was ok for me, maybe it was a little too serious after watching Infant Anhiliator. Opeth - Blackwater Park, Now this is something that I did feel like was more my style of Metal. Seemed like a lot of depth and feeling in it. I also, like the fact that some of there stuff is like 12-15 min long. Probably going to add this to some of my music lists. Thanks for the suggestion. Gojira - Stranded, I could also get into this as well. Don’t really have much to say about it. I like the sound, but it did not stir my soul much like Opeth did.
I’ll be listening to more. from all of these and adding to my playlists.
Thank you.
My music tastes are quite eclectic-- I like music from classic rock to its descendants in the 70s through 90s, but I guess my favorites are more modern metal, hard rock, etc. Also lots of different electronic music. I’ll list some albums I really like that are less popular and deserve more listeners:
Artist - Album
dogleg - Melee | First full album from a high energy punk band, album of the year so far for me.
glass beach - the first glass beach album | Hard to pin a genre on this one. Post-emo with jazz influences? Really interesting to me.
Truckfighters - Gravity X | Stoner/hard rock, pretty popular in that community I think but not too well known overall.
Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb | Ska/Punk band. High energy and creative. Nice to have songs that feature more than just guitars and drums.
RichaadEB - Bullet Hell | Metal covers of Touhou songs. Never played the games but this guy makes great covers-- lots more on youtube.
Korpiklaani - Kulkija | Finnish Folk Metal. Yes.
Dan Terminus - The Wrath of Code | Dark synth music, not super 80s style but does scratch that itch a bit. Quite good.
MASTER BOOT RECORD - INTERRUPT REQUEST | Metal/synth hybrid with 80s/90s theming, but not in the normal way. References to DOS, and one of his main instruments is a synthesized floppy drive.
They Might Be Giants are one of my favorite bands and have basically nothing in common with the above. Creative lyrics and music, fun and catchy.
I’m gonna stop there before I need to break out a second post… I still feel like I’m leaving a lot of stuff out haha.
I am a big sucker for all kinds of stoner rock/metal, especially some of the even more harder stuff, like Stoner Doom and others(Electric Wizard, Sleep, Stoned Jesus, Red Fang). But Truckfighters are an awesomeband, with awesome live shows.
Not really my cup of tea, but i saw them also live a couple of times on festivals. They put on really nice live shows and pump the crowd up to 101%.
I also must always curb myself, when talking about music. I could go on foreeeeever.
Composer: Brad Derrick
Game: ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE
Track: “Currents of the Odai”
This track is genius and it hits you in-game like a mental time bomb being unaware for some time what you’re actually listening to. Why haven’t I heard of this guy before?
