#i know a7x isnt metal but thats like 2 songs on the list and also i dont Care

[lonelyquail]

best metal recommendations for beginners (me)

wagging the tail I don't have at this ask!!! ok so I'll note that Most of the bands I listen to use a good amount of gutturals so that's a warning but I do have some that dont. anyway!

my personal best recommendation is trivium, they're just Solid I Think. they're not Too hard overall. or some of their songs are but some aren't, rather. my favorite album of theirs is sin and the sentence personally but in the court of the dragon, shogun and ascendancy have some good tunes too!

uhhh some other slightly lower key (ears wise anyway) ones... dark tranquillity's newer albums are pretty good! moment and atoma rule!! (I personally like the gallery but that ones older and so kind of A Lot). in flames is always solid too though I don't have any Album recs from them (only for the weak is like iconic though as a song 👍)

oh wait hold on I completely forgot about the more like. orchestral metal. orchestral metal isn't really my taste but I do appreciate it for the spectacle. kamelot and epica are both in that regard! also if you want some more gutturals in with your violins may I recommend fleshgod apocalypse (by far the best name here). oh or ne obliviscaris if you like songs that last 12 minutes. their instrumentals are gorgeous though.

as for: (probably not good bands to listen to as somebody new to it but it's how I got hooked so hey) arch enemy is Really Good, especially wages of sin and later in my opinion. if you have my music taste. i have a 50 song long playlist (its on spotify though i didnt have time to move it to youtube) of my arch enemy favorites if you're interested that's my favorite band.

uhhhh also these next two aren't actually bands I'm a Huge fan of perse but yknow how some people listen to hyperpop because their brain itches. yeah parasite inc and allegaeon are the metal equivalent of that to me. I'm really pick and choose with their songs but most of time tears down from parasite inc is good for Brain Static and I enjoyed most of damnum from allegaeon! (though warning for that one at least one of the songs (coming home) has a very graphic depiction of suicide). allegaeon also just has really good instrumentals in general like jeez.

oh! also obligatorily mentioning the metal: hellsinger ost. it has vocalists from a lot of the bands I just mentioned. it's good.

alternatively if you want you can check out my playlist of what songs I personally like (most of the bands I listed are on here and some i didnt) and if any strike a chord with you you can look into those bands from there!

though uhhhhh. skip the ambersun songs. those are songs for a hatoful boyfriend-based metal album (that I to this day wonder what the target audience was apart from Me) and thus spoilers.

#i know a7x isnt metal but thats like 2 songs on the list and also i dont Care #vee shut up #did i miss anything. i probably missed something. #OH also sorry if theres like flashing lights or anything in some of the music videos. this was originally a spotify playlist #but i moved it to youtube bc it got annoying to have to link the 3 metal hellsinger songs separately #and for people who dont have spoofy premium (though ask me about that :3 in dms of course :3) #but yeah this is to say i havent watched all the music videos. so idk if theres anything i need to warn for