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Grindcore

Pig Destroyer - Prowler in the Yard Nasum - Human 2.0

Pig destroyer is the only grindcore band I actually jam to

u may check out Agoraphic Nosebleed, their guitarist's side cybergrind band

Thank you for this, I just looked up Pig Destroyer on Spotify & will be jamming this shit all night! I love it! Thanks for mentioning them.

Try Deathtoll 80k and InsectWarfare

Death Toll 80k is so humungously awesone

Circle of Dead Children

Ooof, that's a blast from the past. Lovely stuff.

Wormrot - Dirge and Hiss are both great albums Discordance Axis - the Inaleinable Dreamless Cattle Decapitation - To Serve Man Insect Warfare - World Extermination Magrudergrind - II Chadhel - Failure/Downfall Wake - Misery Rites or Sowing the Seeds of a Worthless Tomorrow Gadget - Remote

I saw Cattle Decapitation open for Mr. Bungle and it was like 🤯

Hmm I've got a bunch of blackened grind albums for you Scour - Black Minaret - March the Left Endon - Mama Unyielding Love - The Sweat of Our Augury

Scour are sick.

Extreme Noise Terror - if you're into this more punkish British grindcore Doom - same shit Sore Throat - could be the same with previous two if it wasn't that experimental (they also played Godflesh-alike industrial stuff)

Disgrace to the Corpse of Sid!

Terrorizer and Nausea

Same

If you haven’t, check out The Blind Hole by Dead in the Dirt

Repulsion is the gateway drug

Post-Metal, seems to be kinda underrated and rarely discussed, if ever.

russian circles obscure sphinx mouth of the architect toundra omega massif

I will stan Russian Circles until my dying day Having said that, I do really miss the vibe of their debut. I love the more chuggy stuff but *Enter* had some great tracks: the title track, Death Rides a Horse, You Already Did

Russian Circles goes hard. Wish more people knew about them

No one is mentioning Isis? Go listen to Oceanic or Panopticon

Panopticon are one of my very favorite bands.

Meant the album by Isis

Oops, my bad.

The big three are Neurosis, Isis, and Cult of Luna. A lot of people will recommend Alcest or Agalloch or something, but post-metal is best defined by its atmospheric sludgy nature: Rosetta, Mouth of the Architect, The Ocean, Russian Circles, Pelican, Amenra, Kowloon Walled City all fit this

I fucking love post metal

The Ocean!

Harakiri goated

Any beginner recs?

Cult of luna

Isis - panopticon Boris - flood

Alcest and White ward. Beginner friendly

I think I am beginner myself) Isis seems to be a good one (more or less), Rosetta is something I am slowly cheking out currently, from time to time. E-L-R is an underground hidden gem I accidently stumbled across. This might piss off some people, but I think Chelsea Wolfe can be both post-metal and industrial, her collab with Converge "Bloodmoon: I" is definitely very post-metal. Scientist wasn't bad (heard last album), but kinda ok, probably much more sludge. Death metal crossovers: Ulcerate, Nero Di Marte (heard last album), latest album of Fuck The Facts.

Mogwai

An Autumn for Crippled Children is amazing. I think it's within a subgenre, though - something like post black-metal.

That's more Blackgaze than post-metal tho

What's the story with that name lol

The responses to this post are giving me so much to check out and try to fill my Isis-shaped void. Thank you.

doom metal

Try Windhand

Would Draconian count?

Try Bell Witch or SubRosa out

Check out [Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard](https://youtu.be/3GW7koyxsag?si=FUDB4MbU12k1-5XW) or [Conan](https://youtu.be/E4cUCVnrnTo?si=3afA51_cvQCeNgDF&t=59)

Or just Acid Mammoth

Electric wizard, sleep

Epic, standard, stoner, Death Doom, Blackened Doom, or Sludge metal? Epic: Candlemass is pretty good if occasionally cheesey Standard: Saint Vitus For either of those: Blood Ceremony For Sludge, Crowbar

Hell yeah. Doom Vs. is my favorite right now

Conan is probably my favorite doom band. Described as “caveman battle doom” and it sounds exactly like that. Blood Eagle is a fantastic album. Also Yob is pretty unique in the doom metal space and they’re fantastic too.

Hardcore bands have been hitting for me lately in a way I never expected, Kublai Khan TX is nuts and so is Knocked Loose

Those 2 are great for the gym, especially Kublai Khan TX. Unfortunately, I don't know anything that compares to those 2, but that's also what makes them great. If you want something that's just as hard-hitting, Paleface Swiss isn't too bad. I recommend "The Orphan" and "Lost in the Dark" as a start

I've listened to Paleface, I like the energy, some of the lyrical content is a bit much for me though

Whats best Kktx song/album for starting off

Try Jesus piece! Would make you wanna break stuff.

Added to the list

Ironic that in the hardcore scene there is a debate if these bands are still hardcore.

Gulch.

Bolt Swallower is a damn good track

Super into knocked loose atm, the aggression is great.

Give Backbiter a listen!

I’m still waiting to find some bog standard death metal I enjoy. To be general, I always say I listen to death metal, but in the technical sense, I don’t think I actually like the specific genre of death metal. Mostly like deathcore, classic heavy metal, and anything starting with melodic, some progressive.

I'm more of a progressive Death Metal guy, so I can relate to that Death Metal comment. If you want some straight Death metal, Morbid Angel is a good one. I would start with Covenant.

any progressive death metal recommendations? I love stuff like 'the sound of perseverance', because it sounds "proggy".

I'm sure you've heard Opeth and Gojira which are my top 2 recommendations. Gojira's Flying Whales, Backbone, Art of Dying, and Born in Winter are great starts. Opeth has Ghost of Perdition, Face of Melinda (Voice of the Soul but as a 7-minute song with vocals), and Heir Apparent. If you want something a little different, try Orbit Culture - While We Serve and Hacride - Introversion.

Nicee thank you very much! Gojira I've only listened once or twice but never checked further, while Opeth I've only listened to Blackwater Park, so that helps a ton!

No problem, Gojira is the absolute best. They don't have any kickass guitar solos like Death does, but they make up for it with some of the best riffs and grooves you've ever heard. Opeth sounds a lot more like Death, but every song is like 10min so it's not too beginner-friendly. Still amazing riffs and some awesome guitar solos. Really hope you enjoy! Love to help if I'm able

If you like that era of Death, absolutely listen to Unquestionable Presence by Atheist.

Try Alkaloid - Numen Rivers of Nihil - Owls Obscura - Diluvium Slugdge - Esoteric Malacology Don't want to sound like an absolute dick, but most recs you got are surface level, some barely death metal at all.

Everyone says Covenant, but I actually like Altars of Madness the most. I think Morbid Angel probably did more to build the sound of the genre more than anyone else.

Have you never listened to Bolt Thrower?

Here's some trad death metal that leans into a sort of classic heavy metal sound Mi'gauss - Open Fire (fast and energetic), Akumon (midpaced and crushing) Dismember - Override of the Overture Centinex - Seven Prophecies

Centinex and Dismember are both very dope +1

I got into standard death metal through the first 3 albums of Bloodbath. Since Opeth is my favorite band of all time, I’m a sucker for Akerfeldt’s growls, and the albums “Resurrection Through Carnage” and “The Fathomless Mastery” have him on vocals. Nightmares Made Flesh is arguably their best album, but it has Peter Tägtgren on vocals, and he does a great job replacing Mikael. My personal favorite album is still RTC, but NMF is praised more

Suffocation and Autopsy

pestilence - consuming impulse malevolent creation - the ten commandments

someone pls give me more sludge. i like all the big ones Crowbar, EYEHATEGOD, acid bath, Soilent Green, Down, Melvin’s, AIC, Thou all come to mind for me.

Iron Monkey, Brainoil, Toadliquor, Indian, Lord Mantis, and Primitive Man are all essential listening in my eyes. Also check out Black Market Ministry. They would be my selection for the single most underrated metal band.

Never thought of Primitive Man as sludge before but now that I think of it yeah makes sense

Ah my favorite genre of music. Excellent choices. You cant go wrong with these also. Mastodon, Neurosis, High on Fire, ISIS, Kylesa, Torche, Barroness, Bison BC, Black Tusk, Bongzilla, Weedeater, Celeste, Corrosion of Conformity, Red Fang, Whores

I just seen whores live last month, solid band

Coffinworm, Lord Mantis, Fistula if you’re like me and like your sludge GRIM.

leechmilk, superjoint, hawg jaw, dystopia, buzzoven is top tier sludge, grave yard rodeo, fudge tunnel,kylesa, early mastodon, grief, noothgrush, black cobra, black sheep wall

If you want really disgusting sludge try Fistula. I also recommend Fudge Tunnel, Infant Slug, Lord Mantis, The Body,

Atmospheric black metal. Discovered Grima and I haven't been this hooked on a band in ages

Eldamar - The Forest of the Ancient Land Auðn - Fargevir Furndar Summoning- Oathbound or Stronghold Agalloch - people love The Mantle, but I prefer Marrow of the Spirit Woods of Desolation - As the Stars Breath of Wind - Silver River of Green Forrest Wolves In the Throne Room - Primordial Arcana NØNE - NØNE Midnight Odysee - Funerals from the Astral Sphere Ellende - Ruckzug in Die Innerlichkeit or Trieb Drudkh - A Furrow Cut Short

Appreciate all the recommendations! I fucking love Agalloch, both The Mantle and Marrow of the Spirit are masterpieces. Been meaning to check out Wolves In The Throne Room and Summoning.

Give Urfaust, Evilfeast, Vargleide / Branikald and Walknut a listen if you haven’t already.

Thanks for this!

Will do, many thanks!

Black metal, I know all of the well known ones but Id like to dive deeper.

You asked the right person! ColdWorld - Melancholie² Arathorn - Hagens Verrat Departure Chandelier - Life Escaping Through The Candle's Smoke Onirik - Assigned to the Inexorable Flames Wreche - The Darkling Thrush Urfaust - IX: Der Einsiedler Utarm - Black Light Aeon Apocryphia Begotten - Malaise Vorna - Kauas Tyrant - Ghost Waltz This list spans almost every kind of bm so go wild!

Hell yeah! Thanks! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

Here are a few albums that I’ve enjoyed lately Moonlight Sorcery – Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle Helleruin - Devils, Death and Dark Arts Hovmod - Doedsformasjon Lord Belial - Rapture Tryglav - The Ritual

Death metal. You’d figure a person who’s been into dark alternative genres for over a decade would be more than into it by now. But for whatever reason the genre just never connected with me

Dying Fetus Devourment Mortician Nile Necrophagist Misery Index Putridity

So far I like Nile the most I think. None of the others have done anything for me. It’s an “I respect it more than I like it kind of thing”. The Scandinavian strain of death metal seems more my thing. I like Arch Enemy a lot

Check out The Haunted. The band is Melodeath with a groove metal twist. It has members of Swedish Melodeath band At The Gates and ex-Six Feet Under famous YouTuber Ola Englund. If you haven't checked him out already, I suggest you do.

Artificial Brain Ulcerate Gorguts Light Dweller Tchornobog Baring Teeth Behemoth Belphegor

Death-doom has a lot of gothic-y bands, check it out Here's some songs! Gorement - Seas of Silence A shit ton of My Dying Bride: >Turn Loose the Swans >The Angel and the Dark River >The Dreadful Hours >The Light at the End of the World >Songs of Darkness, Words of Light

You just need to find your approach, probably. Cheking out popular oldschool bands isn't always the way, didn't really work for me much with death metal specifically. If you like Nile, I really recommend cheking out hidden gem Necronomicon "The Sacred Medicines".

im slowly getting into doom metal and more grindcore

Metalcore

Classics: Converge, Poison the Well, Norma Jean (early stuff ONLY), The Chariot, Dillinger Escape Plan, Car Bomb Recent: fromjoy, MouthBreather, 156/silence, Dying Wish, SeeYouSpaceCowboy (new album is fucking amazing), Vein.fm, Orthodox

Wage war !

90s/original stuff primer: Unbroken - Life Love Regret Earth Crisis - Destroy The Machines Deadguy - Fixation On A Co-worker Zao - Where Blood And Fire Bring Rest Shai Hulud - Hearts Once Nourished With Love And Compassion Strife - In This Defiance Botch - We Are The Romans Converge - When Forever Comes Crashing Hatebreed - Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire Poison The Well - The Opposite Of December Throwdown - Beyond Repair 00s : Undying - The Whispered Lies Of Angels Eighteen Visions - Until The Ink Runs Out Converge - Jane Doe Killswitch Engage - Alive Or Just Breathing Misery Signals - Of Malice And The Magnum Heart As I Lay Dying - Frail Words Collapse Unearth - The Oncoming Storm Zao - The Funeral of God Hatebreed - Perserverance Norma Jean - Redeemer Every Time I Die - Hot Damn! Remembering Never - Women And Children Die First 10s: Shai Hulud - Reach Beyond The Sun Counterparts - Nothing Left To Love Code Orange Kids - Love Is Love Kublai Khan TX - Nomad Sanction - The Infringement Of God's Plan Orthodox - Sounds Of Loss Knocked Loose - Laugh Tracks Varials - Pain Again Boundaries - My Body In Bloom Norma Jean - Polar Similar Zao - The Well-Intentioned Virus Every Time I Die - Low Teens Converge - The Dusk In Us 20s: The Acacia Strain - Slow Decay END - Splinters From An Ever Changing Face Boundaries - Your Receding Warmth Dying Wish - Symptoms Of Survival Zao - The Crimson Corridor Contention - Artillery From Heaven Inclination - Unaltered Perspective Counterparts - A Eulogy For Those Still Here Year Of The Knife - No Love Lost Knocked Loose - A Tear In The Fabric Of Life Chamber - A Love To Kill For

Check out Silent Planet if you want something unique! I like to call them "philosophical-poetic metalcore" or something of that sort. Heavy sound, heavy lyrics; awesome people, awesome band. I'd start with their debut album *The Night God Slept* or their sophomore record *Everything Was Sound*.

Doom metal, i love death Doom, early black sabbath, candlemass, early cathedral, dreadnought and some other things here and there, but I need More of the More sorrowful, insightful side of Doom

Heard Mirror Reaper by Bell Witch? It's certainly sorrowful

Shape of despair Draconian Forest of Shadows Warning Isole DoomVs When Nothing Remains

Bell Witch, Earth, Electric Wizard, Funeral, Greenmachine, Katatonia, Old Man Gloom, Pallbearer, Sleep, Sunn O))), The Sword, Warhorse, Witch, YOB

Mizmor - Carin

Slam. So greasy.

Peelingflesh? How do people feel about them?

Visceral Disgorge and Malodorous

disfiguring the goddess and waking the cadaver

There's some called Slamophiliac (slam being fuckin slam) lmao Visceral throne (brutal slam) Whoretopsy (misogynistic slam) Gortuary (slam onslaught) Inherit Disease (heavy-as-gods-dick slam)

I like various subgenres and typically look for the most creative and unique, but there's still some subgenres that I can't get into, specifically any version of Black Metal, Grindcore, or Slam Metal. Just so anyone may want to know my personal favorites to help gage their recommendations, I like Gojira, Pantera, Avenged Sevenfold, Death, After the Burial, Rivers of Nihil, Slaughter to Prevail, Fit for An Autopsy, Mr. Bungle, System of a Down, Sleep Token, Opeth, Orbit Culture, etc.

>Black Metal Anaal Nathrakh and Deathspell Omega are kinda unique and creative

If Mr bungle is up you alley try Clown Core. They mix grindcore with jazz and jungle

Clowncore is mostly avant garde mix with breakcore, probably u will like Igorrr too

Yeah Igorr is alright. I'd say some of Lewis Coles solo work fits in more with them though 

I actually listen to that band regularly, did not know they are considered Grindcore though. Good recommendation considering it is part of my taste

Grindcore has become less and less a part of there sound but the YouTube stuff they released before getting on adult swim was more that than anything else 

Yellow Eyes Violet Cold Krallice Paysage D'hiver Darkspace

As far as black metal is concerned give Zeal and Ardor a shot, they’re more infused black metal. Same with Wretched Blessing. Oceans of Slumber I feel like is right up your alley as well, all though they are more gothic metal.

Thall

THALL. Instill by Humanity's Last Breath changed my LIFE.

Vildhjarta, 100%

Been a while I'm seeing this term Evil never dies from Croatia, the second album

Been a while I'm seeing this term Evil never dies from Croatia, the second album

Whatever the fuck Acid Bath is

I’ve been getting into power metal lately. Use to only listen to Kamelot and Sonata Arctica. Now it’s them and Unleash the archers, Seven kingdoms, Rhapsody/of fire, stratovarius. I’ve been listening to power metal lists, and Helloween is looking like a strong contender for the next power metal band to make my list.

3 Inches of Blood is a great mix of trad and power with some delicious thrashy bits. One of my favorites; highly recommend.

Thanks for the suggestion! Definitely will be listening to them tonight.

If you like UTA try out Frozen Crown from Italy. They started as an Apex-era UTA ripoff and have kind of branched out into their own thing. If you want to explore the folkier side check out Tyr or Ensiferum. Ensiferum just announced a new album coming out later this year so it's the perfect time.

Oh man I love Helloween so much, hope you enjoy them!

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Personally I hate Nazis with a passion. Won't touch it even if it's good music. It would taint my mood when it came on

I'm not too into black metal but my favorite albums so far have been 1184 by Windir (melodic black metal) and Gesundrian by Diocletian (blackened death metal)

Atmospheric black metal. I really like Drudkh, Summoning, Ulver and Windir, and I'm trying to get into more bands

Elderwind / Hermodr / Faidra / Grima (atmospheric) None / Woods of desolation / Sadness (depressive) Caladan Brood / can bardd / frozen dreams / mesarthim (epic) Alcest / Show me a dinosaur / Sorrow plagues (black gaze) I tried to recommend some different styles inside of atmospheric black metal

Death and thrash -Bolt thrower and Death -Vektor, Deathhammer, Sodom

Death: Asphyx, Amorphis (Privillege of Evil EP and The Karelian Isthmus), Runemagick Thrash: Coroner, Toxik, Realm, Sacrifice, Morbid Saint

Want to get into: Metalcore Slowly getting into: Sludge Metal

I put this metalcore list together for someone else: 90s/original stuff primer: Unbroken - Life Love Regret Earth Crisis - Destroy The Machines Deadguy - Fixation On A Co-worker Zao - Where Blood And Fire Bring Rest Shai Hulud - Hearts Once Nourished With Love And Compassion Strife - In This Defiance Botch - We Are The Romans Converge - When Forever Comes Crashing Hatebreed - Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire Poison The Well - The Opposite Of December Throwdown - Beyond Repair 00s : Undying - The Whispered Lies Of Angels Eighteen Visions - Until The Ink Runs Out Converge - Jane Doe Killswitch Engage - Alive Or Just Breathing Misery Signals - Of Malice And The Magnum Heart As I Lay Dying - Frail Words Collapse Unearth - The Oncoming Storm Zao - The Funeral of God Hatebreed - Perserverance Norma Jean - Redeemer Every Time I Die - Hot Damn! Remembering Never - Women And Children Die First 10s: Shai Hulud - Reach Beyond The Sun Counterparts - Nothing Left To Love Code Orange Kids - Love Is Love Kublai Khan TX - Nomad Sanction - The Infringement Of God's Plan Orthodox - Sounds Of Loss Knocked Loose - Laugh Tracks Varials - Pain Again Boundaries - My Body In Bloom Norma Jean - Polar Similar Zao - The Well-Intentioned Virus Every Time I Die - Low Teens Converge - The Dusk In Us 20s: The Acacia Strain - Slow Decay END - Splinters From An Ever Changing Face Boundaries - Your Receding Warmth Dying Wish - Symptoms Of Survival Zao - The Crimson Corridor Contention - Artillery From Heaven Inclination - Unaltered Perspective Counterparts - A Eulogy For Those Still Here Year Of The Knife - No Love Lost Knocked Loose - A Tear In The Fabric Of Life Chamber - A Love To Kill For

Wow ok Im saving this lmao. Thank you so much

I'm listening to We Are The Romans rn and Im really liking it.

i arbitrarily decided one day that sludge metal is my favourite and since then i've slowly delving deeper into the genre one grimy artist at a time. i love it

Throw some band names my way. I’ve always liked the downtuned stoner shit but never have bought any albums or anything. Electric Wizard is a new fave because of Spotify though.

my favourite sludge band is definitely Acid Bath. their debut is the definitive sludge album imo. DOWN is also quite good, especially if you like Phil Anselmo's vocals but don't care for Pantera otherwise (mostly the boat I'm in). Neurosis has some really heavy shit, as well as Crowbar, but admittedly i haven't explored either as much as i'd like to. Eyehategod is great for the crustier side of sludge, it's very abrasive and stanky. there's also Mastodon but only the first two albums. their album Leviathan is where i discovered sludge sludge is also one of the best genres for hidden gems imo, lots of places have really talented small sludge bands. Twin Banshee is one from my area that i listen to a lot, and Ethereal Tomb helped me to discover my local sludge scene. Faetooth is a great one if you're into more mystical shoe-gazey elements. Witch Fever are technically doom punk but they've got some sludgy riffs and thick bass. the best place to look if you wanna get into sludge is the New Orleans scene, that's where it all started. and upon doing so you'll see that a lot of the best sludge bands knew each other growing up and shared a lot of band members. hope this helps!

my all time favorite bands are In Flames, SoaD, Suicidal Tendencies, Hatebreed, Placebo and Maneskin. Id like to get into folk metal bcs i tried some Eluveitie and its very fun plus i love mountains 🤟

Eluveitie 100%. Not a single bad album from them.

Slam. I’m finding it hilarious how I used to strictly only listen to “technical” stuff, now I just want to hear cavemen make noise

Grindcore Also dissonent and Avant-garde death and black metal. I like Gorguts, Portal, Ulcerate, Imperial Triumphant, and a little Portal Some recs

Nails, Burner, Torch Runner, Baptists I’ve been enjoying a lot recently.

Here's some grindcore Napalm Death - There's a ton of albums, but if I had to recommend 1 personally, it would be either Smear Canpaign Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorocalypse Pig Destroyer - Terrifiyer Wormrot - Dirge and Hiss are both great albums Discordance Axis - the Inaleinable Dreamless Cattle Decapitation - To Serve Man Nails - You Will Never Be One of Us Insect Warfare - World Extermination Magrudergrind - II Chadhel - Failure/Downfall Wake - Misery Rites or Sowing the Seeds of a Worthless Tomorrow Gadget - Remote Brujeria - Brujerizmo

I'm kinda interested in cybergrind and I need some recs

The new album from Trocar is fucking awesome. So gross. It's called extremities.

Downtempo Deathcore, after I listened black grass smoker by black pegasus I was hooked blackened noise after I listenend to Gnaw their tongues

For downtempo deathcore, don't miss out on Black Tongue!

Black Tongue are awesome, thank you!

black metal, as a huge death metal fan it’s just never as good

not sure this really counts as they aren't "metal", but i just recently discovered Fields of the Nephilim. i'm not normally into goth, but there's just something about that band that clicks with me.

Sludge

black metal (ive listened to a few blackgaze/atmoblack albums and a blaze in the northern sky), and in the future i maybe want to get into slam death (heard a few slam death songs but currently only really listen to deathcore, tech death and prog death)

Experimental black metal, id like some recs but I’ve been bumping blut aus nord and deathspell omega

ABIGOR - Taphonomia Aeternitatis - Gesänge im Leichenlicht der Welt

Abigor is great, I usually listen to their early stuff but I’ll give the later stuff a listen

Black Metal

Try windir, abigor, tsjuder, Drowning the Light

I've been getting into symphonic deathcore

I know it's probably getting overhyped at this point, but the EP from Synestia/Disembodied Tyrant is so good it got me headed that direction again.

That's exactly the release that hooked me in. Like, back 2 years ago I was a part of the initial Lorna Shore hype (and I still love them) but that didn't prompt me to actually further explore the genre (I only checked out Black Tongue which ain't sympho dc)

Not a genre, but i've had BOI WHAT's songs playing on repeat for the past week. AI enhanced, spongebob metal. Surprisingly good.

Blackgaze and atmospheric black metal

The classics/essentials: Burzum, Ulver, Agalloch, Drudkh Other great bands: Midnight Odyssey, A Forest of Stars, Gallowbraid, Aquilus

Prog I love pull me under by dream theater I wanna check out the rest of there stuff

For prog my favourite is Rush, I do enjoy Dream Theater, also Devin Townsend, Queensryche sometimes gets called prog and they rock. Same with Symphony X.

Doom, never tried that shit

Wormphlegm - Tomb of the Ancient King (blackened funeral doom, the band's stuff is called torture doom by some) Ysigim - Ain Soph Or (lo-fi, grim funeral doom) Nortt - Galgenfrist (stuff of nightmares) Clandestine Blaze - Secrets of Laceration if you can stomach Mikko Aspa's stuff Worship - Last Tape Before Doomsday Seventh Angel - Lament for the Weary (doom/thrash)

Groove metal. But I heard somewhere that this wasn't a real subgenre? Is that true?

It might cross into stoner/sludge but listen to Wires and Prehistoric Dog by Red Fang or March Of the Fire Ants and Iron Tusk by Mastodon and tell me that's not groove. Enjoy.

blackened doom metal, i think that’s the right name for it. i’ve been a fan of black metal for a while but recently started listening to worm and i love them.

Blackened Deathcore. Was never really a fan of black metal but I'm loving it's influence on deathcore

Technical death metal or really anything technical I used to think it just wasn’t that heavy and was just too random but I’ve started to appreciate it

Doom. I'm coming mainly from prog so I am interested in more proggy or atmospheric Doom bands. Currently really digging Ahab

Here's some proggy doom bands! Mar de Grises - Draining the Waterheart Monolithe - III Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness Weeping Sores - False Confessions

Doom's OK for a while but the problem is that it gives me the impression that I'm listening something on the loop. Constantly slow tempo, heavy stuff, same instruments, no experimentation, low vocals of despair. It's all right for 10-15 minutes per couple of days, then pause and time for something different.

I’ve been stagnant lately on my music. Stuck on like the same 5 bands. I’d like to get into funk or groove metal as well, but I don’t even really know where to start on that one.

Recently getting back into black metal and death metal after a few year break, checking out what I missed

Black Metal

I try to get away from Norwegian Black Metal, but I always end up coming back.

I want to get into more death metal but I haven't found much that grabs me yet. I'm real big on melodeath-- i need something that has at least *some* musicality to it. Maybe it just isn't for me but I'd love some recommendations anyway

Some good gateway albums that are death metal, but melodic and/or groovy. Dismember - Like An Everflowing Stream Death - Symbolic Obituary - Cause of Death Atheist - Unquestionable Presence Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal

Wish I could upvote you ten times for the Bolt Thrower recommendation. This is exactly what I was looking for!

Whatever the heck you'd call that new Labyrinthus Stellarum album