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All of these countries produce some incredible music, but it's a close tie between Finland and Sweden for me.

Just wondering if anyone else has heard of the brutal/tech death band Abnormality. They're kind of underground and I was just seeing if anyone else was into them. I'll just leave this here... http://youtu.be/lBf1kM0wBfg

I'm a big fan of progressive-death and melo-death, though in the past couple years, I've grown to appreciate old-school bands like Death and brutal bands like Hour of Penance and Abnormality.

Amen.

I don't believe Metallica deserves to be part of the big four when you've got bands like Kreator.

I know the thrash metal I listen to has plenty of melody. It's usually just a bit fast and sometimes rough. Lots of outside listeners are quick to deem something has no melody when they don't like the particular sound of it. Try listening to artists like Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Kreator and...

This is easily one of my favorite metal albums of all time. Anette's vocals may not be as powerful as Tarja's, but they feel more heart-felt and genuine; that's just me. They quickly grew on me and imagining Tarja singing most of these tracks feels a bit awkward, so I'm glad they made the...