Evolution of your metal Tastes

[The Ozzman]

I agree that it is nice to skip out on bad music. The only problem with this is that it is easy to preemptively dismiss great bands/albums that are tangenting melodearh. For example Eucharist, Eternal Lies or A Canorous Quintet.

I think the consensus is that there's a difference between the bands you listed and 'melodeath' aka 'Gothenburger' aka In Flames, Dark Tranquility, etc

 

[Vilden]

I agree, that's why I wrote "tangenting". But early Dark Tranquillity would also fit into my list imo.

 

[Omni]

I'm not opposed to bands like those at all. I also love The Red in the Sky Is Ours.

 

[CiG]

You remind me of Mort, A LOT.

 

[Omni]

I don't think that he and I have ever been compared before. I don't see the similarities beyond a few bands.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i'm actually in the process of making a list of melodic death that doesn't suck. stuff in the TRITSIO/eucharist/unanimated/crown of thorns/etc kinda mould. i have a big shortlist, it's just a case to listening to the ones i haven't heard and separating the wheat from the shite.

 

[DarkGuitarLord]

I'm probably a bit older than most of you, but when I was growing up my parents feed me some Styx, REO Speedwagon, Queen, Journey, Meatloaf, Genesis and Led Zeppelin. I remember the first song that started this nearly 35 year journey like it was yesterday. My parents bought me a cassette that was made by K-Tel that was a compilation of NWOBHM and that song that I refer to was Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden. Probably in late 1982. The journey began, from Maiden to Kiss to Judas Priest to Ozzy and then shortly thereafter Metallica, Dokken, WASP, Megadeth, Venom, Raven, and speed metal in general as well as most of the crappy hair metal from the 80's. I eventually picked up Scream Bloody Gore at my local Record Bar and life was never the same. Death metal ruled me for a long time, Morbid Angel, Death, Forbidden, Deicide, and Possessed were my go-to's and eventually moving to Dream Theater and a lot of progressive metal and power metal. Regardless of the genre, in my opinion metal is metal. If it's heavy I typically give it a shot. Even went through a black metal faze that didn't last more than a couple years in the 90's. Still enjoy Burzum on occasion but I usually pass on the rest these days. Now I find myself wanting to hear incredibly fast guitar riffs and shred masters incinerate a fretboard. Good Lord that was long winded....

 

[Draehl]

I think the consensus is that there's a difference between the bands you listed and 'melodeath' aka 'Gothenburger' aka In Flames, Dark Tranquility, etc

Clayman and prior are the tits tho for IF. Don't forget they were good once.

 

[Matt]

Started with prog. Symphony X, Dream Theater, Threshold, etc and Opeth got me into extreme vocals. Moved to God Forbid, Mastodon, got into melodeath. Moved from that into symphonic black metal. Discovering Satyricon opened the door to black metal which I thought I hated for a long time. Subsequent research led me to 1349, Ildjarn, and other staples of the genre.