heres the story ive only been listening to death metal for a few months now, ive listened to metal for a long time but mostly NWOBHM(priest =favorite for like two years until recently) ish stuff and some older thrash(bonded by blood - exodus(yes only that album, lol paul baloff is so awesome), megadeth etc) and power metal like helloween rhapsody of fire etc. my friend got me into the bands with harsh vocals a while ago. the bands i listen to so far are: wintersun(favorite right now 
lol), ensiferum, norther, CoB, opeth, necrophagist and im checking out some more of amon amarth as i type. cry of the black birds is amazing lol.
notice a trend? the great majority are from finland and have generally the same sound. can someone recommend me some stuff that is melodic(no brutal stuff just yet) that isnt from finland? maybe something similar to at the gates to start off, then maybe some stuff that differentiates more? amon amarth ish stuff would be good i like the mid vocals alot better than vocals like necrophagist but vocals like necrophagist are acceptable. o and there MUST be solos. coming from the NWOBHM and neoclassical shred yngwie gilbert becker era has made me LOVE solos(maybe a few exceptions but probably not many). when my friend told me not alot of death metal bands have solos i was like wtf but then i found the finnish stuff lol. and one more thing i think i have enough/can find all the synth using bands i need(symphonic at least) id like to explore a little more stuff that uses less or no synths but i do love synths so if there is a band you think i should check out anyway id be glad to give it a listen.
sorry for all the reading haha thanks guys
p.s. i know you guys will probably flame me for this but i do believe in God and im not really comfortable listening to satanic/devil worship stuff. i am aware that people listen to black metal and still beleive but im just not comfortable with it. viking metal is tolerable but please no black metal unless its neutral or, i can tolerate some of those lyrics, a song like ressurection on halfords solo album is about as far as ill go. i know im missing out on some of metals finest(its been told to me a few times on different forums before) but i really dont care that much anyway. i like the better production quality of death metal over black metal anyday.
lol), ensiferum, norther, CoB, opeth, necrophagist and im checking out some more of amon amarth as i type. cry of the black birds is amazing lol.notice a trend? the great majority are from finland and have generally the same sound. can someone recommend me some stuff that is melodic(no brutal stuff just yet) that isnt from finland? maybe something similar to at the gates to start off, then maybe some stuff that differentiates more? amon amarth ish stuff would be good i like the mid vocals alot better than vocals like necrophagist but vocals like necrophagist are acceptable. o and there MUST be solos. coming from the NWOBHM and neoclassical shred yngwie gilbert becker era has made me LOVE solos(maybe a few exceptions but probably not many). when my friend told me not alot of death metal bands have solos i was like wtf but then i found the finnish stuff lol. and one more thing i think i have enough/can find all the synth using bands i need(symphonic at least) id like to explore a little more stuff that uses less or no synths but i do love synths so if there is a band you think i should check out anyway id be glad to give it a listen.
sorry for all the reading haha thanks guys
p.s. i know you guys will probably flame me for this but i do believe in God and im not really comfortable listening to satanic/devil worship stuff. i am aware that people listen to black metal and still beleive but im just not comfortable with it. viking metal is tolerable but please no black metal unless its neutral or, i can tolerate some of those lyrics, a song like ressurection on halfords solo album is about as far as ill go. i know im missing out on some of metals finest(its been told to me a few times on different forums before) but i really dont care that much anyway. i like the better production quality of death metal over black metal anyday.
