Suggestions?

[r00723r0]

Hi all at Ultimate Metal!

I am looking for new (not nu) metal bands to listen to. I thoroughly enjoy Lamb of God, especially Ashes of the Wake, and I'm getting into Despised Icon.

I am a drummer and I enjoy instrumentals, breakdowns, fills, and solos. Also, I am an audiophile so I would really like the band's CDs to be recorded well (so I hear everything crisp and clear). Also, I am not particularly fond with blast beats, so it would be a plus if the band doesn't use them every five seconds (not at all would be best).

Thank you all very much and I hope to become a part of this community!

 

[Blue_Jay]

If your fond of instrumentals check out Pelican - Austrailiasia (I'm pretty sure I spelled the album's name wrong, just check out Pelican).

Also I recommend

Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
Disillusion - Back to the Times of Splendor
Kalmah - The Black Waltz
and one last recommendation, Sigh - Hangman's Hymn

Hope you like them.

Edit: also check out Agalloch - The Mantle. It's one of the most amazing metal albums I ever heard, not to mention one of the most unique.

 

[Triton]

Sabbat (Japan)
Symphony X
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Norther
Moonsorrow
Candlemass
The Gates Of Slumber
Saint Vitus
Trouble
Emperor
Woods Of Ypres
Windir
Turisas
Nest

 

[Blue_Jay]

Sabbat (Japan)
Symphony X
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Norther
Moonsorrow
Candlemass
The Gates Of Slumber
Saint Vitus
Trouble
Emperor
Woods Of Ypres
Windir
Turisas
Nest

Good recommendations also, except for Sabbat and Judas Priest imo . Iron Maiden is good to, but not fit for someone new to metal. Definitly check them out though after you listened to metal for awhile.

 

[ohiogrinder]

try some old school European death metal

Asphyx
Pestilence
Entombed
Dismember
Grave
Unleashed
Desultory
Demigod
Sentenced
Liers In Wait
Morgoth

 

[Blue_Jay]

try some old school European death metal

Entombed
Unleashed

Don't know the rest of the bands, but these two bands kick so much butt .

 

[r00723r0]

Also, lots of double bass would be nice

 

[r00723r0]

Yeah, Iron Maiden isn't violent enough for me

 

[Triton]

Seeing as I don't know much about instruments, I'll add:
Opeth-(Orchid+Morningrise+My Arms, Your Hearse+Still Life)
Mourning Beloveth
Behemoth
Nile
Suffocation
Mayhem
Draconian
Paradise Lost

 

[Blue_Jay]

Yeah, Iron Maiden isn't violent enough for me

Violent music? Check out Weakling - Dead as Dreams, that's an immensely heavy album.

I still stand by my Gojira and Disillusion recommendations if you want really intense metal albums.

 

[ohiogrinder]

Also, I am not particularly fond with blast beats, so it would be a plus if the band doesn't use them every five seconds (not at all would be best).

my condolences

 

[Krilons Resa]

You're looking for Psycroptic - The Scepter of The Ancients.

TER just restocked it. Go get it.

 

[The Ozzman]

Suffocation
Children of Bodom
All Shall Perish
older At The Gates
Death