VERY BEST OF GENRES

[Overtures]

I believe that to the unbiased ear and eclectic ear, there are good sides to nearly all generes of music. Metalcore and Deathcore are no exception. So let this thread be a very-best-of for genres of hard music not usually appreciated here (ambient black, punk metal, crust, heavy metal, hair metal, etc.) Fuck off haters. If you got a forte in a certain genre, put up your best-of list. I've got punk/hardcore under my belt. And These are the essentials albums. The very best. And in no way shape or form are these albums within the same sub-genre of punk.

Out Come the Wolves by Rancid

Destined for Anything by Life Long Tragedy

Reinventing Axel Rose by Against Me!

Unknown Road by Pennywise

Lost and Found by Angelic Upstarts

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

KoRn's self titled was quite good, as were Slipknot's first 2 albums. Deftones are all around good, as is most of Soulfly's stuff. This is the only post you'll see here in defense of nu-metal.

 

[The Butt]

Deftones is great, but not nu-metal IMO.

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

I'd like to throw Machine Head's The More Things Change... and Fear Factory's Demanufacture and Obsolete albums under the nu-metal bus as well. It could be argued that they were more groove metal (Machine Head) and industrial metal (fear Factory), but the new metal vibe and infamous half-step chord progressions were there in full force.

 

[Overtures]

Bump.


Fear Factory is pretty cool imo.

 

[Ryuuzaki]

I like a lot of 'hair metal'.

 

[SkeletonWitch]

The Used are quite a misunderstood progressive metal/post-nu band.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I'll add Nothingface's Violence for very good nu metal stuffs.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

The only Nu-Metal that I'd even consider listening to is Mudvayne's first album. It's conceptual, well written, and some of their riffs are fairly cool (at times).

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

L.D.50 is probably not only one of the best nu metal albums but also one of the bast albums of the year 2000. It's really quite amazing how quickly that band turned into complete shit.

 

[Draehl]

Here ya go. Very good shit for that era.

 

[Tonka Time]

The Used are quite a misunderstood progressive metal/post-nu band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv9zDC5HaKs

The Used are great.



As for Nu-metal I still listen to some Mudvayne tracks every once and a while as well as some Deftones.

 

[morguelord]

Every now and then, nostalgia kicks in and I'll mumble along with a couple lines of Wait and Bleed or Evolution. But most nu metal and such trendy ilk I find detestable, if not at least for their terrible fanbases. I.e. Disturbed. Some decent musicianship that could be enjoyable in some doses. But if I say I like them, I'm lumped in with a her of queef mongering dildos. So ehh.

 

[Mort Divine]

 

[Draehl]

^ I won't say it's bad, but it is rather uninspired. It's neither catchy like one would expect from popular music nor does it possess any technical prowess, heaviness or hypnotic/drone like qualities from generally more "acquired" tastes. Exceedingly neutral.

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

My wife is on a huge female vocal goth metal kick right now, and some of that shit ain't bad at all. I've been a Leaves Eyes fan for a few years, and she introduced me to Octavia Sperati, who aren't bad either.

 

[The Butt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoTEnaAI9Fo

That's pretty good.