The Metal Thread Genre • Page 662

I’m still not caught up tbh

 

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Very surprised that only 2 of those that were mentioned made it. Frozen Soul better be on there.

 

I'm 37 and still have tons of glaring omissions. I think I'm gonna do a deep dive on 90s death metal soon and at least clear all those ones up.

 

I took a deep dive into the classics a few years ago. There was a list of the essentials on the metal subreddit that I went through, and it covered the bases pretty damn well. From there I was able to determine whether or not I wanted to check out the rest of a given band's discography or if they were simply a one or two listen kind of band for me.

I'll have to find the list. I actually had a thread on here somewhere (I was still doing the list when the transition to Chorus happened). It was a fun project and formulated the foundations for what genres I tend to favor these days.

 

I remember following that thread actually! Was just thinking of it when I made this post. Really does go to show the mammoth breadth of this genre that even such a lengthy, concerted, focused project still only covered "the basics" as it were.

 

That's an interesting topic. I'm kinda in the same boat as I think I've barely heard any classics. Contrary to how I or other metalheads used to make me feel like a decade or so ago, I don't really feel like I necessarily have to catch up. At this point, I pretty much know what subgenres I like or not and in either case, which older or newer acts I gravitate towards. Doesn't mean I'm not going to bother with unheard classics ever, but I'd rather do that at my own organic pace, much like I've done for non-metal genres, than force myself to listen to tons of stuff out of pressure, all while knowing from past experiences that I may not get into them. Not sure if that makes sense, I kinda have mixed feelings due to witnessing tons of gatekeeping on various metal places, thankfully not in this thread though.

 

the only metal band i think everyone should force themselves to get into is celtic frost, other than that i'm a big fan of exploring the subgenre you like and encountering the classics as organically as possible

 

Gatekeeping is whack. It's actually in response to gatekeeping that somewhere down the line I made it a point to develop an encyclopedic knowledge of the genre as much as possible so I can school the gatekeepers when questioned on my metal knowledge (which happens pretty often). That said, I also do just have a genuine interest in trying to hear everything as much as possible because I'm just that invested in this genre - I live and breathe this shit anymore.

 

dudes rock

 

Never, for any genre ever.

 

Song has been on repeat. The bass part is gnarly

 

I was inspired by Dye Hard With a Vengeance on Instagram and decided to dye some old shirts this past weekend. They came out better than expected since I had no idea what I was doing really, but the ink kinda bleed onto the lettering on the Gatecreeper and Ekulu ones.

 

After 8 years, there is a new Year Of No Light album (instrumental post-metal/atmospheric/post-rock)

 

Came home to this bad boy after being gone from home for two weeks.

 

french name (Passéisme) but band from Russia who plays melodic bm. Vocals are not for everyone.

 

Deafheaven released their new single but I prefer this version better.

 

Hear about this? Comes out July 23rd

 

Hell yeah

 

Holy fuck this is good

 

didnt the ringer do a long form pod on this exact topic already?

 

Woodstock has been covered multiple times (as it should be)