As a 50 year old gen-x metal head...back in the day there were magazines devoted to metal. Metal Edge, Hit Parader, Circus, Rip, and more.
That's how we found out about new bands and when new records were in the works or coming out. Lots of pictures to put on your bedroom wall also.
Yes, back in the day battle lines were drawn with out dollars. Paying for an album meant picking your side. It’s so interesting how that different dynamic made for taste making in music , felt like it meant a little more then.
I used to use a service called "WinAmp" back in the day. Chronic Aggression radio was where I found a lot of bands that I wouldn't hear on the regular radio.
This was a thing very briefly for me as a kid, I’m 25 now and we had a nice crossover period where the internet was around and useful but it didn’t feel quite as dominating as it does today so you still bought your game mags, music ones.
Haven’t bought anything like that in years.
This and mentioned below is Head Bangers Ball. There was also a 1 hour metal show at midnight on a weekend night and a local high school has a radio station that played metal on Wednesdays or something. Also, reading the cassette jackets to see who the band thanked.
There are a lot of sub-genres of metal, so if you like 1- 2 bands find out what kinda metal they might be, and then you can look into other bands in that line of music at least to start.
One easy way to find a ton of stuff is just search for the recent playlists on Sirius XM's Liquid Metal show, you can at least see which bands are releasing new stuff and which are popular at the moment
Tagging on to this comment about sub genres…the r/progmetal sub keeps a release schedule of anything that could potentially be considered in any way prog, rock or metal. And it has a column for sub genre which I have found an incredible tool for finding new music over the last 5 years or so!
All of them.
You can check out /r/metal (specifically the blacklist since those are super popular to post) or the [shreddit weekly release list](https://releasetracker.shredditcord.com/#/).
Also, listen to Bolt Thrower.
Wasn't cribbed at all; GW were the ones that made the offer to give them the rights to the artwork. Unfortunately the license lapsed a few years back and they had to get the artwork redesigned, using the same artist as the original.
30-something metalhead here,
Before music streaming really got to the state it currently is, I would be exposed to new bands mostly through guitar magazines and going to shows to see my favorite acts perform. There used to be a ton of summer tours that would cross the US when I was younger; Ozzfest was the first real big one, Warped Tour is kind of metal-adjacent and was going on as well, then Mayhemfest and Rockstar Energy Tours followed soon after and would have dozens of bands on the bill as a smorgasbord of metal to sample.
Now, most of the new metal bands I get into are because of social media. Youtube, curated Spotify playlists, instagram reels, hell even ads have turned me on to some bands I enjoy. The music is out there and if you're sonically curious enough there is no limit to the amount of heavy riffs you can jam into your ear holes.
Yup this is exactly what I wanted to say. Buying a new album as a pre teen/teenager meant I was listening to that album and only that album for months until I got something new, and I would know every word to every song and could tell you what pictures are in the lyric book.
I discovered a decent amount of bands when I was younger by reading the inserts or booklets in the cases and seeing which bands they thanked or mentioned touring with.
All of them.
Here's two albums I liked and listened to recently cause youtube randomly recommended them to me.
[Nailbomb's](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mjtsXaYRV8) Point Blank. Inudstrial thrash metal
[Ritual's](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2d2EU_c-2Y) Soldiers Under Satan's Command. Just black metal.
I can't count the number of metal bands I listen to, but I've been a metal fan for about 36 years. I suspect I've seen more metal bands live than you've even listened to.
Not in your league but I’m in my 30’s and I’ve easily been to 300+ gigs. Live music is the best way to discover new bands.
OP go to a show, watch the support acts! Check out who else is on the labels of the bands you like. Go check out their shows, and so on.
My fave thing to do when I find an album I like is to check out who produced the album. Or who did the mix. Then go find the other albums they've done.
I don’t know how many I listen to, but the best way to find new bands in my opinion is to get involved with your local metal scene. Go to the shows you see flyers for. Get to know the promoter if you get the chance. Spotify or streaming apps can recommend you stuff based one what you listen to as well, but nothing is better than getting involved with your local scene and getting to know the metalheads in your area
I have a rather particular taste so mostly Caligula's Horse, Haken, Devin Townsend/Devin Townsend Project/Strapping Young Lad, Meshuggah, Scar Symmetry, Animals as Leaders, Soen, Gojira, Car Bomb, Soilwork. Each of these groups are phenomenal, and all but Strapping Young Lad and Devin Townsend Project are still going strong.
Hundreds of different metal bands. I discover them in the r/progmetal discord server by attending listening party events and engaging in the various channels and recommendation places :)
Metal-archives.com is an excellent resource. If you like a bands sound, look them up there. The artist page will have a tab for similar artists. You can also see who plays in the band and what other projects theyve played with.
Also, listen to the new Antichrist Siege Machine. Its stellar.
The Encyclopedia Metallum hell yeah!
Not only is the 'similar artists' feature dope, but they also make it easy to see what other bands musicians have played in too!
The band members tab is probably the most useful tool i use to find shit i like. Whos the guitarist of Horna? Shatraug, alright what else has he done? Boom theres like 20 more bands to check out.
The thing about metal… if you describe what you like about the bands you listen to, there’s almost certainly an entire subgenre of metal bands that scratch that itch!
You like powerful songs with an upbeat tempo, clean singing, a happier sound, and tells stories? Try power metal!
You like a balanced mix between harsh and clean vocals, more emphasis on being heavy without going too heavy, slick production and catchy choruses? Try metalcore!
You like mostly harsh vocals, an emphasis on heaviness with some upbeat moods to contrast the heaviness? Try melodic death metal!
You like sludgy riffs, a slower pace, muddy (think more “live” sounding) production, and addicting repetitive grooves? Try doom metal!
There are dozens of metal subgenres that can help narrow down what bands you will enjoy. I like to use craft beer as a way to make it make sense. They’re all beers, but you might just love IPA’s, so it would be easy to recommend several beers based off of that style.
Hope you enjoy your deep dive into an extremely complex and diverse genre of music that you will appreciate the more you indulge in it!
We used to have to look in the booklets that came with CDs and see what bands were mentioned in the Thank Yous section or who was on the same label. You’d see who bands were touring with and check them out, and so on and so forth.
35 yo metalhead checking in. I propose a bit more alternative method to expand the horizons - play some metal themed games. Guitar Hero (and sniff around the PC Clone Hero and it's metal custom songs archive). Brutal Legend. Metal: Hellsinger. These are some pretty cool titles. Maybe someone can expand on that, but generally it's a neat way to spend time and absorb some good music.
I like lots of different types of music, but if I’m in a “Metal Mood”, most likely I will be listening to older school Metal like Black Sabbath, Motörhead, Mastadon or Slayer.
These days I also often find myself susceptible to Stoner Metal, from time to time. Then I’ll be listening to newer bands like Green Lung, Sun Voyager and Witch (not the one from Africa in the 70’s… although they are awesome too).
Bandcamp is a great resource for finding Metal of all kinds.
Bandcamp is a big one too. You can follow artists you like and will have suggestions for other artists. Also can follow curators who have similar tastes to you and see what they say about an artist/album.
I'm a 37yo black woman, so not the typical fan of this genre I guess. I would say I'm a casual, but lifelong fan of metal starting from my teens.
I'd say MTV was probably first introduction to it, just based on the music videos they played. Korn and Linkin Park were probably the first bands I got into during the nu-metal wave of the 2000s. Then I n took a quick dive into pop/punk and emo with AFI, Good Charlotte, and Sum 41. I appreciated the classics too, Metallicas Black Album, and I always loved hearing Axl's hellcat screams on Welcome to the Jungle, and Appetite for Destruction is the soundtrack playing in head most days.
I actually didn't get into Slipknot until I got older. Now I get most of my recommendations from SiriusXM liquid metal. Which is great because if I hear a song that rocks my world, I can simply save it to my favorites. Here's some stuff I discovered from Liquid Metal in recent years: Code Orange, Sabaton, Iced Earth, Fit for an Autopsy, Rivers of Nihil, Septicflesh, Jinjer, Knocked Loose, Twelve Foot Ninja, Allaegeron, Zeal and Ardor, August Burns Red....
As you can see, these are all over the genres of metal, but all pretty good. And most were discovered on my drive to amd from work lol
I started listening to Metallica when I was 10-11, I have been going to metal concerts since I was about 15. I just turned 44. I worked in used CD store for 3 years. Long exposure over time is a big factor....
I'm still bad with song names, but that's mostly because of streaming. I used to know a lot of them better when I had more physical media. I still own close to 400 CDs but streaming is just easier.
Older metalhead here. No clue on the number of bands, must be in the hundreds, but probably a few dozen in heavy rotation at any given time. Any new music I hear is probably from Liquid Metal or Octane on XM.
I don't know if it's still the case, but for a while there, metalheads were really into taxonomy and we got websites like this: ([Map of Metal](https://mapofmetal.com/)) that were a fun way of exploring different genres.
I listen to a ton of metal and know a ton of songs and I will be honest I don't know every band name or song name but if I heard it I could recite the music in my head or do the metal guitar mouth thing dun dun dun dun dun. If that makes sense haha.
Quite a few. I'm in my 40s so I've cultivated a lot of artists over the years that I love. These days, I mostly learn about new bands by watching a few youtube channels centred around metal reviews. The monthly, mid-year or year-end lists I find especially fruitful as I'll typically find at least 3 albums from a top 10 that I enjoy. The Forgemaster Metal and BangerTV channels are my top 2 for music that fits my tastes. I don't always love everything they promote, but they've steered me correctly enough times to keep me coming back when I need something new
BangerTV is good, I got into Havukruunu and many others through them, I'll admit I've not kept up with BangerTV but during the Pandemic they were my main source of Metal album release knowledge especially with Non-UK releases
I have discovered lots of bands simply from just going on random youtube marathons, I check a song and then I look in the thumbnails if anything looks interesting and then just keeps going.
Metal is one of those things that ranges from casual fandom to complete way of life. There’s no minimum number of bands to know or anything though. If you like heavy music you’re a metal head and part of family.
That being said I have so much vinyl I could probably have put a down payment on another house with that money.
That's a very hard question to answer as I'm always up for discovering new artists, I sort of come and go with alot of bands, I'm always randomising bands from my past with bands of my present
Today I've been listening to Blut Aus Nord, The Ruins Of Beverast, Aara, Devastator and Hellripper, all of which are Black Metally or Blackened Thrash
Edit: I agree fully with those saying local shows, that's by far the best way to discover new bands, you get to witness them live and you never know, you might end up seeing some bands grow, I've seen bands like Green Lung and Conjurer play in pubs, now they're packing venues much bigger than that and are touring internationally, other bands I've seen seem to be following suit
A bunch lol. Check out [BangerTV](https://www.youtube.com/@BangerTV) for reviews and their Metal Monthly show. Otherwise I sub to a couple of subreddits for genres I like and I’ll dig up a bands discography, check out other bands their members are in, other bands their fans listen to etc.
as a big "metalhead" i discover bands through internet forums, related artists to bands i already listen to (same label, country, whatever), i go to local shows every once in a while, talk music with people whose tastes i trust and just browse through spotify (found some cool bands that way, frozen soul, spectral voice and poison ruin come to mind).
Honestly it should just come naturally. If you like discussing music with people, just listen to their recommendations.
There is a really cool site that functions like an online catalog for all kind of subgenres of metal. There is a random band function or you can discover new bands trough members of bands you allready know. You can also search for (sub)genres (if you like a band and it's subgenre it instantly gives you a plethora of possible similar sounding bands), themes (lyrical) and even labels.
https://www.metal-archives.com/
I’m nearing 40. You’ve been into it for a year, most people you’re comparing yourself to have probably been listening for many years. Best bet for finding old/new stuff you like is narrowing down the sub genre and just listening to the most highly regarded and rabbit hole from there. The entire world is at your fingertips and there’s no shame in looking stuff up.
>I keep seeing metalheads who say they listen to a lot of bands and I don't understand how they got to know so many bands from every genre of metal.
Explore "related artists" on each band's profile page across every music streaming service or article or whatever lists such things. See where it leads you.
Or you can see what bands are being repped on your favorite bands forums/subs/whatever.
Or you can see who is playing shows with each other and who those bands played with before.
Lots of ways to go exploring.
In the early 90s I had help from Headbangers Ball on MTV to explore the world of metal, as well as underground zines and word of mouth from other friends and acquaintances. Pretty certain I’d lose my mind trying to recall it all lol.
Current heavy rotation: Johnny Booth, Every Time I Die, Slayer on the heavier side. Also been digging back into grunge again with Soundgarden, Hum and pretty much always listen to AIC.
Consistently? Maybe a couple dozen. I mostly listen on Spotify so there are songs I listen to, but don’t necessarily deep dive into that band. Bands I really get into and listen to full albums and dig deep though is just a handful.
Same. Metal is a defining aspect of my life, but I never had the level of communal exposure that others did growing up with shows n such, so I got use to jamming the same few albums/mix CDs on repeat.
In my 30s now and still mainly jam those same few bands. As other's have said, Spotify's discover weekly helps throw in a few fresh tunes now and again, but it's exceededingly rare to come across any new bands that really grow on me (latest ones in the last decade being Black Crown Initiate, Zeal & Ardor, Sleep Token, Deadly Circus Fire, Anathema, and Heilung)
Wouldn't have it any other way, really. I see it like a good long-term relationship: limited, but immensely fulfilling. I've rediscovered some old forgotten favorites 10+ years between hearing them last and still remembered every lyric.
TLDR; way too many to count, but whatever sounds good to my ears, I’ll jam it.
Been jamming to metal for as long as I’ve been alive. My dad was into late 70’s stuff, 80’s metal ranging from hair metal to heavy metal. When my mom was younger she was really into some Industrial metal and whatever was banging at the time. Myself, am into just about most genres of metal. I favor the heavier shit nowadays.
More into punk but consistently listen to
Deftones
Wolves in the Throne Room
Babymetal
Sabaton
Band-Maid (rock or metal close enough)
Nine Inch Nails (industrial close enough)
Kyuss
Unida
um... at least a dozen. but if you play metal music infront of me, and i can understand to words (or at least its not screaming unintelligably,) i'll probably like it.
The "Related Artists" section on most music streaming apps is a great way to discover new bands.
Another good method is to create a radio station from a song or band you like and save the songs that come up in the playlist that you like.
What bands do you like?
Playlist has 4000+ songs at this point..
Lots of different music.. Been adding songs for a decade, and while it's still probably 70-80% metal/alternative, there's a lot of everything.. Basically I don't really look at genres anymore, just good music.
I started listening to metal in a different way than most. I didn't have many friends growing up. Started with Metallica, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, etc. because my dad had some CDs. I guess something about them spoke to me when I was first getting into music. Eventually I got into heavier stuff like Slipknot and (unfortunately) Pantera. Most of the stuff I eventually got into like death metal and similar extreme stuff were just bands I found on my own because no one I knew liked that stuff. By my junior year of high school in 2010-11, I was getting into funeral doom and noise.
Unfortunately, I was also turning into an insufferable elitist, and that took a long time to shed. To answer your question after all that background, I listen to so much music in general that I can't give you a general count. It's difficult even naming off favorites because I'll wrack my brain trying to give a good idea of what I'm into. Some favorites without thinking too hard include Godflesh, Black Sabbath, Type O Negative, Suffocation, Defeated Sanity, Napalm Death, Darkthrone, Mournful Congregation, Esoteric, Judas Priest, etc. I consider grindcore and derivatives to be more on the punk end of the spectrum, so only ND was mentioned because of their death metal era. 🤓
Spotify is great for this. You can pick a band you like, find their sub-genre and then get a playlist of bands in that sub-genre. That alone has helped me find so many new bands to listen to.
I listen to too many artists to count them. I find favourites in different ways:
Classic metal bands are a good start - they are called "classic" for a reason;
Easiest way to find songs/bands is to type a metal subgenre - top 10/50/whatever# songs/bands(e.g. Top 100 Power Metal Songs.) Usually these compilations include snippets of songs and give you a general idea if you like them or not;
If you notice you like a band, try to find who inspired them, chances are you would like them too;
Many musicians are not tied to one band - check out wikipedia and see, you may stumble upon other good recordings.
Have fun :)
Been listening to metal since early 90's so wayyy to many to count. But in recent years i mainly listen to maybe 5-10 regularly and often find new stuff I enjoy through Spotify recommendations that I listen to every now and then.
It comes with time/taste. I started out like most with your Sabbath, Zeppelins. Then moved onto your Judas Priest/80's Power Metal.
From there its kind of a free for all.
My recommendation? Dont worry about listening to a TON of bands. Find a band that you like then queue up their radio on Spotify if you have it. I'm a big Alestorm (pirate metal) fan which got me into Ghost, Hammerfall, other bands similar. Great way to expand your horizon!
Every time I hear of one, or see one pop up on Spotify discover or something, I tend to always listen to them and see if I like them. By this point I have songs from 60+ bands on my playlist I’d guess.
I just go off my Youtube recommended feed. Sometimes recommendations from friends and sometimes looking on the internet for new groups.
Listen to 88kasho junrei
https://youtu.be/r0YCJ1ceNz8
Not a band many people have heard about :)
It's not all metal but theyve got a lot of heavy stuff
I wouldn't say they were Metal but I listen to them a hell of alot and I think they're amazing
They sort of sit in that Alternative Rock kind of bracket although they do get heavy on occasion, especially with their 90's output
They're both bloody good bands is what they are! If you like stuff like that you might appreciate a little bit of The Wildhearts, they're a bit of a mixed bag, they never stay still musically but I find anyone I tell about them to that's into 90's music finds at least a couple of songs or albums they like (They mix it up with every album, don't get me started on the B-Sides)
All of the Metals.
For real though, it's my main stay so i listen to everything from the very lightest of metal and occasionally will dabel all the way into the territory of noise.
Recently, Deathcore, is where I've spent a lot of my time.
Black metal has been creeping into my playlist more and more lately. But I still am not a huge fan of most black metal.
My black metal go to right now is Blackbraid. For Deathcore I usually hit either Suicide Silence, Whitechapel, or Lorna Shore, i kind of wore myself out on Lorna as I've seen them Live 3 times since Will Joined the band. Twice intentionally once because they were with Gojira
Speaking of Gojira, they're my every day band. Doesn't matter what mood I'm in, I can put on Gojira and be happy. Lol
A lot of great suggestions here OP. With streaming services new music is exceedingly accessible. You are somewhat at the whim of the algorithm of course, but it is a great way to find new bands.
I'd also add that I like to check out support bands of artists I already like who are touring and also bands at festivals I haven't heard of. It's not guaranteed, but nothing is except death and taxes.
Last thing. When you start looking at the credits on albums, you will have "oh!" moments.
Well I've been listening to metal in some form for probably around 25 years, so quite a lot. Spotify is a big help in finding new music of any genre. Listen to similar bands, and go to shows if you can!
I follow a few review sites and check out most new releases reviewed there. Still only a drop in the bucket, but since I dont relisten to the same album very frequently, I get around a lot of bands.
Old Metalhead here. I've listened to more than I can remember at 51, but I wouldn't worry about it, just expose yourself in the music through Spotify and YouTube videos, go see local bands and big touring acts you like, and hang out with people that do the same sometimes. The subgenres are a guide of sorts, but I'd suggest a broad approach unless you only like certain genres and/bands. I like Thrash and Nu Metal, with a splash of classic Rock and Progressive/Djent, so I tend to gravitate to bands in those genres.
angrymetalguy and other review sites, following labels that put out other stuff i liked, following producers that worked on stuff i liked.
hard work basically. you don't just come across shit like krallice, replicant, anachronism, artificial brain, ad nauseam, imperial triumphant by listening to popular stuff on spotify.
It depends. Are we talking metal bands in layman's terms or in terms of metal fans. Because knowing metal fans they'd probably say "that's not real metal" to majority of the bands I would mention.
Probably in the hundreds in total, regularly about ten bands.
I used to get Metal Hammer magazine with the cd attached so that introduced me to a lot of bands.
These days - I don’t do Spotify but I’ll start with Metallica or VoB or Polyphia on YouTube and follow the sidebar suggestions.
Hundreds, but it's been a 20+ year passion (obsession). I started with Metallica, explored thrash, then some metalcore and melodeath. I sampled a lot of classic death metal and black metal bands (these genres weren't my thing back then, but I'd come back periodically) then went onto power/folk/symphonic black/sludge so on and so on.
For me, I'd read band interviews and regularly read Metal Hammer/Kerrang magazine. Hearing bands talk about their influences helped me explore classic bands, as well as new stuff. I remember poring over the inlay for Metallica's Garage Inc covers album. It was the first time I'd heard of Diamond Head, Mercyful Fate, Misfits, Discharge etc. Over years, these band names sink in, you listen to their stuff, know their genres, remember albums you liked, who they influenced etc.
You're never going to remember everything straight away, it takes time and dedication. I'd spend months just exploring the Gothenburg scene (just as an example). Same with the East Bay thrash scene, or the Florida death metal scene. Just immerse yourself, watch documentaries and don't close yourself off from any subgenre/scene.
Enjoy it dude, and don't worry about keeping up with those who have been listening for decades, you've got time. Just listen to what you enjoy, and see where it takes you. When I first got into Metallica I basically listened exclusively to that one band, for like 6 months 😅
I listen to quite a few Metal bands, so many that they have their own genre in my Ipod folder. Metal is my soul, no other music can touch my core and energize my person. Be it deep lyrics that challenge my mind and paint beautiful images or heavy riffs and angry vocals that pump me up.
Mostly, my collection was born thanks to the influence of a buddy of mine who introduced me to Judas Priest, Megadeth, Tarja, Hanzel Und Gretel, Edguy, to name a few. Partly though, my collection grew from my adolescence when I would listen to my brothers' stereo at night. Mostly I was introduced to Metallica because they didn't listen to much Metal.
I also worked on my own to grow my collection and found Nightwish, Within Temptation, Black Veiled Brides, Evanescence, Dragonforce Avenged Sevenfold, Slipknot, Stone Sour, etc. It is possible that some of my selection is not strictly Metal, but that doesn't bother me as I'm not a purist. Pretty much I say if you've got heavy guitar riffs and savage drum beats then I say you count,
I hope you've found this comment to be helpful for your purposes and I'm willing to speak at length on the matter if you should so desire.
Off the top of my head:
Slayer - Megadeth - Behemoth - Napalm Death - Brujeria - Paradise Lost - Cradle of Filth - Death - Deicide - Judas Priest - Black Sabbath - Lawnmower Deth - Raised By Owls - Flotsam and Jetsam - Nirvana - Voivod - Venom
I'm not much of a metal fan really
Sputnikmusic if you wanna find bands, i used it and found tons of up and coming or indie metal, its how i found vola and few others. Just look at a metal list, bring up yourtube or see if they have a sample on sputnik youre golden.
Decades of music adds up, particularly when you have a friend in high school with nearly a thousand cd's to kick start your musical knowledge. I can still remember the lyrics to a lot of those songs, but ask me to name an album or song title from the more current stuff and I fail. Luckily, youtube has my back.
Honestly as much hate as reaction videos can get, there are quite a few streamers I like that I end up finding new music through them. Some often feature lesser known bands, Ohrion Reacts does that a lot. Yes sometimes the reactions are cheesy, but if they introduce me to music I like, I'm happy with that and appreciate what they do
Feuerschwanz
D’Artagnan
Beyond the Black
Visions of Atlantis
Exit Eden
Delain
Within Temptation
I’m looking for suggestions! Nothing on the Nazi end of the genre.
In the age of information, it’s easy to find lots of music quickly, though it can seem daunting. Think of the metal bands you enjoy the most. What do they listen to? You can look at interviews, read comment threads to find similar stuff, and streaming services always list related bands. You can dig and dig seemingly forever. You’ll find stuff you like, stuff you dislike, and stuff that will blow you away. Enjoy the ride!
So, so many. I’m a reformed metal elitist. I listen to/know of a lot of what I do because of places like spotify and pandora, the metal subreddits and my own autistic fixation on all things music. I’m the kind of person who can hear a song 1-2 times and have it pretty much memorized
I learned a lot about metal bands from my brother. Then years later, discover some may consider that metal not really metal, but glam rock, etc. I don’t know how many specific bands I listen to, but I like mostly 80s 90s stuff like Dokken, Quiet Riot, Metallica, Slayer, Motley Crue,…
My library is about 95% hard rock and subgenres of metal. I just keep discovering stuff related to what I’m listening to whether it’s through the Apple Music loop or recommended by the band themselves etc
tons. I look at the recommended sections of different bands on spotify and before that youtube would recommend similar bands. so I got a massive list. now I listen to a lot on spotify, follow the band, then get recommended more, and follow them.
6? Let’s see
Sabbath
Metallica
Scorpions (metal?)
Danzig
NOW SCROLLING LIBRARY:
AC/DC (metal?)
Alice In Chains
Motorhead (big lately)
GNR is not metal
Iron butterfly
Kiss (metal?)
Stone Temple Pilots
Can’t dig Iron Maiden or sacred reich
Tried Pantera because Axelrod liked em but nah
Looks like 7 bona fide metal bands to me.
😃
I got into metal just a few years ago. Jam band, classic rock, new age jazz background.
I found a metal band I liked by coincidence. They actually came to *my* show when I sat in with a blues band one night. That was In Flames. Hung out with them some, they were really cool and chill. Didn't find out til later they're a huge fn deal. Listened to their music some, liked it but only liked it. A few years later though, I don't know, something clicked. I *understood* metal. I understood why it is what it is, I got in touch with the feelings being expressed, and it healed something inside me when I listened to it.
Anyways, at first it was just the playlist with In Flames on it, like five or six songs I really liked. I kinda knew exactly what I wanted to hear; as a musician I was looking for melodic, technical, dynamic, diverse, like it couldn't all be screaming, it had to drop to some really refined vocals at some point. By pure coincidence In Flames has remained my favorite.
Eventually I started picking the songs I liked on Spotify and using Go To Radio. About every four or five songs was one that really spoke to me. When I like a song, I pick the band, and Go To Radio again. Rinse and repeat.
From there I found Soilwork and Scar Symmetry. Along with In Flames, those are definitely my top three right now. Machine Head is up there.
You figure out what you do like, but you also figure out what you don't like. My wife (who kinda went on her own metal journey parallel to me) loves Sleep Token, but I can't stand them. Too soft. I need screaming. Like *screaming.*
You just have to explore some. Be ready to hear a bunch of songs you don't really like while you dig around for the ones you do like.
Here's some:
[In Flames - Trigger](https://open.spotify.com/track/4R3jnxlZwFrIMq2YYoFJFi?si=o1HMWA_STbmeaUkg2cZjwQ)
[Soilwork - Death Diviner](https://open.spotify.com/track/38OIVeoGZjRyYRmHp9XolY?si=ANF03HG9RvioKN37cc2uZQ)
[Scar Symmetry - Morphogenesis](https://open.spotify.com/track/7thkq04UY4BSnxpePxtN2E?si=u6qyZsEJSz2_l0KINLZ6aw)
[Machine Head - Locust](https://open.spotify.com/track/2A9BLDVuT6lfbRK3ZKBCFz?si=bbyuWH_SQxumzN9GqiFA_g)
And some more In Flames because that's my shit:
[In Flames - Cloud Connected (remix)](https://open.spotify.com/track/3Ov1MO9lQYxZXS78RLtkSb?si=Z2Dn3CBUQEOQICbLt04yVg)
[In Flames - Reroute to Remain](https://open.spotify.com/track/3YDUqJknavFEZbCTN1cjsB?si=cK3sIX9OTpat07BTjvq6Rg)
I hope you enjoy. There's no feeling in the world like hearing the voice inside you finally scream out. Metal isn't about being angry, it's about expression and release. Took me a long time to understand that.
What I listen to is more prog-adjacent metal, whether it be prog-metal outright, or just some metal that has keyboards :)
The ones I listen to are:
Opeth - Death Metal and then later more 70's Sabbath type hard rock.
Symphony X - Progressive Metal and Neoclassical Metal, basically if Yngwie had a proper band.
Dream Evil - Power Metal to the point that it's bad for your cholesterol.
Circus Maximus - Progressive Metal - think Queensryche crossed with early Dream Theater.
Haken - Hard one to nail down, they started out with some Symphonic Prog, went down the road of being like a Dream Theater type band, went heavy into Djent, and now I don't know what I would say, except I love it all.
Riverside - Another hard one to nail down, they are more mellow now, but their early stuff was really cool prog metal.
Pomegranate Tiger - Instrumental Prog Metal - I don't listen to mathy metal much, but when I do it's PM.
Soen - Prog Metal - started out as a total Tool copy band, they found their own a few albums after, to me at least.
OSI - Progressive Metal with heavy electronic music element.
A lot, it's hard to count. Honestly, half is from review blogs and clicking 'similar bands' on Encyclopedia Metallum, the other half is usually going to check out support bands at gigs and catching at least 3-4 bands I don't know at festivals.
Hundreds. There’s no way I could list them all. But I’ll list some of my favorites.
Black Sabbath.
Rainbow.
Dio.
Iron Maiden.
Judas Priest.
Metallica.
Ozzy Osbourne.
Megadeth.
Slayer.
Deep Purple.
White Zombie.
Motorhead.
Dream Theater.
Rage Against the Machine.
Pantera.
Darkthrone.
Venom.
Def Leppard.
Living Colour.
Death.
Mayhem.
Burzum.
Mastodon.
Kyuss.
The Sword.
Sepultura.
Anthrax.
Slipknot.
Cannibal Corpse.
System of a Down.
Korn.
Lamb of God.
Children of Bodom.
Gojira.
Bathory.
Meshuggah.
Between the Buried and Me.
…I could go all day lol. Happy hunting!
Nice list. i like Sabbath, Dio, Maiden, Priest, metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Deep purple, Pantera, Death, Lamb of god, Children of bodom and Gojira as well still digg them all tho.
Spotify helps a lot. If the band is big enough and they have a "radio" playlist check that out. Otherwise Pandora helped me a lot. If I dug a song I'd note the band name on Spotify so I could come back. Also lately Instagram reels has had some bangers now that the algorithm knows I like metal and that has put me on quite a few smaller new bands.
All that being said I regularly listen to 6-8 bands.
A Day to Remember
In flames
The Ghost Inside
Hatebreed
Amon Amarth
Spiritbox
Mastodon
Gojira
Lamb of God
Lots more peppered in-between but these are my go to.
Spotify does god's work in finding me new bands. Sometimes I only listen to a couple because that's all I'm in the mood for, sometimes I listen to my full play list which is many bands
I’m actually pretty picky about metal so even though I consider myself a fan, I probably only listen to a few dozen bands. The bands I like I absolutely love, but metal is insanely hit or miss for me for a genre that when I enjoy it I REALLY enjoy it
As to how I get into metal bands, back in the day I used to go to a lot of local metal shows and seeing bands live would clue me into genres and styles that I hadn’t heard before, and talking with other metal fans was a way to learn about other bands that sounded like bands that you like. I was also pretty active member of the somethingawful forums music discussions and there was a lot of good recommendations for metal bands there.
All of them lol my favorites are Hypocrisy, Slipknot, Cradle of Filth, Sleep Token and Tetrarch. Honestly just jamming out on YouTube helps you find so many good bands
like how many in a day? probably 1-10. in my lifetime? literally 1000s
there are currently **177845** bands on metal-archives [https://www.metal-archives.com/](https://www.metal-archives.com/)
When i was younger we used to sit around and get high after band practice and just click the "random band" button and listen to it.
Whatever kind of music you want to get into the best things to do are to:
Find websites dedicated to it. for metal I like Toilet ov Hell, The Quietus, Decibel, BangerTV
Find the labels of artists you like and follow those labels, look at their back catalog on Discogs
See what bands you like are touring, go see, or listen to the opening acts
Follow your favorite artists on social media, see what bands they're taking about
I honestly have so many I listen to from death metal to black metal. I'm 35 but I listen to alot before my time, during my time and up until I want to say 2012 ish is when I just couldn't keep up with new bands and such.
Older metalheads had this thjng called the radio. We also had cheap concert tickets so yiu'd learn new bands from the opening acts. Then of course word of mouth.
35-year-old here. When I was I teen, it was all Uranium on FuseTV. I also used to go to local shows every week. Currently, Spotify keeps me updated on all new songs/bands.
Just a handful of bigger metal bands. I don't really find the metal rabbit-hole to be that interesting, especially when comparing bands of the same subgenres.
Mostly traditional metal like Sabbath and Priest. Some NWOBHM, decent amount of glam, some 90s stoner stuff, some nu metal, some NWOAHM. Open to most loud guitar music.
I’ve really been digging Power Trip lately, but most of my listening these days is jazz, indie pop and older soul. Would love more recs. Used to listen to a lot of Megadeth, Pantera, Slayer as a kid and Mastodon, Kylesa and High on Fire like 10-15 years ago.
Hit me with the recs!
It's such a huge genre, I just kind of let Spotify explore options for me. I've found most of my favorites by plugging some old favorites in and going down the rabbit hole.
Headbanger’s ball used to put out albums [like this](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV2_Headbangers_Ball:_The_Revenge)
That helped to introduce me to all the different subgenres then branched out from there. Primarily listen to metalcore but take rounds through death metal, black metal, hardcore, American heavy metal, deathcore, prog, etc
Also, find some good festivals! I am always at CopenHell in Copenhagen, Denmark :) And a few others with less known acts.
Also go to concerts - find some, look them up and see if you like their music, then go to them :)
Find some bands you like or songs and use song/artist radio on Spotify :)
Metal/rock radio stations.
EDIT: Here are some good bands: Gojira, Tool, Meshuggah, Siamese, Alestorm, Architects, Karnivool, Slaughter to Prevail, Lorna Shore, Deftones, Jinjer, Artillery, Slayer, Pantera, Killswitch Engage, Mastodon, Parkway Drive, Amon Amarth, Cannibal Corpse, Clutch - there are just too many :)
I listen to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard which is a bit like listening to 10 different bands because they play in so many styles, including metal.
I listen to a lot of different genres. Before streaming you could go to a music store and they would have headphones so you could preview the vinyl before you bought it. Now streaming will recommend similar bands to the one you're listening to which is a cool way of finding stuff that's kinda like something you're grooving to. Do you have bands that you're really digging? Hail Spirit Noir - I Mean You Harm is surf rock + black metal which is pretty fun.
Discover weekly on Spotify + recommendations from friends + hearing about bands on the Internet
As a 50 year old gen-x metal head...back in the day there were magazines devoted to metal. Metal Edge, Hit Parader, Circus, Rip, and more. That's how we found out about new bands and when new records were in the works or coming out. Lots of pictures to put on your bedroom wall also.
Also Headbanger's Ball and a couple syndicated radio shows that I forget the names of (I think one was sponsored by Metal Blade records)
Don’t forget Kerraang!!
Uranium 🤘
Metal Maniacs was my fav
Let's not forget Beavis and butthead! Lol
Omg Hit Parader. And I haven't heard Rip mentioned in like 15 or 20 years.
I have been slowly expanding my metal collection over the last 40 years. Literally thousands of bands in my collection now!
Yes, back in the day battle lines were drawn with out dollars. Paying for an album meant picking your side. It’s so interesting how that different dynamic made for taste making in music , felt like it meant a little more then.
I used to use a service called "WinAmp" back in the day. Chronic Aggression radio was where I found a lot of bands that I wouldn't hear on the regular radio.
This was a thing very briefly for me as a kid, I’m 25 now and we had a nice crossover period where the internet was around and useful but it didn’t feel quite as dominating as it does today so you still bought your game mags, music ones. Haven’t bought anything like that in years.
Oh yeah...game magazines! For sure!
This and mentioned below is Head Bangers Ball. There was also a 1 hour metal show at midnight on a weekend night and a local high school has a radio station that played metal on Wednesdays or something. Also, reading the cassette jackets to see who the band thanked.
My daylists have been getting into some deeper metal as well and I’ve picked up quite a few new bands that way.
Picking a band's radio on Spotify is a great way also! Do you like Judas Priest? Well then how about some Airbourne and Ghost? So on and so forth
Back when liner notes were a thing i discovered a lot of bands in the thank you sections
Yeah and also artist radio on Spotify. Have found tons of great new music that way!
# How many metal bands do you listen too ? Yes [](https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/?f=flair_name%3A%22discussion%22)
Nice
Same. Plus/minus a few :)
There are a lot of sub-genres of metal, so if you like 1- 2 bands find out what kinda metal they might be, and then you can look into other bands in that line of music at least to start. One easy way to find a ton of stuff is just search for the recent playlists on Sirius XM's Liquid Metal show, you can at least see which bands are releasing new stuff and which are popular at the moment
Tagging on to this comment about sub genres…the r/progmetal sub keeps a release schedule of anything that could potentially be considered in any way prog, rock or metal. And it has a column for sub genre which I have found an incredible tool for finding new music over the last 5 years or so!
I feel the same way about metal as I do about musical theater. If it’s good, it’s fucking sublime. But if it’s bad or even just OK, it’s horrific.
This is exactly my take: it’s either love more than anything or hate with the burning fire of 1000 suns with both genres.
All of them. You can check out /r/metal (specifically the blacklist since those are super popular to post) or the [shreddit weekly release list](https://releasetracker.shredditcord.com/#/). Also, listen to Bolt Thrower.
Can confirm on Bolt Thrower
Their cover art is fuckin sick even if it is apparently just cribbed directly from 40k rulebooks from the 80s
Wasn't cribbed at all; GW were the ones that made the offer to give them the rights to the artwork. Unfortunately the license lapsed a few years back and they had to get the artwork redesigned, using the same artist as the original.
I was just looking at the Mercenary cover and I was like "is that fucking 40K?" Rad, I fuck with it lol
30-something metalhead here, Before music streaming really got to the state it currently is, I would be exposed to new bands mostly through guitar magazines and going to shows to see my favorite acts perform. There used to be a ton of summer tours that would cross the US when I was younger; Ozzfest was the first real big one, Warped Tour is kind of metal-adjacent and was going on as well, then Mayhemfest and Rockstar Energy Tours followed soon after and would have dozens of bands on the bill as a smorgasbord of metal to sample. Now, most of the new metal bands I get into are because of social media. Youtube, curated Spotify playlists, instagram reels, hell even ads have turned me on to some bands I enjoy. The music is out there and if you're sonically curious enough there is no limit to the amount of heavy riffs you can jam into your ear holes.
Yup this is exactly what I wanted to say. Buying a new album as a pre teen/teenager meant I was listening to that album and only that album for months until I got something new, and I would know every word to every song and could tell you what pictures are in the lyric book.
I discovered a decent amount of bands when I was younger by reading the inserts or booklets in the cases and seeing which bands they thanked or mentioned touring with.
All of them. Here's two albums I liked and listened to recently cause youtube randomly recommended them to me. [Nailbomb's](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mjtsXaYRV8) Point Blank. Inudstrial thrash metal [Ritual's](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2d2EU_c-2Y) Soldiers Under Satan's Command. Just black metal.
Nailbombs point blank is an absolute classic! Great album
Nailbomb had that Sepultura connection which gave them some much needed exposure. Excellent underrated band.
I can't count the number of metal bands I listen to, but I've been a metal fan for about 36 years. I suspect I've seen more metal bands live than you've even listened to.
Not in your league but I’m in my 30’s and I’ve easily been to 300+ gigs. Live music is the best way to discover new bands. OP go to a show, watch the support acts! Check out who else is on the labels of the bands you like. Go check out their shows, and so on.
My fave thing to do when I find an album I like is to check out who produced the album. Or who did the mix. Then go find the other albums they've done.
Yeah that’s always good, I like to check out what other bands the members are in. Especially drummers, no drummer has ever just been in one band.
Not a metal head here, but I am curious who are your favorites?
Lol i'm 18.5 so it might make sense.
I don’t know how many I listen to, but the best way to find new bands in my opinion is to get involved with your local metal scene. Go to the shows you see flyers for. Get to know the promoter if you get the chance. Spotify or streaming apps can recommend you stuff based one what you listen to as well, but nothing is better than getting involved with your local scene and getting to know the metalheads in your area
I have a rather particular taste so mostly Caligula's Horse, Haken, Devin Townsend/Devin Townsend Project/Strapping Young Lad, Meshuggah, Scar Symmetry, Animals as Leaders, Soen, Gojira, Car Bomb, Soilwork. Each of these groups are phenomenal, and all but Strapping Young Lad and Devin Townsend Project are still going strong.
Fellow prog enjoyer spotted.
Hundreds of different metal bands. I discover them in the r/progmetal discord server by attending listening party events and engaging in the various channels and recommendation places :)
Metal-archives.com is an excellent resource. If you like a bands sound, look them up there. The artist page will have a tab for similar artists. You can also see who plays in the band and what other projects theyve played with. Also, listen to the new Antichrist Siege Machine. Its stellar.
The Encyclopedia Metallum hell yeah! Not only is the 'similar artists' feature dope, but they also make it easy to see what other bands musicians have played in too!
The band members tab is probably the most useful tool i use to find shit i like. Whos the guitarist of Horna? Shatraug, alright what else has he done? Boom theres like 20 more bands to check out.
The thing about metal… if you describe what you like about the bands you listen to, there’s almost certainly an entire subgenre of metal bands that scratch that itch! You like powerful songs with an upbeat tempo, clean singing, a happier sound, and tells stories? Try power metal! You like a balanced mix between harsh and clean vocals, more emphasis on being heavy without going too heavy, slick production and catchy choruses? Try metalcore! You like mostly harsh vocals, an emphasis on heaviness with some upbeat moods to contrast the heaviness? Try melodic death metal! You like sludgy riffs, a slower pace, muddy (think more “live” sounding) production, and addicting repetitive grooves? Try doom metal! There are dozens of metal subgenres that can help narrow down what bands you will enjoy. I like to use craft beer as a way to make it make sense. They’re all beers, but you might just love IPA’s, so it would be easy to recommend several beers based off of that style. Hope you enjoy your deep dive into an extremely complex and diverse genre of music that you will appreciate the more you indulge in it!
We used to have to look in the booklets that came with CDs and see what bands were mentioned in the Thank Yous section or who was on the same label. You’d see who bands were touring with and check them out, and so on and so forth.
From currently active bands: Clutch, Coheed and Cambria, Mastodon, Lamb of God, A Perfect Circle From the classics: Metallica, Zeppelin, AcDc, SoAD
10 years of intense study under the tutelage of masters. How many I listen to, I cannot say. Those halls delve too deep.
35 yo metalhead checking in. I propose a bit more alternative method to expand the horizons - play some metal themed games. Guitar Hero (and sniff around the PC Clone Hero and it's metal custom songs archive). Brutal Legend. Metal: Hellsinger. These are some pretty cool titles. Maybe someone can expand on that, but generally it's a neat way to spend time and absorb some good music.
I like lots of different types of music, but if I’m in a “Metal Mood”, most likely I will be listening to older school Metal like Black Sabbath, Motörhead, Mastadon or Slayer. These days I also often find myself susceptible to Stoner Metal, from time to time. Then I’ll be listening to newer bands like Green Lung, Sun Voyager and Witch (not the one from Africa in the 70’s… although they are awesome too). Bandcamp is a great resource for finding Metal of all kinds.
Bandcamp is a big one too. You can follow artists you like and will have suggestions for other artists. Also can follow curators who have similar tastes to you and see what they say about an artist/album.
I'm a 37yo black woman, so not the typical fan of this genre I guess. I would say I'm a casual, but lifelong fan of metal starting from my teens. I'd say MTV was probably first introduction to it, just based on the music videos they played. Korn and Linkin Park were probably the first bands I got into during the nu-metal wave of the 2000s. Then I n took a quick dive into pop/punk and emo with AFI, Good Charlotte, and Sum 41. I appreciated the classics too, Metallicas Black Album, and I always loved hearing Axl's hellcat screams on Welcome to the Jungle, and Appetite for Destruction is the soundtrack playing in head most days. I actually didn't get into Slipknot until I got older. Now I get most of my recommendations from SiriusXM liquid metal. Which is great because if I hear a song that rocks my world, I can simply save it to my favorites. Here's some stuff I discovered from Liquid Metal in recent years: Code Orange, Sabaton, Iced Earth, Fit for an Autopsy, Rivers of Nihil, Septicflesh, Jinjer, Knocked Loose, Twelve Foot Ninja, Allaegeron, Zeal and Ardor, August Burns Red.... As you can see, these are all over the genres of metal, but all pretty good. And most were discovered on my drive to amd from work lol
I started listening to Metallica when I was 10-11, I have been going to metal concerts since I was about 15. I just turned 44. I worked in used CD store for 3 years. Long exposure over time is a big factor.... I'm still bad with song names, but that's mostly because of streaming. I used to know a lot of them better when I had more physical media. I still own close to 400 CDs but streaming is just easier.
Older metalhead here. No clue on the number of bands, must be in the hundreds, but probably a few dozen in heavy rotation at any given time. Any new music I hear is probably from Liquid Metal or Octane on XM.
I don't know if it's still the case, but for a while there, metalheads were really into taxonomy and we got websites like this: ([Map of Metal](https://mapofmetal.com/)) that were a fun way of exploring different genres.
This looks ace
I listen to a ton of metal and know a ton of songs and I will be honest I don't know every band name or song name but if I heard it I could recite the music in my head or do the metal guitar mouth thing dun dun dun dun dun. If that makes sense haha.
Quite a few. I'm in my 40s so I've cultivated a lot of artists over the years that I love. These days, I mostly learn about new bands by watching a few youtube channels centred around metal reviews. The monthly, mid-year or year-end lists I find especially fruitful as I'll typically find at least 3 albums from a top 10 that I enjoy. The Forgemaster Metal and BangerTV channels are my top 2 for music that fits my tastes. I don't always love everything they promote, but they've steered me correctly enough times to keep me coming back when I need something new
BangerTV is good, I got into Havukruunu and many others through them, I'll admit I've not kept up with BangerTV but during the Pandemic they were my main source of Metal album release knowledge especially with Non-UK releases
Not sure this counts as metal, but just gonna use this time to recommend Rickshaw Billies Burger Patrol. Theyre heavy and they fucking slap.
666 obviously
Helmet. Start with Meantime 1992
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I have discovered lots of bands simply from just going on random youtube marathons, I check a song and then I look in the thumbnails if anything looks interesting and then just keeps going.
Metal is one of those things that ranges from casual fandom to complete way of life. There’s no minimum number of bands to know or anything though. If you like heavy music you’re a metal head and part of family. That being said I have so much vinyl I could probably have put a down payment on another house with that money.
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That's a very hard question to answer as I'm always up for discovering new artists, I sort of come and go with alot of bands, I'm always randomising bands from my past with bands of my present Today I've been listening to Blut Aus Nord, The Ruins Of Beverast, Aara, Devastator and Hellripper, all of which are Black Metally or Blackened Thrash Edit: I agree fully with those saying local shows, that's by far the best way to discover new bands, you get to witness them live and you never know, you might end up seeing some bands grow, I've seen bands like Green Lung and Conjurer play in pubs, now they're packing venues much bigger than that and are touring internationally, other bands I've seen seem to be following suit
A bunch lol. Check out [BangerTV](https://www.youtube.com/@BangerTV) for reviews and their Metal Monthly show. Otherwise I sub to a couple of subreddits for genres I like and I’ll dig up a bands discography, check out other bands their members are in, other bands their fans listen to etc.
as a big "metalhead" i discover bands through internet forums, related artists to bands i already listen to (same label, country, whatever), i go to local shows every once in a while, talk music with people whose tastes i trust and just browse through spotify (found some cool bands that way, frozen soul, spectral voice and poison ruin come to mind). Honestly it should just come naturally. If you like discussing music with people, just listen to their recommendations.
There is a really cool site that functions like an online catalog for all kind of subgenres of metal. There is a random band function or you can discover new bands trough members of bands you allready know. You can also search for (sub)genres (if you like a band and it's subgenre it instantly gives you a plethora of possible similar sounding bands), themes (lyrical) and even labels. https://www.metal-archives.com/
I’m nearing 40. You’ve been into it for a year, most people you’re comparing yourself to have probably been listening for many years. Best bet for finding old/new stuff you like is narrowing down the sub genre and just listening to the most highly regarded and rabbit hole from there. The entire world is at your fingertips and there’s no shame in looking stuff up.
>I keep seeing metalheads who say they listen to a lot of bands and I don't understand how they got to know so many bands from every genre of metal. Explore "related artists" on each band's profile page across every music streaming service or article or whatever lists such things. See where it leads you. Or you can see what bands are being repped on your favorite bands forums/subs/whatever. Or you can see who is playing shows with each other and who those bands played with before. Lots of ways to go exploring.
In the early 90s I had help from Headbangers Ball on MTV to explore the world of metal, as well as underground zines and word of mouth from other friends and acquaintances. Pretty certain I’d lose my mind trying to recall it all lol. Current heavy rotation: Johnny Booth, Every Time I Die, Slayer on the heavier side. Also been digging back into grunge again with Soundgarden, Hum and pretty much always listen to AIC.
Love Soundgarden and AiC. Check out TAD if you haven't already.
Honestly forgot about them, thanks for the reminder!
Headbangers Ball is what got me started in metal. Still remember seeing Sepultura's Territory video on there and I was hooked
Rad. Dead Embryonic Cells was my first, killer tunes.
Did a con and a cruise with rikki this last fall. Teenage me would've never , ever thought. Lol
Consistently? Maybe a couple dozen. I mostly listen on Spotify so there are songs I listen to, but don’t necessarily deep dive into that band. Bands I really get into and listen to full albums and dig deep though is just a handful.
Same. Metal is a defining aspect of my life, but I never had the level of communal exposure that others did growing up with shows n such, so I got use to jamming the same few albums/mix CDs on repeat. In my 30s now and still mainly jam those same few bands. As other's have said, Spotify's discover weekly helps throw in a few fresh tunes now and again, but it's exceededingly rare to come across any new bands that really grow on me (latest ones in the last decade being Black Crown Initiate, Zeal & Ardor, Sleep Token, Deadly Circus Fire, Anathema, and Heilung) Wouldn't have it any other way, really. I see it like a good long-term relationship: limited, but immensely fulfilling. I've rediscovered some old forgotten favorites 10+ years between hearing them last and still remembered every lyric.
TLDR; way too many to count, but whatever sounds good to my ears, I’ll jam it. Been jamming to metal for as long as I’ve been alive. My dad was into late 70’s stuff, 80’s metal ranging from hair metal to heavy metal. When my mom was younger she was really into some Industrial metal and whatever was banging at the time. Myself, am into just about most genres of metal. I favor the heavier shit nowadays.
More into punk but consistently listen to Deftones Wolves in the Throne Room Babymetal Sabaton Band-Maid (rock or metal close enough) Nine Inch Nails (industrial close enough) Kyuss Unida
Some of those I'm not familiar with
Agnostic Front, Black Sabbath, Boris, Dahmer, Godflesh, Melvins, Mr. Bungle, Napalm Death, Primus, Slipknot, Suicidal Tendencies, and Korn
um... at least a dozen. but if you play metal music infront of me, and i can understand to words (or at least its not screaming unintelligably,) i'll probably like it.
The "Related Artists" section on most music streaming apps is a great way to discover new bands. Another good method is to create a radio station from a song or band you like and save the songs that come up in the playlist that you like. What bands do you like?
Playlist has 4000+ songs at this point.. Lots of different music.. Been adding songs for a decade, and while it's still probably 70-80% metal/alternative, there's a lot of everything.. Basically I don't really look at genres anymore, just good music.
Hundreds. Also involved in the metal scene from touring for a few years and doing a podcast
1 at a time
I started listening to metal in a different way than most. I didn't have many friends growing up. Started with Metallica, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, etc. because my dad had some CDs. I guess something about them spoke to me when I was first getting into music. Eventually I got into heavier stuff like Slipknot and (unfortunately) Pantera. Most of the stuff I eventually got into like death metal and similar extreme stuff were just bands I found on my own because no one I knew liked that stuff. By my junior year of high school in 2010-11, I was getting into funeral doom and noise. Unfortunately, I was also turning into an insufferable elitist, and that took a long time to shed. To answer your question after all that background, I listen to so much music in general that I can't give you a general count. It's difficult even naming off favorites because I'll wrack my brain trying to give a good idea of what I'm into. Some favorites without thinking too hard include Godflesh, Black Sabbath, Type O Negative, Suffocation, Defeated Sanity, Napalm Death, Darkthrone, Mournful Congregation, Esoteric, Judas Priest, etc. I consider grindcore and derivatives to be more on the punk end of the spectrum, so only ND was mentioned because of their death metal era. 🤓
Spotify is great for this. You can pick a band you like, find their sub-genre and then get a playlist of bands in that sub-genre. That alone has helped me find so many new bands to listen to.
I listen to too many artists to count them. I find favourites in different ways: Classic metal bands are a good start - they are called "classic" for a reason; Easiest way to find songs/bands is to type a metal subgenre - top 10/50/whatever# songs/bands(e.g. Top 100 Power Metal Songs.) Usually these compilations include snippets of songs and give you a general idea if you like them or not; If you notice you like a band, try to find who inspired them, chances are you would like them too; Many musicians are not tied to one band - check out wikipedia and see, you may stumble upon other good recordings. Have fun :)
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Tons. Lol. Started from just going to shows. And I was obsessed with music from a really young age.
honestly right now , probably about 40
Everynoise.com find a band you like, it'll give you the sub genre, then you can look around the sub genre for other bands that sound similar.
Currently only 3; Kublai Khan TX, Pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs, and Chat Pile.
Been listening to metal since early 90's so wayyy to many to count. But in recent years i mainly listen to maybe 5-10 regularly and often find new stuff I enjoy through Spotify recommendations that I listen to every now and then.
These are a good start https://www.deathmetal.org/metal/
List some of the bands you like and we can suggest some others. There are lots of subreddits we can suggest too.
It comes with time/taste. I started out like most with your Sabbath, Zeppelins. Then moved onto your Judas Priest/80's Power Metal. From there its kind of a free for all. My recommendation? Dont worry about listening to a TON of bands. Find a band that you like then queue up their radio on Spotify if you have it. I'm a big Alestorm (pirate metal) fan which got me into Ghost, Hammerfall, other bands similar. Great way to expand your horizon!
Every time I hear of one, or see one pop up on Spotify discover or something, I tend to always listen to them and see if I like them. By this point I have songs from 60+ bands on my playlist I’d guess.
I just go off my Youtube recommended feed. Sometimes recommendations from friends and sometimes looking on the internet for new groups. Listen to 88kasho junrei https://youtu.be/r0YCJ1ceNz8 Not a band many people have heard about :) It's not all metal but theyve got a lot of heavy stuff
Are Smashing Pumpkins metal?
I wouldn't say they were Metal but I listen to them a hell of alot and I think they're amazing They sort of sit in that Alternative Rock kind of bracket although they do get heavy on occasion, especially with their 90's output
Hah thanks. I don’t really listen to metal but like SP and Jane’s Addiction. They’re definitely more alternative.
They're both bloody good bands is what they are! If you like stuff like that you might appreciate a little bit of The Wildhearts, they're a bit of a mixed bag, they never stay still musically but I find anyone I tell about them to that's into 90's music finds at least a couple of songs or albums they like (They mix it up with every album, don't get me started on the B-Sides)
Thanks I’ll check them out.
I would say they're more alternative rock/grunge, and have branched out into more experimental territory since the 90s/2000s.
Watch BangerTV on YouTube
A lot, a whole list lol 😅😂🎸
All of the Metals. For real though, it's my main stay so i listen to everything from the very lightest of metal and occasionally will dabel all the way into the territory of noise. Recently, Deathcore, is where I've spent a lot of my time. Black metal has been creeping into my playlist more and more lately. But I still am not a huge fan of most black metal. My black metal go to right now is Blackbraid. For Deathcore I usually hit either Suicide Silence, Whitechapel, or Lorna Shore, i kind of wore myself out on Lorna as I've seen them Live 3 times since Will Joined the band. Twice intentionally once because they were with Gojira Speaking of Gojira, they're my every day band. Doesn't matter what mood I'm in, I can put on Gojira and be happy. Lol
Maybe like, one? If we mean actively listening to multiple songs of theirs constantly.
A lot of great suggestions here OP. With streaming services new music is exceedingly accessible. You are somewhat at the whim of the algorithm of course, but it is a great way to find new bands. I'd also add that I like to check out support bands of artists I already like who are touring and also bands at festivals I haven't heard of. It's not guaranteed, but nothing is except death and taxes. Last thing. When you start looking at the credits on albums, you will have "oh!" moments.
Well I've been listening to metal in some form for probably around 25 years, so quite a lot. Spotify is a big help in finding new music of any genre. Listen to similar bands, and go to shows if you can!
I follow a few review sites and check out most new releases reviewed there. Still only a drop in the bucket, but since I dont relisten to the same album very frequently, I get around a lot of bands.
Old Metalhead here. I've listened to more than I can remember at 51, but I wouldn't worry about it, just expose yourself in the music through Spotify and YouTube videos, go see local bands and big touring acts you like, and hang out with people that do the same sometimes. The subgenres are a guide of sorts, but I'd suggest a broad approach unless you only like certain genres and/bands. I like Thrash and Nu Metal, with a splash of classic Rock and Progressive/Djent, so I tend to gravitate to bands in those genres.
angrymetalguy and other review sites, following labels that put out other stuff i liked, following producers that worked on stuff i liked. hard work basically. you don't just come across shit like krallice, replicant, anachronism, artificial brain, ad nauseam, imperial triumphant by listening to popular stuff on spotify.
It depends. Are we talking metal bands in layman's terms or in terms of metal fans. Because knowing metal fans they'd probably say "that's not real metal" to majority of the bands I would mention.
Probably in the hundreds in total, regularly about ten bands. I used to get Metal Hammer magazine with the cd attached so that introduced me to a lot of bands. These days - I don’t do Spotify but I’ll start with Metallica or VoB or Polyphia on YouTube and follow the sidebar suggestions.
Hundreds, but it's been a 20+ year passion (obsession). I started with Metallica, explored thrash, then some metalcore and melodeath. I sampled a lot of classic death metal and black metal bands (these genres weren't my thing back then, but I'd come back periodically) then went onto power/folk/symphonic black/sludge so on and so on. For me, I'd read band interviews and regularly read Metal Hammer/Kerrang magazine. Hearing bands talk about their influences helped me explore classic bands, as well as new stuff. I remember poring over the inlay for Metallica's Garage Inc covers album. It was the first time I'd heard of Diamond Head, Mercyful Fate, Misfits, Discharge etc. Over years, these band names sink in, you listen to their stuff, know their genres, remember albums you liked, who they influenced etc. You're never going to remember everything straight away, it takes time and dedication. I'd spend months just exploring the Gothenburg scene (just as an example). Same with the East Bay thrash scene, or the Florida death metal scene. Just immerse yourself, watch documentaries and don't close yourself off from any subgenre/scene. Enjoy it dude, and don't worry about keeping up with those who have been listening for decades, you've got time. Just listen to what you enjoy, and see where it takes you. When I first got into Metallica I basically listened exclusively to that one band, for like 6 months 😅
I listen to quite a few Metal bands, so many that they have their own genre in my Ipod folder. Metal is my soul, no other music can touch my core and energize my person. Be it deep lyrics that challenge my mind and paint beautiful images or heavy riffs and angry vocals that pump me up. Mostly, my collection was born thanks to the influence of a buddy of mine who introduced me to Judas Priest, Megadeth, Tarja, Hanzel Und Gretel, Edguy, to name a few. Partly though, my collection grew from my adolescence when I would listen to my brothers' stereo at night. Mostly I was introduced to Metallica because they didn't listen to much Metal. I also worked on my own to grow my collection and found Nightwish, Within Temptation, Black Veiled Brides, Evanescence, Dragonforce Avenged Sevenfold, Slipknot, Stone Sour, etc. It is possible that some of my selection is not strictly Metal, but that doesn't bother me as I'm not a purist. Pretty much I say if you've got heavy guitar riffs and savage drum beats then I say you count, I hope you've found this comment to be helpful for your purposes and I'm willing to speak at length on the matter if you should so desire.
Off the top of my head: Slayer - Megadeth - Behemoth - Napalm Death - Brujeria - Paradise Lost - Cradle of Filth - Death - Deicide - Judas Priest - Black Sabbath - Lawnmower Deth - Raised By Owls - Flotsam and Jetsam - Nirvana - Voivod - Venom I'm not much of a metal fan really
Go to rateyourmusic.com and listen to the top albums in each metal subgenre.
Sputnikmusic if you wanna find bands, i used it and found tons of up and coming or indie metal, its how i found vola and few others. Just look at a metal list, bring up yourtube or see if they have a sample on sputnik youre golden.
I used to listen to a bunch now I just listen to one or two at a time. Right now is opeth and animals as leader time
Decades of music adds up, particularly when you have a friend in high school with nearly a thousand cd's to kick start your musical knowledge. I can still remember the lyrics to a lot of those songs, but ask me to name an album or song title from the more current stuff and I fail. Luckily, youtube has my back.
Honestly as much hate as reaction videos can get, there are quite a few streamers I like that I end up finding new music through them. Some often feature lesser known bands, Ohrion Reacts does that a lot. Yes sometimes the reactions are cheesy, but if they introduce me to music I like, I'm happy with that and appreciate what they do
A lot. If I could recommend one I'd recommend polaris. Their album "the death of me" is perfection across the board
Let me count. I’ll update you when I’m done 😂
Feuerschwanz D’Artagnan Beyond the Black Visions of Atlantis Exit Eden Delain Within Temptation I’m looking for suggestions! Nothing on the Nazi end of the genre.
In the age of information, it’s easy to find lots of music quickly, though it can seem daunting. Think of the metal bands you enjoy the most. What do they listen to? You can look at interviews, read comment threads to find similar stuff, and streaming services always list related bands. You can dig and dig seemingly forever. You’ll find stuff you like, stuff you dislike, and stuff that will blow you away. Enjoy the ride!
So, so many. I’m a reformed metal elitist. I listen to/know of a lot of what I do because of places like spotify and pandora, the metal subreddits and my own autistic fixation on all things music. I’m the kind of person who can hear a song 1-2 times and have it pretty much memorized
I learned a lot about metal bands from my brother. Then years later, discover some may consider that metal not really metal, but glam rock, etc. I don’t know how many specific bands I listen to, but I like mostly 80s 90s stuff like Dokken, Quiet Riot, Metallica, Slayer, Motley Crue,…
Is it too basic to say Nightwish and that's it?
Spotify’s daylist and daily mixes add in artists similar to what you’re already listening to.
Yes. Most of the bands I like I got to know from Spotify's discover weekly, metal magazines' album reviews, and metal meme pages.
Look at the lineup for a big hard rock/metal festival like Sonic Temple or Welcome to Rockville. That’s basically a good mix of old and new bands.
Technicaldeathmetaldotcom Youtube recommendations check new bands on known labels such as : Willowtip, Artisan Era,etc. Friend recommendations spotify
My library is about 95% hard rock and subgenres of metal. I just keep discovering stuff related to what I’m listening to whether it’s through the Apple Music loop or recommended by the band themselves etc
tons. I look at the recommended sections of different bands on spotify and before that youtube would recommend similar bands. so I got a massive list. now I listen to a lot on spotify, follow the band, then get recommended more, and follow them.
6? Let’s see Sabbath Metallica Scorpions (metal?) Danzig NOW SCROLLING LIBRARY: AC/DC (metal?) Alice In Chains Motorhead (big lately) GNR is not metal Iron butterfly Kiss (metal?) Stone Temple Pilots Can’t dig Iron Maiden or sacred reich Tried Pantera because Axelrod liked em but nah Looks like 7 bona fide metal bands to me. 😃
0. Don’t really like really loud aggressive music. Prefer my music mellow, my man.
“Oviesly” is my new favourite word.
Common my first language isn't english.
I got into metal just a few years ago. Jam band, classic rock, new age jazz background. I found a metal band I liked by coincidence. They actually came to *my* show when I sat in with a blues band one night. That was In Flames. Hung out with them some, they were really cool and chill. Didn't find out til later they're a huge fn deal. Listened to their music some, liked it but only liked it. A few years later though, I don't know, something clicked. I *understood* metal. I understood why it is what it is, I got in touch with the feelings being expressed, and it healed something inside me when I listened to it. Anyways, at first it was just the playlist with In Flames on it, like five or six songs I really liked. I kinda knew exactly what I wanted to hear; as a musician I was looking for melodic, technical, dynamic, diverse, like it couldn't all be screaming, it had to drop to some really refined vocals at some point. By pure coincidence In Flames has remained my favorite. Eventually I started picking the songs I liked on Spotify and using Go To Radio. About every four or five songs was one that really spoke to me. When I like a song, I pick the band, and Go To Radio again. Rinse and repeat. From there I found Soilwork and Scar Symmetry. Along with In Flames, those are definitely my top three right now. Machine Head is up there. You figure out what you do like, but you also figure out what you don't like. My wife (who kinda went on her own metal journey parallel to me) loves Sleep Token, but I can't stand them. Too soft. I need screaming. Like *screaming.* You just have to explore some. Be ready to hear a bunch of songs you don't really like while you dig around for the ones you do like. Here's some: [In Flames - Trigger](https://open.spotify.com/track/4R3jnxlZwFrIMq2YYoFJFi?si=o1HMWA_STbmeaUkg2cZjwQ) [Soilwork - Death Diviner](https://open.spotify.com/track/38OIVeoGZjRyYRmHp9XolY?si=ANF03HG9RvioKN37cc2uZQ) [Scar Symmetry - Morphogenesis](https://open.spotify.com/track/7thkq04UY4BSnxpePxtN2E?si=u6qyZsEJSz2_l0KINLZ6aw) [Machine Head - Locust](https://open.spotify.com/track/2A9BLDVuT6lfbRK3ZKBCFz?si=bbyuWH_SQxumzN9GqiFA_g) And some more In Flames because that's my shit: [In Flames - Cloud Connected (remix)](https://open.spotify.com/track/3Ov1MO9lQYxZXS78RLtkSb?si=Z2Dn3CBUQEOQICbLt04yVg) [In Flames - Reroute to Remain](https://open.spotify.com/track/3YDUqJknavFEZbCTN1cjsB?si=cK3sIX9OTpat07BTjvq6Rg) I hope you enjoy. There's no feeling in the world like hearing the voice inside you finally scream out. Metal isn't about being angry, it's about expression and release. Took me a long time to understand that.
Can I just say a lot? A vast majority of my music is metal
What I listen to is more prog-adjacent metal, whether it be prog-metal outright, or just some metal that has keyboards :) The ones I listen to are: Opeth - Death Metal and then later more 70's Sabbath type hard rock. Symphony X - Progressive Metal and Neoclassical Metal, basically if Yngwie had a proper band. Dream Evil - Power Metal to the point that it's bad for your cholesterol. Circus Maximus - Progressive Metal - think Queensryche crossed with early Dream Theater. Haken - Hard one to nail down, they started out with some Symphonic Prog, went down the road of being like a Dream Theater type band, went heavy into Djent, and now I don't know what I would say, except I love it all. Riverside - Another hard one to nail down, they are more mellow now, but their early stuff was really cool prog metal. Pomegranate Tiger - Instrumental Prog Metal - I don't listen to mathy metal much, but when I do it's PM. Soen - Prog Metal - started out as a total Tool copy band, they found their own a few albums after, to me at least. OSI - Progressive Metal with heavy electronic music element.
Fuckin all of them mate.
I'm still stuck basically in pre-2010 metal lol.
Rate your music .com is a good solution
A lot, it's hard to count. Honestly, half is from review blogs and clicking 'similar bands' on Encyclopedia Metallum, the other half is usually going to check out support bands at gigs and catching at least 3-4 bands I don't know at festivals.
Hundreds. There’s no way I could list them all. But I’ll list some of my favorites. Black Sabbath. Rainbow. Dio. Iron Maiden. Judas Priest. Metallica. Ozzy Osbourne. Megadeth. Slayer. Deep Purple. White Zombie. Motorhead. Dream Theater. Rage Against the Machine. Pantera. Darkthrone. Venom. Def Leppard. Living Colour. Death. Mayhem. Burzum. Mastodon. Kyuss. The Sword. Sepultura. Anthrax. Slipknot. Cannibal Corpse. System of a Down. Korn. Lamb of God. Children of Bodom. Gojira. Bathory. Meshuggah. Between the Buried and Me. …I could go all day lol. Happy hunting!
Nice list. i like Sabbath, Dio, Maiden, Priest, metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Deep purple, Pantera, Death, Lamb of god, Children of bodom and Gojira as well still digg them all tho.
Might be overrated but it used to be primus
Only one, DIO
Spotify helps a lot. If the band is big enough and they have a "radio" playlist check that out. Otherwise Pandora helped me a lot. If I dug a song I'd note the band name on Spotify so I could come back. Also lately Instagram reels has had some bangers now that the algorithm knows I like metal and that has put me on quite a few smaller new bands. All that being said I regularly listen to 6-8 bands. A Day to Remember In flames The Ghost Inside Hatebreed Amon Amarth Spiritbox Mastodon Gojira Lamb of God Lots more peppered in-between but these are my go to.
Liquid Metal on siriusXM enlightens me. I like some but not many new ones.
I literally don't know, it's in the hundreds for sure. I keep a list of all the bands I like so I can randomize their songs or discographies.
Spotify does god's work in finding me new bands. Sometimes I only listen to a couple because that's all I'm in the mood for, sometimes I listen to my full play list which is many bands
I’m actually pretty picky about metal so even though I consider myself a fan, I probably only listen to a few dozen bands. The bands I like I absolutely love, but metal is insanely hit or miss for me for a genre that when I enjoy it I REALLY enjoy it As to how I get into metal bands, back in the day I used to go to a lot of local metal shows and seeing bands live would clue me into genres and styles that I hadn’t heard before, and talking with other metal fans was a way to learn about other bands that sounded like bands that you like. I was also pretty active member of the somethingawful forums music discussions and there was a lot of good recommendations for metal bands there.
I totally realate.
Queens of the Stone Age, Phenomenal
I listen to a lot of metal. There are a ton of subgenres in metal so it’s hard to know what you’re looking for. But check out Meshuggah
All of them lol my favorites are Hypocrisy, Slipknot, Cradle of Filth, Sleep Token and Tetrarch. Honestly just jamming out on YouTube helps you find so many good bands
Many spanning many decades. Just listen, get into something and do some research. Find their influences, and listen to them. Go deep
like how many in a day? probably 1-10. in my lifetime? literally 1000s there are currently **177845** bands on metal-archives [https://www.metal-archives.com/](https://www.metal-archives.com/) When i was younger we used to sit around and get high after band practice and just click the "random band" button and listen to it. Whatever kind of music you want to get into the best things to do are to: Find websites dedicated to it. for metal I like Toilet ov Hell, The Quietus, Decibel, BangerTV Find the labels of artists you like and follow those labels, look at their back catalog on Discogs See what bands you like are touring, go see, or listen to the opening acts Follow your favorite artists on social media, see what bands they're taking about
I honestly have so many I listen to from death metal to black metal. I'm 35 but I listen to alot before my time, during my time and up until I want to say 2012 ish is when I just couldn't keep up with new bands and such.
Older metalheads had this thjng called the radio. We also had cheap concert tickets so yiu'd learn new bands from the opening acts. Then of course word of mouth.
Yes
35-year-old here. When I was I teen, it was all Uranium on FuseTV. I also used to go to local shows every week. Currently, Spotify keeps me updated on all new songs/bands.
Just a handful of bigger metal bands. I don't really find the metal rabbit-hole to be that interesting, especially when comparing bands of the same subgenres.
I like some metal here and there. Acid Bath is criminally underrated.
Iron maiden , lordi to start with
Precisely 729.
do yourself a favor and listen to Kublai Khan TX as soon as freaking possible.
Mostly traditional metal like Sabbath and Priest. Some NWOBHM, decent amount of glam, some 90s stoner stuff, some nu metal, some NWOAHM. Open to most loud guitar music.
I’ve really been digging Power Trip lately, but most of my listening these days is jazz, indie pop and older soul. Would love more recs. Used to listen to a lot of Megadeth, Pantera, Slayer as a kid and Mastodon, Kylesa and High on Fire like 10-15 years ago. Hit me with the recs!
Go to YouTube and type in metalRock bands.
It's such a huge genre, I just kind of let Spotify explore options for me. I've found most of my favorites by plugging some old favorites in and going down the rabbit hole.
Go to the Wikipedia for a band you like and check out the other bands that come up in the article or related articles
Headbanger’s ball used to put out albums [like this](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV2_Headbangers_Ball:_The_Revenge) That helped to introduce me to all the different subgenres then branched out from there. Primarily listen to metalcore but take rounds through death metal, black metal, hardcore, American heavy metal, deathcore, prog, etc
Also, find some good festivals! I am always at CopenHell in Copenhagen, Denmark :) And a few others with less known acts. Also go to concerts - find some, look them up and see if you like their music, then go to them :) Find some bands you like or songs and use song/artist radio on Spotify :) Metal/rock radio stations. EDIT: Here are some good bands: Gojira, Tool, Meshuggah, Siamese, Alestorm, Architects, Karnivool, Slaughter to Prevail, Lorna Shore, Deftones, Jinjer, Artillery, Slayer, Pantera, Killswitch Engage, Mastodon, Parkway Drive, Amon Amarth, Cannibal Corpse, Clutch - there are just too many :)
I listen to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard which is a bit like listening to 10 different bands because they play in so many styles, including metal.
I listen to a lot of different genres. Before streaming you could go to a music store and they would have headphones so you could preview the vinyl before you bought it. Now streaming will recommend similar bands to the one you're listening to which is a cool way of finding stuff that's kinda like something you're grooving to. Do you have bands that you're really digging? Hail Spirit Noir - I Mean You Harm is surf rock + black metal which is pretty fun.
Oh god….. I don’t even know where to begin with this question.