School Me Metalheads

**monquixote** · 5th January 2013, 06:23 PM

I gather from the resurgence of heavy thread that much of the contemporary metal that someone who is not a genre specialist might be exposed to is total balls and there is a lot of good metal that is not promoted.

So school me metalheads tell me of this metal!

Just to give you some background. I used to be very into metal in the 90's, but lost interest when Nu-Metal appeared and never bothered to get back into it. My favourite bands at the time were: Sepultura, Machine Head, White Zombie, Fear Factory, Pantera and RATM. On the more classic front I'm also a big fan of Maiden and Sabbath.

I should mention I have a fairly low tolerance for screaming and grunting heavy vocals (a bit is fine)

**ChrisJordan** · 5th January 2013, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by monquixote

I should mention I have a fairly low tolerance for screaming and grunting heavy vocals (a bit is fine)

Even Screaming For Vengence?

**Bidley** · 5th January 2013, 07:15 PM

Judging by your tastes there's a very real possibility you may like none of these, but these are just a few bits of what's rocking my shit at the moment.

**monquixote** · 5th January 2013, 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by ChrisJordan

Even Screaming For Vengence?

I'm not a huge Priest fan, but mainly that's down to their old drummer who sounds like he wanted to be in Status Quo rather than a metal band. As a result Painkiller is the only album of theirs I really like.

I have a lot of time for Rob Halford.

**ChrisJordan** · 5th January 2013, 08:31 PM

How about these chaps. I like the feeling of movement in this track, if those are the words I'm looking for. It's a cool video too, if you like zombies, "hot chicks" and men with beards.

**monquixote** · 5th January 2013, 09:34 PM

Thanks for those Bidley

Of those tracks the only one that really pricked my ears up was Baroness who I'm going to be checking out. I think I like them because of their proggy post rock leanings.

That Death album is fantastic (thanks for reminding me of it), but it's clearly cheating as I wanted contemporary.

I'll add one more thing to the list of metal things I don't like. Cheesy goth keyboard pads. Seems to be a very common feature these days.

**Pyroman** · 6th January 2013, 02:41 AM

Have you tried Arch Enemy? Technically, you could call what Angela does a death metal growl, but the higher register of her voice is much easier to listen to. You can also understand what she is screaming about! * I'm not a fan of all the grunting and squealing either, but I love this band. The music is killer, too- there's a lot of talent in that band.

I particularly like all the melodic interludes and instrumentals they do.

**RocknRollDave** · 6th January 2013, 07:45 AM

Not a fan of Cookie Monster or screaming vocals myself, so aside from the classics like Maiden, my Metal tastes only really stretch to :

Mid-to-latter era Soulfly
Lamb of God
Down

**Bidley** · 6th January 2013, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by monquixote

Of those tracks the only one that really pricked my ears up was Baroness who I'm going to be checking out. I think I like them because of their proggy post rock leanings.

That's cool. The Red Album is superb, and their last two are pretty good as well. They're a bit heavier, but you may like Crowbar (not contemporary, but you may not have heard of them).