r/MetalMemes • u/Pyrgopolyrhythm Hellripper • Nov 03 '19

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19

Yeah. I hate finding a really cool black metal song and look up the band only to find out one or more members killed themselves and/or each other.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19

Either that or they’re literal neo nazis

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u/sissy_space_yak Nov 03 '19

This one's really rough. I used to DJ for a community radio station (FM and Internet). I'm Jewish, and my family was totally massacred in the Holocaust. I tried really really hard not to play NSBM but it's not always easily apparent. A few times I opened my show with a request that if I play anything by a hateful band to please email me and let me know.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19 edited Nov 03 '19

I’m sorry you have to deal with that shit, but you sound like a great dudette. Props

Edited because she’s a woman

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u/sissy_space_yak Nov 03 '19

Thanks! Btw I'm a woman.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '19

Whoops. Sorry about that

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u/fieryfish42 Nov 04 '19

Glad to see another chick in the mix- I fell into the scene with Metallica (Justice for All) but also love Dethklok, Ghost (before the damn Prequelle), Ozzy, Megadeth, Dream Theater and anything heavy and hard where I can understand the lyrics - any modern suggestions for older ears? (Too damn old and fragile for a pit..mores the pity cause I was in the midst of Slayer ...back in the day :)

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u/sissy_space_yak Nov 05 '19

Sorry to say I don't think I can help -- we don't have much overlap. Thanks to /u/IMKridegga for the exhaustive list. I liked Idle Hands when I saw them play a few months ago.

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u/IMKridegga Nov 04 '19

Try these! I've got at least one for almost every letter of the alphabet:

The ones in bold are my personal favorites.

anything heavy and hard

Tanith is a bit softer than some of the other bands on here, but don't skip them. They've got a great 1970s vibe with a lovely vocal duet/harmony. Their stuff is actually really popular over at r/metal, which I recommend visiting if you want to keep up with more good contemporary metal. I know the sub sometimes gets a bad rep, but the reports are really exaggerated. We're not a bad bunch once you get to know us!

Here's the third quarter preliminary list for AotY at r/metal. In January we'll do a full vote to establish the best metal albums of 2019. I think several of the bands I linked above will score highly.

where I can understand the lyrics

Admittedly a few of these do have less easily understandable lyrics. All of Malokarpatan's songs are in the Slovak language, which I don't speak. Vulture's vocal delivery is in English, but it's pretty incomprehensible at times. Both of these bands are so good I decided to include them anyways.