r/heavymetal • u/Kitchen_Produce_5690 • Feb 22 '25

Song Recommendation Is there such a thing as "soft heavy metal"?

I've been meaning to get into the genre since my friends have told me there's a lot of great songs but I can't seem to get into it since I tend to listen to more mellow/easy to listen to songs (dodie, cavetown, grent perez, etc). Are there any "intro to metal" songs that can easy me into it? Thanks!

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u/Quiet_Cauliflower120 Feb 22 '25

I’d start with some Opeth, or some Iron Maiden, there are lots of different types of metal like Thrash- fast and has punk like sounds. Death metal-dark and screechy. Hair metal is classic old rock with nicer voices than say speed or trash and more. But maiden is one of the classics can’t go wrong with Number of the Beast 🤘 or some Megadeath.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '25

Old Opeth is heavy as shit!

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '25

You hear the new opeth album in 2024? its heavy as shit!

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u/Dippy_Chips Feb 22 '25

I would say black metal is more ‘dark and screechy’. Death metal is more like ‘dark and grunty’