i like emotionally heavy music

metalcore is awful ^_^

heres some good stuff!!!!!

gwynbleidd!
chaotech!
give zombies the vote!
falkenbach!
dream theater!
opeth!
van canto!

All you need.

babymetal

kappa

I like metalcore though. I personally prefer it over metal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mozc6Uf4C7U

is this metal

have you ever considered like, not having bad opinions

Did somebody say heavy?

Moonsorrow
The Ocean
Devin Townsend
Eluveitie
Insomnium

Go big or go home \m/

Rotting Christ - Aealo
Avatar - Smells Like A Freakshow
Alter Bridge - Blackbird
Shade Empire - Dawnless Days
...And Oceans - Trollfan
Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of The Great Apocalypse

metal core was fun in middle school but i grew out of it fast. bands i've been loving recently

skinless
abominable putridity
gojira
disfiguring the goddess

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7s1DW8rpVE

don't trust anyone who says an entire genre is terrible and then links van canto in the same post, opeth is cool tho

I listen to a lot of stuff these days but I had a pretty long metal period (mainly into melodeath) so I got links bro

these are two instrumentals I like - nice if you know people who don't get extreme metal cause of the "screamo" vocals, people can see the appeal of this more readily:

In Flames - Man Made God
Woe of Tyrants - Sons of Thunder

Not an instrumental but one of my fav songs and if you tell someone to start the song at 2:10 (2:15 in this link) there is a solid 2 minute stretch without vocals that destroys

Arsis - The Face of my Innocence

More random favourites:

The Black Dahlia Murder - A Vulgar Picture
Arsis - Failing Winds of Hopeless Greed
Carcass - Heartwork (this is old school one of the bands that really brought a melodic sound to death metal)
The Black Dahlia Murder - Moonlight Equilibrium (BDM have the best videos)
At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul (pioneers of the gothenburg sound)
Arch Enemy - I Am Legend / Out For Blood (female vocals, p unique)
Decrepit Birth - Dimensions Intertwine
Into Eternity - Eternal (canadian band holla, mix of death growls screeches and clean harmonies)
3 Inches of Blood - The Hydra's Teeth (more canucks, cheesy as fuck such a guilty pleasure tho)
Obituary - Chopped in Half (real oldschool, death metal's infancy. little chuggy for my taste greatest start to a song ever though CHHEHEOOOOOPPEDD IN HHHUUUAAAWWWWWW)

Yeah when you add -core to any genre it makes it shitty. It's a hard rule when it comes to music.

ded

Slayer.

Been a metalhead since I was 9. Some good mentions so far, Opeth is always great. Recently though I've been really into Vektor, they're definitely my favorite band as of late. Imagine combining the speed and ferocity of Metallica, the atmosphere of something like Emperor, and the themes of Asimov, since their lyrical content is based on deep space/science fiction. Incredible stuff.

Both their studio albums can be found full-length on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FADd5rAznOc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZeltyIhaw0

It's hard to pick a favorite to present, but if you just want a taste maybe just check out this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSzKxOdxVJ4

i forgot i was on reddit

That raining blood riff.... GOAT.

c a n d l e m a s s

Here's some metal to check out if you're new or not quite sold on the idea but don't worry it doesn't actually sound like metal. You see there's clean vocals and synth and string orchestration and you gotta hear this guy he's such a guitar virtuoso and don't forget that all the lyrics are about Vikings and pirates. Oh! And the wacky time signatures and jazz influences too.

Carcass

Earth

Repulsion

eyehategod

Boris

I like you.

Nocturnus

Coroner

Atheist

Dismember

Sadist

Sigh

Gorguts

Immolation

The heaviest band I know of isn't even a metal band. They were more sort of an extreme noise-rock kind of thing.

SWANS - Raping a Slave

Also, Godflesh. I fucking love Godflesh.

Godflesh - Streetcleaner

I generally listen to anything Hard Rock, Metal, Funk, Jazz, Prog, and some House, but im gonna post just some of the more metal-like bands.

King Crimson is generally a good listen, always have good music and also Robert Fripp is a straight up musical genius. Bruford's drumming is incredible as always. The Crim has not always been metal but when they have been they are good at it. THRAK is a perfect example, especially when played live, the middle of it is open improv and the beginning and end are generally extremely heavy.

Devin Townsend is probably my favorite solo metal artist ever. He has such diversity in his records, but Hevy Devy's heaviest album is by far Deconstruction. A tale of pain, suffering, and cheeseburgers, this album starts off slow but it gets absolutely nuts when Juular begins. By then it is just another 45 minutes of brutal metal that is always grating and dirty. Planet of the Apes is the best track off the album however.

Another one of my favorite metal groups is Meshuggah. This group doesn't need much of a description as they are legends when it comes to metal. Absolutely one of the best metal bands ever, they are brutal. Rational Gaze.

metal is for children :\

Some of my favorite music is technically metalcore. but I've gotten really picky. I tend to stay away from clean vocals, synths, and stuff like that.

Misery Signals - A Certain Death
August Burns Red - Beauty in Tragedy

Or for not-really-metalcore (progressive metal) I love Between the Buried and Me

Between the Buried and Me - Silent Flight Parliament

I'd love to find more death metal like this but I tend to get bored with death metal

The Faceless - Planetary Duality II: A Prophecies Fruition

You'd probably like Necrophagist and Spawn of Possession because they're also tech death wankery that is hard to listen to more than 1 minute of.

Double post

http://youtube.com/watch?v=G9ZiU7ahZso

The Angelic Process
Fixed link