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[Chased]

I notice a lot of people are posting teh metalz, I'm not very badass so here's some stuff that's not as harsh.

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[Arkzism]

well any classic rock is good im also a fan of dark burlesque, look up amanda palmer, dresden dolls, the tiger lillies, voltaire... granted id skip the tiger lillies if things offend you easily

 

[Scarecrow]

Okay so heres the deal, recentely I have decided to start to listen to music more as I hardly do know. The only problem is that I haven't the slightest clue whats good and whats not (which I find strange being 14 at senior school). I thought this would be a good place to ask around so I would like people if you would, to post bands or seperate songs that you like and what you think is good. P.s, Would you kindly leave out any screamo recommendations, I sat next to my friend for 32 hours straight where the only the thing I could hear was screamo playing at full blast through his headphones, I had a head ache after, but if you want to reccomend any then go ahead. P.s.s - Justin Beiber = no

Tell me what you think of this:

 

[Rarhnor]

Okay so heres the deal, recentely I have decided to start to listen to music more as I hardly do know. The only problem is that I haven't the slightest clue whats good and whats not (which I find strange being 14 at senior school). I thought this would be a good place to ask around so I would like people if you would, to post bands or seperate songs that you like and what you think is good. P.s, Would you kindly leave out any screamo recommendations, I sat next to my friend for 32 hours straight where the only the thing I could hear was screamo playing at full blast through his headphones, I had a head ache after, but if you want to reccomend any then go ahead. P.s.s - Justin Beiber = no

My personal recommendation?

Go rent Guitar Hero or Rock Band (and a guitar) and play through all the songs. Better yet, play at a friend's house (particularly if they've downloaded some additional music). If you like a song, look up the artist and hear some music samples from them on Amazon. If you like, buy the album.

Seriously, my partner and I doubled our music library by finding bands we liked in Rockband games (I've owned 1-3) going through much the process I just described. I'd have never heard of several of my (now) favorite bands if I hadn't heard them first playing Rockband.

Seconded

Half of my itunes library, I found through Guitar Hero. The other half was in the related videos, when i looked up the song on youtube.

 

[DragonBorn96]

Okay so heres the deal, recentely I have decided to start to listen to music more as I hardly do know. The only problem is that I haven't the slightest clue whats good and whats not (which I find strange being 14 at senior school). I thought this would be a good place to ask around so I would like people if you would, to post bands or seperate songs that you like and what you think is good. P.s, Would you kindly leave out any screamo recommendations, I sat next to my friend for 32 hours straight where the only the thing I could hear was screamo playing at full blast through his headphones, I had a head ache after, but if you want to reccomend any then go ahead. P.s.s - Justin Beiber = no

Tell me what you think of this:

I quite like this

 

[Jodah]

If/When you find an artist you like, go to Pandora.com and make a station. That is the easiest way to expand your tastes and learn about newer artists.

 

[Scarecrow]

Okay so heres the deal, recentely I have decided to start to listen to music more as I hardly do know. The only problem is that I haven't the slightest clue whats good and whats not (which I find strange being 14 at senior school). I thought this would be a good place to ask around so I would like people if you would, to post bands or seperate songs that you like and what you think is good. P.s, Would you kindly leave out any screamo recommendations, I sat next to my friend for 32 hours straight where the only the thing I could hear was screamo playing at full blast through his headphones, I had a head ache after, but if you want to reccomend any then go ahead. P.s.s - Justin Beiber = no

Tell me what you think of this:

I quite like this

And the pumpkin army has a new solider.

 

[DragonBorn96]

Okay so heres the deal, recentely I have decided to start to listen to music more as I hardly do know. The only problem is that I haven't the slightest clue whats good and whats not (which I find strange being 14 at senior school). I thought this would be a good place to ask around so I would like people if you would, to post bands or seperate songs that you like and what you think is good. P.s, Would you kindly leave out any screamo recommendations, I sat next to my friend for 32 hours straight where the only the thing I could hear was screamo playing at full blast through his headphones, I had a head ache after, but if you want to reccomend any then go ahead. P.s.s - Justin Beiber = no

My personal recommendation?

Go rent Guitar Hero or Rock Band (and a guitar) and play through all the songs. Better yet, play at a friend's house (particularly if they've downloaded some additional music). If you like a song, look up the artist and hear some music samples from them on Amazon. If you like, buy the album.

Seriously, my partner and I doubled our music library by finding bands we liked in Rockband games (I've owned 1-3) going through much the process I just described. I'd have never heard of several of my (now) favorite bands if I hadn't heard them first playing Rockband.

Seconded

Half of my itunes library, I found through Guitar Hero. The other half was in the related videos, when i looked up the song on youtube.

Tis shame I don't own Guitar hero X]

 

[DragonsAteMyMarbles]

Anything involving Oscar Peterson. Anything.
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Also...
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[SeksEin]

I would recommend these artists. To narrow it down: Dream Theater, Queensrÿche, Symphony X, Tool, and Opeth are among my favorites.

Or... Cake. I am also pretty fond of them.

Edit: How could I forget King Crimson?!

 

[Cerrida]

My recommendation? Go on rabbit trails. I found a lot of music I listen to through Pandora and YouTube's related videos. Start with a style, song, or artist you like and go from there.

 

[Scarecrow]

Okay so heres the deal, recentely I have decided to start to listen to music more as I hardly do know. The only problem is that I haven't the slightest clue whats good and whats not (which I find strange being 14 at senior school). I thought this would be a good place to ask around so I would like people if you would, to post bands or seperate songs that you like and what you think is good. P.s, Would you kindly leave out any screamo recommendations, I sat next to my friend for 32 hours straight where the only the thing I could hear was screamo playing at full blast through his headphones, I had a head ache after, but if you want to reccomend any then go ahead. P.s.s - Justin Beiber = no

Tell me what you think of this:

I quite like this

If you liked that, then you are proberly going to like this:

 

[Sidiron]

There are many many bands out there, some I would recommend are:
Thin Lizzy
Shinedown
Breaking Benjamin
Theory of a Deadman
The Beautiful South
Morrissey
Moody Blues

Could list forever, just keep searching it takes years to get a collection

 

[ZeroAE]

I only hear Gorillaz , Daft Punk and japanese music.
Try them.

 

[Small Waves]

Just don't listen to music, and don't label things. "Screamo" pisses me off. There are a lot of truly talented musicians in the metal genre and this new wave of teenage boys in spandex is ruining it for everyone.

Screamo is a legit genre, and isn't even derived from metal. It's an offshoot of hardcore punk. It just so happens it's misused a lot, like emo and post-hardcore being used as alternative terms for pop punk.

Also, GEE IT SURE IS VARIED IN HERE WITH ALL THIS METAL, "CLASSIC" ROCK, METAL, AND METAL.

Band/artist (genre) / albums

Aphex Twin (electronic. So varied I'm not even going to go into subgenres) / Selected Ambient Works 85-92, Richard D. James Album, Windowlicker, and then the rest of his discography
Autechre (ambient techno) / Amber
Bjork (EDM, Trip-hop, experimental, avant-garde) / Post, Homogenic
Brian Eno (ambient, art rock, experimental) / Here Come the Warm Jets, Another Green World, Ambient 4: On Land
Boredoms (Noise Rock, psychedelic rock, experimental) / Vision Creation Newsun
Can (krautrock, ambient, art rock, progressive rock, experimental, psychedelic rock) / Monster Movie, Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi
Faust (Progressive rock) / Faust IV
Jan Dukes de Grey (Progressive Folk Rock) / Mice And Rats In The Loft
King Crimson (progressive rock, jazz fusion, new wave) / In the Court of the Crimson King, Larks Tongues in Aspic, Red, Discipline
Mass of the Fermenting Dregs (punkish, alt. rock) / Mass of the Fermenting Dregs, World is Yours
Motoro Faam (modern classical, ambient, noise, experimental) / ...And Water Cycles
Number Girl (Noise rock, post-hardcore, art rock)/ School girl Distortional Addict, Sappukei, NUM-HEAVYMETALLIC
Radiohead (britpop, alt. rock, jazz, ambient, experimental) / OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac, In Rainbows
Squarepusher (drum and bass, jazz fusion, experimental) / Hard Normal Daddy, Music is Rotted One Note
Super Furry Animals (alt. rock, britpop) / Guerrilla, Rings Around the World
Tame Impala (psychedelic rock) / Innerspeaker
Toe (post-rock, math rock, holy shit check out that drummer-core) / New Sentimentality, The Book About My Idle Plot On A Vague Anxiety, For Long Tomorrow
World's End Girlfriend (post-rock, downtempo, jazz fusion, experimental) / Hurtbreak Wonderland, Dream's End Come True, Seven Idiots
Yellow Magic Orchestra (synthpop, new wave, musique concrète) / Solid State Survivor, BGM, Technodelic
Zazen Boys (experimental rock, EDM, Math rock, musique concréte. Same lead man of Number Girl) / Zazen Boys, Zazen Boys 4

Hip-hop:
Baths (ambient, experimental) / Cerulean
Beastie Boys (hip-hop) / License to Ill, Paul's Boutique
Cannibal Ox (Abstract hip-hop) / The Cold Vein
Deltron 3030 (hip-hopera) / Deltron 3030
DJ Kid Koala (turntablism) / Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
DJ Krush (turntablism, instrumental hip-hop) / Jaku, Kakusei
DJ Shadow (instrumental hip-hop) / Endtroducing....., Preemptive Strike
Dr. Octagon (porn-groove) / Dr. Octagonecologyst
Eminem (horrorcore) / The Marshall Mathers LP (I like the production a lot. Deal with it)
Flying Lotus (instrumental hip-hop, ambient, experimental) Los Angeles, L.A. 3x3 EP, Cosmogramma, Pattern+Grid World
Horrorshow (alternative hip-hop) / Inside Story
Jemapur (abstract beats) / Evacuation
Kanye West (post-hip-hop hurr) / Late Registration, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Madvillain (avant-grade hip-hop) / Madvillainy
Nas (east-coast hip-hop) / Illmatic
Nujabes (jazz-hop, instrumental hip-hop) / Metaphorical Music, Modal Soul
OutKast (G-Funk, Hip-hop, R&B, Rap) / ATLiens, Aquemini, Stankonia
Public Enemy (hip-hop) / Yo! Bum Rush the Show, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Why? (Rock, alternative hip-hop) / Elephant Eyelash, Alopecia

 

[CrashBang]

Would you kindly leave out any screamo recommendations

Screamo is not a genre of music. It is a ridiculous name given by people uneducated in hardcore punk, metal and anything in between. This isn't me having a go at you, this is just something that bugs me. Screaming, in music, is a legitimate vocal technique used to emphasise emotion and/or match the power of the instruments. When people say 'screamo', what they mean is hardcore, metalcore, post-hardcore and several different sub-genres of punk and metal
Do not dismiss bands who utilise screaming. I seriously recommend Killswitch Engage to anyone who has an open mind towards heavy music which utilises screaming. The singer, Howard Jones, can sing like an opera singer and scream like a cougar. He is incredible

Also, if classic, influential bands interest you then listen to plenty of Led Zeppelin, Smashing Pumpkins, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, The Who, Bruce Springsteen, The Clash etc etc.

Finally, bands which I always recommend (because they're my favourites) are: The Gaslight Anthem, Cancer Bats, Parkway Drive, Gallows, AFI, The Clash, Rancid, Biffy Clyro, Every Time I Die
Some of these bands contain a lot of screaming vocals but each one is fantastic, empowering, inspiring and adrenaline-fuelled

I recommend The Gaslight Anthem to anyone and everyone always. Please listen to them:

 

[vrbtny]

You've listened to Pearl Jam... right?

 

[Hippobatman]

The kings of Euro Power Metal, HELLOWEEN, and their most epic song ever, from the album of the same name (part 2 of the two-part album).

Yes! YES! YEEEESS!!

The Keeper albums are some of the greatest works within the power metal genre. Everyone owes themselves to listen to them.

You must forgive me for not embedding any videos, but I will certainly recommend some artists for you;

Iron Maiden - Heavy Metal
Metallica - Thrash Metal
Iced Earth - Heavy Metal
Nocturnal Rites - Power Metal
Sonata Arctica - Power/Melodic-ish Metal
Nightwish - Same as above.
Kamelot - Power Metal
Steel Attack - Progressive/Power Metal
Manowar - Rediculous Heavy freakin' Metal
Falconer - Folk inspired Metal

I want to stress Nocturnal Rites here. It's a great band, and anyone who likes power metal should at least give them a listen.

 

[DustyDrB]

Would you kindly leave out any screamo recommendations

Screamo is not a genre of music. It is a ridiculous name given by people uneducated in hardcore punk, metal and anything in between. This isn't me having a go at you, this is just something that bugs me. Screaming, in music, is a legitimate vocal technique used to emphasise emotion and/or match the power of the instruments. When people say 'screamo', what they mean is hardcore, metalcore, post-hardcore and several different sub-genres of punk and metal
Do not dismiss bands who utilise screaming.

When I say screamo, I think of something like...Emery or Underoath. Because it's basically emo with screaming. Everyone I know refers to screamo in that way.

 

[cocoadog]

Just don't listen to music, and don't label things. "Screamo" pisses me off. There are a lot of truly talented musicians in the metal genre and this new wave of teenage boys in spandex is ruining it for everyone.

I'm so glad I don't know what you're referring to. I'm guessing it's nothing like Tool

haha no tool is awesome.