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Bands suggestions too, curious what folks are into!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I like the idea of melodic death metal, got any suggestions?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Very good question!

I have a list of the metal I like, here is a link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RDxj-OVYBeCz5UHfhQDFgvh1Oe4FmKNgkHlYeTzqTK8/edit#gid=0

From there, my pick would be:

  • Aephenemer
  • Aether Realm (quite progressive, very unique)
  • Kalmah (basically all is good in it)
  • Nothgard (OMG, they are so good!)
[โ€“] JoeClu 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a cool song but it has nothing to do with melodic death metal. That would be bands like (old) In Flames, At the Gates, Amon Amarth or Dark Tranquillity.

[โ€“] JoeClu 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First off, I'm not the arbiter of what does and doesn't belong to a certain genre. That's, to a certain extent, subjective and people don't always agree. However, there usually is at least some consensus in the community, otherwise the genre names would be useless.

That said, I personally wouldn't call this melodic death metal either. Most of the song is just clean singing and clean guitars, both of which are sometimes used in melodeath, but they're not a defining aspect of it. And even the parts with harsh vocals and distorted guitars are missing the riffs that are typical for the genre. It's closer to a progressive death metal or groove metal sound similar to Gojira or Opeth.

Overall Jinjer are also definitely not a melodeath band, they're metalcore, which is often seen as a subgenre of hardcore, not metal, although there are bands that are more on the metal side.

As I said, I'm not the genre police, this is just my opinion. But I think (sub)genre definitions are useful when talking about music and if we start using them too loosely, they lose their meaning and as a result, their utility.

[โ€“] JoeClu 2 points 1 year ago

Hey thanks for that. I think melodic death metal is starting to become clear to me.

[โ€“] Penta 1 points 1 year ago

Children of Bodom and Wintersun are two absolutely amazing bands