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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] sanguinepar 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That seems really cool, although the first things I checked out were Deep House and Deep Vocal House, and the music that played really didn't sound right at all. So, I'm not sure how reliable it is. Great idea though.

EDIT - excellent choice for Acid House though, Energy Flash by Joey Beltram πŸ‘Œ

[–] NineMileTower 2 points 1 week ago

The first one I saw was vintage Dutch pop

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Goddamn, what an amazing resource. If only Spotify could make something like this instead of trying to push whatever's popular at the time.

[–] Rhynoplaz 22 points 1 week ago (9 children)

I'm a fan of mashing two genres together. It's recognizable songs in a new format!

Bluegrass covers of Rock songs

Metal covers of classical music

Classical covers of Pop songs

Video game music played by a Big Band

Wild obscure shit!

[–] forty2 6 points 1 week ago

This is the goal over at [email protected] Check it out

[–] DrSleepless 4 points 1 week ago

Frog Leap Studios has some great metal. Covers of other genres

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

System of a Down did an excellent cover of β€œShame on a N,” which probably wouldn’t fly today.

Plus one for awesome metal guitarists playing Tchaikovsky and the like.

Cello groups covering the likes of Aphex Twin and Nine Inch Nails are excellent.

Pretty much just trying to reenforce this comment with some examples people can find.

[–] Rhynoplaz 2 points 1 week ago

I'm a big System fan, so I have heard that one before. The first time I heard it i was like "I guess if Wu Tang's ok with it, it's allowed." πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™‚οΈπŸ˜‚

[–] Adm_Drummer 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You may really enjoy Bridge City Sinners then!

They do mostly Bluegrass/Folk but they have this metal vibe to a lot of their stuff. Their vocalist is fantastic and the song I linked feels like I'd be in the middle of a Cowboy Saloon barfight.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Bridge City Sinners are great! I was so disappointed to learn of them just after they'd come through my city on tour.

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[–] Lemminary 2 points 1 week ago

The Norfolk Orchestra has some neat covers of Radiohead. Definitely worth listening to.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Desert blues! In the 90s, a lot of Tuareg musicians living in the western part of the Sahara, especially some that met while serving in the Libyan army or fighting in the 1990 rebellion in Mali, started combining Western blues and rock music with their own folk music. This has turned into a full-fledged genre of its own which I think anyone keen on guitar-based music has a good chance of enjoying. Here's Tamikrest playing a set https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maXW66vz26g

[–] sanguinepar 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Would Songhoy Blues fit this category? They're excellent.

Will check out Tamikrest when I get a chance.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I'm certainly not about to say they don't count just because they're not Tuareg. The riff in Soubour is so god damn cool

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Math rock! The different time signatures are really fun, and it has a midwest emo feel

[–] Aximil7 7 points 1 week ago

ElectroSwing. Here's a mix to click around https://youtu.be/rVdawx607WU

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

these are kind of micro-genres since there's only a few bands playing in these styles:

  • brass house - saxophone-based dance rock. Moon Hooch, Too Many Zooz, and their combined side-project Thundersmack.
  • low rock - sax and bass guitar jazz rock style originated by the band Morphine, and continued by Monique Ortiz and the band Bourbon Princess
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Post rock, the most famous example being Explains in the Sky.

[–] cardboardchris 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I hope the typo above doesn't prevent anyone interested from discovering this excellent genre. It's "Explosions in the Sky".

[–] Chef_Boyargee 4 points 1 week ago

Saw them open for NIN in Phoenix about a decade ago. Was very pleasantly surprised. I definitely recommend them as well.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I do love a bit of post rock. We Lost the Sea are probably my favourite, but a heads up for anyone going into this that it's about 20 minutes long and you actually need the 20 minutes to get a sense of it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't know if I would technically recommend Noise.

most wouldn't even call it music; and that's the point.

I love these illegal shows https://youtu.be/V1o6-6ONzns

some good introduction documentaries https://youtu.be/dzvduxWzuZg https://youtu.be/dGrN6PeIiOU

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I went to a lot of noise shows in my twenties. Some of the dudes took themselves way to seriously and played up the "I'm the disturbed artists bitcrushing damaged children's gospel records" image but a lot of them were just nerdy guys who talked Star Wars or programming between their sets. Good times.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Frenchcore. Especially Dr. Peacock. At least that's something I found very few people enjoy to listen to. It's certainly some distance away from the usual pop and rock on the radio.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

frenchcore is epic! especially the really shit ones on SoundCloud

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I've been trying to introduce people to Jazzcore for the last few years. Check out Last Exits self titled album or anything of John Zorn's Painkiller and some of Naked City's work.

Edit: Realized I didn't say anything about the genre. It's a fusion genre incorporating hardcore punk, metal and free/improvisation jazz. Slightly different from Jazz Punk which always seems closer to mathrock than jazz to me.

[–] AbouBenAdhem 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The Burgundian School of early Renaissance, (mostly) secular composers.

[–] SGGeorwell 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah! I was going to say Renaissance choral music generally. Which records do you recommend?

[–] Zombiepirate 2 points 1 week ago

L'homme Arme is such a cool composition. I'd love to hear a more period-accurate version, but this one is pretty great anyway.

[–] Raffster 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's tough to get into, but I'd suggest technical death metal. Once you're used to it everything else feels kinda boring.

[–] Catpuccino 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] Raffster 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well there's quite the variety, but it is general consensus that Necrophagist were involved when it all started around 20 years ago. Much has happened since then and it keeps on getting better and better. Check First Fragment for super complex neoclassical swingy thechdeath. Or a bit more brutal and also recent: Archspire

[–] Adm_Drummer 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A really fun one to add is Wizardthrone! They're certainly not as funky but they're incredibly technical and way over my head when it comes to the math in their music lol.

Also, I just popped on La Veuve et Le Martyr and got immediate Stormkeep vibes. Then it got F U N K Y damn that's good.

[–] Raffster 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah and it keeps getting better the more you listen to it. Can't grasp all that's going on in just a few listens. Om the other hand it can take just as much time until it really clicks.

[–] whotookkarl 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Atheist and Death are also big names in the genre for more recs, I think Periphery fits too but I'm not too clear where technical ends and progressive begins, but my fav current would be Archspire

[–] dirtySourdough 2 points 1 week ago

My personal favorite is Decapitated. Try the song "Spheres of Madness" first. If you really dig that sound and would like something faster and more aggressive, check out the album "Winds of Creation". If the production value isn't high enough for you, you can check out some newer stuff. I like the songs "Veins" on "Blood Mantra" and "Impulse" on "Anticult".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Occult Rock; it's the transition somewhere between psychedelic rock and heavy metal.

Relatively unknown nowadays but it you like psych or heavy metal you'll probably enjoy it.

Lots of powerful, bluesy, female vocals.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVuPdhZTnQm25n6QmFyXzCYkKaQamN2F_

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not sure if this is really a genre as I have only seen one artist make it, but almost anything Apashe released 2020 and beyond. It's a blend of orchestral and EDM/trap. I am unsure if this mix has a name or if it's just "Orchestral EDM" or something.

A few examples:

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Not sure if it qualifies as lesser known, but Australian hip hop is pretty fantastic. Stuff like Hilltop Hoods, Bliss & Eso, Draupht, Illy, etc. You've probably heard a song or two without realizing it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Cousin-Crushin’ Country ;p

[–] whotookkarl 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Ska - Streetlight manifesto, everything went numb https://youtu.be/7ahxoOgz-nw

melodic death metal - In flames, Goliaths disarm their Davids https://youtu.be/FwzBySi_nvc

calliope - Cheshyre, calliope https://youtu.be/Hk6Ml_wc80U

surf punk - The amino acids, the lost coordinate https://youtu.be/9qYndeST4aw

acid jazz - Wagon Christ, shadows https://youtu.be/F8BgfqVE-kY

Djent - Meshuggah, demiurge https://youtu.be/zg2076b5Lqc

There used to be a website too Ishkar or Ishtar that broke down all the subgenres of electronic music up to the early aughts with a bunch of samples like neurofunk and goa

[–] raldone01 2 points 1 week ago

I really like synthwave for studying and relaxing. My favourite is Timecop1983s album night drive a close second is the midnight nocturnal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

industrial jungle pussy punk

rofl

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Shredwave: synth wave with hair metal guitar shredding

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 1 points 1 week ago

French Canadian music. Letterkenny taught me to explore it and it's so good.

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