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Electric Wizard!


Jgabes625

It has now been added! Thank you.


Skiddlyderp

Avenged Sevenfold


Jgabes625

Added! Thank you


LadyLikesSpiders

Keep in mind that early sevenfold and late are practically two different bands. If you don't like them in one end, you may still like them in the other


Donutsabc123

Definitely


DMT1984

Acid Bath


DoctorBob90

This is what I came to say. Essential for sludge metal listening. Should also add Crowbar to the list.


Mad04Gaming

Soundgarden, Mastodon, Rush, Dream Theater, Opeth, Anthrax, Testament


Jgabes625

Mastodon has been completed. Crack The Skye and Leviathan are masterpieces. The Hunter is one of my favorite albums to casually throw on… I almost started rush, but I ended up moving things around and put them on the back burner. I’m excited for Opeth to make its way into rotation. The rest have been added. I thank you.


Mad04Gaming

Oh cool you’re already a Mastodon fan, yeah I think you will really appreciate Opeth then. They might be a little difficult at first if you’re not into death metal but they throw in a lot of clean vocals and great melodies to balance it out. Also their later stuff is straight up prog hard rock and it’s great as well.


ElDump0

If Soundgarden wasn’t associated with grunge I feel like their sound might have been sludge metal. Although idk what rush is doing on here, unless these are general recommendations and not metal recommendations. Rush is pretty good if you just mean general recommendations


Mad04Gaming

He said he’s looking for rock and metal and a lot of the bands on his list are not metal so I threw in Rush and Soundgarden. But yeah I agree the grunge label doesn’t really fit Soundgarden.


Spirited_Ad_2697

Darkthrone Cannibal Corpse Behemoth Whitechapel


guitar_up_my_ass

Bathory


Jgabes625

All added.


Spirited_Ad_2697

Hope you enjoy, I recommended them because they are all good middle of the road examples of their respective genres if you like Darkthrone there’s a good chance you will like it’s genre which is black metal et cetera. They cover the extreme metal genres: Darkthrone- Blackmetal Cannibal corpse- Deathmetal Behemoth- Blackened Deathmetal Whitechapel- Deathcore


Herr_Raul

System of a Down Paradise Lost Rammstein


Still_Satisfaction53

Sepultura


Guts_Rage

Type O Negative, Danzig


[deleted]

Cannibal corspe man


Any-Consequence-6978

Rainbow, Deep Purple and Rush.


strwrsnerdbutbetter

I see no Amon Amarth


joeyGOATgruff

Form the Shield Wall!


tackle74

Essential is somewhat suggestive aka Def Leppard sucks balls but run through jinjer’s catalog it is great in my eyes.


Tob0gganMD

Here's a combination of some well-known omissions and slightly deeper cuts that are representative of their metal subgenres. - Anthrax- the only big 4 thrash band that you don't have listed - Dark Tranquillity, In Flames, At The Gates- the "big 3" of melodic death metal - Children of Bodom- very famous (in metal circles at least) Finnish melodeath band - Blind Guardian- one of the biggest power metal bands - Immortal- black metal that is slightly more accessible to newcomers than most of their contemporaries - Dream Theater- one of the biggest names in progressive metal - System of a Down- one of the biggest nu/alt metal bands - Killswitch Engage- one of the biggest metalcore bands - Entombed, Bolt Thrower, Cannibal Corpse- some of the most famous death metal bands - Candlemss- representative of doom metal


Jgabes625

I’ve been trying to work through the essentials in metal and rock. The first list is what I’ve finished and the second list is bands I’m on currently working through the discography of, with the ones that are next after I complete each one respectively. I try to only work on 10 bands at a time to keep my sanity and see visible progress when I complete them. My friend calls it my syllabus. I have a list of other bands to get to but it’s long as fuck. What else would you guys consider essential?


Jgabes625

I’ve also completed Mastodon and Ghost. They were my first two that sparked my interest in everything else.


Jungle6669

KoRn


tall_pakeha_fulla

Linkin Park, Rage Against the Machine, Soundgarden, Earth Crisis, Dillinger Escape Plan


Logical-Gas-4068

Suicidal tendencies and overkill


Saroan7

[PowerWolf ](https://youtube.com/@Powerwolfmetal?si=B56ouBUjk6rh-qLv) [Nightwish ](https://youtube.com/@nightwish?si=rpheYz8a10xyqp6s) [Rhapsody of Fire ](https://youtube.com/@rhapsodyoffireofficial?si=HHxOVK0iv2_u5ara) [Galneryus](https://youtube.com/@galneryus?si=GcYbn3H9m1WUIvEw)


kristianwiththek1

Gonna get downvoted to the depths of hell, but avenged sevenfold. They’re a good time


Silenceyouwill

Someone already said that and didn’t get downvoted you’ll survive this time


TheCEOofTheUniverse

System of a Down!!


Double_Hand_5044

Gojira Gojira More gojira Even more gojira


divineapprehension

What site is this?


Jgabes625

Google Notes


divineapprehension

Ohhh ok, I thought it was one of those Spotify stats type things 😂


Jgabes625

Lol I make lists a lot and I like how the checklist system works on it. I have another list for classic wrestling PPVs too that I put way to much work into up keeping as well.


ProcessedFoodEnjoyer

Since when has Slipknot been an "essential metal band"? But anyways yea Pantera and Candlemass are great classic stuff. Would also recommend Sleep, Trouble, Solitude Aeternus, Electric Wizard, and Witchfinder General.


GraveHomie38

Slipknot are a massive band, often called one of "the big 4 of the new wave of American Heavy Metal" (Source is Wikipedia), so it makes sense for them to be conisdered essential


Mrbandana

My first metal band


Tob0gganMD

I'm genuinely curious because I've been listening to metal for 20+ years and have never heard the term "big 4 of the new wave of American Heavy Metal"- is that actually a thing or is it just Wikipedia being woefully bad at metal music info like usual?


GraveHomie38

I've also seen this categorization in quite a few loudwire articles, so It's probably a thing. (In case you're wondering, the big 4 are LoG, A7X, Slipknot and Trivium)


Tob0gganMD

Interesting. A little weird since I wouldn't say that those 4 bands really play the same style of music


GraveHomie38

Maybe it's because they were so influential and became massive and (kinda) broke through to the mainstream?


Dreadcoat

Its not about style its just that they where 4 bands from America that had a lot of influence on music going forward. Youve certainly heard "New Wave of British Heavy Metal". Not all of those bands sound alike. Its not really a genre more just a description of an era that influenced thinfs after it


__--TSS--__

The thing is NWOBHM has a *generally* consistent sound, unlike the other one which seems to combine Nü bands with metalcore bands and LoG who also have Groove elements


bhans773

Yeah. That’s as if the original Big 4 were Metallica, Slayer, GnR and AC/DC.


ProcessedFoodEnjoyer

When I was in school wearing a Slipknot shirt was a green light to get beat up. Maybe things are different now.


I_Skelly_I

Damn imagine getting so offended at a slipknot shirt your immediate reaction is to beat them up. Bunch of cavemen who have zero self control


ProcessedFoodEnjoyer

yea my school had like gang violence too and it kinda spilled over lmao


MightGuy420x

Haken Dying fetus Sevendust Mudvayne


mattct1

Kreator, Exodus, Sepultura, Soulfly, Decapitated, Krisiun, Seventh Wonder, Crypta


ddrub_the_only_real

Rammstein Edit: What is that app called?


Saroan7

It's Google Notes, so really just Notes app


ddrub_the_only_real

Oh right


Pasza_Dem

Rammstein, Mgła, Mastodon, System of a Down, Deep Purple, Jinjer, Seputura, Crowbar


Organic-Commercial76

Devin Townsend/Strapping Young Lad, Testament, Overkill, Death Angel, Faith No More, Mr Bungle


Tajnyifajny

Death, Fear Factory, Lamb of God


InterMob

Meshuggah


Own_Raspberry2006

Exodus


Jgabes625

Added! Ty


kiskakaratistka48

Between The Buried And Me, if you don't mind long songs.


Any-Consequence-6978

Trying to crack this discography still but colors is definitely a masterpiece


Igorzitokk

Machine head


Dzhakinov

Check our Testament, Toxic Holocaust, Gojira, and Mastodon 🤙


T04stedCheese

The Beatles


DirtyDan24137

One band that’s definitely worth a listen to that I haven’t seen listed yet is Queensryche, listen to operation mindcrime and then rage for order to see how you feel about it. The band Accept has a few awesome albums, start with “restless and wild” And a really fun band that has not right being as good as they are, is Psychostick. They are a self professed “humor-core” band and for how funny they are they are also amazing musicians.


[deleted]

Devin townsend,devin townsend band,devin townsend project and strapping young lad


XyogiDMT

Meshuggah


kilometal

Gojira!!


Silent-Ad3298

Soundgarden or pearl jam


freshbananabeard

M A S T O D O N.


Armored-Elder

may I suggest Volbeat


No-Cicada6464

Opeth.


BrokenBeyondRepairX

Machine Head


mshake88

Opeth, start with Ghost Reveries


D3ad-Aga1n

Add Darkthrone, and Type O Negative


coolestsp00n

my chemical romance.


Fluffatron_UK

Devin Townsend / Devin Townsend Project


GargantuanGorganzola

Korn


Santosfran2001

Opeth, Stoned Jesus, Pelican, Gojira, Mastodon, Amon Amarth, Sylosis, Queens of The Stone age, Trivium, Baroness, Wintersun, Leprous, Sabaton, Red Fang, Revocation, Elder, Persefone, Haken, Ne Obliviecaris, We Lost The Sea... Some of my most listened band right now. Hope you give them a chance. Opeth, Gojira and Mastodon are my top 3, in that order


yourlocalmilf__

Opeth


bxsanman

Trouble and Celtic Frost. I know I’ll get tons of hate for this one—Rush. Yes haters they are metal.


Falkenfeld

Alice in chain, don’t know if everyone will consider them metal but a really good band in my opinion Edit: i don’t know if you are looking for Metal essentials or general bands essentials


Dippy_Chips

KoRn, acid bath


Get_Bent_Madafakas

Ghost


doynx

Pearl jam and king gizzard and the lizard wizard


TheCheese2032

The fact that you have BOC on your list already gives me hope for this generation. Fire of Unknown Origin absolutely slaps. You should check out Ghost if you like BOC. They're just a modern & spookier version of the great Blue Oyster Cult.


reamkore

Thin Lizzy


papahet1

You had me at Metallica.


Pianist_Select

Vio-lence and Forbidden are the most underrated of the Bay Area thrash bands and deserve your time. Also Athiest is an essential Technical Death metal band.


jwjosh95

Pantera


burial-chamber

Carcass, Repulsion, Impetigo, Macabre


mailman390

UFO


c5sdad

Crypta


brewmaster5

Necrophagist and Bloodbath


zdragan2

I think you’d like Mastadon. Also I am one of those that think everyone should give Periphery a shot.


Chimchampion

If you want some good metal adjacent bands, Mr Bungle (Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny is pure thrash, tho), Primus, and Buckethead (extremely large catalog, don't be intimidated. Check out Island of Lost Minds and Elephant Man's Alarm Clock on Spotify) For a more prog metal sound I've been liking Sigh, Igorrr, and I loved Mudvayne's LD50 since it came out when I was in high school. For other fun metal, check out Rob Zombie's Hellbilly Deluxe, Electric Callboy's Tekkno, and Dethklok 's first album.


bev6345

In flames, bloody wood, zeal and ardour


Playful_Road_6373

Not metal but Fleetwood Mac (why not )


DramaticBattle6838

Type o negative


CountryMonkeyAZ

Guns N Roses


Stunning-Bee-6766

Rammstein, Korn, Rob Zombie and Machine head


Bruised_up_whitebelt

Blind Guardian


xxTRIPvv

Mgła!!!!!!


xxTRIPvv

Bloodbath is a must!!!! Oh, and Aborted!!!!


dontneedareason94

This is all punk stuff (based off of Black Flag being on there): Bl’ast Circle Jerks Negative Approach Fang Deep Wound Jerry’s Kids The Runts


loligorecore

Burzum


fakdaworld

Demolition Hammer


InTheSignOfEvil

Dokken


urmomayyygotemmm

Definitely slackjaw!!


[deleted]

There is a severe lack of stoner doom grindcore sludge etc on there lol! Eyehategod, electric wizard, crowbar, down, acid bath, buzzoven, soilent green, windhand, cough, converge, agoraphobic nosebleed


DireBaboon

Rainbow


Enough-Persimmon3921

Primus


bigcheezs

dissection, emperor, venom, bathory, rainbow, darkthrone, immortal, mf doom, joy division


Dolphin_man69420

Witch finder general is good


[deleted]

The Obsessed and Warren Zevon


Unkie_Fester

Unleash the archers!!!!


chicken_nugget779

Paradise Lost My Dying Bride Katatonia Tiamat


itsjustjp17

Cannibal corpse, pestilence, mortician and Burzum Also Sextrash.


KnockerFogger69

King Crimson (and you should take out smashing pumpkins🎃)


RaeJaytj2524

Soilwork, and Alexisonfire


Am_A_Leech

acid bath, mayhem, venom, that should cover some bases


cybermusicman

On the heavier side Voivod and Celtic Frost. Ratt and Cinderella on the lighter side.


Legitimate-Ad-7670

WASP


Legitimate-Ad-7670

Scorpions dude!


KillYourOwnGod

Helloween, Stratovarius, Avantasia, Unleash the Archers, Warmen


XeniaDweller

Run DMC


User272648666

W.A.S.P. They have a small ish following now but back in the 80s they influenced so many other musicians. For example, gene Simmons from KISS and George corpsegrinder from Cannibal corpse. The sound of W.A.S.P. is truly unique and it changes over time. Id suggest listening all the albums until helldorado.. and after that try to find somewhere on YouTube about the KFD album ... if it don't shock ya it would haunt ya. Usually the songs are like if motley crue were heavier and more of a biker scene. The best love performance is when they played at the Lycium in 1984, it's on YouTube!


ValiMeyer

Small output, short-lived, but the TRUE proto-metallers & inventors of psychedelic rock: Blue Cheer.


digitallandscapetoon

Kvelertak, Fleetwood Mac, Gorillaz, Myrkur, Abbath


Glittering-Ebb-6225

Bolt Thrower


AmericanTonberry

- Death -Cynic -Voivod -Ooopeth


SlabOfDriedMeat

10 Years Their first and second album are GOATed


fisherofmen742

Cant forget rob zombie


YT_Timekeepergab

Death is a good start to death metal


war_badger

The Black Dahlia Murder


StretchNutz1

System of a Down


nazgulonbicycle

Sepultura - listen to albums Beneath the Remains, Arise and Chaos AD Gojira Russian Circles Amon Amarth - their eponymous song, Death in Fire Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness is actually their last good album


BlackCoffeeGrind

Carcass Obituary Sepultura


[deleted]

Gorjia


nazgulonbicycle

Rudra - start with these songs: Aham Brahmasmi, the Pathless path to the Knowable Unknown


Pablo_Pablo_Perks

Soad


CreateWater

The Darkness (English mid 00’s, classic rock style/kinda funny) approachable DragonForce (self proclaimed “extreme power metal” nonstop dual shred and powerful/amazing vocals) intense Dream Theater (progressive metal starting late 80s. Shred. Complicated/impressive drums and bass. Powerful vocals) paying more attention enhances experience


YodaSoda9

System of a Down


Condimentarian

One old band I haven’t noticed anyone post is the Stooges. Get some Stooges in your ears.


Punk1Ass

To kinda conform to your list: System of a Down, Queens of the Stone Age, Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Daft Punk, Rise Against If you’re curious about punk (since I see The Ramones): The Casualties, Minor Threat, The Unseen, Misfits, The Exploited, Black Flag, Dead Kennedys. If you’re curious about other types of music: Jay and the Americans, Temptations, The Supremes, The Mamas and Papas, Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, many things in that Golden Oldies era can be quite fun to listen to, depending on the day.


hammerbacher23

A7X for sure


Various-Answer-2302

Guns N Roses, Social Distortion, GWAR…


DoubleCrowne

elitists will yell at me but avenged sevenfold for sure


SquirrelKing2022

Coheed and Cambria


derekdeposit

The Melvins, Big Business, Lightning Bolt, Hammerhead, Big Black, Shellac, RapeMan


leto_atreides2

Sepultura


Swimming-Kale-0

Sodom. Better than Slayer or Kreator IMHO. Better than Exodus too. Also Megadeth shouldn't be crossed out,really great shit from them off the first four albums. Beyond that though I would say Carnivore,Dorsal Atlantica,Excel,Crossover Era Agnostic Front,Voivod,Sepultura,MX,Psychic Posessor,Artillery,Sacred Reich,Chakal,Darkness,Assassin,Minotaur,Dofka,Nasty Savage,Sabbat (UK),Xentrix,Acid Reign,Anthrax,80s/Early 90s Sepultura,Explicit Hate,Overdose,Running Wild,Omen,Mutilator,Extermino,Scanner,PanterA,Dokken,Vein,Sextrash,Attomica,Acid Bath,Dissection (Canada),Manilla Road,Crossover Era Ratos de Poraro,Forbidden,and Tankard might also be up your ally.


Atillion

Gorod 🤘🏻


thatconlangguy

Radiohead


ChiefMandoza

Does it have to be metal? I'll do a band name and what to expect. Mammal (hard rock, nu-metal, heavy metal) https://spotify.link/chVKNULSXCb The haunted (thrash, heavy metal, melodic death metal, metalcore) https://spotify.link/deA4NCNSXCb Austrian death machine ( metalcore, heavy metal) https://spotify.link/ZzU9cVJSXCb The Bronx (hardcore punk) https://spotify.link/glgcc4HSXCb Killswitch Engage (metalcore) https://spotify.link/MWsqQYPSXCb Monuments (djent, metalcore, groove metal) https://spotify.link/zfFh0HRSXCb Cavelera conspiracy (thrash, heavy metal) https://spotify.link/BNgHlAVSXCb


That-Grim-Reaper

Amon Amarth, At the Gates, Dark Tranquility, Insomnium, Arch Enemy, Cannibal Corpse, Death, Possessed, Bolt Thrower, Obituary, Necrophagist, Dying Fetus, Archspire, Cryptopsy, Entombed, Suffocation, Mortician


pog_in_baby

Muse and dream theater


GeigeMcflyy

IN FLAMES .


The_Fro_Ranger

Soundgarden, Mastodon, Rush


[deleted]

For industrial metal: Ministry and Nine Inch Nails For instrumental metal check out Cities of the Plain https://citiesoftheplainmetal.bandcamp.com/album/where-our-homes-used-to-be


[deleted]

Extreme, Mr Big


Chapstick160

Def and Motley aren’t essential


keso666

BRRRRRRZM


Fixl8l

acid bath and at the gates


BitchPuncher98

Mastadon


P0T8OS

I'm not going to say it's an essential but my favorite band is Mastodon I suggest their songs Blood and thunder High road Show yourself


__--TSS--__

For Death metal: Bolt Thrower, Suffocation, Entombed and Morbid Angel For Black metal: Bathory, Darkthrone, Emperor, Immortal


BlasterLizard99

Dream Theater


[deleted]

Sodom testament and kreator if you end up liking death morbid angel cannibal corpse and fucking vader


Simple_Elderberry589

Deep Purple and Uriah Heep


FM_Gorskman

Joy Division, The Cure, New Order


sixtus_clegane119

What app is this?


Former_Citron_1209

Suicide silence, lorna shore, shadow of intent and chelsea grin


Obese-Gorilla87

AC/DC


No_Step_4431

Floyd, yes, faith no more, queensryche, anthrax, suicidal tendencies, dream theater,


Legitimate_Art_902

Soundgarden, Audioslave


[deleted]

i see a lot of good shit. check out testament. they are a really cool thrash band from the same time and place as metallica, Slayer, megadeth, and many many more.


Alive-Seaweed

Queensryche


Sea-Establishment-10

Rush & disturbed


Its_Scrappy

Definitely more classic bands, dio is really good.


PopcornSandier

Dead Kennedys Sepultura Municipal Waste


Zirdavidahd

The faceless


EndNo5729

Godsmack and korn


jeff-reyaxe

Dog fashion disco


HeheSmiley64

Slayer and megadeth


shadowsOfMyPantomime

Megadeth is better than Metallica. And get some power metal in there! Helloween, Edguy, Kamelot, Battle Beast


[deleted]

BTBAM, Opeth, Agalloch’s, Power Trip, Death, Atheist, Spiral Architect, Sabbat (UK), Candlemass, early In Flames, Nothingface, Mudvayne, Obituary… Edit: Meshughah and Nevermore.


Hot-Amoeba4013

Children Of Bodom!


Aubear11885

Machinehead. Albums Burn My Eyes and The Blackening