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[Mr Space Cat]

I think a lot of why you enjoy a particular kind of art has to do with getting used to it. What you listen to at a young age influences what you'll like later.

Oh good, I'll always have an awesome taste in music. Good to know, then.

As for "Why listen to metal?" well, good question. I guess for me personally, many metal bands are more musically complex and can include a wide variety of more "traditional" musical sounds, I guess, compared to the more recent pop and electronic stuff--specifically most dubstep's style of lots o noise, really--- and as such metal just appeals to my tastes. It's more technical, complex, or just has more emotion than, say, pop music distributed for the average person to listen to in their free time.

I'm not into the whole "metal-as-a-scene thing." I'll wear band shirts for bands that are freaking awesome and deserve to have their names plastered on my chest for advertising to others, and I generally prefer my hair longer than average guys and I can go some time before getting another haircut, so I could fit into the metal-headbanging hair fashion thing, but that's about as far as I go. I'm not a moshy-moshy be-sooper-brutal kind a guy, I'm in it for da muziks.

I'm also a bit of a guitar enthusiast, and rock and metal are kinda guitar based. There's only, what, a guitar or two in almost every metal band ever.

Instrumental-prog-metal and mathmatical-djentcore-jazz-fusion* is where it's at.

*mathmatical-djentcore-jazz-fusion may or may not be an actual genre but was intended for sarcastic rhetoric, though given metal genres it would not surprise me if such a genre existed.

Oh, and about that success as a band thing, the rise in digital distribution of music and media make the sales of physical copies of albums somewhat skewed. It's like judging a band by how many records they were selling when the video cassettes were the rage. I'd still argue that buying physical CDs are better, or at least buying the digital files straight from the band/group/artist rather than iTunes; those distributors give less than a cent for each song download from them and it rips off the musicians.

[Siquo]

I think a lot of why you enjoy a particular kind of art has to do with getting used to it. What you listen to at a young age influences what you'll like later.

Good. The little one already hums along to the "Mutter" album from the back of the car. Wasn't allowed to take her to the Rammstein concert this saturday, though...

[Mr Space Cat]

I'm on a magical journey of awesome metal bands I never heard of that spans across the Youtubes!

Odium-Need to Exist <--- Groovy melodic thrash death metalcore thing

Xerath-Right to Exist <---- Progressive Death Metal

Nuerotech-Inject Me Now<--Cyber Metal. Kinda like NiN but heavier, with melodic orchestral bits. It's cool.

Before the Dawn-Throne of Ice<---I'm getting vibes of Voice of the Soul by Death from the start of this. Good.

Widek (ft Gru)-Skylight<--- Instrumental Progressive Metal. Love it.

Blaze Bayley-The King of Metal<---Good ol' thrash metal sound

This deserves mention simply for the over the top long name:
Wolves in the Throne Room- I Will Lay Down my Bones Among the Rocks and Roots <-apparently "cascadian" black metal

[Siquo]

Nuerotech-Inject Me Now<--Cyber Metal. Kinda like NiN but heavier, with melodic orchestral bits. It's cool.

That is pretty cool, and got me on a YT quest through all new goth/metal/cyber material. I haven't listened to new stuff in this genre for about 10 years.

Cool, thanks

[Mr Space Cat]

On another youtube journey.

First some metal remixes:
Bieber-Baby (Death Metal Remix)< --It's a parody, it's ok, it sounds like cookie monster's on vocals. There's a video of the kid "performing" so there's a risk of contracting eye cancer, viewer discretion advised.

Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence (bliix mix) <--I love this. Already liked the song, now it's better.

Proggressive Metal/Jazz Fushion 東方 Touhou 22 <-- A Touhou metal remix. Cool, has some shredding parts.

Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Metal Version <-- Also loved the original, the remix is a guitar instrumental, it has good melodies.

Actual Metal Band stuff:
Trepalium - Addicted To Oblivion <-- Metal jazz fusion thing. It's groovy.

Klone - Army of Me <--Apparently a cover. I like it, I'd rank it as stoner or doom metal, it's got that slower speed to it.

Gojira-Flying Whales <-- whales are incredibly metal.

[ggamer]

Found an under-appreciated metal band called It Dies Today

A Port in Any Storm (OH HOW ONE TAAAAEEEEEST)

Sirens

A Constant Reminder

On a different note, Van Canto Acapella master of puppets

That's all for now

[Shakerag]

No links, but I have to share a couple that haven't been mentioned yet.

Dry Kill Logic - Current favorite.  Generally hard, fast, and in your face.  Start with "My Dying Heart" and go from there. 

Professional Murder Music - A past favorite.  Little bit "darker" sound and not quite as much shredfest.  Generally.

And likely been mentioned (didn't check), but I'll throw in support for Ultraspank, Gravity Kills, Stabbing Westward, Static-X, and (some of) Dope.

[Angel Of Death]

E1M1

[Mr Space Cat]

Scale the Summit - The Migration (full album) Instrumental prog metal is duh bomb.

Also, Device's self titled album Device. Apparently it's a side project of a member from Disturbed while Disturbed takes a break.

[Yoink]

Appropriate Song Title!

[darokindefender]

Personally, I got into gothic metal back in the late 90s, and mainly listen to that, folk metal, symphonic metal, a bit of prog metal, and some thrash metal (mainly Pantera).  So, you decide whether any of that is actually metal.  I listen to a bit of doom as well, but mainly the classics.

Anyway, been listening to lately:
Sirenia, Epica, Amaranthe, Amberian Dawn, HIM, Lacuna Coil, Winter in Eden, Delain, Edenbridge,
Eluveitie, Ensiferum, Dalriada, Dream Theater, Dragonforce, Queensryche, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax.

[Yoink]

Have some Thrash that isn't Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth, Kreator, Tankard or Sodom.

Ooh, this is damn good, I love thrash. Thanks!

I mainly wanted to necro this thread because I've been listening to more metal than anything else lately, and I don't think most people in the general Music thread particularly care for the stuff I share. I've been getting into a lot of black metal the past few days; some of it I don't like musically, but when they have a bit of a beat to it as well it's badass.

Darkthrone - In The Shadow of The Horns
Urgehal - Invasion
Vyrion - Tempest (Australian band! I actually saw them live once, long before I liked metal...)

But of course, my first love when it comes to metal is always thrash...
Evile - Bathe In Blood (This song is so fucking badass, I could listen to it on repeat all day.)

I was going to share more songs, but apparently I need to hurry off to eat pizza. Ugh.

Edit: Oh, what do you guys think of Marduk? I'm going to see them live in a few days. :>

[Bohandas]

Vulgaris Magistralis

[Bohandas]

Here's a cover of Mack the Knife by the singer from Twisted Sister:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlptWs2Kxgo

[Dutrius]

I have noticed a distinct lack of Gamma Ray and Helloween in this thread. I shall now remedy this.

Gamma ray: To The Metal
Helloween: I.M.E