eh, honestly I've been so depressed about the current state of Metal, I mostly listen to backlog stuff. Thankfully it's such an abundant genre that there are still bands from the late 90's and early 2000's that I can still discover. I have so been revisiting some artists I used to rock back in the day, but stopped for whatever reason and catching up on their newer stuff I haven't heard. Theory In Practice and Pestilence are two examples.
I went through a big Finnish melo-death phase in the past year, I saw Wolfheart (they opened for Swallow the Sun) a couple of months ago in an embarrassingly tiny venue. They were great.
Lately I've been super into Coroner, a band I've always been aware of but have not given a chance until latrly once my tastes matured to their current state. Really great thrash riffing, reminiscent of RIP era Dave Mustaine, and fantastic lead playing which is rare for old school thrash bands.
This Krypts band is pretty good stuff!
I'm mostly the same but juggle genres. I probably listen to three or four new albums a year of whatever genre (I've heard good shit I've only heard once, but I'm not 19 anymore where I could listen to new and old shit all the time and keep discovering shit).
As far as older bands I've gotten into it's been Morbid Angel about a year ago as I found it to be pretty good for working out, and outside of that delving into the deeper discographies of bands I already like as my High On Fire example shows. I'll look into Coroner as I admit I've never listened to them, RIP era Dave Mustaine makes me want to listen to them now.
As for the state of Metal I'm not sure if hate or love it tbh. As there's clearly less of it visible compared to even just 7 years ago but there's some insanely good shit if you dig real deep. The problem is not that different from what it appeared like to me in 2005ish with the noted exception of less visibility. Too many mediocre bands choosing to be iterative while not having their own identity to make it worth a listen, too many fans sticking to their one niche which makes getting recommendations an annoying process of elimination, and no clear through line past a certain point with just how much is out there now. But I get it as digging is not something I'm all that inclined to do often so in spite of always being in the mood for great new metal, going through several mediocre to bad work to get to it isn't something I'm willing to do too often. But when shit hits it fucking hits. I found a decent channel on youtube for synth and fucking dirty punk if you're into either, if I find a good source for recentish metal I'll be sure to send it your way.
Its probably an old man yells at cloud thing, but nothing appeals to me about modern metal. When I had Sirius radio I used to listen to the metal station just to see what the kids are listening to these days, and it just depressed me as fuck. Everything sounds the same, from the production, to everyone using 8 string guitars. The whole djent craze from a few years ago really took the wind out of my sails, and this is coming from a guy who used to rock Meshuggah since the Chaosphere days. I checked out this bad Code Orange or Orange Theory or whatever, that people were hailing as the saviors of metal... and it was just garbage. No melody, no catchy riffs, annoying vocals. Deathcore sucks. Now there's bands that sound like nu metal fused with deathcore.
The only new metal coming out that I like is by old bands that I was already a fan of, and even those are getting old and going downhill. In Flames, which used to be my favorite band at one point is the metal version of The Simpsons to me now: they have more bad albums than good. Arch Enemy, another old favorite is just generic and boring. The last Soilwork album was very good.
As far as getting into Coroner, check out this track:
admittedly, not their most Megadeth-y stuff, but the riffing in this one is god tier.
Back when I was really plugged into the scene, I would get tons of recommendations from word of mouth. Nowadays, I just use streaming platforms and their suggestions usually come pretty handy. Thanks to Pandora I discovered my favorite Finnish band Omnium Gatherum, and a host of other great bands from Finland.
Morbid Angel, I only find some of their stuff listenable. Domination I used to play a lot back in the day. I have never been into the brutal brutal stuff, but I have always been around it. Used to go to shows live all the time. I've seen Cannibal Corpse, Cryptopsy, Origin, Aborted, Kataklysm multiple times, Nile, etc. when it comes to American style death metal.
eh, honestly I've been so depressed about the current state of Metal, I mostly listen to backlog stuff. Thankfully it's such an abundant genre that there are still bands from the late 90's and early 2000's that I can still discover. I have so been revisiting some artists I used to rock back in the day, but stopped for whatever reason and catching up on their newer stuff I haven't heard. Theory In Practice and Pestilence are two examples.
I went through a big Finnish melo-death phase in the past year, I saw Wolfheart (they opened for Swallow the Sun) a couple of months ago in an embarrassingly tiny venue. They were great.
Lately I've been super into Coroner, a band I've always been aware of but have not given a chance until latrly once my tastes matured to their current state. Really great thrash riffing, reminiscent of RIP era Dave Mustaine, and fantastic lead playing which is rare for old school thrash bands.
This Krypts band is pretty good stuff!
I asked Danti this a while back. I don’t know where to start with metal. I find electronic less intimidating. Probably because I grew into that genre.
I know the Metallica’s, the Megadeth’s, the Black Sabbath’s and that’s about it.
I’ve been wanting to get into the genre but I don’t know where to start.
It really depends on what you like. It's such a vast genre that fans of one subgenre won't even fuck with another subgenre, like won't even touch it with a ten foot pole.
Do you like Megadeth and Metallica? Then you might want to check out some other bands that are from the same era and similar style. Slayer, Anthrax, Exodus, SOD, Suicidal Tendecies, Testament, Sepultura, Pantera etc. Another thing to keep in mind, which era Metallica and Megadeth have you heard? Both bands have made their sound very radio-friendly at one point, although both are back to making more or less thrash metal nowadays.
If you like that kind of stuff but looking to get into something a little heavier, more modern, more intense, try The Haunted, At the Gates, The Crown, Darkane, Dead Shape Figure, Children of Bodom, Nevermore. Usually these moder modern thrashy bands incorporate similar guitar playing and song structures but with more intense drumming and vocals.
Into Black Sabbath? I guess check out High on Fire, Baroness. I am really not into stoner metal/rock, it's not my cup of tea and I am not gonna pretend I know a lot about it.
Doom metal is another genre that spawned from Black Sabbath, but often times they have harsh, growling vocals. Candlemass, November's Doom, My Dying Bride, Katatonia, Paradise Lost, Moonspell, Swallow The Sun are some good ones. Type O Negative can be considered a doom/goth crossover, but with a lot more mainstream appeal.
If you like more melodic stuff, or less aggressive stuff, I would recommend checking out the classics. Iron Maiden, Saxon, Savatage, Riot, Helloween. If you up the intensity dial, that will take you into Power Metal.
For a metal neophyte, I am purposely ignoring the satanic-y and really extreme forms of metal (grindcore, black metal, brutal death metal, etc. etc.). Check those out if you so desire. There really are so many subgenres to metal and so much variety I could spend all day talking about it. Feel free to shoot me a DM any time, I a sure I could give some recommendations tailored to any taste.