Album or Band Recommendations

Here you need to post an album or band that you think needs to be heard more. So basically a recommendation for everyone who is looking for new music.

I recommend Abigail by King Diamond. I've had this album for a while but just recently started listening to it a lot. It's a horror story in the form of a Metal cd. Awesome

I'm aware they have many fans, but still, Mastodon is currently one of my favorite bands. All of their albums are excellent and should be heard (I don't care if you don't end up liking it, just give them a chance). To start off I recommend Leviathan or Crack The Skye, then move on to Blood Mountain and Remission.

And Dethfish, I see you like Thrash Metal etc. Do you like the band Annihilator? You might like the album Alice in Hell.

Anything disturbed
Anything Avenged Sevenfold
Anything Slipknot

Here is a useless thread where people post the albums they love the most and no one will listen to them because they only want to post their personal favorites.

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I'm aware they have many fans, but still, Mastodon is currently one of my favorite bands. All of their albums are excellent and should be heard (I don't care if you don't end up liking it, just give them a chance). To start off I recommend Leviathan or Crack The Skye, then move on to Blood Mountain and Remission.

And Dethfish, I see you like Thrash Metal etc. Do you like the band Annihilator? You might like the album Alice in Hell.

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"Here is a useless thread where people post the albums they love the most and no one will listen to them because they only want to post their personal favorites."

• Portastatic - Bright Ideas
• Magneto - Sounds Like Space
• Headlights - Kill Them With Kindness
• Land of Talk - Some are Lakes
• Hard-FI - Stars of CCTV
• The Subways - All or Nothing
• Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People
  
• The Wombats - A Guide to Love, Loss and Desperation

Midnight Brown, hehe

• Tyrannosaurus Hives by The Hives
  

• The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie

While i know alot of albums that i could recommend, you didn't really mention a genre or anything, so ill just say the best album that DOES have some sort of video game tie-in.

Colors by Between the Buried and Me.

Probably one of the best metal albums ever, and you could hear  "Prequel to the Sequel" on the Rock Band 2 bonus songs. Also, my name is an Acacia Strain reference, so check out that band also.

"While i know alot of albums that i could recommend, you didn't really mention a genre or anything, so ill just say the best album that DOES have some sort of video game tie-in.Colors by Between the Buried and Me.Probably one of the best metal albums ever, and you could hear  "Prequel to the Sequel" on the Rock Band 2 bonus songs. Also, my name is an Acacia Strain reference, so check out that band also."

On that note,

A City Dressed In Dynamite by That Handsome Devil is surpisingly awesome. One of the eeriest albums that I have heard before and you really feel that grungey version of the 1950's when you're listening to it. Plus, one of their songs is in Rock Band 2 and if you can remember, there was another in Guitar Hero II.

Yeah, having a thread for a specific genre might have helped.

Speaking of video game music, I think everyone should check out Entertainment System (band) and it doesn't matter what your favorite genre is. Their music is really good and it brings back so many memories.

i hope im not messing with the disscussion, but am i the only one who listens to Hip Hop?

"Anything disturbedAnything Avenged SevenfoldAnything Slipknot"

"Dethfish77 said:

"Yeah, having a thread for a specific genre might have helped.Speaking of video game music, I think everyone should check out Entertainment System (band) and it doesn't matter what your favorite genre is. Their music is really good and it brings back so many memories."

I added a little description to my suggestions so if you see anything you like the sounds of give it a listen."

"i hope im not messing with the disscussion, but am i the only one who listens to Hip Hop?"

The Arctic Monkeys

If you're into metalcore, check out Neaera and Caliban.  They're fucking sweet.

"Dethfish77 said:

"Meltbrain said:

"Dethfish77 said:

"Yeah, having a thread for a specific genre might have helped.Speaking of video game music, I think everyone should check out Entertainment System (band) and it doesn't matter what your favorite genre is. Their music is really good and it brings back so many memories."

I added a little description to my suggestions so if you see anything you like the sounds of give it a listen."

Nice, that helps a lot. What is "math rock"? Songs about division?


xplodedd said:

"i hope im not messing with the disscussion, but am i the only one who listens to Hip Hop?"

I listen to some. Mainly old school stuff like Run-DMC and Public Enemy. I don't listen to it enough though to make any good recommendations but if you have any you should add them."

Hahaha, no dude. You haven't heard of Math Rock? Damn. I guess some good examples would be Battles, Foals, Faraquet, some Rocket From The Crypt... the Wiki article has more if you're interested."

The album Metal Church by Metal Church is a good metal album from the early 80's. It was made before Thrash Metal really was defined so it's got kind of an experimental sound.

If anyone likes Death/Heavy/Thrash metal you might like Arise by Sepultura. I don't know how popular it is but it's really good.

"Here is a useless thread where people post the albums they love the most and no one will listen to them because they only want to post their personal favorites."

You want recommendations?

"You want recommendations?

Shadows Fall - Threads of Fate:  excellent album that breaks the typical metalcore trend and harkens back to the days of yore

Machine Head - Burn My Eyes:  don't know if you are much of a Machine Head fan, but this album is fucking essential

Gojira - To Mars From Sirius & The Way of All Flesh:  probably one of the most awesome foreign bands I've heard in a long time, and both of these albums are excellent

Municipal Waste - The Art of Partying:  just fucking listen to it (check out the song "Sadistic Magician")

At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul:  again, just fucking listen to it (check out the song "Cold")

Destruction - Devolution:  dood, if you've never heard of Destruction, you are doing yourself a massive disservice...these guys are the Slayer of Europe...except WAY better

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Lately I've been listening to a lot of The Black Dahlia Murder. I like every one of their albums, but if I had to pick my favorite it would probably be Unhallowed.
NOLA byDown is insanely good.
and finally, So Sedated, So Secure by Darkest Hour is awesome...well, really any of their albums are, but I have been hooked on that one lately.
I had better stop there for now.

I embed those wrong just search for the URL
Sorry about the double post.

The Birth of Cool By Miles Davis

Math Rock's bigger, more pretentious brother is Post-Rock, which is the kind of music I find myself swimming in without fail.

Suggestions:

• Godspeed You! Black Emperor-- "F♯A♯∞"  -- This is basically the Post-Rock album to have to understand the genre. The album is composed of three lengthy, dynamic tracks (which are, in turn, composed of several movements). The three tracks inform each other and the album's overall texture while each maintaining a pressing, unique tone.
  
• Tortoise -- "TNT" -- This album, essentially, foregrounded the more melodic shape Post-Rock has taken in recent years. Before this album, Post-Rock was mostly a thing of oppressive dread and apocalyptic under/overtones. What Tortoise did was usher in a jazzier style, with more upbeat tempos and optimistic tracks.
  
• Do Make Say Think -- "A Tender History in Rust" -- Arguably the most prominent band to come out of the post-Tortoise era, Do Make Say Think expands on the "big band" feel Tortoise founded in the genre. This album isn't their best, necessarily, but it is their most accessible. And it makes the perfect soundtrack for a spring day.
  

I can't recommend Rogue Wave's Into the Shadow enough.

Cauterize doesnt do stuff anymore, but i enjoyed their music. 

Alkaline Trio and Yellowcard

My favorite bands.

serious lack of punk rock in this thread

1. Descendents (cool to be you, milo goes to college and everything sux are all good albums)
2. Rise against (The unraveling is a good vanilla punk/hardcore album, make sure you look for the remastered version. Revolutions per minute and siren song of the counter culture are also must haves)
3. Bad Religion... you really cant go wrong with any of their albums, but my favorite is The Empire Strikes First.
4. NOFX (my favorite albums are war on errorism, so long and thanks for all the shoes, and punk in drublic)
5. 88 Fingers Louie (only own back on the streets but its pretty good if you like punk and hardcore)
6. Last of the Believers, a new band so they only have one album, pretty good if you like melodic hardcore/punk.
7. Offspring, like Bad Religion, you cant go wrong with any of their stuff.
8. Operation Ivy (Energy has a good mix of ska/punk songs)
9. Pennywise (agian, i only own one of their albums (land of the free), they have a pretty unique sound that kind of sounds like a mix of hardcore, metal and punk.. pretty interesting.)
10. Rancid (a lot like operation ivy only more advanced. Out Came the Wolves is by far their best album)

I recommend the band Earl Greyhound. At the least, listen to 'S.O.S'. :)

Another band I would recommend is Eye-Shine. Johnny Yong Bosch FTW! "It's Morphin Time!"

"Sir_Ragnarok said:

"Math Rock's bigger, more pretentious brother is Post-Rock, which is the kind of music I find myself swimming in without fail.

Suggestions:

• Godspeed You! Black Emperor-- "F♯A♯∞"  -- This is basically the Post-Rock album to have to understand the genre. The album is composed of three lengthy, dynamic tracks (which are, in turn, composed of several movements). The three tracks inform each other and the album's overall texture while each maintaining a pressing, unique tone.
  
• Tortoise -- "TNT" -- This album, essentially, foregrounded the more melodic shape Post-Rock has taken in recent years. Before this album, Post-Rock was mostly a thing of oppressive dread and apocalyptic under/overtones. What Tortoise did was usher in a jazzier style, with more upbeat tempos and optimistic tracks.
  
• Do Make Say Think -- "A Tender History in Rust" -- Arguably the most prominent band to come out of the post-Tortoise era, Do Make Say Think expands on the "big band" feel Tortoise founded in the genre. This album isn't their best, necessarily, but it is their most accessible. And it makes the perfect soundtrack for a spring day.
  

There are a hundred more I could pitch your way, but these three are the best three to get started with in the genre. "

I love Godspeed and Tortoise. =)I've been listening to a lot of A Silver Mt. Zion lately, I assume you're into them too, Ragnarok? I haven't heard of Do Make Say Think though, I'll have to check them out. Props to the Lift Yr Skinny Fists avatar too, hehe."

Trivium - The Crusade (CD)

Editors - an end has a start.

Rust in Peace - Megadeth

• Marrow of A Bone - Dir En Grey
• Awake -Evoke The Urge- - Deathgaze (PAricularly the song Paranoid Parade)
• Buiikikaesu - Maximum The Hormone
• Mirror - D'espairsray
• Uroboros - Dir En Grey
• Redeemer - D'espairsray

All Japanese, but trust me, Japanese music sounds better than you think.

The correlation between gaming forums and shitty metal/emo/metalcore/screamo/faggish music is astounding...

i remember when i was angry too...when i was 13

Everyone should try to listen to 'Unfortunate Snort' by Pinkly Smooth once. It's a side project composed of The Rev and Synyster Gates from Avenged Sevenfold and Buck Silverspur and D-Rock from Ballistico. It's avante-garde metal. It's a pretty interesting album and not mainstream at all.