Time for some new Metal music.

[Arcadio]

Around this time each year I discover tons of great new Metal bands, old and new. What are some bands you would recommend? I like bands like:

Amon Amarth
Pantera
Fear Factory
Gojira
Metallica
Opeth
Katatonia
Riverside
Mastodon
Rammstein
Nightwish


Each year I'm leaning more towards the dark side of metal and away from the mainstream side, probably due to the fact that metal doesn't get played that much anymore.

What are your recommendations?

EDIT: Forgot to mention a couple of bands I like:

Megadeth
Trivium (especially Ascendancy)

 

[SWScorch]

Tesseract
Vildhjarta
Abigail Williams
Cthonic
Lamb of God
Meshuggah
Nile
Periphery
Scale the Summit
Turisas
Between the Buried and Me
Arch Enemy
Bloodbath
The Faceless
Children of Bodom
Devildriver
Machine Head
Trivium

 

[MayorOfAmerica]

If you like Amon Amarth, you'll like Darkane. If I remember right they have a common band member.

 

[MrColin]

Cradle of Filth <-- decidedly over the top goth
The Melvins <-- old shcool punk metal
Zeni Geva <-- Pretty high energy Japanese
Fantomas <-- avantgarde from the Faith No More guy

 

[pelov]

Insomnium
Wintersun
Dimmu
Arsis
Dethklok
Kalmah
Dark Tranquility
Death (best band ever?)
At The Gates

 

[AFurryReptile]

Since I actively listen to 9 of the 11 bands you listed, I feel like I can safely recommend the following to someone that appreciates good metal:

In Flames
Amorphis
Protest the Hero
Russian Circles
Paradise Lost
The Butterfly Effect
The Human Abstract
The Mars Volta

 

[Triumph]

Immortal. Because why not?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VBdAY8eA9w

 

[Platypus]

Some good bands listed in here.

I would highly recommend you check out ISIS based on your band list. Devin Townsend's revolving project list tends to be firmly rooted in metal. Also check out Melvins, Neurosis and Earth for a more doom/sludge treatment.

Moving to stoner, check out Red Desert, Holy Mountain(named for a sleep album), Sleep, Boris, Kyuss, Sungrazer, Elder.

Check out Torche and Big Business, These Arms Are Snakes and Keelhaul (hydra head bands) as well, they're sort of hard to put in a genre but are firmly rooted in Melvins upbringing.

 

[PingviN]

In Flames up until Come Clarity = real nice

 

[AFurryReptile]

In Flames up until Come Clarity = real nice

A lot of people say that, but I quite enjoy Come Clarity. I do agree that In Flames has been going downhill as they age, though.

 

[DaTT]

I will mark this thread for further review...

 

[Anubis]

Amorphis
As I Lay Dieing
Between the Burried & Me
Bymir
Carcass
Children of Bodom
Dimmu Borgir
Disarmonia Mundi
Ensiferum
In Flames
Kiuas
Insomnium
Moonsorrow
Neurosis
Protest the Hero
Silent Civilian
Shadows Fall
Sonata Arctica
Sonic Syndicate
Spineshank
Soilwork
Therion
Trivium
Turisas
Wintersun
Animals As Leaders
Last Chance to Reason
Megadeth

 

[Anubis]

A lot of people say that, but I quite enjoy Come Clarity. I do agree that In Flames has been going downhill as they age, though.

i still love all of it, new and old
i though ASOP and Playground were great albums

 

[pelov]

Cradle of Filth <-- decidedly over the top goth

For all the crap they get for their music and style and whatnot (deservedly so), the lyrics in some of their albums is like poetry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lBnK5x8LoM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doaYnQXomT4

 

[Anubis]

Some of these i have to assume you alread listen to

Dio
Rainbow
ISIS
Mastodon
Deftones
Tool
Dream Theater
Silhouette - these dudes and DT are prog metal
After Forever
Within Temptation
Blond Guardian
Savage Circus
Iron Savior
Iron Maiden
Kamelot
Gamma Ray
Man o War
Sabaton
Lacuna Coil
All That Remains
Alestorm
Queensryche
Stratovarius
Slayer
Hatebreed
Arch Enemy
Opeth
Unearth
Machinae Supremacy

 

[Arcadio]

Forgot to mention that I do like Trivium and Megadeth.

 

[Crono]

I'm not a huge metal guy, but if you love Nightwish you'll probably like Within Temptation. I love good singers and symphonic elements, and those two bands really combine my favorite aspects of music.

I play "The Unforgiving" a lot when I drive.

 

[pelov]

Epica

Firecrotch!

 

[ControlD]

A few off the top of my head that I enjoy:

Be'lakor
Psycroptic
Gorod
Before The Dawn
Allegaeon
In Mourning
Khors
Revocation
Sigh
Swallow The Sun
Textures
Iced Earth
Enslaved
Anterior
Drudkh

 

[Exterous]

Marked for much future youtubing...

 

[Spineshank]

Some of my favs right now are all metalcore but they are Asking Alexandria, Memphis May Fire, I Killed The Prom Queen, Miss May I.

Also for melodic death..I love Deadlock. Wish they would tour the states.

 

[wirednuts]

a lot of good mentions and some bad ones...

... but no soulfly? anyone hear their latest? or remember their dark ages album?

 

[Anubis]

Bad is subjective, everyone has different tastes. but yea not sure how i missed Soulfly, as well as Sepultura

 

[Dedpuhl]

Ghost

 

[wirednuts]

Bad is subjective, everyone has different tastes. but yea not sure how i missed Soulfly, as well as Sepultura

no i only like good music