help me get into metal

**Goofle** · 01-20-2015, 08:45 PM

Always worth checking out some Steel Panther.

Wpnfire · 01-20-2015, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

yea honestly that's some decent viking ryder music. what's strange is it looks like their album cover says batlord on it

it does look like it says Batlord!

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

to be perfectly honest i have only a loose understanding of what riffs even are. i don't really look into music theory too much, i just like **** that sounds good.

Wait, did you just post "Satisfaction?" Yeah, that's a perfect example of a riff oriented song. Keith Richards just plays a couple notes on his guitar over and over for eternity.
A large majority of metal songs use riffs, and many are built around riffs. The entire genre of doom metal is pretty much all songs built around one or two riffs. All the songs you posted follow the format of being built around riffs.

If you have time, you can check out these songs. They are all not death/black metal except the last three, so the vocals should not be a problem. I've arranged them from slow to fast.

Doom Metal:

Spoiler for Shooting Gallery:

United States Power Metal:

Spoiler for "Darkest Dream" - Zions Abyss:

Proto-Metal:

Spoiler for "Into the Void" - Black Sabbath:

Stoner Doom Metal:

Spoiler for "Last" - High On Fire:

Stoner Doom Metal:

Spoiler for "Freya" - The Sword:

Thrash Metal:

Spoiler for "South of Heaven" - Slayer:

Thrash Metal:

Spoiler for "Master Of Puppets" - Metallica:

If you are feeling bold, you can try these three extreme metal songs. The first one is from the days of early black metal, the second one is a weird genre called melodic black/death metal that is easier on the ears than just jumping into Mayhem/Morbid Angel, Burzum/Bolt Thrower, and the third is straight up brutal technical death metal that has like 30 or some unique riffs. They all are built around riffs.

Spoiler for "Raise the Dead" - Bathory:

Spoiler for "Where Dead Angels Lie" - Dissection:

Spoiler for "Winds Of Creation" - Decapitated:

Trollheart · 01-21-2015, 06:22 AM

You want riffs?

**Janszoon** · 01-21-2015, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

honestly i love the music but i'm not that big on the vocals... this seems to be a common thing for me with metal. a lot of the vocals just sound so silly that it makes it hard for me to take the music seriously.

Why do you have to take the music seriously to enjoy it?

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 01-21-2015, 08:49 AM

that's a good question actually. i can actually enjoy a lot of 80's pop and **** like that for the cheese.... i guess this was more of a boring cheese instead of a fun uplifting 80's cheese... it was like white american cheese. i'm more of a provolone guy myself

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 01-21-2015, 09:09 AM

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I think it might help me if you could try to explain further what about the vocals in metal bothers you.

For example is it something about too much over-the-top virtuosity in the vocals like too operatic/cheesy in that sense?

Are the lyrics playing a larger part in making them sound cheesy to you?

I was a little bit surprised in how you seem to like the harsh vocals in Rotting Christ's, and Sigh's songs, (or at least tolerated them better) compared to Persuader's more melodic approach. I guess I thought you would prefer Persuader's vocals as you seemed to express a dislike with the Death/Black Metal vocals, so I thought Persuader's Power Metal style would sound better to you, or maybe it's just the way Persuader's vocalist specifically sung on that song?

Anyways here's another song with what I'd call Power Metal vocals, that I think you may like.

Here's a song you may like, I'm a bit more unsure but hopeful with this one. It has harsh Black Metal like vocals.

I've mostly chosen these two songs to kinda try to get a better picture of what you dislike about various metal styles' vocals.

i quite enjoyed the second track.... the first one i dunno, was a bit drawn out for me i think. honestly it's like i can't really get into whatever melody they're going for. it sorta reminds me of jazz the first time i heard it...

Plankton · 01-21-2015, 09:10 AM

Provolone huh?

Plankton · 01-21-2015, 09:24 AM

Or, how about a little vitamin S:

The Batlord · 01-21-2015, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

that's a good question actually. i can actually enjoy a lot of 80's pop and **** like that for the cheese.... i guess this was more of a boring cheese instead of a fun uplifting 80's cheese... it was like white american cheese. i'm more of a provolone guy myself

You want fun, uplifting cheese? I got some quality, store brand American for ya.

Trollheart · 01-21-2015, 11:15 AM

One of the Tygers' best songs

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~~John Wilkes Booth~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 2,235	that's a good question actually. i can actually enjoy a lot of 80's pop and **** like that for the cheese.... i guess this was more of a boring cheese instead of a fun uplifting 80's cheese... it was like white american cheese. i'm more of a provolone guy myself