Page 1
Page 1
Started By
Message

The Obscure Metal Thread

Posted on 12/3/14 at 6:37 pm
Posted by Dr._Jimes_Tooper
Member since Jul 2013
2358 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 6:37 pm
One of the best genres for searching the web to see what hidden gems can be undiscovered. I'm itching for something new to listen to and i've never seen many extreme metal threads on the MB, so i might be the only post ITT but i'm willing to take the risk of looking like a loner douchebag in order to discover some new shite or show someone else something worth listening to. Reach waaaay down deep in your music library and post something you think no one has heard of (all 10,000 subgenres and offshoots are welcome).

Iniquity - Serenadium - Devastating Dutch TechDeath from the mid 90's
Scum - Purple Dreams and Magic Poems - Superb old school Finnish death metal with a touch of melody
Drudkh - Blood In Our Wells - Awesome Atmoshperic Black Metal, a little folk influence
Primitive Man - Scorn - Crushing blackened sludge/doom metal fresh out of colorado
Holly Hunt - Prometheus - Solid Doom metal virtually unheard of outside of Miami
Demolition Hammer - Epidemic of Violence - Demo Hammer had a fairly big following in NY, but this is by far the most intense thrash i have found in a looooong time
Leeway - Born to Expire - I think this band was on GTA or some shite like that. Either way, great crossover thrash record that no one talks about
Criminal Element - Guilty as Charged - Formed by former members of Misery Index and Dying Fetus
Leviathan - The Tenth Sub Level of Suicide - Not gonna be for everyone, 1 man black metal, it's pretty raw
Agalloch - The Mantle - Pagan/Folk metal from Seattle, a little easier on the ears, lots of clean vocals
Dopamine - II - Instrumental Blackgaze from China, i think. Interesting stuff
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Sleep Is Wrong - Hard to describe. I would say it's like Tool, just alot more experimental and extreme with some noise elements
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
39113 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 7:26 pm to
here's a tour I saw last year

Watain one of the hottest bands in black metal right now

Tribulation they'll be in New Orleans with Behemoth and Cannibal Corpse next month

In Solitude sounds like Mercyful Fate, several members are heavily rumored to be in Ghost

other random cool bands
Trepalium French jazz metal fusion, groovy stuff

Cannabis Corpse song titles are all weed parodies of Cannibal Corpse and Morbid Angel songs but the music is solid death metal

Crisis female fronted 90s band that paved the way for bands like Otep and Kittie, except they actually made good music and Karyn Crisis is an awesome singer

Quo Vadis Canadian tech death
Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2011
23965 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:02 pm to
Windhand popped up on my iradio today, i like it.
Posted by Dr._Jimes_Tooper
Member since Jul 2013
2358 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 8:03 pm to
Watain kicks arse, I got a chance to see them with Behemoth and Goatwhore in Raleigh.

I know Cannabis Corpse because a couple of their members are in Municipal Waste.

I've heard of Quo Vadis but never actually listened

Never heard of Crisis or Trepalium

I saw Ghost BC live in Charlotte, I had never heard of them before, it was like a black mass. I'm interested in In Solitude. Big Mercyful Fate fan.
Posted by hogfly
Fayetteville, AR
Member since May 2014
4619 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 9:30 pm to
I think Pale Folklore is Agalloch's masterpiece.

Check out Panopticon. Kind of does for bluegrass what Agalloch does for Scandinavian folk.

Sigh is a really crazy Japanese metal band who does some kind of crazy circus opera hybrid stuff.

The people who mentioned Windhand are dead on. Great band.

Posted by HeadyBrosevelt
the Verde River
Member since Jan 2013
21588 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 9:33 pm to
Posted by hogfly
Fayetteville, AR
Member since May 2014
4619 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 10:01 pm to
Never know what qualifies as obscure. Bolzer is getting much love. Trap Them is cool for that extreme shite. Little Rock, Ar band Pallbearer gets lots of love, but Rwake is also really good.
Posted by Dr._Jimes_Tooper
Member since Jul 2013
2358 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 10:07 pm to
quote:

Sigh

That band is nuts, the epitome of avant-garde
Posted by Dr._Jimes_Tooper
Member since Jul 2013
2358 posts
Posted on 12/3/14 at 10:13 pm to
quote:

Never know what qualifies as obscure. Bolzer is getting much love. Trap Them is cool for that extreme shite. Little Rock, Ar band Pallbearer gets lots of love, but Rwake is also really good.

Never heard of any of those except Pallbearer, if it's the same band, and I've only heard them mentioned, never listened.

I think those bands meet the criteria perfectly. I threw obscure in the title so people wouldn't post a bunch of cannibal corpse, morbid Angel, carcass, etc. Stuff that's pretty well known.

I'm surprised there's an Agalloch fan on here, although they're probably the most well known of all the bands I listed. Them and Demolition Hammer.
This post was edited on 12/3/14 at 10:20 pm
Posted by Wrenchruh
Parts Unknown
Member since Sep 2012
2413 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 6:21 am to
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is one of my all time favorite bands. I've seen them live probably five or six times. They always put on a very theatric show. Just incredible. I really wish they would get back together.
Posted by Galactic Inquisitor
An Incredibly Distant Star
Member since Dec 2013
15169 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:17 am to
Not really that obscure, but no metal thread is complete without New Millenium Cyanide Christ
Posted by hogfly
Fayetteville, AR
Member since May 2014
4619 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 7:32 am to
Also pretty well known, but Kvelertak is a really fun punk/metal cross that's like metal party music or something.
Posted by saint amant steve
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2008
5695 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 9:36 am to
quote:

Demolition Hammer - Epidemic of Violence - Demo Hammer had a fairly big following in NY, but this is by far the most intense thrash i have found in a looooong time


I consider them a death/thrash hybrid if anything. The vocals may not be quite as guttural-driven as more reputable death acts, but it's still pretty intense.
Posted by saint amant steve
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2008
5695 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 9:38 am to
quote:

Not really that obscure, but no metal thread is complete without New Millenium Cyanide Christ


What is obscure is their 1991 technical thrash debut: Contradictions Collapse. It's still pretty damn good and a little more traditional-sounding than their later work.
Posted by Kayhill Brown
Member since May 2010
940 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 9:58 am to
Really like Panopticon, Vestiges, Sacriphyx
Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2011
23965 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 10:50 am to
Wow, now that's obscure. So many things going on there.
Posted by NachoReb
ITP ATL
Member since Feb 2012
2357 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 11:05 am to
quote:

Kvelertak

Posted by Dr._Jimes_Tooper
Member since Jul 2013
2358 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 11:09 am to
Illdisposed - 4 Depressive Seasons - Debut before they got popular with the melodeath thing, one of my favs.
Esoteric - Metamorphogenisis - My favorite funeral doom release
Tetragrammaton Bandcamp - This band are friends of a friend of mine. They're gaining some exposure in Miami, but they're relatively unheard of everywhere else. Really good Blackened doom metal.
Posted by subotic
Member since Dec 2012
2354 posts
Posted on 12/4/14 at 11:48 am to
Killwhitneydead

Sometimes you gotta let the hate out
first pageprev pagePage 1 of 1Next pagelast page
refresh

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitterInstagram