Cool isn’t really a factor. Everybody can and should like what they want, and shouldn’t be faulted for not having heard of this or that band.

The meme factor re: that Wintersun album has more to do with the backstory of how it would never get released with the stipulations Jari was putting up for years toward his record label and fans and whoever else before he would release the album. I didn’t follow the situation that closely, but it’s been a long standing saga in the metal scene chatter-sphere.

If there’s anything you ended up liking from my post, cheers. If not, cheers all the same. 👍

I didn’t pay as close attention as I typically do to new release throughout 2024, but I’ll give a handful of standouts I was either already looking forward to or happened to grab my attention for their quality.

Doedsmaghird - Omniverse Consciousness - Experimental Black Metal - I’m a Vicotnik überfan. This release hit a lot more squarely than the last Dødheimsgard. Stoked to see him back in peak form.

öXXö XööX - + - Avant Garde Prog Doom -This project just keeps getting better. I thought Ÿ was a masterpiece already, but they upped their game again. Brilliant stuff.

My Dying Bride - A Mortal Binding - Gothic Doom - Their grittiest release in at least 20 years. Still very apparently newer MDB, but they certainly didn’t shy away from dirtying it up on this one. Big fan of that, personally.

Wintersun - Time II - Symphonic Melodic Death Metal - Well holy fuck, this meme album ended up being the best thing since the debut. Pleasantly surprised to enjoy this like I did since I didn’t find anything after the debut to be particularly worth my time

Brodequin - Harbinger of Woe - Brutal Death Metal - I can understand pushback on the clean production from longtime fans given this band’s back catalogue, but that didn’t bother me at all. The 20 years since the last full length hasn’t dulled their songwriting capabilities even a bit. I don’t listen to a huge amount of straight death metal these days, but this album even got me to do back to back repeat listens more than once.

First things first; not everyone is suggesting Death, which means that not enough people are suggesting Death.

If I’m going off of your list with the angle that I am wanting to suggest more stuff that you might like that are classics I’d go with stuff like mid-80’s through mid-90’s period Pestilence, Gorguts, Exhorder, Coroner, Kreator, Nihilist, etc. Someone mentioned Napalm Death earlier, and that’s probably not a bad rec for you.

If I’m just wanting to throw out some stuff that I consider to be classic without regard to your list I’m going with stuff like Suffocation - Pierced From Within, Dissection - Storm of the Light’s Bane, Cryptopsy - None So Vile, My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans, Ulver - Bergtatt, Hypocrisy - Hypocrisy, Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, Edge of Sanity - Crimson, Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve, Samael - Ceremony of Opposites, …there’s a lot, and it’s not hard to keep going.

Something that’s cool about metal is it’s history of being an underground art form. Tape trading scenes, indie zines, and basement headshops being the places to find out about different stuff. A lot of people have different ideas about what constitutes classics based on where they’re from, and at what point they entered into the fray. Even with the internet granting access to virtually everything, there still really isn’t consensus on a question like this, and the fandom remains seemingly immune to homogeneity. That’s fucking awesome. Discovering what you like is a big part of the fun. Enjoy.

Packed full of more backward-ass clowns than you’d believe the laws of physics would allow for.

Capitalism was the most popular option only because sadomasochism wasn’t included, apparently.

First off, that’s actually the coolest name for a bird that I’ve ever heard.

Second, I don’t think the birds would be bothered if they found out. They have no conception of what either Satan or a jar is. I’ll give credit that they can differentiate day from night. The rest would just be nonsense to them.

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But that’s how you show God that your baby deserves to be in Heaven!!!

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I’ll take the hell to pay if Dems win the election over the living hell if they don’t, thanks.

I think the important answer to this question is that enough of those who were questioning Biden’s age/fitness to the effect that he would lose the election are now willing to vote for Kamala to the effect that she wins it (knocking on wood til I put a hole through it).

This is better. I’m never having kids, but if I did now I’d really want an MRI scan of the little darling.

Tom Hanks is the best I could come up with given brief consideration.

The best place to go when you’re looking to dish out some lil swimmers.

Everyone in Minnesota has been forced to learn and conduct business in Mandarin. The number of depictions of dragons in city streets has quintupled under his administration.

I’ll be curious to see what the medical debt relief package looks like in detail. I can imagine (and probably expect) this being structured in a way that’s bittersweet, though it’s far too early to start speculating. It’s not going to be the overhaul that’s needed address the travesty that is the medical insurance industry in this country. It’d be great if I get to see that in my lifetime.

Have you seen Commando? We’ll just say that that deer is the best performer in the movie. I absolutely believed it’s portrayal of a real live deer. I think it won the Oscar for best supporting tactsidermyor.

Not surprised to hear about that turntable contraption. Disney has some brilliant imagineers.

I thought maybe you were going with that.

Ok, it’s not just me then. Good.

Anyone can feel free to correct me on this; I’m not huge into the shoe gaze scene.

I’d say not so much. Primarily because I generally associate shoe gaze to incorporate guitars predominantly as a textural element in the music where as Fazerdaze here still employs guitars to deliver clear, mostly undistorted melodies.

Again, I’m happy to be corrected on this if I’m not quite hitting on something key.

Lo-Fi/Indie Rock/Indie Pop

She lists Dream Pop as a descriptor tag on her Bandcamp as well.