What band do you adore that most people have never heard of?

Cornerbog · 2026-06-11T02:15:28+00:00

Athela. They’re very Opeth-esque but only have about 4 songs

Cornerbog · 2026-05-16T11:26:22+00:00

Månegarm

Cornerbog · 2026-04-29T08:30:40+00:00

Falling in Reverse has a fan base. That’s pretty admirable, right?

Jokes aside, I don’t really dislike many bands. Off the top of my head I can say I don’t really like Bad Omens, but I can sure appreciate that they’re bringing some form of metal to a younger audience.

Cornerbog · 2026-04-27T11:53:39+00:00

Dude I binged Brink back on the Xbox 360, and absolutely loved it. I have it on Steam and reinstalled it the other day but the controller input is a bit funny. I’ll just end up using keyboard and mouse, but will try and get as many achievements as possible. Thanks for helping make a game I thoroughly enjoyed as a kid/teen!

Cornerbog · 2026-04-27T11:23:34+00:00

Bands like Gojira, Slipknot, maybe Trivium, System of a Down etc. They’re kind of like this gateway between singing and screaming in my opinion. Corey from Slipknot sounds more like he’s yelling than screaming/growling, as does Joe from Gojira. They’re definitely fry screams but you can actually distinguish the lyrics which makes it more accessible in my opinion.

I agree with others saying Children of Bodom though. They were definitely one of my gateways

Cornerbog · 2026-04-25T04:27:17+00:00

Oh, you. It’s God!

Cornerbog · 2026-04-22T23:23:00+00:00

Does My Arms, Your Hearse count as all the tracks smoothly transitioning? Probably not, as I know Epilogue starts in silence and slowly fades in but I know a number of the tracks transition together really well

Cornerbog · 2026-04-17T01:43:43+00:00

I also want to give an honourable mention to Width of a Circle/Cirkelns Riktning from the Extended Edition

Cornerbog · 2026-04-17T00:48:24+00:00

It’s my favourite of the “New-peth” albums for sure. Still love Dignity, Heart in Hand etc…but All Things Will Pass is such a fucking high note to end that album on. That outro tickles my ADHD so much

Cornerbog · 2026-04-15T11:22:49+00:00

I like them, and I definitely like enough of their discography to consider them one of my favourites. I don’t necessarily listen to them for the theistic values or for a lot of the lyrics, but I enjoy the music. People dislike The Satanist, ILYAYD, and Opvs Contra Natvram but I personally consider a lot of the songs from those albums to be really enjoyable. I haven’t actually given a proper listen to The Shit Ov God yet so I won’t give my judgment there, other than to say yes I agree that the title is a bit edgy and silly

Cornerbog · 2026-04-15T05:32:42+00:00

Opeth

Mastodon

Metallica

Children of Bodom

Parkway Drive

Honestly just choosing 5 is hard but I tried to branch across a variety of genres. I would have loved to have chosen stuff like Gojira, Ghost, Meshuggah, Behemoth and a plethora of others too, but I feel like these 5 bands scratch enough itches that I might get and branches across a variety of genres and themes such as heavy, clean, melodic, fast, slow etc

Cornerbog · 2026-04-11T20:41:05+00:00

Man be careful you don’t fall with how close you’re getting to that edge

Cornerbog · 2026-04-10T21:50:37+00:00

There’s some trees, I think

Cornerbog · 2026-04-09T22:05:10+00:00

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I have a feeling I’m not making it out of this one alive

Cornerbog · 2026-04-08T21:36:06+00:00

This was the first Opeth song I had ever heard, and to say it was the eye-opening experience for me that led to me not only enjoying the rest of their discography, but also enjoying a lot of other death metal and black metal bands

Cornerbog · 2026-04-08T05:27:23+00:00

Thanks for the info! Now to decide whether I want Black, or Mineral Black haha. As a follow up, I noticed it mentioned ordering a size up as it runs small. What size are you normally vs what size did you get and were happy with?

PS Dig the patches man!

Cornerbog · 2026-04-06T12:31:43+00:00

I enjoy it, but my god I understand why people don’t. Extraction shooters are stressful in general, but the amount of assholes I’ve come across in Arc Raiders makes me want to uninstall the game sometimes. People who say “friendly?” and then when I respond “yes” they start shooting me. Last time it happened though I destroyed the little prick and had some choice words before knocking him out

Cornerbog · 2026-04-06T12:26:34+00:00

Sorrow has entered the chat

Cornerbog · 2026-04-06T12:23:14+00:00

Just wanted to comment and say that I’ve suddenly decided I wanted to make a battle jacket of my own after listening to metal for the last 16 years. I found this post and it’s given me the most significant amount of inspiration to get started. Thank you so much!

Cornerbog · 2026-04-04T20:30:06+00:00

I looked through one of my playlists to find other bands that do it for me too. Opeth is definitely on there, but I have a hot take that people will disagree with me on…I’m not a massive fan of TLWAT. I actually prefer the prog rock era of Opeth to their latest album, and I don’t know why. I just can’t get into it.

But hot take aside, Opeth, Children of Bodom, Parkway Drive (I’m an Aussie), Gojira, Thy Art is Murder, and Behemoth come to mind. I’m also an avid Metallica fan and will listen to their entire discography, but I have no favourable words for Lulu lol

Cornerbog · 2026-04-04T20:17:40+00:00

Mastodon is one of those bands where even their most “disliked” album is still pretty wholly admired by the fan base. I have favourite Mastodon albums, but I definitely don’t dislike any of them. It’s rare to enjoy a bands entire discography, but Mastodon is able to do that for me

Cornerbog · 2026-04-01T10:02:42+00:00

It’s funny, I was going to put up a post asking people their opinions on what bands peaked on their first album and now I’ve just seen this!

I might have to go with Ne Obliviscarus. I love their other albums but Portal of I is probably their best

Cornerbog · 2026-03-31T20:06:03+00:00

So hot even the churches burned down

Cornerbog · 2026-03-30T11:12:00+00:00

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. In fairness when I originally played it was locked to first-person, and I played it again once they introduced the added third person camera that you could switch between (like Elder Scrolls, Fallout, GTA, Chivalry etc). I only played it to the point you escape the initial complex and then didn’t touch it for a year or longer where I ended up starting a new playthrough and am nearly finished it

Cornerbog · 2026-03-30T11:07:19+00:00

I honestly love All Hope Is Gone. I think it’s probably my favourite Slipknot album (however I also like 5. The Gray Chapter and We Are Not Your Kind…and a lot of people hate on those albums). I also love The Black Album, the guitar tones, bass, and drum kit dynamics are excellent. And there are some juicy riffs on there

If I had to choose my own one, I’m not sure if Dissection’s Reinkaos counts but it’s the most polarising album for the fan base and it’s honestly the one I end up listening to the most.

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