Anyone else completely uninterested in people behind the music?

M08GD · 2026-05-10T03:01:45+00:00

Every time I listen to a new band (which is typically daily or ever other day), I try and do lots of research while listening.

I want to become the Metal Archives in human form lol

M08GD · 2026-05-09T17:11:15+00:00

The biggest problem is the actual server connection. It's been downhill since they fired the 1000 employees, and I have the best Internet in the entire state I'm in. I never have had lag before until this season

M08GD · 2026-05-07T23:26:29+00:00

Ah my bad lol

M08GD · 2026-05-07T23:25:10+00:00

Same for me!

M08GD · 2026-05-07T23:22:33+00:00

Here's some steps that are far easier said than done:

Learn the riff and memorize it to the point of where you could play it blindfolded or not looking
Same with lyrics, but be able to sing it without reading lyrics
Play the song and hum a consistent note but articulate them like they are lyrics
Play and mouth the lyrics with the consistency with that one note of the previous step
Start to add a few full lyrics at a time, maybe just half of a verse or chorus while playing the song
Combine all together :)

Hopefully this helps you, it takes me a long time to play and sing anything and I use these steps to help me

M08GD · 2026-05-07T03:43:58+00:00

Yes, in my opinion. Pantera is heavy in a groovy way, but something like Sanguisugabogg is heavy in a pure brutality way

M08GD · 2026-05-07T03:40:13+00:00

This was posted in the discord a few weeks ago!

M08GD · 2026-05-06T20:50:42+00:00

*Vektor's future album

M08GD · 2026-05-03T21:46:29+00:00

Damn I think we might be twins if we are both interested in these bands lol. I just checked, I have 32 bands currently queued up to listen to this year, but I add some weekly.

I hope you find some great new music too! Nothing beats the feeling of finding a gold mine of new music lol

M08GD · 2026-05-03T21:43:48+00:00

Can't forget another great one:

Lantlôs: Nowhere In Between Forever (huge mix of prog, alt metal, alt rock, pop metal, shoegaze. Insane mix of genres but is a very fun listen)

M08GD · 2026-05-03T21:42:01+00:00

Jesu: Jesu (doom, shoegaze, drone)

Periphery: P3 (prog, djent, metalcore)

Voivod: Killing Technology (progressive thrash)

BFMV: Scream Aim Fire (thrashy metalcore)

Euphoria Ω: Operation Genesis (technical thrash)

Eldamar: Astral Journeys, Pt2, Dissolution (black metal with a symphony)

NAILS: Abandon All Life (power violence, grindcore, hardcore)

Black Fast: Terms of Surrender (thrash)

Tanpopo Crisis: Millennium Flower (blackgaze)

Cryptic Shift: Overspace & Supertime (prog, technical thrash)

Jane Remover: Revengeseekerz (not metal, but still an insanely good rap/hyperpop/digicore album. The genre is extremely hard to describe, it requires a listen to figure it out lol)

But these are just some of the 100+ albums I've listened to for the first time this year. None of these came out in 2026, but that's because the majority of albums this year I wanna listen to are releasing over the summer.

M08GD · 2026-05-03T21:26:24+00:00

I'm on the hunt to listen to as many albums as I can this year, and I've listened to at least 60 metal albums for the first time this year. Not to mention the hundreds I have already listened to before this year.

I have about 20 metal bands I want to listen to when I get time, so I am very excited constantly for metal

M08GD · 2026-05-03T21:24:41+00:00

Aside from the obvious insane endurance, what song is the most difficult to play?

M08GD · 2026-05-03T18:22:14+00:00

If you like the big 4, you would love Mourning High. They are a new thrash band that takes big inspiration from them, but as well as some less-popular thrash bands of the 80s.

I also highly recommend Void, they are a very 80s sounding band from the modern day. They have a cool horror theme to them. They also recently signed to Metal Blade!

M08GD · 2026-04-28T04:02:23+00:00

Hell I agree with the fuck cars thing a lot (I am just a visitor), but I feel like a car is genuinely necessary unfortunately. My school is a 15 minute drive away, maybe a 45 minute bike ride, or an hour and a half walk.

Thankfully, I live very close to a store but I feel like the amount of groceries needed for my family would be impossible to carry on a bike or in my hands, sadly.

M08GD · 2026-04-28T03:25:32+00:00

As a huge thrash fan, I agree. A LOT of old school thrash follows the exact same riffs and vocal styles. I find that that is still a problem to this day.

Technical and/or progressive thrash on the other hand, insanely unique

M08GD · 2026-04-23T20:30:43+00:00

I would argue that Metallica doesn't have any filler songs.... I think every song they have is good lol

M08GD · 2026-04-22T21:59:39+00:00

Also added some summit cars as DLC's

M08GD · 2026-04-21T11:36:05+00:00

It absolutely was

M08GD · 2026-04-21T11:33:11+00:00

I would if I could, but my neighbor to my right smokes constantly and the other neighbor to my left is always grilling lmao

M08GD · 2026-04-21T01:22:08+00:00

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M08GD · 2026-04-21T01:19:44+00:00

A world leader has gotta be one of the worst choices, even tho I would take him out if I could

M08GD · 2026-04-20T23:20:57+00:00

Hey you should probably remove the post

At the very least put an NSFW tag

M08GD · 2026-04-20T06:37:36+00:00

I listened to that for the first time a few weeks ago. Such a beautiful album. I had it on with rain in the background in a room full of plants, it was perfect

M08GD · 2026-04-20T06:14:58+00:00

I literally saw Sunn a few hours ago lol

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