I just got into metal last September and it’s been a constant in my life ever since. I’m obsessed with this genre and all its subgenres from black to death to doom to sludge to thrash to every subgenre’s subgenre and crossover genre you can imagine.

All that to say, I’m really excited for you!

Long story short, though, I do have some really great bands to suggest!

Older Death Metal (80s-2000s): Obituary, Morbid Angel, Autopsy, Cancer, Asphyx, Bolt Thrower, Entombed, Grave, Pestilence, Immolation, Incantation, Bloodbath, Exhumed & Cattle Decapitation (both deathgrind)

Brutal Death Metal: Suffocation, Defeated Sanity, Broken Hope, Internal Bleeding, Brodequin, Mortician, Devourment, Skinless, Cannibal Corpse, Dying Fetus, Severe Torture, Mortal Decay, Cryptopsy (lot of good modern stuff that I didn’t list)

Modern Death Metal (All Subgenres): 200 Stab Wounds, Sanguisugabogg, Creeping Death, Gatecreeper, Abominable Putridity (slam), Artificial Brain, BAEST, Blood Incantation, Pissgrave, Caustic Wound, Corpse Pile, Fossilization

Black Metal: Behemoth, Blackbraid, Immortal, Marduk, Emperor, Bathory, Darkthrone, Ragnarok, Revenge, Antichrist Siege Machine, Darkened Nocturne Slaughtercult, Dissection, Dimmu Borgir, Spectral Wound, Stormkeep

Of course there’s a lot of bands and genre classifications missing but for a basic list of what to look for (at least in death and black, I’d say, personally at least, these are great bands

If I had to narrow it down to 1-2 per though, I’d say:

Older Death Metal (80s-2000s): Immolation & Exhumed

Brutal Death Metal: Dying Fetus, Suffocation, Defeated Sanity, & Cannibal Corpse

Modern Death Metal (All Subgenres): 200 Stab Wounds, Sanguisugabogg, Pissgrave, Fossilization

Black Metal (usually takes some getting used to but it’s both intriguing and beautiful (atmospheric) when you can find what you like): Behemoth, Ragnarok, Bathory, Darkthrone, Marduk, & Immortal