It took me a while to find them since I know so many of these bands already. Also: not every metal band makes cool music (doh). Though if you ask the average metalhead he’ll think anything is cool as long as it’s not the more established names. Yeah, how cool. You’re listening to uncontrollable chaos with pigroast squeels. Good for you.
Zonaria (Melodeath, Sweden)
I like these guys because they have a pretty cool drum track under most songs. The more (and faster) the bass the better. <3! Plus, if there’s grunting vocals, Zonaria’s is actually low enough to enjoy. Trust me, it’s pretty hard to find a vocalist that does that well. If it still sounds h00min, and not vermin, this metal is besides the point. This one spawned right out of hell. Pretty good job.
Old Man’s Child (Meloblack, Norway)
I actually read something about ‘an attachment to Dimmu’. I didn’t read on, wasn’t interested. Some of the influences can be heard though. I don’t care if your tru0ness doesn’t agree to the commercial Dimmu Borgir. I still think they’re cool and so is Old Man’s Child. It does miss that extra bite here and there though. It differentiates just enough for me to like it, but if the genre wasn’t meloblack I think I would have passed on it.
Enter Shikari (genre “Wtf”, UK)
That music is just insane. I have no way to label it really. Last.fm says it’s trancecore/post-hardcore. It combines hardcore and (…) trance music. Now that’s a weird combination. I like! I absolutely don’t like hardcore metal, but for some reason this strange combination is totally cool.
Diablo (Melodeath, Finland)
This metalband has been around for ages so it seems from the last.fm profile page. Howcome I never noticed them? It may be because of the lame name. It kind of reminds of that 80s hair metal type thing with pink leather pants. In any case, it’s nothing like that. Definitely good, straight melodeath. I have yet to discover a song that sticks out. Good vocalist and includes regular singing!
Before the dawn (Melodeath, Finland)
Not one of the greatest bands, but definitely enough to keep my interest. Sometimes I think they have this thing going that’s the same as the Haunted. I’m not much a fan of that, but as long as they make songs that stay away from that sound I’m good.
Circus Maximus (Progressive, Norway)
Waw, now this is interesting music like I haven’t heard interesting in a while. You’ll have to listen to the track “Sane to More” to find out what I mean. Progressive has always had enough differentiation for me to find the genre attractive, but they take it to a new level entirely.
Blinded Colony (Melodeath, Sweden)
Very much like In Flames, which I used to love before that last album they put out. It has some of that old glory, though not quite up to the standard yet.
Mnemic (Industrial, Denmark)
Aaaah, wonderful! I was looking for this for quite some time. When I started liking metal I started out with Fear Factory, and ever since, I just wanted to hear more good industrial. That was barely ever rewarded. I found some of it back in SYBREED, and I’d definitely like to add this band to the list too. Finally! Some industrial as industrial is meant! More agression than any kind of other metal: death and black is basically for pansies if you count industrial.
And again I review my list and go “Why wasn’t I born in Gothenburg?”. No US bands as usual. For some reason US metal really turns me off.