i love all types of music (traditional, classical, modern, acoustic, electric, electronic, etc etc etc...)
for this post i will let my inner metalhead speak
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probably my favourite period of metal is the early 90s, (that explosion of funk and prog metal) bands like living colour, jane's addiction, faith no more, masters of reality, fishbone, soundgarden, bad brains, voivod, king's x, anthrax, alice in chains, etc etc etc..
at the moment my fave metal is coming from japan (has always been a major source of music for me) especially..
Dir En Grey brilliant band, their Uroboros album is one of the best ever, am impatiently waiting for their new album, due any day
Arise In Stability great new young band, have just released their debut, mindblowing potential
Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas another new young band, the first genuinely good trancecore band i have heard
C.O.R.E. titanium level heavy and yet melodic, awesome band
most of the bands in the visual kei scene are very heavy as well, my current faves are
新興宗教楽団NoGoD such a hot tight band that words fail me
Versailles great band, superb integration of orchestra and choir, heavy and transcendent
the GazettE[ガゼット] great down low and heavy riff masters
and so many more from japan i could write for hours
and still miss some out, these are just the few that pop into my head at the moment.
over the last couple of years i have also been discovering some awesome stuff from the rest of asia. (the heavy and independent scenes are finally getting a foothold)
believe it or not, there is a thriving metal scene in mainland china. just to mention two..
堕天 (The Falling) couldn't believe this band the first time i heard them, very heavy and prog
扭曲的机器 (Twisted Machine) very very heavy
and a few more selections
Ego Fall from mongolia, great to hear real diaphonic singing in a heavy context
Black Infinity from vietnam, again great heavy band, with a real sense of adventure, you should hear what they do to poker face by lady gag(a)
ChthoniC from taiwan, black metal fused with trad chinese instruments.
Rancorous from thailand, superb melodic black metal
Retrospect also thailand, more prog heavy rock than metal, but really good band
Urbandub from philippines, again more prog heavy rock, but their album Apparition is a real favourite of mine
Balance Of One from kazakhstan, one man intsrumental heavy metal, really cool stuff.
this really is just the tip of the iceberg. many more bands from the countries mentioned above, plus indonesia, malaysia, hong kong, (and more)
i could go on and on for hours.....
btw, a big thank you :heart::thumbs up: for making me aware of
apocalyptica, working my way thru the discography, cool stuff
