HullaballooWho t1_ja7pz1o wrote on February 27, 2023 at 1:50 PM

Reply to I need some feel. (Recommend Me Something) by SlayerSam12

Eddie Hazel - Games, Dames And Guitar Thangs

Also you should try out Buckethead. He gets an unfair bad rap for being a "shred" guitarist and too "robotic" by those who have barely dived into his absolute gargantuan discography. Truth is, he has way more substance and diversity than laypeople first realise. Here are some standouts (some albums will have leftfield shreddy parts but keep in mind that it's all part of the tapestry Buckethead has woven to be taken as a whole):

Colma

Electric Tears

Population Override

The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock

Decoding The Tomb Of Bansheebot

The Dragons Of Eden

A Real Diamond In The Rough

Shadows Between The Sky

Rise Of The Blue Lotus

Hold Me Forever (quite possibly his magnum opus)

Pike 78

Listen For The Whisper

Down In The Bayou Part One

The Squaring Of The Circle

HullaballooWho t1_ja6z917 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 8:28 AM

Reply to Metalhead Dabbling in Listening to Dark Electronic by Sheogorath_1999

I think you'll like Master Boot Record

HullaballooWho t1_j6om1wk wrote on January 31, 2023 at 8:21 PM

Reply to comment by kist_valve in How do I introduce someone to metal? by kist_valve

You're welcome. If all else fails then Opeth is usually the one that opens the door for many (it certainly did for me). Their works on Still Life, Ghost Reveries and Blackwater Park are really good for adjusting the ears of newcomers since the structures are very well intertwined with ethereal softness and crushing heaviness and the songwriting itself is top-notch.

Also it's worth mentioning that the two songs—and the music videos that accompany them—that finally had me understand the imagery and aesthetic of Death Metal (as well as appreciation for the music) was Blessed Are The Sick and God Of Emptiness by Morbid Angel.

They opened my ears back when I thought Death Metal was Screamo with old-fashioned guitar playing (an observation that would trigger many a fan).

HullaballooWho t1_j6oea0y wrote on January 31, 2023 at 7:33 PM

Reply to How do I introduce someone to metal? by kist_valve

I agree with KapiteinNekbaard that Melodic Death Metal (Melodeath) is the gateway to straightforward Death Metal.

But if you want the gateway albums to Death Metal then I'll list the ones that aren't too mind-shredding just in case something might click:

Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness + Covenant

Death - Human + Symbolic + The Sound Of Perseverance

Autopsy - Mental Funeral

Entombed - Left Hand Path + Clandestine

Dismember - Like An Everflowing Stream

Cancer - Death Shall Rise

Pestilence - Testimony Of The Ancients

HullaballooWho t1_j6n4qj6 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 2:49 PM

Reply to Music suggestions by 3upy

The Meters - Rejuvenation

Cymande - Cymande

Eddie Hazel - Games, Dames, And Guitar Thangs

Peter Tosh - Legalize It

Dadawah - Peace And Love

Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media - Funky Stuff

Orbital - In Sides

Edan - Beauty And The Beat

Uyama Hiroto - A Son Of The Sun

Greg Howe - Introspection

Dogbowl - Cyclops Nuclear Submarine Captain

Everything Everything - Get To Heaven

Ten Years After - A Space In Time

Khan - Space Shanty

Billy Cobham - Spectrum

Premiata Forneria Marconi - Storia Di Un Minuto

Scientist - Scientist Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Vampires

Astor Piazzolla - Libertango

Main Source - Breaking Atoms

Piglet - Lava Land

Motion City Soundtrack - Commit This To Memory

The Butterfly Effect - Final Conversation Of Kings

Pantha Du Prince - This Bliss

Carpenter Brut - Trilogy

Maxwell - Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite

Karate - Unsolved

Guthrie Govan - Erotic Cakes

Royal Hunt - Paradox

Quasimoto - The Unseen

Typical Cats - Typical Cats

Malice Mizer - Merveilles

Nektar - A Tab In The Ocean

The Toy Dolls - Absurd-Ditties

Airiel - Winks And Kisses

The Pillows - Happy Bivouac

Sparks - Kimono My House

FM - Black Noise

Masterplan - Masterplan

Villagers Of Ioannina City - Riza

Above & Beyond - Tri-State

Caparezza - Le Dimensioni Del Mio Caos

Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches

Shakti - A Handful Of Beauty

Chocolate Watch Band - No Way Out

Why? - Alopecia

Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth - Funky Technician

HullaballooWho t1_j6lh969 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 4:01 AM

Reply to comment by BrownPaperBag4 in Best guitar solo? by Similar_Joke_5500

Best Opeth solo for me? Most likely Funeral Portrait. Really beautiful and elegant sounding.

Also Epilogue is pretty overlooked.

HullaballooWho t1_j6lffyv wrote on January 31, 2023 at 3:46 AM

Reply to Best guitar solo? by Similar_Joke_5500

Shotgun Logic

Death And The Healing

Fermented Offal Discharge

HullaballooWho t1_j6ko0vl wrote on January 31, 2023 at 12:20 AM

Reply to Bands/Artists you had a low opinion of, until you actually heard their albums? by Flodo_McFloodiloo

Not so much a specific artist but more the style found in Metal or other harder forms of rock where they screech/growl/grunt and so and so. Couldn't adjust for years until on a whim I purchased Blackwater Park and Still Life by Opeth (thank goodness) which really hurtled me through the door at light speed and transported my newbie mind to a new realm of possibilities. Never went back after that.

HullaballooWho t1_j671xxc wrote on January 28, 2023 at 4:14 AM

Reply to Recommend the most representative album of your favorite genre! by mjh4

Extreme Metal:

Melodic Black Metal - Storm Of The Light's Bane

Brutal Death Metal - Pierced From Within

Technical Death Metal - The Scepter Of The Ancients

Atmospheric Black Metal - Rain Upon The Impure

Death Metal - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious

Blackened Death Metal - The Nocturnal Silence

Progressive Death Metal - Crimson

Black Metal - Nemesis Divina

Raw Black Metal - Vampires Of Black Imperial Blood

Funeral Doom Metal - The Pernicious Enigma

Melodic Death Metal - They Will Return

Death-Thrash - Spectrum Of Death

Symphonic Black Metal - Witchcraft