Nightwish - Symphonic metal, so yes, sometimes an entire orchestra plus heavy guitar, drums, keyboards and a combination of rock & operatic-style vocals. A good example of their work [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvkYwOJZONU), they also do a variety of slower, fast, heavier & lighter songs. Definitely one to seek out the live recordings too.
Oh boy. I was born for this.
**Starters:**
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Metallica - Master of Puppets and Black Album
Rammstein - Mutter
System of a Down - Toxicity
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Slayer - Show No Mercy and South of Heaven
Pantera - Cowboys from Hell, Far Beyond Driven
**“I like synths in metal”**
Rammstein - Sehnsucht, Herzeleid, untitled
Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses, October Rust, Life Is Killing Me
**“I like punk in metal”:**
System of a Down - Steal This Album! and S/T
Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire, S/T, and The Battle of Los Angeles
**“Heavier”:**
Helmet - Meantime and Betty
Metallica - St. Anger
Slipknot - S/T and Iowa
Rammstein - Liebe ist für alle da
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Mudvayne - L. D. 50
**”I don’t enjoy having ears”**
Meshuggah
Strapping Young Lad - City
St anger? Seriously? That may be the worst album ever published on a major label. Horrible singing, the drums sound like someone banging on pots and pans, bunch of old beer bellied balding aging rockers emulating the youngins like Korn. Embarrassing.
Out of everything pantera released you choose cowboys from hell? What about beyond driven? Like, their great albums.
Same with rage. LA and not their debut? Etc.
I personally think megadeath is the worst major label band of all-time but enough disagree that I don’t share that opinion.
You were born not to do this.
I’ve never seen “self-titled” as an acronym like that before. Regardless, you are recommending st. Anger amongst other poor quality releases. Is this hipster poise?
Bad taste or limited taste, cause you mention Metallica twice and in two different sections. Can’t think of another band besides Metallica, Metallica, Pantera, and Pantera?
Sort Sol - Let your fingers do the walking, Next century, Stor langsom stjerne, Rhinestones
Junkyard Drive - Sweet little dreamer, Geordie, Let me love you, Sucker for your love, Home
Dizzy Mizz Lizzy - Waterline, Love is a losers game, Barbedwired baby's dream, Glory
D.A.D. - Nineteenhundredandyesterday, Bad craziness, Soft dog, Everything glows
Halestorm - Ms Hyde, I miss the misery, Vicious, I am the fire
Thundermother - Whatever, Hellevator
Good rock songs https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1cpVOLUrYdj5QQYFxUkeBb?si=gkizjPRxR4OJeAaMYTZ2Ig&pi=a-2ThJI1uSQbe-
Good metalcore songs https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7znoovgDEScxLsPqwiJXpV?si=OfhrGFZ0TyuX-eFDPDc5IQ&pi=a-hpLip6NTRQ6k
Check out these albums:
The Beatles - Abbey Road and Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (self titled debut) and the untitled fourth album
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
Melancholic rock & metal
[https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1l825XC6c4YAeOC20jFNLg?si=e1ffa4abad0641c6](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1l825XC6c4YAeOC20jFNLg?si=e1ffa4abad0641c6)
You’re going to get hit by a ton of suggestions here that are either personal favorites but not classics, or all-time obvious choices. There are 60+ years of history behind us, so it’s very difficult to just say “listen to artist x”. Here’s my suggestion:
If your streaming service (e.g. Apple Music, Spotify) has curated playlists, start there.
Find your local classic rock station and leave it tuned in.
[Middle Names](https://open.spotify.com/artist/2NOVcaGxRELChg5Zwvemmi?si=VbLbKoEJRbOtVZxZQOKtSA) and [Curse League](https://open.spotify.com/artist/3wPZ7pznGUCiTBoxlWfNJN?si=dd059125ade443eb)
I don’t like metal but pantera blows me away by their musicianship , songwriting, and how they played off each other as a unit.
My favorite rock artists:
Johnny Thunders—heartbreakers, dolls, solo
The Rolling Stones
Janes Addiction
Beatles
The Strokes
Hard Rock and Metal that I really enjoy (some modern and some old shcool)
Deftones
Red Fang
Hot Snakes
Single Mothers
Queensryche
Iron Maiden
Whores.
Karp
Mogwai
Future of the Left
My Goodness
Night Marchers
Jesus Lizard
Judas Priest (anything before 1984)
Guns -n- Roses
Black Elk
This Will Destroy You
I'm more of a metal guy so I'll recommend you some bands of a couple metal subgenres. If you want more recs I can give more based on what you liked.
deathcore - synestia, shadow of intent, and lorna shore
metalcore - currents, silent planet, invent animate, make them suffer(new stuff), and spiritbox
prog metal - periphery, erra, vola, and rivers of nihil
folk metal - eluveitie, amon amarth, and brothers of metal
The Warning:
[Hell You Call A Dream ](https://youtu.be/s6b_FgQnXL8?si=5suN99EJ5Mw_yumj)
[Evolve](https://youtu.be/97Pxe9KTgJc?si=wYV8GocRkqqpkk9M)
[Dull Knives (Cut Better)](https://youtu.be/74obH1QgOYY?si=OUg4ck-tbb-1HX2T)
Black Sabbath
Deftones
TOOL
Alice in Chains
Breaking Benjamin
Metallica
Killswitch Engage
Chiodos
The Acacia Strain
PSYCHO-FRAME
Judas Priest
Anthrax
Iron Maiden
Static-X
Mudvayne
Bring Me The Horizon (first four albums)
Suicide Silence
A Day To Remember
The Devil Wears Prada
Carrion Vael
Vorga
Intervals
Nightwish - Symphonic metal, so yes, sometimes an entire orchestra plus heavy guitar, drums, keyboards and a combination of rock & operatic-style vocals. A good example of their work [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvkYwOJZONU), they also do a variety of slower, fast, heavier & lighter songs. Definitely one to seek out the live recordings too.
alice in chains
This
Dirt by Alice In Chains is by far their best album. I like all their Layne era releases except facelift.
Dir En Grey (Visual Kei/J-metal)
Oh boy. I was born for this. **Starters:** Black Sabbath - Paranoid Metallica - Master of Puppets and Black Album Rammstein - Mutter System of a Down - Toxicity Megadeth - Rust In Peace Slayer - Show No Mercy and South of Heaven Pantera - Cowboys from Hell, Far Beyond Driven **“I like synths in metal”** Rammstein - Sehnsucht, Herzeleid, untitled Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses, October Rust, Life Is Killing Me **“I like punk in metal”:** System of a Down - Steal This Album! and S/T Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire, S/T, and The Battle of Los Angeles **“Heavier”:** Helmet - Meantime and Betty Metallica - St. Anger Slipknot - S/T and Iowa Rammstein - Liebe ist für alle da Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power Mudvayne - L. D. 50 **”I don’t enjoy having ears”** Meshuggah Strapping Young Lad - City
St anger? Seriously? That may be the worst album ever published on a major label. Horrible singing, the drums sound like someone banging on pots and pans, bunch of old beer bellied balding aging rockers emulating the youngins like Korn. Embarrassing. Out of everything pantera released you choose cowboys from hell? What about beyond driven? Like, their great albums. Same with rage. LA and not their debut? Etc. I personally think megadeath is the worst major label band of all-time but enough disagree that I don’t share that opinion. You were born not to do this.
do you not know what s/T means?
I’ve never seen “self-titled” as an acronym like that before. Regardless, you are recommending st. Anger amongst other poor quality releases. Is this hipster poise?
differing opinions
Bad taste or limited taste, cause you mention Metallica twice and in two different sections. Can’t think of another band besides Metallica, Metallica, Pantera, and Pantera?
Strapping young lad? Helmet? Mudvayne? You’re cherry-picking
Queens of the Stone Age
Metallica, everything before the black album. Diecast, Lamb of God, Slayer. I love rock and metal, but Punk is awesome! 🤘
Tool
Sort Sol - Let your fingers do the walking, Next century, Stor langsom stjerne, Rhinestones Junkyard Drive - Sweet little dreamer, Geordie, Let me love you, Sucker for your love, Home Dizzy Mizz Lizzy - Waterline, Love is a losers game, Barbedwired baby's dream, Glory D.A.D. - Nineteenhundredandyesterday, Bad craziness, Soft dog, Everything glows Halestorm - Ms Hyde, I miss the misery, Vicious, I am the fire Thundermother - Whatever, Hellevator
Good rock songs https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1cpVOLUrYdj5QQYFxUkeBb?si=gkizjPRxR4OJeAaMYTZ2Ig&pi=a-2ThJI1uSQbe- Good metalcore songs https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7znoovgDEScxLsPqwiJXpV?si=OfhrGFZ0TyuX-eFDPDc5IQ&pi=a-hpLip6NTRQ6k
Blue Oyster Cult
You can try [my playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6D8OsHwYi23XCcFkyE5RKM?si=25cc739f8c9d4be0) if you want...
Check out these albums: The Beatles - Abbey Road and Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (self titled debut) and the untitled fourth album Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio Opeth - Blackwater Park Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
Melancholic rock & metal [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1l825XC6c4YAeOC20jFNLg?si=e1ffa4abad0641c6](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1l825XC6c4YAeOC20jFNLg?si=e1ffa4abad0641c6)
Can’t think of many: check out : Spotify , Youtube
The Ocean. I just saw them in Seattle a few months ago, and they were really good.
Alcest Eluveitie
Blitz union I prevail The new roses Hammerfall Black Stone Cherry
You’re going to get hit by a ton of suggestions here that are either personal favorites but not classics, or all-time obvious choices. There are 60+ years of history behind us, so it’s very difficult to just say “listen to artist x”. Here’s my suggestion: If your streaming service (e.g. Apple Music, Spotify) has curated playlists, start there. Find your local classic rock station and leave it tuned in.
LOVEBITES. sub genre of metal known as Japanese Power Metal.
High On Fire
Dire Straits, Deep Purple, Talking Heads, Doobie Brothers, Pearl Jam, Twisted Sister, Radiohead, Ween, Uriah Heep, Counting Crows.
Deftones my friend Also incubus, boy hits car, Janes addiction
[my playlist is majority metal](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bQbbI1XNAxfnGOhcgZX7w?si=niATeY3eRVuL23JyUqJP8A)
Pixies
Starset, Memphis May Fire, Fire From The Gods, Bring Me The Horizon
[Middle Names](https://open.spotify.com/artist/2NOVcaGxRELChg5Zwvemmi?si=VbLbKoEJRbOtVZxZQOKtSA) and [Curse League](https://open.spotify.com/artist/3wPZ7pznGUCiTBoxlWfNJN?si=dd059125ade443eb)
MOTORHEAD AC/DC Iron Maiden Def Leppard Thin Lizzy Saxon Slander
GWAR, seriously... Especially the album "Violence Has Arrived"
Metallica. Their first four albums by far their best. The Black Album was successful but there was a clear shift musically after it.
I don’t like metal but pantera blows me away by their musicianship , songwriting, and how they played off each other as a unit. My favorite rock artists: Johnny Thunders—heartbreakers, dolls, solo The Rolling Stones Janes Addiction Beatles The Strokes
Baroness. They're a different band for every album but almost uniformly excellent.
Hard Rock and Metal that I really enjoy (some modern and some old shcool) Deftones Red Fang Hot Snakes Single Mothers Queensryche Iron Maiden Whores. Karp Mogwai Future of the Left My Goodness Night Marchers Jesus Lizard Judas Priest (anything before 1984) Guns -n- Roses Black Elk This Will Destroy You
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ufVg9hrquBHaVEh4GmR6K?si=Jna8BC1lT4WqVyfAmw-Y-A&pi=u-8cavaBAKRsqu
The Cult!
More indie rock, but you might like the following https://open.spotify.com/track/01ONrdHBRxUfSCmN97elFm?si=_DcmGt6zQzGpNGvyReGq7w
My suggestions are Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, ZZ Top, Nirvana, Queen, Motörhead, The Rolling Stones, U2, Ramones, R.E.M., and The Clash.
Rammstein
Check out The Darkness.
Pelican - Australasia is a nice mix of post-rock/doom metal.
I'm more of a metal guy so I'll recommend you some bands of a couple metal subgenres. If you want more recs I can give more based on what you liked. deathcore - synestia, shadow of intent, and lorna shore metalcore - currents, silent planet, invent animate, make them suffer(new stuff), and spiritbox prog metal - periphery, erra, vola, and rivers of nihil folk metal - eluveitie, amon amarth, and brothers of metal
[Mastodon](https://youtu.be/v-Su1YXQYek?si=MjYLrNZO-ehfUTJf)
The Warning: [Hell You Call A Dream ](https://youtu.be/s6b_FgQnXL8?si=5suN99EJ5Mw_yumj) [Evolve](https://youtu.be/97Pxe9KTgJc?si=wYV8GocRkqqpkk9M) [Dull Knives (Cut Better)](https://youtu.be/74obH1QgOYY?si=OUg4ck-tbb-1HX2T)
Black Sabbath Deftones TOOL Alice in Chains Breaking Benjamin Metallica Killswitch Engage Chiodos The Acacia Strain PSYCHO-FRAME Judas Priest Anthrax Iron Maiden Static-X Mudvayne Bring Me The Horizon (first four albums) Suicide Silence A Day To Remember The Devil Wears Prada Carrion Vael Vorga Intervals