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[robinkom]

I offer you gems of the past, forgotten by many, not even known by most. There is more out there than what the American mainstream offers up to the teeny-boppers of this generation. There is more complex and better-written stuff out there from years gone by.

The kings of Euro Power Metal, HELLOWEEN, and their most epic song ever, from the album of the same name (part 2 of the two-part album).

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The kings of American Power Metal/Rock Opera, SAVATAGE and one of their best songs from the album of the same name. Members of the group are also a part of the more commercially-known Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

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One-time controversial "shock rock" 80s group, W.A.S.P. with a more emotional and heartfelt heavy metal ballad-like tune from their acclaimed conceptual album, "The Crimson Idol."

 

[Nazulu]

Like progressive rock? I love it so here is some of my favs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaQpC4HuJ5M
Dream Theatre

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YoBq4NsWcI
Renaissance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDzNkLh8Rsk
Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Also, you can't have a music thread without someone mentioning Black Sabbath
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwxYmbGiVR8&feature=related

 

[necromanzer52]

Check out a few beatles songs. Most people can find at least one that they like.

 

[ModsDeleteThisAccountPlease]

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/SugarWiki/CrowningMusicOfAwesome?from=Main.CROWNINGMUSICOFAWESOME

Look through the lists at TvTropes. It's pages long and all recs for almost every genre ever. I personally am listening to Vocaloid right now. The page is here: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/CrowningMusic/Vocaloid

Dear god what people can produce with Vocaloid. I love Luka's voice the most though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFf958rdfgY&fmt=35, this is one of the best. Amazing guitar solo, amazing 3-D animation, amazing voicing for Luka.

PS, if you haven't caught on, Luka is a Vocaloid, or a computer program. You feed her lyrics and a tune, she sings it. Really well, I may add.

 

[Chased]

I notice a lot of people are posting teh metalz, I'm not very badass so here's some stuff that's not as harsh.

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[Arkzism]

well any classic rock is good im also a fan of dark burlesque, look up amanda palmer, dresden dolls, the tiger lillies, voltaire... granted id skip the tiger lillies if things offend you easily

 

[Scarecrow]

Okay so heres the deal, recentely I have decided to start to listen to music more as I hardly do know. The only problem is that I haven't the slightest clue whats good and whats not (which I find strange being 14 at senior school). I thought this would be a good place to ask around so I would like people if you would, to post bands or seperate songs that you like and what you think is good. P.s, Would you kindly leave out any screamo recommendations, I sat next to my friend for 32 hours straight where the only the thing I could hear was screamo playing at full blast through his headphones, I had a head ache after, but if you want to reccomend any then go ahead. P.s.s - Justin Beiber = no

Tell me what you think of this:

 

[Rarhnor]

Okay so heres the deal, recentely I have decided to start to listen to music more as I hardly do know. The only problem is that I haven't the slightest clue whats good and whats not (which I find strange being 14 at senior school). I thought this would be a good place to ask around so I would like people if you would, to post bands or seperate songs that you like and what you think is good. P.s, Would you kindly leave out any screamo recommendations, I sat next to my friend for 32 hours straight where the only the thing I could hear was screamo playing at full blast through his headphones, I had a head ache after, but if you want to reccomend any then go ahead. P.s.s - Justin Beiber = no

My personal recommendation?

Go rent Guitar Hero or Rock Band (and a guitar) and play through all the songs. Better yet, play at a friend's house (particularly if they've downloaded some additional music). If you like a song, look up the artist and hear some music samples from them on Amazon. If you like, buy the album.

Seriously, my partner and I doubled our music library by finding bands we liked in Rockband games (I've owned 1-3) going through much the process I just described. I'd have never heard of several of my (now) favorite bands if I hadn't heard them first playing Rockband.

Seconded

Half of my itunes library, I found through Guitar Hero. The other half was in the related videos, when i looked up the song on youtube.

 

[DragonBorn96]

Okay so heres the deal, recentely I have decided to start to listen to music more as I hardly do know. The only problem is that I haven't the slightest clue whats good and whats not (which I find strange being 14 at senior school). I thought this would be a good place to ask around so I would like people if you would, to post bands or seperate songs that you like and what you think is good. P.s, Would you kindly leave out any screamo recommendations, I sat next to my friend for 32 hours straight where the only the thing I could hear was screamo playing at full blast through his headphones, I had a head ache after, but if you want to reccomend any then go ahead. P.s.s - Justin Beiber = no

Tell me what you think of this:

I quite like this

 

[Jodah]

If/When you find an artist you like, go to Pandora.com and make a station. That is the easiest way to expand your tastes and learn about newer artists.

 

[Scarecrow]

Okay so heres the deal, recentely I have decided to start to listen to music more as I hardly do know. The only problem is that I haven't the slightest clue whats good and whats not (which I find strange being 14 at senior school). I thought this would be a good place to ask around so I would like people if you would, to post bands or seperate songs that you like and what you think is good. P.s, Would you kindly leave out any screamo recommendations, I sat next to my friend for 32 hours straight where the only the thing I could hear was screamo playing at full blast through his headphones, I had a head ache after, but if you want to reccomend any then go ahead. P.s.s - Justin Beiber = no

Tell me what you think of this:

I quite like this

And the pumpkin army has a new solider.

 

[DragonBorn96]

Okay so heres the deal, recentely I have decided to start to listen to music more as I hardly do know. The only problem is that I haven't the slightest clue whats good and whats not (which I find strange being 14 at senior school). I thought this would be a good place to ask around so I would like people if you would, to post bands or seperate songs that you like and what you think is good. P.s, Would you kindly leave out any screamo recommendations, I sat next to my friend for 32 hours straight where the only the thing I could hear was screamo playing at full blast through his headphones, I had a head ache after, but if you want to reccomend any then go ahead. P.s.s - Justin Beiber = no

My personal recommendation?

Go rent Guitar Hero or Rock Band (and a guitar) and play through all the songs. Better yet, play at a friend's house (particularly if they've downloaded some additional music). If you like a song, look up the artist and hear some music samples from them on Amazon. If you like, buy the album.

Seriously, my partner and I doubled our music library by finding bands we liked in Rockband games (I've owned 1-3) going through much the process I just described. I'd have never heard of several of my (now) favorite bands if I hadn't heard them first playing Rockband.

Seconded

Half of my itunes library, I found through Guitar Hero. The other half was in the related videos, when i looked up the song on youtube.

Tis shame I don't own Guitar hero X]

 

[DragonsAteMyMarbles]

Anything involving Oscar Peterson. Anything.
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Also...
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<spoiler=Hank Mobley - My Groove Your Move><youtube=ou14RVXuquA>
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[SeksEin]

I would recommend these artists. To narrow it down: Dream Theater, Queensrÿche, Symphony X, Tool, and Opeth are among my favorites.

Or... Cake. I am also pretty fond of them.

Edit: How could I forget King Crimson?!

 

[Cerrida]

My recommendation? Go on rabbit trails. I found a lot of music I listen to through Pandora and YouTube's related videos. Start with a style, song, or artist you like and go from there.

 

[Scarecrow]

Okay so heres the deal, recentely I have decided to start to listen to music more as I hardly do know. The only problem is that I haven't the slightest clue whats good and whats not (which I find strange being 14 at senior school). I thought this would be a good place to ask around so I would like people if you would, to post bands or seperate songs that you like and what you think is good. P.s, Would you kindly leave out any screamo recommendations, I sat next to my friend for 32 hours straight where the only the thing I could hear was screamo playing at full blast through his headphones, I had a head ache after, but if you want to reccomend any then go ahead. P.s.s - Justin Beiber = no

Tell me what you think of this:

I quite like this

If you liked that, then you are proberly going to like this:

 

[Sidiron]

There are many many bands out there, some I would recommend are:
Thin Lizzy
Shinedown
Breaking Benjamin
Theory of a Deadman
The Beautiful South
Morrissey
Moody Blues

Could list forever, just keep searching it takes years to get a collection

 

[ZeroAE]

I only hear Gorillaz , Daft Punk and japanese music.
Try them.

 

[Small Waves]

Just don't listen to music, and don't label things. "Screamo" pisses me off. There are a lot of truly talented musicians in the metal genre and this new wave of teenage boys in spandex is ruining it for everyone.

Screamo is a legit genre, and isn't even derived from metal. It's an offshoot of hardcore punk. It just so happens it's misused a lot, like emo and post-hardcore being used as alternative terms for pop punk.

Also, GEE IT SURE IS VARIED IN HERE WITH ALL THIS METAL, "CLASSIC" ROCK, METAL, AND METAL.

Band/artist (genre) / albums

Aphex Twin (electronic. So varied I'm not even going to go into subgenres) / Selected Ambient Works 85-92, Richard D. James Album, Windowlicker, and then the rest of his discography
Autechre (ambient techno) / Amber
Bjork (EDM, Trip-hop, experimental, avant-garde) / Post, Homogenic
Brian Eno (ambient, art rock, experimental) / Here Come the Warm Jets, Another Green World, Ambient 4: On Land
Boredoms (Noise Rock, psychedelic rock, experimental) / Vision Creation Newsun
Can (krautrock, ambient, art rock, progressive rock, experimental, psychedelic rock) / Monster Movie, Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi
Faust (Progressive rock) / Faust IV
Jan Dukes de Grey (Progressive Folk Rock) / Mice And Rats In The Loft
King Crimson (progressive rock, jazz fusion, new wave) / In the Court of the Crimson King, Larks Tongues in Aspic, Red, Discipline
Mass of the Fermenting Dregs (punkish, alt. rock) / Mass of the Fermenting Dregs, World is Yours
Motoro Faam (modern classical, ambient, noise, experimental) / ...And Water Cycles
Number Girl (Noise rock, post-hardcore, art rock)/ School girl Distortional Addict, Sappukei, NUM-HEAVYMETALLIC
Radiohead (britpop, alt. rock, jazz, ambient, experimental) / OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac, In Rainbows
Squarepusher (drum and bass, jazz fusion, experimental) / Hard Normal Daddy, Music is Rotted One Note
Super Furry Animals (alt. rock, britpop) / Guerrilla, Rings Around the World
Tame Impala (psychedelic rock) / Innerspeaker
Toe (post-rock, math rock, holy shit check out that drummer-core) / New Sentimentality, The Book About My Idle Plot On A Vague Anxiety, For Long Tomorrow
World's End Girlfriend (post-rock, downtempo, jazz fusion, experimental) / Hurtbreak Wonderland, Dream's End Come True, Seven Idiots
Yellow Magic Orchestra (synthpop, new wave, musique concrète) / Solid State Survivor, BGM, Technodelic
Zazen Boys (experimental rock, EDM, Math rock, musique concréte. Same lead man of Number Girl) / Zazen Boys, Zazen Boys 4

Hip-hop:
Baths (ambient, experimental) / Cerulean
Beastie Boys (hip-hop) / License to Ill, Paul's Boutique
Cannibal Ox (Abstract hip-hop) / The Cold Vein
Deltron 3030 (hip-hopera) / Deltron 3030
DJ Kid Koala (turntablism) / Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
DJ Krush (turntablism, instrumental hip-hop) / Jaku, Kakusei
DJ Shadow (instrumental hip-hop) / Endtroducing....., Preemptive Strike
Dr. Octagon (porn-groove) / Dr. Octagonecologyst
Eminem (horrorcore) / The Marshall Mathers LP (I like the production a lot. Deal with it)
Flying Lotus (instrumental hip-hop, ambient, experimental) Los Angeles, L.A. 3x3 EP, Cosmogramma, Pattern+Grid World
Horrorshow (alternative hip-hop) / Inside Story
Jemapur (abstract beats) / Evacuation
Kanye West (post-hip-hop hurr) / Late Registration, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Madvillain (avant-grade hip-hop) / Madvillainy
Nas (east-coast hip-hop) / Illmatic
Nujabes (jazz-hop, instrumental hip-hop) / Metaphorical Music, Modal Soul
OutKast (G-Funk, Hip-hop, R&B, Rap) / ATLiens, Aquemini, Stankonia
Public Enemy (hip-hop) / Yo! Bum Rush the Show, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Why? (Rock, alternative hip-hop) / Elephant Eyelash, Alopecia