I’m in the same boat as you, but add to that list guys who sing like 80’s “metal” style or Iron Maiden-ish, guys who try to sound like Ozzy Osborne. I like heavy music but please give me someone with a normal voice who sings like a normal person.
The only instrumental acts I can think of that haven’t been mentioned are Paul Ortiz (Chimp Spanner), David Maxim Micic, Wide Eyes, and The Helix Nebula.
You could also try Walking Across Jupiter, Oh Hiroshima, and If These Trees Could Talk, but I can’t remember if they have (guest) vocals or not.
While they do have vocals you could also try Wheel, their album Resident Human is really good.
I wonder if you would like Jeff Loomis’ solo work? Sadly hasn’t released anything in the last 10 years. His most popular song is Miles of Machines but my personal favorite is Jato Unit.
This thread has been up for like an hour, and I’ve got probably several days worth of back-to-back songs to check out - a whoooole bunch of which is stuff I haven’t seen before.
I did NOT expect this kind of response. Y’all are my hero.
These comments are going to take a lot of time to unpack, but dude I feel like a kid on christmas morning!
Check out The Dear Hunter. Not metal at all but they fit into a lot of this in ways that’ll surprise you.
Will do! Not familiar with Dear Hunter (yet!) but “not metal” is far from a deal breaker - when I don’t have metal on, I’m usually listening to shit like this which I’ve taken to just calling “cinematic” cuz it sounds like something from a movie, but no idea what genre it would actually fall under; or some Lindsey Stirling if I’m shooting for something a little lighter.
But yeah, your list has been a 100% hit so far; I pulled up The Dear Hunter before I started typing this post, and the one song I’ve heard so far actually lines up perfectly with another music rabbit hole I’ve been poking around in lately with things like the Kongos. Would never have sought out that kind of music on my own, but a surgeon recently had our nurse play it in surgery a few days ago, and it was great lol (I’m a surgical tech, which is the rock-bottom-of-the-barrel in the OR, so we generally just listen to whatever the nurses or doctors want… which, at my hospital usually means country -_-).
My taste in music seems to be copy-paste of yours so far lol, so I’m down to try anything you care to throw at me, metal or not!
This band never got the love they deserved. They refused to come to the US or sell records in the US. they were fucking awesome. Four excellent albums and then they fell apart. Asim Searah is a beast of a guitarist.
Wanted to check in since you’ve put so much work into your responses (you are straight up my hero!) - I’m a week out from wrapping up a class that’s kicking my ass, then I’ll actually get some free time again! I haven’t played many of these quite yet cuz I don’t want to just use my crappy car speakers on the way to or from work or have to listen to it in the background when I’m focusing mostly on something else.
The posts in this thread - especially yours - are going to get my full attention.
So, probably another week of radio silence, then I’ll be blowing up your inbox. :P
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