recommend me some albums

Seraphina

ok go mad!
i'm trying to expand my cd collection with some bands that aren't so mainstream, something different.
unfortunately for the good many metalheads that are out there, i dont really go in for howling vocals and rolling drums! i'm fairly well rounded apart from that but i'm kind of stuck in an early 90's alice in chains/pearl jam/soundgarden groove which id like to get out of. please help!

cournioni

Iced Earth - Horror Show
Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
In Flames - Whoracle
In Flames - Jester Race
Testament - Practice What You Preach
Down - Down II... A Bustle in your Hedgerow...
Black Label Society - 1919 * Eternal
Tool - Lateralus

lordsippa

Type O Negative - World Coming Down
Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast
Ozzy - No More Tears
AC/DC - Back In Black

etc. etc.

nosmo

Tool - Undertow
Opeth - Still Life
Pitchshifter - www.pitchshifter.com
A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
Dead Kennedys -Frankenchrist

Karl Hungus

Opeth - Blackwater Park
Katatonia - Tonight's Desicion
Borknagar - The Archaic Course

MrJoeSoap

Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
AC/DC - Back in Black (Here here)

Karl Hungus

Originally posted by MrJoeSoap
Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
AC/DC - Back in Black (Here here)

And here's a thread asking for stuff that isn't mainstream... :rolleyes:

Also check out the band Red Harvest.

Raskolnikov

Jethro Tull - Aqualung

King Crimson - In the Court of King Crimson

Yes - The Yes Album

None of these are metal but they are some of my favourites

I also second MrJoeSoap for Queens of the Stone Age, very good band.

Pugsley

Metallica - master of puppets (was shocked this hasnt been mentioned )
In Flames - colony
Nightwish - kinslayer
Kamelot - karma
Iron Maiden - Rock in Rio

deco

jethro Tull???

Sweet lord no..

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

ThenComesDudley

HELMET - Meantime
Jesus Lizard - Goat
GODFlesh - Streetcleaner
MINISTRY - PSLAM 69

Saboteur

Melechesh - Djinn.
Anything by Lord Weird Slough Feg.
Anything by Nevermore.
Anything by Isengard.
Akercocke - Rape of the Bastard Nazarene.
Akercocks - Goat of Mendes.

And not Metal, but kicks ass........
Discharge - Discharge.

Seraphina

mmmkay
thankies for the suggestions, some albums, i have, some i've been meaning to get, some bands i've never heard of... altho i will reiterate the request for no recommendations of howling vocals and rolling drums coz ive got a nasty suspicion the metalheads aren't listening to me!:p
keep them coming!

Karl Hungus

Fields Of The Nephilim.
Not metal, but singer Carl McCoy does have a bit of a howl.
But he's one amazing singer.

But for stuff generally with no mad vocals, and leaning more towards the Goth end.
Katatonia (Newer Stuff)
Nightwish
Anathema (Newer Stuff)
Lacuna Coil
Switchblade Symphony
Tiamat (Newer Stuff)
London After Midnight
Die Krupps
Portishead
Winds
Dead Can Dance


Hope that shall satisfy.

deco

Manic Street Preachers - Holy Bible

Another forgotten classic...

beaver

ROFL. You shoot down Tull and then propose Manic Street Preachers? You're joking, right?

Tull are excellent. Good to see King Crimson mentioned too. Just got an album called Sometimes God Hides: The Young Persons Guide To Discipline -- lots of Crimson and plenty of Fripp on his own or with others. Only one solo Belew track, but it's very good -- Burned By The Fire We Make from The Acoustic Adrian Belew. Couple of interesting tracks from the California Guitar Trio too (not metal).

I'd also recommend Clutch -- the musics got a very heavy feel to it, but it's very, er, musical...

Shred

OK, probably get shot for this, but here goes:

Considering your current taste:

Anything by Tesla, especially Mechanical Resonance, The Great Radio Controversy and so on

Judas Priest, Sin After Sin, Staind Class and Killing Machine - absolute classics (not like Priest now who seriously miss Halford's writting)

W.A.S.P., The Headless Children, The Last Command

Suffocation, Effigy O...Only Joking:D

Can't really think of anything else right now

All of the above are really cool bands with some excellent playing and vocals but not really heavy/noisy.
They tend to get forgotten about by the newer generation of metal/rock fans:(

DerekD Goldfish

Whipping boy were a great alternative irish rock band from the early 90's there album heartworm is unblivable. it not a million miles away from grunge. also not sure if its youre thing but jeff buckley album grace is the best singer songwriter album of all time. the holy bible as mentioned is also brilliant

Dr. Loon

Just one song.... The Macarena by Los Del Rios.
If that doesn't do it for ya, then get into some good ol Guns N Roses or Stone Temple Pilots

(edit for spelling)

hostyle

16 volt <- 16volt.com for their discography

ill nino <- fast becomeing mainstream, they only have the one album Revolution, Revolucion - sound a lot like Soulfly ...

sikth <- album due out soon, i found an mp3 of theirs online somewhere, and it sounded like a manic System Of A Down, not as good though ...

Raging Speedhorn <- loonies, will probably make it big in teh mainstrean real soon ...

Doodee

HeHe,
Well, I know they are a well known group but you may/not have heard this album, Its my pers Fav
Nirvana - MTV Live & Unplugged in New York
Its also the album with the song "The Man who sold the world" class!!!!

Also, another abum I got recently was "Deep Purple - 30" their 30th aniversary album, its something brill, it has all their good songs off all the albums.


Gud Luk

morticia

tool- lateralus
placebo- any album
type o negative- world coming down (check out who will save the sane truly class)
mazzy star- among my swan ( not metal, but amazing)

deco

Hmmm...my Bloody Valentine - Loveless...

Anything by Led Zepplin to boot...

Seraphina

c'mon... guns and roses, stone temple pilots, led zeppelin?! im not musically illiterate!
i like metal, just nothing too mad

Saboteur

Do yourself a favour and get "Dead Heart In A Dead World", by Nevermore. You won't regret it. I've played it for people with all different Metal/Rock tastes and they all loved it. It's not too heavy, yet not too light. Probably exactly what you are looking for!!!!

Pugsley

Dark Tranquilty - haven
Has some great tunes on it,especially 'fabric', love that song
Dark tranquility are generally very good, get all of their songs, and get in flames aswell, 2 truely brilliant bands

fisifan01

Incubus-Make yourself
Unwritten Law-Elva
Everclear-Sparkle and fade
hoobastank-hoobastank
AFI- the art of drowning

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

blind guardian - nightfall in middle earth
RAGE - ghosts
Hammerfall - glory to the brave
Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the other side

lordsippa

Just in case you're looking for something COMPLETELY different <and not in any way metal> here's a few suggestions:

Clifton Chenier
Tim Buckley <especially Star Sailor but good luck finding THAT album>
Nick Cave
Captain Beefheart
Tom Waits
University Of Errors
Gong
etc.

On the more heavy music <back to metal> all I can think of is The Black Label Society... <i'm tired and just looking at the pile of cd's beside my puter...>

Drazhar

Lot of different variations being thrown around!!

Personally (that spelled right?) these are the ones I'd recommend

Slayer; Decade of Aggression (fu7ing great album)
someone mentioned Master of Puppets, id also get Ride the Lightning
Megadeth; Rust in Peace
Sepultura, Roots or Chaos AD
Definately get the two Tool albums, Lateralus being my preferred one.
Fear Factory, Demanufacture
All of the Maiden recommended, Rock in Rio being bloody class!!
Machine Head, Burn my Eyes and The More Things Change
Pantera, Vulgar Display of Power (cant believe this wasnt mentioned)

Robbo

Heres something way out of kilter to what the rest would offer: The Rolling Stones - "Sticky Fingers".

See where a lot of rock music came from, if you like that sort of thing.