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Dethklok

I have no idea why the bands have to be underground. haha  Can't they just be really good?

I don't know if it's everywhere, and I'll save myself the rant, but in my area, everyone's obsessed with pretending to be open and "different" by (ironically) closing themselves off from anything that isn't underground/indie.  Yet, they buy all their clothes at Hot Topic, which is owned by a corporation.  In their attempts to be more individual, they grow together into more of another brand of pop-culture, and, in my eyes, have become nearly indistinguishable from the others who openly follow only what's popular.  Only the latter does so without lying to themselves.

I'm not saying you're in that camp - because I don't know you - I was just pointing it out because it's prevalent, at least where I live.

Now that that's out of the way, some bands I think are certainly worth listening to are:

Between the Buried and Me

Cradle of Filth (pre-Nymphetamine)

Ragnarok

Graveworm

Behemoth

Dark Funeral

I've just started listening to Dark Funeral, because up until recently, all I've heard was "Final Ritual" from them, and I thought it was pretty good, so I figured, why not check 'em out.  I like what I'm hearing so far, haha.

Yeah, sorry I hvent been on, we've been moving these last few days. I'll look into these bands. oh, and to answer your question, i'm definitely not one of those guys, my favorite bands are Rush, Voivod and Venom. The underground part is just because alot of the more popular 'heavy metal' bands now are doing all the DUN-DUN-DUN deathcore, which has championed only Converge and The Red Chord. The rest, including Bring Me The Hairspray, are oh so painfully similar. Most modern heavy metal bands that deviate from this pattern seem to be underground. lol

I'm not sure if the music video above will work as I've never posted a Youtube video to these forums before but it's Elaborama by Every Time I Die. You've probably heard of them, they're not underground if that's what you're looking for, but they're one of the few screamo bands I still like (along with La Dispute, I Killed The Prom Queen and a couple of others). They're metal but with hints of the jumpy/start-stopping math-rock sound in there, so naturally I'm drawn to it. If the video doesn't work, look it up on Youtube.

La Dispute just won't leave me alone. My musical taste has grown so much in the last year or two that most bands that I loved are no longer bands that I listen to but somehow La Dispute never ceases to rank among my favorites.  Also, Zero, your rant about indy and scene kids totally applies to my location. "We're so not mainstream man!" ... "Actually, yes you are, you fucking skinny jeaned conformist douchebag."

Also, you're so hardcore. Behemoth is so brutal. Do you like Bring Me The Horizon?

Caveat: Nothing against skinny jeans.

I heard of a band recently called Hecate Enthroned, and they're pretty awesome.  I'm trying to download their discography, but no one's uploading it. haha

I've heard of Bring Me the Horizon, but I don't think I've ever heard their stuff.  Are the good?  I can YouTube 'em.

No, I agree.  I think that about half of Behemoth is just a bunch of noise, haha, but the other half is pretty nice.

Decade of Therion

Act of Rebellion

Dragon's Lair

Hell Dwells in Ice

The Nephilim Rising

.. Those are all pretty good, I think.  I'd say like many bands, they've got their ups and downs.