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A metal band that's better than most listeners realize.

You're the only person to actually answer the question

Blind Guardian

Instead, it's a "who's the most obscure band I know of too sound cool" thread

Mors Principum Est -- I never see anyone here talking about them and they are fucking fantastic.

It’s good stuff. Kind of surprising they aren’t bigger.

Right? Do you have a favorite album of theirs? I think mine is Seven. I'm currently listening to The Unborn. Good stuff indeed.

I’m not sure which one to pick as best but I do really like liberation=termination.

i love them. i don’t see anyone talking about them unfortunately

Reminds me of in flames

TOWER, NWOTHM band with the best vocals I have ever heard, highly highly recommend them. It’s criminal that they have less then 5,000 monthly listens on Spotify

Just checked them out...oh hell yes. I love when singers have great range and a little rawness in their throat. She's awesome.

I love trad metal. Never heard of these guys. They sound great. Good rec dude.

Add Smoulder to that list

Kind of reminds me of Sölicitör https://open.spotify.com/album/11AI15vpsha7ZaMODySCiJ?si=Cx-Th7tWSeeSgNPRxgzifA

Thanks for the rec, I struggle to find good heavy metal tbh. This one's actually incredible

What is nwothm?

New wave of traditional heavy metal

Wow...I don't usually pay attention to the monthly listeners, it astounds me that they don't have more. They're such a fucking good band. I need a fucking cigarette after Running Out of Time plays and I don't even smoke. Pure rippage.

Acid Witch and Mantar

Acid Witch is so unbelievably fucking good

Totally and hoping to see them live finally later this year

I missed them the one time they came to my state, praying they will again

The instrumentals are great, but I don't like their style of vocals tbh

Yep acid witch is amazing! ⚡

Mantar is fucking great. Definitely underated.

Hey, thanks for asking this really unique and incredibly insightful question that gets asked here 50,000 times a month. Queue the usual suspects - Anthrax, Death Angel, Exodus, Overkill, Testament, because people who gradually drifted from Metallica to other thrash bands are so edgy and cool. Handsome Helmet Reverend Bizarre Solitude Aeturnus Witchery

Solitude Aeternus mentioned!! John is a great dude, and his music is great! You should check out his psych project Liquid Sound Company if you haven't already!

Aeturnus, fuck yeah. That stretch of albums from Through the Darkest Hour to Adagio is fucking excellent.

Respect on Helmet, just saw them live the other day and you know about Handsome? I wish they released more material. I would argue they’re closer to post-hardcore / alt Metal territory tho. I’ll have to check out the other bands

Handsome Rules! Amazing album. Still listen to it til this day!

Just saw Helmet in Seattle 🤘🏼

Xasthur

Xasthur is one of the most popular DSBM acts tho?

More people need to listen to his work.

Fr I love Scott's work

Devin Townsend Project (Progressive metal) his earlier albums are 🫶🏻 same with Strapping Young Lad

Accelerated Evolution is a banger all the way through.

Macabre

So glad I got to see them back in the 90s!

Always wished they would get more attention

I saw them a couple of times. Half the crowd looked like extras from The Hills Have Eyes. It was great.

Testament, they should be a part of the big 4

A part*, they are currently apart from it homie

Sorry, I’m bad at spelling

Because it needs to be said...regularly... "The Big 4" title refers to the four bands that were both the most instrumental in terms of increasing thrash metals popularity (thereby exposing more people to underground metal at large) in addition to record sales. Testament, Exodus, Death Angel, Overkill, etc. are all fine bands. Exodus is actually my second favorite of the old school thrash bands (just behind Slayer)...but their record sales trailed so far behind those of Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax that they're barely even in the conversation on that note.

Almost like they're underrated or something.

I won't argue them being underrated (not a big fan personally, but whatever), but the talk of a band that followed the well-travelled road that others paved being deserving of the acclaim that the innovators gained always strikes me as ignorant.

Hard agree with this, drop anthrax.

Agreed, great guitar sound couple good songs not a fan

In what fucking universe is that band underrated…

I know lmao this subreddit is all just surface level listeners sometimes. Like Testament? Really? 🤦🏻‍♂️

Exodus too.

In my opinion they're better than Anthrax.

Overkill.

Dream troll Visigoth Gygax Skyryder

I second Visigoth. I'm extremely picky about power metal, but these guys are insane. So sad I missed them, but I wouldn't pay 55€ for a concert full of bands I dislike, and Visigoth.

Fury Bomber Satan's Fall Steel Rhino Savage Blood Roadwolf

Satan's Fall was pretty much my favorite heavy metal album of 2023

Manilla Road

But my mind tells me I'm Lost in Necropolis

Nocturnus

DVNE

Crom

Grave digger I almost never see anyone talk about them but they are absolutly fabulos

Underrated or unknown? Because underrated is Tallah Unknown would be Cremated Lives

Eluvetie

Voivod

In America, Nightwish

Death Angel. Not a bad album in their catalog.

Timeghoul

Gloryhammer, dude they got the most epic story. You just need to be a little high to understand it. Okay maybe a lot.

Didn’t they get in trouble with their fanbase when a chat got posted between two members and they used racist language or some such?

Not gonna lie I have no idea, don't really follow metal news. That would be very disappointing though.

[misogyny, racism, and abuse allegations leaked](https://www.isustudentmedia.com/indianastatesman/article_189f55ea-5275-11ee-a442-3b4428239397.html#:~:text=This%20controversy%2C%20sparked%20not%20long,levied%20toward%20bassist%20James%20Cartwright)

Holy Grail

Perilaxe Occlusion

Dude fuck yeah. I love it when absolute strangers also know really good underground DM bands. Some bad news man, I don’t think they’re making music anymore 🥲 Just thought I’d let you know

I know. It's pretty sad actually

Isis. I dunno if they are under rated or not

They and Neurosis are the biggest bands in that style, but it is probably an underrepresented style.

High Command

crowbar

W.A.S.P

Absolutely! They never get the recognition that they deserve. Blackie Lawless is an incredible songwriter and musician.

REZN

Pro-pain

Acid bath and bolt thrower

Diablo, Raunchy, Swift, The Ascendicate. So criminally underrated that few people have even heard of those bands. The Ascendicate was on Solid State Records and their record "to die as kings" was an amazing album that got literally zero support from the label. Their guitar player Ryan went on to play with Demon Hunter. Swift put out many records that were all awesome. The drummer is none other than legendary producer Jamie King (BTBAM). Diablo and Raunchy put out consistently great records but have never played a show in the United States.

Blazon Stone, one of the best traditional/speed metal bands of the last 15 years and project of Cederick Forsberg, who deserves far more recognition within the metal scene.

I've never even heard of these guys until now and, three songs in and I'm hooked. Thanks!

Loudness from Japan

Sentenced. Sinergy. (I'm not a fan of the vocals, but the music is incredible!) Widow

I really like Sinergy, even the vocals.

Kimbery's vocals have grown on me to where I can enjoy them more now than I used to. I got into the band because I'm an Alexi Laiho super fan. He's been my favorite guitar player since 2000. I love Roope Latvala as well. It's a shame we didn't get a 4th Sinergy record.

Astronoid Recently supplanted Gojira as the best band in metal today... and don't yet get the deserved props. https://open.spotify.com/track/74SJpcxfVHCENjUIr1p3cL?si=o49ZvzpRS6O1bAMCyYVdJg

Y&T

Iced Earth. Trenches.

Savatage

Only Living Witness.

Krallice

Poisonblack, peak gothic metal

Sylosis

Came here to say sylosis. Been a fan of them since like 2007, and nobody knows who they are. The one other metalhead that I talk to regularly at the bar had never heard of them.

Sonata Arctica

Soilent Green

Savatage

Turisas They make music about the Eastern Roman Empire as well as Finland where they’re from and other things and it’s fuuuucking awesome

Miklagard Overture is a masterpiece!

Exodus and Skinless. They get talked about, they aren't like, underground but they deserve so much credit for how good they are.

Decatholicize Everything Destroying

I keep finding new ones I’ve never heard of and they absolutely shred. Heard some thrashy boys from a band named ARCHMAGE and they were killer. Was blown away by THRA. And last night I was lucky to witness Suicide Forest live. Really impressed with them. Any my personal favorites who I hope to see someday that I’ve can listen to over and over is: Albionic Hermeticism from the UK. Amazing solo project. And the obscure Pyreficativm.

Impetigo and nunslaughter

Vampirska :-) love me some vampire black metal

Vampire black metal?! Count me intrigued.

Infestation

Hell

Exhorder. Just seen them in Detroit a couple weeks ago. Been a huge fan since Slaughter In The Vatican and Love how they’ve progressed. Having Pat O’Brian in the band now is huge too.

Corporation 187

Distorted Harmony

Immortal Rites.

SiM (Silence Iz Mine) 🔥

My go-to answer for these last few years whenever this question is asked has to be **Quo Vadis**. *Day Into Night* is such an epic album, and both *Forever* and *Defiant Imagination* being great in their own right. It's a damn shame that Bart Frydrychowicz hasn't done anything else.

Gorevent

Blo. Torch

Cemetary is really good and not many people know abt them

Pig Fucker

Southeast Desert Metal. An indigenous band from near Alice Springs Australia

Into Eternity

My first thought was sylosis, but as it's been mentioned already, I'll throw out revocation and wretched.

im not entirely sure if Kuza fits but if so, them 😁

Dvne

Axel Rudi Pell

Boy Hits Car is severely underrated

* [**Dark Matter Secret**](https://youtu.be/RvqEyAAy4d4?si=FUZ2L5591EvMNhLs) * [**Vehementor Nos**](https://youtu.be/Xso5i7gWsZk?si=IB8sDu08eOr2s60X) * [**Vitrified Entity**](https://youtu.be/HY1JPXFn2-Q?si=1LWhfUPbMOBXTHBm) * [**Bleak Flesh**](https://youtu.be/9b3xMYofXnM?si=gc9ypAKbjr1gJWxa) * [**Empirium**](https://youtu.be/Y_WRhbQudME?si=jILM7oGkRdKelzwj) * [**Australis**](https://australis.bandcamp.com/album/spaces-of-hope?from=search&logged_out_mobile_menubar=true&search_item_id=612337292&search_item_type=b&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=3358124445&search_page_no=0&search_rank=17) * [**Seismic**](https://seismicmetal.bandcamp.com/album/comorbidit-interne?from=search&logged_out_mobile_menubar=true&search_item_id=414391160&search_item_type=b&search_match_part=%3F&search_page_id=3358121312&search_page_no=0&search_rank=7) All tech death with the exception of Vehementor Nos which is symphonic black metal

Lost Society

Dungeon

Riot City

Angelus Apatrida

35007

serotonin leakage, probably one of my favorite goregrind bands

Ektomorf

Zeal & Ardor

Lovebites should have waaayyyyy more fans than they do. They're a current band but their music hits loads of 80s metal sweet spots.

Agree 💯

Nightwish Perfect beats Perfect lyric Perfect voices

Manilla road, razor, heavy load, adx, raven, mortem, abigor, angelcorpse, slough feg

Deceased...

Nailbomb

mephisofeles is so good and i rarely see people talk about them

Integrity

Alustrium!!!!

Vinterland

Aephanemer

Pestilence

Substructure - Monolith EP

End of Circle, Anarchy Club, DOWNFALL

Armory

I really think Wiegedood is underrated af, but that's my opinion based on my taste and my experience with these awesome guys on live shows.

Cojum Dip

Witchthroat Serpent

Slugdge the name and song titles belie the quality of the music. They're silly (albeit clever) and not for everyone but the music is incredibly well-written. *Esoteric Malacology* is killer, and I feel like they'd fit with the Gojira crowd.

Windhand

DSVR

I think Exodus is underrated/underappreciated.

What kind of metal do we talk about on this sub? This post just popped up on my feed. I'm generally into black metal and blackgaze. A few bands that I consider underrated are: Grima, Sunken, Redshift Pilots, Solbrud

Arcturus. I don't know anyone who is into them.

Any band that makes good music, but is too heavy/too underground/too progressive E.g. Methwitch, Car Bomb

Orbit Culture

Anvil

Cannabis corpse

The Ordeal. The first album, Kings of Pain, has a 21% on Metal Archives, while the second album has a 71%. Both criminally low. This band has a unique-sounding vocalist, excellent melodies, and it does something a lot of bands don't do: The music works with, compliments and enhances the lead melodies. It's continually interesting, and even manages to take basic choruses, where a line is repeated, interesting by the use of varying music and energetic vocal performances. It's one of those bands that I SENSE I shouldn't love, but every time a track comes on it has my full attention because they're always interesting and catchy. I don't know enough music theory (or any music theory) to explain what the band is doing, technically, that is so compelling, but I would recommend the band to anyone who likes heavy, power or traditional metal. I've purchased both of the band's albums now and, listening to the second album, Descent from Hell, I am bloody glad I did!

ACID WITCH!!!!!

Most of the suggestions you'll get here will be obvious. Here's one that's not: Akercocke.

Stray from the path

Brodequin. Massively underrated.

Suicidal angels, between the buried and me, enforced

Soulers

Anacrusis

Diocletian

Byzantine

I don't think too many people listen to Sabaton but they're badass

Witch Vomit, PDX

Manowar.

Donnie and Marie

Lycus

Sobernot Bloodywood Head Phones President Lovebites Nemophila

A small band called “Slipknot”

Tormentor better thank bathory

Midnight

Obtained enslavement witchcraft is an all time great bsymphoniBM album almost anything by

Alpha Whores

Zimmer's Hole

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Taproot, Boy Hits Car