In places where metal is part of the culture as a birthplace it’s easy to forget that metal might be prolific but it hasn’t saturated every market yet.

Hands down my favorite track by Metallica. I’m going to check out those bands you mentioned. Always looking for new tunes

No hate here, everyone is entitled to their opinion. You brought up good points and I felt the same way you did for a while but I figure there’s some things we can move past

That’s fair if you grew up in the US and I understand that it is likely that a good number in the community did as well but that wasn’t my experience. Maybe stretch your imagination further than your own borders and things will seem less odd.

Breaking Benjamin feat. Lacey Sturm -Dear Agony

She was the lead singer of a band called Flyleaf, their self titled and second album are worth putting on at least once.

The Clash -London Calling

Speaks for itself I think

Freaking sweet, that was badass

What a sick album. Every once in a while there’s a hardcore punk album worth listening to, they’ve got two IMO

Spin it! Clearly it’s been too long

Out of this world! Drips so much funk you could scoop and eat it with chips on the side

Cash every time. He owned the song so hard it has made Trent Reznor impressed and a little jealous

Rise Against -Anyway You Want It (Journey Cover)

Thrice -Helter Skelter (Beatles cover)

Me First and The Gimme Gimmes -Karma Chameleon (Culture Club cover)

Johnny Cash -Hurt (Nine Inch Nails cover)

Bayside -Call Me (Blondie cover)

In This Moment -In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins cover)

Disturbed -Land of Confusion (Genesis cover)

The HU -Sad But True (Metallica cover)

Stand Atlantic -Your Graduation (Modern Baseball cover)

Silverstein -Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac cover)

Could keep going but this is good for now

Truly encapsulates my experience in exploring the genre. To be fair though once you start diving into the random alternative side of any music there’s a chance you could end up in a dark corner with killer beats. Happened to me the other day when I sat down and really analyzed the lyrics to a band I liked in my youth only to realize they were overtly militaristic and religious in nature.

Great music is honestly everywhere, for the longest time I shunned country music as not for me until I heard her. Gave me appreciation for entire genre that I now enjoy

Queen -All Dead, All Dead

There are better Green Day songs but if this is the one that you vibe with then rock on

Love this place, new music for me to check out thanks dude!

Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park came out when I was 10, it would be hard for me to choose just one song off that album to love. I owe a lot of my musical tastes to that record and without it I would not be the same person

Thrice -Hold Fast Hope

It’s been cool being exposed to such great new music on a near constant basis