I too love a good spelunk of the aged veins of music.
I also love connecting people with the right resources. So what kind of music are you into? =) (Or if that’s too broad, what kind of music are you seeking to get into?)
Oh god, what don’t I like. I like everything from Thrash/Death and Progressive Metal to classical piano and everything in between. Folk music, music from other cultures, Middle-Eastern, Greek, Spanish, South Asian, East Asian, Caribbean, etc. Good video game music, like the Ori soundtrack, lots of Mario games have good soundtracks, like the Galaxy games. Zelda games. Horizon games.
I’ll say, Equilibrium was quite similar to some bands I do follow. Good one there.
Sunlounger was pretty chill. Might be something I’ll slap on while working or playing Rocket League.
Venjent… what if I told you I was like one of the top 0.01 % listeners of Venjent on Spotify in 2025, I think. Some kind of small number like that. 😅 He’s truly inspired. Really sick beats. I tend to pair him up with Fox Stevenson for a solid time of straight bangers.
Some early as well as recent favorites of mine:
HIM
The Crown/prev. “Crown of Thorns”
The Haunted
Dimmu Borgir
Metallica
CKY
Foreign Objects
Meshuggah
Mattias “I.A.” Eklundh [my kids love this guy’s music, lol]
Opeth
Finntroll
Children of Bodom
Sonata Arctica
Animals as Leaders
Lamb of God
Tesseract
Textures
The Ocean
The Omnific
Dissection
Amon Amarth
Linkin Park (the first two albums; basically their first album was the first taste of metal I ever had; thought it sounded so badass; I don’t really open them up nowadays though, there’s just so much better stuff out there)
Bro there are so many good bands, I have about 1700+ bands that I follow on Spotify. (Quite overwhelming at times, actually.) But maybe you get the picture of what kind of weird sounds I’m into. Really liking a lot of syncopation. I want to be intrigued by the music, you know? 🙂
I rarely get new suggestions on Spotify anymore. I’ve like added the entire network of bands that have any kind of relation to one another. 😅
HIM - I tried to find a song from HIM this time while suppressing my premonitions, but I just couldn’t. There are just so many songs about love, partners, etc. and that doesn’t apply to me right now.
The Crown - I can see myself getting into them the rest of the year, for sure. I enjoyed Gone to Hell and Death Explosion from them (so far.)
The Haunted - I liked All Against All. I’ll be checking out there stuff a bit more, but later.
Dimmu Borgir - I already knew about them. They are a ‘nasty’ band. Hahaha. Puritania is by far my favorite song from them.
Metallica and CKY I’ve heard and like some of their songs. Metallica more so.
Foreign Objects - I’m digging their Galactic Prey album. For sure gonna come back to this one.
Meshuggah - They have a cool sound, but I just can’t find myself liking their songs.
Mattias “I.A.” Eklundh - Minor Swing through me for a loop haha. I like that one. Same with New Air.
Opeth - IDK… I think it’s a bit too moody for my liking.
Finntroll - It’s alright to me. Wish I could understand their lyrics ha.
Children of Bodom - That’s my shit! 👍 I seem to like Melodic Death Metal music quite a bit. Power Metal is fun too.
Sonata Arctica - I could see myself enjoying some of their music. But I think I’m currently in a ‘heavy hitting’ phase musically. Symphonic metal is pretty cool. My introduction to it was Nightwish’s Wishmaster album.
Animals as Leaders - I had a few friends years ago that were really into them. I think they have some interesting sounds, but sometimes, math metal can be too much for me.
Lamb of God - I’ve definitely heard of them and heard a few of their songs. Yeah IDK man. For whatever reason, I can’t find a song that I like enough to add to my Spotify. I might come back to them later for a deeper dive.
Tesseract - Not feeling it.
Textures - Not feeling it.
The Ocean - I liked Holocene.
The Omnific - Turns out, I liked their Objects de Vertu song some time ago. I liked Outback Overdrive. They feel like a band I would enjoy diving deeper into.
Dissection - Pretty good.
Amon Amarth - Of course, I’ve heard of them and like their song Twilight Of The Thunder God hahaha. I’ve been meaning to come back to them and hear more of their stuff. Liked Shield Wall.
Linkin Park - Really dude?! LOL! I wasn’t born yesterday! I like their stuff. Mostly their earlier stuff as well.
I’m glad to hear that you enjoyed some of the shared songs.
Venjent… what if I told you I was like one of the top 0.01 % listeners of Venjent in 2025, I think.
My goodness dude! Hahaha That’s is some serious dedication! =p
Equilibrium is one of favorite folk metal bands to date. Sunlounger is growing to become my go to artist, when I need to chill out. Venjent is a really interesting artist. I love his ability to utilize sounds from anything and apply them into a music format.
As for your list, HOLY SHIITAKE! You seem to have the metal music corner of music well covered. lol I’ve heard 12 of those listed and know I like, Dimmu Borgir, Metallica, CKY, Children of Bodom, Amon Amarth and (of course) Linkin Park. I’ll check out the rest over the next several days.
Bro there are so many good bands, I have about 1700+ bands that I follow on Spotify. (Quite overwhelming at times, actually.)
ROFL! I can totally understand the overwhelming sense you would get. This is why I only follow a 30 or so bands on Spotify.
If you’re looking for more chill music/song suggestions, I would suggestion:
Saving this post to go spelunking after it has amassed some replies. Great question! I love music exploration.
I too love a good spelunk of the aged veins of music.
I also love connecting people with the right resources. So what kind of music are you into? =) (Or if that’s too broad, what kind of music are you seeking to get into?)
Oh god, what don’t I like. I like everything from Thrash/Death and Progressive Metal to classical piano and everything in between. Folk music, music from other cultures, Middle-Eastern, Greek, Spanish, South Asian, East Asian, Caribbean, etc. Good video game music, like the Ori soundtrack, lots of Mario games have good soundtracks, like the Galaxy games. Zelda games. Horizon games.
The list goes on. Ever expanding. 🤯
Oh boy! I’m very similar to you and your music taste then.
Let’s see… We’ll try these out and see what you think of them. A yay or nah is workable, but more info is useful.
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster - Step Up (I’m On It) [Southern Rock / Southern Metal]
Equilibrium - Snuffel [Folk Metal / Speed Metal]
Ghost - Kaisarion [Glam Metal / Heavy Metal]
Venjent - Till Death We Do Art [Electronic / Drum and Bass]
Sunlounger - White Sand - Chill Out Edit [Trance / Chillout]
How fun!
I’ll say, Equilibrium was quite similar to some bands I do follow. Good one there.
Sunlounger was pretty chill. Might be something I’ll slap on while working or playing Rocket League.
Venjent… what if I told you I was like one of the top 0.01 % listeners of Venjent on Spotify in 2025, I think. Some kind of small number like that. 😅 He’s truly inspired. Really sick beats. I tend to pair him up with Fox Stevenson for a solid time of straight bangers.
Some early as well as recent favorites of mine:
Bro there are so many good bands, I have about 1700+ bands that I follow on Spotify. (Quite overwhelming at times, actually.) But maybe you get the picture of what kind of weird sounds I’m into. Really liking a lot of syncopation. I want to be intrigued by the music, you know? 🙂
I rarely get new suggestions on Spotify anymore. I’ve like added the entire network of bands that have any kind of relation to one another. 😅
Alright. So I’m going through these now.
HIM - I tried to find a song from HIM this time while suppressing my premonitions, but I just couldn’t. There are just so many songs about love, partners, etc. and that doesn’t apply to me right now.
The Crown - I can see myself getting into them the rest of the year, for sure. I enjoyed Gone to Hell and Death Explosion from them (so far.)
The Haunted - I liked All Against All. I’ll be checking out there stuff a bit more, but later.
Dimmu Borgir - I already knew about them. They are a ‘nasty’ band. Hahaha. Puritania is by far my favorite song from them.
Metallica and CKY I’ve heard and like some of their songs. Metallica more so.
Foreign Objects - I’m digging their Galactic Prey album. For sure gonna come back to this one.
Meshuggah - They have a cool sound, but I just can’t find myself liking their songs.
Mattias “I.A.” Eklundh - Minor Swing through me for a loop haha. I like that one. Same with New Air.
Opeth - IDK… I think it’s a bit too moody for my liking.
Finntroll - It’s alright to me. Wish I could understand their lyrics ha.
Children of Bodom - That’s my shit! 👍 I seem to like Melodic Death Metal music quite a bit. Power Metal is fun too.
Sonata Arctica - I could see myself enjoying some of their music. But I think I’m currently in a ‘heavy hitting’ phase musically. Symphonic metal is pretty cool. My introduction to it was Nightwish’s Wishmaster album.
Animals as Leaders - I had a few friends years ago that were really into them. I think they have some interesting sounds, but sometimes, math metal can be too much for me.
Lamb of God - I’ve definitely heard of them and heard a few of their songs. Yeah IDK man. For whatever reason, I can’t find a song that I like enough to add to my Spotify. I might come back to them later for a deeper dive.
Tesseract - Not feeling it.
Textures - Not feeling it.
The Ocean - I liked Holocene.
The Omnific - Turns out, I liked their Objects de Vertu song some time ago. I liked Outback Overdrive. They feel like a band I would enjoy diving deeper into.
Dissection - Pretty good.
Amon Amarth - Of course, I’ve heard of them and like their song Twilight Of The Thunder God hahaha. I’ve been meaning to come back to them and hear more of their stuff. Liked Shield Wall.
Linkin Park - Really dude?! LOL! I wasn’t born yesterday! I like their stuff. Mostly their earlier stuff as well.
And now I feel like Frodo.
(Now I’m gonna music suggest wall you bro! Sheesh. Haha)
I’m glad to hear that you enjoyed some of the shared songs.
My goodness dude! Hahaha That’s is some serious dedication! =p
Equilibrium is one of favorite folk metal bands to date. Sunlounger is growing to become my go to artist, when I need to chill out. Venjent is a really interesting artist. I love his ability to utilize sounds from anything and apply them into a music format.
As for your list, HOLY SHIITAKE! You seem to have the metal music corner of music well covered. lol I’ve heard 12 of those listed and know I like, Dimmu Borgir, Metallica, CKY, Children of Bodom, Amon Amarth and (of course) Linkin Park. I’ll check out the rest over the next several days.
ROFL! I can totally understand the overwhelming sense you would get. This is why I only follow a 30 or so bands on Spotify.
If you’re looking for more chill music/song suggestions, I would suggestion:
(Songs)
Tokyomane - Far Away
Aphex Twin - Avril 14th
(Artists)
Loafy Building
no one’s perfect
Ocie Elliott
Kalaido
Thanks cool dude. I figure you’ve heard of Math Rock. But if you haven’t… https://www.last.fm/tag/math+rock
What music suggestions would you have for me? Like I mentioned, I’m into just about everything. So what’cha got? =)
I like those artists you posted, very LoFi, very chillable 👌
Well that long list I posted earlier were some suggestions 😁 Some more:
You might tell that I’m mostly big on metal, math core, and djent, which are my favorite genres, I suppose. 😊 Enjoy!
(I’ll check out the bands and artists above in a few days. Promise.)
While you’re waiting for me to check them out, here’s my version of music suggestion wall. =p
Punk Rock
AFI - All Hallows EP
Sloppy Seconds - Destroyed album
Turbonegro - Apocalypse Dudes album
Teenage Bottlerocket - So Dumb song
Electronic / Electro / DnB / House / Dubstep
Kavinsky - OutRun album
Cinnamon Chasers - Speeder song
Ghost in Real Life - Alive song
Thomas Barrandon - Body
Dark Electro / Techno / Darkwave / Synthwave
Gesaffelstein - Pursuit
Metal
Nekrogoblikon - No One Survives music video
Mick Gordon - Faust song
IDK, Just listen
Carpenter Brut - The Misfits / The Rebels music video
Blood Cultures - Where The City Can’t See
[Boris Brejcha - Dimension, Kick It - Andrea Botez Remix