Searching for new bands?

How many of you are as avid as I am in searching for new bands?
I do all the time and have bands like Bad Salad, Hellander, Hellennium, Hellectrokutor, Estrella, Replosion, Iconic Tonic, Sceptor, Metalhead, Crimson Fool, Hellspray, Commander, Ice Dragon, Knight Skreams, Tiakra, Unity, Incredible Hog, Kattah, Mortalicum, Vorpal Nomad.

Metalwargod

Me, as much research as I do, can't say I've heard of any of those. Will be checkin them out.

Recently I've found EradiKator, Flamethrower, Blatant Disarray, Sufosia, Hellish War, Rezistor. Project Pain, arkona, At the Lake, Fortress, to name a few.

Can't say I'm searching, just reading music related stuff and checking out the most interesting bands. Prototype (shameless ad for Eysore's thread) for instance.

Not really looking for new metal bands, if I hear good word of mouth about a band I'll check them out, but I'm not actively pursuing.

I'm always on the lookout for good progressive rock and improvisational music though.

Always on the lookout for new stuff, I just can't afford it all.

I try to do as much research into bands as I can. I recently got a premium subscription with Spotify which has helped me discover a lot of new bands but also introduced me to deeper cuts and lesser known albums by bands I was already familiar with. As a result my music collection has grown by about 100 CDs since I got Spotify 2 months ago.

That said, I am still struggling to keep on top of all the various new and old bands out there. To give you an example, I am always curious to hear the bands featured in Shadow Kingdom's catalog. They seem to have many obscure both old and new metal bands mostly of the traditional (heavy / nwobhm) and thrash flavors, which are my favorite genres.

On that note, I recently discovered 2 new 'retro' thrash bands - Vindicator and Possessor. I bought both of their new albums recently from ebay. I am a bit more familiar with Vindicator as I have listened to their newest release on Spotify quite a bit lately - and the band as a whole reminds me a bit of late 80s / early 90s Megadeth (however I am not very familiar with their older albums). Possessor I am only vaguely familiar with as they do not have a presence on Spotify - I have only heard bits of their new album on Youtube and I liked what I heard. I got their album because it came in a pack with Vindicator from their label - Slaney Records.

I can almost never keep up with the various death and black metal bands. It seems those genres spawn the highest amount of bands on a monthly basis with various twisted and borrowed names. I cannot keep up with those and only really check out new releases by bands I am familiar with or alternatively, new bands that really impress me to the point where I just really want to add their albums in my collection. Otherwise, I stick to the classic death and black metal bands.

I'm constantly searching for new bands.

me too, i'm always checking out new stuff. last.fm & spotify have really opened up a lot for me.

I wonder if Spotify has or will help boost album sales.

It interesting because when it first started not many labels seemed in favour of it. I remember Century Media had pulled all its artists from Spotify at one stage. Now CM has agreed to have a presence on Spotify. I wonder if this is because it feels sales will increase.

I can only speak for myself but quite a few bands and labels have received my hard earned money as a result of Spotify.

If anything, a service like Spotify can curtail the incessant illegal downloading and leaking of new albums. So it must be helping somehow...

Alex Dee Rokket wrote:

I wonder if Spotify has or will help boost album sales.

Warner Bros. released a memo yesterday indicating that 25% of all their digital revenue comes from streaming sites now (Spotify, Pandora & Youtube). Streaming now accounts for 8% of their total revenue (about $54 million) and is rising quickly.

An excerpt of an article...


What’s more encouraging for Warner — and, presumably, the rest of the big labels — is that streaming revenue is growing quickly, but doesn’t seem to be cutting into traditional digital sales from outlets like iTunes.*

Just as encouraging: Warner says that after you net out the effect of currency fluctuations, the increase in digital sales was bigger than the decrease in physical sales. That’s the goal the industry has been aiming for since the late 1990s.

Ice Dragon! I've pimped them here before...and I'm pretty sure it was ignored. Brilliant band, though.

White Wizzard is probably the best new band I've gotten into lately. I own all of their releases.

Any time I'm not on a huge stint listening to a band, I'm searching for a band like them, or just music from that genre in general.
Honestly, its getting hard for me to find good, quality metal.

metalhead777 wrote:

Honestly, its getting hard for me to find good, quality metal.

You're not looking hard enough.

Eyesore wrote:

metalhead777 wrote:

Honestly, its getting hard for me to find good, quality metal.

You're not looking hard enough.

Or he's just too picky.

DallasBlack wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

metalhead777 wrote:

Honestly, its getting hard for me to find good, quality metal.

You're not looking hard enough.

Or he's just too picky.

Hit the nail on the head!

metalhead777 wrote:

Honestly, its getting hard for me to find good, quality metal.

Then you need to talk to me. I can find you some good stuff.

Still looking forward to Temple of Blood, Ultimatum, Avenger of Blood, not new bands, but thought this was good a place as any to say it.

Thanks for the reminder about the Slaney Records CD's. ORDERED!!

I'm searching for new hands. Bizarre lightsaber accident.

I am always searching as well. Some newer bands I have found are Flamethrower, Lost World Order, Unhoped, Chapel, and Tombs to name just a few.

Lurideath wrote:

I am always searching as well. Some newer bands I have found are Flamethrower, Lost World Order, Unhoped, Chapel, and Tombs to name just a few.

Ya I found LWO maybe half a year ago? ANd flamethrower a month or so ago. They both are quite good.

I've discovered a few cool new Prog related bands lately:

Shattered Skies
Tetrafusion
The Dead Station

All 3 offered free EPs via the internet that are, IMO, quite good.

S.D. wrote:

Not really looking for new metal bands, if I hear good word of mouth about a band I'll check them out, but I'm not actively pursuing.

This is probably how I get 90+% of my music.

In the 80's I was buying anything and everything "metal." And like then, I find "most" bands I try blind, there are maybe one or two good songs on an album and the rest stinks. So it's a waste of money...which burns me up more than anything. I'm very skeptical or not prone to trying new bands because of limited funds vs quality and taste.

I am always buying and checking out new bands. Some of the greater ones i discover are SIGN OF THE JACKAL(some time ago already), ANTICHRIST, EDEN´S CURSE, ELIMINATOR (UK), AXECUTOR, GAE BOLGA, HIGH SPIRITS, ATOMIC ROAR, WIDOW, VOLTURE etc... and some old bands like BOSS TWEED and TAIST OF IRON, both from the 80s.