Excellent yet unknown metal bands

It would be interesting to make a list of bands who are unknown, yet play some awesome metal music. I'm refering to the rawhead rexx thread posted earlier on the board.

Has anyone blindly purchased an album that actually turned out to be quite decent??

Back in the early to mid-80's, pretty much everything was a blind purchase (especially when you grew up in a rural area). They didn't play metal on the radio, there was no Headbanger's Ball yet, the only option was to read reviews in metal magazine and listen to that old syndicated radio show "Metal Shop".

Mostly, I used the "cool album cover, cool band name, cool song titles...let's try it" approach. In hindsight that was a rather hit or miss way of doing it...but I got a lot of great music that way...and a lot of crap I've luckily forgotten.

Hibria would be my band to add to this list

detuned wrote:

Mostly, I used the "cool album cover, cool band name, cool song titles...let's try it" approach. In hindsight that was a rather hit or miss way of doing it...but I got a lot of great music that way...and a lot of crap I've luckily forgotten.

The town I grew up in is much like the one you described, and probably half of the albums I bought were blind purchases. Quite honestly, I still do that a lot but with the internet I can at least hear the 30 second samples of most bands anymore

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the only option was to read reviews in metal magazine and listen to that old syndicated radio show "Metal Shop"

I lived for "Metal Shop" with Charlie The Butcher Kendall. We also had a local free monthly called Roxx which had a reviewer who I knew if he gave something four or five guitars it was a must have.

As far as an excellent under-known band - I'm really loving Pitiful Reign's Visual Violence. Basically got it because of the samples I'd heard, they're UK thrashers, the Repka cover, and it was part of stormspell's sale. It completely blew me away.

C*nt Hat. Any band that can make a song called "Hippo f*ck" is okay with me.

Cutty Sark.

Schbopo wrote:

C*nt Hat. Any band that can make a song called "Hippo f*ck" is okay with me.

If OK means you're

HIBRIA have had quite a buzz for a while. I definitely wouldn't call them unknown except I guess on this board.

"Solace" - they seem relatively unknown, but shouldn't be.



www.myspace.com/solacedoom

The Vengeful Few
Core Device

We're All Gonna Die. (that's their name.)

A Polish band called Witchking, if you haven't heard them yet you will soon Great trad heavy metal. Check them out

Back in the day I took a punt on Sanctuary because the cover looked cool & Dave Mustaine was involved. Being from Australia we pretty much were oblivious to the whole metal thing. No Headbangers Ball, definably nothing on the radio. The only thing I went by was Hit Parader or Metal Edge mags And we had the coolest record shop in Sydney, which for us was a 3 hour train ride to get there

Gomorrah - Caress the Grotesque

Quick Change - Circus of Death. An album I am jamming while typing this. Good, chugga-chugga, speed metal with clean vocals.

GEYSER from Greece were increible for exemple. Bands of today i love CAULDRON, PORTRAIT and INSOLITUDE

My old stand-by. Runemagick. Unknown to most.

ultmetal wrote:

Quick Change - Circus of Death. An album I am jamming while typing this. Good, chugga-chugga, speed metal with clean vocals.

I've heard of them before.Maybe from you.Haha.I need to to find a copy of that.

When I was a kid I bought alot of albums blind, that are now considered classic bands but didn't have much a choice than, no radio play, no internet and most of metal friends only liked what was popular. I am glad I did among them were: Raven-All for One, Venom-Welcome to Hell, Saxon, UFO, Humble Pie, Smashed Gladys, hardcore punks like the Dead Kennedys, Fear, Black Flag, etc usually I would read about a band, become curious and then beg my mom to drive me to the flea market and pick up a bundle of vinyl LPs for cheap.

Does Ultimatum count? I don't think the masses know about them.

Forced Entry was wicked cool. Rough Cutt, Black N' Blue, Primal Fear, Breaking the Silence.

Troublezone wrote:

Does Ultimatum count? I don't think the masses know about them.

you beat me to it. I was gonna post Ultimatum. They are well known on this board for obvious reasons, but I don't understand why a band as good as they are and who have been around for as long as they have aren't better known. Are people just put off by the Xtian tag? I mean, I'm not a Xtian and I think they are great. I've seen them live and they are not preachy. I've even talked with them at shows and they are just nice guys. I even see them helping other bands setting up and breaking down equippment.

i'd say D.A.M.N., Embalming Theatre, Gaf, War Victims, Merlin, Flagitious Idiosyncrasy In The Dilapidation, & Decomposing Serinity

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