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Band Queue Gems
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Author:  PaganiusI [ Wed Jun 22, 2022 8:45 am ]
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Hello metal people!

As many of you might already know, the MA team has sporadically been giving shoutouts to interesting metal bands on our Facebook page. There are not many of them, due to various reasons, so I've been thinking about ways to improve on that. I came to the conclusion, that the easiest way to give a quick shoutout to new, interesting bands would be a forum topic where moderators post a few quick links to cool stuff they come across in the band queue. That's the exact reason why you are reading this post right now.

From now on, we will use this topic to link to "fresh meat" from the depths of the band queue. Presumably, none of the bands will be uniformly loved by all staff members and only represent the personal taste of the individual posting them. Since there are big variations between the musical preferences of the different mods, it's not unlikely most people will get something worthwhile out of this (or so I hope). If y'all like the idea and there's enough band suggestions flowing in, I might even turn them into Spotify playlists.

To keep the bands from getting buried under pages of discussion, we created a separate topic for you to chat about that. Just click the link below:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=135797

To get things started, here's some Dutch black metal from our fellow PiotrB:
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Di ... 3540507932




Disclaimer: We don't take suggestions and we won't post your band even if you're willing to give us money. Don't even bother trying.

Author:  S9NE [ Thu Jun 23, 2022 10:04 am ]
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Finnish symphonic/melodic power metal solo project, completely instrumental.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Valkaya/3540507648



German heavy/speed metal solo project.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ar ... 3540507445



Another heavy metal solo project, this time from Sweden.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ni ... 3540507286



Alien-themed heavy/power metal from the UK, just got submitted earlier today.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Pr ... 3540508293



Japanese power metal with Nozomu Wakai as guest guitarist. Discovered thanks to a non-metalhead friend recommending them.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ve ... 3540507922


Author:  PaganiusI [ Fri Jun 24, 2022 11:39 am ]
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Here's some cool shredding Prog Metal for y'all:

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Sa ... 3540507696


Author:  S9NE [ Tue Jun 28, 2022 5:47 pm ]
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Finnish power metal.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/V. ... 3540508507



Japanese melodic power metal / visual kei.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/%E ... 3540507285

Author:  MacMoney [ Mon Jul 04, 2022 5:17 am ]
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To first state that my tastes run from death metal to death metal and when I say death metal, I usually mean modern takes on older styles of the subgenre.

By far the best band queue band I've encountered over the years was this March with Dead Chasm; a death metal trio from Italy with a somewhat doomy style taking a lot of cues from early Incantation as well as Dead Congregation. There are some slight similarities to parts of Worm's Foreverglade as well as a superior Nirvana 2002 cover, though there aren't many notes of the band in Dead Chasm's original music.

Bandcamp
MA page

Author:  S9NE [ Wed Jul 06, 2022 4:14 pm ]
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Argentinian/Brazilian power metal.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Seliger/3540509061



Japanese neoclassical symphonic/power metal.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ba ... 3540508311



Brazilian heavy metal.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Te ... 3540509019



Argentinian power metal.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Tr ... 3540508402

Author:  EpicDismemberment [ Sun Jul 17, 2022 8:57 am ]
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Good Argentinian doom metal I found from the queue today:
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Et ... 3540509680

Author:  PaganiusI [ Fri Aug 12, 2022 11:49 am ]
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Anyone up for some Raw, unhinged, folky, pagan Black Metal?

https://www.metal-archives.com/band/pre ... 3540510394

Author:  PiotrB [ Thu Oct 06, 2022 12:12 pm ]
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A pretty solid debut from experienced guys.
Stoner/Doom Metal/Post-Metal
Enoy!
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Gr ... 3540513542
https://griefcircle.bandcamp.com/

Author:  S9NE [ Sun Nov 06, 2022 11:55 am ]
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Romanian funeral doom. This one is from a few months back, but it left quite an impact on me.
https://athvarf.bandcamp.com/album/elegies
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Athvarf/3540504773

Author:  Azmodes [ Wed Nov 16, 2022 3:17 pm ]
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Just took care of this one that had been sitting in the queue for almost a month for some reason; quality stoner metal/hard rock from Poland. Catchy stuff, with a powerful voice and there's a cool Venom cover in Polish on that full-length to boot.

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Wij/3540513574

Author:  Azmodes [ Tue Nov 22, 2022 3:18 pm ]
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The sequel is finally here: Satan II

https://satanii1.bandcamp.com/album/satan-ii

Author:  PiotrB [ Mon Nov 28, 2022 10:27 am ]
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Pagan Black Metal from Serbia!


Author:  S9NE [ Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:57 pm ]
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Power metal from Greece / Poland, just got submitted a few hours ago. Whole album is worth checking out, but this is a personal highlight.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/As ... 3540516247


Author:  Morrigan [ Thu Feb 16, 2023 11:43 am ]
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Freeroad (not to be confused with Freeways, lol) is pretty cool late 70s/early 80's-style NWOBHM:

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Fr ... 3540519390

https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcam ... t-you-feel

Author:  S9NE [ Wed Mar 29, 2023 11:39 am ]
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Japanese power metal. Solo project of Mari from Mary's Blood, as the band is currently on hold.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Mari/3540521664

Author:  S9NE [ Thu Apr 20, 2023 12:46 pm ]
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Blackgaze from Austria, very sweet melodies.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Su ... 3540523684


Author:  S9NE [ Thu May 18, 2023 10:42 am ]
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New power metal project from Galneryus' drummer Lea. Hoping they get the full album on Spotify soon.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/1st0/3540524641


Author:  S9NE [ Fri Oct 27, 2023 12:53 pm ]
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Norwegian heavy/power metal/hard rock that was dug up recently.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Bl ... 3540533140

Author:  S9NE [ Tue Nov 28, 2023 8:00 pm ]
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Surprised that no one had submitted this pre-GNR band Hollywood Rose until now, considering it's proper heavy metal a la 80's Judas Priest.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Ho ... 3540534763


Author:  S9NE [ Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:59 pm ]
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Venezuelan power metal.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Celtika/3540538385

Author:  S9NE [ Thu May 02, 2024 1:23 pm ]
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Symphonic power metal from Italy.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Dr ... 3540542752


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