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| “US metal primer: BM, DM, -core, post-, and prog”
made this five song Spotify playlist for people who don’t like metal to see what happens. choices reflect both evaluation of accessibility and that of how much I like them. playlist subtitle is “2002-2019” | 1 | Deafheaven Dream House | 2 | Blood Incantation Slave Species of the Gods | 3 | Converge Aimless Arrow | 4 | Isis Carry | 5 | Mastodon Seabeast | |
robertsona
06.29.21 | take me to town | sonictheplumber
06.29.21 | hmm. | robertsona
06.29.21 | I honestly like something like “cleansing” as a whole more than “dream house” but I think people not into metal are more likely to like “dream house”. wasn’t sure if I should do “blood and thunder” but decided to lean on the one I listened to all the time back in 2017. “Carry” is a lock, although “weight” and “backlit” would be good too. Maybe non-metal people would like “a single tear” more than “aimless arrow” but I like the latter way better. Blood Incantation you could throw darts at what song to pick, but the opener from the album that converted a lot of people seemed fair. All this is lightly dumb but I wanted to try | LeddSledd
06.29.21 | not bad list, good accessible picks
do beginners grindcore next | heck
06.29.21 | shit I must have accidentally clicked on a pitchfork article | JohnnyoftheWell
06.29.21 | oh, this is US only? eww, why | LeddSledd
06.29.21 | xenophobia 😎 | robertsona
06.29.21 | Yeah in some sense this is just pitchfork BNM. It’s tough because there are a few acts less popular that I like but I’m genuinely 99% interested in the vastest swath of people liking at least one of the songs | robertsona
06.29.21 | There’s also at least one or two bands off Spotify I might otherwise include | Koris
06.29.21 | Fine list, but I don't think Aimless Arrow - or most Converge - would be on the more accessible side to a new listener. Maybe that's just me, idk | robertsona
06.29.21 | Yeah I agree, that’s sort of where the accessibility rubber meets the road of just shit I super like | budgie
06.29.21 | this is such a small corner of metal though weird to call it a primer huh idk
seabeast is dope mastodon track though |
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