I’m a newbie but i really like Take No Prisoners by Megadeth
If you consider Metalcore to be metal, then The year summer ended in June by Misery Signals.
Idk lol i’m new to this stuff
I don’t have a favorite but Error Detection by Nemophila is an often played song in my list right now.
Idk how I can just pick one,
But the stage by avenged sevenfold is a good contender
Archspire - Drone Corpse Aviator, first song that popped in my head thinking of contemporary metal
Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face, groovy and brutal
Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis, grungy doom goodness, love that bass line
The Prince by Metallica is always a banger.
Wizard Fight by Weedeater. If I had to choose.
Been feeling Black Label Society lately, specifically Stillborn and Blessed Hellride.
Depends on what subgenres you’re into.
I really enjoy power metal, and Gloryhammer is one of my faves. He has returned, Keeper of the celestial flame, Land of unicorns, Masters of the galaxy, and Rise of the chaos wizards are all ones I really enjoy.
Prog metal is another really good genre, and Between the Buried and Me is amazing and have some fantastic concept albums. Coma Ecliptic has The Coma Machine and Memory Palace being a hell of an earworm. The Great Misdirect has Obfuscation and Feed from Cloud Mountain as those two slots, and The Parallax double album is great (part 1 is a good ep, part 2 is the main album), with Astral Body being one of the main singles and so many tracks that get stuck in my head.
I listed a bunch of other bands in this comment as well that are really good as well: https://lemmy.world/comment/19203007
“Laser Cannon Death Sentence” by Dethklok
“it’s melodic death metal.”
Probably Malfire by Refused, I found them through their samurai covers for cyberpunk 2077 and I’ve loved their music since
The whole War Music album was a bit hit-or-miss for me, but Malfire is a classic.
Yeah I wish I could find a cd version of malignant fire instead of war music but as far as I can tell it doesn’t exist.
Symphony of Destruction by Megadeth.
Tornado of souls for me
Five Magics for me
I’m not a huge metal head, but “Trapped Under Ice” by Metallica is probably my favorite. I’d strongly recommend the entire Ride the Lightning album though. Pretty much every song is great.
I’d argue this is a precursor to metal rather than metal itself. Still a great song that everyone should listen to.
