Best metal on Reddit
184 reviews from r/MetalForTheMasses, r/MusicRecommendations, r/metalguitar and 6 more subreddits
184 reviews from
and
By Brand
/By Product
#1
Iron Maiden
4.9
(9)
"First of all, Iron Maiden."
"If you like Iron Maiden’s vocals, almost everyone here has already said Judas Priest."
"Would be good starts."
"Iron Maiden, Dio."
"Iron Maiden is the best metal."
"Maybe give Iron Maiden a try, especially their song ‘can I play with madness’."
"Early Iron Maiden and Judas Priest"
"And Iron Maiden."
#2
Sleep Token
4.2
(6)
"All day"
"Sleep Token! They’re kinda what transitioned me from more hard rock to metal."
"Sleep Token is my best recommendation."
"Sleep Token, cuz they're like a musical onion."
"Sleep Token maybe? They're getting pretty big."
#3
Ulcerate
5.0
(5)
"Ulcerate, vitriol"
"Ulcerate"
"Blotted Science. Imperial Triumphant. Dysrhythmia. Ulcerate. GIRTH. Behold... the Arctopus."
"Ulcerate"
"Ulcerate."
#4
Judas Priest
5.0
(5)
"Then check these out, too: Judas Priest, Helloween, Manowar, Grave digger, Motörhead, Slayer."
"Great for building rhythm and timing"
"I would strongly recommend: Judas Priest"
"Judas Priest."
"Judas Priest...British Steel or Screaming For Vegence."
#5
Sleep
4.8
(5)
"Sleep"
"Sleep!"
"Sleep"
"Sleep"
"Sleep"
#6
Prong
4.2
(5)
"Prong!"
"PRONG"
"Prong, The God Machine."
"Prong was cool"
#7
Krisiun
5.0
(4)
"Krisiun"
"Krisiun"
"Fucking love Krisiun as well!"
"Lovee krisiun, amazing live too"
#8
Dying Fetus
5.0
(4)
"Dying Fetus"
"DYING FUCKING FETTUUUSSSS"
#9
Yob
5.0
(4)
"Yob"
"YOB is the answer"
"Yob and Sumac hands down."
#10
Motörhead
5.0
(4)
"Motörhead"
"Classic Motörhead & classic Venom..."
"Motörhead"
#11
Black Sabbath
5.0
(4)
"Anything by the Godfathers themselves"
"I was never huge on metal until I got into listening to black sabbath. Paranoid is pretty accessible and very good."
"Paranoid by Black Sabbath is a great combination of that late 60s/early 70s hard rock and early metal."
"Some of Black Sabbath's albums could be a good way to start."
#12
Coroner
4.5
(4)
"Coroner is the only answer"
"All amazing musicians and they can play much more technical than most bands with two guitars"
"Coroner"
"Coroner"
#13
Metallica
4.3
(4)
"Metallica, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath/Ozzy, King Diamond, Sabaton."
"Metallica and System of a Down are good starter bands."
"Metallica (Everything up to the Black Album for me)"
"Especially the song ‘one’."
#14
Minelab
4.0
(4)
"Vanquish 340 is easy to use and often deals have a free pin pointer."
"The minelab Vanquish, Nokta Simplex and the Nokta Score lines are the three best starter series available."
"Mine lab vanquish is pretty up to date while being relatively cheap."
"The Minelab Vanquish 340 and the Nokta Sinplex Lite are the two best and most affordable beginner machines available."
#15
Sodom
5.0
(3)
"The "German Big 4" - Sodom, Kreator, Destruction and Tankard"
"Try listening to some sodom I think you will like them"
"Early Sodom"
#16
Candlemass
4.7
(3)
"Candlemass"
"Candlemass, Angel Witch, Manowar, Yob if your feeling adventurous."
"Candlemass."
#17
Megadeth
4.7
(3)
"Youthanasia - Megadeth"
"I would suggest Megadeth, Machine Head, perhaps Týr, Mercenary, Ensiferum, Amon Amarth or Avenged Sevenfold."
"Megadeth has a few great songs, as well as Metallica."
#18
Deftones
4.3
(3)
"Deftones comes to mind...and Tool."
#19
Dawn of Demise
5.0
(2)
"Dawn of Demise"
"Check out the band Dawn of Demise"
#20
Alien Weaponry
5.0
(2)
#21
Tool
5.0
(2)
"Seconding Tool, Volbeat, Pantera, and Avenged Sevenfold."
#22
Ibanez
5.0
(2)
"Ibanez prestige used or even new."
"In that range, get an Ibanez Prestige or Premium."
#23
Type O Negative
5.0
(2)
"Please just try them."
"Type O Negative on acid is fun."
#24
Morbid Angel
5.0
(2)
"Morbid Angel and Cannibal Corpse"
"Morbid Angel"
#25
Entombed
5.0
(2)
"ENTOMBED"
"Definitely give Entombed a listen. Left Hand Path & Clandestine fuckin' rip brother"
#26
Behemoth
5.0
(2)
"Behemoth."
#27
Electric Wizard
5.0
(2)
"Electric wizard and mirror reaper by bell witch"
"Electric Wizard"
#28
Khemmis
5.0
(2)
"I'd try out the more recent epic doom/heavy metal stuff, like Traveler, Smoulder, Eternal Champion, and Khemmis."
#29
Death
5.0
(2)
"Death"
"Death. Don’t be telling me the Human line up wasn’t a super group."
#30
Nightwish
5.0
(2)
"Can't go wrong with some Nightwish."
#31
Devin Townsend
5.0
(2)
"Give Devin Townsend Band, Devin Townsend Project, and Strapping Young Lad a listen."
"Devin Townsend if you dig King Gizzard you’ll find there’s some crossover."
#32
Bloodbath
5.0
(2)
"Bloodbath"
"Bloodbath"
#33
Vader
5.0
(2)
"Vader is my favorite death metal band, and one of my all time favorite bands, period."
"Vader"
#34
Suffocation
5.0
(2)
"Suffocation, Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Baphomet, Massacra, Cryptopsy, Crypta, The Chasm, Cenotaph (Mexico), Rippikoulu, diSEMBOWELMENT, Cynic, Mortician, Immolation, Resurrection, Terrorizer Dissect."
"Suffocation"
#35
Exodus
5.0
(2)
"Exodus - Tempo of the Damned"
#36
Celtic Frost
4.5
(2)
"Celtic frost"
#37
Cynic
4.5
(2)
"Check out the band Cynic."
#38
Kyuss
4.5
(2)
"Kyuss"
"Kyuss"
#39
Hypocrisy
4.5
(2)
"Check out Hypocrisy. I dig all of their albums, so it's hard to pick a favorite."
"Hypocrisy"
#40
Gojira
4.5
(2)
"There's the more nuanced bands like gojira and mastodon who open a lot of doors for people."
"Gojira"
#41
Lorna Shore
4.5
(2)
"Is the answer."
"Either way, welcome to the metal club. 🤘 Amaranthe, Tesseract, Fear Factory, Lorna Shore, The Acacia Strain, and Make Them Suffer."
#42
Sabaton
4.5
(2)
"Sabaton! :D Think most of their stuff is in English."
"If you are into history try Sabaton"
#43
Electric Callboy
4.0
(2)
"Electric Callboy."
"By far the best band to transition someone into the more extreme varieties of metal is Electric Callboy post-2020."
#44
Schecter
4.0
(2)
"IMO if you like the Ibanez neck you might prefer Schecter to LTD."
"Schecter guitars are well made but I recommend checking out an LTD EC1000."
#45
Nokta
4.0
(2)
"I bought a Nokta Simplex Ultra yesterday, I hesitated as I originally wanted the quest Q10 ID Maxx."
"Nokta Simplex lite or BT, BT is the much better option but you cant get much better than the Lite for less than $200."
#46
Russian Circles
4.0
(2)
"Russian Circles"
"Russian Circles"
#47
High on Fire
5.0
(1)
"High On Fire"
#48
Broken Hope
5.0
(1)
"Broken hope - swamped in gore"
#49
Slayer
5.0
(1)
"Slayer-Seasons in the Abyss."
#50
Skinless
5.0
(1)
"Skinless - Tample the Weak, Hurdle the Dead."
#51
Baphomet
5.0
(1)
"Baphomet - the dead shall inherit"
#52
Cianide
5.0
(1)
"Cianide - *The Dying Truth*"
#53
Dr. Shrinker
5.0
(1)
"Dr. Shrinker - The Eponym"
#54
Teitanblood
5.0
(1)
"*The Baneful Choir* by Teitanblood"
#55
SikTh
5.0
(1)
"SikTh - the future in whose eyes"
#56
Regurgitation
5.0
(1)
"Regurgitation - tales of necrophilia"
#57
Soilwork
5.0
(1)
"Soilwork - The Living Infinite"
#58
Liers In Wait
5.0
(1)
"Liers In Wait - Spiritually Uncontrolled Art"
#59
Bewitcher
5.0
(1)
"Bewitcher - Spell Shock"
#60
Demigod
5.0
(1)
"Demigod - Slumber of the sullen eyes"
#61
Opeth
5.0
(1)
"I’m really digging Opeth’s new record"
#62
Necrophobic
5.0
(1)
"Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence"
#63
Reclamation
5.0
(1)
"Reclamation - Delusions of Grandeur"
#64
Amon Amarth
5.0
(1)
#65
Dissection
5.0
(1)
"I think Dissection - The Somberlain is the one for you"
#66
Slipknot
5.0
(1)
#67
Black Crown Initiate
5.0
(1)
"Listen to The Wreckage of Stars by Black Crown Initiate"
#68
Blood Incantation
5.0
(1)
"Blood incantation"
#69
Riot
5.0
(1)
"Riot - thundersteel"
#70
Carnal Forge
5.0
(1)
"Carnal Forge - Firedemon"
#71
Asgard
5.0
(1)
"Asgard - To A golden Age"
#72
Dream Theater
5.0
(1)
"Try Train of Thought by Dream Theater."
#73
Periphery
5.0
(1)
"Periphery - IV Hail Stan"
#74
Rotten Tomb
5.0
(1)
"Rotten Tomb - *Visions of Dismal Fate*"
#75
Timeghoul
5.0
(1)
"Timeghoul, Ad Nauseam, Dead Congregation, Demigod, Morpheus Descends, Ulcerate, Engulfed, Molested, Infester, Atrocity, Gorement, Mitochondrion"
#76
Anciients
5.0
(1)
"Anciients - Voice of the Void"
#77
Civerous
5.0
(1)
"Civerous - *Maze Envy*"
#78
Get the Shot
5.0
(1)
"Get the Shot - Merciless Destruction"
#79
Enforced
5.0
(1)
"If you like thrash, 100% listen to Enforced - War Remains"
#80
Amorbital
5.0
(1)
"Amorbital - Invidia"
#81
Monstrosity
5.0
(1)
"Monstrosity - *In Dark Purity*"
#82
Down
5.0
(1)
"Down - NOLA"
#83
Distant
5.0
(1)
"Distant- Heritage"
#84
Nunslaughter
5.0
(1)
"Nunslaughter - Hell's Unholy Fire"
#85
Iron Christ
5.0
(1)
"Iron Christ - Getting The Most Out Of Your Extinction"
#86
Hellripper
5.0
(1)
"Hellripper - Warlocks Grim & Withered Hags"
#87
The Crown of Yamhad
5.0
(1)
""Epilogues For The Fallen" by The Crown of Yamhad"
#88
Sylosis
5.0
(1)
"Sylosis - Edge of the Earth"
#89
Trivium
5.0
(1)
"If you want a full song with an easy solo."
#90
Outre-Tombe
5.0
(1)
"Listen to Necrovortex by Outre-Tombe."
#91
Mangled Torsos
5.0
(1)
"Mangled Torsos - Drawings of the Dead"
#92
Mudvayne
5.0
(1)
#93
Aria
5.0
(1)
"Aria - Dessiderium"
#94
Demilich
5.0
(1)
"Demilich - Nespithe"
#95
Church of Disgust
5.0
(1)
"Church of Disgust - *Weakest is the Flesh*"
Discover your audience
GummySearch is an audience research toolkit for 130,000 unique communities on Reddit.
If you are looking for startup problems to solve, want to validate your idea or find your first customers online, GummySearch is for you.
Sign up for free, get community insights in minutes.
Tell me more
Get started
