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Asleep-Camp1686 t1_j6octxe wrote

Reply to How do I introduce someone to metal? by kist_valve

¡Hola! Pues mira, puedes escuchar Metallica, Iron Maiden, Pantera y muchas más.. Si quieres algo latino puedes escuchar "Rata Blanca", es una banda argentina agradable, personalmente creo que los argentinos tienen mucho talento. Saludos desde Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Opus-the-Penguin t1_j6ob9zh wrote

Reply to Originals better than their more iconic covers by sbprasad

GREAT question! It so often gets asked the other way. (It's a good question that way too, just overdone.) Disturbed's cover of "The Sound of Silence" got a lot of attention 7 or 8 years ago. Like a lot of people, I was blown away. It was powerful and raw. People said it had replaced the original. But for me it ended up being a one-play wonder. Once I'd heard it, I didn't need to hear it again. The unexpectedness was the hook. Once that was gone, the cover was much less interesting. I kept being drawn back to the Simon and Garfunkel original. It was quiet and gentle and yet somehow so powerful that it pushed the newer version aside and re-asserted itself as the ur-text.

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KapiteinNekbaard t1_j6oazfo wrote

Reply to How do I introduce someone to metal? by kist_valve

The gateway drug into death metal? Melodic death metal. Most non-metal friends seem to enjoy Amon Amarth. Try some In Flames, Soilwork, Norther, Children of Bodom.

Folk metal (Eluveitie, Ensiferum, Alestorm) or 80s Glam/Hair metal could work too.

Try Ghost too, it's like ABBA with guitars. I mean, just listen to that intro.

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