DerTeufelkind

DerTeufelkind t1_je9d1w3 wrote

Music first 99% of the time, but occasionally I will find a band where the lyrics are actually vital to the band.

The music being first, though, means I can think of the vocals as just being another instrument, so it enables me to enjoy a multitude of different styles, so long as the vocals fit and don't grate my ears.

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DerTeufelkind t1_je0hj5v wrote

I'd highly recommend The Gloom in the Corner. Not all of their songs are angry, and some aren't the most aggressive or heavy either, but they have a decent number of angry sounding songs. Genre is metalcore, but many of their other songs take on various different influences.

Some examples:

Behemoth

Misanthropic

Rodent

Rōnin ft. Ryo Kinoshita (ex-Crystal Lake)

Not Hell a Fury

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DerTeufelkind t1_jcoipzk wrote

It really depends on how heavily they lean on their views, and if their views are troublesome or not. I wouldn't listen to Burzum, for example, because Varg is abhorrent, but right-wing views in general are common in black metal, and I do enjoy some of the bands. I wouldn't deem right-wing views as enough to drop a band, in spite of my objection to the right-wing, but going further into far-right views would be an immediate no, because I'd then be supporting fascists. I'm not entirely sure if I'd support far-left bands either, especially if it was a significant part of them and their music, because there are issues with the far-left as well, though for vastly different reasons.

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