I had to pull together some uTube samples for someone.. I thought I might share them here. Personally I think metal is the best kind of music.. but I don't like metal heads lmao. I think black metal and prog metal are the best.. but I've never met anyone who listens to the good bands... it's like if you think that there's too much mainstream taste in music these days, then metal has to be the hallmark of this. So without further ado, here are some recommendations, if you want to expand your music tastes, or just like honestly emotional music without fluff or fakeness... I think you could meditate to this stuff!

Arthemesia - Ancestor of Magick:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=f-0CjPx2Cj0

Nokturnal Mortum - Ancient Nation:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1hyeqpDGG6A

Samael - Jupitarian Vibe:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CbqZ1rfVlG4

Peccatum - The Moribund People:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xkYQXS4_R-E

Bathory - Blood on Ice:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9TarRmdexdk

Borknagar - Revolt:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rBY5ZuH8zDQ

Ulver - Ind Fjeldkamrene:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=v2Qrz1dH6jc

Satyricon - Mother North:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xV8LpUEdpBI

Summoning - Farewell:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PFnq_V3YJLg

Borknagar - Gods of my World:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hWNdFdSQewU

Emperor - The Loss and Curse of Reverence:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6BI4_NMxPb8

Bathory - Mother Earth Father Thunder:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iTEi_PlFEWU

Didn't know the Moribund People song had a video.... o___O

It's my favorite from the TheEnd Sampler CD : )... I think.

Thanks for sharing : )

Well there are good very good in metal, i could say two very smart bands dealing with occult......Therion and Tool

i like power metal

Greeting from an ex-metal head!

I used to listen to all kinds of metal, even doom, gothic and black.
Started when I was 12.

Now I'm more moderate and I'm back to my roots so I listen to old Metallica, Slayer, Paradise lost, Tiamat...
I also enjoy In flames, Samael, SOAD, Katatonia, Killswitch engage, 6 feet under and many others I can't remember now.

I now find some extreme black metal bands to be completely silly ...like Cradle of filth or Impaled nazarene....Impaled nazarene is now something I absolutely CAN'T listen to.
But I still enjoy Immortal from time to time..:-P

Metal music can be smart, it can be liberating, but some people tend to exaggerate...like in everything else...music shouldn't be a destructive force no matter how negative the lyrics or the sound may seem to be.