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music i like

i'm especially a fan of extreme metal with classical/symphonic influences

exmortus is my favorite metal band of all time ever. i love all their albums (except beyond the fall of time, it sucks. like i see the vision but it was not executed well). probably their best overall album is the sound of steel

gloire eternelle by first fragment is literally the most beautiful metal album i have ever heard. literally go listen to it right now. stop reading this and go listen to it. right at this very moment

also dehumanaut is pretty good and their guitarist/bassist is trans so like. shoutout

the band that got me into alt/indie stuff has since been exposed for some very bad stuff, so i wont be talking about them here

i like stuff from good kid, phoneboy, idkhow, the happy fits, and a bunch of other artists that i only know like one song from. also ive been getting into billie eilish lately

list

playlist (max one track per release)

• youtube / youtube music
• tidal (missing first fragment - fake repentance, haunt - burst into flame, iconoclasm - running the gauntlet)
• spotify (missing the same songs as tidal)

list

artists in alphabetical order, releases in chonological order
mb = musicbrainz, ma = metal archives, bc = bandcamp, od = odesli/song.link/album.link
🏳️‍🌈 / 🏳️‍⚧️ = artists i know to be queer/trans or have queer/trans members (feel free to point out any i've missed!)

formats:

• artist name [genre] (links)
  • release name [release type] (links)
• artist name [genre] - release name [release type] (links)

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• archspire [technical death metal] (mb, ma, bc)
  • relentless mutation [album] (mb, ma, bc, od)
  • bleed the future [album] (mb, ma, bc, od)
• arctic monkeys [indie rock] - whatever people say i am, that's what i'm not [album] (mb, od)
• billie eilish 🏳️‍🌈 [alternative pop] (mb)
  • dont smile at me [ep] (mb, od)
  • when we all fall asleep, where do we go? [album] (mb, od)
  • happier than ever [album] (mb, od)
  • hit me hard and soft [album] (mb, od)
• bullet for my valentine [metalcore] - venom [album] (mb, bc, od)
• burned in effigy [neoclassical melodic death metal] - rex mortem [album] (mb, ma, bc, od)
• dehumanaut 🏳️‍⚧️ [melodic death thrash metal] - dust in the giant's hand [album] (mb, ma, bc, od)
• drottnar [technical black metal] - stratum [album] (mb, ma, bc, od)
• equipment [pop punk/alt rock/emo] - wet mulch [track] (mb, bc, od)
• exmortus [neoclassical death thrash metal] (mb, ma, bc1, bc2, bc3)
  • in hatred's flame [album] (mb, ma, bc, od)
  • slave to the sword [album] (mb, ma, bc, od)
  • ride forth [album] (mb, ma, bc, od)
  • the sound of steel [album] (mb, ma, bc, od)
  • necrophony [album] (mb, ma, od)
• first fragment [neoclassical technical death metal] (mb, ma, bc)
  • the afterthought ecstasy [ep] (mb, ma, bc)
  • gloire éternelle [album] (mb, ma, bc, od)
• fleshgod apocalypse [symphonic technical death metal] - agony [album] (mb, ma, bc, od)
• good kid [indie pop/rock] (mb, bc)
  • good kid [ep] (mb, bc, od)
  • good kid 2 [ep] (mb, bc, od)
• the happy fits [indie rock] (mb, bc)
  • so alright, cool, whatever [track] (mb, bc, od)
  • heart of a dancer [track] (mb, bc, od)
  • go dumb [track] (mb, bc, od)
  • hold me down [track] (mb, bc, od)
  • what could be better [track] (mb, bc, od)
• haunt [heavy metal] - burst into flame (original 2018 version) [album] (mb, ma)
• hellripper [blackened speed metal] - black arts & alchemy [ep] (mb, ma, bc, od)
• hippo campus [indie rock/pop] - baseball [track] (mb, bc, od)
• iconoclasm [crossover thrash metal] - iconoclasm [album] (mb, ma)
• i dont know how but they found me [indie pop] (mb, bc)
  • 1981 extended play [ep] (mb, bc, od)
  • razzmatazz [album] (mb, bc, od)
• krallice [avant-garde black metal] - krallice [album] (mb, ma, bc, od)
• metallica [thrash/heavy metal] - kill 'em all [album] (mb, ma, od)
• the moderates [indie rock/pop] - strange town [track] (mb, bc, od)
• one flew west [alt/pop punk] - semi kinda right [track] (mb, bc, od)
• phoneboy [indie pop] - phoneboy [album] (mb, od)
• the rare occasions [indie rock/pop] - backwards [track] (mb, bc, od)
• saint motel [indie pop/rock] (mb, bc)
  • you do it well [track] (mb, bc, od)
  • hands up robert [track] (mb, bc, od)
• skeletonwitch [blackened melodic death thrash metal] - beyond the permafrost [album] (mb, ma, bc, od)
• the strokes [indie rock] - the modern age [track] (mb, od)
• two door cinema club [indie rock] - what you know [track] (mb, od)
• vitrified entity 🏳️‍⚧️ [neoclassical technical death metal] - eternal vitreous dissolve [album] (mb, ma, bc, od)
• yngwie malmsteen [neoclassical heavy metal] - rising force [album] (mb, ma, od)