Like, I love thrash/death/heavy metal music, but I could mostly do without the vocals. Is there a genre of music (or specific bands) I should look for?

I’m a big fan of Arcturus, Children of Bodom, etc, but I prefer the instrumentals way more than the singing.

So, is there a specific genre for that?

Edit: Imagine Silent Night, Bodom Night but without lyrics. It’s not that I dislike the vocals; would just appreciate the track more without them. It’s like they’re just in the way of what I want to hear.

  • Oaksey@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Anthrax
    Haven’t listened to them much in years but I used to like their album, The Sound of White Noise. Singer can be a bit gruff but doesn’t quite scream like I think you are talking about.

    • cranakis@reddthat.com
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      10 months ago

      Ok, you got my upvote because I love some Buckethead but…

      this is a deep well, you and I know it. Please give OP (and me) the “death metal without the screaming” album(s), if you know the titles. I know I have heard two at least that fit this bill exactly but haven’t found them yet. I have been searching tonight but you start listening to Buckethead and there goes the time.

  • Glifted@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Check out a band called Pelican, especially their early stuff. It’s not exactly what you’re looking for but it might scratch that itch a little

  • Jtee@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I was the same when I first started listening to bodom. Just give it time and you’ll like the vocals just as much :)

    You can find instrumentals in the meantime, absolutely. (Or even fan covers on YouTube and the like)

    • abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      I was thinking this as well, add in some bands (album suggestions in parens) like epica (holographic principle), kamelot (epica/black halo), Symphony x (divine wings of tragedy), and even a band like battle beast (circus of doom) or unleash the archers (apex) and i think op will have a good time

    • Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Didn’t know poppy was still around. She’s interesting but I can’t help but think that song would have been better without her.

      • loutr@sh.itjust.works
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        10 months ago

        Didn’t know poppy was still around.

        She’s actually growing in popularity, opening for and collaborating with major bands. She’s booked on a lot of metal festivals as well.

  • LordGimp@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    So there’s a lot of ways you can go with this. You can definitely find instrumentals of death metal bands, but you can also try something new.

    Haggard is one of the best in symphonic metal, and while there’s still a stitch singer, imo they’re MUCH easier to understand.

    Native Howl has slayer played by some country boys on banjo and guitar. They also do a bunch of their own stuff that sounds pretty wild. “Thrash grass” is one of their better albums and pretty accurately describes their flavor of fusion (thrash metal played in the style of bluegrass)

    Older Arch Emeny stuff is also quite good, and having a pretty lady growling at me is a novel experience. Angela gossow also shows up in metalocalypse so that’s instant bonus points

    Dethklok does pretty well at straddling the line between melodic/symphonic/death metal, and if you like the metal without Nathan explosion you can check out Brandon Small’s other stuff where he isn’t growling like a cartoon character.

    Last but certainly not least is The Lord Weird Slough Feg. Exquisite technical metal wrapped up in an 80s/90s power metal package. I simp for Slough Feg wherever I can because it’s EXCELLENT metal that doesn’t get nearly enough recognition

  • herrcaptain@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    I mostly listen to death-doom rather than strict death metal, but there’s a fair bit of that out there. My two faves in the genre:

    Draconian has clean female vocals alongside growled male.

    Swallow the Sun has a wide range of vocal styles, but getting increasingly cleaner pretty much every album (along with clean female vocals on a lot of tracks).

    Again, this is death-doom so a lot of the stuff will be a little slower-tempo than straight death.

  • PineRune@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    For instrumental music with no vocals, try: Wide Eyes, Invent Animate (their instrumental versions), Modern Day Babylon, I Built the Sky. These aren’t quite Death Metal, but they have really complex guitar and drum pieces.

    For with vocals: Sea in the Sky, Ignea, Unleash The Archers, Corelia (also has instrumental version of their 1 album)

  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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    10 months ago

    Just to be clear; are you wanting heavy metal music that’s only instrumental? Or are you wanting heavy metal music where the vocalist doesn’t sound like a small angry demon with a cold that just got karate chopped in the throat?

  • QuantumStorm@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    There’s a fair few that straddle the line between death growls and clean vocals. Check out Agalloch, Insomnium, Words of Farewell, and Before the Dawn. There’s also of course Amon Amarth, still gorwly but usually clear enough to understand.

    I’d start looking up “melodic death metal” that’s a good place to start for what you’re looking for.