Ok I'll just compile a list of must hear music. Eventually I'll get to a pc and can link with eaze.
Accept - 200 years, fall of the Empire, Dying Breed, Dark side of my heart, hung drawn and quartered, guitar solo wolf, Metal heart, I could go on.(Yea that's the same accept that put out the song balls to the wall in the 80s)
If u like pianos and melody u gonna love amorphis too.
Amorphis - Black winter day, Death of a King, From the Heaven of my heart, Light my fire (the doors), Shaman, Silent waters, Silver bride, Sky is mine, Under the red cloud, you I need
Like the name implies anger as art is aggressive and edgy. Black metal??
Anger as art - anger is a gift, Hate in my heart war in my head, Master becomes the slave
Another oldie still refusing to die:
Also haven't listened to their new stuff enuff yet but annihilator has been a favorite for like 4 years now.
Annihilator - Demon code, Fight the world(my favorite so far), that or One falls two rise, smear campaign, wrapped
Pretty sure this is a black metal band aka satanic owell I'm not a satanic but I do enjoy the music I listen to.
At the gates - Eater of gods, the book of sand, through gardens of grief, Suicide Nation, Captor od Sin (Slayer cover)
Some of the best power metal I never heard:
Angel Dust- Bleed, Nightmare, Easy Livin (Uriah Heep Cover), Border of Reality, Coming Home, Legions of Destruction, The Temple of the King (Rainbow cover)
Accuser- Diabolic, World War Violence, Impending Doom, Lust for Vengeance
After the Burial - Collapse, Forging a future self, Lost in the static (love this songs sound), Berzerker, Rareform, Cursing Akenaten, The Fractal Effect, Disconnect
Alchemist - Tongues and knives
Alkoholizer - Pay with your blood, Sardinian Beer, Alkoholik Metal, Thrash Metal, Age of Misery
Altar of Oblivion - In the shadow of the gallows, Salvation, The final pledge, Wrapped in Ruins, Cass belli
St Louis metal hiding under my nose. Everyone else loved em.
Anacrusis - Misshapen intent, Release, Fighting Evil, Imprisoned, R.O.T., Frigid Bitch
Angelus Apatrida - Of men and tyrants, Be Quick or be Dead (Iron Maiden Cover), Versus the world, Gone Away, Killers and killed, Vomitive, Thrash Attack, Highway Star (Deep Purple cover), Still Corrupt
Argos - Alive..Cold..Dead (Catamenia Cover)
Anthrax- For All Kings, Breathing Lightning, Evil Twin
Armored Saint- Damaged, Reign of fire, Mess, An exercise in debauchery, Last train home, Hanging judge, win hands down
Artillery - Khomaniac, By Inheritance, In defiance of conformity, Live by the scythe, Penalty by perception, rites of war, diety machine
Aspid- Extravasation, Hey you, It came, towards one goal
Atrophy - Preacher, Preacher, Socialized Hate, Killing Machine
Audiotopsy - Headshot, The Calling, Darken the Rainbow, Distorted
Augury - Cosmic Migration, Sovereigns unknown, Brimstone Landscapes
OK I wasn't gonna include this band as they had one album lost their singer tragically and changed the name to XXI in honor of the 21 year old lost soul. Christian metal that you wouldn't have known as a metal outsider but it's still pretty damn good.
Check out before they put out their 2nd album under the new name XXI:
A feast for kings - React/Regret, Brittle Spirit
Well that's it for the As. Lol don't wait on me hear some awesome newish metal/Rock
Edit: I guess there's more A bands, but fuck I'm tired of pecking on my phone screen.
I must say my taste in metal has expanded considerably.
I'm sure if you dig you can find your sound somewhere in there.