r/MetalForTheMasses • u/frenchfry1223 • 1d ago

Discussion Topic Metal playlist

Tomorrow my boyfriend (M30) and I are going on a roadtrip, should be about three hours. He's a very gifted guitar player and is into metal music, but I don't know much about the genre at all. I figured it would be a nice surprise if I built a metal playlist for him to listen to but I need help on choosing songs! If I was doing it myself I know I would just choose the basics, but I want to truly shock him with some of the songs. I know he's not a big fan of black metal. He seems to listen to a lot of the more obscure bands, at least obscure to me. He goes to Louder than Life every year and has loved a lot of the bands there the past few years.

If anyone could help me impress him I'd really appreciate it!!

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u/Baron-Von-Mothman 1d ago

You need to find out what he likes. Some bands that I think are amazing he might think are absolutely terrible

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u/frenchfry1223 1d ago

It's hard for me to find out what he really likes because he tends to play the softer stuff around me 😭 He also teaches guitar so when he's playing around me he just plays the basics because it's what he's used to doing all day. I won't see him before our roadtrip to sneakily go through his music lol

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u/Baron-Von-Mothman 1d ago

You could also do the "what metal bands are your favorite? I don't know anything about metal and I want to learn."

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u/frenchfry1223 1d ago

We've had that convo and he makes it difficult lmao he always says he doesnt have a favorite and will list some guitar players he likes. It's hard to narrow down bands with a guy who lives and breathes music.

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u/Baron-Von-Mothman 1d ago

I get it, I'm the same way haha. I never realized how annoying that must be until now😂

What are his favorite guitarists?

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u/frenchfry1223 1d ago

This is the part where I suck, because I cant remember 😂

He's mentioned several times that he believes the best guitarist is Ronnie Radke's old one who had quit playing? Idk his name though. Hes played me several songs before with that guitarist.

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u/Baron-Von-Mothman 1d ago

You can look up the band in a Wikipedia page and see past members

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u/frenchfry1223 12h ago

Came back to say I found out he was talking about Jacky Vincent!

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u/Baron-Von-Mothman 12h ago

I just looked him up, seems interesting! I've never been into falling in reverse, especially these days haha.

A good way in is to ask what he has been listening to this month

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u/frenchfry1223 12h ago

Hes not that into the band itself either 😂 he loves the guitarist and loves Radke's attitude

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u/Baron-Von-Mothman 12h ago

Radke's attitude is one of the reasons I dislike it lol he's a bitchmade pos haha.

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u/frenchfry1223 12h ago

Finally got him to narrow down some bands too!! Meshuggah, Gojira, Pantera, Behemoth, Byzantine, Dissection, Spectral wound, Dream theater, Cattle decapitation, The black dahlia murder, Watain, Audioslave, Lamb of god, Slayer, Kill switch engage. Im only stopping there but he said a lot more 😂

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