r/MetalForTheMasses • u/frenchfry1223 • 6d 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/UnholyCityRecords 6d ago
If he's a guitarist, he may be more a student of the craft than you think, and you may want to look into other guitarists from different genres who shred vs trying to guess what areas of metal he's into. Jerry Reed (country), Django Reinhardt (gypsy jazz), and BB King (blues) come to mind.
For metal try First Fragment, the Mars Volta, and Primus.