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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.

Edit 2: Thanks, everyone. I have heard of Animals as Leaders but am not super familiar with them. Will definitely check them out as well as the other recommendations.

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[–] Oaksey@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] mortalic@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Can't think of a super great example, but a collab between bad omens and poppy comes to mind. That's only one song though. It's called V.A.N https://tidal.com/track/340509886?u

Still has vocals but it isn't just metal screaming

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

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 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] Sicklad@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Check out Night Verses

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Instrumental metal is what you'd search to get where you want to be. There's plenty of bands that don't have vocals at all, and even more that do instrumental tracks here and there.

Thing is, you'll run into a pretty broad range of styles under that heading since a lot of sub genres are defined by vocals and/or lyrical content. But instrumental is a sub genre of its own. It just gets defined by the lack of vocals rather than any distinct sound like the way thrash is going to have that "thrashy" vibe.

Edit: Animals as Leaders is pretty much the go to recommendation for instrumental metal. They run closer to prog than death, but so do most instrument only bands.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

Try out Ashenspire, their album Hostile Architecture was my album of the year in 2022. They aren't death metal per se, but they are heavy as shit. Best description is prog metal jazz infusion with spoken word poetry.

[–] QuantumStorm@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours 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.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth -2 points 16 hours ago

I wonder if AI vocal removal would be able to handle that

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