What's the Music Scene like where you live?

[pineappleman]

Breakdowns.

 

[Scruffy1012]

Here in Aus we have stuff like 4arm:


^Really dig those guys! the guitarist posts here as well

Karnivool:

There used to be a lot of breakdown bands like I killed the prom queen/carpathian etc which were pretty sick (esp. IKTPQ) Most venues are flooded with terrabad indie kids nowadays

O and how can i forget! Parkway drive

 

[troyguitar]

It's 99% death and/or -core stuff.

As far as I know I'm in the only metal band within 500 miles that isn't death and/or -core.

 

[misingonestring]

This guy's been trying to put a band together on the local Craigslist for a while. I believe he's trying to bring the glam back.

 

[codync]

It's all a bunch of metalcore bands playing As I Lay Dying riffs who make shirts with 'fuck' in Impact font on the front before they record music. Either that, or metalcore bands who think they're hardcore bands and are all about brotherhood and gang chants but don't know what hardcore is beyond Cruel Hand. We sadly haven't even hit a big deathcore trend yet. Anyway, here are some decent bands:

Sever All Ties - deathcore - https://www.facebook.com/SeverAllTies
Aether Realm - folk metal - https://www.facebook.com/AetherRealm
Escher (my band) - prog metal - https://www.facebook.com/escherband
Thomas Taylor - cool two man prog - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Thomas-Taylor/226707987373997?ref=ts
Braveyoung - post rock - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Braveyoung/130891160221
Young and in the Way - blackened / crust / hardcore - https://www.facebook.com/youngandinthewayofficial
Advent - metalcore - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Advent/131623977776

 

[MikeH]

It fucking sucks. Period.

 

[troyguitar]

Hmm I just realized that the topic actually asked about the "music scene" and not the "metal scene" so I'll add that besides death and -core stuff we also have a lot of rap and indie/alt "college kid rock" which I know little about.

 

[Necris]

This guy's been trying to put a band together on the local Craigslist for a while. I believe he's trying to bring the glam back.
*video*

Would.


























...with a rock.

 

[cyril v]

heres a few of my favorites from around south jersey.

 

[CrownofWorms]

Chicago is pretty good. Its not incredible due to the fact that this place is full of Hipsters and the place where Disturbed and Fallout Boy came from. Ironically all the metal bands on craigslist are from the suburbs and outside of Chicago. In my area and the kids around my age, most of them want to play metalcore music or alternative. So its usually indie, Pop Punk, and post-hardcore/metalcore down here. Metal is underground and its very close. Almost like a huge distant family urging to meet up(you don't know how welcoming metal fans are), the shows always have a rowdy crowd. Hell there is a metal themed restaurant. Though it still is sorta unknown. Though here are some awesome bands that do the scene justice.






Old school technical death metal.


Holy Shit these guys are awesome(if you like Amon Amarth you'll love these guys)

 

[shreddanson]

I'm from Chattanooga TN and here is the metal list:
Wideyedaze(my band)
Unspoken Triumph(friends band who are the most popular of us)
Coathanger Abortion

heres whats really popular and groovy with the people here:
Christ-Core
Deathcore
Metalcore
Post Hardcore
Scene bands
Hipster bands
Dubstep

I live in hell and hell hath no mercy upon me.Every single GODDAMN PERSON HERE KEEPS ASKING ME:
Hey man do you like my band?.............no
Why not?..........you're core
You're close minded! no, I just know what I like and your genre isn't one of those things I like
........................................................................................................................................................
YOU'RE CLOSE MINDED!!!!!

I hate this place,I hate the bands in it as well.

I used to play in a band with Unspoken Triumph's vocalist, pretty cool you gave them a shout out. and yeah...I totally hear ya on the scene there. I haven't been to Chattanooga in a few years, but from what I remember it was nothing but deathcore...and Lioplurodon

 

[poopyalligator]

The biggest band in my city is brokencyde. I can't even tell you how sad that is. Other than that, all we have here is fucking mariachi and country music here.

 

[Quantumface]

haha tired of hearin about all these scenes that "suck". You live in states where bands tour. at least that says something. i live in a town of 11,000 people in north central montana on the canadian border. suck it up.

 

[Dead Undead]

Around where I live, You Either like Rap or Country...and I hate both...and even the surrounding towns are full of preppy white kids who like lady gaga. The "metalheads" as they call themselves, all like Attack Attack and A Day to Remember. I met ONE kid at my high school who was into the same music as me...and now he's the other guitarist in my band.

For my age group, exactly the same as this, minus the band. Here, nobody my age plays guitar very well. A band is pretty much out of the question for me...


There are some great musicians around here though. It's a relatively small area so I'm pretty familiar with some of the better musicians around. My former guitar teachers are awesome shredders, though it's more rock/hair metal stuff. My friend is a drummer in both a funk/fusion band and a metal band, and he's a great one at that.
It's not all bad. Metal won't get you any real recognition here, but there's still good music and lots of appreciation for it.

 

[The Grief Hole]

Yokohama is good for blues/ jazz and Tokyo has a hellish amount of music going on. I do look at US tours though and cry silently to myself as a lot of the bands I love never make it over here. What? They don't like tentacle porn or vending machines?

 

[Murmel]

Yokohama is good for blues/ jazz and Tokyo has a hellish amount of music going on. I do look at US tours though and cry silently to myself as a lot of the bands I love never make it over here. What? They don't like tentacle porn or vending machines?

Trust me. We feel EXACTLY the same about your Japanese bands

 

[Soubi7string]

I used to play in a band with Unspoken Triumph's vocalist, pretty cool you gave them a shout out. and yeah...I totally hear ya on the scene there. I haven't been to Chattanooga in a few years, but from what I remember it was nothing but deathcore...and Lioplurodon

pretty much the same except throw a bunch of CHRIST and GAWDUH along with some BREAKDOWNS and you have what it is today.

 

[gunshow86de]

Rain over me is the best scene video according to me..

 

[drgamble]

I live down in New Orleans, LA and have to say that the scene around here, isn't as bad as some other places, but the local original bands don't have it easy around here. Of course, we've got the blues/jazz thing down here for the tourists. We have some indie bands from around here. I really wish there was a better metal scene here. It seems like the "successful" bands around here consist of a handful of guys that all play in bands together (ie. Down, Crowbar, Goatwhore, Soilent Green, EyeHateGod, etc.) Everybody else is pretty much doing death metal or some "core" metal. I guess I wish there were more "good" singers on the metal scene. Everybody has to scream about everything. The sad thing is that there are a lot of good bands that play around here that just don't get the support. Unfortunately, most people would rather go see a cover band play than go see some guys play original music no matter what the genre.

 

[The Grief Hole]

Trust me. We feel EXACTLY the same about your Japanese bands

Seriously? Which bands do you like? Or is it the tentacle porn you are after?