Lately I've been playing a ton of different types of heavy metal, but especially melodic and groove: Lamb of god, Gojira, Mastodon, Death, Korn, Wintersun, Arch Enemy, Dethklok, you get the idea. I love playing songs from these bands on my guitar and bass (yes I have a 5-string) and cannot get enough of their unique sounds. Any other bands similar to these that I could check out for some CDLC?

Here's Some of my favorite bands and songs from those bands - 

 

The Agonist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jud_SnKTlY

 

Unsun - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O2Aec2o-4w

 

Kiuas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYTNkt45_Js

 

Alestorm - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bxoTjzZQe8

 

Deathstars - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeWBD7zHG8o

 

Turisas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7woW7DmnR0E

 

Sirenia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCxgJFjnZw

 

Nightwish - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu9_Y72yenQ

 

Within Temptation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUuInD9HLaE

 

Blood Stain Child - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZl34fR4y7c

 

Amaranthe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y25snz83ms

 

Eluveitie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AawUSC6hGY

Edited May 15, 201510 yr by Sharkman828

Hello, sorry for a late response. I agree with all of the bands that Sharkman828 recommended, he has good taste. By looking at some of the bands that you like, I really think you would enjoy the band "The Faceless". They're very heavy, unique, progressive and just plain awesome. I started a Discography Project for them recently, you should check them out.

Thanks so much guys. These bands are epic, so I'm going to be having a lot of fun with these.

Delain,
Sonata Arctica 
Sabaton ( powermetal but still fun :) )
Blind Guardian

I think Amberian Dawn is an amazing Power/Melodic Metal band. If you love Nightwish, you will indeed love them. 

i'll add In Flames, Iced Earth, Pantera to the list too.

Probably Slipknot too but it's not melodic or symphonic in any kind of way.

More Gojira...

i haven't bothered with a thread but i plan to keep making more GOJIRA Customs...

i'll add In Flames, Iced Earth, Pantera to the list too.

Probably Slipknot too but it's not melodic or symphonic in any kind of way.

I've already downloaded a ton of In Flames. I'm not a huge fan of Slipknot, but I think I've still downloaded some of their stuff.

 

More Gojira...

i haven't bothered with a thread but i plan to keep making more GOJIRA Customs...

Haha, I can never get enough of Gojira.

 

Thanks to everyone for these suggestions and special thanks to those of you who have uploaded customs from these bands. I love almost all these bands. Now I have enough songs to learn that I'll eventually get carpal tunnel and possibly whiplash! xD

Never heard of Gojira before comming here - didn't they have a different name some years back? Well, shame on me for ignoring french metal - they're awesome. the CDLCs already made are also absolutely awesome.

 

Opeth might not be what you're looking for, but they are most deifnitely worth checking out - the Opeth CDLCs are also of very good quality. Death is perhaps to old school, but extremely fun to play once you have them nailed down (guitar at least)

Powerwolf and Xandria (since "Neverworld's End) would be nice...

But I think that now there aren't any Xandria's CDLCs - it's rly hard to get even any tab from last 2 albums...

If you like your music slow and heavy, like my women, then check out Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats.

Never heard of Gojira before comming here - didn't they have a different name some years back? Well, shame on me for ignoring french metal - they're awesome. the CDLCs already made are also absolutely awesome.

 

Opeth might not be what you're looking for, but they are most deifnitely worth checking out - the Opeth CDLCs are also of very good quality. Death is perhaps to old school, but extremely fun to play once you have them nailed down (guitar at least)

Gojira and Death are amazing on guitar and bass. Opeth seems to have a unique style, and a lot of their songs sound awesome. I'll probably download a couple from them.

 

Thanks again for all these suggestions everyone! I didn't expect this many people to be responding, so from here on out I won't be posting any more "thanks" comments unless someone lists a band that I think deserves a special comment. I'm always looking to expand my taste in metal, so keep on posting your favorite metal bands! \m/

KABANOS ftw! There's no band with more unique style than Kabanos...

Just find some translations (if ya ofc want to understand lyrics) ;)

 

\m/

If you like your music slow and heavy, like my women, then check out Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats.

This.

 

Also, other bands that are like Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats would be other Doom metal and Stoner Metal bands, some of which I'm really surprised to not see on Customsforge like Sleep, Electric Wizard, Conan, Dopethrone and Kyuss.

 

Kyuss actually have a few songs made on Customsforge, actually.

Symphony X are brilliant, they're very symphonic and progressive though you need chops to attempt their songs :)

 

If you like your music slow and heavy, like my women, then check out Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats.

This.

 

Also, other bands that are like Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats would be other Doom metal and Stoner Metal bands, some of which I'm really surprised to not see on Customsforge like Sleep, Electric Wizard, Conan, Dopethrone and Kyuss.

 

Kyuss actually have a few songs made on Customsforge, actually.

 

Yes, I know. I already put up a Sleep/EW request form. I think the problem maybe that they are a little tough to decipher from all the fuzz and you know, most songs are incredibly long.

 

But, OP, definitely get the two available uncle acid cdlc's, they are very groovy

+1 KYUSS

Also Mondo Generator (Nick Oliveri)

 

Nick Steven Oliveri (born October 21, 1971) is an American musician from Palm Desert, California. Bassist, guitarist, vocalist.

He is most widely known as a bassist with Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, and Dwarves, and has also performed with the reunited Kyuss under the names Kyuss Lives! and Vista Chino.^[1]

As a bandleader, his main project is Mondo Generator, a punk/metal hybrid that he formed in 1997.^[2]

 

^{PS: Saw them live in Brisbane years ago... really enjoyed it, only negative if you can call it that is worrying that their Drummer was gonna kark it during the set...} he was bright red and sweating profusely...

These are mostly Metalcore/Groove Metal/Death Metal that are maybe not so known:

 

- Mutiny Within (Power/Metalcore)

- Threat Signal (Metalcore, the song on the video has been my wife's ringtone for the past 7 years)

- Scar Symmetry (Swedens gift to metalworld)

- Diablo (Finnish "äijämetal")

- Medeia (Finnish death metal)

- Nicole (Finnish death metal)

- MyGrain (Finnish thrash/metalcore)

- Diecast  (USA metalcore, they'll release a new album this year)

- Dark Age (German Metalcore)

- The Arcane Order (Danish symphonic metal)

- Raunchy (Danish Metalcore)

- Dreamshade (Swiss metalcore, similar to KSE)

- Deadlock (German Thrash/Death/Metalcore)

- Bleed The Sky (USA Groove Metal)

- Disarmonia Mundi (Italian/Swedish metalcore. Björn 'Speed' Strid is the vocalist (singer of Soilwork))

- Rise to Fall (Spanish metalcore)

- Mors Principium Est (Finnish death metal, epic guitar solo on the video)

- Heart Of A Coward (UK Djent)

- Hacktivist (Djent &Rap, they play in Drop E)

- Erra (USA  )

- Dead By April (Sweden Metalcore)

- Caliban (German Metalcore)

- Breakdown Of Sanity (Swiss metalcore)

- The Interbeing (Danish Metalcore)

 

There are some CDLC:s from Caliban, Raunchy, Diablo, Erra, Dead By April, Bleed The Sky, Breakdown Of Sanity, Mors Principium Est. Scar Symmetry is coming, at least someone is making them what I've seen on the forums. At some point when I have time, I'll start making some of these that are missing.