Nathonica, you are a true metal scholar and metal gentleman! Yeah, benchmarks like Platinum sales are irrelevant and that has left a ton of room good "non mainstream" music.
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Here are a few of my favorites:
The very definition of Death Metal.
Melodic Death Metal
Tech Death (Necrophagist is more technical but I like these guys better)
Brutal Death
Progressive Death
I must have read the survey wrong I suppose. You know me and my reading skills.
I assume that "resin hate mail" is a collection of slimes, molds, oozes, slimes, puddings, and more slimes.
I love Karnivool and the bass tone during this live concert makes me moist.
Plus, there is not such thing as enough Gojira!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxfbzdoueVg