- Rammstein - Du Riechst So Gut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrmsJhf89MY (music video)
-- nearly everyone's heard of Rammstein; their music videos are always well done and usually tell a story, often based on traditional Germanic fairy tales.
- Eluveitie - The Arcane Dominion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-hkjryDCmg
-- folk metal again, from their album "Evocation 1", which was recorded with traditional, acoustic instruments.
- Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGe8qID9gSs (music video)
-- These guys won Eurovision in 2006; their gimmick is that every band member is a monster (think Gwar).
- Nekrogoblikon - We Need a Gimmick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q3ub1SUYfg (music video)
-- another band with a gimmick (heh) - goblins, obviously. Vocals are again an acquired taste, but this whole album is worth listening to for a wonderful story about goblins trying to commit autogenocide.
Yeah, it's definitely an acquired taste. I really genuinely found myself liking Nekrogoblikon, though - the album hits some sort of spot I didn't know I had.
- Rammstein - Du Riechst So Gut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrmsJhf89MY (music video) -- nearly everyone's heard of Rammstein; their music videos are always well done and usually tell a story, often based on traditional Germanic fairy tales.
- Korpiklaani - Tuli Kokko: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRbg1uEglEE -- folk metal
- Eluveitie - The Arcane Dominion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-hkjryDCmg -- folk metal again, from their album "Evocation 1", which was recorded with traditional, acoustic instruments.
- The Kovenant - The Human Abstract: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH3P_6Ns7Go -- black metal, has some electronic/industrial influence. Vocals may be an acquired taste.
- Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGe8qID9gSs (music video) -- These guys won Eurovision in 2006; their gimmick is that every band member is a monster (think Gwar).
- Nekrogoblikon - We Need a Gimmick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q3ub1SUYfg (music video) -- another band with a gimmick (heh) - goblins, obviously. Vocals are again an acquired taste, but this whole album is worth listening to for a wonderful story about goblins trying to commit autogenocide.
- Urizen - Boxmen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDv1U_P7gTk -- 8-bit influenced metal with good vocals.
- Epica - The Last Crusade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV3gQcb8jU0 -- symphonic metal with female vocals.
- Babymetal - Gimme Choko: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKqgE4BwAY (music video) -- jpop meets metal. You're basically either going to love this or hate this.
- Ladybaby - Nippon Manju: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8-vje-bq9c (music video) -- jpop meets metal, but with a bearded Austrlian lead singer.
- Knorkator - Buchstabe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUcSTyD2T7M (music video) -- comedy metal from Germany; funnier if you understand the lyrics.