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> You can generate a heavy metal song that is actually heavy metal, same with other genres that have been destroyed, or the kind of music that just isn't being made anymore.

Or just listen to any of the easily available fantastic metal albums released in the past year? I could see the argument for incredibly niche genres (though in the age of Bandcamp I'd love to see a genre that doesn't have at least a few artists producing music for it) but there's plenty of heavy metal being made these days in both the general and the traditional (i.e. the heavy metal genre versus general metal genre) sense.

You're right, I should have used country as an example. But the kind of metal I'm talking about, good 70's and maybe even a little 80's hair metal is in short supply these days.

I do listen to a ton of new music, there is enough time in the day for both. And if I want a cool new 70's style heavy metal song that is about a niche subject like the Chronicles of Prydain, AI does an amazing job.

Actually, the more I think about your reply, no. Modern "heavy metal" is some guy growling and yelling in the mic, unless you know of a metal singer with a great Rob Halford or Ronnie James Dio voice I can listen to. An exception is Zakk Wylde, that dude is badass, I had the good fortune to see him perform at Red Rocks.

This is starting to sound suspiciously similar to the old lines about all rap being about gangbangers and money/drugs etc. Theres plenty of bands that do traditional clean vocals; I'm listening to Wytch Hazels latest album as I type this. They're very old school/early NWOBHM style metal/hard rock, you may like them.

Other bands with similar[0] vocals off the top of my head: Summerlands, Night Demon, Sonja, Crypt Sermon, Visigoth, Eternal Champion

Halford, Dio,Dickinson, and the other greats are going to be hard to replicate exactly but there's plenty of singers out there that are just as skilled andactively playing music.

[0] in the traditional clean vocals sense

Love Wytch Hazel, good call! I'll give your other recommendations a try. I'm not trying to say there is NO good metal being made. Of course there's Sabaton, The Sword, Lucifer, and Ghost. But those are the exceptions, IMHO.

I don't think The Sword has put out a good album since 2012.

It's very hard for me to see how someone could believe this unless they never even tried to actually find new music. I just bought a great new metal album (human made) yesterday.

And what is the name of this great new metal album? Show me.

I haven't been buying a ton of new music recently but a couple from the last year or so are: https://parishuk.bandcamp.com/album/queen-of-the-skies-b-w-s... https://writhenhilt.bandcamp.com/album/ancient-sword-cult

And these are good youtube channels for finding new things: https://www.youtube.com/@NWOTHMFullAlbums/videos https://www.youtube.com/@666MrDoom/videos

You think I was lying? About a good metal album existing? It's "The Splintered Oar", and I learned about it through Bandcamp's human curation. I hope this helps you get off Mr GPT's Wild Ride and engage with the art.

https://bindrunerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-splintered...

it probably is you just need to spend more time finding it. why would you choose this over finding music that has been made by someone interesting that lets you form a community or see a band live?

Recommend something. Show me.

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