Thanks for the replies. That covers a heck of a lot of ground, and it's far more in depth than I anticipated
Kalmah eh? I do have access to one of their albums, well two I guess. Swamp Lord/They Will Return. Since it's a two fer one, I'm guessing that must be some of their earlier stuff.
Ensiferium, I have access to their Self Titled, One Man Army and Victory Songs.
For Insomnium I can get Above the Weeping World, Across the Dark, In the Halls of Waiting and Since The Day All Came Down.
Well, I can get some of the songs on those albums anyway, for free with Amazon Prime. So I'll start there.
As for Cradle of Filth, I used to love their music. I even had my Jesus Is A Cunt T-shirt. Ha ha. But their music doesn't really appeal to me anymore. At The Gates I do like two of their albums, Slaughter of the Soul and most of Terminal Spirit Disease. I have listened to Dimmu Borgir before but it's been so long I can't recall what I thought of them. Testament has some good stuff, but I don't really know any of it well. I seem to remember that I liked some of Arch Enemy's earlier stuff. But as for Amon Amarth and In Flames, I've seen them in concert, which was pretty good. Especially Amon Amarth. But I really couldn't get in to their studio albums. I think I saw them when I went to see Vital Remains in Cleveland after Dechristianize came out. I went to so many concerts when I was younger that they're all a jumble in my head now.
If someone wants to move this thread, then go ahead. I posted in Death Metal because it had the most activity and therefore would give me the best chance of getting some good info.