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Hello, and welcome to the forum. I find it auspicious to see a newcomer introducing right in the midst of the Festival celebrating the 10,000th post of Iceni, the newly minted "Living Embodiment of Metal" on the forum, so please our newest "Neophyte" enjoy the delights on offer over at the 10,000 fingers of Dr. Iceni thread, have some wine and join the party. Without longstanding members we can not have a good forum, with out new people joining we can not persist, so welcome and enjoy!

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Whereabouts are you from in the UK? I live in England (West Midlands) and I think we have a decent heavy music scene over here; though admittedly most of the new bands I'm really enjoying nowadays seem to be coming more from the hardcore scene. That's probably just a reflection of my tastes, though. Have you ever listened to Heart of a Coward? You might like them - they use those poly-rhythmic riffs that Meshuggah do so well and combine that style with hardcore and some slightly Deftones-ish melodies. Severance is well worth a listen. Heavy stuff! :D

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I'm just North of London. I agree we've had some good stuff from the UK over the years. I quite like Stampin' Ground who had a bit of a hardcore edge to them at times... Think they were from a bit further south than the West Midlands. I had a little listen to Heart of a Coward... See what you mean very Meshuggah meets Deftones. Pretty cool sound will give it a bit more of a listen - Cheers for the recommendation. I've found recently I'm steering a lot towards Scandanavian metal!

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I'm just North of London. I agree we've had some good stuff from the UK over the years. I quite like Stampin' Ground who had a bit of a hardcore edge to them at times... Think they were from a bit further south than the West Midlands. I had a little listen to Heart of a Coward... See what you mean very Meshuggah meets Deftones. Pretty cool sound will give it a bit more of a listen - Cheers for the recommendation. I've found recently I'm steering a lot towards Scandanavian metal!
Cool, glad you liked it. Definitely give Severance a listen, in that case. Not heard of Stampin' Ground. Are they particularly new? I tend to like my metal with some hardcore influence, so I should like it. :) Are you getting into Scandinavian metal in general or black metal specifically? I like some of that stuff, though it's not completely my thing. I own Mayhem's De Mysteriis... album which is really good, and I've found myself enjoying Ihsahn and Enslaved's later work recently as well (would recommend those if you've not already checked them out), but there people here much more involved in that scene than I am. :lol:
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