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Long time metal fan in London, UK, I want to get more into making it than just listening. I guess I'm novice-level on bass, so I'm looking for folks to practice and jam with at first and, all things going well, I want to get a band going at some point. Not going to post a wall of text with absolutely everything I can think of, so ask away if you want me to clarify something.

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I think my favourite styles are, in no particular order: black, death, melodeath, folk, power, doom; things like thrash, traditional, NWOBHM, don't seem to do to for me as much. Aside from particular styles, I go for more melodic/epic-sounding stuff. Band names I'm not so good at, I just like listening to the music :P but let's see... Sepultura and Moonsorrow I have to list first because they got me into metal in the first place and are my favourite single band, respectively. Apart from those, again in no particular order: Amon Amarth, Blind Guardian, Immortal, Om, Sunn O))), Rammstein, Korpiklaani, Meshuggah, Finntroll, Devin Townsend are pretty up there. I'm posting here because I don't have contacts among musicians, so I haven't had opportunity to practice with others or get a band going so far. I've gradually written quite a few lyrics, but I reckon I'll need more than just me to get something done with them.

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Awesome. I'm big on death and black metal, as well as old melodeath and a bit of doom. I like a few of the better-known bands that you mentioned as well, like Rammstein and Meshuggah. We've got several members from the UK. We're all so widespread that I've never thought of this as a good place to look for band members, but you might get lucky...

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Well as ever I'm late to jump on the welcome wagon but g'day anyway. I'm big on doom, it's probably my favourite metal sub-genre overall. I can't help but remark, however, that your interest in power metal seems slightly at odds with your dislike for traditional/NWOBHM but hey to each their own. I enjoy pretty much all the metal subgenres (aside from Industrial which bores me to tears).

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I guess my next step might be a post in the Looking For A Band section? It's not an exact match (I'm not actually a band or an "established", so-to-say, musician), but it might get lost in amongst the other posts in General Chat. Would you folks appreciate some more info about the general idea(s) in the lyrics?

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I guess my next step might be a post in the Looking For A Band section? It's not an exact match (I'm not actually a band or an "established"' date=' so-to-say, musician), but it might get lost in amongst the other posts in General Chat. Would you folks appreciate some more info about the general idea(s) in the lyrics?[/quote'] And when you go to that thread (looking for a band), may I recommend that you describe your rock and roll phantasy with as much clarity and detail as you can. It's a process of values discernment, so make it dense and vital with the vivid poetry of metal!
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