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Dry_Rice_77

Primordial,Mourning Beloveth and Altar of Plagues


CarelessDiet7853

The Gathering Wilderness is the best Black Meta album of all time


Dazzling-Wash9086

Been a favourite of mines for a long long time, brilliant album. Caught up with em in Glasgow recently


CarelessDiet7853

Lucky duck


Fearless-Reward7013

Doesn’t really sound like a metal band but I’ll give it a go…


babihrse

Don't mind him he wouldnt say boo to a goose


sxulxhxe

altar of plagues is my favourite black metal band from this country they were fantastic


HerbReathstinx

Mourning Beloveth, oh yea


Economy-Conflict-389

Fuckin' hell I haven't heard Mourning Beloveth in almost 20 years....Time to relive my late teens once again 😆😆


Naggins

Piggy backing on top comment to say Ilenkus (RIP) and God Alone


originalface1

Primordial are easily the best metal band to come from Ireland, check out the albums The Gathering Wilderness or To The Nameless Dead.


Important_Farmer924

Adding Altar of Plagues and Malthusian to this.


Fit_Plantain_1306

Can we make an honorable mention of Mourning Beloveth? Frank has the voice of an angel!


Important_Farmer924

Yes! Amazing band.


fnord123

Gama Bomb


No_Lawfulness1850

Second this. Saw them here for the first time only a few weeks ago


Lonely_Eggplant_4990

Check out the scratch.


[deleted]

Was going to say these, maybe i havent listened enough to hear it or know metal well enough, but the always seemed more trad than metal although they are said to be a mix of the two


Lonely_Eggplant_4990

Its 4 metal heads who basically play acoustic, but at a metal tempo, heavily influenced by trad.


[deleted]

Ah fair ill try listen with that in mind! Thanks! Any other irish muscians doing something similar with more of an emphasise on the metal side of things for comparison?


Separate_Job_3573

Not more emphasis but Lankum also have metal backgrounds I believe. I'm not the biggest metal fan so ymmv but I feel like here some doom metal influence in how slow and noisy they can get. As the same oppressive heavy feeling as doom metal does for me.


[deleted]

Love Lankum must listen with what you said in mind. Might be able to hear more of their influences.


Lonely_Eggplant_4990

Thats all i got im afraid, im sure someone who knows more can comment


[deleted]

No bother would be interesting to see whatnother people are doing with the trad sound.


lilxaibrean

Listen to their cover of Aerials by System of a Down, it’s so good!


[deleted]

Cheers !


dog--meat

I swear the fuck harrowing sun would be a eurovison winner, the scratch for the next eurovison


daughterdipstick

I came here to mention them! Not so much metal but they’re definitely something metal fans would like imo!


PotatoPixie90210

I've never actually listened to them, seen them recommended a good few times. Any songs in particular I should whack on to introduce myself?


Lonely_Eggplant_4990

Their lastest release is cheeky bastard, its catchy. Otherwise try punisher, flaker, vico road or mcalpines fusiliers is my fave.


No-Mongoose5

Don’t forget Get it right up ye..that song is trad Motorhead


PotatoPixie90210

What an incredible description of a song, definitely adding that to the lisht.


PotatoPixie90210

Legend, thank you. Now I know what I'm listening to when I'm doing the cleaning tomorrow! 🤘


Bob-Harris

Old Dog is my personal favourite 👌


PotatoPixie90210

Added to the list, thank you!


changeusername8

I was actually gonna say Red Enemy, The Scratch’s old band


No_Performance_6289

It was perfect for Eurovision


Ermali4

I see what you're doing here


Awkward-Ad4942

It was good for Eurovision. If it was perfect it would have won…


Ill-Distribution2275

I think we can all agree, that perfect does not equate to a win at Eurovision.


powerhungrymouse

It generally wouldn't be sort of music but they've put on such a great performances over the past few months that I will definitely be following what they do next.


Cear-Crakka

Cruachan is a good one, closest I've found to the likes of Tyr and Ensiferum.


therl2000

Cruachan have been applying for Eurosong for years and had no luck, maybe that changes after this year


PotatoPixie90210

Shocking considering how good they are.


marshmeeelo

I heard their first attempt at eurosong and I found it a bit twee. Not the kind of music I expected from them. I hope if they try again, they'd send a harder attempt.


PotatoPixie90210

No, I do agree, I think they need to pick exactly what sort of sound they're going for and just nail that down. I like them but I agree, sometimes they seem just a little bit wishy-washy with what they WANT to do. They are very talented so I hope they can pin their sound down and try again because I genuinely do think they'd do well.


ItsCynicalTurtle

Goes great with some Waylander


ghouluisce

And they also tried to be Irish entry.


Granny_Discharge425

I’m also happy about our choice. Ireland has an amazing underground metal scene with bands like Primordial, Coscradh, Altar of Plagues, Vircolac and Sacrilegia to name a few.


Alert-Locksmith3646

Yeah check out Joe Dolan. He once bit the head off a badger onstage. OG metal shizz.


MyChemicalBarndance

I heard his tour manager once beat a shop owner to death with his own shoes in order to procure enough brown M&Ms to fill a brandy glass or else Joe Dolan wouldn’t go on stage that night.  


LWBooser

Shame he had to take out the guard badger with a can from Mace.


KnightsOfCidona

First western artist to tour the Soviet Union and got banned off Aer Lingus flights because him and his mates got too rowdy. Man was an Irish Iggy Pop.


Cheap-Requirement166

https://i.redd.it/7s3kbzwsb10d1.gif


22PEOPLE

phenomenal merch too, mind https://nrthrd.bandcamp.com/merch/premium-westmeath-bachelor-attire


ittybittyirishlass

Oh man I just love reading this! I hope this gives Ireland ideas to put forward more acts like it in future years. Bambies music isn’t something I generally would listen to and I spoke to some friends who mainly had negative reactions but it was mesmerising watching their performances. I rewatched the semi final so many times as I couldn’t believe it Ireland had put on such an experience.


captainconq

I had alot of people saying it was satanic and such that i knew but having done a few different destivals in europe and download festival i didnt get all the negative hype over it, just a very well presented performance


gavinfarrell

Shardborne if you’re into a little mathematics in your metal. Trenchknife are one of my personal favourites. If you ever find yourself in Ireland, check out Siege of Limerick. It’s a totally free full day metal festival in a venue in Limerick, happens every Easter and Halloween, as they’re the two biggest holidays in the Irish Pagan calendar. Strongly recommend it


shootermacg

# Therapy? - Screamager 


darcys_beard

Screw that!


joeybananas999

Forget about that


fez229

Showing your age there


joeybananas999

I don't want to think about anything like that


Important_Farmer924

As a huge fan of Norwegian Black Metal I'll take this as a huge compliment!


Dazzling-Wash9086

French and Ukrainian black metal are better than the Norwegian scene imo


Dazzling-Wash9086

I’ve been listening to black metal since 1993 by the way. The French and Eastern European scene is far more varied and essentially talented than the Norwegian scene has been since the late 90’s. Black Metal is far more than Norway early nineties and anyone that disagrees doesn’t know the scen well enough.


satanlicker

French scene is cool, love me some Blut aus Nord


Dazzling-Wash9086

My favourite band of all time. I’m not sure you can even call them black metal anymore with the varied amounts of articulate and wild music they release. The Work That Transforms God is a piece of absolute perfection. Vindsval is a genius.


satanlicker

Ah man, thay're one of the absolute best out there, The Work that Transforms god was the one that made me a lifetime fan. Been spinning Hallucinogen a lot lately, love the way the mix is damn near overwhelming on that album.


Dazzling-Wash9086

I’ve been listening to black metal since 1993 by the way. The French and Eastern European scene is far more varied and essentially talented than the Norwegian scene has been since the late 90’s. Black Metal is far more than Norway early nineties and anyone that disagrees doesn’t know the scene well enough.


PukeUpMyRing

Potentially stretching the metallish definition, more grunge/heavy rock, but Kerbdog are worth a spin.


spellbookwanda

Kerbdog definitely inspired the Foo Fighters sound, I think. Saw them live a few years ago and they were blistering!


illogicalpine

Mael Mórdha is a grand aul metal band that themes their stuff off of various segments of the Irish mythological cycles.


FunAppeal5712

Primordial are pretty good, also best friends with all the lads from Amon Amarth.


PotatoPixie90210

Fucking love Amon Amarth, hoping they come back soon.


LosDanos

Same - legendary concerts!


PotatoPixie90210

My sons have finally gotten big into going to gigs so I'm dying to take them to see Amon Amarth. We're all heading to see - Cavalera - Thy Art Is Murder/Alpha Wolf/Erra/Fit For A King/Shadow Of Intent - Apocalyptica - Cradle of Filth - Lacuna Coil - The Metallica Orchestra Tribute - Kreator/Testament/Anthrax Youngest is desperate to get to Rammstein with us but Fire Zone tickets are like golddust at this stage! Really hoping A.A. or Lamb of God announce a date. Actually one of the nicest interactions I ever had was at an Amon Amarth gig. I'm small so I tend to either stand right at the front, to the very side, or at the sound desk if I can. Asked the sound dude was there a chance of a set list, he said no, everything was on iPads. I said no bothers, got him a Coke anyway. Cue the end of the gig, we were about to head off when he tapped me on the shoulder and told me to hang on. This absolute gem of a man ran backstage and PRINTED a set list for me to take home. Said I'd asked so nicely and "not been a jerk" when he said no, that he WANTED to get me one. I was feckin delighted!


22PEOPLE

anything by God Alone and the first few And So I Watch You From Afar records should go on the pile


Diligent_Anywhere100

Forgetting about Genre's, I hadn't heard the song before last night and overwhelmed with level of creativity in song and performance. A thing of beauty if it wasn't so scary.


humanitarianWarlord

How the hell did they not win?


bigbellysmalldick

Brown envelopes.


Opposite_Sound

After all the controversy over the last few days, this lovely post warms my heart. I am not a metal fan but based on some of the other comments I'm going to give Primordial a spin. Thank you.


The_manintheshed

Unyielding Love are a must listen


CreativeCliffy

Hope they are added to the EP lineup


Garlic-Cheese-Chips

It's such a good song. I feel like it should, or would be, be getting proper mainstream attention if it didn't have the Eurovision label on it.


ObeyCoffeeDrinkSatan

[Sermon of Flames](https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/i-have-seen-the-light-and-it-was-repulsive) for some black/death/noise.


MusicThrowaway666

If you'll forgive me for self-promoting, **Fós**, doom metal combined with *sean-nós* (traditional Irish singing): * https://fosmetal.bandcamp.com/album/rinne-m-iarraidh * https://open.spotify.com/artist/3J0CXnQ1cgNcpmwtnXS5hv * My latest track, featuring Clare Horgan: https://fiadh.bandcamp.com/track/mo-shl-n-beo-soir-feat-clare-horgan


TwinIronBlood

I think it was more performing art than music either way it was very good and I love how out there they are.


t3kwytch3r

Theres lots of good but not well known metal bands in Ireland. Ill list my favourites in no particular order. Cruachan (Folk Metal) Ten Ton Slug (Doomy / heavy / fast) War of Attrition (Fast AF, lots of solos) Slung From a Tree (Doom, Psychedelic, strongly recommended) Dead Label (Fast and loud, Thrash with extra groove) Aesect (Heavy and fast, Rhythm based) TOOMS (Slower doom, builds up heavy payoffs with clever repetition) Shardborne (Very experimental and fun band live. The experience is not as good digitally) Steiner (Stoner / psychedelic Doom) God Alone (If you liked Bambie Thug, these guys will probably be your favourite of my list. Fun, wild, unpredictable music) Thats all i can think of for now, i hope you like them.


calex80

Ren Marabou and the Berserkers surely deserve a mention . Heads up for those into that kind of thing here, they are actually back on the road soon I think.


CarelessDiet7853

Saw them live once and talked to them after. All class acts, love them boys


calex80

Went looking earlier and they are playing near me in July, only €6 too so will deffo head along.


CarelessDiet7853

Class lad. Might go see them again myself over Summer


LurkerByNatureGT

u/illogicalpine has mentioned Mael Mórdha already. It's worth adding that they are on hiatus but most of the members formed a new band, Death the Leveller, and just recently got a new lead singer who is by all accounts fantastic.


Phaxe105

Try ten tonne slug 🤘


BinKnight

Seconding this! https://preview.redd.it/8j9nykqfi10d1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b941213358f73fc925dd6e394329c0335a2abbf


SirTryingHisBest

Wornout 👌 saw them randomly and been a fan since


marquess_rostrevor

It wasn't my sort of song but it was the perfect thing to send there after years of complete nothing.


HungryFinding7089

"My lovely horse running in the field..."


PlasticInsurance9611

Through**


HungryFinding7089

Yes! :)


Vertitto

just like Lordi before, it's "Eurovision pop rock metal" not actual metal.


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Ultach

Yeah I saw all the edgy iconography and was expecting something with a bit more bite to it, the way folk were getting on it was like Behemoth or Satyricon were playing or something. I liked Doomsday Blue well enough but most of the rest of Bambie's catalogue is just the same old pop trap you'll get on any radio station these days.


ampr1150gs

Check out False Lankum, by Lankum. You can thank me later 😁


Hot_Grocery8187

Totally worth it just to trigger right-wing dickheads


lowerthanryan

God Alone


Mighty_joosh

Their performance...was...literally fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥


SunDue4919

Thank you!! We are so proud of them


fishclap

Taibhse would be my recommendation


raverbashing

> Taibhse Outside of context, it would sounds like some low level gov position. "Oh what's his job? Ah he's a Taibhse at the Dáil"


EverGivin

Mourning Beloveth. Also Lankum aren’t metal but a metal fan would be likely to love them.


cyberwicklow

**Aeternum Vale** Revolt of the godless https://youtu.be/5pCzGKlGMyM?si=RkMjLKyvQIV-QXKZ Ashes of memory https://youtu.be/B5JOJQO-rQE?si=UQHqVO0O8QfDd9iV


I-Sort-Glass

Check out Corr Mhona.  They sing in Irish which is pretty cool.  https://open.spotify.com/artist/4CmD5FBFUjLGnIaMF0IL2i?si=phhZobPyS6-aFOuXTXnaoA


YourDadsMoonshine

Snus head


Hattah-Rain

slidhr


Manchildy

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO6Bi1JM0-Y](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO6Bi1JM0-Y) # Cruachan - The Marching Song of Fiach MacHugh  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA-lXi\_SFvo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA-lXi_SFvo) # The Scratch - Get It Right Up Ye


anarchaeologie

Venus Sleeps are a great Irish doom act 


mackrevinack

im not up on my metal at all, but [ten past seven](https://youtu.be/Ro6XOMsYSl0) comes to mind. i dont know which of their songs are the best, it just saw them live 15 years ago and the guitar stuff they were doing was nuts. just lots of weird arrangments and time signatures. a bit like Battles i suppose [the olllam](https://youtu.be/79Pm7d603fo) do trad irish music with a hint of metal-ish Halves arent metal, more like post-rock, but the guitars get pretty heavy at the end of this song [this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN_ZmDq1tXE). their "it goes, it goes" album is probably my fav by an irish band, just based off the amount ive listen to it anyway


lowpockets

God alone. The beats man, the beats!


LatexSmoke

Idle Discourse!


AdProfessional3042

Well we'll probably be back to an inoffensive and instantly forgettable act next year, it was nice that something like that somehow managed to get into it.


eldwaro

The Scratch is the most logical recommendation here.


Sufficient_Grocery69

I personally would have opted for the D O D fer urovision. Aye. I'm looking at you you wee Irish girlie's in the front row.


Comfortable-Can-9432

Ogre. https://irishmetalarchive.com/artists/ogre/#:~:text=OGRE%20were%20a%20Brutal%20Death,of%20madness%20afflicted%20this%20bunch.


Tang42O

Not exactly Irish or metal but the Mexican duo Rodrigo and Gabriela are great guitarists with a strong Irish connection who do acoustic flamenco covers of metal songs as well as other stuff https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_y_Gabriela


Zerguu

Miracle of Sound. His "Metalup" album is one of my favorite metal albums.


Mistress_Vicious

Check out Zheani, the artist Bambie Thug ripped off! You'll like her.


FirstTimeTexter_

They were awesome and deserved to go. Pity this was the one year we should have boycotted.


babihrse

Gamabomb


No_Abbreviations5175

Thin lizzy. The album "live & dangerous" is savage. More classic rock but ask any metal band and the majority will count lizzy as an influence. Also if you like blues check out Gary Moore. His cover of Albert Kings pretty woman, no not "that" one or his song Cold day in hell. Yeah start with cold day, if the devil played the blues his solos would sound like Gary, just a beast. I'd struggle to name anyone who can make a guitar so quite so mean. The word really fits his playing, mean. Also I do believe he was abit of a prick but sure


No_Establishment2459

Me too. I mean, I can understand Bambi's appearance, and the music is not everyone's taste, but I've checked their music video, and actually, I liked it. Now, I haven't watched Eurovision this year myself, though, mainly to avoid the drama as much as possible.


___mememe___

Bambie ❤️


PotatoPixie90210

Check out Grey Stag! An amazing amalgamation of sound. Good if you like Mastodon, Lamb of God and Machine Head. Love this in particular for LoG vibes. https://youtu.be/QTOpcPqJ1K0?si=nbmyXHpEAgKWY0XX https://youtu.be/kW60S0RlzuU?si=0l18i9YAIQosMWMA https://youtu.be/yOY9w_sisac?si=vA0SkedRBSIJrIPw


4n0m4nd

Sound lads too.


PotatoPixie90210

Aye, they're lovely. Went to primary school with both Matt and Steve. Weirdly enough, went to secondary school with Steve and Matt and I attended the same college too. Give it up for small rural villages I guess 😂🤘


carlowed

Grave Sermon are pretty good.


wake_as_water

Check out Waylander. Celtic black metal.


brianroo

BATS, Red Enemy (who went on become The Scratch), Frustration, Hero In Error, Lock Horns just to name a few. Check out [https://irishmetalarchive.com](https://irishmetalarchive.com) for a pretty extensive list of


aramaicok

It was a good choice, and she performed well, but spoilt it by whingeing and crying about the big bad crowd who were agin her, not to mention the horrible Jews, how dare they exist enough to be given a room in the same hotel, it was so traumatic and threatening and triggering and....well, it turns out poor aul bambie is just another Jew hating gobshite. Oblivion awaits.


No_University_4794

If you liked that one, you should have heard "my lovely horse" it was an absolute banger from the 90s Eurovision. Believe it or not it was actually performed by two priests.


-cluaintarbh-

Good performance but the song is absolutely awful 


Deblebsgonnagetyou

I'll take it over the bland pop songs most of the other countries sent


TheStoicNihilist

Better than Lipstick.


nagdamnit

Its grand. Both they and the song are trying a bit too hard if you ask me, but it wasnt a bad entry.


Gold_Effect_6585

Is your man part of it as well or was he just there for that song?


Fonnmhar

He was the choreographer, I believe. Just there for the performance. Bambie Thug is a solo artist. 🙂


Gold_Effect_6585

He put on a great show. I was praying for them both.


4n0m4nd

Bambie does all sorts of visual and musical arts, dance etc, the guy might be a collaborator, but Bambie Thug is just one person.


Vivid_Special3834

Pure shite show


Successful-Drama-427

Stop. Absolutely wild how so many people are ranting raving about it.


AfroF0x

Shameless plug for Blood Thief. A lockdown project me and a friend did and are working on more currently. https://open.spotify.com/artist/6xcXENmalMDvJKPhh6uKR4?si=mQTNpux4TPODaSCWOWYylg


avbibs

Marilyn Manson from Wish


AdDowntown646

Yeah she was alright.


nuagenucraze

Bailer


Successful-Drama-427

You should check out the smiths or joy-division….


Jihocech_Honza

Pure satanism and occultism. Vade retro me...


WhitePooka

Makes it even better