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Hi there! I've been invited in Twitter to join you and so I did :) My name is Alister, 19 and I'm living in the nice French countryside ( I know my name is not really French :)) I'm listening Metal for around 10 years now, first it was Rock ( Queen, The Doors, Police, Pink Floyd,... ) then I moved to harder bands and Metal. I don't really have a favourite band, I like almost every kind and always open to suggestions but lately I'd say I listen a lot Skàlmöld, Lamb of God, Wintersun, Finntroll, Gojira and Behemoth and old school bands ( so you see I don't have a real favourite genre ). I also like to discover local bands. I am as ignorant of Nu-Metal/Metalcore as I am ignorant of mathematics so I'd like to find good songs. The best show I have seen would be Alice Cooper, Wacken 2010! Except Metal, I am fan of Classical Music. Otherwise, I am really fond of History and genealogy ( I found an ancestor back in 1675 so far so I do this a lot ). I read a lot, watch TV series, play some video games and board games. About sport, I like Rugby and American Football. Now I guess I've said the main things about me but I can answer any question ;) Thanks for the invitation, that's one of my first forum :D P.S : Sorry if I make mistakes between UK and US spelling, it is one of my difficulty in English!

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Welcome to the forum, we don't have enough French members around here. if you're looking for good nu-metal/metalcore/deathcore don't (sorry to be so blunt) those genres really don't have much to offer. If you're interested in hearing some really weird sounding metal there's a great French band by the name of Deathspell Omega, I need to get more of their material, I only have the one album of theirs which is called Paracletus but it is brilliant in my opinion.

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Someone who wants to like metalcore. I've never heard of such a person. If you want good metalcore, I suggest Parkway Drive, Unearth (The March, The Oncoming Storm albums, a lot of the rest is absolute shit), All That Remains, Killswitch Engage and Avenged Sevenfold as a start. A7x gets a decent amount of hate, especially here, but I think they're at least worth checking out. You might like them.

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Bienvenue a la forum! Il y a beaucoup de groupes francais qui jouent bon tech-death. Des noms pour vous: Trepalium Pitbulls In The Nursery Yyrkoon Dungortheb Kronos Et le meilleure groupe (en mon opinion): Gorod Blut Aus Nord is also French, you might like some of their work. Like Deathspell Omega, however, they are weird. Akphaezya are also very avant-garde but worth a shot for the sheer creepiness of their music.

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Thanks for your welcomes ;) I know Metalcore is not the most loved genre but thanks Metalhead Steve for the names. I knew A7x and All That Remains ( I don't dislike them ) though I looked at Unearth znd some of their songs but that's not really my thing. Deathspell Omega is a good band, they are one of the most known band in France, maybe also quite known internationally ( hope so! ). I've never too much listened ( know some by names ) to the bands you mentioned Iceni, except Gorod and Trepalium. One of the best in France is, in my opinion, Alcest if you like weird stuff ( really atmospheric ) or his older Black Metal bands : Peste Noire and Amesoeurs. Thanks guys for the welcomes ;)

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^^^ show off
And that was without a single drop of rum. [ATTACH=CONFIG]391[/ATTACH] I'll check out Alcest, but I'm not a massive black metal fan so I don't quite know what I'll think. I'd say if you like Trepalium you'll like Pitbulls In The Nursery, they're jazzy and brutal.
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Alcest is not really Black Metal, its beginning yes but not the last songs ( but very good songs in my opinion ). By Black Metal, I was referring about the old band ( Peste Noire ) of the main guy of Alcest. Which is pretty good for people who like Black. I listened some of Pitbulls in the Nursery, I really like Impact and the drums in this band, thanks for the suggestion ;)

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I listened some of Pitbulls in the Nursery' date=' I really like Impact and the drums in this band, thanks for the suggestion ;)[/quote'] You're welcome. I think Impact is my favorite song by them...I can't remember but I think the bass was also spectacular.
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Thank you all for the welcomes ;) Idlewilde --> Northern France is nice, better than South in my opinion. I'm from Burgundy region, the department is the Côte d'Or ( Golden Hill ). I see that you are from Bulgaria, I went to Veliko Tarnovo 2 years ago :) It was a really good week. Iceni, I know them, I'm not really a fan ( maybe I haven't listened to them enough ). Some years ago I bought a magazine with a CD which included two of Akphaezya, I don't remember which ones though. Quo Vadis is great, I really like them but I'll check Unexpect. I know Quebec has some really good bands like Sorciers des Glaces, Pierre-Marie Reverdy and the old BARF.

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