Have you seen that “What Your Favorite Band Says About You” video series on YouTube? While I can’t say I agree with all of the creator’s comments (particularly his assessments of 90s Alternative), I thought it was a pretty interesting collection of artists, in that many of which were entirely unknown to me prior to watching.
And while I get the impression that some of these are not going to be to my taste (if you’ve seen the videos, you know) – if you, like me, are interested in expanding your musical horizons, I’ve assembled a list of non-mainstream bands mentioned in the series, so you don’t have to sift through every video yourself.
Not all of these are new to me – and of course, your own familiarity with these bands will vary (maybe one of them is in fact your favorite) – but I’ve omitted all the household names and staples of pop culture mentioned in the series, to arrive at a list of what I would consider to be bands less likely to be known by everyone:
Sabaton
Gojira
Ghost
Bullet for My Valentine
Mayhem
Hopsin
Car Seat Headrest
Suicide Silence
Daughters
Royal Blood
Mount Eerie
Kraftwerk
Lamb of God
Meshuggah
Cannibal Corpse
The Mars Volta
The Hu
Hollywood Undead
Bring Me The Horizon
Death Grips
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Everything Everything
Alestorm
100 GECS
Nothing But Thieves
Polyphia
Animals as Leaders
Devin Townsend
BabyMetal
Black Veil Brides
Ice Nine Kills
Swans
Dream Theater
Dragonforce
Three Days Grace
Nightwish
Killswitch Engage
Waterparks
Motionless in White
Ween
Starset
Melvins
Lemon Demon
Pierce the Veil
Type O Negative
Trivium
Bon Iver
MISFITS
Falling in Reverse
Blood on the Dance Floor
Ninja Sex Party
Electric Wizard
Mr. Bungle
Helloween
Burzum
Dethkolk
Cynic
Powerwolf
Amon Amarth
Volbeat
Nothing More
Mindless Self Indulgence
Children of BODOM
Sleep
Halestorm
Opeth
Mother Mother
Awolnation
Scars on Broadway
Palaye Royale
Behemoth
Alt-J
Sleeping with Sirens
Beast in Black
Atreyu
Interpol
Arcade Fire
Sleep Token
Knocked Loose
The Living Tombstone
Fleet Foxes
Code Orange
Pentagram
Death
Alexisonfire
Attila
Nekrogoblikon
Atarashi Gakko!
Captain Beefheart
Have a Nice Life
Fair to Midland
Purple Disco Machine
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Band of Horses
Carcass
Men I Trust
At the Drive-in
Justice
Carpenter Brut
Aphex Twin
Closure in Moscow
Rainbow
Bad Wolves
Nails
Don Broco
Parkway Drive
A Day to Remember
Protest the Hero
Lorna Shore
Periphery
Attack Attack!
Japanese Breakfast
Whitechapel
Korpiklaani
Back Country, New Road
Machine Head
Manowar
Manchester Orchestra
Emmure
Deafheaven
Hawthorne Heights
Hobo Johnson
Viagra Boys
The Raconteurs
Wind Rose
Beach House
Electric Callboy
Enter Shikari
Trapt
Xiu Xiu
Dance Gavin Dance
Rare Americans
Baroness
Him