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Music Tuesday #063: Metal wasn't my first love

I can't stand most of the metal genres (https://mapofmetal.com), I kind a got stuck on Alternative Metal, Nu Metal and some Grunge.  I never really understood some of the more extreme forms.  Although I have some Death Metal in my collection as well as some Symphonic Metal.

There are two Belgian bands that I have come across worth looking further into.  First up Amenra, a band who's been churning out music for a about twenty years now.  I found this song quite enjoyable. To be continued.

Amenra - A solitary reign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD7bxyzFbC4

And then Brutus, new kids on my block. This live recording got me really interested.  I liked the clean guitar sound and the singer/drummer's voice with the little mistakes at the beginning of the song.  This is so far from the hyper clean voices which a computer auto-tuned to death (American songs for kids suffer from this to the extreme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX20kcp7j5c).

Brutus - War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBRYSlKDlws

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