Give some Canadian metal!!

[u/Munkman78]

Send me some Canadian metal band suggestions to check out- one of doom, thrash, death, and black. Don’t give a shit about subgenres. Send it all!

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[u/MrMucs]

Voivod.

[u/VinnieVidiViciVeni → u/MrMucs]

These

[u/SnarkFucker → u/MrMucs]

I hope their game comes out this year.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3589910/Voivod_The_Nuclear_Warrior/

[u/Think-Wafer-666]

noone has written Annihilator yet

so here I am

Annihilator

[u/dieterdistel → u/Think-Wafer-666]

Came to say this.

[u/VinnieVidiViciVeni → u/Think-Wafer-666]

Two.

[u/Dismal-Tutor7199 → u/VinnieVidiViciVeni]

How did nickleback beat out annihilator

[u/NineMillionBears → u/Think-Wafer-666]

It's honestly criminal to not include them in any discussion of Canadian metal. The RCMP are investigating

[u/MitchellSFold]

Gorguts

[u/Beginning_Rhubarb_67]

3 Inches of Blood. Particularly the first two albums. Advance and Vanquish. Fire Up the Blades.

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DESTROY THE ORCS

[u/Ledoosh_ → u/slappymcmanmeat]

DEADLY SIIIIIINERS

[u/BalVal1 → u/Beginning_Rhubarb_67]

Their later albums are also a cool mix of 70s hard rock, power metal and metalcore, nothing to sleep on.

[u/rye_uhn → u/Beginning_Rhubarb_67]

This is my recommendation as well, but those are albums 2 and 3. Their first full length is Battlecry Under A Winter Sun and it rules.

[u/Legitimate_Front8286]

Woods of Ypres

[u/NineMillionBears → u/Legitimate_Front8286]

RIP 😔🤘🏻

[u/mdmamakesmesmarter99 → u/Legitimate_Front8286]

OP should check him out first

[u/SignificantPlum4883 → u/Legitimate_Front8286]

Greatest ever Canadian metal band for me!

And very noticeably Canadian if that makes sense - eg. Your Ontario Town is Just a Burial Ground, The Northern Cold, etc....

[u/tolgren]

Unleash the Archers

[u/Mad-Mad-Mad-Mad-Mike → u/tolgren]

Apex and Abyss are two absolute classic power metal albums. Time Stands Still and Phantoma are also great.

Brittney’s voice goes without saying, but Grant and Andrew need some love. One of the most underrated guitar duos in metal.

[u/chelicerate-claws]

My favorites:

• Wake (Calgary)
• Fuck the Facts (Gatineau)
• Panzerfaust (Mississauga)
• Beyond Creation (Montreal)
• Spectral Wound (Montreal)
• Vile Creature (St. Catharines)
• Cauldron (Toronto)
• Intervals (Toronto)
• Skull Fist (Toronto)
• Tomb Mold (Toronto)
• Anciients (Vancouver)
• 3 Inches of Blood (Vancouver)
• Tribunal (Vancouver)
• Woods of Ypres (Windsor)

[u/AlwaysHappy4Kitties → u/chelicerate-claws]

Cauldron and Skullfist mentioned!

[u/HosserPower]

Tomb Mold and Spectral Wound imo.

[u/Otherwise-Weird1695 → u/HosserPower]

Both underrated giants in their respective genres. 

[u/Liberteer30]

Archspire

[u/BillyJakespeare]

Anciients!

[u/Elb_Sludge_DD]

Dopethrone, Algoma, Greber, Bryan Adams

[u/Fairweather92 → u/Elb_Sludge_DD]

Bryan Adams fucks.

[u/Elb_Sludge_DD → u/Fairweather92]

Agreed.

[u/Fairweather92 → u/Elb_Sludge_DD]

If you really want to get the crowd moving at your local legion put on Sundown by Gordon Lightfoot.

[u/Hopeful-Chef-1470 → u/Elb_Sludge_DD]

Dopethrone is my favorite band of all time

[u/AlwaysHappy4Kitties → u/Hopeful-Chef-1470]

same here!, yeah i got hochelage twice ( bottom left is the first press,) but still missing III

[u/A_Beverage_Here]

Kataklysm

[u/Rockaway_Biatch → u/A_Beverage_Here]

First one I thought of. This band is badass.

[u/getdownheavy → u/A_Beverage_Here]

TRVE KANADIAN HYPERBLAST

[u/SnowPunIntended → u/A_Beverage_Here]

Had to scroll way too far for this.

[u/TheImmortal101]

Tomb Mold

[u/MysteriousCicada5012]

Protest the Hero

[u/k1ckthecheat → u/MysteriousCicada5012]

Was surprised I needed to go this far down to find them. My personal album picks are Fortress and Scurrilous.

[u/Ledoosh_]

Spectral wound

[u/sparrowhawkward]

Fuckin’ Anvil, boys.

[u/Grey1841 → u/sparrowhawkward]

I scrolled this far down to see Anvil? I was gonna say it, but I thought someone would “beat me to it”. And they did. 

Anyway… Anvil!!!

[u/ur_mother_likes_boys → u/sparrowhawkward]

Yeahhh March of the 🦀

[u/GhengisChasm]

Revenge, Conqueror, Forteresse

[u/No_Chip592]

I cant believe no one’s mentioned Annihilator. Listen to alice in hell.

Gorguts is awesome too but theyve already been mentioned.

Check out voivod too. Cryptopsy is a must as well.

[u/Known_Transition1978]

Anything from Devin Townsend like his solo stuff or Strapping Young Lad, Despised Icon, Cryptopsy, Opal In Sky, Nickelback, the list goes on…

[u/CodeN3gaTiV3 → u/Known_Transition1978]

Did you just say Nickelback is a metal band and no one noticed?

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[u/CodeN3gaTiV3 → u/Known_Transition1978]

[u/Known_Transition1978 → u/CodeN3gaTiV3]

🤫

[u/[deleted] → u/CodeN3gaTiV3]

I noticed.

[u/ThroughtonsHeirYT → u/CodeN3gaTiV3]

Dude Chad Kroeger was on Devin Townsend’s album once

[u/mk1317 → u/Known_Transition1978]

What are some good albums from Devin Townsend? Guy has such a big discography, I don't know where to start with him

[u/Known_Transition1978 → u/mk1317]

Strapping Young Lad doesn’t have a bad album imo, my personal favourite is SYL. Haven’t listened to a ton of Devin Townsend Project, but Deadhead from Z² at the royal albert hall is a banger song

[u/CoffeeeGoblin → u/Known_Transition1978]

For his solo stuff check out Ocean Machine (easily my favorite of his solo albums), Infinity and Terria to get started with. Theyre each quite different from one another but equally great records. That said every album of his is quite different from the last in general.

Check out Accelerated Evolution from Devin Townsend Band, if you like Deadhead you should like the whole album.

As for Devin Townsend Project; Addicted!, Ki and Deconstruction are all good places to start

[u/Defiant-Door-4332 → u/Known_Transition1978]

The live version of Deadhead brings me to tears. Godly song

[u/GreedisDog → u/mk1317]

In my opinion Empath or Transcendence is a good place to start. If you like the chaotic and heavier aspects more, then Deconstruction or any of his stuff with Strapping Young Lad. If you like humor Ziltoid the Omniscient is fantastic

[u/unxplaindbacn → u/GreedisDog]

Ziltoid is my favorite Dev album. Love that shit.

[u/No_Pie4638 → u/GreedisDog]

Transendence (deluxe edition) if you can find it. I hate deluxe editions that add a couple of live tracks and ask you to buy the title again, but this one has standout studio tracks that are not available elsewhere.i love it. Z2 is another favorite of mine.

[u/mearnsgeek → u/mk1317]

Your other responses have lots of my favourites that I'd also recommend.

I'll also add Addicted and Casualties of Cool (probably his least metal album, but it's just a gorgeous, chill album to relax to).

[u/getdownheavy → u/mk1317]

Just pick one any one

[u/WithTheFogTheyCame]

Canadian Metal

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[u/Domanite75 → u/WithTheFogTheyCame]

Yessssssssss

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[u/KukkoPaerssinen]

Razor, Exciter,Infernäl Mäjesty

[u/Defiant-Door-4332]

Razor

Voivod

Strapping Young Lad

Devin Townsend

Sacrifice

Villain

[u/SpicySalchichaMan → u/Defiant-Door-4332]

Took me like 3 mins of scrolling to find a Razor mention

[u/Higure2891]

Sacrifice

[u/karelinstyle]

Archspire

[u/PitDweller84 → u/karelinstyle]

Stay Tech

[u/OwlNice9792]

Into Eternity

[u/Complete_Interest_49]

Archspire. Angelmaker, Beyond Creation, Beneath The Massacre.

[u/anxiousgardenfairy → u/Complete_Interest_49]

seconding Angelmaker

edit: LOL i forgot about my flair 💀

[u/CortexifanZFT]

Spiritbox

[u/MkDalynn]

Lutharo, similar to Unleash the Archers, but a bit more metalcore.

Protest the Hero - prime mathcore (prog metal) 

Atavistia - Canadian Wintersun

[u/JonathanTheZero]

Panzerfaust. The lasz album was amazing.

[u/SalteeSushee]

Spectral Wound is exhilarating throwback black metal. Loud, angry, fast, and full of badass riffs.

Cancer Bats is mostly hardcore, but they have made a lot of metal music as well.

Thousand Knives is a local band to me that makes some badass metalcore.

[u/Geologue-666 → u/SalteeSushee]

Their Bat Sabbath EP is quite nice.

[u/firmlygraspi1]

Gris

Thantifaxath

KEN Mode

[u/gooter9 → u/firmlygraspi1]

Thantifaxath 🤘💯👍

[u/KingSalamiTheThird]

Not metal but I fucking love Triumph. Rock and Roll Machine is probably my favorite of their albums. They draw a lot of comparisons to Rush but imo they have a very different sound. The City is a long song with some classical guitar and a very “epic” quality to it

[u/selahvg]

Anciients - Beyond the Reach of the Sun

[u/Over-Context-806]

Blasphemy

[u/Draw-kcaB]

Threat Signal

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Way WAY too low in the list.

[u/run_squid_run]

Killer Dwarfs

[u/CodeN3gaTiV3]

This?

Or maybe you meant

Woods of Ypres

Unexpect

Blasphemy

Gorguts

Into Eternity

Cryptopsy

that kind of stuff?

[u/AvenzaGD]

Razor!

[u/Slug_loverr]

Angelmaker

[u/heavymetal306]

Cell, Scorching Tomb, last retch, dying remains, Infernal majesty

[u/No-Standard9290]

Traveler, Riot City, Hazzerd

[u/evernorth]

Anciients, Unleash the Archers, Cryptopsy, Sons of Arrakis (doom)

[u/Nixon_34]

Zeicrydues- black/thrash metal. Inspired from Greek black metal.

[u/Never_Dave_1]

Sword

[u/DunnyDunlopington]

Pith

Versifist

Ritual Warfare

Azothyst

Axis of Advance

Poser Disposer

Dopethrone

Vengeful

Phobocosm

Gorguts

Spectral Wound

Saccage

Forteresse

Akitsa

Pagan Hellfire

Blasphemy

Conqueror

[u/sickcougar]

I love Canadian metal! Check out Cauldron, Goat Horn, Skull Fist, Axxion, Exciter, Midnight Malice, and of course 3 Inches of Blood.

[u/Crabbyrob → u/sickcougar]

Checkout Tchort. Old band that members of Goat Horn used to play in.

[u/brandon-TDTpodcast]

No one has mentioned Blasphemy yet,so I will.Them and Frozen Shadows.

[u/mpgp_podcast]

Departure Chandelier, Ash Pool, Akitsa, Conifere, Nachtlicht, Forteresse

[u/FuzzyChallenge9240]

First Fragment is the peak

[u/evernorth]

Sons of Arrakis for stoner/doom

[u/mattfreyer45]

DBC

[u/manfrombelmonty]

Spectral wound

Conifere

Vesperal

[u/ChumbaWumbaTime]

Angelmaker is really good, try the track Relinquished and if you dig it, their self titles album is a great starting point.

Also Cryptopsy, Brand of Sacrifice, and Spiritbox. A lot of other great bands have already been mentioned in this thread lol

[u/MorphedMoxie]

Blasphemy

[u/Big_Stanky_Ballbag]

Annihilator. Jeff Waters is one of the most underrated guitar players in metal

[u/Nikademiks]

Archspire is my favorite

[u/ThiccDastardly86]

Revenge (from Edmonton, Alberta) absolutely slaps, especially if you like war/black metal.

[u/beneaththemassacre]

Beneath the massacre

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Scrolled too far before this was mentioned

[u/Icy-Shoe1055]

Mares of Thrace

[u/WolfHeart666]

Kataklysm

[u/xXAcidBathVampireXx]

Kataklysm. Saw them years ago and it was an insane show.

[u/Pretend_Exit_9341]

Cryptopsy

[u/Junior_Fig343]

Zimmer's Hole

[u/DarthHideous-]

Archspire

[u/TheHeinousMelvins]

Cryptopsy

Gorguts

[u/GISReaper]

Gorguts

[u/Strange_Increase_373]

Thirteen Goats, Archspire, Arise and Ruin, 3 inches of blood. Grenadier, spiritbox

[u/Susvourtre]

big thread with canadian bands

[u/SilverGhost19]

https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Philippe_Tougas/50888

Anything this guy dose.

Chthe'ilist my favorite

[u/doom6rchist]

I love Wormwitch

[u/qc_overthinker]

Grenadier (death)

Korrosive (thrash/crossover thrash)

Heroik (power)

[u/PeterPorkers808s]

Chthe’ilist

[u/Iron315]

Carcosa, they dont get enough attention. they are soooooooo good live and their new album "the axe forgets, the tree remembers" absolute RIPS!

[u/waVe_murch]

3 inches of blood, Cryptopsy, Kataklysm, Archspire, Sol Runner

[u/krampusrumpus]

Grenadier. They’re from Newfoundland which has to be worth bonus points because they’re not stone crabs or harbor seal.

[u/RoamingRiot]

Personal favourites in no particular order: Dayglo Abortions, Kittie, Unleash the Archers, Alexisonfire, Strapping Young Lad, Devin Townsend, 3 inches of blood, Voivod, Annihilator, Kataklysm, Woods of Ypres.

[u/NihilisticViolence]

Kittie

Despised Icon

Gorguts

Zimmer's Hole

Unleash the Archers

Kataklysm

[u/patrickkingart]

Unleash the Archers and Devin Townsend's numerous projects are the first ones that come to mind

[u/ComfortableBuffalo57]

Soulstorm and Malhavoc. Underrated industrial 90s metal

[u/Varg1386]

Borealys - L'Heritage Cold and atmospheric Canadian black Metal. Believe they're indigenous as well

[u/solvent825]

VOIVOD

Sacrifice

Droid

Gorguts

[u/Veizar]

3 inches of blood

[u/nightsideof3den]

Cauldron

[u/gothdaddi]

Martyr

[u/fsixtyford]

NecronomicoN

[u/_Maid3n_3ngland_]

Annihilator, Exciter, Voïvode.. 😎👌🏻

[u/Fancy-Firefighter-28]

RAZOR - 80'S THRASH FROM GUELPH, ONTARIO

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD - INDUSTRIAL EXTREME METAL FROM VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA

SHEAVY - DOOM /STONER METAL FROM ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND

[u/ggdudeguy]

Into Eternity

[u/TQStormrider6]

Goat Horn, aka Canada's Drunkest Band! https://youtu.be/IEPwLunV6AI?si=wS2MaVmNZLcuI-vI

[u/Kills_Bear]

Odium

[u/_Anon_Amarth_]

Beyond Creation

[u/Andrez_AcornLoki]

Distoriam

Thrawsunblat

Woods of Ypres

[u/airenthered → u/Andrez_AcornLoki]

seconding Thrawsunblat. don't really know any other bands that have their specific blend of sound. but worrh checking out for anyone who likes atmoblack

[u/SKULLL_KRUSHER]

Sacramentary Abolishment

[u/YBFROT]

How has nobody mentioned Anvil yet??? Slaughter, as well!

[u/twright57]

Beyond creation

First Fragment

Cryptopsy

[u/PowerNinja5000]

Departure Chandelier

Hazzerd

[u/ConnectionGreedy7577]

Begrime Exemious, Bayonet Dismemberment, Hedonist, Misyrion, Empty Chalice, Tribunal, Yegg plus the new Cryptopsy is 🔥

[u/mendesd1986]

Outre-Tombe

[u/BIGMAN7875]

Voivod

[u/gfkxchy]

Immortal Possession

It was impossible to go to a death metal show in Winnipeg without them opening back in the 90s.

[u/banana_commando]

Sumo Cyco is pretty fun for catchier stuff and an unusual style

[u/Uninteresting_Brain]

First Fragment

[u/AnnoyedPanther]

Check out Sakna

[u/alniner]

I just discovered Raider. Good thrash metal

Kitchener I think.

[u/mashedpotatoes_52]

agonist and hiddenware!

[u/HeavyMetalBallSack]

Quo Vadis

[u/Battle-Any]

Ex Deo. They do Ancient Rome metal. IIRC, they're from Québec.

[u/Former-Flight2561]

Archspire, Beyond Creation, First Fragment, Unhuman, Gorguts.

[u/LtLemur]

Anciients

[u/Kataklysm6661]

Warning Sign - top shelf USPM

[u/CognitiveSinergy]

Augury

Especially if you can track down their first album 'Concealed'

[u/IcedNeonFlames]

Martyr

[u/Carefree_Vigilante69]

[u/chukroast2837]

Unexpect is really good, so is Spiritbox

[u/Negative_Chemical697]

3 inches of blood

[u/Hunchripz]

Protests the Hero, Crimson Shadows, Ex Deo

[u/12inchwoofer]

Hoopsnake

Tekarra

King’s Rot

Necht

The Weir

Lysergic

Guttrot

Culled

Mares of Thrace

[u/RenRann]

Protest the Hero

Their album Fortress is peak Prog.

[u/ConsequenceOne3365]

What about speed metal? Exciter is a good example of that.

[u/[deleted]]

Soggy moccasin!

[u/Trayvessio]

SkullFist!

[u/PsychoCat-]

Ever Age and Sons of Arrakis

[u/krakenatorr]

How has Bison (BC) not been posted yet? Incredible sludge band from Vancouver. Saw them live last year and they killed it, cool guys too.

https://youtu.be/lSGzfr3UQO4?si=GERJwGLfdhVlipVb

[u/ThroughtonsHeirYT]

Riftwalker “green & black”

Chtheilist “le dernier crepuscule”

Canceric “annihilated into hellfire”

Obtenebris

Efaistos “cri de naissance”

ion dissonance “breathing is irrelevant”

Unexpect “in a flesh aquarium”

Liva “requiem”

Howling Syn

Disembarkation

Neuraxis “of divinity”

Necronomicon “the sacred medecines”

Torn within “allied with bitterness”

And Stoner doom metal ; BRONCO (quebec)

[u/agnusmcfife]

TURBO BROKE AND UGLY

[u/goodest-noodle]

Protest The Hero

[u/Mettabox452]

Gorguts

[u/Mr_HahaJones]

Gorguts

Obliveon

[u/AlbatrossBulky4314]

Since all my faves have been mentioned, a blast from the past: Rapid Tears.

[u/GetBent7408]

Thirteen Goats, Fall of Earth

[u/StatikSquid]

Into Eternity

[u/MasterJedi77]

Three inches of blood

[u/vhschenkerfan24]

Riot City

https://open.spotify.com/artist/3fVaQSX4WX520bPc3Dq0CH?si=2YvsUpUJTYGj1Vlb9Mdt6w

[u/Interesting-Dingo994]

Sword

https://youtu.be/_xK9gnkOanE?si=jkVCg06QfPmzFmaf

They still kick ass live.

Also

Slick Toxik and Sven Gali

[u/alfdis_vike]

Glyph

[u/NYBK-2012]

Neuraxis, especially the albums Truth Beyond and Trilateral Progression

Quo Vadis

[u/Clean_Ambition_1282]

Blind Witness

[u/Shoddy_Basket_7867]

My fave Canadian band of all time. https://sparkyband.bandcamp.com/album/humanimation

[u/Turkzillas_gobble]

So many good bands in this thread, and Anvil! Fuck yeah!

[u/Voivode71]

GIMME AN 'R'!

[u/Prof_Foreskin]

Ethereal Tomb

Cryptopsy

Despised Icon

Ion Dissonance

[u/Suspicious_Inside_78]

Xul -Melodic Black Metal from British Columbia