Also experimental electronics, avantgarde, ‘world music’, some funk, and a bit of indie rock.
I don’t really know anything about mainstream pop, r’n’b, or pop-rock, and especially don’t listen to lyrics so can’t say anything about rap, country, or ‘singer-songwriter’ music except that The Last Poets were the progenitors of rap, and The Velvet Underground said most of the stuff I need to hear. I do know a bit about 90s music like eurodance, and a little of 80s popular music, by the virtue of having grown among it.
P.S. The Invidious instance I use is broken (just like the last time I made such a thread), so unless your artist is on Bandcamp or free on Soundcloud, I probably won’t be able to answer new requests.
Just because I am curios and you said you are into metal and industrial: Something similar to Author & Punisher.
Unfortunately Author & Punisher doesn’t really jibe with me — I’ve listened to him multiple times in the past, and not sure why, but he doesn’t seem too interesting. I’ll have to listen to him again to remember his style, but I promise I won’t leave you hanging.
In the meantime, try Imminent’s ‘Cask Strength’ and ‘The Humanoid Problem’ for the heck of it.
Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll have a listen.
Maybe try A&P’s newer stuff? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdc_cQh2x_k
Also from another person’s comment here: Circuit Preacher’s ‘Heaven Can’t Heal’ — it’s more electronic rather than metal, but likewise evokes 90s popular industrial quite a bit. (The dude released a whole bunch of singles, but this is the only album.)
I’ve listened through the last album: Imminent was rather off the mark. I guess I can properly say now why Author & Punisher doesn’t work for me. He’s gimmicky, and his music sounds quite a bit like 90s industrial-rock/metal — Rob Zombie, Powerman 5000, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, that kind of stuff — but without any of the fun, and really nothing but nonstop angst all the time.
Though I dig the doom-y sound of ‘Rook’: I like aggressive doom like that, and combining it with industrial is pretty cool.
Aside from the above-mentioned guys (and perhaps Fear Factory and Ministry), check out these, also from back in the day:
Samael
Revolting Cocks
The Damage Manual — properly starts from the second track
KMFDM — their music is mostly samey, but they made a few bangers