I know there's gotta be at least one or two of you in here...

[Noise]

I'm currently in need of more heavy music. Examples of such would include Whitechapel, Molotov Solution, Waking the Cadaver, Pitbulls in the Nursery, Pathology, Misericordiam... etc. Anything in that range, pretty much.

And if it's anything that's backed by a major label (Relapse, Century Media, Metal Blade, etc...) chances are I already have it. But on the other side of that, nothing that sounds like it was recorded in some guys basement for $20, please.

I know there's gotta be a couple of you here that can help me out a bit.

[The_virus]

I'll throw a few Canadian suggestions at you because Canuck bands often enjoy national success, but never cross the borders.

You've probably heard of 3 Inches of Blood. I'm not crazy about them, but if you're looking for screaming vocals and thrash, check 'em out.

Bucket Truck broke up years ago, but you can probably still sample their stuff on YouTube, the sound is obviously junk though. "No Other Way" is a good place to start, a lot of their videos were animated after that one which is at least interesting to watch. Production values ramped up later, as seen in "People Are Watching".

Cancer Bats are enjoying some success now with the release of their sophomore album Hail Destroyer. Check out the title track from that. There's the usual fanbase who prefers the debut album Birthing the Giant but I find a mix of the two is best.

If you want to LOL, search for Voivod "Ravenous Medicine" on YouTube. Dated effects, cheese, and even a syringe apparently filled with "AIDS".

Grimskunk are OK, fairly hit and miss. The easiest to find track on YouTube would probably be "Comatose" because it was a single on MuchMusic/MusiquePlus for a while years ago.

I'd say out of those choices, Cancer Bats are the closest to what you're looking for. Anyone else lurking in here, I highly suggest you watch the vid for "Hail Destroyer". It's visually interesting to say the least, especially the final few seconds.

[Noise]

Among Canadian bands, what I'm currently leaning more towards is Cryptopsy, Kataklysm, Despised Icon, and the ilk. :p

Among those you listed, I have both Cancer Bats albums. Really, really good stuff.

3 Inches of Blood is eh... I dunno, I'm really not a fan of power metal, not to say they necessarily are power metal, but they definably tread the water. I can listen to them sparingly.

I'm simply not a fan of Voivod.

I looked up that Grimskunk song, as I had no idea who they were, and as the song progressed, I went from "meh" to "eh, not too bad, I could listen to this" to "completely bored of it" all before the 2 minute mark.

[Ihsahn]

Seeing as they're on Earache you've probably covered them, but are The Boy Will Drown along the right lines? It's not really my area of expertise... Ion Dissonance maybe? Sylosis aren't particularly huge, but I wouldn't say they were exactly in that genre. At all. Um...

[Civil Disobedient]

If you're looking for more technical metal, try out Psycroptic, Odious Mortem, Arsis, Obscura, Anata, Into The Moat, Disavowed, Beneath The Massacre, Dying Fetus, Malignancy, Cynic, and Origin. I could describe each band a bit more but you're probably better off hitting up each one on MySpace.

I would start with Obscura, they put out their debut "Cosmogenesis" recently, two ex-members of Necrophagist. Listen to the song "Anticosmic Overload" first, it's incredible.

There's tons more I could recommend too, but I didn't want to turn this post into a giant list. You might not be into these since most of the bands you mentioned fall into the regrettable "deathcore" genre but it's worth a shot.

[Ihsahn]

The Red Shore have their moments; Australia has developed a habit of throwing out some good bands recently.

Desecrate Arcadia sound ****ing rubbish to me. I don't know. Don't bother checking them out.

As This Body, I Exist seem to be the right sort of thing, with the vocals and whatnot. But they also don't seem to have recorded any music? Helpful, I admit.

As She Dies use a drum machine, and therefore might not be a real band.

As Legend Has It seem to have broken up, and they use some irritating samples from what I can tell (I have listened to about 40 seconds of one song). They do win points for having a slightly cool name, though I'm growing tired of this 'band names beginning with 'As'' trend. Scratch that, they also use some cool samples. Hmm.

Architype don't know how to spell 'archetype,' but that might be deliberate. They clearly fit your bill too. No wait, I think every song they do sounds exactly the same. I don't know if this is a good thing.

Annihilate The Crown have broken up. All of these bands have broken up. Oh dear. Their photos make them look about 10 too. I wish I was that good at guitar when I was 10.

And Their Eyes Were Bloodshot have one of those band names where you know exactly what they'll sound like without listening to them. Bit of promise though, and they've toured with just about everyone, apparently.

Among A Fallen Casket have about two songs, their name doesn't make any sense, and the pictures of them are hilarious. And I think their drummer is dead. Basically they have nothing going for them.

Endwell actually advertise their music on myspace as '2-step,' which I hope is a joke. Noone should call themselves that. And even then they're failures, because the only joke tag you should use on myspace is 'melodramatic popular song.'

All The Heathers Are Dying is another stupid name. What are these people thinking? That said, their music is seemingly more interesting than any of the other bands I've mentioned. They have this weird groove going. I quite like this.

Afternoon At The Autopsy just ruined everything with a horrific attempt at clean vocals in the middle of a song. Oh God. It's gets worse. Worth checking out just to see how a band can turn a merely average song into a terrible song.

About A Plane Crash claim to be endorsed by Framus, which makes me hate them a little bit. Music should suit you.

Man the Lifeboats sound as though they wish they were all of the bands you mentioned. Check them out.

Mia Hope have apparently tricked someone from Eden Maine into joining them. Their vocalist used to go by the psuedonym 'Pasty,' I think. I don't know much more about them... I saw them live about 4 years ago and they were ****. They've probably improved by now.

A Switch Below claim to be 'on a break,' which is code for 'no-one listened to us so we broke up.' They do, however, sound half-decent. Less deathcore, mind, but worth a listen.

A King's Worthy Moustache don't seem to have any music barring a few live videos. Maybe you'll have better luck searching. Either way, I put them here because that name is so bad it's good. It's better than good.

A Different Breed of Killer's drummer does hip-hop on the side. Fact. They're pretty good though, a bit Abigail Williams-ish in places. So not what you asked for. But good.

A .12 Gauge Tragedy make correct use of the 'melodromatic popular song' option. But I think they're really, really boring. You be the judge.

12 Straight Months of Winter are Australian. Australians do this really well. Go figure.



EDIT: Oh man, you have to check out At The Throne of Judgement, if you haven't already. Just do it.

[Cardinal]

Gonna go with Civil and Ihsahn and recommend Beneath the Massacre and The Red Shore.

Umm...

I'll also recommend Carnifex, The Faceless, Impending Doom, The Irish Front, The Red Chord, and Underneath the Gun (I'd recommend their first album 'The Awakening', it's much better than their new one, 'Forfeit Misfortunes).

It's pretty likely you already know of most of those, so bleh.

Oh, also, I'm not sure if you'd really like them, but I've currently started listening to Omnium Gatherum. Check them out if you want.