I’m a fan of mashing two genres together. It’s recognizable songs in a new format!
Bluegrass covers of Rock songs
Metal covers of classical music
Classical covers of Pop songs
Video game music played by a Big Band
Wild obscure shit!
Frog Leap Studios has some great metal. Covers of other genres
This is the goal over at !coververse@lemmy.world Check it out
You may really enjoy Bridge City Sinners then!
They do mostly Bluegrass/Folk but they have this metal vibe to a lot of their stuff. Their vocalist is fantastic and the song I linked feels like I’d be in the middle of a Cowboy Saloon barfight.
Bridge City Sinners are great! I was so disappointed to learn of them just after they’d come through my city on tour.
That they are. I just found them recently. They’re certainly out of my usual wheelhouse but I’ve really been enjoying a lot of old folk and country. This kinda bridges the gap perfectly.
I discovered them through this Murderfolk playlist on Spotify. That playlist introduced me to the murderfolk genre and a lot of bands.
The Norfolk Orchestra has some neat covers of Radiohead. Definitely worth listening to.
That kinda describes Ween’s oeuvre.
You might enjoy this then.
Nice! I dig it!
Mariachi el Bronx do covers of pop songs.
Math rock! The different time signatures are really fun, and it has a midwest emo feel
these are kind of micro-genres since there’s only a few bands playing in these styles:
- brass house - saxophone-based dance rock. Moon Hooch, Too Many Zooz, and their combined side-project Thundersmack.
- low rock - sax and bass guitar jazz rock style originated by the band Morphine, and continued by Monique Ortiz and the band Bourbon Princess
I’m sorry to say this, but… shut the front door, there’s a genre of music like Morphine and I wasn’t informed until now?! Thank you for this knowledge, I’ll be checking both bands out tomorrow! :)
Well calling it a whole genre is a bit of a stretch. Mark Sandman of Morphine coined the term “low rock” for their type of music and there’s a couple bands heavily influenced by them that also use that label. Monique Ortiz makes music that continues the low rock vibe, and then she’s collaborated with Morphine’s drummer on Bourbon Princess, and put out an album with Morphine’s saxophonist as “A.K.A.C.O.D.” And there’s also the band “Twinemen” with former Morphine members.
The Burgundian School of early Renaissance, (mostly) secular composers.
Yeah! I was going to say Renaissance choral music generally. Which records do you recommend?
L’homme Arme is such a cool composition. I’d love to hear a more period-accurate version, but this one is pretty great anyway.
Occult Rock; it’s the transition somewhere between psychedelic rock and heavy metal.
Relatively unknown nowadays but it you like psych or heavy metal you’ll probably enjoy it.
Lots of powerful, bluesy, female vocals.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVuPdhZTnQm25n6QmFyXzCYkKaQamN2F_
Not sure if it qualifies as lesser known, but Australian hip hop is pretty fantastic. Stuff like Hilltop Hoods, Bliss & Eso, Draupht, Illy, etc. You’ve probably heard a song or two without realizing it.
Not sure if this is really a genre as I have only seen one artist make it, but almost anything Apashe released 2020 and beyond. It’s a blend of orchestral and EDM/trap. I am unsure if this mix has a name or if it’s just “Orchestral EDM” or something.
A few examples:
Gypsy Jazz
