I myself enjoy listening to metal periodically, but I'm a casual fan. I want to build a background playlist to help ground the players in it's art and style.

I'm thinking light/low vocal Black / Doom / Death / Prog metal. Looking for music that drives the listeners to action while avoiding taking over center stage.

So far I have grabbed some Igorr, some DOOM 2016 Soundtrack, some Rigor Mortis, Inferi, Cannibal Corpse, and a bunch of random stuff from Spotify suggestions, though I'm struggling to really make it a cohesive vibe.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

EDIT: Thank you all so much for the help! This is awesome! What a great community.

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[–] Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Frank Klepacki (of Command&Conquer fame) might have some stuff that fits the vibe.
dance with the dead, they are more synthi though.
doom 1 and 2 ost is basically all metal covers, andrew hulshults version is great if you don't want the original soundtrack and sigils soundtrack by buckethead has some bangers.
the ost of the game dusk
ost of the mod quake champions: doom edition.
the band bolt thrower
meshuggah

i'd also suggest not planning to have music for the whole session, have some for slower paced scenes and some for special encounters that way you don't have to have a super cohesive soundtrack.

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

the band bolt thrower

That's pretty low on the list for a band that writes songs about Warhammer.

[–] Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

in my memory they had cleaner vocals which would distract my adhd brain so i had to listen to them while writing the list, turns out they'd work for me ;)