r/bossanova

Guitar only, no singing

Hi guys, my first original Bossa Nova single is out – I'd love your feedback: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/hamzahalitovi/o-mar-sussurra-o-teu-nome

hi guys!! as the title suggests, I'm looking for people to nerd out to about this genre, because no one around me is as into it as i am at all. to preface this, I grew up with bossa nova, it's embedded into my soul. I'm from a portuguese and cape verdean family so it's a funky mix. I love love love the historical context behind it, how the melodies and lyricism are never random or to be overlooked. you can get so much from a song... so beautiful. some of my favorites are chico buarque, caetano veloso, gilberto gil, jobim... to name a few. pls hit me up i am so sad!!!

Hello my fellow Meshuggah fans.

I've an entire discography influenced by Meshuggah, as well as prog, black, death metal, but I come to you because of Chaos Metal.

Please check it out :)

Guide: https://imgur.com/a/avantdarke-roadmap-guide-1f2ZqVU or https://postimg.cc/svrCxnJd

A roadmap of the project's albums and recommended songs.

Below are the direct links to the YouTube videos for the currently released projects featured on the chart:

Ragtime Black Metal, from Prometheus, Son of Hades

Album style: Progressive-extreme derivatives

https://youtu.be/5Hi_nFnsNaI?si=U-9F0GLSHC8y8\_dk

Grandious Opening from The Darkest Most Extreme Heaviest Album of All Time

Style: extreme metal aiming to be heavy in a completely different way in each song.

https://youtu.be/_8pFyUhHfYI?si=W8g2G0G4p3t27XyV

Revolution (Nu Black Metal) from Sellout

Style: Pre-genre alternative constructions blending my core style with elements of nu-metal with black metal, trip hop, etc.

https://youtu.be/QfgF02Louhg?si=s8Q-Ni2uWx6-3AIq

Chaos Metal 1 from Chaos Metal / 2nd Wave Progressive Metal

Style: Flagship genre mixing Meshuggah-like rhythm structures with dsbm, plus other genres like Bossa Nova Metal.

https://youtu.be/a5z_E8TCU14?si=r2CS2i1guSaG4wtT

Avantdarke Metal from Madorei Gehenom (The Seven Levels of Hell / My Inferno)

Style: Most unique and personal. Album is filled with black metal tracks, each more depressive than the former, my descent to hell.

https://youtu.be/0B3py9gTfjg?si=lPTdRt8yXxh0MS-6

Trip Hop Black Metal from Experiments Vol I

Style: Juxtapositions on extreme genres. https://youtu.be/1WWygaMOE2M?si=RyjeNbTp0fuSQJQP

Main YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/@opethead3038?si=NotikZMXrgBYSvKk

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Ive always knew who Yamundu Costa was but its only now that ive got the time on my hands to listen to him. Ive been listening to this album only for the past 2 days and cant get enough this stuff. Do yall know any other albums like these where it's more or less just guitar with the same kinda style ?