PLEASE go check out music from any of these groups if you can. They're incredible.

Animals As Leaders would definitely be right up your ally. Tosin is a master at guitar

I only listen to metal, nothing else. But content creators like you, made me appreciate jazz and even learn some music theory.

When it comes to screaming once you view their voice as an instrument it’s art

Ahhh yes, the classic “this finally clicked for me” reaction to Bleed. What a life-changing moment we’ve all been through 🤘

Metal will thaw your soul!

If you're getting into this type of music, you can't avoid TesseracT. They are going to go down in history, I swear.

So happy to see the Contortionist mentioned. They're wildly underrated.

I'd really love to see you look into Polyphia because I think you'd really get a kick out of them!

Polyphia should be right in the mood you search without the whole screaming

Language changed my life. That is all.

I love seeing when non-metal people start loving the metal I've been listening to for years.

The contortionist live sounds exactly like the album. Those guys are amazing.

That "Thrive" song SLAPS so hard

Blackwater Park by Opeth is a magnificent album from their Death Metal era, and is absolutely a must listen from the Progressive Metal catalogue.

An insanely incredible band is Gojira. Super technical, groovy, unique and heavy! They have such a great balance of everything, They are amazing.

If you like Jazz-influenced metal, you should totally check out the band I play sax in: Rivers of Nihil. We just did a US tour with The Contortionist where they played "Language" and "Exoplanet" in full, and the other bois just did a European run right after. Little darker and more emotional than analytical at most points, but check em out!

This video allowed me to discover The Contortionist, which was how I first got into metal. From there, I discovered a similar band called TesseracT who have been my favourite band since I found out about them nearly a year ago. Their music has had such an impact on me and on my own composition, and had it not been for this video, that never would have happened. So thank you, please keep making amazing videos. 🤘

I think Opeth might tip you over into "okay, harsh vocals are cool" territory. Listen to their 2005 album Ghost Reveries, if you never have, or one of their newer albums (though Mikael's gotten away from harsh vocals since 2011's Heritage).

"Getting metal band recommendations from Charles Cornell" was definitely not on my bingo card today, but here we are! Thrive freaking slaps man