Been into metal stuff recently but I haven't been able to find a good chunk of creators that at least keep the political stuff aside, so what are some of your recommendations?
By far, the best one that I've come across is "Thralls of Metal", they seem pretty based and I was glad that on the Pantera's ranking they didn't spent like an hour roasting Phil just because of a fucking edgy joke that he made in the past like other faggots in shittube have done (cough...Old...cough...Head). I did watch some of "The Metal Meltdown" videos but I don't like his zoomer way of speaking and he's probably a lefty.
Not a metal head, but Vulgar Display of Power is hands down one of the best albums I've listened to across all genres...heard it when I was a teen and within the last year, it completely holds up.
(Also just posting to follow / go through recommendations. I've gotten more into metal in recent months as well, with Deftones being my favorite.)
Personally, I love the Pantera from "Cowboys from Hell", that album is a 10/10 for me and I believe they managed to find a good middle ground between their classic heavy metal groove and the more thrashy approach to music that they were looking for back then. Didn't have the chance to listen to Pantera back in the day, so I'm pretty new to the band. I've yet to get into Vulgar and their other stuff but what I've listened so far it kicks balls
Cowboys is a really good album, but I don't rate it as highly as you. Where as Vulgar is arguably among the best in its genre.
Then again, as I said, I'm not a metal head; I happen to dabble in it on-and-off, so I don't claim any particular expertise on this topic.