I been getting into metal lately I found the combo that worked for me is

Dopethrone

Showed me the atmosphere I can really enjoy

Dopesmoker

Long technical and rly hard to not see like atleast some of the appeal

None so vile

Damn near slam that’s just stupid caveman music kinda love it very technically impressive too the drummer is incredible

for country & folk found I rly liked

Townes Van Zandt

Blaze Foley

Adrianne Lenker

These 3 are amazing writers Adrianne Lenker is more of a folk/alt country bridge I took Townes s/t some of the best writing I’ve heard in my life I heard it on a plane sad about leaving my ex

Baker 3 got me into The Cramps

tony hawk underground 2

Black Metal

Canadian Post-Rock/Montreal/Toronto scene

Screamo/Powerviolence/Skramz

Washington Indie Scene:

idk if folk music is interesting but this got me into it

this converted me into a jazz enthusiast

And the Tatsuro Yamashita version (which is better).
Had a small city pop phase due to this song back in 2022.

Definitely Dopesmoker and this for stoner metal

Hard to pinpoint it to a specific song but these were integral in making me a flying lotus stan and thereby getting me obsessed with anything LA beat scene/post-dilla

Metalheadz Platinum Breakz got me into drum n bass, particularly this song

BAKER FTWWWWW