It might be a case of diving deeper to find the bands that appeal to a metal fan.  The Wall Street Journal (of all places!) had an article on The Weird Global Appeal Of Heavy Metal, the rise of metal in places like Indonesia, Chile, Brazil:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;the-weird-global-appeal-of-heavy-metal-1455819419" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;the-weird-global-appeal-of-heavy...</a><p>And then you&#x27;ve got the heavy metal bands in Iran that are far more hardcore, facing jail time or execution for their music:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.metalinjection.net&#x2F;metal-crimes&#x2F;iranian-musicians-jailed-facing-possible-execution-for-playing-metal" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.metalinjection.net&#x2F;metal-crimes&#x2F;iranian-musicians...</a><p>I&#x27;ve personally started listening to a lot of German bands - Rammstein helped lead me to Oomph, Unheilig, Eisbrecher, Donots and others.  It feels great to love bands that have had #1 albums overseas, and yet hardly anyone has heard of them where I live.