What groups have you been listening to? I've been listening to a lot of Scandinavian metal over the last few years, and there's a lot of good metal coming out of that region.
It's just been a random exploration on Youtube, actually. XD The ones I started off with were Tyr, Crimfall, Turisas and Arch Enemy. Right now, I'm on the groups Alestorm, Fejd, Lord of Lies, Hammerfall, Nordwind, Manegram, Bathory, Falkenbach, etc.
Never liked Scandinavian Metal before, TBH, but somehow recently I'm growing a taste for newer genres like it. A lot of them, frankly, seem like mindless kitsch, but when I strike upon ones that have "quality" it's an instant like!
Is there any you'd recommend?
I don't like rap no matter in what situation. When someone around is listening to such thing without a headphone I'll hate him/her and become nervous. Is there something wrong with my taste? 
Not at all! Some like it hot, some like it frigid lot. Rap is a meat that's been fried / roasted (either "finely" or "hastily"), but often lacking spice -- meat lovers would drool, but taste-lovers would prefer something else. So of course, as a kitsch, it can be downright annoying. Yes, there
are some good ones out there, but they all (again) depend on preference, just as how a lot of Classical / New Age lovers don't like Pop / Rock (although, I like every genre so long as it provides quality
).
Though, indeed, folks hearing loud music (no matter what genre) without headphones makes me wanna jump off the window too.
Oh, well, here's the
Epoch for you folks!
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