Discord is a fun place to hang out with friends and build a community around it. And what’s better than grooving on to your favorite jam with your online friends? Using a Discord Music Bot, you can listen to music along with other members on a Discord server. These music bots can fetch songs from various music streaming services like YouTube, and Spotify and play them on a voice channel on that Discord server. This allows everyone on that voice channel to listen to the same music in real time.
If you are starting with Discord, then adding a Music Bot onto your server is a great way to start your journey. But finding the best Discord music bot for your server can be overwhelming. So in this article, we are looking at some of the best Discord Music Bots that you can add to your server and listen to music with your Discord buddies.
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Best Discord Music Bots for your server!
But before we hop on to the list of Discord Music bots for your servers, let’s see how to add a bot to your Discord server. Adding a bot to a Discord server is 3 step process;
- First of all, you’ll need to invite the bot to your server. You can do that by clicking on the ‘Invite to Discord‘ or ‘Add to Discord‘ button on the official websites of such bots or from online bots directories.
- After that, choose the Discord server from the list where you want to add that bot.
- And lastly, Authorize that bot with all the necessary permissions. And voila, you’ve successfully added a bot on your Discord server.
We have also covered a detailed guide onadding a bot to your Discord server. You can dive into it to know everything about adding a discord bot and where you can find exciting bots for your server. Now let’s have a look at the best Discord bots for playing music:
1. Groovy
Groovy is a popular and easy-to-use music bot for listening to music on Discord. Just hop into a voice channel, fire up the bot using the specific bot commands, and you are good to go. Groovy supports various commands; you can play music through a link or directly by its name. It even allows you to search for songs within Discord. You can add new songs to the queue, play songs in a loop, skip tracks in the playlist, and even look up lyrics within the app.
If you are more familiar with the universal slash commands, worry not; Groovy also supports that. The free version of Groovy is already offering so much on the place. But if you want to access features like 24/7 play, saving playing, audio effects, etc., You can subscribe to Groovy Premium for $3.99/ month per server.
2. Rythm
Rythm is another popular Discord Music bot used by many to spice up their servers. It supports playing music from popular streaming services like YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify, etc. One feature that I like about Rythm is its Dashboard feature. It gives you a familiarmusic player-like interface through the browserto manage what you are playing on your server. Also, the free plan of Rythm allows you to add two bots and support showing lyrics.
Like Groovy, Rythm comes in a freemium model offering volume control, better audio quality, 24/7 playback, and supports multiple Rythm bots on a server. However, it is only on the pricey side; you’ll have to shell out $9.99/month per server to enjoy all the premium features.
3. FredBoat
FredBoat is a free and open-source bot for playing music on Discord. It is a powerful music bot for your Discord server without paying a single penny for accessing premium features like 24/7 playback, playlist support, advanced music control, and role-based bot moderation.
It supports all the popular music streaming services and allows you to search songs directly from their music directory. Otherwise, you can add links from YouTube/Soundcloud and listen to them with your friends on Discord. But on the downside, FredBoat doesn’t support slash commands, so it might take some time for you to get used to this bot.
4. MEE6
MEE6 is another popular moderation bot that supports playing music on Discord. It’s an all-in-one Discord bot used by many to manage their servers. What makes the MEE6 bot unique is its separate dashboard, where you can control your music visually. Translating, you don’t have to manually go through all those commands to play or add or scrub through your music.
But like every good thing, this feature is behind a paywall. You can either opt for a single payment of $89.90 or subscribe to MEE6’s monthly plan which costs $11.95 per month. This will unlock all the premium features like adding a Youtube playlist to the queue, volume control, 24/7 mode, and a visual music controller.
5. Hydra
Hydra calls them ‘the perfect Discord Music bot,’ which supports various music streaming services like Spotify, YouTube, Deezer, SoundCloud, etc., along with music from your local library. You can also set a default voice channel specific to the Hydra bot for playing music. This will restrict this music bot only to one voice channel. DJ mode is the most incredible feature of the Hydra bot, where you can be the DJ on your Discord server and take song requests from other members on a separate channel.
Hydra also offers an extensive dashboard to manage and configure bot settings for your server. However, most configurations are under a subscription plan that costs $3.99 per month for one server. In their server premium plan, you’ll get features like 24/7 playback, autoplay, access to more than one Hydra bot, etc. Hydra also has a user premium plan at $1.99 per month, applicable only to single-user accounts, but it doesn’t offer much on the plate.
6. Octave [Octave Bot went offline on September 21st, 2021]
Octave is another open-source music bot, like Fredboat by the same team who made the famous ‘Dank Memer’ bot. It is a simple Discord music bot that doesn’t require unnecessary server permissions and works as intended. Octave bot can play songs from various music streaming services like YouTube, SoundCloud, and Spotify.
You can create playlists, queue multiple songs, control your music, and even pull lyrics for you using bot commands. Octave also has a premium subscription plan starting from $5/month, which gives you features like 24/7 playback, unlimited custom playlists, access to volume control, audio effects, and bass boost.
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7. Vexera
Vexera is a multipurpose Discord bot where you can not only play free high-quality music but can also moderate your server, send memes, etc. This music bot gives you an extensive web interface where you can manage further bot permissions, its role as a moderation bot, or even manage the music queues.
The free plan for Vexera is more than enough if you are setting up your server and want an excellent all-in-one bot that can play music on your discord server. However, the bot’s free version lacks Spotify integration and uninterrupted 24/7 music playback, URL bases streams, saving playlists, etc. For that, you’ll have to shell out $3 per month on Vexera premium.
8. 24/7 Music
Making it evident from its name, the 24/7 music bot is one of the only bots that support 24/7 nonstop music playback for free. You can also listen to your favorite radio stations and watch YouTube videos without any restrictions.
Other than that, there isn’t much to talk about this music bot. You are limited to YouTube and Radio since it doesn’t support other music streaming services. A premium 24/7 bot membership for $2.47 a month gives you features like YouTube queue, playlist support, and server-wide volume control.
Wrapping up:How to play music in Discord?
Choosing a perfect Music bot for Discord can be tricky as each bot has its pros and cons. It is up to you which Music bot works for you. I am hooked to Groovy on all my servers, as it is easy to manage and works well since YouTube is my choice for music. Also, it has one of the cheapest subscriptions if anyone wants to level up their music game on Discord.
Alternatively, if you already use the MEE6 moderation bot, you don’t need a separate music bot for Discord. And for open-source software fans, the FredBoat music bot is worth every shot.
