favourite metal bands

Originally Posted by Chobit

Well, I listen to Sonata Arctica, COB, and, well, Stratovarius, too. (Go, Finland, go!). My "new" finding is Hammerfall. (Well, it's really not TOO good or new, but it's still something.) I'd like to hear a lot more new of music and bands, but it seems quite hard for me, somehow. I'm open to new bands, if someone wants to recommend something! ^^

Moi!

You seem to be into Power Metal. I recommend you try out Blind Guardian and Helloween, if you haven't already. Two of the very first and best bands of the genre.

I like alot of different metal.
Stratovarius, Children of Bodom, Black Label Society, Mushroomhead, Mudvayne, the Kovenant, Devil Driver, Diecast, Lamb of God, Old Mans Child, Naglfar and many more.

Please, hold your comments about 'that band' sucks.. because obviously if I listen to them, I dont care and dont think so.

1. Opeth
2. Blind Guardian
3. Pantera
4. Immortal
5. Dream Theater
6. Megadeth
7. Children Of Bodom
8. Rammestien
9. 80s Metallica
10. Pagan's Mind

Mmh.

The thing about Dom's list is that he only listens to like two of those bands on a regular basis.

*tugs at collar* Only because I find them soothing...

Rammstein
Children of Bodom
Wintersun
As I lay Dying
Cradle of Filth (don't ask why )
Slayer
Lamb of God
Arch Enemy (only a couple songs)
Skinlab
Killswitch Engage
More but I don't remember any of them

1. Dragonforce
2. Kill Switch
3. He is legend
4. Horse the Band
5. Chimera

and i know they aren't technically a real band, but I love Dethklok music.

1.Slipknot
2.Sytem of a down
3.Metallica
4.OTEP
5.Lacuna Coil

There's more but I'm so lazy I'll just give you these.

Lets see... here are some metal bands that I have been listening to a lot lately

(The Lord Weird) Slough Feg - pure ownage in the form of a metal band. Probably my favorite metal band.
Mastodon - Their latest album is amazing
Rhapsody (of Fire) - My first taste of power metal. Warning: songs come with extra cheese.
Blind Guardian - Perhaps the best power metal band on the planet
Elvenking - Really good power/folk metal band
Sonata Arctica - Another awesome power metal band.
Slumber - Really great melodic doomish metal band, give them a listen if you haven't...seriously.

wow...im amazed at the amount of insanely heavy stuff but oh well thats the way metal seems to be growing. also i am amazed that system were only mentioned 3 TIMES!!!!

1 System of a Down
2 Incubus (S.C.I.E.N.C.E. was a metal album plus i love them.)
3 Coheed and Cambria
4 Cradle of Filth
5 Soundgarden

Have to add Staind and Tool they are cool (no mentions of STAIND??)

Soundgarden isn't even metal, they're grunge.

You think that Coheed and Cambria is metal?

What the hell is wrong with the world?

Children of Bodom
Amon Amarth
Necrophagist
Korpiklaani
Immortal
Dimmu Borgir

Just to name a few.

Originally Posted by sea

You think that Coheed and Cambria is metal?

What the hell is wrong with the world?

ok so there not that heavy im just really liking them at the moment. listen to welcome home dude that is metal.

Theres a lot of bands that have been listed as metal that arent!

Coheed and Cambria - Awesome, but not metal (Welcome home is not metal either)
Queens of the Stone Age - Awesome, but not metal
Soundgarden - No
Incubus - No
System of A Down isnt metal either.

Oh well...

This one? Funny thing: I've been listening to Dragons of the North by Einherjer for the last while (bought it today, in fact). Musically, they're actually very, very similar, except Einherjer doesn't have the annoying whiny vocals, and doesn't rely on as many catchy hooks. Oh, and they're totally awesome.

Despite that, "Welcome Home" is rock, not metal, and not even hard rock. What's annoying is that Coheed and Cambria have that little acoustic guitar intro, but they never develop it beyond anything. The song could have been so much more: interweaving electric and acoustic guitars with diverse vocal harmonies and a build-up into a powerful conclusion. Instead all we get is a little 10-second teaser followed by another four minutes of generic radio rock in the vein of Led Zeppelin and... yeah, Viking metal.

1:Rob Zombie
2:Ozzy Osbourne
3:Metallica
4:Iron Maiden
5:KISS
6:ACDC (Rock... but meh!)

KISS is rock as well... and I don't know if any self-respecting metalhead would label Rob Zombie as "real" metal.

ok so people have pointed out that my choices were not strictly metal. i was being a bit hopeful, so heres my revised list

1 System of a down (they are metal, what else would they be? they are just unique)
2 Staind
3 Cradle of Filth
4 Tool
5 Slipknot

Originally Posted by sea

This one? Funny thing: I've been listening to Dragons of the North by Einherjer for the last while (bought it today, in fact). Musically, they're actually very, very similar, except Einherjer doesn't have the annoying whiny vocals, and doesn't rely on as many catchy hooks. Oh, and they're totally awesome.

Despite that, "Welcome Home" is rock, not metal, and not even hard rock. What's annoying is that Coheed and Cambria have that little acoustic guitar intro, but they never develop it beyond anything. The song could have been so much more: interweaving electric and acoustic guitars with diverse vocal harmonies and a build-up into a powerful conclusion. Instead all we get is a little 10-second teaser followed by another four minutes of generic radio rock in the vein of Led Zeppelin and... yeah, Viking metal.

I think that Welcome Home is actually fairly well done, it has this natural "dark" feeling as opposed to the forced "darkness" of most radio rock nowadays, but I do suppose that just stems from my feeling of Co&Ca being one of the more interesting and "real" bands around that get radio play. Interesting Prog. Alt Rock band. Far better than Einherjer is anyways.