Awesome Metal Bands

[Vkmies]

Well, since this is a gaming site, I am gonna go with something gaming-nerdum-related:

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[Arkhangelsk]

Children of Bodom
Trivium
Within The Ruins
Born of Osiris
Dark Tranquillity
Engel
Parkway Drive
Yersinia
Raised Fist
Machinae Supremacy
Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster
Texas In July
Periphery
Protest The Hero

That should be enough.

 

[Durgiun]

What? No Dethklok?

 

[Flynn11]

You wan't some metal bands that are real fuckin' good?

Between The Buried and Me
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Devin Townsend (any band of his)
Opeth
Katatonia
Behemoth
The Red Chord
Protest The Hero
Deftones
Dan Swano (Any band of his)
Enslaved
Hypocrisy
Meshuggah

 

[ikabodjohn]

Rammstein

 

[Dense_Electric]

You like all of those bands and you don't have Avenged Sevenfold? As in, the best band to come around since Metallica in 1981? Yeah, get their stuff now. Everything from Sounding the Seventh Trumpet to Nightmare (including Diamonds in the Rough), all of it.

Also Metallica and Iron Maiden.

 

[Still Life]

There's a distinct lack of Machine Head in this thread.

 

[Croix Sinistre]

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So many great bands, and yet... You missed Emperor?

No, seriously. Emperor. Emperor is all you need.

I am saddened as well. Emperor is one of my all time biggest influence bands; once i began to listening to them, Arch Enemy and Children of Bodom back in my high school days, I really opened my mind up to a whole universe of music that too many people will never enjoy.

My contribution to the thread: Fen and Dark Tranquility

 

[brunothepig]

FUCK! Giant list, accidentally clicked one of the most popular links below.
The greatest hits.
Avantasia. (If you like Power Metal at all check them out. So many guest vocalists.)
Dream Theater.
Judas Priest.
Austrian Death Machine.
Lamb Of God.
EDIT: Also Judas Priest. Again. The album Painkiller. Amazing.

 

[Wuggy]

Akercocke
Blackened Progressive Death Metal or whatever. They have more layers in their music than an onion.


Opeth
Progresssive Death Metal. My personal favourite.


Strapping Young Lad
Great music with an undefinable genre. Just listen to it.

 

[theseworlds]

Between The Buried And Me. Get their latest 2 albums now, and give your ears a unique journey that they'll never forget.

Also get the Alaska album by said band.

EDIT:

Also, get the Silent Circus, purely for Mordecai through to Ad a Dglgmut (yes, I spelt that right).

Sylosis, anyone? Both albums are amzing.

 

[The_Echo]

Spoiler: Every Metal Band I Like, in Alphabetical Order (Links Provided)

(Languages other than English are noted.)

At War With Gods [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND3kq9UjNFM]
Attila [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtN3novxF_0]
The Black Dahlia Murder [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DcAjsZU3ik]
Black Veil Brides [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09HV_X1qYNQ] (I recommend the new album, not the first by any means.)
Dir En Grey [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7IXmV6A6Bk] (Japanese)
Eisbrecher [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19ViROuEtJk] (German)
Exist Trace [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CVaO80vUwc] (Japanese)
Eyes Set to Kill [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb9O0pPAklc]
HIM [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO2DUDKmaEk]
In Flames [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1FkbvGl-IU]
Job for a Cowboy [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeZIfbPKzGE]
Kamelot [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qdcl67H1Jw]
Otep [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40pT1211uag]
Panzerballett [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkeTiQZx6TE] (Jazz/metal fusion, not a lot of vocals, definitely worth a look.)
Rammstein [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIBeYoP9Wi0] (German)
Scars on Broadway [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOY_UV9GhIM]
Shemales From Outta Space of Death [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlmY_GiDaWE] (German)

Versus the Ocean [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Lj-RSm2OY]
We Butter The Bread With Butter [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6x2r_STuns] (German)

I tried to filter out the hardcore and post-hardcore bands as best as I could, since those are closer to punk than metal. I see a lot of people mistake it for metal.

I can add those in if you want, though.

 

[InfiniteSingularity]

SO fucking many, dude:

Opeth
Death
Children of Bodom
Dimmu Borgir
Cradle of Filth
Sepultura
Moonsorrow
Moonspell
Behemoth
Arch Enemy
Meshuggah
This Ending
Rammstein
Slipknot
Disturbed
Machine Head
Slayer
Metallica
Shift
Immortal
Dream Theater
Darchaic
Aeternitas

...so many, dude

 

[Rabish Bini]

In fact, also get Crimson, Crimson II and Purgatory Afterglow by Edge Of Sanity

 

[Toaster Hunter]

Sabaton, they sing about war, which makes them the most awesome band ever
Manowar
Ensifrum
Rebellion
Waylander

And this:

 

[liquidsolid]

Born of Osiris
Between the Buried and Me
Slayer
Opeth
Mastadon
Cannibal Corpse
The Black Dahlia Murder

 

[jacobythehedgehog]

Sonc Syndicate is amazing


My all time favorite band is As I Lay dying however.I am sure you have heard of them

 

[Slabbelabb]

If you like melodic death metal or "Göteborg-metal" (like In Flames and Soilwork), you're gonna love Sonic Syndicate. Just ignore their last album, as they've taken a new route. Some of the members wanted to keep their previous direction, and thus formed their own band (The Unguided), though.

Edit: The guy above me beat me to it. (The song he linked isn't one of my favourites, though.)

 

[David_G]

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So many great bands, and yet... You missed Emperor?

No, seriously. Emperor. Emperor is all you need.

EDIT:

Yeah... I kinda dislike Emperor.

 

[sam42ification]

Iron Maiden
Metallica
Black Sabbath
Judas Priest
Slayer
Dream Theater
Black Tide
Shotgun Alley
Megadeth

Also, the best Slipknot song:

You stole my answer and topped it.