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[New Vegas Samurai]

Also, if you're a PTH fan, I'd definitely recommend checking out SikTh, who were a huge influence on them (as well as other awesome newer bands like Periphery.)

wow....
There are simply so many people here that are so awesome with new stuff too...
I love the Escapist

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

Tool, Anathema, Dream Theater, Riverside, Opeth, Megadeth, Mastodon, Sepultura, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Megahertz, System Of A Down, Machinehead. A whole bunch of others I can't think of right now. A lot of them for only a couple songs.

Also, it's always fun to see metal fans dispute which band is or isn't metal or a certain subgenre. Seriously, can someone answer me why metal fans seem to be more obsessed with compartmentalizing everything into neatly defined genres? I'm not trying to offend here, but it does seem a lot more prevalent than in other fandoms. Though the younger fans do seem more prone to it, as the older guys I know generally don't bother with it that much. Or maybe it's just me.

 

[RanD00M]

Primordial is a Black Metal band out of Ireland and just plain fucking awesome. A good song by them is "Traitors Gate" from the "To The Nameless Dead Album."

I would rather recommend Gods to the Godless as a starter song. Maybe Sons Of the Morrigan.

OT: I want to recommend two very odd bands.
The first one is Bad Acid Trip. While being Grindcore for the most part, their 2004 album was more in the Crossover-Thrash area. The 2004 release of Lynch the Weirdo was produced by Daron Malakian. And they currently have a record deal with Serjical Strike, which is owned by Serj Tankian, who, like Daron Malakian, was a/is in the band System of a Down.

The other one that I recommend is Gallhammer. An all girl Blackened-Doom Metal/ Sludge Punk band from Tokyo, Japan.
I don't really know how to describe them. Their music is pretty diverse, yet consistent to their styling. The only way to really recommend them is to tell you to check any one of their songs. If you like you one, you will probably like them all. And if you hate one, then you will most likely feel the same way about the rest of their discography.

 

[New Vegas Samurai]

I'm seeing a lack of Ozzy Osbourne in this thread. It makes me sad.
I saw him live last November in Vancouver. It was nothing short of FUCKING awesome.

Your wish is my command sir!

 

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How the FUCK did this get in here?

 

[TheSolemnHypnotic]

I listen to a slew of different types of music. I kinda fear answering because I'm not sure what qualifies as metal. :/

 

[Whoracle]

Just hopping in to promote my band: http://www.myspace.com/frozeninfinityband

Will have more bands to recommend later on.

\m/ //-.-\\ \m/

 

[EPolleys]

I've been listening to Hammerfall a lot lately, I really love swedish power metal.
If I had to pick a favotite song it would probably be Trailblazers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNDN8q1nmBI

 

[MrAkuma201]

At the moment I like Lordi EPIC! band

And Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkw4jhDE1eQ

 

[KefkaCultist]

My kind of topic!

I love a bunch of metal (and all the sub-genres) and am indecisive so I'm just gonna put my favorite 5 songs by favorite bands in the spoiler box

Spoiler: Top 5 in no order:

Spoiler: and some honorable mentions:

 

[elvor0]

I'm finding it really hard to find new metal bands these days, aside from like 3 Inches of Blood, and Alestorm (purely for the fun factor), most metal these days seems to be that dissonant deathcore...stuff, or its got a massive injection of Nu-metal in it (which can fuck right off) I'd love a new classic style band but with its own style to emerge as alot of bands sound so samey at the moment. It's not like im opposed to death metal, In Flames and Children of bodom are some of my favorite bands, but they retain clarity and a sense of epicness without just sounding thrown together and a mess.

But yeah: Check out 3 Inches of Blood (like a more agressive version of Judas Priest) or Sabaton (who fucking kick ass) for newer stuff

3IB http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWxN-0QptCQ
Sabaton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xYzQ-SRs4g

 

[Ironic Pirate]

There is a lot of black metal on this which i can listen to i little bit but i guess i'm a pussy cause i can't really handle it. I like classic metal the most bands like iron maiden, metallica, motar head those sort of bands but i do enjoy other heavy metal like bullet and slipnot but i don't really get that heavy. I like iron maiden the most. I like them because of how tallented the whole band is and not just the lead guitarist. I like how the race at the beggining and the end but throught the middle they slow down. They constantly experementing with dinamics, tempo and key areas other bands fear of dwelling into. Metallica is proberly next on my list for all the soft finger picking songs and the drumming in the heavy songs.

Slipknot isn't heavy metal, not by a LOOOOOOONG shot.

Yes they are. But they're not death/black/whatever. They're just...metal

Don't quote me on this but I'm pretty sure that Slipknot are Nu Metal.

which slipknot?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUkI_b7Dt9o&feature=related
both suck, just saying.

The more popular one.

There is a lot of black metal on this which i can listen to i little bit but i guess i'm a pussy cause i can't really handle it. I like classic metal the most bands like iron maiden, metallica, motar head those sort of bands but i do enjoy other heavy metal like bullet and slipnot but i don't really get that heavy. I like iron maiden the most. I like them because of how tallented the whole band is and not just the lead guitarist. I like how the race at the beggining and the end but throught the middle they slow down. They constantly experementing with dinamics, tempo and key areas other bands fear of dwelling into. Metallica is proberly next on my list for all the soft finger picking songs and the drumming in the heavy songs.

Slipknot isn't heavy metal, not by a LOOOOOOONG shot.

Yes they are. But they're not death/black/whatever. They're just...metal

Don't quote me on this but I'm pretty sure that Slipknot are Nu Metal.

I hesitate to call Slipknot Nu Metal because they don't fit the genre compared to other Nu Metal bands. I'd say they're a bit too aggressive, although that's not really a genre-defining characteristic. I still wouldn't call them Nu Metal, I'd say they are more just straight up heavy metal.

I wouldn't call them straight up Heavy Metal because Heavy Metal is stuff like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, and if you listen to a song from whichever of these bands, and then listen to a song from Slipknot, you'll see that there's a big difference.

Also, I'm not sure what would classify as Nu Metal, Linkin Park? Limp Bizkit? Rage Against the Machine? Static-X?

Iron Maiden and Judas Priest are both speed metal. Black Sabbath is doom metal.

I'd say Slipknot is Alternative Metal (think alt-rock, but metal) with Groove and Nu-metal influences. That said, I've listened to only one song of theirs.

 

[Aggressor and Usurper]

After five pages I really have very little to contribute that's not already been said.
Anyway. I have the (probably) controversial opinion that 90's metal is the best. Not nu-metal, fuck off. I mean Machine Head, Pantera, Sepultura/Soulfly, and of course progressive and forward-thinking bands like Meshuggah, Strapping Young Lad, and, of course, the greatest band of all time, FEAR FACTORY. I'm also very into newer bands like Parkway Drive, Periphery, Your Demise, Kvelertak and Bring Me The Horizon. (Yes, really.)

And now, some of my favorite songs.

Spoiler

 

[David_G]

I wouldn't call them straight up Heavy Metal because Heavy Metal is stuff like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, and if you listen to a song from whichever of these bands, and then listen to a song from Slipknot, you'll see that there's a big difference.

Also, I'm not sure what would classify as Nu Metal, Linkin Park? Limp Bizkit? Rage Against the Machine? Static-X?

Iron maiden is 80's speed metal, which is shit btw. As for Judas Priest and Sabbath, I can't say I have extensive knowledge of either, but as far as modern straight up heavy metal goes, Slipknot fits it for me.

Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit are lame-wannabe-metal-but-still-wannabe-soft-so-the-teenage-chicks-will-love-us. That stuff has no merit. Rage isn't metal at all, more like hard rock and rap. Never heard of static-x. No, I'd say Nu Metal is stuff like Korn and some early Disturbed, but I thought that was the general consensus on the genre. I don't really have an in-depth knowledge of popular metal bands, I can't stand most of them

Wait, wait, wait. Speed Metal? I seriously haven't heard anyone categorize Iron Maiden as Speed Metal. It's always been New Wave of British Heavy Metal.

Ah yes, I forgot about Korn and Disturbed. I'll agree with you on that one, also, I'll have to admit myself that my knowledge on "Metal Theory" is rather limited.

NWOBHM was a movement of speed metal bands in the 80's, i'm pretty sure. And there's more Nu Metal but I don't listen to much of it so I don't know. I have limited knowledge on this stuff, my tastes lie more in obscure/extreme directions

There is a lot of black metal on this which i can listen to i little bit but i guess i'm a pussy cause i can't really handle it. I like classic metal the most bands like iron maiden, metallica, motar head those sort of bands but i do enjoy other heavy metal like bullet and slipnot but i don't really get that heavy. I like iron maiden the most. I like them because of how tallented the whole band is and not just the lead guitarist. I like how the race at the beggining and the end but throught the middle they slow down. They constantly experementing with dinamics, tempo and key areas other bands fear of dwelling into. Metallica is proberly next on my list for all the soft finger picking songs and the drumming in the heavy songs.

Slipknot isn't heavy metal, not by a LOOOOOOONG shot.

Yes they are. But they're not death/black/whatever. They're just...metal

Don't quote me on this but I'm pretty sure that Slipknot are Nu Metal.

which slipknot?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUkI_b7Dt9o&feature=related
both suck, just saying.

The more popular one.

There is a lot of black metal on this which i can listen to i little bit but i guess i'm a pussy cause i can't really handle it. I like classic metal the most bands like iron maiden, metallica, motar head those sort of bands but i do enjoy other heavy metal like bullet and slipnot but i don't really get that heavy. I like iron maiden the most. I like them because of how tallented the whole band is and not just the lead guitarist. I like how the race at the beggining and the end but throught the middle they slow down. They constantly experementing with dinamics, tempo and key areas other bands fear of dwelling into. Metallica is proberly next on my list for all the soft finger picking songs and the drumming in the heavy songs.

Slipknot isn't heavy metal, not by a LOOOOOOONG shot.

Yes they are. But they're not death/black/whatever. They're just...metal

Don't quote me on this but I'm pretty sure that Slipknot are Nu Metal.

I hesitate to call Slipknot Nu Metal because they don't fit the genre compared to other Nu Metal bands. I'd say they're a bit too aggressive, although that's not really a genre-defining characteristic. I still wouldn't call them Nu Metal, I'd say they are more just straight up heavy metal.

I wouldn't call them straight up Heavy Metal because Heavy Metal is stuff like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, and if you listen to a song from whichever of these bands, and then listen to a song from Slipknot, you'll see that there's a big difference.

Also, I'm not sure what would classify as Nu Metal, Linkin Park? Limp Bizkit? Rage Against the Machine? Static-X?

Iron Maiden and Judas Priest are both speed metal. Black Sabbath is doom metal.

I'd say Slipknot is Alternative Metal (think alt-rock, but metal) with Groove and Nu-metal influences. That said, I've listened to only one song of theirs.

Well... fuck. It looks that I was looking at it the wrong way.

 

[LDKS150]

Sylosis. Havent heard of em, check em out! Heavy and melodic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKQYQ9sNWiE&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_stronger_r2-2r-1-HM

 

[OutcastBOS]

Judas Priest fan 'till I die. But I do like a lot others, too many to list offhand.

 

[Get_A_Grip_]

I used to be a metalhead, but in the past two years I have broadened my music tastes into other genres.
Tool and Opeth are the only metal bands that I still love. I still like other metal bands, but not half as much as I used to.

 

[loc978]

Yeah, have to agree on that one. Metalcore is hardcore + metal, but hardcore is just punk

eh, fusion genres being what they are, I'm not about to argue with three folks contradicting me here, I'll just pass on how it was described to me:
"Punk often describes hardcore as hip-hop, metal describes it as punk, and hip-hop describes it as metal. They're all correct."

What the fuck is that supposed to mean? sounds like some bullshit.

Anyway Hardcore Punk isnt a fusion genre, you can basically describe it as a heavier and harsher form of Punk music.

...you've been talking about hardcore punk this entire time..?

Wow.

No, the Dead Kennedys are not the hardcore genre I've been referring to. Maybe classifications have changed since I was into any sort of scene, but the genre I'm talking about is the one that popped up in the early 90s that people started having trouble classifying... They tended to be called "hardcore bands" around where I lived at the time. The only successful example I can point to is Korn, who I see is now listed under "nu metal" most places... even though they're not really nu metal... but whatever. Please, no more. I'm done with debating semantics.

 

[5-0]

My two favourites are Opeth
and Mastodon

 

[Havik223]

Otep, Soilwork, Five Finger Death Punch, Dethklok, Mastadon, Iron Maiden, Pantera, Judas Priest, 3 Inches of Blood, Testament. I like all of these bands, but the best? The one that trumps all the other ones? The band that rocked in ways that the world had not before seen? The band that I have noticed has been overlooked by a disappointingly large number of people here?

Motorhead.