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[Outright Villainy]

But for me, I gotta go with the newer-agey stuff ala Periphery and Animals as leaders

I listened to Periphery constantly a few months back, it's a fucking corker of an album.

I have to check out more of that other band you linked too, I quite liked what I heard.

Also, glad to hear more people liking SikTh.

 

[campofapproval]

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."

hardcore is a prominent subset of punk. in fact the term "thrash" was originally coined for hardcore bands before the term "hardcore" came about; likewise, "thrash metal" was in large part influenced by crossover bands like dri that played a more metal-influenced style of punk. lots of bleed-over between punk and metal, like crust, grindcore, metalcore etc. even nu-metal took influence from hardcore bands like quicksand, madball, shelter, sick of it all etc.

 

[New Vegas Samurai]

I listened to Periphery constantly a few months back, it's a fucking corker of an album.

I have to check out more of that other band you linked too, I quite liked what I heard.

Also, glad to hear more people liking SikTh.

Why Thank you my good sir!
There are tons of bands that deserve a little look through, try Cloudkicker too

 

[parasyteFMA]

I really like any metal as long as it has some sort of melody. I'm not a huge fan of a lot of the "brutal" death metal bands although I do love myself some Cannibal Corpse.

Opeth (My favorite band, I don't need to explain.)
Iced Earth (Horror Show has to be my favorite album of all time. Horror movies are my thing.)
Amon Amarth (I love Norse myth and vikings, and they make kickass music.)
Tyr (Proof that metal isn't just harsh vocals and banging on instruments.)
Blind Guardian (At the Edge of Time was the best album of 2010... nuff said.)
Rob Zombie (Industrial? I just consider his first album "danceable metal".)

 

[Chased]

This metal is not metal. It's retarded maladjusted teenagers with too much distortion. I don't know how they got in their parent's make up closet, but it sure isn't helping with public perception. Not to mention that they should have spent all the money they used to buy skulls and 8 crappy ESPs to buy actual guitar lessons.

tl;dr Radiohead is better than any crappy black/death/grind/goat-sacraficing/trying-too-hard/power metal will ever be.

All power to you for whatever crap you shove into your ears but ESPs are damn good guitars! Who the hell can afford 8 ESPs? That's bare at a bare minimum of 8 grand!

Quick list of some awesome bands/artists that use ESP:

Dimmu Borgir (all of their crazy guitarists)
Devin Townsend
Jeff Hanneman of Slayer
Rammstein
Rich Sambora of Bon Jovi
Ron Wood of the ROLLING STONES
My Life with the Thrill Kill Cult
Serj Tankan Band (two of his guitarists)
KK Downing of Judas Priest

Spoiler: Full List, Prepare for lots of awesome

Aaron Brooks - The Ghost Inside
Aaron Graves - Vampires Everywhere
Aaron Julison - Kid Rock
Aaron Patrick
Aaron Ruby - Walls of Jericho
Abbath - Immortal
Acey Slade
Adair Cobley - 2 Cents
Adam Kole
Adrian Valerie - Fashion Bomb
Ahrue Luster - Ill Nino
Al Threats
Alex Berkson - Powerglove
Alex Derosso
Alex Pavlov - Amatory
Alex Lackner - Lazarus AD
Alex Wade - Whitechapel
Alexander Rogue - Vampires Everywhere
Alexi Laiho - Children of Bodom
Alla Fedynitch - Leaves Eyes, Atrocity
Andre Carter - Damian Marley Band
Andrea Odendahl
Andrea Zermeno - Thundherstruck
Andrew Neufeld - Comeback Kid
Andrew Glover - Winds of Plague
Andy James - Sacred Mother Tongue
Andy Sneap
Andy Shernoff - The Dictators
Angelos Kritsotakis - Suicidal Angels
Anthony Williams - Bobby Jones Gospel
Anthony - Everyday Tragedy
Anthony Diale - The Esoteric
Anttu - Ruoska
Apollyon - Immortal
Aubrey Collins
Austin Diaz - Black Tide
Bagel - Modern Day Escape
Bazie - The 69 Eyes
Ben Carroll - RA
Ben Weinman - Dillinger Escape Plan
Ben Spremulli - Kicking Daisies
Ben Moody - We are the Fallen
Ben Savage - Whitechapel
Ben Hollowell - Years of Fire
Benji Helborg - American Head Charge
Bernie Corrigan - Ankheseamen
Bill Steer - Carcass
Billy Milano - MOD
Billy Riker - 3
Billy Zachary - The Hottness
Bob Kulick
Bob Rutherford - Dallas Moore Band
Bob Katsionis - Firewind
Bob Brennan - Voices of Exteme
Bobby Burns - Primer 55
Borislav Mitic
Brandon Wiebke - Hemlock
Branon Bernatowicz - War of Ages
Brendan Duff - Dry Kill Logic
Brett Garsed
Brett Rasmussen - Ignite
Brian Waddell - Devin Townsend Project
Brian Eschbach - The Black Dahlia Murder
Brian White - Dog Fashion Disco
Brian Balchak - Ignite
Brian Lupo - Phantom Communique
Bruce Kulick
Buz McGrath - Unearth
Byron Stroud - Fear Factory, Strapping Young Lad
Cache Tolman - Rival School
Captain Sensible - The Damned
Carin Toti - Thundherstruck
Carl Bouchard
Carl Schwartz - First Blood
Carl Harvey - Toots and The Maytals
Carmine Rojas - Joe Bonamassa Band
Chad Ginsburg - CKY
Chad Smith - Hemlock
Chad Kishick - Shai Halud
Chad Peterson - Strife
Chad Rulig - Legend
Charlie Bereal
Chase Frasier - Animosity
Chelsea Baker - Aroarah
Chris Andrews - Evergreen Terrace
Chris Cappelli - It Dies Today
Chris Collier
Chris Marchiel - Powerglove
Chris Schafer - Hipnostic
Chris Severin - The Neville Brothers
Chris Rawson - Walls of Jericho
Chris Towning - Bury Your Dead
Christos Antoniou - Septicflesh
Chuck Garric - Alice Cooper Band
Chuck Platt - Good Riddance
Cliff Rigano - Dry Kill Logic
Clinton Calton - DI
Cole Perkins - Bleeker Ridge
Connor Kelly - Four Letter Lie
Cory Noble - Hemlock
Cory Brandan - Norma Jean
Cory White - The Esoteric
Craig Goldy - Dio
Cristiano Migliore - Lacuna Coil
Cyril Neville - The Neville Brothers
Dallas Coyle
Damian Marley
Damon Johnson - Alice Cooper Band, Whiskey Falls
Dan Alvarado - My Children My Bride
Dan Baldrich
Dan Banura - Blood Stands Still
Dan Gapen - Lazarus AD
Dan Jacobs - Atreyu
Dan DL Laskiewicz - The Acacia Strain
Dan Monti - Serj Tankian Band
Dan Sugarman - As Blood Runs Black
Dani Filth - Cradle of Filth
Daniel Antonsson - Dimension Zero
Danny Felice - Breed 77
Dave Corsile - Evolve
Dave O?Rourke - 2 Cents
Dave Teague - Zimmer?s Hole
Dave Pybus - Cradle of Filth
David Sanchez - Havok
David Sittig - Impending Doom
David Branch - iwrestledabearonce
Demonstealer - Demonic Resurrection
Derek Engemann - Cattle Decapitation
Die - Dir En Grey
Diego Jinkus
Diego Verduzco - Ill Niño
Dis - Incite
Don Chaffin - Voices of Exteme
Doris Yeh - Chthonic
Dory Lobel - Jesse McCartney Band
Derek DeSantis - Ekotren
Driver Williams - Eric Church Band
Duke Kitchens - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Dustin Barber - Al Green Band
Dustin Boyer
Dustin Stroud - Riddlin Kids
Eddie Tater - DI
Eli Santana - Holy Grail
Elio Giordano - Tanya Tucker
Emppu Vuorinen - Nightwish
Ennio Avallone - Haloburn
Enricco Colon-Lopez - The Casualties
Eric Cargile - Bloodlined Calligraphy
Eric Jarrin - Despised Icon
Eric Bischoff - Heaven Shall Burn
Eric Graves - The Esoteric
Eric Steinkraus - The Hottness
Erik Payne - Andrew WK
Errol Moore - Roots Radics
Errol Flabba Holt - Roots Radics
Esa Holopainen - Amorphis
Evan Brewer - Animosity
Falsal Talal - Acrassicuda
Farmer Boys
Filipe Pampuri - Cruz
Forrest Goss - Delta Rose
Francis Gross - On the Last Day
Frank Costa - Animosity
Fred LeClércq - Dragonforce
Fred Archambault
Gabe Crisp - Whitechapel
Gabe Rosales
Gabriel Garcia - Black Tide
Galder - Dimmu Borgir
Geoffrey Walker - On the Last Day
George Lynch
Geraldo Carrillo - Luis Miguel Band
Gildas - Satyricon
Glen Calder - Stretch Armstrong
Greg Kirkpatrick - As Blood Runs Black
Greg Rzab - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
Gus G - Ozzy Osbourne, Firewind
Henjo Richter - Gamma Ray
Henkka T. Blacksmith - Children of Bodom
Husain Bandukwala - Demonic Resurrection
Jack Tamburin - One Night Rodeo
Jack Strong - The Acacia Strain
Jack Caron - With Honor
Jacob Kolatis - The Casualties
Jake E Lee
James Harvey - Goatwhore
James Hetfield - Metallica
James Pezanoski - Dirge Within
James LaRue - Holy Grail
Jasan Stepp - Dog Fashion Disco
Jasan Radford - One Side Zero
Jason Wendell - 2 Cents
Jason Wisdom - Becoming the Archetype
Jason Bozzi - Dry Kill Logic
Jason Jordan - Sarah Johns Band
Jason Aust - With Honor
Jason Hager - Years of Fire
Jason Miller - Godhead
Jay Jay - Collinz Room
Jay Reynolds
Jay Northington - Nothington
Jean Francois Dagenais - Kataklysm
Jeff Duncan - Armored Saint
Jeff Kendrick - Devildriver
Jeff Mallow - Serj Tankan Band
Jeff Paulick - Lazarus AD
Jeff Feverhaken - National Product
Jeff Ling - Parkway Drive
Jeff Hanneman - Slayer
Jeff Phillips - Thine Eyes Bleed
Jeffrey Aust - With Honor
Jeremy Marshall - Cold
Jeremy Wagner - Lupara
Jesse Liu - Chthonic
Jesus de Los Santos - Havok
Jimmy Capps - Grand Ole Opry Band
Jimmy Crespo
Joe Ellis - First Blood
Joe Haley - Psycroptic
Joe Stump
Joe Wilkinson
Joe Lengson - My Children My Bride
Joey Eppard - 3
John Gallagher - Dying Fetus
John Outcalt - God Forbid
John Ganey - iwrestledabearonce
John Bohlinger - Band Leader-Nashville Star,
GAC Next Big Country Star
John Lecompt - We are the Fallen, Machina
John Araya - Thine Eyes Bleed
John Waltmann - Four Letter Lie
John "Frank" Werner - Andrew WK
Johnny Wangberg - Griffin
Johny Chow Bechtel - Fireball Ministry,
Cavalera Conspriracy, Souls of We
Jon Donais - Shadows Fall
Jon Torres - Heathen
Jonathan Miller - Devildriver
Jonny Whitton - Collinz Room
Jordan Buckley - Everytime I Die
Jordan Whelan
Jose Orlando - Cruz
Josh James - Evergreen Terrace
Josh Torrance - Baptized in Blood
Joshua Fiedler - The Juliana Theory
Joshua Moore - We Came as Romans
Joy Basu
JS Clayden
Jules Hodgson - KMFDM
Just Kait
Justin Brannan - Most Precious Blood
Justin Driscoll - Scapegoat
Justin Johnson - On the Last Day
Justin Payne - Andrew WK
Justin Sane - Anti Flag
Justin Warrick - Bleed the Sky
Kai Hansen - Gamma Ray
Kai Nergaard - Griffin
Kaitsu - Ruoska
Kamppi - Ruoska
Kaoru - Dir En Grey
Karma Cheema - American Head Charge
Keith Finnell - Ekotren
Ken Andrews - Andrew WK
Ken Steiger - MI Instructor
Kevin Thrasher - Love Hate Hero
Kid Deposit Triumph
Kirk Windstein - Down, Crowbar, Kingdom of Sorrow
Kirk Hammett - Metallica
KK Downing - Judas Priest
Kragen Lum - Heathen, Prototype
Kris Norris
Kris Dommin - Dommin
Kurdt Vanderhoof
Kyle Watts - The Hottness
Lauri Pora - Stratovarius
Laz Pina - Ill Niño
Lee Altus - Exodus
Levon Sultanian
Llexi Leon - Eternal Descent
Lou Cotton - We Came as Romans
Luke Pabich - Good Riddance
Luke Kilpatrick - Parkway Drive
Luna - Chrome Division
Lydia Gavin - Aroarah
Makro - Samael
Marcelo Dias
Marco Maus Biazzi - Lacuna Coil
Marcus Miller - Sarah Johns Band
Marcus Allen Christopher - Miss Crazy Music
Marios Iliopoulos - Nightrage
Mark Hunter - Chimaira
Mark Plati - David Bowie Band
Mark Heylmun - Suicide Silence
Marten Andersson - Lizzy Borden
Marti Rubels - Modern Day Escape
Mathias Roderer - Leaves Eyes, Atrocity
Matt Booth
Matt Carter - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Matt Deis
Matt Devries - Chimaira
Matt Szlachta - Dirge Within
Matt Sullivan - Haloburn
Matt Miller - Most Precious Blood
Matt Fox - Shai Halud
Matt Fletcher - Shai Halud
Matt Montgomery - Wednesday 13
Matt Harris - Baptized in Blood
Matt Hyde
Max Lavelle - Despised Icon
Max Cavalera - Soulfly
Michael Beinhorn - Producer
Michael Paget - Bullet for My Valentine
Michael Devin - Whitesnake
Michael Hampton - Parliament Funkadelic
Michael Wilton - Queensrÿche
Mike Church
Mike Davis - Halford
Mike Dewolf - Taproot
Mike Duda - W.A.S.P.
Mike Facci - Full Blown Chaos
Mike Hasty - Walls of Jericho
Mike Hatalak - It Dies Today
Mike Komprass - David Archuleta Band
Mike McKenzie - The Red Chord
Mike Miller - Godhead
Mike Mraz - The Hoods
Mike Ruehle
Mike Spreitzer - Devildriver
Mike Squires - Duff McKagan?s Loaded
Mircea - Mnemic
Mitch Harris - Napalm Death
Morgan Knoester - Aroarah
Mudrock
My Life with the Thrill Kill Cult
Nate Rader - The Hoods
Nate Elliot - National Product
Neal Nagaoka
Neil Godfrey - Lo-Pro
Neil Giraldo - Pat Benatar Band
Nergal - Behemoth
Nero Bellum - Psyclon Nine
Nick Bertelsen - Baptized in Blood
Nick Gertsson - Voices of Extreme
Nick Miller - A Skylit Drive
Nick Piunno - Winds of Plague
Nick Stewart - As Blood Runs Black
Nicole Hughes
Obsidian C - Keep of Kalessin
Ola Flink - Soilwork
Orion - Behemoth
Otep
Owen Reid - Julian Marley Band
Page Hamilton - Helmet
Pancho Tomaselli - War
Paris Bosserman - Love Hate Hero
Parker Lundgren - Queensrÿche
Pat Bruders-Crowbar
Pat Lachman - Burn It All
Patrick Pintavalle - The Absence
Patrick Jensen - The Haunted
Paul Pesco
Pedro Caparros - Breed 77
Pepper Keenan - Down, COC
Peter Scheithauer - Temple of Brutality
Peter Tork - The Monkeys
Peter Tagtgren - Hypocrisy, Pain
Petros Christo - Firewind
Phil Sandoval - Armored Saint
Phil X - Powder, LA Session Musician
Pocket
Prashant Aswani
Rachel Rosen - Most Precious Blood
Rafael Kumelys - Cruz
Ray Neighbors
Reece Scruggs - Havok
Reggie Boyd - LA Session Musician
Rich Roger
Rich Mullins - Year Long Disaster
Richard Z Kruspe - Rammstein
Richie Sambora - Bon Jovi
Rick Amieva-Collinz Room
Ricky Black - Chrome Division
Roar Naustoll - Griffin
Rob Arnold - Chimaira
Rob Holliday - Prodigy
Rob Caggiano - Anthrax
Rob Katrikh - Voices of Extreme
Rob Chapman - Monkey Lord
Robert DeAngelis - Death Before Dishonor
Robert Bloomfield - My Children My Bride
Rohan Reid - Jimmy Cliff Band
Roman Surman - Murderdolls
Rome - Everyday Tragedy
Ron Wood - The Rolling Stones
Ronnie Borchert
Ronnie Friesen - Stick to Your Guns
Ronny Drayton
Roope Latvala - Children of Bodom
Ross The Boss - The Dictators
Rotny - Psyclon Nine
Rune - Mnemic
Russ Cogdell - Zao
Ryan Clark - Bleed the Sky
Ryan Hampton - Bloodlined Calligraphy
Ryan Morgan - Misery Signals
Ryan Tunn - Thine Eyes Bleed
Sahaj Ticotin - Ra
Sam Endicott - The Bravery
Sammy Duet - Goatwhore
Samoth - Emperor
Satyr - Satyricon
Scott Mellinger - Zao
Sean Beasley - Dying Fetus
Serpenth - Belphegor
Seth - Behemoth
Seth Hecox - Becoming the Archetype
Seth Thacker - Straight Line Stitch
Shagrath - Dimmu Borgir
Shane Embury - Napalm Death
Shaun Glass - Dirge Within
Shaun Lopez - Revolution Smile
Shawn Dailey - Hole
Shawn Williams - Bloodlined Calligraphy
Shep - Modern Day Escape
Shiah Coore - Damian Marley Band
Shintaro Ari Ariji - Supe
Silenoz - Dimmu Borgir
Slightly Stoopid
Slim - Bury Your Dead
Snake Green - Skinlab
Spencer Krasch - Delta Rose
Stan Moniz - National Product
Star Cullars - Star Cullars Band
Steinar Gundersen - Satyricon, Spiral Architect
Stephen Carpenter - Deftones
Stephen Marley
Stephen Richards - Taproot
Steve Brown - War of Ages
Steve DiGiorgio
Steve Gibb - Crowbar, Kingdom of Sorrow
Steve Lemke - It Dies Today
Steve Richards - Hope Kills Fear
Steve Senes
Steve Swanson - Six Feet Under
Steve Watson - The End
Steven Bradley - iwrestledabearonce
Steven Harger - Infernaeon
Steven Hernandez - Delta Rose
Stu West - The Damned
Stuart Ross - Misery Signals
Sylvain Coudret - Soilwork
Taylor Nordberg - Infernaeon
Ted Aguilar - Death Angel
Terick Verges - Al Green Band
Terry Butler - Six Feet Under
Thomas Youngblood - Kamelot
Thorsten Bauer - Leaves Eyes, Atrocity
Tim Rossi
Tim Bogart - Cactus
Tim Millar - Protest the Hero
Timo Timo - The 69 Eyes
Tina Wood - Thundherstruck
TJ Alford - War of Ages
Todd Robinson - Luis Miguel Band
Todd Woolsey - Tanya Tucker
Tom Araya - Slayer
Tom Barney - Steely Dan
Tom Brandner-Lupara
Tomas - Mnemic
Tomi Koivusaari - Amorphis
Tommy Ratliff - Adam Lambert Band
Tony Azia - Acrassicauda
Tony Gamble
Tony Perry - Pierce the Veil
Tony Pimental
Tori Ruffin - The Time
Tory Stoffregen - The Black Mollys
Toshiya - Dir En Grey
Travis Miguel - Atreyu
Vince Martell - Vanilla Fudge
Vlad Zintchenko - Haloburn
Vorph - Samael
Warren McRae - Tina Turner Band
Warren Riker
Wayne Static - Static X
Wayne Avers - The Monkeys
William Duvall - Alice in Chains
Willie Adler - Lamb of God
Wizziac - Keep of Kalessin
Woody Weatherman - COC
XY - Samael
Zach Householder - Whitechapel
Zak Night - Vampires Everywhere

 

[Guttural Engagement]

I love metal because it's so unique! It's all the same in the sense of what Instruments you'll find in it, but I've never heard so much diversity in any genre other than metal. My favorite sub-genre of metal is Black Metal.

Spoiler: Black Metal Ist Krieg

Some Melodic Stuff
Some Satanic Stuff
A Little Atmospheric/Symphonic Stuff
And finally some Depressive Stuff

 

[InfiniteSingularity]

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.

Two best bands in the world.

I was lucky enough to see Tool twice in two days last week...epic shit man

 

[Not a Username]

I kind of straddle a number of metal lines, from alternative to industrial to nu metal, but it's more or less all I listen to. My favorites include Disturbed, Slipknot, Static-X, Five Finger Death Punch, Bulet for My Valentine, and System of a Down - and that's just to name a merciful few. I don't get into much heavier than that, though.