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VirusType2

16-06-2009, 05:09 PM

I'm not sure if I could pick a favorite. I generally like only one album, or a few songs from a lot of different bands.

Though I'm not really into them hardcore anymore, I could probably safely go with Metallica, but that's only because I've heard all of their songs and so it has more quantity of songs backing the choice.

I like a lot of Motorhead and AC/DC, My Dying Bride, In Flames...

Vigilante

16-06-2009, 05:20 PM

If you cant pick one, list he sub-genres and your favorites from each :). In flames used to be good..not a huge fan anymore.

Lucid

16-06-2009, 05:36 PM

Fear Factory's an all time fav of mine.

swan_song1973

16-06-2009, 06:10 PM

rage against the machine, if you wish to call them metal.

mortiz-Redux

16-06-2009, 06:21 PM

Depends on how I'm feeling, Iron Maiden is probably my all time favourite metal band, though I haven't really listened to much Maiden recently.

Qonfused

16-06-2009, 06:23 PM

Fear Factory's an all time fav of mine.

/Facebook like

Is Anthrax considered metal? If so, them. I've only heard two songs by them.

nipples

16-06-2009, 06:23 PM

Lamb of God

Lucid

16-06-2009, 06:35 PM

/Facebook like

Is Anthrax considered metal? If so, them. I've only heard two songs by them.

Of course they're considered metal.

Vigilante

16-06-2009, 06:48 PM

Metalcore...epic fail.

-Psy-

17-06-2009, 12:32 AM

I like Dream Theater, Pain of Salvation, Metallica, Meshuggah and Porcupine Tree (metal at some points).

Van_Halen

17-06-2009, 04:06 AM

Pantera or Alice in Chains (Though AIC's stuff tends to be more depressing, theses just something humbling about the lyrics...)

Laivasse

17-06-2009, 04:23 AM

Immortal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEVXZ9Am9GI

Axis of Advance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxE2UQrYxoU

Van_Halen

17-06-2009, 04:43 AM

Dear god, please tell me you are joking...

Vigilante

17-06-2009, 04:44 AM

Dear god, please tell me you are joking...

Who? If that was to Laivasse...I agree with the sentiment.

Van_Halen

17-06-2009, 04:48 AM

Who? If that was to Laivasse...I agree with the sentiment.

Yes it was.

xombine

17-06-2009, 04:53 AM

Pantera or Alice in Chains (Though AIC's stuff tends to be more depressing, theses just something humbling about the lyrics...)
Maybe because the singer was slowly killing himself with drugs?... ;)

Sedako

17-06-2009, 06:01 AM

For me it's either Blind Guardian or Symphony X.

Van_Halen

17-06-2009, 06:03 AM

Maybe because the singer was slowly killing himself with drugs?... ;)

Heroin*

PoeticRocker

17-06-2009, 07:37 AM

I'm not big on metal, but my favorite metal band in high school was Queensryche.

gFrohman

17-06-2009, 07:49 AM

Metallica, Kidneythieves, Staind, Static-X, TOOL, to name a few.

Vorac1ous

17-06-2009, 08:13 AM

NAPALM DEATH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOLNJFmIa8Q

Laivasse

17-06-2009, 02:09 PM

Dear god, please tell me you are joking...Don't ever use the word 'metal' again! Fit a neckbrace to prevent headbanging! Cut your hair! OUT!

Same goes for the Opeth feelyfag.

Vigilante

17-06-2009, 03:35 PM

Sorry for not liking Black metal.

VirusType2

17-06-2009, 03:50 PM

That wasn't black metal at all... is it?

Laivasse

17-06-2009, 04:05 PM

If he's referring to the Immortal vid, it comes from more of a thrash/heavy metal album with black metal styled vox and some BM elements. Immortal are black metal legend but they haven't put out a BM album since 1995, really.
Axis of Advance are an atmospheric death metal band with impenetrable production values, which makes a lot of people mislabel them as black metal.

Axis of Advance are not listener friendly but every metal fan owes it to themselves to check out Immortal's 'At the Heart of Winter' album (the aforementioned thrashy material), and wrestle with the vocal style if it's not to their taste.

Van_Halen

17-06-2009, 07:06 PM

...I don't owe myself anything but the new AIC album.

I can appreciate the production values that go into it, but there's more than that to creating music. But then again, I guess everyone has their tastes, so listen to what you like... But be prepared for me to scoff at you. :p

VirusType2

17-06-2009, 07:27 PM

Dog--

17-06-2009, 07:31 PM

Symphony X.

char5

Sedako

17-06-2009, 07:36 PM

There are at least 100 metal bands out there that kick so much ****ing ass - they've almost got it all, but are off on just that one element that completely ruins them. It's almost always that they have poor vocals but incredible guitarists, and sometimes it's drummers that are skillful, but unlistenable/unlikeable.

It pains me when these bands have this one minute of absolute perfection, but then they go right back to screaming bloody murder and what sounds like them playing their guitars with their knees or some shit.

I can't really listen to metal unless the singers are up to par with the rest of the band. That's why I enjoy Symphony X a lot. Russel Allen is one of my favorite vocalists, and paired with Michael Romeo's amazing guitar work, I love it.

Michael Romeo demo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgMmYTIMrZE&feature=related

And the full song (using a step-mania vid because it happens to be the highest quality version of this song on youtube):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfRsi-JWHhc

And from the same album comes this incredible song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdeijfndRTA&feature=PlayList&p=792B587EE91DF382&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=43

TheAntipop

17-06-2009, 08:29 PM

I haven't one favourite, though I guess top runners would be ISIS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awg99tk6vys

This band boggle my mind with their talent. Stupendous amount of creativity and unique textured elements and with fantastically well written lyrics and themes to boot.

Right now on the side, though, Anaal Nathrakh do take my fancy a hell of a lot, esp. with the latest release In The Constellation of the Black Widow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_DKINX-7Kc

New album is the dogs bollocks.

Laivasse

18-06-2009, 03:29 AM

Anaal Nathrakh are a band I used to like a hell of a lot too, but I very much cooled off on after the 'When Fire Rains Down...' EP. I'm not too taken with the above song either, but the 'Codex Necro' is still great for me, lots of old-Mayhem-worship riffing.

ajski752

18-06-2009, 03:47 AM

Maiden all time fave!
saw them live, best concert ive ever seen. and i see a lot of freaking concerts every year

but i really like a lot of other bands. like anthrax, AC/DC, motely crue, sabbath, GnR,
basically the older, metal. none of the new, scream you face off metal... that sucks massive ****

gFrohman

18-06-2009, 04:13 AM

Yeah, I can never get into screamo stuff; sounds very flat, dry, & repetitive musically. Older hair metal kicks ass, though.

lefty

18-06-2009, 04:19 AM

Dear god, please tell me you are joking...

hahahaha lavaisse's shit is ****ing brutal.

TheAntipop

18-06-2009, 04:32 AM

Also probably the most metal bands to have been posted as of yet, 'cept for the guy who mentioned Napalm Death. Respect! Top live band, totally nuts guys and damn fine people to share a brew with at a gig.

Anaal Nathrakh are a band I used to like a hell of a lot too, but I very much cooled off on after the 'When Fire Rains Down...' EP. I'm not too taken with the above song either, but the 'Codex Necro' is still great for me, lots of old-Mayhem-worship riffing.

Ah, I'm really liking all their outputs myself. Haven't given either of those releases the proper comb over as I started out on Eschaton and Hell Is Empty... but yeah, it's fantastic stuff. I'm very awkward when it comes to black metal and it's the little unique edges that the odd band out there put into their efforts to get my attention such as the grind elements of AN. Pretty big on Wolves in the Throne Room, too.

Do need to catch them live at some point.

ajski752

18-06-2009, 04:33 AM

Yeah, I can never get into screamo stuff; sounds very flat, dry, & repetitive musically. Older hair metal kicks ass, though.

OH F***
how could i forget hair metal...
ZZ TOP FTW!
I think i might be seeing them with areosmith in september

VirusType2

18-06-2009, 04:33 AM

I've heard some metal that is stupid hilariously terrible and the fans are going apeshit. I don't get it. I won't knock it though, but I won't listen to it either.

OH F***
how could i forget hair metal...
ZZ TOP FTW!
ZZ top has gone through some different genres over the past 25 years or so, but they've never been hair metal. But yeah, I don't care what anyone says, ZZ top has some incredible songs, mostly stuff from the 70's, like Just Got Paid.

Hair metal is Glam Rock - like what you posted: Motley Crue .. but a group like Poison is the definition of Glam Rock

Laivasse

18-06-2009, 02:46 PM

Ah, I'm really liking all their outputs myself. Haven't given either of those releases the proper comb over as I started out on Eschaton and Hell Is Empty... but yeah, it's fantastic stuff. I'm very awkward when it comes to black metal and it's the little unique edges that the odd band out there put into their efforts to get my attention such as the grind elements of AN. Pretty big on Wolves in the Throne Room, too.

Do need to catch them live at some point.Yeah, their stuff was more straight BM flavoured in the beginning, and shared riffing styles a bit more with Frost, which was Migg/Irrumator's retro-BM project (which I don't recall being that good, sadly). The stop-start riffs which they started to use more and more are less to my taste, but if you like that grinding/grooving element then 'Cataclysmic Nihlism' (from the 'When Fire...' EP) is a real beast of a song in that vein.

Also agreed@Napalm Death being really nice-seeming guys who put on a great live set.

Sedako

18-06-2009, 09:26 PM

Ok, I lied. These guys are now the greatest metal band to ever grace the stage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFa87Vw42-o

:laugh:

ajski752

18-06-2009, 09:48 PM

I donot know. Ive always heard and thought of them as like a hair and grunge metal combination...

Metal in general though, maiden is and always will be my favourite band... but as for hair metal, motley crue takes the cake any day of the week

-Psy-

18-06-2009, 11:56 PM

+1 on Symphony X

Nibwoddle

21-06-2009, 10:17 AM

In Flames if we're talking screamy, otherwise Metallica.

Hazar

21-06-2009, 11:12 AM

Sonata Arctica if you count them as metal.

KineticAesthetic

21-06-2009, 11:24 AM

Turbonegro.

Zephos

21-06-2009, 11:27 AM

If AIC actually count then sure, that's mine.

But for typical Metal fare it has to be Mastodon.

Laivasse

21-06-2009, 03:20 PM

Right now on the side, though, Anaal Nathrakh do take my fancy a hell of a lotJust thought I'd mention that both Anaal Nathrakh and Immortal have been confirmed for Brutal Assault 2009 (http://brutalassault.cz/en/info/) in Jaromer, Czech Republic, which I'm thinking of attending. The rest of the line-up's not too hot though and it's looking like I'd have to go alone ;(

Sedako

21-06-2009, 07:22 PM

Sonata Arctica if you count them as metal.

They certainly are metal. They also have some very technically unique music. Did you know that there's a Puzzle RPG in development based on Winterheart's Guild?

http://www.winterheartsguild.com/wg/index.htm

TheAntipop

21-06-2009, 07:30 PM

Just thought I'd mention that both Anaal Nathrakh and Immortal have been confirmed for Brutal Assault 2009 (http://brutalassault.cz/en/info/) in Jaromer, Czech Republic, which I'm thinking of attending. The rest of the line-up's not too hot though and it's looking like I'd have to go alone ;(

I'm only hitting up Damnation and Square Festival this year - Damnation for the annual yearly meet up of the forum members and A Storm of Light, Manatees, Mistress, This Will Destroy You and Square for 65dos. On the subject, I heard rumours that Anaal Nathrakh might be doing Damnation again this year but that might just be confusion over Nathrakh members being apart of Mistress.

Hope it's true, though!

Hazar

21-06-2009, 09:19 PM

They certainly are metal. They also have some very technically unique music. Did you know that there's a Puzzle RPG in development based on Winterheart's Guild?

http://www.winterheartsguild.com/wg/index.htm

Yeah I heard about that. I don't really have any expectations for the game but I think they did say there was going to be some new songs for the game.

Seppo

26-06-2009, 11:01 PM

At the moment... Rainbow.

dream431ca

29-06-2009, 07:18 AM

Aww...man, I have so many favorites :(

But I'll go with the band that got me into metal into the first place: Nightwish. Here are my favorites for Metal:

Nightwish
Edenbridge
Dark Moor
Dragonforce
Serenity
Serenia
Sonata Arctica
Stratovarious
Dream Evil
Delain

Saturos

29-06-2009, 10:03 AM

In order from favorite:

Mudvayne
Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath
Duskfall

I have a bunch of other favorites too, but I wouldn't consider them metal: (no particular order)

Three Doors Down
Foo Fighters
Butthole Surfers
Bush
Nirvana
Three Days Grace
Guns n' Roses
Queens of The Stone Age
Led Zepplin
Eagles
The Verve
Lynyrd Skynyrd

dream431ca

30-06-2009, 05:47 AM

I can't really listen to metal unless the singers are up to par with the rest of the band. That's why I enjoy Symphony X a lot. Russel Allen is one of my favorite vocalists, and paired with Michael Romeo's amazing guitar work, I love it.

Michael Romeo demo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgMmYTIMrZE&feature=related

And the full song (using a step-mania vid because it happens to be the highest quality version of this song on youtube):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfRsi-JWHhc

And from the same album comes this incredible song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdeijfndRTA&feature=PlayList&p=792B587EE91DF382&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=43

MY GOD MAN! That song from Symphony X is just incredible. I have to look into them. Thanks for the song!

Kouler

04-07-2009, 02:55 AM

ignorethis

Kouler

04-07-2009, 03:06 AM

Metal, **** yeah. If anyone is interested in metal with talent, check out the top releases of these bands. A bit of everything, from thrash to melodeath, to grind, to prog, to atmospheric sludge:

All Shall Perish
Anaal Nathrakh
Arcturus
Bathory
Between The Buried And Me
Black Sabbath
Burzum
Carcass
Chimaira
Converge
Death
Deftones
Despised Icon
Devin Townsend
Dillinger Escape Plan
Gojira
Gorguts
Isis
Mastodon
Megadeth
Metallica
Meshuggah
Neurosis
Nile
Opeth
Slayer
Strapping Young Lad
Tool

All great bands, especially at their best.

Laivasse

04-07-2009, 03:36 AM

I'd echo the Nile.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44jRUTKDLYIWould have mentioned them myself except their last couple of albums have been middling.

Acepilotf14

04-07-2009, 06:17 AM

GREEN DAY

MattyDienhoff

04-07-2009, 05:19 PM

I'm sorry, I can't pick one.

Iron Maiden
Megadeth
Isis
Tool
Nightwish
Rammstein

Hazar

05-07-2009, 06:29 AM

Dream Theater is also awesome

new album is pretty awesome, I like it better than systematic chaos.

nipples

05-07-2009, 07:00 AM

I still have to pick up the new DT album. Haven't listened to them in awhile though.

Van_Halen

07-07-2009, 07:08 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj2xSwOY0xs

Pantera.

Robert-

07-07-2009, 07:33 AM

System Of A Down.

But, if you don't consider them metal, Lamb Of God.

Van_Halen

07-07-2009, 07:58 AM

**** it. Slayer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SdmsWBO7O4

EDIT: ****ing lamb of God... I can't decide which is best.

StardogChampion

09-07-2009, 03:46 AM

Alice in Chains!

DarkSin

11-07-2009, 11:14 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYNhXL-jKPI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe7S1Eo-MMI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXSV4WRfqvg&feature=fvst

Schall

27-07-2009, 10:02 AM

Avenged Sevenfold hands down!

Sedako

27-07-2009, 10:15 PM

Dream Theater is also awesome

new album is pretty awesome, I like it better than systematic chaos.

Both would be a lot better if they were properly mastered, and if Portny was banned from writing the lyrics :P. I love Dream Theater, but they they were greater in the 90s. Their live albums are incredible though.

Hazar

28-07-2009, 02:52 AM

what do you mean by properly mastered? I think the new one sounds great and isn't overly clipped like most new albums are. It may be a bit more than their earlier albums though.

I really don't listen to them for the lyrics which I don't care much about.

Sedako

28-07-2009, 02:57 AM