The official heavy metal thread

[Misundaztood]

Metal lovers, get your asses in here!

This thread is all about discussing metal.

A small, incomplete, in no particular order or genre list of my favorites;

Metallica(their first five albums at least)
Megadeth
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Guns N' Roses
AC/DC
Led Zeppelin
Pantera
Ozzy Ozbourne
Hatebreed
Disturbed
Rob Zombie
Type 'O Negative
Godsmack


...many others but I listed what most of you are familiar with. I like alot of underground stuff but in my area it's hard to come by. We do have this local band Kritikill who are awesome. Kinda a mix of thrash & death.

...and yes I'm aware some of what I posted is nu-metal but I like alot of that as well. So sue me.

[-Davo]

Zeppelin heavy metal?!?!1 what crack u been smokin' bro?

They rock

Good metal bands:
Nevermore
Sabbath
Dark Tranquility
Dream Theater
Faith No More
Iced Earth
In Flames
Pain Of Salvation
Rammstein

...Can't think of anymore

[Toksin]

Zeppelin was some of the first heavy metal. Zeppelin for life!

Not much of a modern metal fan myself, I can't stand death metal at all. Still, I like a bit of thrashing every now and then.

[lordvektra]

Dream Theater
If Dream Theater is “metal” which I don’t see I will also list Porcupine Tree
Tool
A Perfect Circle
Metallica
Iron Maiden
Guns N' Roses
AC/DC
Led Zeppelin
Pantera
Ozzy Ozbourne
Rob Zombie
Faith No More
Iced Earth
In Flames
Meshuggah
As I Lay Dying
Old Fear Factory
Opeth
Ocean Machine (devin townsend) some of his other stuff is good too
Cant forget Slayer
Im sure there are more but I cant think of them

[deadlight]

What no Mudvayne? Spineshank? old Static-X? Otherwise I agree with everything posted here.

[Spyke^]

Finally, someone mentioned Tool!!
Although, it's really hard to say to your friends "Man, I really like Tool".
I'd have to say that they are by far my favourite followed closely by Godsmack.
Being a former drummer myself (read I sold my drums to buy another motorcycle Sigh) it's usually the first thing I pick up on. Although I do appreciate every other instrument ( no Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute though :roll: )
I'm not a fan of Death Metal either, but if they would actually get singers who could sing instead of " BARK BARK ARRRRRGHH" the music itself is wicked.
As long as the band is tight and has talent I'll listen to them.

Rammnstein? I've heard OF them before, but haven't actually heard them.
Jeesus I can't type worth sh*t today!!

[goat_launcher]

Originally Posted by Toksin

Zeppelin was some of the first heavy metal. Zeppelin for life!

Not much of a modern metal fan myself, I can't stand death metal at all. Still, I like a bit of thrashing every now and then.

Ever gotten mild whiplash from head banging to Whole Lotta Love? Good Times.


Alot of my friends are into the death metal (Lamb of God, Mortician, Napalm Death) I can listen to it for a while but then I either get the urge to smash a window or kill a small mammal. But I have no problem blasting old-school Sepultura or Pantera at 7:30 in the moring on the way to school.

[MBTN]

In Flames (like others have mentioned, my favorite band)
Chimaira
Children Of Bodom
Some Cradle of Filth
Dimmu Borgir
Arch Enemy
Opeth
Soilwork
Killswitch Engage

Last summer I saw Unearth, Soilwork, Chimaira and In Flames
June 2nd I'm going to see In Flames and Killswitch!

[Steel]

weeeerd! Metal rules.

goat: ever gotten whiplash from listening to Metallica's Whiplash? I have! It was worth it!

[MBTN]

Ever have a big toe nail ripped off? Ever get kicked in the head? Ever get a bloody nose? That's what happened last summer at the concert!

[jon@af]

Avenged Sevenfold
As I Lay Dying
Single File Suicide
Mudvayne
Shadows Fall
Atreyu
Morbid Angel
Metallica
Tool
Perfect Circle
Hatebreed
Autumn to ashes
Coal Chamber
Soul Fly
Some others, but can't remember all of them.

[Misundaztood]

I can not believe I forgot about Dream Theater! My current favorite band. What is wrong with me?

[Spyke^]

Not to make any more work here, but I'm seeing a lot of new bands that I would be interested in hearing, but I have no idea of what are their good songs.
Stuff like Metallica/Megadeath etc. are pretty mainstream and we've all heard their stuff, but Dream Theater for instance, what's the good stuff off their alblums errr, CD? I'm figuring that the guys that actually LISTEN to the music would point me in the right direction instead of using Google.
You see what I mean?
I'm always open to new sounds/styles and would love to check out some of this stuff but as I'm currently living maybe five minutes from where the high speed stops on my road it makes downloading a nightmare.
( Downloading just to check out the song that is, I wouldn't dream of getting the whole CD *cough*)

Just my .02

[Misundaztood]

Just about every track on Dream Theater's Train of Thought rocks.

This is a vevy decent site to check out, www.allmusicguide.com Not only for metal but for everything. You can check out tracks & most have links to purchase.

[KustmAce]

Rammstein kicks ass!

Oh ya, and the rest are good too...