The Metal Thread!

[Lachlann]

Because we needed one and I didn't see it anywhere.

The Metal genre is notorious for having elitist fans, so let's try to keep this a little bit civil. You're welcome to dislike a particular kind of Metal as long as you're respectful about someone else's preferences.

I personally like Power Metal, Folk/Viking Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal and Heavy Metal. I'm open to all kinds, though, but those are my favourites.

I dig the following bands:
Hammerfall
Sonata Arctica
Nightwish
Leaves Eyes
Týr
Ensiferum
Wintersun
Jesu
Judas Priest
Royal Hunt
Diablo Swing Orchestra
Dream Theater
Bathory
Falkenbach
Overlorde

I'm looking to expand my Metal library, so feel free to suggest some.

[Ender]

Bands that I highly recommend (long standing favorites):
Opeth
Emperor
Burzum
Cryptopsy

Other bands I enjoy:
Borknagar
Naglfar
Age of Silence
Death
Bloodbath
Averse Sefira
Bathory

[Janet_Girl]

Guns and Roses
Metalica
AC/DC
Whitesnake
Black Sabbath
Alice Cooper
Kiss

And the true king of Heavy metal.
Jimi Hendrix


Janet

[Lachlann]

Bands that I highly recommend (long standing favorites):
Opeth
Emperor
Burzum
Cryptopsy

Thanks for the heads up. I've heard some of Opeth before, enough to get interested but I forgot until now to check up on them.

Guns and Roses
Metalica
AC/DC
Whitesnake
Black Sabbath
Alice Cooper
Kiss

And the true king of Heavy metal.
Jimi Hendrix


Janet

Classics for sure.

Great idea for a thread, Tristan, I should have done this long ago but I thought there were no metal fans here.

My fave metal bands would be:

Napalm Death
Carcass
Obituary
Terrorizer
13
Disrupt
Exit 13
Deceased
(early) Entombed
(early) Morbid Angel

I didn't think there'd be that many either, but after a couple of posts mentioning Metal I decided it needed it's own thread here.

May I take a guess and assume that your favourite sub-genre is Death Metal?

[Bellaon7]

Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Racer-X, Bucket Head, Genatorturers, Jimy Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Cream, Led Zeplin, Impellitteri, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Tony Macalpine, Yngwie Malmsteen, Metallica, Pantera, Venom, Merciful Fate, King Diamond, DiamondHead, MotorHead, Iced Earth, Van Halen, Ac/Dc, Kiss, & last but not least; SLAYER!!!

[Jester]

I LOVE Gamma Ray and Helloween and anyone whose ANYONE that likes power metal owes it to themselves to download/buy these masters of the genre.  I also love Nightwish and Lacuna Coil.

Other metal bands I like...

Manowar
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Megadeth
KMFDM
Static X
Children of Bodom
KISS
Motley Crue
Seikima (Japanese power metal band)
Marilyn Manson
Sonata Arctica
Avantasia

I think that power metal and hair metal really lend themselves to the transgender cause whether or not the bands themselves are aware of it.  Agree or disagree?

[Bellaon7]

Hell ya!

[Lachlann]

I think they do... well, it depends. 

Speaking of Japanese Metal, I just heard a band on youtube called Wolf who kind of sound reminiscent of Rob Halford. I tried finding a Myspace or a site or something, but I only get another band by the same name that's Swedish. I'll get crack-a-lackin' on those suggestions, I haven't gotten around to them yet, but I'll do it now.

[Jester]

Wolf's pretty sick. Another good Japanese band is Balzac.  They're punk rock, but they're the heavier end of punk rock.  They started as a Misfits cover band and then got.... good.

[Valkyrie]

I like Marilyn Manson (although many of my friends were greatly disappointed by his last live performance in the Sacramento Valley) and Lamb of God, and I need to get some more Pantera on my computer, but hey...

Does anyone here listen to The Birthday Massacre? They're my favorite metal band.

[Silver]

Hmm. . . so I guess I'll finally reply to this.

Pantera
Disturbed
Testament
Judas Priest
Metallica
Guns 'N' Roses
Queensryche
Mercyful Fate
Iron Maiden
Does System of a Down count?
DragonForce is alright sometimes.

And. . . yeah.

[Valkyrie]

Hmm. . . so I guess I'll finally reply to this.

Pantera
Disturbed
Testament
Judas Priest
Metallica
Guns 'N' Roses
Queensryche
The Gathering
Iron Maiden
Does System of a Down count?
DragonForce is alright sometimes.

And. . . yeah.

Of course System of a Down counts as metal! What else would they be, bluegrass??

[Silver]

Of course System of a Down counts as metal! What else would they be, bluegrass??

Well I've seem them referred to as alternative, experimental, metal, "progressive rock". . . etc. So I guess it depends on your opinion to some extent.

[Valkyrie]

Oh... well I suppose

[Lachlann]

Hmm. . . so I guess I'll finally reply to this.

Pantera
Disturbed
Testament
Judas Priest
Metallica
Guns 'N' Roses
Queensryche
Mercyful Fate
Iron Maiden
Does System of a Down count?
DragonForce is alright sometimes.

And. . . yeah.

Yeah I'm not really all that fond of DragonForce either. Some good bands on that list, though.

And yeah, as for the genre debates, I find a lot of bands are a mixture of several genres. Stepping in and out, or different songs with different sounds, but overall the same kind of character of the band. In metal, though, I think a lot of bands end up making a new 'core' or sub-genre just to 'stick out' even though they don't sound that much different from another  genre.

Looking for some new Heavy Metal and Power Metal recommendations.

[Claire89]

Hmm... I like....

Bullet For My Valentine
Slipknot
Disturbed
Drowning Pool
Haste The Day
Austrian Death Machine
Murderdolls
Wednesday 13
Spineshank
Trivium

I think theres some more, but thats all I can think of right now that fall into the metal type music category

[Tall-12A7]

My choice would be Rammstein...

[Silver]

I know its unnecessary, but I now add Trivium to the list.

[Lachlann]

Adding Powerwolf and Kiuas to the Power Metal list.

[PanoramaIsland]

I'm not centrally a metal listener - but that being said, here are some bands I enjoy:

Amebix
Sunn O))
Khanate
G.I.S.M.
Gallhammer
Mayhem (oh, so ironically, but they are fun)
Wormed
Nargaroth (again, so ironically I'm practically a hipster)
Doom
Brutal Truth
Sore Throat
Embers

I like a whole lot of stuff that borders on metal (crust, noise, power violence, grind, drone-doom, etc.) but considerably less that falls into the genre per se. I really admire Chuck Schuldiner of Death as a musician, and enjoy listening to his work despite not being madly in love with various large elements of his style.