I'm the same, by the time I was eighteen I had realised that music was a much broader canvass than just thrash metal, but I do still like it (or at least some of it) I just would rather listen to it as it was than seeing a load of old men going through the motions. I was the same when the Sex Pistols reformed for gigs, although I do regret not seeing the Stooges at Glastonbury as I saw it on T.V and they were amazing! So that kind of shoots holes in my theory.

I kind of missed the whole Death Metal thing as once I discovered other things (mostly U.S punk) I went completely the other way for a while and didn't listen to what was going on in the metal world, I had the debut albums by Possessed and Death and the like but they were still pretty much thrash. Napalm Death too but they were still hardcore punk at the time. I have over the past couple of years been buying up vinyl from that era because as I transition, I wanted a link to the past (I'm a bit weird like that!) My god some of it's expensive to get now!!

Agh, I'm not good at identifying different types of 'hard rock' so I'll just toss my 2 cents in here and hope they're rightly labeled:

Dir en Grey [japanese band who get pretty insane]
Otep
System of a Down
Gallhammer  [japanese again]
The Crescents [korean band]

Think that's all I've got that I think 'qualify'. Oh man that's a lame list.

Quote from: Silver on December 02, 2009, 10:03:45 PM
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.

System of a Down definately fall into the metal genre in my opinion, Chop Suey is amazing (I'm gonna have to go play it on Guitar Hero now i've thought of it)

Everybody should check out Iron Maidens latest album The Final Frontier, it's the best they've ever done

Anyone else heard new Autopsy songs yet? Definitely one of my pics for album of the year so far. ->-bleeped-<- yeah, them, Hail of Bullets and Asphyx are keeping the old school alive these days

I really do love my metal, so I'll just go ahead and namedrop a bunch of the bands/genres I listen to.

My most favourite genre of metal is straight up progressive metal, like Dream Theater, Ayreon, Devin Townsend and Cloudkicker. I also love some other harsher prog metal, like Meshuggah, Disillusion and Opeth. I'm also currently on a huge post-metal/sludge metal binge; I've been listening to a lot of Isis, Dirge, Long Distance Calling, and Ashes and Iron lately. There's also a lot of eclectic avant-garde metal in my library, like Dog Fashion Disco, SikTh, maudlin of the Well and Diablo Swing Orchestra.

I don't remember if I posted in this or not and I don't want to try and go through all the pages on my phone. lol

My metal line up:

DIMMU BORGIR!!!!
Behemoth
God Forbid
Suicide Silence
Stovokor (Klingon heavy metal band)
King Diamond

how about ufo,michael schenker group,uli jon roth,yngwie malmsteem,storm witch,randy rhoads,anvil,loudness a japanese band,annihilator,lizzy borden,and accept.

Quote from: Laura91 on May 18, 2011, 04:17:51 PM
No, I haven't checked those out yet. I've heard that it's more like their early stuff from the late 80s/early 90s. I also want to check out  the new Deceased record. I heard a couple of super rough demos on Youtube and the songs were pretty good.

Ok, I know that this might constitute as grave digging, but seriously...new Autopsy is ->-bleeped-<-ing amazing. Everyone must listen to new Autopsy! Do it now!

Drone doom, atmospheric and depressive black metal are the only metals for me. :3

Was really big in metal and metalcore years back; Extol, Arch Enemy, Dillinger Escape Plan, etc. Anymore I'm calming down and like post-hardcore/ punkcore stuff, but now and then I listen to Eluveitie or Armana Reign.

Quote from: Adele on September 02, 2011, 06:06:53 PMUnless we're talking about Bal-Sagoth. For some reason, I love that band, even though it's the type of thing I should totally hate. 

Nobody should hate Bal-Sagoth, no matter what other genres of metal they like (coming from a long time diehard old school black metal/death metal/thrash metal fan, here)! They are epic as ->-bleeped-<-!

I defy you!

Hyperborea shall fall! Your court shall become the heart of my new imperium! Your people shall become my lackeys bearing the glorious burden of my sovereignty with sweet praise upon their lips!

I shall aaalways defy yoouuuu!!!

How is it possible not to see/hear the awesomeness that is Bal-Sagoth?!

wow i never expected there would be so many fans of great music here

here is a short list

dark throne
burzum
mayhem
deicide
morbid angel(old school)
carcass 
my dying bride
paradise lost
carnivore/type o negative
misfits
cancer
cadaver
terrorizer

and some speed core techno
like delta 9, DOA, jack Lucifer,lenny dee
stuff on
industrial strength records 
bloody fist records
P.C.P. kotzak klan 

So:
Iron Maiden
Helloween
Stratovarius,
Edguy,
Masterplan
Nightwist
Dark Moor
Black Messiah
Hammerfall
Dream Evil
Judas Priest
Metallica
Running Wild
Lonewolf
Adagio

Mezarkabul (Turkey)
Almora (Turkey)
Catafalque (Turkey)

X-Japan
Blaflare (japan)
Galneryus (Japan)

Blackthorn (Russia)
Butterfly Temple (Russia)
Kipelov(Russia)
Aria(Russia)
Epidemia(Russia)
Arkona(Russia)
Catharsis(Russia)
Volnaya Staia(Russia)
Andem(Russia)

Orphaned land(Israel)
Edgend(Israel)

Vesania(Poland)

Quote from: Berserk on April 27, 2011, 12:42:35 PM
Darkthrone

Haha, I used to hang out with Fenris' brother all the time. We used to be good friends and I would hang out over at their house all the time back in the 90s. Gylve seemed more of the quiet type to me and we never really clicked. Still see him at the rock/metal clubs sometimes when I go out to those places.

Saw Judas Priest this last October, in San Antonio.

Loved it!

They were without Mr. Downing, and Rob Halford looked to be on his last legs... but... it was the fulfillment of something I've been wanting to do for 30+ yrs.

Better late than never! 

That's awesome! I've been listening to Judas Priest a lot lately.

Been quite obsessed with Tyr lately...which is odd, since I really didn't enjoy them at all in the past. But something suddenly clicked and I just can't stop lol

Quote from: Mistelle on July 05, 2012, 12:07:55 AM
Arkona(Russia)

Thank you! My friend introduced me to them, but I couldn't remember what they were called.

Honestly my musical taste in metal is so eclectic that I don't even know if it would fall under metal. So many people get irritable on that so I will just list my fave 10 or so

(not in any particular order)
10. Dimmu borgir/Old Man's child -I love both these bands and since they were kinda bundled on the devils path/shades of life album.
9. Cradle of Filth fo sure.
8. Manson
7. White zombie
6. Machinehead
5. Deathstars
4. Acidbath
3. Finntroll
2. Korn(yes I am a 90s kid and loves their stuff from then, so angsty and brooding)
1. Misfits. I don't care if it's not metal, they deserve a spot in this post.