Favorite Metal Bands? [Archive]

Prayfall

07-16-2006, 04:52 AM

Yea, I said metal because I wasnt sure how in-depth people on this forum are. Most of them are metalcore your right. Actually Im a fan of grindcore to, the local bands where I live are mostly grindcore-ish bands and I love them. I've never listened to big grindcore bands other then Napalm Death (they're grindcore..right?) so what are some good grindcore bands I could check out?

SoundWave

07-16-2006, 07:20 PM

Bands that I think are metal, that I listen to..

In Flames, Devil driver, Killswitch engage, Masterplan, Dream evil, Bullet for my valentine, nine, Rage, Primal fear, sentenced, soilwork, soil, The haunted, at the gates, Bloodbound, Children of bodom, Edguy..

Cursive

07-16-2006, 08:05 PM

Yeah, I don't think there is much metal people seem to like anymore, it is all metalcore, but most people don't know the difference...
There're some good local grindcore where I live too, you might have heard of The Heartland? They're from where I live, umm... no other notable ones.

berserk

07-16-2006, 08:45 PM

heh..

Iced Earth
Blind Guardian
Children of Bodom
Unearth
The Autumn Offering
Kreator
Lamb of God
Arch Enemy
Chimaira
Devil Driver
(just a few... :D )

Chouji

07-16-2006, 09:02 PM

no man no its Mettalica , Iron miaden , Megadeth , Alice in chains , twisted sister, pantera. that shit is metal and those are the real metal bands. you cant get metal anymore its either rock or metal core any more and all that emo crap out there.

Chobi

07-16-2006, 09:41 PM

In Flames
Sacrilege
Dark tranquility
Children of bodom
Deathstar
Slayer
Lamb of God
Thine Eyes Bleed
Soil

and Still remains (something mixed with Metal and skate punk) xD

moat

07-16-2006, 09:59 PM

favorite metal band: Darkest Hour.

Cursive

07-16-2006, 10:30 PM

Ok, this might need to be remade as favorite metalcore bands?
That is all that is being named.

Wintersun

07-16-2006, 11:17 PM

Aaah metal

Thats life :D

My favorites at the moment are:

Vintersorg
Pantera
Battleheart
Children of Bodom
Warmen
and obviously: Wintersun (teh bestest xD)

mmm Metal.. And dont call my music Metalcore people :P

It's Progressive metal
Folk metal
Melodic Death Metal

and Children of Bodom isnt metalcore.. Well, maybe nowadays.. But their new album isnt really good compared to their older stuff:P In my opinion that is.+

Cursive

07-16-2006, 11:54 PM

I didn't say yours was, I said everything above is, except Chouji, but that is all old, there is no real metal anymore.

Chobi

07-17-2006, 12:12 AM

Lol All bands have their own way of playing Metal, maybe they are Metalcore to u but not for me. In Flames for example said that the play modern Metal. and have u ever heared of Sacrilege? wouldnt think so, cause they were not famous at the time the existed.

But nwm, the difference between Metal and Metalcore isnt very big, nearly the same thing. to say they are different is like saying pink is singing Metal while Jlo singing classical ^^

Wintersun

07-17-2006, 12:21 AM

I didn't say yours was, I said everything above is, except Chouji, but that is all old, there is no real metal anymore.

Define real metal:face82:

It's all about your own style really. If everyone chose a generic genre to play in it would really not sound good.. Most of the good bands nowadays get labeled as what they are afterwards (there are exceptions -_-), and as music is very different from band to band, there is no "real metal" perse. It's really all in the eye of the beholder :winking56

Lol All bands have their own way of playing Metal, maybe they are Metalcore to u but not for me. In Flames for example said that the play modern Metal. and have u ever heared of Sacrilege? wouldnt think so, cause they were not famous at the time the existed.

But nwm, the difference between Metal and Metalcore isnt very big, nearly the same thing. to say they are different is like saying pink is singing Metal while Jlo singing classical ^^

^ Aye indeed. To be fair i don't really know the difference between Metal and Metalcore. But personaly i tend to stay away from anything with "core" in its name. And major lolage at Jlo singing classical xD

Cursive

07-17-2006, 01:12 AM

I don't really like metal myself, I just noticed that most people were posting a lot of metalcore, I can't define real metal, because I don't enjoy listening to it, so my description would be way off.

Metalcore is pretty much metal mixed with hardcore, as the name would suggest, it is a bit heavier, tends to have "screaming" in it, but has a metal sound to it.

I don't really like the suffix core or the word screaming, they tend to be associated with emo, without exception or thought before hand.

Shinomori

07-17-2006, 01:39 AM

Metalcore is pretty much metal mixed with hardcore, as the name would suggest, it is a bit heavier, tends to have "screaming" in it, but has a metal sound to it.

I LOL'd.

There is no metalcore. There is no "hardcore".

There is only metal.

Metal has different subgroups, but it's all metal.

Anyways.

Slayer
Mastodon
Atheist
Birds of Prey
High On Fire
Necrophagist
Opeth
Testament
Children of Bodom
Devildriver
In Flames
Blind Guardian
Iced Earth
Chimaira
Metallica
Primal Fear
Killswitch Engage
Static-X
Soil
Soilwork

There's more, those are just the major ones. :D

Cursive

07-17-2006, 01:55 AM

Hardcore is pretty much a subdivision of metal, which has subdivisions in itself, I've just been pointing out that this thread is called "Favorite Metal Bands," although half the things aren't actually metal... metalcore isn't far from metal, but hardcore is, I don't like either.
Btw, don't reply to me, I'm out of this here conversation, I don't care much for metal, so I won't post here anymore.
Thanks for disagreeing, it gave me something to do.

Chouji

07-17-2006, 04:14 AM

ok in actuall metall you have awsome solos not really any screaming and nothing is really tuned to D. i should know i grew up on metal.

SumpfFuchs

07-17-2006, 04:27 AM

I dont really have a favorite, depends on the mood I am in, but I will list most of what I have.

Arch Enemy
Avenged Sevenfold
Black Sabbath
Bolt Thrower
Bury Your Dead
Caliban
Children of Bodom
Damage Plan
Deep Purple
DevilDriver
Emperor
Fear Factory
God Forbid
The Haunted
Helmet
Himsa
Iced Earth
In Flames
Iron Maiden <3
Judas Priest
Killswitch Engage
Lamb Of God
Mastodon
Megadeth
Metallica
Motograter
Mudvayne
Nevermore
Pantera
Primal Fear
Prong
Rhapsody
Rob Zombie
Sepultura
Six Feet Under
Slayer
Soulfly
Thine Eyes Bleed
Tool
Trivium

Metal is like beer, you can not try one of them and have tried them all. As for the Debate on Metalcore, well, lets just say I believe that Metalcore is well, a subgenre of Metal that is relatively new to the genre.

Cursive

07-17-2006, 04:35 AM

I like Iron Maiden, I guess you could say taht is all the metal I like, I've heard a lot of it too, don't like any others.

Chouji

07-17-2006, 04:49 AM

I agree metal is a genre but their are different parts to it and well the main part to it is what is called metall which its bands by todays standards are more so A7X but the more Known " Metall" bands are Iron maiden metallica Megadeth etc. NOT LAMB OF GOD
OR MASTADON.

SumpfFuchs

07-17-2006, 05:05 AM

But you have to take into account, Iron Maiden has been around since 1975, Metallica formed in the late 1970's also, I would like to say 79 or so, but I really am not sure, whil Mastodon* (>.<) has only a single album out, and Lamb of God only has 3 albums and a new one comming out in august starting in 2000. Bands like Mastodon and Lamb of God, plus many more metal bands are more under the radar where you really dont hear about them exept from word of mouth recommendations rather then hearing them on the radio and such.

@Hinata, You said you wont post in this thread anymore, make up your mind.

Cursive

07-17-2006, 05:11 AM

Hmm, I said I was out of this, but someone intelligent came, so I'm willing to talk again, :D.
To the point...
When I think of metal, I don't think of anything new, what are some newer metal bands? Recommend me some, I can't say that what I listen to has been around more than 5-10 years, so different time frames aren't a problem for me... I don't think it is on the radio... or TV... or anything... not many people like/talk about it, I don't remember how I found it... crazy... Oh well, ^^. /spam much? I do.

Gordon Freeman

07-17-2006, 05:12 AM

Metallica
Korn
Marilyn Manson

Cursive

07-17-2006, 05:15 AM

Wow, that's quite spread, old metal to numetal to w/e the hell MM is... umm crazy satanic metal.(Not saying he has bad music, or is a bad person, actually I think he is quite interesting, just strange.

Gordon Freeman

07-17-2006, 05:16 AM

I like MM's music, I hate his face

SumpfFuchs

07-17-2006, 05:18 AM

For REALLY new Metal Bands, I would check up on Trivium, being they seem to be a really well upcomming band, and will be big in the future, Mastodon has got good stuff too. If you like real hard stuff check out Caliban and Bury Your Dead. Also a older band but VERY unique is Soulfly, if you like unique usage of drums I would suggest checking them out.

Cursive

07-17-2006, 05:23 AM

I'll try those, I don't seem to find any likings in metal much though, I like uniqueness but in a quite different way, I enjoy having no repeated parts in a song, different throughout, I see singing as an instrument, the lyrics don't matter as much to me the heavier it gets, only how it blends to the rest of the music, I don't think small groups are better than very large, I like to have a lot of things going on at once, but then also be organized and harmonized, quite complicated... but my point is, metal isn't much like that, usually.

SumpfFuchs

07-17-2006, 05:31 AM

From what you just said, you may want to check out Devildriver also, they do a good job of incorporating their growls and such into the music itsself and at least in my opinion, they are able to keep a very orangized sound going between their guitarists and drummer.

Cursive

07-17-2006, 05:33 AM

Listen to The Number Twelve Looks Like You's song Civeta Dei, with headphones though, you can't differentiate the different sounds without headphones, suggest things I might like, going by that. I'll try all those you mentioned already, though.

Shinomori

07-17-2006, 06:23 AM

SumpfFuchs

07-17-2006, 06:31 AM

Hm, thought they were together before then just not putting out records, but I guess that just goes to show exactly how much attention I give to metallica.

Cursive

07-17-2006, 06:31 AM

It isn't a bad thing to know your history.

wr80

07-17-2006, 06:37 AM

Personal favorite is Lamb of God and Silent Civilian. Great songs and amazing bands but Lamb of God>SC

Shinomori

07-17-2006, 06:41 AM

They were "created"/ got together in 81, first album (Kill 'Em All?) was 83.

I think.

Someone may want to check this.

SumpfFuchs

07-17-2006, 06:42 AM

It isn't a bad thing to know your history.

I will study my history on bands of which I like more before I study my history on bands of which fall lower on the list.

Shinomori

07-17-2006, 06:55 AM

Lol.

Well, Metallica tops my list.

You know I like them when I own the CDs they have....THAT WERE PRODUCED BEFORE I WAS ALIVE.

:D

SumpfFuchs

07-17-2006, 07:27 AM

Yea, just checked, they formed in 1981 and released their Kill'Em'All album in 1983. Of which fits perfectly thinking about it with the creation of Megadeth and the accusations of Mustaine's material still being used in Metallica after he left and such.

Chobi

07-17-2006, 09:18 AM

tbh honest i dont see metallica as a Metal band now a days, but thats because Metal gets heavier and heavier. know that they played the first music known as metal but still, not that much differance from hard rock =O

berserk

07-17-2006, 03:25 PM

heh... you guys should check out Kreator... they've been around since mid-'80s and still kicking ass today... they're really good... their latest album is Enemy of God...
Iced Earth is another awesome band...

Shockweed

07-17-2006, 07:19 PM

Way too many to name...

Slayer
Iron Maiden
Iced Earth
Black Sabbath
Ozzy
Blind Guardian
Metallica (up until "the black album" and nothing after)
Black Label Society
Mayhem
Cradle of Filth
Dimmu Borgir
Lamb of God
Children of Bodom
Godsmack
Behemoth
Mastodon
In Flames
Stratovarius

thats probably less than 5% of the music I listen to.

Raican Katarin

07-18-2006, 02:09 AM

erm i dont know if mine are classed as metal...

I think Devildriver would be the closest thing to metal i like, i saw them when they supported lamb of god...i went for the support bands lol.

I LOVE SIKTH!!!!!!! some people have classed them as metal, i dont care either way Sikth are the best band outta britain since ever so check em out!

neroahs

07-18-2006, 09:42 AM

Arch Enemy and In Flames tops my lists. I pretty like Iron Maiden as well. Blind Guardian and Iced Earth also some of my favourites.

EtheR^

07-18-2006, 11:31 AM

Umm...
-Children Of Bodom :headbang:
-Diablo :headbang:
-Norther
-Hatebreed
-Moonsorrow
-Older songs of Metallica
-In Flames
-Sentenced :headbang:
+ A lot more ^^

2TonTakedown

07-18-2006, 11:35 AM

Anyone ever heard of Rummstein?

cetamora

07-18-2006, 01:21 PM

Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica, Pantera.. yepp they rock!

Wintersun

07-19-2006, 12:21 AM

Pantera rock so hard :D

R.I.P Dimebag :'(

He is my idol when it comes to guitar (guitarfreak is me lol).
He and Jari Mäenpää.

berserk

07-19-2006, 05:20 AM

yeah Rammstein are kool too...

Deathscyth Hell

07-22-2006, 04:24 PM

I'm generaly not a fan of all our heavy metal (I'm more of a classic Rock kind of guy).

But I do have a strong likeing for Iron Maiden and Saxon. Iron Maiden is epic and poetic and Saxon were plain and simply the pionears of metal.

~black butterfly~

07-22-2006, 04:46 PM

Pantera, Metallica... just about that... lemme think of others... not really a big fan but i listen to them... :D

don kon

07-22-2006, 05:12 PM

my favourites are:

killswitch engage
36 crazyfists
atreyu
avenged sevenfold
lacuna coil

SLVR

07-23-2006, 07:19 AM

NYC's Anthrax

Cryptic Death

07-25-2006, 02:12 PM

Well i'm really diggin Unearth right now, really good stuff for all you metalcore fans

S.J.Shinigami

07-25-2006, 09:39 PM

EVERY TIME I DIE - the best

kaede822

07-26-2006, 10:54 AM

killswitch engage
pantera
metallica

Hazerdous

08-03-2006, 04:01 PM

Manowar! Rammstein, Hammerfall and a Finnish band called Ruoska, those are my favorite metal bands. Oh and I´ve just started listening to a japanese speed/heavy metal band called Sex Machineguns, and it seems good too.

obvious troll

08-03-2006, 05:42 PM

Children of Bodom, Norther, Metallica, DragonForce, Rhapsody, Primal Fear, and a bunch of others.

cetamora

08-03-2006, 11:00 PM

Strapping Yong lad... is, epic!

Chobi

08-03-2006, 11:06 PM

bah. no1 have heared of Sacrilege? (not the English band but the Swedish). U should have Ceta, they're from Vallda (Kungsbacka u know).

the fun thing about them is that they play Death Metal in a really awesome way making it sound nearly like a own genre, the texts are awesome and its no heavy brawling like in other death metal bands.

u all should check them out ^^

cetamora

08-03-2006, 11:30 PM

Hmm have to check em out.. I have some problems with DM bands.. most of em bores me.. I mostly listen to Progg metal and Thrash when it's metal (eller jag är ganska flexibel men va fan något måste man ju säga) so..

Are this the ones??? http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=61026734

oh Opeth and Dark Tranquility are like gods!!!

Chobi

08-04-2006, 12:28 PM

Yupp thats the band =P

Sad thing is that they don exist anymore cause their songs is so freakin good ='(

cetamora

08-04-2006, 01:24 PM

Yea, they where pretty cool!

Gothenburg is blessed with awesome metalbands :D

Cursive

08-04-2006, 01:34 PM

Umm.
I don't listen to metal per se... but liek grindcore...

The Number Twelve Looks Like You.
Fighting BEARS By Hand.
The Tony Danza Tap Dancing Extravaganza.
From A Second Story Window.
Heavy. Heavy. Low. Low.

Those are the only ones I can think of nearest metal.

Osoheil

08-04-2006, 02:18 PM

Arch enemy is my favorite band at the moment.

S.J.Shinigami

08-05-2006, 04:57 AM

HORSE the band

Demon of The Fall

08-05-2006, 07:23 AM

Ah man, metal. Probably the broadest genre EVER. Anyone can find what they want in metal. If you really dig into the genre, you can find absolutely amazing bands. I've been listening to a lot of of black metal and death metal recently, but here are some of my favorite bands, in no particular order (except for Opeth :D):

Opeth, Death, Suffocation, Venom, Athiest, Wintersun, Demilich, Burzum, Darkthrone, Finntroll, Dark Tranquility, Hypocrisy, Coroner, Kreator, Diabolical Masquerade, Edge of Sanity, Entombed, Ulver, Exhorder, Fejd, Destruction, Bolt Thrower, Cynic, Pain of Salvation, Gorguts, Into Eternity, Katatonia, Demigod, Bloodbath, Moonspell, Daylight Dies, Candlemass, Cathedral, Amorphis, Arcturus, Anathema, Arsis, Grand Belials Key, Immortal, Helstar, Lykathea Aflame, and Nevermore.

I know, huge list. You could look at this and see just metal bands, or you could see individual musical genius. Each one of these bands sounds very different from each other, and that's whats so great about metal. If you listen to jazz, rap, pop, blues, or any other genre, you won't find as much diversity as you can find in metal. Metal is like a blend of all other genres and making it heavier. Take Athiest, for example. They blend jazz rythmn and chord changes with heavily distorted guitars and a penetrating double bass. Now Finntroll, another example. They incorporate polka into their music. Arcturus and Burzum have many electronic influences. All these bands are very original, and that is hard to find in any other genre today.

Zanganken

08-07-2006, 10:25 AM

er...all the creatos of every bleach openings and endings.... and Green Day.

cetamora

08-07-2006, 03:53 PM

er...all the creatos of every bleach openings and endings.... and Green Day.

Agree to demon of the fall but.. how the **** did you find metal in that Zanganken :S

Deykaliwn

08-07-2006, 05:42 PM

Well my favorites are : Iron Maiden, Metallica, Blind Guardian, Scorpions, Black Sabbath, Iced Earth, Judas Priest, Manowar, Rainbow, Dio, Bruce Dickinson(solo) !!!:headbang:

Northern star

08-08-2006, 10:52 AM

Norther, Ensiferum, Wintersun, Disturbed, CoB

Super_Dante

08-11-2006, 12:35 AM

me it's Behemoth, Amon Amarth, Children of Bodom, Dimmu Borgir, Cradle Of Filth, Iced Earth, Dream Theater, Immortal, Norther ... and many more

Shinomori

08-11-2006, 12:38 AM

LISTEN TO CLAWFINGER.

I just found out about them today.

They're GREAT.

Seriously.

They're lighter metal (not death metal, at least not the songs I've heard), but they're excellent.

And Zan, just get your spammy bullshit the hell out of here. It's not welcome.

S.J.Shinigami

08-11-2006, 02:11 AM

Athera- i heard them on myspace. they're pretty good

Dounick

08-11-2006, 10:23 AM

avenged sevenfold
well i dont know if this is a metal band...
i would have to say its more a heavy metal band
but its works

Wolfman Walt

08-12-2006, 06:37 AM

Dethklok. Everything else is dumb.

hasuke

08-12-2006, 06:39 AM

Dethklok. Everything else is dumb.

MERMAIDER...IT'S ABOUT MERMAID...MURDER.

EDIT: This thread is now BLACKER THAN THE BLACKEST BLACK, TIMES INFINITY.

Wolfman Walt

08-12-2006, 06:42 AM

MURMAIDER...IT'S ABOUT MERMAID...MURDER

Scuba Tank Filled with Farts was better.

Infini

08-12-2006, 08:07 AM

gotta love Zeromancer, Kamelot, gamma ray and linkin park xD

azusa_the_warrior

08-15-2006, 07:15 AM

umm my fav bands are linkin park, system of a down, and pantera

Tyenkrovy

08-15-2006, 07:43 AM

/me looks at the thread title

"Favorite metal bands". Hmm… Personally, I have to question whether Linkin Park and System of a Down are really metal, but okay…

My favorite bands (that I can recall at the moment) that could feasibly fall under the umbrella of "metal", in no particular order, are:
Mudvayne
Borknagar
Iced Earth
Freedom Call
KoЯn
Iron Maiden

Cursive

08-15-2006, 07:44 AM

There is no questioning... it just isn't. Neither are some other people I've seen mentioned in here. But, there are so many sub-divisions of metal, that you cannot quite classify one thing as not metal, as almost every group is a little metal.
Korn or SoaD or Linkin Park, for instance, are all quite numetal, still metal, but when most would think of metal they would think old metal.
Really I could say The Number Twelve Looks Like You is my favorite metal band, seeing as they are mathmetal, but they are so many other things also, that I wouldn't really want to mention them here, I think this is just a thread filled with flaws any way you look at it.

Icchy <3

08-15-2006, 05:00 PM

Well, some of these songs might not be metal, because i'm not good at classifyng music, but I will give this a try.

First of all, my fave metal band is Slipknot, as many of the people who know me in the Randomness would know.
I like Slipknot because they have one of my fave drummers in the world in the band.

Secondly, System Of a Down.
I really love this band mainly for the style of the band. The singers are really impressive and I think they are great.

Lastly, Drowning Pool.
Now, Drowning Pool arn't may fave metal band because I don't really like all of there songs. The only songs I like from Drowing Pool are "Bodies" and "Sinner".

Pfft. Exuse my spelling xD

Panzergraf

08-18-2006, 02:23 AM

Panzerchrist!

:headbang:

HomieDas

08-19-2006, 08:40 PM

Metallica pwns

Evanesque

08-23-2006, 12:07 PM

Cradle of Filth, Deicide, Crimson Scythe, Rammstein, Children of Bodom, Sepultura, Crematory, Hate, Death, Behemoth, Alverg, Nervecell, Dimmu Borgir, Necrophagist, Cannibal Corpse, Disgorge, Azaroth, Trivium, Lamb of God, Nunslaughter, Blaspherion, Unblessed, Decoy death trap, Narkan, Bleeding through, Killswitch Engage, Witchtrap, Zonaria and more...:headbang:

EDIT: OoO and System of a Down...how could I have forgotten them??? *slaps forehead*

cetamora

08-23-2006, 04:06 PM

Been listening to Cowboys from hell all day long and... it friggin pwns \m/

High On PCP

08-23-2006, 04:18 PM

I'm more into that 80s metal. Like Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, Metallica Motorhead and Guns N' Roses(They are more hard rock though).

cetamora

08-23-2006, 07:59 PM

Trivium is pretty cool! (come to think of them since they are currently playin XD)

and.. um MastodoN!

High On PCP

08-23-2006, 08:20 PM

Oh, I forgot Spinal Tap. lolz

SentByGod

08-24-2006, 11:32 PM

nonpoint, disturbed, and system of a down.

Cursive

08-26-2006, 12:37 AM

Should I even keep complaining about people and not knowing that what they're posting is not metal? Unless this were the "Favorite Numetal Bands," then I think most of this thread would be there, it get's annoying... and I'm not even a fan of metal, I just love to b*tch about people knowing nothing about music. I think metal is generally too slow, though I do like Iron Maiden a bit, namely for the pitch, I enjoy more high-pitched music.

I Eat Clorox

08-26-2006, 05:06 AM

Judas Priest,Iron Maiden,Dio

Shinomori

08-30-2006, 02:43 AM