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Metal as in music.

I'm making this thread simply because I'm getting tired of bush bush bush kerry kerry ask a jew ask a jew threads. And I like metal

Okay, so list your top ten favorite metal bands (if you don't have ten don't worry, jsut post 'em anyway). And then maybe say what kind of metal is your favorite (death, thrash, power, doom, etc.)

Alright some guidlines

1. This is NOT a thread where you criticize each others music taste. If you hate a band, it doesn't matter. People are gonna like what they're gonna like. And if you hate metal music, then simply don't post, that's it. I don't care

2. There is a difference between death metal, and dark metal. Quite a bit actually. However, dark metal, and black metal are (in my opinion) the same thing, only different degrees of "evil".

3. Just because they don't have uber fast, chunky guitar riffs doesn't discount them. Things like Led Zepplin and...*sigh* KISS do count, because without these bands, there would probably not be metal as we know it today. And Black Sabbath is of course traditional metal, not doom metal, so put that to rest right now.

4. Please, if it's a band, give a web address so we can check them out. If they don't have one...welll...then that sucks for me I guess.

5. Opeth, and Otep are very different, but the names get confused alot. Opeth is a rather excellent Swedish prog/death metal band. Otep is Nu-Metal from L.A.

Anyway, that's about it. But what's my list you ask!?

1. Children of Bodom - actually tied with second
2. Vader - Polish death!
3. Opeth - one listed above
4. Gorgoroth - uhhh...heheh
5. Shadow's Fall
6. Bathory - should have listed it earlier. Quorthon started it all
7. Iron Maiden - again, shoulda listed earlier
8. Led Zepplin - ditto
9. Darkthrone - got me hooked
10. Behemoth - my three favorite polish bands combined!

Anyway, if you can't tell, I prefer death metal, and dark metal

Yeah...sooo...go!

Gallium.

I'm know, you said no "I don't like metal" posts, but I must say metal sounds like a screaming man beating a baby and a cat onto a flaming oven.

I dont know what catagories my musical tastes go to but here goes: I like 1) Slipknot 2) System of the down 3) Marilyn Manson 4) Korn 5) Pink Floyd 6) Ozzy Osbourne 7) Rammstein 8) Godsmack

P.S: I am NOT a goth

;)

Gallium.

I'm know, you said no "I don't like metal" posts, but I must say metal sounds like a screaming man beating a baby and a cat onto a flaming oven.

Dude, fuck you. Palladium is far superior. It SOUNDS cooler.

Gallium.

I'm know, you said no "I don't like metal" posts, but I must say metal sounds like a screaming man beating a baby and a cat onto a flaming oven.

hehehe...I've heard it compared to the Cookie Monster getting raped. Metal isn't for everyone, granted. It takes some getting used too.

The Cookie Monster getting RAPED!?

Excuse me while I go throw up in the corner...

The Cookie Monster getting RAPED!?

Excuse me while I go throw up in the corner...

hehehe...yeah...I thought it was funny.

01: Fear Factory (American Industrial Metal)
02: Soilwork (Swedish Death Metal)
03: At the Gates (Swedish Death Metal)
04: Mushroomhead (American Industrial/Hardcore)
05: Strapping Young Lad (Canadian Industrial/Death)
06: The Berzerker (Australian Industrial/Death)
07: Anathema (British Doom Metal)
08: Spineshank (American Industrial/Hardcore)
09: In Flames (Swedish Death Metal)
10: Kreator (German Thrash/Death)

If I could count weird Industrial groups, I'd have a much bigger list: KMFDM, Nine Inch Nails, Covenant, Panic DHH, Alec Empire, Front Line Assembly, Assemblage 23, Aslan Faction, Front 242, etc... but nevermind.

01: Fear Factory (American Industrial Metal)
02: Soilwork (Swedish Death Metal)
03: At the Gates (Swedish Death Metal)
04: Mushroomhead (American Industrial/Hardcore)
05: Strapping Young Lad (Canadian Industrial/Death)
06: The Berzerker (Australian Industrial/Death)
07: Anathema (British Doom Metal)
08: Spineshank (American Industrial/Hardcore)
09: In Flames (Swedish Death Metal)
10: Kreator (German Thrash/Death)

If I could count weird Industrial groups, I'd have a much bigger list: KMFDM, Nine Inch Nails, Covenant, Panic DHH, Alec Empire, Front Line Assembly, Assemblage 23, Aslan Faction, Front 242, etc... but nevermind.

I think I love you. I like them bands, aye, I do.

Led Zepplin
Aerosmith
Steppenwolf
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Rush
Judas Priest
Nazareth
AC DC
Legs Diamond or Triumph

Showing my age boys and girls

I think I love you. I like them bands, aye, I do.

Haha - funny story, my ex-girlfriend claimed to be the most serious metalhead ever, claiming to like all those bands and then had a go at me for playing Rammstein because it was 'too heavy'. Just thought I'd share that with someone who'll appreciate the level of fakery involved there.

Haha - funny story, my ex-girlfriend claimed to be the most serious metalhead ever, claiming to like all those bands and then had a go at me for playing Rammstein because it was 'too heavy'. Just thought I'd share that with someone who'll appreciate the level of fakery involved there.

Oh my god. She accused Rammstein of being to heavy? That's...that's just...not right. Rammsteins all keyboardish and programmed. Such lies. Such lies.

Oh my god. She accused Rammstein of being to heavy? That's...that's just...not right. Rammsteins all keyboardish and programmed. Such lies. Such lies.
I like Rammstein for what they are, but they're closer to Industrial than real Metal - but I like them because they fit nicely in the middle of those two, my two favourite genres.

Then again I shouldn't hold it against her - extreme metal is a very male thing to be into, and I've only met one girl who was into it and man, was she scary - used to laugh maniacally at 'Faces of Death' gore vids...

Led Zepplin
Aerosmith
Steppenwolf
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Rush
Judas Priest
Nazareth
AC DC
Legs Diamond or Triumph

Showing my age boys and girls

Ahhhh...someone likes the oldies. I like that. HAHA! I remember way back in 4th grade, my friends and I were obsessed with Aerosmith

I like Rammstein for what they are, but they're closer to Industrial than real Metal - but I like them because they fit nicely in the middle of those two, my two favourite genres.

Then again I shouldn't hold it against her - extreme metal is a very male thing to be into, and I've only met one girl who was into it and man, was she scary - used to laugh maniacally at 'Faces of Death' gore vids...

Yeah, heavy metal, like I'm into is for people who are always pissed off. I like Rammstein. I don't listen to them much anymore, but only because I'm listening to alot of Vader. I was in a band (we had only one gig, and that was for the school arts fest, it rocked) and we played some death metal covers, and we had a growler who was a chick.

Yeah, heavy metal, like I'm into is for people who are always pissed off. I like Rammstein. I don't listen to them much anymore, but only because I'm listening to alot of Vader. I was in a band (we had only one gig, and that was for the school arts fest, it rocked) and we played some death metal covers, and we had a growler who was a chick.

Rammstein went a bit crap with Mutter and their new one, but Sensucht was a brilliant (and very creepy if you speak German) album. It's a shame they sold out with what are essentially all love songs on Mutter.

My 'band' have played 3 gigs in total, never with the same lineup of guitarists, drummer and bassist - me (growler), keyboard player and NTU operator are the 'core team', the rest are just people who tag along. All our gigs were at my old school, but they were pretty cool. Couple of hundred people thought we ruled. Result.

Led Zeppelin
AC/DC
Black Sabbath
Alice Cooper
Motley Crue
Iron Maiden
Spinal Tap ;)
White Zombie

What can I say, I like old stuff.

Kiss
Metallica
Motley Crue
Nazareth
Dio
Danzig
Mamas Boys
Quiet Riot
Ratt.


BLACK fucking SABBATH!

Alright some guidlines



Too many rules .... you're no metalhead.

:headbang: :headbang: :cool: :headbang: :eek: :headbang: :p

Um, old stuff like Led Zep and Sabbath, but also industrial. Rammstein baby! (Sehnsucht is definitely their best album. I havent listened to Reise. Reise. yet) Oh, and SOAD for some weird reason.

Well, I've always took to:

Dimmu Borgir,
Phallicide,
Black Dahlia Murder,
Children of Bodom,
In Flames,
Old Man's Child,
Rhapsody...

I have no favorite type of "Metal", the ideal of seggregating the music one likes into cliques is harrowing...not to mention, it's usually broken down into this argument: "Omegosh! You listen to Death Metal and not (insert another genre)?! You are like...omegosh! So not Metal!"

In no particular order...

1. Candlemass
2. Cathedral
3. Electric Wizard
4. Black Sabbath
5. Saint Vitus
6. Trouble
7. Aura Noir
8. Celtic Frost
9. Sadistik Exekution
10. Bathory

Yeah, a few new ones mixed with the classics. Actually apart from Electric and cathedral they're all fairly old. I'd say my choice of metal is Doom- traditional, stoner whatever it rules. Oh and i'd like to mention:

11. Dream Theater

As a kind of bonus choice, seeing as they rule all ass.

I'm an Alice Cooper and Iron Maiden fan even though my main musical tastes at present revolve around 'The Darkness'.

yay for Iron Maiden and Epica and Nightwish maybe some Metallica too.

Yeah, heavy metal, like I'm into is for people who are always pissed off. I like Rammstein. I don't listen to them much anymore, but only because I'm listening to alot of Vader. I was in a band (we had only one gig, and that was for the school arts fest, it rocked) and we played some death metal covers, and we had a growler who was a chick.

Like Arch Enemy's Angela Gossow then.

Like Arch Enemy's Angela Gossow then.

Asbestos and jelly!

Yours,
Mr. Luxury Yacht (It is spelt Luxury Yacht but is actually pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove)

Dream Theater
Fear Factory
Metallica
Black Dahlia Murder
Sabbath
X Japan
Ayreon
Cannibal Corpse

that's all i have to say

1. Metallica
2. Iron Maiden
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Pantera
5. Megadeth
6. Do Rage Against The Machine count?
7. Pink Floyd?
8. Slayer
9.AC/DC
10. Black Sabbath

Probably in that order. Boo yeah! Bit of :headbang: action

Metal as in music.

Damn, and I was going to say Palladium.

Damn, and I was going to say Palladium.

Bit of osmium for me, mate, bit of osmium for me

Bit of osmium for me, mate, bit of osmium for me

I saw a video where someone dropped a piece of caesium into a large beaker of water and the whole thing exploded, so I'm biased towards Cs.

Bit of osmium for me, mate, bit of osmium for me

*get's out his table of the elements*

Wow...I forgot about that one. I thought it was an alkhali for a second there.

*get's out his table of the elements*

Wow...I forgot about that one. I thought it was an alkhali for a second there.

nope. its the densest metal there is.

Aww, hey whats with all this growl (well not all of it but most...)?

How about some power metal? ;)

No, I am not gay, but I do like swords and dragons, elves... etc.. And shredding guitarists, ;) always a big +, heh, well okay a little list then;

Yngwie Malmsteen (Yngve Malmsten), the swedish MONSTER GUITAR GOD! The mightiest among the mighty! A top notch shredder, www.yngwie.org

DragonForce, a multinational UK based extreme power/speed band, Herman Li and Sam Totman two amazing shredder guitarists, just so... f*cking good, www.dragonforce.com

Rhapsody, masters of epic symphonic metal, you either hate or love them

Domine, take some Maiden and mix it with power, and there you go, 80´s epic heavy metal ;) www.mightyrhapsody.com

Stratovarius, finnish power at its best, ^^

Hammerfall, swedish heavy metal,

Dimmu Borgir, black is it? I like them although I am not totally into that "RRraaaaawwrrrr!" thingy, ;)

Iron Maiden, the best of the NWBHM(New wave of brittish heavy metal) era,

Saxon, also a very good band from the NWBHM era,

Dio,
Sabbath,
Rainbow,
Deep Purple,
Gary Moore,
Rusty Cooley,

And of course, Turisas, www.turisas.com a band I just recently found, plays some kind of folk/battle metal, I am usually NOT into folk metal but the cover of the cd looked nice so...

There are alot more, I just cant be arsed to write them all,

yeah..

I saw a video where someone dropped a piece of caesium into a large beaker of water and the whole thing exploded, so I'm biased towards Cs.

Isolate Francium and drop that into water. theoretically, it should react more vigorously than caesium with water. Also the least electronegative element, so fairly reactive all round

Isolate Francium and drop that into water. theoretically, it should react more vigorously than caesium with water. Also the least electronegative element, so fairly reactive all round

Good idea. I don't know why I chose Cs over Fr.

Good idea. I don't know why I chose Cs over Fr.
Because Fr has never existed except in trace amounts. Bit of a bummer really.
One day I shall take1/2 tonne of Rubidium and chuck it in an empty swimming bath. Then run away

Then run away

I recommend running very fast. Somewhere in the neighborhood of two seconds per second.

Wait! Did I just discover time travel?! Now I know what they mean when they say that many discoveries are unplanned.

Isolate Francium and drop that into water. theoretically, it should react more vigorously than caesium with water. Also the least electronegative element, so fairly reactive all round

Isolated Sodium has the same type of reaction.

In highschool, my chemlab had a block (6 lbs) of sodium that was almost to it's "expiration date" for use in the class room. My teacher at the time, after ordering a replacement, decided that he would give us all a lesson in chemistry that we would never forget. Behind the school, out back of the fields and parking lots, was a creek with a very small pond in it.

I bet you can see where this is going, don't skip ahead ;).

Anyway, he drags us all outside, and gives us a lecture on the reactionary properties of the metal, has us back away, and tosses it (from about 10 feet away) into the pond.

Unfortunately, he didn't quite get it all the way into the water like he intended (which would have just caused a big fountain like splash), and instead hit the shallow edge. So, instead of a big water splash and a second shower for the day, the entire class got a mud splash.

To this day there is still a ~15' diameter crater back there.

That was the best class ever.

I recommend running very fast. Somewhere in the neighborhood of two seconds per second.

Wait! Did I just discover time travel?! Now I know what they mean when they say that many discoveries are unplanned.
I wonder if the first scientist to chuck some rubidium in water discovered running away very fast by this method

Isolated Sodium has the same type of reaction.

In highschool, my chemlab had a block (6 lbs) of sodium that was almost to it's "expiration date" for use in the class room. My teacher at the time, after ordering a replacement, decided that he would give us all a lesson in chemistry that we would never forget. Behind the school, out back of the fields and parking lots, was a creek with a very small pond in it.

I bet you can see where this is going, don't skip ahead ;).

Anyway, he drags us all outside, and gives us a lecture on the reactionary properties of the metal, has us back away, and tosses it (from about 10 feet away) into the pond.

Unfortunately, he didn't quite get it all the way into the water like he intended (which would have just caused a big fountain like splash), and instead hit the shallow edge. So, instead of a big water splash and a second shower for the day, the entire class got a mud splash.

To this day there is still a ~15' diameter crater back there.

That was the best class ever.

Yeah, it's the same type of reaction, but reactivity with water increases as you go down group 1 i.e. Na has a faster reaction than Li, K than Na, Rb than K, Cs than Rb and Fr than Cs. So you get a much more violent reaction with the lower group 1 metals.

1/2 a tonne of Rb would probably go some way to blowing up the swimming pool

Yeah, it's the same type of reaction, but reactivity with water increases as you go down group 1 i.e. Na has a faster reaction than Li, K than Na, Rb than K, Cs than Rb and Fr than Cs. So you get a much more violent reaction with the lower group 1 metals.

1/2 a tonne of Rb would probably go some way to blowing up the swimming pool


Mmmm...good times.

I wonder why noone has mentioned Mercury yet.

It is, after all, the sweetest of the transition metals.

1.IRON MAIDEN
2.IRON MAIDEN
3.IRON MAIDEN
4.IRON MAIDEN
5.IRON MAIDEN
6.In Flames
7.Black Sabbath
8.Judas Priest

those are my tops.. other bands which i like some songs but not others..

AC-DC
Rage against the Machine (maybe rock/funk but so be it!)
Darkness
Marlyn Mandson
Papa Roach
Seventh
SOAD
Metallica

I hate lost prophets, rammstein and Muse

Isolated Sodium has the same type of reaction.

In highschool, my chemlab had a block (6 lbs) of sodium that was almost to it's "expiration date" for use in the class room. My teacher at the time, after ordering a replacement, decided that he would give us all a lesson in chemistry that we would never forget. Behind the school, out back of the fields and parking lots, was a creek with a very small pond in it.

I bet you can see where this is going, don't skip ahead ;).

Anyway, he drags us all outside, and gives us a lecture on the reactionary properties of the metal, has us back away, and tosses it (from about 10 feet away) into the pond.

Unfortunately, he didn't quite get it all the way into the water like he intended (which would have just caused a big fountain like splash), and instead hit the shallow edge. So, instead of a big water splash and a second shower for the day, the entire class got a mud splash.

To this day there is still a ~15' diameter crater back there.

That was the best class ever.

This story makes me so... happy...

I also love how we are ignoring the actual purpose of this thread, and acutally turning it into a discussion of metals.

Has anyone heard of that Icelandic metal band "Minus". They were at leeds this year (first act of first day). They were possibly the worst fucking metal band I have ever heard. Seriously. It was like poison for the ears. And worst of all, I thought they might actually be good because metallica LIKE them!


*Head hangs in shame*

Mercury sent Isaac Newton loopy for 2 years. I may yet change to selenium. ver' cool metal, that one


And I totally agree with the man with multiple Iron Maidens. Powerslave, Number of the beast, Fear of the Dark, Brave New world and Seventh Son
Fucking yes mate

This story makes me so... happy...

I also love how we are ignoring the actual purpose of this thread, and acutally turning it into a discussion of metals.

It puts a smile on my face every time I tell it.

I never understood how the guy didn't get fired. I know if it were a public school he would have been out in two seconds.

Mercury sent Isaac Newton loopy for 2 years. I may yet change to selenium. ver' cool metal, that one


Haha. Of course, Cessium gas does have some interesting properties with light.

Okay, okay...On topic.

I always preffered the speed genre when taking in my metal music.

In that vein, I would have to go with Racer X and Yngwei. Of course back in the day, I was big into Christian metal, and never got over my enjoyment of Kings X and Savatage.

radical noise
moonspell
haggard
sentenced
rotting christ

Oh, and SOAD for some weird reason.

Your not the only one. They aren't "great" by any measuring stick, most of their songs have the same quiet/loud/quiet/loud/misc/loud structure and style, their polotics are really irritatingly simplified but yet I'm strangely compelled to listen.

1)Sabbath
2)Kyuss
3)Motorhead
4)Fu Manchu
5)QOTSA (If Aerosmith count, they count)
6)Type O Negative
7)Immortal
8)Down
9)Agoraphobic Nosebleed
10)Pantera

Am I the only person to like megadeth?

And though metallica is generally very cool, please could anyone who likes St. Anger take themselves outside with a large shotgun and rearrange your brain, preferrably with the shot from the shotgun. or with a brick wall. whatever takes your fancy.

Otherwise I shall poison you with my selenium