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And not sissy metal either. I want something so metal it has the possibility of altering Earth's magnetic field. Please.

EDIT: Yes, yes, you're all very clever. Now recommend me some music, if you'd be so kind.

Platinum.
Titanium.
Silver.
Gold.
Iron.

Or Nightwish. They're sort of metal.

Well personally I like steel, it's big, it's strong, and it's tough!

Damn I was too slow.

Damn I was too slow.

'Tis OK.
So was Wilgrove.

Iron Maiden.

Amon Amarth
Darkthrone
Dark Funeral
Naglfar
Marduk
Immortal
I
Mayhem
Burzum
Nile
Dimmu Borgir (just them Tuesday night they kicked ass!)
Devildriver (they played with Dimmu Borgir, did a great job)

these should be good to start you off

Always had a soft spot for Iridium myself.

As for music all I listen to that can be construed as metal is Ozzy and Rob Zombie.

'Tis OK.
So was Wilgrove.

The question was unclear and confusing, that's my excuse. :p

Dimmu Borgir


Though I'm not really a metal connoisseur, I happen to really like Dimmu Borgir.

The question was unclear and confusing, that's my excuse. :p

:D
Yeah, right...

It’s not my favourite genre, but:

Tool
Fear Factory
Deftones
System of a Down

I tend to stay clear from hair/black/death metal.

Though I'm not really a metal connoisseur, I happen to really like Dimmu Borgir.

Sweet, have you seen them live? I was lucky to get in early and got front row withy my friends. It was awesome.

Oh, and here's a few more metal bands:

Emperor
Ensiferum
Falkenbach
Finntroll
Turisas
Windir
Bathory
Metallica
Pantera
Blind Guardian
Hammerfall
Demons and Wizards
Iced Earth

:D
Yeah, right...

Hey, he said he wanted metal that could alter the Earth Magnetic field. It was obvious he was going to make a big ass electric magnet! :p:D I think he's another Tesla in the making.

if you watch tv at all: metalocalypse. you'll have to find it online now, 'tis no longer on air.
if not, Rammstein, iron maiden.

Check out Dragonforce....FANTASTIC guitar solos :D

Black Sabbath, Metallica, Rammstein.

Check out Dragonforce....FANTASTIC guitar solos :D

They do have some amazing guitar, but they get kinda old after a while. All their stuff sounds the same, but it is all good!

And to whoever said they stay away from black and death metal: shame on you!

Black metal and viking/folk metal are the two best types of metal, and music in general, followed closely by power metal and death metal.

Sonta Arctica and Dream Theater

There's two to consider. :D

Platinum.
Titanium.
Silver.
Gold.
Iron.

Or Nightwish. They're sort of metal.

Nightwish lols (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PskulEVlVPY)

They do have some amazing guitar, but they get kinda old after a while. All their stuff sounds the same, but it is all good!

And to whoever said they stay away from black and death metal: shame on you!

Black metal and viking/folk metal are the two best types of metal, and music in general, followed closely by power metal and death metal.

Skyforger!!!!!! Get yer beard on...!"!!!!!!

(Napalm Death and Slayer are a safe bet, re the OP)

Skyforger!!!!!! Get yer beard on...!"!!!!!!

(Napalm Death and Slayer are a safe bet, re the OP)

I like Slayer, and I've heard some Napalm Death, which is fairly good.

Isis, SunnO))), and a band I've known of for some time but never actually really listened to but then saw support Isis on Tuesday, Part Chimp. Broadly metal. Oh, and the Mirimar Disaster.

Skyforger!!!!!! Get yer beard on...!"!!!!!!

(Napalm Death and Slayer are a safe bet, re the OP)
Napalm Death...playing a 300-capacity venue in Leicester in three weeks time.

Not that they're not as big as they were or anything...

satyricon, lamb of god, celtic frost, trivium, soilwork, anthrax, behemoth, gorgoroth, mastodon, bolt thrower, arch enemy, cradle of filth, cattle decapitation, mayhem, judas priest, coal chamber, death, kreator, venom

I just use things like pandora.com and wikipedia to find metal (try looking at the pages for the genres of bands you like for other bands of the same). Most bands have their own myspaces if you need a listen.

I just use things like pandora.com and wikipedia to find metal (try looking at the pages for the genres of bands you like for other bands of the same). Most bands have their own myspaces if you need a listen.

www.metal-archives.com is a great resource with links to many bands websites and myspace pages. Pandora.com is also a great site!

Nightwish lols (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PskulEVlVPY)

You win NSG for that contribution to the thread.
If it weren't for the fact that I feel exceedingly ill and don't want to vomit, I would be laughing out loud.

Dethklok. I win the thread.

SOULFLY The ex lead singer from sepulturas new band

MINISTRY Try the song New World Order it rocks

MADBALL new york hardcore band

Napalm Death - from birmingham!!

Dethklok. I win the thread.

No.
Ifreann wins the thread, because he won NSG.
Sheesh, try to keep up, willya?

If you fancy some hard punk try out DRI (Dirty rotton imbiciles) or Minor threat or black flag...love all that shit

I'd reccommend Steve Vai's album "Passion & Warfare". And "The Extremist" by Joe Satriani.

Masterplan, Dragonland, Dreamtale, Freedom Call, Rhapsody of Fire, Sonata Arctica and Stratovarius are the best ones.

Yeah thats power metal all the way. :D

There are lots of great metal bands, so you have to be specific. Do you perfer classic metal, like Iron Maiden? Speed metal, like Dragonforce? Hardcore metal? Power metal? (I'm not really familiar with power metal)

But don't worry about it. You'd need a map to navigate all the subgeneras of music. Speaking of which, someone should make that...

But don't worry about it. You'd need a map to navigate all the subgeneras of music. Speaking of which, someone should make that...

Not as good as a map, but OK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metal_genres

Oh, and here's a recommendation: Arch Enemy (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZgRIun1x8xE&mode=related&search=)

Anything that begins with "I" and ends with "ron Maiden"...

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If it weren't for the fact that I feel exceedingly ill and don't want to vomit, I would be laughing out loud.

It's by far one of the funniest videos on youtube.

Spinal Tap??

Apparently their amplifiers go one louder ;)

Francium. It's great when you put it in water...

Anything that begins with "I" and ends with "ron Maiden"...

Ifeellikeawomanron Maiden?
Idancelikeafoolron Maiden?
IsingtothespoonwhileVulcanssingtothesporkron Maiden?

Ifeellikeawomanron Maiden?
Idancelikeafoolron Maiden?
IsingtothespoonwhileVulcanssingtothesporkron Maiden?

Idancelikeamoron Maiden?
IlikealltheWeasleyguysbutespeciallyRon Maiden?
(sorry, it's my inner Harry Potter fangirl speaking...)

Nightwish lols (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PskulEVlVPY)
If only those were the real lyrics, "Fishmaster" would be a halfway decent song.

Anyway, some good metal:
Tad (Some guy told me they were grunge once, but I'm not feeling that)
Alice in Chains
Pantera, but only from Cowboys from Hell to The Great Southern Trendkill
Metallica, from Ride the Lightning to The Black Album
Black Sabbath
Megadeth
Slayer

If only those were the real lyrics, "Fishmaster" would be a halfway decent song.

Any song with hard porn in the lyrics is made of awesome

No.
Ifreann wins the thread, because he won NSG.
Sheesh, try to keep up, willya?

But I won D&D.

Idancelikeamoron Maiden?
IlikealltheWeasleyguysbutespeciallyRon Maiden?
(sorry, it's my inner Harry Potter fangirl speaking...)

Meh, I didn't try making the words end in -ron. :D

Any song with hard porn in the lyrics is made of awesome

"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooOOhhhHHHhh...... zzeeeebbbeeeerrrraaaaaaa/OOOOOOHhHOHOHH...... SUPER PRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE........./Cemetery the one and only binds him/to otter's sweet arms so silky clean!/I can hear the call of Hurricane, ROFL/Your words shall rest on Earth no more/Maiden Elf calling wither her cunning soap/Lead me away from the sun/Hard po-orn will find a whip...."

:D

Meh, I didn't try making the words end in -ron. :D

Or Ron...

Penknife Lovelife, Bring me the Horizon, Escape the Fate, The Blackout, Beyond all Reason.

Iron Maiden.

Fuck yeah dude, can never go wrong with Maiden.... unless its Virtual XI

Depends on what you're looking for/can tolerate, if you want heavy but with clean vocals, go with 80s stuff. If you want fast and heavy and with shrieking vocals, black metal.

Some of my favorites are (of course) Iron Maiden, Emperor, Cradle of Filth, Motorhead (not really metal per se), Morbid Angel, and Megadeth.

Well classic thrashers would be:

Endless Pain, Pleasure to Kill by kreator
Darkness Descends by dark angel
Eternal Nightmare by vio-lence
Bonded by Blood by exodus
Agent Orange by Sodom

Classic death metal:

Altars of Madness - Morbid Angel
Scream Bloody Gore - Death
Seven Churches - Possessed (more death/thrash)
Heartwork by Carcass for some melodeath

oh, and I have to mention this: By Inheritance by Artillery. Some of the best fucking shit I've heard, and it seems to be so relatively unknown...

Or Ron...

Anything with that name is made of win. :D

Almost forgot. Dark Shift. They showed up at a show that my band was playing, we had no idea who they were or that they were booked, the came, kicked all of our asses and went back to Wisconsin

The only metal I listen to is Deftones.

Well classic thrashers would be:

Endless Pain, Pleasure to Kill by kreator
Darkness Descends by dark angel
Eternal Nightmare by vio-lence
Bonded by Blood by exodus
Agent Orange by Sodom

Classic death metal:

Altars of Madness - Morbid Angel
Scream Bloody Gore - Death
Seven Churches - Possessed (more death/thrash)
Heartwork by Carcass for some melodeath

oh, and I have to mention this: By Inheritance by Artillery. Some of the best fucking shit I've heard, and it seems to be so relatively unknown...

This stuff actually exists?

This stuff actually exists?
I know, it sounds like the sort of stuff that some perfect children would buy in a Chick tract, shortly before one of them kills herself too teach the others a Valuable Life Lesson.

I like Lacuna Coil (which is where my flag comes from)

Lamb of God
Osmium
i don't listen to a lot of heavy stuff.

I know, it sounds like the sort of stuff that some perfect children would buy in a Chick tract, shortly before one of them kills herself too teach the others a Valuable Life Lesson.

Ironically, metal wouldn't probably exist without the Bible, at least not in the form we know it

Edit---in retrospect that's probably stating the obvious

And not sissy metal either. I want something so metal it has the possibility of altering Earth's magnetic field. Please.

EDIT: Yes, yes, you're all very clever. Now recommend me some music, if you'd be so kind.

You want hard core metal? Listen to some As I Lay Dying. There, problem solved.

Well, ok, it is death metal, true. :)

Power Metal:

Blind Guardian
DragonForce

Epic Symphonic Power Metal:

Rhapsody(Or Rhapsody of Fire as they are now known do to legal issues with switching agencies and all)

Viking Metal:

Ensiferum
Wintersun
Tyr

Ah screw it, I'm far too lazy to label all of them, so here's more on the list of good metal bands:

Ancient Rites
Arkona
Asmegin
Cellador
Dimmu Borgir(Only sometimes, the singing annoys me terribly)
Dragonland
Einherjer
Elvenking(Hilarious, yet still metal somehow)
Falconer(Hilarious, just like Elvenking, but still metal)
Falkenbach
Hammerfall
Kamelot
Korpiklaani
Moonsorrow
Sonata Arctica
Symphony X
Vintersorg
Windir

Let's see..

Kreator, as suggested by others. That's crunchy shit that'll make you want to headbang all day.

The obvious bands, like Metallica, Megadeth, Pantera, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, etc. Cannot go wrong with them at all, and I've been on a major Megadeth kick lately. Sweating bullets!

Older In Flames is good, and some of the newer stuff isn't bad.

Iced Earth is a great band, but they got a little corny with the whole 'I love America' thing. *shrugs*

Gwar is hilarious, and some of their songs are actually pretty good, like Immortal Corruptor and War Party.

Eisbrecher is great German industrial, some of their songs could collapse your cranium if you turned them up too loud. Crunchy.

Some harder to find bands such as The Crimson Divine, Atargatis, and Tormented are cool.

Dream Theatre, Liquid Tension Experiment, Vai, Satriani, these guys are all pretty cool and prog-gy.

Blind Guardian, Rhapsody of Fire, Demons and Wizards, Jag Panzer, Hammerfall (kind of), Queensryche (kind of) and Warlord are some recommendations for power-type metal.

Metal Church is old and sounds like it, good stuff.

Oh yah, don't forget Amon Amarth. Great.

There are lots of other good suggestions in this thread, but I know I've only scratched the surface. That's all I can think of off the top of my head that have either not been mentioned or not stressed enough. Warlord might be my favourite band that nobody I know or have met listens too.

In Flames,
Dark Tranquility,
Iron Maiden,
Metallica,
System of a Down,
Apocolyptica,
Children of Bodom,
Helloween,
DreamTheater,
Pantera.

Best bands I can think of.

I'd say almost everything listed in this thread already. My favorites are Iced Earth, Iron Maiden, and Death, though.

But just for good measure: TROLLHAMMAREN! (http://youtube.com/watch?v=d3u86DPd7qc)

Bruce Dickinson, especially "Chemical Wedding"

Also, if you need any help finding this stuff drop me a TG, and I can direct you to it.;)

You want hard core metal? Listen to some As I Lay Dying. There, problem solved.

Well, ok, it is death metal, true. :)

I don't mind death metal. I listen to Mastodon, which is sort of death metal, and right now I'm checking out Vital Remains, which seems to be unbelievably awesome so far.

My metal tastes aren't really one genre. I'm not one of those metal elitist pricks who insist one genre sucks. Except hair metal, but 99% of people who don't live in rooms with padded walls would agree with me on that one. I like death, power, thrash, speed, traditional heavy stuff, doom, etc...

I forgot to mention:
Kampfar

Finntroll!

Korpiklaani

Fear Factory
Black Sabbath
Rammstein
Type O Negative
Iron Maiden
Earlier Metallica

Just to name a few...

Intense
Fairyland (haha, yes, fairyland, they are a good power metal band with a funny name)
Forefather
Sepultura
Thyrfing
Summoning

I don't mind death metal. I listen to Mastodon, which is sort of death metal, and right now I'm checking out Vital Remains, which seems to be unbelievably awesome so far.
You like Mastodon, you'll probably like Isis. And, by extension, Part Chimp as well.

Anyone mention Necronomicon yet?

Type O Negative
Static-X (especially love the 'Wisconsin Death Trip' album)
Metallica
Coal Chamber
Pantera
Rammstein
Marilyn Manson (old stuff, like 'Beautiful People')


Very specific selections from old old Korn is good metal, but you've gotta be willing to wade through a lot of non-metal and non-good to get to it.

Cannibal Corpse is good if you want some thrash metal whose lyrics are almost exclusively about killing and/or digging up people and then eating them. I find it highly amusing in certain moods.

I listen to a lot of these bands over and over... I'd prefer to listen to them while I sleep, but my hubby says my 'childslayer' bands give him bad dreams. heh.

A few I haven't seen mentioned yet:

Doom: Pentagram; Trouble; My Dying Bride
Speed: Varga; Galactic Cowboys
Thrash: Death Angel; Anthrax
Power: Therion; Sinergy
Death: Obituary; Hypocrisy; Crisis
Black: Sodom; Tiamat
Grunge: The Melvins; early Soundgarden
Grindcore: Repulsion; Extreme Noise Terror
Industrial: Godflesh; Swans; Scorn
Jazz-Metal: Atheist; Cynic
Stuff I don't feel like categorizing: Sentenced; Dark Tranquillity


Napalm Death...playing a 300-capacity venue in Leicester in three weeks time.

Not that they're not as big as they were or anything...Well, when pretty much every band out there is ripping your style off, it's hard to be unique.
They still are, but not as unique as they used to be.

Anyway, some good metal:
Tad (Some guy told me they were grunge once, but I'm not feeling that)
Alice in ChainsBoth of these bands are grunge, and also metal.

Eminem.

EMPEROR!!! Greatest black metal band ever.

Also:
Dissection
Enslaved
Blind Guardian
My Dying Bride
Naglfar
Immortal
Mayhem
Arch Enemy
Testament
Exodus
old Metallica
Slayer
Megadeth
Gorgoroth
Iron Maiden
Arcturus
Borknagar
Black Sabbath (of course, the fucking originators)
In Flames
Dark Tranquility
Old Man's Child
Tvangeste
Dark Funeral
Iced Earth
Anthrax
Dragonlord
Bathory

nightrage = uber heavy
detonation = uber heavy
beyond the embrace = mostly actual singing
quo vadis = uber heavy
arch enemy =uber heavy
cradle of filth =uber heavy/goth
drowning pool =not so heavy..'bodies' banned from radio after 911
ephel duath =uber heavy jazz...if that makes sense
godsmack = middle
hatesphere =uber heavy
iced earth =uber heavy/middle
lacuna coil = middle
most precious blood =uber heavy
pantera * metal
metallica * in
slayer * its
soulfly * finest
sepultura * form

If you like Vital Remains, listen to Deicide. The singer's in both.

Copper. Oh, the other kind of metal...

I'd say almost everything listed in this thread already. My favorites are Iced Earth, Iron Maiden, and Death, though.

But just for good measure: TROLLHAMMAREN! (http://youtube.com/watch?v=d3u86DPd7qc)

If that's what it has to be, you win. Finntroll rocks.

If that's what it has to be, you win. Finntroll rocks.

Free mp3- Skyforger (forgot earlier..)

http://www.skyforger.lv/

Always had a soft spot for Iridium myself.

As for music all I listen to that can be construed as metal is Ozzy and Rob Zombie.


That is metal. Congrats. So is Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Godsmack, Nirvana (call it Grudge, but it is quite metallic) and whatever band did that cover of Smooth Criminal.

Eminem.

Wanker.

whatever band did that cover of Smooth Criminal.

Alien Ant Farm

Investing in a Candlemass record would be the second best choice of your life. The best choice would of course be investing in both Acid Bath albums.

Testament.
Exhorder.
Exodus.
Sabbat.
Coroner.
Violator.
Municipal Waste.
Kreator.
Sodom.
Destroyer 666.
Pestilence.
Atheist.
Nuclear Assault.
Vio-lence.
Goatwhore.
Soilent Green.
Crowbar.
EYEHATEGOD.

And that should do, for now.

Eminem.

First, look up what metal means.

Second, get some taste in music.

First, look up what metal means.

Second, get some taste in music.

Poned.

A few I haven't seen mentioned yet:

Doom: Pentagram; Trouble; My Dying Bride
Speed: Varga; Galactic Cowboys
Thrash: Death Angel; Anthrax
Power: Therion; Sinergy
Death: Obituary; Hypocrisy; Crisis
Black: Sodom; Tiamat
Grunge: The Melvins; early Soundgarden
Grindcore: Repulsion; Extreme Noise Terror
Industrial: Godflesh; Swans; Scorn
Jazz-Metal: Atheist; Cynic
Stuff I don't feel like categorizing: Sentenced; Dark Tranquillity



Dark Tranquility is Swedish Death Metal (along with In Flames, At the Gates, and to some extent Arch Enemy and Dissection).

Sodom I think of more as thrash, but since they were a prime influence on basically every black metal band there is, they fit with black metal, too.