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Favorite Metal bands?

Alstroph	Date: January 16, 2007 @ 8:15 AM A tough question for me. For older metal I'd choose Megadeth, Slayer, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Dream Theater, and Death Angel. (I'm sure there are many I'm not thinking of) For newer metal I like System of a Down, All That Remains, Death, Opeth, Black Label Society, and Down. And let's not forget the fathers of metal... Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath,
AceHenshawIII	Date: January 16, 2007 @ 8:44 AM i listen to alot of Opeth, when its not them im into the female fronted metal bands: nightwish, within temptation, lacuna coil.
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: January 16, 2007 @ 8:58 AM Although they wouldn't want to be labelled as metal, Motorhead are my favourite, they just kick ass without being too lo-fi or too jerk-off muzos with 15 minute guitar solos etc. 'If Motorhead moved in next door, your lawn would die' noted Lemmy in 1977. Although I like their stuff with Eddie Clarke (1977-1982) and Brian RObertson (1982-1983) best. Then Iron Maiden, ZZ Top, Dio, The Scorpions etc. Can't get into newer metal stuff so much, too much super quick thrash and shredding and pitched down devil from hell vocals and not enough heart and soul.
BlackMage	Date: January 16, 2007 @ 10:58 AM Wormed is my pick for now. Ultimately the best death metal find for 2007 and the year hasn't even started yet properly. www.wormed.net "Can't get into newer metal stuff so much, too much super quick thrash and shredding and pitched down devil from hell vocals and not enough heart and soul." Personally I have huge problem with this statement. How can you say that some music doesn't have heart and soul in it just because they happen to have, and I quote : "too much super quick thrash and shredding and pitched down devil from hell vocals"? God knows if one can tell apart whether people make music with their "heart and soul", but I sure can't.
AceHenshawIII	Date: January 16, 2007 @ 12:54 PM Opeth puts alot of soul in their music, and even though the vocalists sing very clean folky acoustic stuff, they do eventually break into a low growl of anger! that to me shows the different faces of their emotions. something which i see as putting one's soul into it, regardless if it makes others feel their soul might be in some tourment lol.
shadowself	Date: January 16, 2007 @ 1:28 PM Is Tool metal? There are so many different genres these days (with about 3 bands in each one) that I just don't know anymore. Anyway, I like Tool.
AceHenshawIII	Date: January 16, 2007 @ 1:31 PM well i know on raphsody TOOL is under the Alt-Metal genre which seems fine to me.
Distilled1	Date: January 16, 2007 @ 1:47 PM today - Tool, SOD, Corosion of Conformity ( are they even still newer ) old - Maiden, anilielater (sic) - Flotsam and Jetsom, and many many more I can't think of "God knows if one can tell apart whether people make music with their "heart and soul", but I sure can't." Mage if that is true that is to bad. As I sure can tell, so can most musicians and fanatic music fans. but I do know there are some genras that don't need heart and soul like most dance pop stuff its just a beat and shake that ass.
Alstroph	Date: January 16, 2007 @ 3:12 PM Agh! how could I forget Tool?!
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: January 17, 2007 @ 12:02 AM Well, mostly British New Wave Of Heavy Metal bands such as Maiden, Saxon, Judas Priest etc. involved bands slogging it out for years in grimy pubs while working in a factory and it was only their spirit and passion that got them out of that, most nu-metal stuff seems to be middle class college kids who got a lucky break - they may or may not have really put their heart and soul into it? My elder cousin saw Iron Maiden getting beer poured on them and them and booed off stage in front of 14 people in a grimy pub in 1977. I just can't imagine Korn or whatever having to go through that, but maybe I'm being a judgemental pr*ck. I don't appreciate 200 beats per minute thrashing and million notes per second shredding - maybe I'm a dinosaur that needs to be shot. That's my taste, most of those solos sound like the same thing, an indistinguishable blur of distortion. And it's nothing too original, I mean Slayer and Pantera were around in the late 80's and a lot of these 'hot' new metal bands seem like pale copies.
GeneHilbert	Date: January 17, 2007 @ 12:28 AM I couldn't agree more. More players (good, bad, amateur, inexperienced and unexposed pro-level players) now have access to a broader range of promotional channels. Most, not all are being pushed by an overabundance of so-so producers, labels (major & indie) all looking for the next big cash cow. Hence there is a market glut……. This is an important point. Now there is a lot of fine talent out here. Just look at this site as a small example of what’s available world wide. Quality stuff out there for sure. It just appears as though you need to listen to a lot of crap before you find the gems.
Veracohr	Date: January 17, 2007 @ 12:43 AM Old Metallica (MOP and before), Opeth, Lamb of God, Machine Head, Sepultura, and a new favorite of mine, Neurosis.
Snoogans775	Date: January 17, 2007 @ 2:42 AM wow! somebody else still likes annihilator! I love how that band developed and changed through the years. my personal favorites occur at specific albums, At The Gates are my favorite death metal band for Slaughter of the Soul. I think TOOL is metal, just for their outlandish concerts, which defines metal more than the music most of the time.
Orion	Date: January 17, 2007 @ 2:52 AM Metallica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Distilled1	Date: January 17, 2007 @ 3:35 AM annihilator, thanks for the spelling Speed metal with heart and Soul kraft Dinner anyone?
AceHenshawIII	Date: January 17, 2007 @ 4:16 AM to me tool is progressive alternative metal. very innovative and emotional in the music and the vocals.
BlackMage	Date: January 17, 2007 @ 4:44 AM "Mage if that is true that is to bad. As I sure can tell, so can most musicians and fanatic music fans. but I do know there are some genras that don't need heart and soul like most dance pop stuff its just a beat and shake that ass. " Indeed, music itself does NOT need heart and soul in it, but it is an essential part. My question here is, what makes you so sure that you can identify the part that makes up for the heart and soul in one's music? For example, a dance artist and a DJ (the same person) makes his own music which he then plays at clubs. There are many possibilities why he is doing that. A ) he might make music and play it for the money, because he needs to make a living. B ) he might make music and play it because he enjoys it and the money is not essential, but not completely neglectable either C ) he might make music and play it because he needs the money, but enjoys it and get's pleasure out of it as well There are many ways to equate music from one's life. Reasons are many. My point is that there is really no ways to distinguish from those reasons if one doesn't know the maker of the music. My question again is, how can anyone be absolutely sure that one's music is made "with heart and soul" without being the one who is making the music? What you are saying : "I can tell if music is made with heart and soul", is comparable to being able to tell if someone is lying 100% foolproofly. Can you really? What do you base your intuition on? What are the requirements for one to have heart and soul when judged by music?
zedsalt	Date: January 17, 2007 @ 10:41 AM "Foolproofly" is my favorite new word. Yeah, what makes it tricky is the different depths of humanity, of which there are several billion at the moment. It's really easy to know, with a reasonable level of certainty, when a person of great depth is putting much of it into his/her work, but how can one tell when someone who is PROFOUNDLY shallow is doing the same?
BlackMage	Date: January 17, 2007 @ 2:18 PM "Foolproofly" I admit bending my english a little. As for rest, it is indeed interesting, but I personally have troubles identifying with people's ambitions if I don't know them personally.
Tattoomom	Date: January 17, 2007 @ 6:20 PM Hmmmm....not necessarily a metal band per se, but definately TOOL.... Outright metal? Pantera all the way!!!
GreatGooglyM...	Date: January 27, 2007 @ 5:44 AM Yay, a listing thread! Arch Enemy Black Label Society Bloodbath Dimmu Borgir Dark Tranquillity Emperor Eternal Tears Of Sorrow Immortal Iron Maiden Moonsorrow Motörhead Nile Norther Old Man's Child Opeth Pantera Vital Remains
GreatGooglyM...	Date: January 27, 2007 @ 5:51 AM On 16th Jan 2009, leedsquietman said: not enough heart and soul. I see, you're one of these guys who are in possession of the emotion-o-meter. Unfortunately, I don't have the emotion-o-meter. You know what I have instead? I have the bullshit-o-meter, and it doesn't like your statement.
moam	Date: January 27, 2007 @ 12:59 PM Cradle of Filth Dark Army Slipknot (new stuff) Old Metallica is pretty good Powerman 5000
pog	Date: January 27, 2007 @ 2:14 PM meshuggah bloodduster macabre deicide
Tattoomom	Date: January 27, 2007 @ 3:55 PM DANZIG!!!!!!!

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