Recommend metal bands here.

[BreweryYardRat]

Nightwish, Leaves' Eyes, Iron Savior, Rammstein, Savatage (everything up to "Poets and Madmen") and Human Fortress are all worth listening to even if you're not normally a fan of the genre.

Opeth and the now-defunct Windir are good if you like death/black metal.

[Droopy]

1. I thought I was the only one here who listened to metal

At least the new stuff anyway.

All That Remains "The Fall of Ideals"

Bullet for My Valentine "The Poison"

Avenged Sevenfold "City of Evil" and their self titled disc.

Gojira "From Mars to Sirius"

Killswitch Engage "The End of Heartache"

Trivium "The Crusade"

[TimeChaser]

2. If you like Nightwish,

you might want to give Within Temptation a try :hi:

[quip]

3. Thread killer: Spinal Tap

What more do you need than them? :shrug: :D :hi:

[Dr. Strange]

5. I think seawolf was looking for someone who isn't currently residing in the...

"where are they now?" file.

[quip]

8. Nice post, Johnny Q

Fuck you!

[Dr. Strange]

11. Yeah, too much fucking perspective.

[quip]

15. Hey, watch the, watch the language, you’re paying homage to the King!

[ghostsofgiants]

4. I'm more of a post-metal fan.

Isis, Pelican, Old Man Gloom, Swords (sick local band).

[joneschick]

6. can't believe no one else

sorry, I'm old and bored. :hi:

[distantearlywarning]

7. DragonForce.

I've been a bit obsessed with them lately.

My favorite song by them is the one that is on Guitar Hero III: Through the Fire and Flames - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u3FVdKe_Uw

[kentauros]

9. About the only one I like is

Sepultura :)

[distantearlywarning]

10. If you like Leaves' Eyes, you might like

Inkkubus Sukkubus - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2D6C2IC1U0

Technically a goth band I think, but with metal elements.

[Dr. Strange]

12. Happy Potter set to metal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuuA-zdqeD8

[VenusRising]

13. Divine Heresy

Failed Creation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ldfN6Wjx0U

[Zodiak]

14. Really good extant metal (I lean towards death/thrash)

Necrophagist - Awesome guitar work. Really, the whole band are incredible musicians.....Dream Theater fans, these guys are better!

Arch Enemy - Politically-driven music, awesome guitars and the best female growler out there.

Lamb of God - Awesome driving riffage...and ever so tight. This is American metal as it should have been.

Black Dahlia Murder - Pure speed and brutality. Not only that, but the band are a bunch of nice guys, as well.

Job for a Cowboy - Fuckin' BRUTAL, but really some of the best hard, hard metal coming out nowadays.

Three Inches of Blood - Not a death metal band, but they do a great job. "The Goat-Rider's Horde" is a combination of awesome chunky metalness mixed with power vocals. This band is a real earworm.

So those are my picks

[ZombieNixon]

29. Arch Enemy = awesome.

I'm trying to see if I can afford to go seem them next month.

I do get to see JFAC on Gigantour on the 6th. :headbang:

[Zodiak]

31. Haha!

ZombieNixon listens to my music.

You learn something every day!

[ZombieNixon]

35. Hehe...sorry we didn't get to meet when I was in Columbus.

Maybe next time. :P

[VenusRising]

33. I got ZI tickets to see Arch Enemy last year.

I got a tee shirt. :)

[Zodiak]

36. Friggin' awesome show, too

Michael Amott and Gossow were so close I could spit on the both of 'em (not that I would). This was for Doomsday Machine, so Chris Amott was not playing.

I just love Arch Enemy....my fave metal band.

[ZombieNixon]

41. This year with Dark Tranquility.

:wow: That's probably worth the $33 and cutting the budget a little close, wouldn't you say? :P

[Zodiak]

47. Absolutely

Arch Enemy was one of the best shows I have ever attended. Great music...tight as hell, and the audience was REALLY eye-opening. (It's not just young angry dudes any more...now it is older guys like me, ladies, kids....all walks of life represented.)

Metal has gone universal, and I could not be happier about it.

[semillama]

73. I saw them at Ozzfest in Columbus a couple years ago

They were awesome. Really great line up that year, even with Sabbath taking the night off. Maiden, In Flames, Mastodon, Arch Enemy, Black Dahlia Murder, Killswitch Engage, etc. etc.

[TimeChaser]

48. A friend of mine got me to listen to some songs by Arch Enemy recently,

I'm usually not into screamy music, but I really enjoyed Nemesis. I'll be getting a cd or two of theirs the next time I get to a store with any real music selection (Stuck on campus, no car, etc).

[Zodiak]

57. If I may say

Wages of Sin

Anthems of Rebellion

Doomsday Machine

...are all works of pure genius. I recommend them highly.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

16. I prefer rubber bands

A lot more flexible.

[mainegreen]

17. Hanzel Und Gretyl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewy72v-hbS0

And no, they are not nazis. :D

[DS1]

18. Older stuff

Nuclear Assault
Anthrax
Testament
Death Angel

[bbernardini]

19. Try Behold...The Arctopus.

I heard them on XM a few weeks ago. Interesting stuff. Reminiscent of Spastic Ink (another band you should check out).

[Alexander]

38. Seconded.

[Zodiak]

58. Thirded

I have quite a few of their tunes on my mp3 player. Insane, hard to follow music, but amazing musicianship.

[mzteris]

20. Twisted Tower Dire

http://www.myspace.com/twistedtowerdire

[IronLionZion]

21. Brown Brigade

http://www.brown-brigade.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Brigade

listen to the streams here:
http://www.myspace.com/brownbrigade

Good stuff, but I'll admit I got interested due to racially motivated reasons. It's cool seeing Indians rocking out.

[PVnRT]

22. Jethro Tull

[cyberswede]

37. *snicker* n/t

[Zodiak]

65. Good joke!

Old school metal-heads will get it

"There just aren't enough flutes in metal these days"

[WildEyedLiberal]

23. Behemoth remains one of my favorites

I'm obsessed with Primordial's latest, "To the Nameless Dead."

Iced Earth, before Matt Barlow left.

Falkenbach - awesome Viking metal

Blind Guardian - all nerds should check out their "Nightfall in Middle Earth" album. Yes, it is a rock opera of Tolkien's "Silmarillion." Epic.

Vintersorg - epic, melodic folk metal sung entirely in Swedish.

Wolves in the Throne Room - probably one of the best black metal bands I've heard. Nature-inspired BM from Oregon, of all places.

[Zodiak]

55. Whoa Behemoth

You are hard!

I salute you

:headbang:

[WildEyedLiberal]

61. Metal til death man

:headbang:

[semillama]

24. Dethklok. Seriously.

The album Brendon Small recorded for the Metalocalypse show is great.

I also recommend High on Fire and Jesu.

[DarkTirade]

27. Funny how sometimes the fictional bands can be better than the real ones.

My favorate hair band is Steel Dragon from the movie Rock Star. :P

And yes, Dethklok fucking rocks.

[BeachBaby]

39. I LOVE Steel Dragon.

One of these days, I'll get their soundtrack.

But you're right - they're fictional, but f'in great. :)

[Alexander]

42. Dethklok rules!

[Zodiak]

52. Yes they do

Here is me playing Bloodrocuted on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHyPatgUZvw

With a viking helmet no less!

[ZombieNixon]

60. That kicked ass.

Props for the Viking helmet. :thumbsup:

[Zodiak]

64. As someone upthread said:

Metal till "deth"

:headbang:

[bbernardini]

45. Especially since the live band has Zappa alum Mike Keneally (and Vai alum Bryan Beller) in it.

Actually, Keneally is a Vai alum as well, but I like Keneally better. :) I understand that a full-on Dethklok tour will be taking place in the future.

[semillama]

74. Plus Gene Hoglan on drums - the sickest drummer around in the genre

Which of course, means we need to add Strapping Young Lad to the list of awesome current (or recently current) metal.

[ZombieNixon]

25. OK...

Arch Enemy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4sk8Eyy-ns Yes, that's a woman.

Meshuggah - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZvPM9D4hws Weird time signatures, polyrhythms and syncopes, and a dry sense of humor. Also you can learn a lot about the pineal gland by listening to their latest album.

Eluveitie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iijKLHCQw5o Celtic folk-metal from Switzerland.

And a sweet In Flames/Soilwork mashup I found on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOUQKYR0-UI

[datasuspect]

26. winger

[Zodiak]

53. Winger?

poser

[datasuspect]

70. that's mr. POSEUR to you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZHVkJ1wVFM

[Zodiak]

71. LOL

..."ballet has no place in metal".

[HughBeaumont]

28. Psyopus.

Behold . . . the Arctopus
Cephalic Carnage
Municipal Waste
Skeletonwitch
Voivod
D.B.C.
The Sword
High on Fire
Unearthly Trance
Bongzilla
Gojira
3 Inches of Blood
Forbidden
D.R.I.
Meshuggah
Mastodon

[WildEyedLiberal]

43. The Sword is awesome

I just picked up their latest album, it quite rocks. High on Fire is also awesome, but I'm not as into their new album as I was "Blessed Black Wings."

[Phillycat]

30. Depends on how metal you want.

Death metal? Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, and Morbid Angel are all good, musically. Can't say I'm a big fan of that sort of "singing".

Just regular metal? It's hard to beat first-three-albums Metallica. Also Anthrax, Suicidal Tendencies, and good old Iron Maiden. Black Sabbath invented all this shit, so you know, props.

[Initech]

32. Symphony X

And I HIGHLY recommend their most recent album "Paradise Lost". It kicks much ass!

I'm going to see them next week. :woohoo: :headbang:

[geardaddy]

34. These:

[Alexander]

40. Blotted Science, Pagan's Mind, Atheist, Therion, Canvas Solaris, Dim Mak

[Zodiak]

51. Atheist

:headbang:

Great band.

[nomorenomore08]

44. Depends on what kind of metal you're into, but I'm partial to Eyehategod.

Painful, ugly, misanthropic sludge. Just the way I likes it.

"30 Dollar Bag" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9jKiJTfFnw

"Jackass in the Will of God" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCPv8ZLTNtQ


If you like it a little less harsh, but even more doped-up, I recommend Electric Wizard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtacVgxrlQU&feature=related


As far as more old-school stuff is concerned, you can't go wrong with German speed/thrash metal - Kreator, Destruction, Sodom, etc.

Sodom - "Agent Orange" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V9WVz9yFt0

[Iggo]

46. Opeth

Children Of Bodom
Lamb Of God
Exhorder
Rigor Mortis
Flotsam And Jetsam (Doomsday For The Deceiver....I'm not that high on the rest of their stuff.)
Hatebreed
Trivium
Pantera

The cartoonish shred metal of Dragonforce.

The serious metal shred of the cartoon band Dethklok.

...and Judas Priest, of course.

[Alexander]

49. Opeth rules

[NightWatcher]

50. Drain STH

[VenusRising]

54. Droid.

They rock! :headbang:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVA_23DfpFs

[Zodiak]

56. Great tune

Pure venomous rage put to music.

[MrSlayer]

59. SLAYER!

Of course.

Evile is pretty good new band. High on Fire and Dew Scented are good relatively new bands.

[CreekDog]

62. Poison

I recommend not seeing them. :evilgrin:

[ZombieNixon]

63. Dimmu Borgir gets a lot of crap, but

this song is pure epic evil genius: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqcPNwlyYoI

[ghostsofgiants]

66. On a metal related note...

http://www.myspace.com/theoriginaldevastator

The guitarist for this band is a political science professor at my university. Awesome.

[ZombieNixon]

67. Sweet.

I love it when musicians are smart.

[ghostsofgiants]

68. I haven't had any classes with him but apparently he is great.

He has been tear gassed at anti-globalization demonstrations and has hung out with System of a Down apparently.

[ZombieNixon]

69. Haha...awesome.

[Rob H.]

72. If you like Rammstein...

try Eisbrecher's latest, Antikörper. You'll thank me later. :)

[semillama]

75. Oh, can't forget Celtic Frost

Monotheist is an insane album - huge and heavy, like metal should be. Like getting hit in the face with a chainsaw.

[CatholicEdHead]

76. GnR, Metallica, Motley Crue, Scorpions.....

Megadeth (all but latest album)
Def Leppard
Poison
Slaughter
Winger