Name your top 5 favorite metal bands

[Builder15]

Any Avenged Sevenfold fans here? These guys rock, saw them live a few months back and they put on a great show!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94bGzWyHbu0

[gbrice75]

love slayer thats how i got into hard corps.kerry kings the best. and followed billy shean on the bass guys phenominal.cliff burton.i played with coc corosion of comformity, for 5 shows

Slayer isn't even close to hardcore (the corps this is killing me!), that's straight thrash at it's best. Not trying to start a metal sub-genre debate here, just wanted to set that record straight.

COC, DRI, Bad Brains, etc can be grouped in the hardcore genre.

[cro]

the marinecorps has programed me to spell it that way. and slayer started the revolution .

Slayer isn't even close to hardcore (the corps this is killing me!), that's straight thrash at it's best. Not trying to start a metal sub-genre debate here, just wanted to set that record straight.

COC, DRI, Bad Brains, etc can be grouped in the hardcore genre.

[gbrice75]

the marinecorps has programed me to spell it that way. and slayer started the revolution .

lol I won't fault you for that! As for Slayer starting the revolution - which are you referring to? They most definitely had a big hand in starting the metal revolution, but they had nothing to do with hardcore whatsoever. Those bands were around before Slayer, and were influenced by 70's punk mostly - Sex Pistols, Black Flag, The Stooges, etc.

Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Agnostic Front, Warzone, etc were at the helm of hardcore.

Don't get me wrong, Slayer is one of my fav thrash bands of all time - notice they're in my top 5 when I started this thread. =)

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[crazy_rocks]

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[Tigershark]

If you are asked for an opinion, then how can you give a wrong answer?

[dec11]

lol I won't fault you for that! As for Slayer starting the revolution - which are you referring to? They most definitely had a big hand in starting the metal revolution, but they had nothing to do with hardcore whatsoever. Those bands were around before Slayer, and were influenced by 70's punk mostly - Sex Pistols, Black Flag, The Stooges, etc.

Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Agnostic Front, Warzone, etc were at the helm of hardcore.

Don't get me wrong, Slayer is one of my fav thrash bands of all time - notice they're in my top 5 when I started this thread. =)

yeah correct, jeff hanneman is a big punk fan

[dec11]

should give a shout for exodus
seen em in feb in dublin, still have it, great gig!!

venom, anyone?

[dec11]

sweet jesus!!!!!!!!!!

[dec11]

the marinecorps has programed me to spell it that way. and slayer started the revolution .

yeah slayer and metallica def sped things up a bit. the revolution crown would def have to go to sabbath with motorhead def having a big input in the mid 70's also. some will argue tht it all started with hendrix

[dec11]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/1/20110320/...e-c60bd6d.html

oh dear, dave...........................

[cro]

love exodus.love old metallica,cliff burton rocks...

should give a shout for exodus
seen em in feb in dublin, still have it, great gig!!

venom, anyone?

[dec11]

love exodus.love old metallica,cliff burton rocks...

yeah alot dont know tht kirk hammett was a founding member of exodus b4 he got the 'tallica gig

[gbrice75]

If you are asked for an opinion, then how can you give a wrong answer?

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should give a shout for exodus
seen em in feb in dublin, still have it, great gig!!

venom, anyone?

Loved Bonded By Blood and Pleasures of the Flesh, nothing after that though. Yep, Kirk was an Exodus founder!

sweet jesus!!!!!!!!!!

omfg...

yeah slayer and metallica def sped things up a bit. the revolution crown would def have to go to sabbath with motorhead def having a big input in the mid 70's also. some will argue tht it all started with hendrix

Some will argue Blue Cheer, Hendrix, The Who, even the Beatles. Let's not forget Deep Purple and Steppenwolf too.

Those bands definitely have heavy elements, but the heavy metal sound was CLEARLY started by Sabbath. Nobody was heavier, and they had the dark sound to go with it.

yeah alot dont know tht kirk hammett was a founding member of exodus b4 he got the 'tallica gig

I'm surprised, but I don't recall anybody mentioning Testament yet? Alex Skolnick is a fvcking AMAZING guitarist.

[Tigershark]

Gbrice75, I was commenting on you tearing me a new one for liking Cinderella...lol
Was pointing out you asked for an opinion then came after me for my answer. I know it is all in good fun, soooo here you go.

[dec11]

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Loved Bonded By Blood and Pleasures of the Flesh, nothing after that though. Yep, Kirk was an Exodus founder!



omfg...



Some will argue Blue Cheer, Hendrix, The Who, even the Beatles. Let's not forget Deep Purple and Steppenwolf too.

Those bands definitely have heavy elements, but the heavy metal sound was CLEARLY started by Sabbath. Nobody was heavier, and they had the dark sound to go with it.



I'm surprised, but I don't recall anybody mentioning Testament yet? Alex Skolnick is a fvcking AMAZING guitarist.

tempo of the damned isnt a bad album, great cover on dirty deeds done dirt cheap on it!!

[Flagg]

Good to see you fellas have good taste.

Metallica, Megadeth, Pantera, Slayer, Hatebreed, Korn, Deftones...fvcking awesome stuff. Love listening to this sort of stuff prior to a workout.

[cro]

the ballod by testament is un real . that song will remove you from your body.

[crazy_rocks]

venom? of course. that was the real metal back then. not ozzy.

who likes king diamond?

melissa from mercyful fate is awesome.

[dec11]

Good to see you fellas have good taste.

Metallica, Megadeth, Pantera, Slayer, Hatebreed, Korn, Deftones...fvcking awesome stuff. Love listening to this sort of stuff prior to a workout.

another worthy band, seen em on the unholy ******** tour a few years back, good stomping stuff

[gbrice75]

venom? of course. that was the real metal back then. not ozzy.

who likes king diamond?

melissa from mercyful fate is awesome.

Huh??? Dude, Ozzy invented Venom. Without Ozzy, there would be no Venom. Don't get me wrong, Venom are badass, and pretty much started Black Metal (although they WEREN'T Black Metal) - but not sure where you get that from.

[dec11]

Huh??? Dude, Ozzy invented Venom. Without Ozzy, there would be no Venom. Don't get me wrong, Venom are badass, and pretty much started Black Metal (although they WEREN'T Black Metal) - but not sure where you get that from.

i'd of labelled venom as black metal, musically they were pretty limited but great when you were 14 and back tracking the intro to 'in league with satan' lol

[crazy_rocks]

Huh??? Dude, Ozzy invented Venom. Without Ozzy, there would be no Venom. Don't get me wrong, Venom are badass, and pretty much started Black Metal (although they WEREN'T Black Metal) - but not sure where you get that from.

except ozzy had a mainstream sound. its oldschool mall metal. venom holds the roots of underground metal.

[crazy_rocks]

anyone remember pentagram?

[sixoner]

hell yeah somebody mentioned quicksand!! nice!!

and yeah dec. I love system

also saw cro-mags mentioned haha!!! some graveyard rodeo, crowbar, exhorder, soilent green, dead horse, etc to go with that and you got a hella fukin show

[crazy_rocks]

i see a metal thread and i know people are gonna mention nu metal bands like slipknot and other corny crap

heres some real metal. came out in 1985' or 86



and this guy of norway the original singer of mayhem shot himself in the head. it was put on the album cover. one of his band mates put some of his brains in stew.

[dec11]

obituary? big act in the 80's
british band, cradle of filth, alot dont like em but i think they've a few decent songs


its stayed remarkably nu-metal free, thank fvck lol. nothin worse than big shouts for w@nkin park, soggy bizcut etc lol. only thing i hate about metal festivals these days, you have 6-8 of these crappy bands on the bill to appeal to the masses.

[MACHINE5150]

Metallica
Pantera
White Zombie
Megadeth
sepultura

Rammstein.. Amon Amarth, Slayer are all up there too depends on how heavy i want the music to be..

[Flagg]

another worthy band, seen em on the unholy ******** tour a few years back, good stomping stuff

Me too, saw them at London!

[auslifta]

Metallica
Pantera
White Zombie
Megadeth
sepultura
Rammstein.. Amon Amarth, Slayer are all up there too depends on how heavy i want the music to be..

Finally someone mentioned them, I'd have the same, except take meagdeth out and put Korn in, if you consider them metal

[gbrice75]

except ozzy had a mainstream sound. its oldschool mall metal. venom holds the roots of underground metal.

This I agree with. Just wanted to give credit where it was due, but yes - Venom most certainly started something that became huge!

hell yeah somebody mentioned quicksand!! nice!!

That was me - I was into alot of the 80's early 90's hardcore bands - mostly NY based but other's as well.

obituary? big act in the 80's
british band, cradle of filth, alot dont like em but i think they've a few decent songs


its stayed remarkably nu-metal free, thank fvck lol. nothin worse than big shouts for w@nkin park, soggy bizcut etc lol. only thing i hate about metal festivals these days, you have 6-8 of these crappy bands on the bill to appeal to the masses.

Obituary - I dig em. How about Mayhem??? Sick ass Norwegian Death Metal. Opeth anyone? Progressive metal?

Finally someone mentioned them, I'd have the same, except take meagdeth out and put Korn in, if you consider them metal

To me, Korn was hugely responsible for the birth of nu-metal. Korn is ok, but I don't generally like nu-metal. Godsmack? Ugh

[crazy_rocks]

^ i remember korn "life is peachy" which was nice at the time. im not embarrassed to say i liked them for that album. follow the leader was gay

[auslifta]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiwqRSCWw2g

[auslifta]

Metallica
Pantera
White Zombie
Tool
sepultura

[drdeath613]

rammstein
gwar
steel panther
Iron Maiden
Slayer
Judas Priest
Black Sabbath

this would have to be my top picks

[sixoner]

gwar!! nice!!

their shows were always a trip i've done around 10..haven't heard gwar in for ever though

the maggots are falling.. falling like raaaain!!!!!!! LOL

[gbrice75]

Anybody into progressive metal... Opeth?? They're a cross between Norwegian Death Metal (not a huge fan) and Prog Metal (think much heavier Dream Theater but w/ groove beats)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vjg7dQhARY

[FLdave]

Opeth has grown on me......I have sirrus radio and the Metal station plays them often. I also have started to like Volbeat, not really "metal" but a talented Danish band. And for the record Korn's first album was the shit! I seen them with Rob Zombie and that was one crazy ass pit.

[warchild]

Finally someone mentioned them, I'd have the same, except take meagdeth out and put Korn in, if you consider them metal

uhh i mentioned them earlier. love btr and arise!