Anybody love metal as much as me??? Which genres/bands of old and new?

:) Let's discuss! Anything from prog/doom/thrash/death/black/core/melodic/power/etc. I know from my own personal experience, no other genre makes me feel so alive, so I'd like to hear input from other metal heads as well; because we all know metal and video games go hand in hand. Also, any other genres of choice?? Jazz and classical for this guy!

Not a big fan of Metal, but Megadeth is an exception. Great band. I like some Metallica songs too...

Dream Theater is the best prog band IMO, John Petrucci rips! :)

Dave Mustaine is so talented, seen them at Mayhem fest a month ago, old Metallica all the way, Death Magnetic had a couple good songs but at least it's not St. Anger!

Arghoslent is my favorite band, despite the racist lyrics. Besides Metal I listen to Crust Punk, Powerviolence, Indie Rock, and Hip Hop. Juggernaut140

Everybody needs to check out Powerglove, they're video game instrumental metal (also cover Pokemon/Batman/Nightmare before christmas) it's top notch for anybody who loves video games/metal

Back in middle and high school I was huge into metal. Now I can't stand most of it. Pantera is the only metal band I'll occasionally listen to.

I listen to a decent amount of sludge and death metal. Right now my favorite metal is Devin Townsend. Overall though I don't know maybe Mastodon or Neurosis. As far as heavy music goes Dillinger Escape Plan and Converge are my favorite bands

Lately I've been listening to a lot of Septic Flesh, Obscura, Enslaved, Alcest, Cynic, and Nevermore( been blasting This Godless Endeavor on repeat in my car)

Megadeth, Metallica, and Iron Maiden are all awesome. :)

Classical and bluegrass are my other favorite genres.

Any Lamb of God fans in here?

Love metal, listen to and enjoy most subgenres of it but especially love death metal.

Favorite metal bands are Nile, Death, Ulcerate, Immolation, Dying Fetus, Adramelech, Megadeth, Amon Amarth, Mitochondrion, Decapitated, and Isengard.

I'd list the metal bands I like, but I'd be here for a while. A LONG while.

I like power, progressive power, thrash, groove, and speed metal. I'll occasionally throw in some death or doom, but very rarely (in the case of death metal, I listen to exactly one band, only because I saw them live).

i enjoy metalcore, although it gets a lot of hate from the "real metalheads"

I listen to it a bit. Pretty much only Insomnium, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Eluveitie, Equilibrium, and some of Avanged Sevenfold's older songs (I know...).
Been listening to a bit of Augury.

I keep meaning to make a thread in order to gather more symphonic and avant-garde metal.

Oh hell yeah.

-Mastodon

-Between the Buried and Me

-Scale the Summit

-Symphony X

-Protest the Hero

-Gorguts

-Rotting Christ

-Cryptopsy

-Vader

-MNEMIC

-Machine Head

-Anata

-Meshuggah

-Agalloch

To name a few...

Well I listen to a lot of types of metal, but my favorite are symphonic, power, and gothic. Notable bands include Epica, Sonata Arctica, Sirenia, Tristania (yes, even with the new singer), Leaves' Eyes, Amorphis, Theatre of Tragedy (more the old stuff, but the new is still ok), Visions of Atlantis, Edenbridge, My Dying Bride, Autumn, The Gathering, Within Temptation, Elis, Xandria, and many more. Granted, I'm also partial to the heavier stuff, but symphonic metal will always be my favorite type of metal mainly because my first metal album was Leaves' Eyes "Vinland Sage" and it just blew me away (and it still does).

Other genres I listen to are pop (all types, just saw kesha and lmfao live it was great, but am currently partial to natalia kills), electronic, trip-hop, art rock, whatever tori amos is, pop punk, punk, rap, some country, classics along the lines of frank sinatra, rockabilly (thanks to imelda may), some theatre, and really anything that sounds good. I used to be one of those metal elitists (no offense if that's anyone here) that didn't accept any other type of music, but then I realized there's a lot of good music out there in every genre (well not crunkcore).

Metal is awesome. Love thrash, power, heavy, speed and some prog metal.

Can't stand "growling" or what not.

My favorite metal bands are:

Iron Maiden, Helloween, Dio, Gamma Ray, Megadeth, Judas Priest, Metallica, Manowar, Iced Earth and Blind Guardian.

"Rebellion in Dreamland" is one of the best metal songs ever. Oh and I'm also getting into Stratovarius :D great band.

Iron Maiden are the favorite, but I also enjoy listening to:

Megadeth
Metallica
Saxon
Motorhead
Black Sabbath
Brocas Helm
Sabaton
Judas Priest

other than the various metal genres I also enjoy blues rock, hard rock, progressive rock and some jazz infusion.

I tend to like lamb of god. Last time i saw them live it was shadows fall, lamb of god, slipknot. Show was crazy.

Hey fox you like sepultura, check out soulfly...

Dream Theater is the best prog band IMO, John Petrucci rips! :)

nitroRCman

I'd say I'm a fairly large metal aficionado.

My favorite bands include: Down, The Absence, Hail of Bullets, Unearth, Misery Index, Revolting, Skeletonwitch, Rob Zombie, Death, Crowbar, Amon Amarth, Corrosion of Conformity, Nightrage, Nominon, Evocation, and Napalm Death.

Dream Theater is the best prog band IMO, John Petrucci rips! :)

nitroRCman

Anselmo of Pantera popped my growl cherry... and now I'm moving into Sepultura. "Chaos A.D." is an astounding album. I've been into metal for quite a while (listened to Black Sabbath and Metallica growing up; however, mostly mixed in with "classic" rock) but have only really started appreciating it recently after going through the whole Metallica discography. Then I did Pantera's and fell in love with their style. I only discovered Sepultura a few days ago, but they are already my new favourite band.foxhound_fox

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Dream Theater is the best prog band IMO, John Petrucci rips! :)

dkdk999

or 7th wonder, their album mercy falls is definitely worth checking out.

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Dream Theater is the best prog band IMO, John Petrucci rips! :)

blueboxdoctor

or 7th wonder, their album mercy falls is definitely worth checking out.

nah metal is just some crappy offshoot degenerate genre if it can be called such that has been cut from a superior cloth.

nah metal is just some crappy offshoot degenerate genre if it can be called such that has been cut from a superior cloth.

freek666

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]Anselmo of Pantera popped my growl cherry... and now I'm moving into Sepultura. "Chaos A.D." is an astounding album. I've been into metal for quite a while (listened to Black Sabbath and Metallica growing up; however, mostly mixed in with "classic" rock) but have only really started appreciating it recently after going through the whole Metallica discography. Then I did Pantera's and fell in love with their style. I only discovered Sepultura a few days ago, but they are already my new favourite band.iwilson1296

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nah metal is just some crappy offshoot degenerate genre if it can be called such that has been cut from a superior cloth.

iwilson1296

Tons. I like lots of stuff from most subgenres, and aside from Metal I like some Indie Rock, Progressive Rock, Neofolk, and the occasional Classical and Punk

And Grunge and Alt. Rock of course

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[QUOTE="freek666"]

nah metal is just some crappy offshoot degenerate genre if it can be called such that has been cut from a superior cloth.

Juggernaut140

-Slipknot-System Of A Down

-Demon Hunter-Adema

-Disturbed

-Five Finger Death Punch

-Mudvayne

-Killswitch

-Staind

Arghoslent is my favorite band, despite the racist lyrics. Besides Metal I listen to Crust Punk, Powerviolence, Indie Rock, and Hip Hop. Juggernaut140

Props for Blood Red Throne, Deranged Assassin is a great song.

[QUOTE="Juggernaut140"][QUOTE="iwilson1296"]coming from a guy with a sig of a bunch of naked guys blowing bubbles in a bathtub

chessmaster1989

PABH is 2 much 4 u 2 handle

Dave Mustaine is so talented, seen them at Mayhem fest a month ago, old Metallica all the way, Death Magnetic had a couple good songs but at least it's not St. Anger!

nitroRCman

Respect a band for trying new things is what I say. I've liked a few song off albums like Load and ReLoad even when they were panned cause Metallica did something different. I liked a few songs off St.Anger too and that album was one of Lars Ulrich's more fiercer albums which I commend him for..... for once I am commending Lars, never again.

As for me my favourite band would have to be Opeth. Akerfeldt has some of the best clean and harsh vocals I've ever heard, they can play some truly emotional music.

i enjoy metalcore, although it gets a lot of hate from the "real metalheads"

taterfrickintot

Cause a lot of it is generic trash. There are gems, but like most music they're buried under the ****.

Also I'm gonna list Septic Flesh as another favourite and leave it at that because I would be here forever.

All i can say is... prepare your finest coffeh!

hail ziltoid!

Sure am.. I listen to mostly doom, ambient/atmospheric/ black metal as well as thrash, death metal, raw black metal, technical death metal, some melodic death metal, indie pop, and indie rock.

edit: forgot crust-punk and blackgaze

I listen to anything really, started listening to metal in the mid 80's but like a few of the earlier bands and later bands too, can't say there is a specific genre of metal I like, some of the bands I like include (and bearingin mind I could list a hell of a lot of bands I like)

Iron Maiden
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Motorhead
Anthrax
Nuclear Assault
Slayer
Suicidal Tendancies
Megadeth
Sepultura (early stuff with Max)
Early Metallica
Helloween
Doro / Warlock
System Of A Down
Disturbed
Slipknot
Nirvana
Queens Of The Stone Age
Kyuss
Foo Fighters
Faith No More
Wolfsbane

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[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]Anselmo of Pantera popped my growl cherry... and now I'm moving into Sepultura. "Chaos A.D." is an astounding album. I've been into metal for quite a while (listened to Black Sabbath and Metallica growing up; however, mostly mixed in with "classic" rock) but have only really started appreciating it recently after going through the whole Metallica discography. Then I did Pantera's and fell in love with their style. I only discovered Sepultura a few days ago, but they are already my new favourite band.Juggernaut140

I'm a huge black metal fan, I also like Doom/stoner metal, and Thrash, Death metal.
And all the hybrids between those genres ofcourse.

I also have my own Black/Doom metal project.

Its all in my sig (lastfm link)

I wouldn't say I'm a metal head since I listen to almost anything, but Megadeth, Iron Maiden and Godsmack are some of my favorite bands! I've always been more into Punk Rock though.