Favourite metal bands

doing this mainly because i wanted to know how many iron maiden fans there were on the gamespot forums

but post the name of your faves

mine would have to be

Iron Maiden,Lordi and Children of Bodom

Iron Maiden are not in my top 30, i only like there first album anyway.

check my blg for my actual top 30.

but.

Metallica(first four albums only!)
Angra
Blind Guardian
Sonata Arctica
Wintersun
Warning
Symphony X
Aquaria
Galneryus

many many more!

Lordi, trve kvlt n gr1m.. Anyhow. Too many to list, I'll not name more than ..I dunno, one from each subgenre.

Black metal(first wave): Bathory

Black metal(second wave): Mayhem

Black metal(wtfever we're in now): Deathspell Omega

Black metal(folk): Nokturnal Mortum

Old skool death metal: Death

New skool death metal: Deicide

Brutal Death Metal (technically not a genre, but meh): Suffocation

Blackened Death: Belphegor/Behemoth. Can't decide.

Power metal: Blind Guardian

Thrash metal: Sodom

Depressive black metal: Shining

Melodic death metal (which should be renamed): At The Gates

Heavy Metal: King Diamond/Black Sabbath

Prog metal: Opeth, late Death

Viking metal: Bathory

Folk metal: Finntroll

Metalcore: Paris Hilton.

Because Im not in to the old stuff. Its in no order.

Kamelot

Rhapsody of Fire

Nightwish

Because Im not in to the old stuff. Its in no order.

Kamelot

Rapsody of Fire

Nightwish

smartgrunt

Because Im not in to the old stuff. Its in no order.

Kamelot

Rapsody of Fire

Nightwish

No particular order, I love all my metal.

Kamelot
Symphony X
Blind Guardian
Adagio
Mystic Prophecy
Nightwish

No particular order, I love all my metal.

Kamelot
Symphony X
Blind Guardian
Adagio
Mystic Prophecy
Nightwish

Judas Priest

Demilich, Kreator, Ensiferum, Cathedral, Therion, Atheist, Cynic, Gorguts, Cryptopsy(early), Lykathea Aflame, Electric Wizard, Darkthrone, Burzum, Mayhem, Immortal, Celtic Frost, Bathory, Anaal Nathrakh, Belphegor, Amon Amarth, The Lord Weird Slough Feg, Acid Bath, Boris, and Iron Maiden Those are most of my faves.NecroKvltMuffin

That list isfull of such heavy bands its in danger of crushing my post! Nice choices though.

My absolute favs are Metallica, HIM, Offspring (dont hate me) & Johnny Truant.

Also into Iron Maiden, Dimmu Borgir, Slayer, Trivium, Fintroll, Bullet for my Valentine, Akercoke, Amon Amarth, Clutch, Dragonforce to name a few...

Metalcore: Paris Hilton.

 

Vfanek

• The Absence
• Amon Amarth
• Death
• Down
• In Flames
• Morbid Angel
• Nevemore
• Zyklon

Metallica (first four albums)

Iron Maiden

ManOwar

Dream Theater

Opeth

Ever Grey

Symphony X

Shadow Gallery

Ensiferum

Amon Amarth

Insomnium

Wintersun

Agalloch

Dark Tranquillity

Kamelot

Blind Guardian

Kamelot
Nightwish
Primal Fear
Scar Symmetry
Dimmu Borgir
Pain
Iced Earth
Children Of Bodom
Rage
Slipknot

My tastes in metal are pretty varied.

I've been listening to a lot of Arch Enemy, Deicide, Amon Amarth, Alethian, Agathodaimon, Unearth, Testament, Behemoth, Psycroptic, and All That Remains.Thyeora

Hypocrisy

Judas Priest

Therion

and many others... more than 200...

Amon Amarth

Emperor

Iron Maiden

Behemoth

Cynic

Atheist

Bloodbath

Agalloch

Immortal

Entwine

Burzum

Turisas

Asmegin

Otyg

Vintersorg

Borknagar

Lumsk

Falkenbach

Melechesh

Ahab

Nachtmystium

Arckanum

Kampfar

Setherial

Averse Sefira

Trelldom

Sonata Arctica

Psycroptic

Stratovarius

Nocturnal Rites

Heavenly

Freedom Call

Crystal Eyes

Altaria

Melechesh

Asguard

Tyr

Bathory

Lord Belial

Negura Bunget

Evoken

Primal Fear

Decrepit Birth

Arkona

Heidevolk

Eluveitie

Moonsorrow

Naglfar

Symphony X

Blind Guardian

Abigail Williams

Revocation

Municipal Waste

Primordial

Paradise Lost

Katatonia

Into Eternity

Falconer

Reverend Bizarre

Kamelot

Insomnium

Zyklon

Keep of Kalessin

Xasthur

Ebony Tears

Elvenking

Edge Of Sanity

Sothis

Hypocrisy

Kalmah

Dispatched

Mutant

Vornagar

Council Of The Fallen

Norther

The Absence

Callenish Circle

Detonation

Mercenary

Immortal Souls

Morgana Lefay

Exciter

Forbidden

Celtic Frost

Pyramaze

Destruction

Annihilator

Metal Church

Dark Angel

Nuclear Assault

Sunn O)))

Summoning

Satyricon

Queensrÿche

Moonspell

Enslaved

The Haunted

Sodom

Mayhem

Darkthrone

Skeletonwitch

Psycroptic

Isis

Stormlord

Dragonlord

Nightfall

Korpiklanni

1349

Cryptopsy

Windir

Therion

Evile

Heathen

Behemoth

UneXpect

Necrophagist

Ensiferum

and many more:P

Edguy
Gamma Ray
Helloween(Deris and Kiske kick ass)
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Kamelot
Megadeth
Nevermore
Symphorce
Symphony X

Darth-Caedus

:o I can probably find the majority of bands I was going to list in there :P

I'm not as big of a metalhead as I was some time ago, so my list has shrunk drastically.

Primordial
Blind Guardian
Agalloch
Negura Bunget
Ulver
Empyrium
My Dying Bride
Falkenbach
Enslaved
Evoken
Ahab
Eluveitie
Heidevolk
Moonsorrow
Wintersun
Insomnium

Well technically theyd be Nu metal...but thats BARLEY metal

Heres my list:

BIG 4 OF THRASH!

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Metallica (FIRST FOUR ONLY)

Megadeth

Slayer

Anthrax

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Ensiferum

Equilibirum

Korpiklanni

Iron Maiden

Judas Priest

Dethklok

Cannibal Corpse

Gamma Ray

Helloween

And thats all I can think of off the top of my head

Metallica (first four albums)

Iron Maiden

ManOwar

Dream Theater

Opeth

Ever Grey

Symphony X

Shadow Gallery

Ensiferum

Amon Amarth

Insomnium

Wintersun

Agalloch

Dark Tranquillity

Kamelot

Blind Guardian

amon amarth, august burns redethanpaige

finally one i really like. ABR is so amazing

Evanescence, Within Temptation, and Nightwish in that order.Genetic_Code

is Evanescence metal. Not questioning i just wouldn't really consider them metal. As for the other Two i have no argument