favorite metal bands

[Drem]

so the handful i listen to are

the fall of efrafa
monolith
supercontinent
ulver

[Evermore]

the list is endless...

[Foutty]

My current favorites (not going to go into the countless sub-genres):

Sleep
High On Fire
The Sword
Red Fang
Baroness <--highly recommend checking these guys out.

[Tossica]

Black Sabbath

[Lionking]

this is a great metal band:

[Evermore]

Black Sabbath

QFT

[Harrison]

Without subgenres that piss me off to no end, and in NO particular order:

Metallica
Sabbath
Trivium
In Flames
Killswitch Engage

Those probably gain the most playtime as of late in my Zune.

Trivium's new album is amazing from beginning to end.
Kirisute Gomen:

[brinstar]

dethklok
mastodon
pantera
anthrax

[Nusk]

Black Sabbath
all others are copies

[brinstar]

bah

sabbath are nowhere near "the best"

their only relevance was that they were "the first"

[Soulslicer]

Iced Earth

17 minute epic:

Part 1 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsVdau23 ... re=related

Part 2 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqKKZMhT ... re=related

[Drem]

i already know the mainstream bands. the only reason i'm making these threads is because sirenssound broke

give me new music. if it's a "subgenre" it's okay. in fact i'd rather hear more weird subgenres like crust and more post-metal like i already listen to because it's something fresh

new music new music new music

PS: thanks soulslicer and foutty. and harrison for "trivium." hadn't heard that before

[Arlos]

Tool (obviously)

Dark Tranquility (see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKtIYdU3uRU )

Eluveitie (that metal band with folk instruments. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKCLiVH9V-U )

Older Metallica (like Ride the Lightning/Master of Puppets/And Justice mainly)

Iron Maiden (especially from Powerslave & Seventh Son)

a lot of old Judas Priest

Dio (both with Sabbath and solo)

System of a Down

Type O Negative


The main theme in all this is heavy stuff with actual melody to it. I can't deal with power noise, or just simply beating on guitars as fast as possible. That's why I also go for a lot of industrial stuff (along the lines of Ministry, VNV Nation, Combichrist, etc.) and goth/darkwave stuff (Sisters of Mercy, some Siouxsie, Gary Numan, etc.)

-Arlos

[Drem]

k go listen to Supercontinent, Arlos. you'll enjoy it

and PS: do people really call Tool "metal" ? that's pretty weak

[Arlos]

Progressive metal, yes.

Heck, Dream Theater is listed as progressive metal too, for that matter.

-Arlos

[Drem]

:boggle:

i thought it was pop. and the poster band for weird, cryptic fans

[Arlos]

Tool. Pop.... what the fuck?

Are you really trying to claim that Tool is the same musical style as Brittney Spears, Backstreet Boys, etc? Is that what you're trying to claim here? Or perhaps you mean 80s Synthpop like Erasure or Howard Jones?

Um, OK, there, Sparky. Much less ball park, time zone, continent, whatever, you're not even in the same stellar region there.

What are you going to do for your next trick, claim that the Butthole Surfers are "Ambient"? Or perhaps that the Dead Kennedys were "bluegrass"?

Dislike them all you want, I would never claim that the band is for everyone, but goddamn, at least know what band you're talking about...

-Arlos

[brinstar]

i call tool "art metal" which somewhat captures the inherent pretention involved in their music

...which i still love anyway

[Tikker]

i call tool "art metal" which somewhat captures the inherent pretention involved in their music

...which i still love anyway

and yet it's an insult when I point out you like pretentious music?

[Harrison]

I think Tool more than most bands set an atmosphere that you normally don't "feel" with others.

*shrug* hard for me to explain but I'm sure most of you get my point.

Very distinct and original, imo.

[Evermore]

what do you think of A Perfect Circle?

[Harrison]

I liked their first album. I didn't keep track of them any longer after that. My tastes changed drastically around that time and I lost track of a lot of music I listened to.

[recks]

Maybe more Hardcore than your typical slay the dragon "Metal", but I always relish the opportunity to up good bands~

Circle Takes The Square (As The Roots Undo EP = Fucking crazy)
The Fall of Troy (Self-titled and Doppelgänger, new album sucks)
Converge (You Fail Me)
Daughters
The Number Twelve Looks Like You
Norma Jean (Christian mathcore, but supprisingly good... Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child = Best album)
Botch (Minus the Bear's Dave Knudson's old band... We Are the Romans = Best Offering)
The Sound of Animals Fighting (Tiger & the Duke = MUST LISTEN!)
These Arms Are Snakes
Blood Brothers (Crimes)
Head Wound City (Spin off of Blood Brothers)
Poison The Well (Some OK stuff... some really meh too)
Cave - In
Every time I Die
Luti-Kriss

[Tuggan]

slay the dragon metal lol

[Foutty]

http://www.stonerrock.com/forums2/ is a great place to learn / talk about new (and old) stuff. Their forums are really active.