best metal band of all time (metallica not allowed)

[JoshuaWhite5522]

+1 to anyone who mentioned Dragon Force. Saw them in concert and it was one of the best shows of my life. Also any band that can do metal without a vocalist that sounds like cookie monster usually will get my vote.

 

[iddqd]

I've been listening a lot to Kaptain Sun lately. Swedish Death 'n' roll with doom and stone influences. Great stuff.

 

[bottleopener]

Manowar gets an honorary #1 billing out of the sheer absurdity of Joey Demaio.

 

[weirdboy]

I can't possibly make myself read all 42 pages of this thread. But I'm going to go with Sabbath.

 

[HVBrewtality]

have been gone for a bit, but felt like bragging...

I was at Wacken Open Air in Germany this year. was six-hundred sixty six kinds of awesome. 4 days of drinking and headbanging. The best sets were Testament, Volbeat and Machine Head. Runners up were Motorhead, Korpiklaani, Schandmaul and Pain.

 

[JOHN51277]

Ummm...I think myself to be a true metalhead....

Metal has evolved over the years...

Blue Cheer
King Crimson
Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath/Ozzy Ozbourne
Metallica
Megadeath
Slayer
Testament
Anthrax
Overkill
Metal Church
Death Angel...


All are excellent examples

Try out:
Candlemass
Sepultura
Overkill
Biohazard
Krux
Massacre
Death
Cannibal Corpse
Capital Punishment


All of which scrape the top of speed, doom, death, thrash, heavy metals...With so much more to be offered when you dig deeper..


My favorites?

Candlemass
Slayer
Pantera
Testament
Overkill
Iron Maiden
Type O Negative
King Diamond
Metallica (pre And Justice for All, everything after...not so good)
Motorhead
Megadeath
King Crimson
Anthrax


in that order (subject to change upon whim)

You have some great taste in music! That pretty much sums it up!
My favorites are Slayer, Deicide, Cannibal Corpse, Pantera, Sepultura, and Biohazard! And of course some Testament!:rockin::rockin:

 

[masonsjax]

There are way too many categories and sub-genres, and I won't pretend to know where every band fits. I'm a hobby musician myself, and like any music made by people that know what they're doing, and some by people that don't.

I'm really glad to see a lot of people mention Opeth, they're one of my favorites. I really dig the prog influenced stuff like that. I gotta give props to my Brother's bands Nothingface and Hellyeah. He really is very talented. I like Trivium a lot, and those kids are the most focused musicians I've ever met. There are so many other greats out there, the ones that spring to mind are:
Pantera (of course)
Mudvayne (another fav, of course)
Fantomas (anything with Mike Patton really)
Mastodon
Candiria
Ill Nino
Meshugga
Killswitch Engage
In Flames
Dimmu Borgir
... the list goes on and on...

[edit] Btw, I believe the term "Heavy Metal" originated from a Steppenwolf song, so I vote that the "heavy" bands of their era are relevant in this discussion. Especially if we're talking all time. So... Zeppelin FTW!

 

[bottleopener]

 

[Noleafclover]

I read metallica not allowed....

And thought, what bias!! Then I remembered the following. Balls for the one who finishes this masterpiece (Metallica not withstanding)
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Wd-Q3F8KM]YouTube - The Count Censored[/ame]

 

[Noleafclover]

The point being that you can't say "Hey who plays the bestest classical musical!!!?" but you omit for Mozart, Beethoven, or Tchaicovszki!?!?!"

Metallica is clearly metal, has made several inroads that make it fun for everyone, and should get representation. End of story. Stop ignoring the popurlar choice out of hand.

 

[DeathBrewer]

**** the popular choice. That's one good thing about good metal...it's never wholly popular.

 

[Natron008]

Bad Brains

 

[chippy]

Between the Buried and Me

 

[Wade E]

Rage against the Machine, Pantera, and Dio!

 

[Recusit8m]

Motley or Maiden...

 

[captianoats]

New Kids On The Block and 98 degrees!!!

 

[DeathBrewer]

I'll kill you. Slowly.

 

[iddqd]

I like slam.

 

[Soulrebel]

I want to punch RICLARK in the face for remiding me about Nailbomb! Thanks man.

The answer to the OP is SLAYER, let's not argue semantics.

 

[DrMaddVibe]

MEGADETH!!!

 

[salad 419]

For new metal stuff, I like Into Eternity.

 

[DeathBrewer]

We're putting on a Metal Show in San Francisco if anyone is in the area and interested. It's all paid for by your local neighborhood Death Tribe. We got a pretty good line-up...I'm really excited to see Flesh Consumed:

 

[iddqd]

Damn, that's a pretty good lineup!

 

[Uncle Timmy]

There's not much of a metal scene in Minnesota anymore. Kinda sucks. I refuse to believe it's because I'm just too old to know where all the cool sh!t is happening anymore. :rockin:

Hey! You kids get the f**k off my lawn!!!