5 artists/groups you'd recommend to anybody.

[Skooterz]

Give me some time to find the videos.

Spoiler: 5 Killing Joke

Post Punk from London, early 80's. Great stuff.

Spoiler: 4.The Birthday Party

Australian Post Punk weirdness, fronted by Nick Cave in his early days.

Spoiler: 3. Godflesh

Incredibly heavy industrial metal from Birmingham. Fronted by the always reliable Justin Broaderick

Spoiler: 2. Electric Wizard

Probably the heaviest band on the planet, this stoner doom band from Dorset hit incredibly hard

Spoiler: 1. Big Black

My favourite band ever, from Chicago, noise punk trio Big Black just have their dynamics perfect.

I've always been more of a fan of the fast kinds of metal rather than the really heavy ones. Speed metal, thrash, power metal, those are right up my alley. Anything with awesome guitar solos and drum beats, really. Now for my recommendations!

Spoiler: Turisas

Viking/Power Metal.

Spoiler: Dope Stars Inc.

Kind of mix between techno and metal. I think they're classified as Industrial.

Spoiler: Spineshank

And a whole bunch of classic rock and old school heavy metal that I won't bother to post, cause everyone knows about most of those. Metallica, Judas Priest, Black Crowes, etc.

 

[Skooterz]

I was interrested in this thread until I saw that it was about musicians.

Manowar, Alestorm and other "happy metal" bands?

Hell yeah, Manowar! I haven't listened to them in aaaages. TO WINAMP! Sleipnir calls....

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

1. Tom
2. Sawyer
3. By
4. Rush
5. There is no #5.

This made me laugh.

My own 5 recommendations:
Dream Theater
Mastodon
Joseph Heller
Stanton Moore Trio
Weis and Hickman

 

[RagnorakTres]

1) Jethro Tull
2) The Airborne Toxic Event
3) Jonathon Coulton
4) Boogie Matrix Mechanism
5) Mastodon...no wait, stop! Quit it! I'm serious! *dragged away from keyboard*
5) The White Stripes

Hey, everybody likes being a little mellow sometimes, right?