Poll: Best Genre of Metal?

[CNKFan]

Industrial Black Metal is the best a good example to YouTube is a French band called Count Nosferatu Kommando they are the best at that genre

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Thrash by a mile. Early Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth... and newer lesser known bands such as SSS are just awesome.

 

[Seigelinde]

I absoloutly LOVE Avenged Sevenfold. You could tell just by walking into my room(posters, CD's, and Synyster Gates Custom Guitar, and my avatar). The techniques they use like the sweep picking and just the crazy stuff they do, and the fact that both their guitarists can solo. Almost every other metal band I have heard just rattle the double kick as fast as they can throughout the song, but at least The Rev doesn't, and is more technical. Plus they don't scream, most of the time. The thing that really sets me off in metal is the fact that the band doesn't have much skill, and they just scream inaudible lyrics (*cough* Slipknot *cough*). I just despise those bands, e.g. Slipknot. they just rattle off power chords, 32nd and 64th notes of the drums, and their whiny sounding screaming lyrics. I know this is supposed to be what i like to listen to, but I'm just comparing the GODLY style of technicality to weak repetition. Plus, I think just five guys in a band is better than and army of psychos(*cough* Slipknot *cough*) Another thing is that A7X sounds so much better live than their recorded versions of their songs, which shows that they really are a good band, and they don't have to hide their faces in shame when in public with masks(*cough Slipknot *cough*)

 

[Arkhangelsk]

Hard to tell which is the best, there is so much metal to love.

 

[Not Good]

<url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eJZBnzc3Q8>Thrash metal.

Some examples.

I have a problem with this example.

<url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgiLFsxMlb4>Better?

No. Preferably something in the 80s and by a band you might not have heard of.

<url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnc_N6wxw0M>Something like this.

Coulda sworn we were talking Thrash, not Classic...

What is this "Classic" That you speak of?

Traditional heavy metal. Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple...

I'm pretty sure that Judas Priest and Iron Maiden are NWOBHM and Deep Purple is classic. I don't remember saying anything about classic at all. How is my example classic?

It reminded me a lot more of those bands than Slayer, Metallica, or Megadeth (the ones I see classified as thrash).

Well let me happily disagree, as this band reminds me of Motorhead (sans ulmauts) which I'm sure you are already aware of is a thrash-esque NWOBHM band.

 

[ace_of_something]

I like the transitory metals the best. Mercury specifically.

 

[Fingerprint]

Death for this and this alone:

 

[MusicalFreedom]

LOTS OF WEAK MUSIC BEING LISTED IN THIS THREAD.
YOU ARE A FALSE. DON'T ENTRY. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI1ItXX3QV0&feature=related]
HELL BREAKS LOOSE [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZojdZGkojas&feature=related]
FUCK YOUR BLESSED TRINITY [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcpGUajRXfk]
NO GODS NO MASTERS ONLY MAN [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS6pepVhMuI&feature=related]

What I'm trying to say is that black metal is my favourite.

ps whoever linked metallica's enter sandman as an example of thrash.... ahahahaha this is thrash [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fAs_4yZsAI]

 

[are.you.the.god.its.me.vader]

I like goth metal.

 

[GoldenCondor]

Where the hell is hardcore in that poll??

I didn't put hardcore in the poll because there was limited choices. i WAS going to do "nu metal/"core"" but decided not to. and i was also going to mix power with symphonic/neo classical because really it's the same lyrical theme and to me sounds like the same guitar tone.

I think you have overlooked the two greatest genres of metal ever, Pirate and Viking!

Dude! That's the same as folk metal. I don't know about pirate metal though... never heard some. Unless you mean Finntroll, which i hope you don't, because they are definitely Folk/Viking/Hummpa.

 

[xitel]

I'm going to have to throw my vote in with Metalcore. Melodic Metalcore in particular. All That Remains, Avenged Sevenfold, Killswitch Engage. That's the kind of stuff I like. All That Remains in particular is the stuff that actually got me into metal in the first place, and still rank among my favorite bands of all time.

Enter Sandman's melody was kick ass, but it didn't resolve my biggest grief about most Metal I've been exposed to, for the life of me, I can't understand the farking vocals! I just can't understand anything they say no matter what, I got "neverland" and "take my hand," that's it. Don't get me started on the Scandanavian fantasy metal. (Webcomic reference, damn Swedish, the language, not the people)

If you listen to enough of their songs, you can eventually understand Metallica's lyrics; it's a bit like Ozzy Osbourne in that respect, I guess (I mean his songs, not the jumbled-up way he talks all the time). I think "Unforgiven" and "Fade to Black" probably have the clearest lyrics.

Heh, that's what I always say about Dethklok. A lot of my friends, even the ones that like metal, don't get why it's so funny because they can't understand the lyrics. But once you listen to it enough you get to be able to understand them, and now I can't listen to their stuff without laughing. Especially Hatredcopter or Face Fisted. Those always make me laugh like crazy.

 

[MusicalFreedom]

I didn't put hardcore in the poll because there was limited choices.

And not because hardcore isn't actually metal? Aren't its roots in punk, not metal?

 

[GoldenCondor]

I didn't put hardcore in the poll because there was limited choices.

And not because hardcore isn't actually metal? Aren't its roots in punk, not metal?

Yeah, that too. But you forget genres like "metalcore" and "deathcore" which really do have punk roots, with a "metal" sound. I personally hate those genres, and try to avoid them because of the crappy vocals, same guitar riffs, and crappy drumming. I wouldn't call them metal. But i don't know what to think about them since i don't listen to them, and i couldn't count it as valid metal or not.

 

[AbsoluteVirtue18]

Thrash, definitely.

 

[MusicalFreedom]

[sup]Yeah, that too. But you forget genres like "metalcore" and "deathcore" which really do have punk roots, with a "metal" sound. I personally hate those genres, and try to avoid them because of the crappy vocals, same guitar riffs, and crappy drumming. I wouldn't call them metal. But i don't know what to think about them since i don't listen to them, and i couldn't count it as valid metal or not.[/sup]

Far as I can tell, deathcore is definitely metal because it has enough metal influence. Metalcore, not so much. There's metal influence, but I can't bring myself to call it metal. Not when I can be listening to Venom instead.

 

[GoldenCondor]

I'm going to have to throw my vote in with Metalcore. Melodic Metalcore in particular. All That Remains, Avenged Sevenfold, Killswitch Engage. That's the kind of stuff I like. All That Remains in particular is the stuff that actually got me into metal in the first place, and still rank among my favorite bands of all time.

Enter Sandman's melody was kick ass, but it didn't resolve my biggest grief about most Metal I've been exposed to, for the life of me, I can't understand the farking vocals! I just can't understand anything they say no matter what, I got "neverland" and "take my hand," that's it. Don't get me started on the Scandanavian fantasy metal. (Webcomic reference, damn Swedish, the language, not the people)

If you listen to enough of their songs, you can eventually understand Metallica's lyrics; it's a bit like Ozzy Osbourne in that respect, I guess (I mean his songs, not the jumbled-up way he talks all the time). I think "Unforgiven" and "Fade to Black" probably have the clearest lyrics.

Heh, that's what I always say about Dethklok. A lot of my friends, even the ones that like metal, don't get why it's so funny because they can't understand the lyrics. But once you listen to it enough you get to be able to understand them, and now I can't listen to their stuff without laughing. Especially Hatredcopter or Face Fisted. Those always make me laugh like crazy.

Dethklok are like the jews of the metal world. Nobody likes them. I think the show is funny but the music is terrible.

 

[Spacelord]

I voted folk metal 'cause I'm in a folk metal band.

 

[GoldenCondor]

I voted folk metal 'cause I'm in a folk metal band.

I hope you guys have an accordion, or i consider you FAIL haha.