The Metal Thread

[Uberjoe19]

Thought this'd be a decent place to get some recommendations. I'm not a big metal fan, it has to be said, but I like a bit of System of a Down and a couple of Metallica songs. If Lostprophets' early stuff counts then them to Generally my tastes tend to stick around pop-punk to melodic hardcore.

Just wondering if there are any other bands you could recommend really. Probably not - I've got quite specific tastes - but worth a shot eh?

Do you like Taking Back Sunday? They're not really metal, but they ARE pop-punk.

Also, a good band to get into metal with is Pelican. They are completely instrumental.

 

[open trap]

I love Thrash, Speed, Power, and Heavy metal with a currently growing interest in Black and Death metal

 

[Aggressor and Usurper]

Death and thrash are my favourite genres, though my favourite bands are Fear Factory and Mastodon. I'll be seeing Iron Maiden in a few days...

As for what I DON'T like, metalcore. Ugh. Five Finger Death Punch and Bullet For My Valentine really are loathsomely bad. And the FANS.

Complete stab in the dark.. but "Iron Maiden in a few days" Sonisphere by any chance?

Also Five Finger Death Punch isn't that bad... though BFMV annoys me right now.

Sadly not, Dublin 02 Arena. Still psyched though.
I really hate Death Punch. The singer and bassist are complete morons. Music is crap generic metalcore, and the lyrics are either whiny or skull numbingly macho. So yeah.X_X

Ah I love them just because of the heavy beat. Bulletproof pumps me up straight away.

And shame I'm going to see Iron Maiden at Sonisphere in about 4 days \m/ twill hopefully be epic.

Lucky sonofa! Go see Fear Factory, I -will- castrate you if you don't.

 

[FinalHeart95]

I'm actually not as huge into metal as I tend to let on. Mainly prog metal, going into progressive death. I also like 80s thrash, Black Sabbath (whatever they are), and the New Wave of British whatever Metal. Although metalcore can be very good if it's on the melodic side as well. Oh, and fusion metal is fucking awesome, or any metal with jazz influence. It's like peanut butter and chocolate.

My main problem with the more extreme metals is the constant pounding of the bass drum with 16th notes for 3 fucking minutes straight. It hurts my ears. Really bad. I can stand it in short bursts, but not for entire songs! Notice I said 80s thrash and not thrash in general, because thrash nowadays tends to be just that. Screaming can get over-the-top as well, but if it's not too bad, I'll deal with it.

By the way, as a side note, what's with the really short albums? I was looking into Born of Osiris and The Faceless because they were Death metal bands that I thought were good, but the albums were about 35 minutes long. What the hell? Looking at Massive Aggressive (Municipal Waste) right now, that album is 28:49! Carving Desert Canyons (Scale the Summit) was only 40 minutes long, but I thoroughly enjoyed all 40 minutes. That's not so with these guys. I'm not condoning piracy, but asking people to pay up $10 for 30-35 minutes of entertainment won't cut it unless the album is groundbreaking. Maybe I'm too used to my apparently extravagant hour long albums... [/metal related rant]

 

[the_pleasure_is_mine]

Lucky sonofa! Go see Fear Factory, I -will- castrate you if you don't.

Oh hell yes I will

And I;m going to see Europe... just cause.

 

[ItsAChiaotzu]

I don't consider myself a metal fan, as I favour the more stone-rock or ambient jazz soul punk side of things, but I do love the metal stereotype of Manowar lovin', leather wearin', beer-drinkin' rednecks going around screaming "METAAAAAAL!"

So I say to you:

LET US RISE UP AND SMITE THE PRETENDERS OF THE MUSIC LANDS! WE ALONE MUST DEFEND THE RIGHTEOUS FROM THE PATH OF SHITTY AUTOTUNE POP! BY THE SWORD IN MY HAND AND THE BEER IN MY GUT, WE SHALL FIGHT, AND MAY THE BLOOD OF YOUR CHILDREN RUN RED WITH THE UNDILUTED PISS OF MANY VIRGINS! DEATH TO ALL BUT METAL!

Ohhhhh, baby, right there...

If you like ambiet try karl sanders of niles solo shit Saurian Meditations/Saurian Exercisims. or blotted science if you love good metal sound *cannibal corpse bassist+ blind guardian gutiar+ death metal drums and no singing*

Karl Sanders is a balls guitarist.

... And not in a good way.

OT: Metal I am into, mainly progressive or mathcore, just the complicated stuff.
I don't mind death metal but it gets a little boring for me and also the growl a lot of the time is just some man kinda making a burping noise, which is, while funny, not nice to listen to.

 

[Ciarang]

Anything that's good, really.

Right now I'm immersed in Avenged Sevenfold, I can't get enough of their early Metalcore stuff.

 

[Zakarath]

Huh... none of my favorite bands mentioned yet... I generally go for prog/folk metal:
Elvenking, Eluvietie, Ensiferum, Wintersun, Kamelot, and Korpiklaani are my current faves.

Elvenking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP-h9E89ayg
Eluvietie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCvQWe3kZ7A
Ensiferum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvDM-tF2eBw
Wintersun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxMkIm5JxkM
Kamelot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIykDVIg7AM
Korpiklaani: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pryopBl-tnc

^^All some of my favorite songs. Check 'em out.

 

[Your once and future Fanboy]

System of a down
blind guardian
avantasia
jorn
kamelot
children of bodom
sonata arctica
scars on broadway
falconer
opeth
metallica
dream theatre
helloween
edguy
hammerfall
statovarius
in flames
wintersun
dark tranquility
disturbed
serj tankian
gamma ray
judas priest
the black mages

just to mention a few ;D
Im a little bit of everything in metal except for black metal, i just dont like it

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Whatever sounds good. Heaven Shall Burn is my favorite, by far. Also Caliban, Deadlock, Brain Drill, Within The Ruins, Spit, Valley of the Dead and a bunch of others. Oh, and I just bought Avenged Sevenfold's new CD today...

 

[RanD00M]

Bloodbath is awesome. Probably one of my favorite bands.

You have no become even more awesome then you were.And you were pretty fucking awesome.

I was awesome before? I wish I would have known.

As head of the Black☆Rock Shooter and Vocaloid Fan Club.You are 3 different kinds of awesome.

 

[rescuer86]

Thrash, death, operatic, progressive, melodic, some nu, just not glam metal. *shudders* Currently on a "Another Black Day" and "Beneath the Sky" kick. But Metallica, as always, rocks. I am also really getting into DragonForce ATM and have been a fan of Nightwish for sometime. Other than that, if people look at me with a WTF expression as I drive by with my music blasting, then I probably like it.

Off-topic: How many people on this thread get asked: "How can you listen to that?" at least twice a day? And, is there a more annoying question?

 

[Thrashgrinder]

what a suprise! i listen Thrash Metal and Grindcore.





get it?

 

[vivec710]

I'll listen to anything that's heavy. Majority of the time it's Pantera or Lamb of God. Metal is the only music I like, that's what happens when your dad blasts Black Sabbath since you were born

 

[Uberjoe19]

Bloodbath is awesome. Probably one of my favorite bands.

You have no become even more awesome then you were.And you were pretty fucking awesome.

I was awesome before? I wish I would have known.

As head of the Black☆Rock Shooter and Vocaloid Fan Club.You are 3 different kinds of awesome.

I will never understand the appeal of Vocaloid.

OT: You're one of the few people I've encountered that have heard of Negură Bunget. I wasn't too fond of them, but they were okay.

 

[Uberjoe19]

Thrash, death, operatic, progressive, melodic, some nu, just not glam metal. *shudders* Currently on a "Another Black Day" and "Beneath the Sky" kick. But Metallica, as always, rocks. I am also really getting into DragonForce ATM and have been a fan of Nightwish for sometime. Other than that, if people look at me with a WTF expression as I drive by with my music blasting, then I probably like it.

Off-topic: How many people on this thread get asked: "How can you listen to that?" at least twice a day? And, is there a more annoying question?

My mother asks me constantly what I see in the music I listen to. I keep telling her I like the skillful playing, but all she focuses on are the lyrics.

 

[RanD00M]

OT: You're one of the few people I've encountered that have heard of Negură Bunget. I wasn't too fond of them, but they were okay.

Well I love them for the song Negrii,of the Zirnindu-Sa album.Why? Because it's about Icelandic folklore,and sung in Icelandic.Well some of it is.And I just like the overall feel of their songs.

 

[viranimus]

Its just not metül, unless its brütal \m/,

In all seriousness...so long as it is loud and agressive and not repetitive drone.

 

[CobraX]

Mostly Heavy Metal, Thrash/Speed Metal, and some Nu Metal. I mostly listen to mainstream metal bands. My favourites are:
Alice In Chains, Dio, Disturbed, Iron Maiden, Lordi, Judas Priest, KoRn, Motorhead, and Metallica.