wow, quite a bit of metal listeners here, eh?

[Dimmu]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: edro
Slipknot
Stone Sour
Tool
Trivium
DevilDriver
Korn
Mushroomhead

I like heavy beats and deeper voices, or at least voices and lyrics you can hear.
The shrilly high pitched screaming metal are not my cup o tea.

I don't think most of those are considred metal. They fall more into the category of hard rock.

Or even alternative.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: Dimmu

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: edro
Slipknot
Stone Sour
Tool
Trivium
DevilDriver
Korn
Mushroomhead

I like heavy beats and deeper voices, or at least voices and lyrics you can hear.
The shrilly high pitched screaming metal are not my cup o tea.

I don't think most of those are considred metal. They fall more into the category of hard rock.

Or even alternative.

They call them "nu metal", but I think thats a stupid term, because they don't fit into any of the metal categories. Hard rock really fits the bill.

Trivium and Tool would count as metal though.

 

[Ika]

Currently loving Masterplan and Allen & Lande's works. I'll probably move into Symphony X soon.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: edro
Slipknot
Stone Sour
Tool
Trivium
DevilDriver
Korn
Mushroomhead

I like heavy beats and deeper voices, or at least voices and lyrics you can hear.
The shrilly high pitched screaming metal are not my cup o tea.

I don't think most of those are considred metal. They fall more into the category of hard rock.

QFT...slipknot, stone sour, korn and tool are definitely heavy played on even Top 40 stations...metal never makes their cut.

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: SWScorch
Dudes, Opeth and Zao are absolutely amazing (although The Fear is What Keeps us Here is way too emocore for my tastes... The Funeral of God was absolutely incredible though. And of course Opeth can do nothing short of perfection). Other favorites are Dream Theater, Iced Earth, Metallica, Lamb of God, Nile, Iron Maiden, In Flames, Children of Bodom, Arch Enemy, Testament, Pantera and Emperor. The new Trivium album is pretty good too.

Oh, and since we're also sharing non-metal bands, I also love country (Alan jackson, Clint Black, Dierks Bentley, Nickel Creek, Brad Paisley and George Strait just to name a few), oldied, classic rock and a bit of hip-hop. Just discovered Explosions in the Sky too, a post-rock, Godspeed You! Black Emperor type of band. Going to see them in concert next in April.

Zao's Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest is by far the best album. The new stuff is sold out and crappy.

 

[paulxcook]

Some favorites:

At the Gates
The Haunted
Embodyment (1 album only)
Slayer
some Meshuggah
Living Sacrifice
Children of Bodom
Suicidal Tendencies
Killswitch Engage
Unearth
Soilwork
In Flames
Nile (though in smaller doses)
Scar Symmetry
Arch Enemy
Dark Tranquility
some Dimmu Borgir
As I Lay Dying
The Agony Scene
some Sepultura, older stuff
Hypocrisy
Exodus
Testament
some Therion
Zao
Trivium, though the internet has made it hard to take them seriously
Dragonforce
Darkane
All Out War
Machine Head
Nevermore
Amon Amarth, viking metal!!
Chimaira, though I've always had some sort of reservation about it
Ion Dissonance
Burnt by the Sun
The Red Chord
The Acacia Strain
The Black Dahlia Murder
Extol

I'm sure there others I'm not remembering. I used to be into this scene as well as the hardcore scene, though I've drifted from it as I've grown older. Still definitely enjoy the music.

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

Heh... I always have a hard time choosing favorite bands mmm... each one is great in its own style

Nightwish, Rage, Drudkh, Dimmu Borgir, Thirdmoon, In Slumber, Mercenary, Dark Tranquillity, Communic, Draconian

It totally depends on the mood... These were just random picks and I usually work by "phases", so one week all I listen to is power, the other I listen to doom, then melodic death etc etc

 

[spacejamz]

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
Iron Maiden > *

this was a pic from my bedroom, probably from 1985 or 1986...

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[spacejamz]

may as well break out this pic as well..

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This one has Cliff Burton's autugraph on it...RIP

 

[Gibsons]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: Ns1
Just tool and dream theater. I could live without james labrie though.

HERESEY!!!!

His voice matches their style quite well I think.

Maybe, but I still find it hard to listen to for extended periods of time. I can't quite put my finger on it. It just doesn't work for me.


In a moment of hilarity, when they played @Los Angeles, he forgot not one, but two verses in one of their songs. He was not pleased. He also dresses like a modern day vampire.

DT doesn't really float my boat either, mostly it's the vocals, but it's also partly that their music gets a little... I dunno... noodly?

 

[Duddy]

Bullet for my Valentine.Other than that, I really can't stand screaming death metal.

I like Linkin Park. In fact, it's all I listen to now. I R Fanboy.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: Gibsons

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: OdiN

Originally posted by: Ns1
Just tool and dream theater. I could live without james labrie though.

HERESEY!!!!

His voice matches their style quite well I think.

Maybe, but I still find it hard to listen to for extended periods of time. I can't quite put my finger on it. It just doesn't work for me.


In a moment of hilarity, when they played @Los Angeles, he forgot not one, but two verses in one of their songs. He was not pleased. He also dresses like a modern day vampire.

DT doesn't really float my boat either, mostly it's the vocals, but it's also partly that their music gets a little... I dunno... noodly?

a little bit, but mike portney is a demigod.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: spacejamz
may as well break out this pic as well..

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This one has Cliff Burton's autugraph on it...RIP

that is fucking epic

/bowdown



why o why coudent the bus have landed on lars

 

[Martin]

There sure are a lot of Nightwish fans, you guys really need to check out Therion. The music is a bit a like, but far, far better.

 

[Paladin]

Originally posted by: spacejamz

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
Iron Maiden > *

this was a pic from my bedroom, probably from 1985 or 1986...

Text

spacejamz room > *

 

[davestar]

Originally posted by: iskim86
i thought all computer geeks listened to linkin park and evanscensnance

nah, computer geeks listen to prog and symphonic/power metal. it's fairly predictable. i'd say the top 5 are:

Opeth
Dream Theater
Iced Earth
Nightwish
BTBAM


my favorites:

Dillinger Escape Plan
Sikth
Black Dahlia Murder
Pig Destroyer
Lamb of God
Every Time I Die
Byzantine

 

[Paladin]

Originally posted by: davestar

Originally posted by: iskim86
i thought all computer geeks listened to linkin park and evanscensnance

nah, computer geeks listen to prog and symphonic/power metal. it's fairly predictable. i'd say the top 5 are:

Opeth
Dream Theater
Iced Earth
Nightwish
BTBAM

You need to throw in quite a bit of Rush for good measure....

 

[MiniDoom]

Originally posted by: davestar

Originally posted by: iskim86
i thought all computer geeks listened to linkin park and evanscensnance

nah, computer geeks listen to prog and symphonic/power metal. it's fairly predictable. i'd say the top 5 are:

Opeth
Dream Theater
Iced Earth
Nightwish
BTBAM


my favorites:

Dillinger Escape Plan
Sikth
Black Dahlia Murder
Pig Destroyer
Lamb of God
Every Time I Die
Byzantine

Pig Destroyer is bad ass. I was good friend with Brian the drummer back in high school in herndon. we were probably equals on the drums growing up and sometime around then he just took off and became one of the fastest drummers I've heard. Put me to shame.

 

[Verbrennenkinder]

i consider all American metal garbage, listen to several German bands

 

[paulxcook]

Originally posted by: Verbrennenkinder
i consider all American metal garbage, listen to several German bands

I consider your face garbage.

 

[DnetMHZ]

Originally posted by: spacejamz

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
Iron Maiden > *

this was a pic from my bedroom, probably from 1985 or 1986...

Text

Sweet

 

[iskim86]

Originally posted by: davestar

Originally posted by: iskim86
i thought all computer geeks listened to linkin park and evanscensnance

nah, computer geeks listen to prog and symphonic/power metal. it's fairly predictable.

I kinda lump the computer geeks and anime dorks in the same category probably due to the fact that back when I was in high school those two cliques were actaully one

sorry

HOLY 1337 posts, batman!!!!

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: iskim86

Originally posted by: davestar

Originally posted by: iskim86
i thought all computer geeks listened to linkin park and evanscensnance

nah, computer geeks listen to prog and symphonic/power metal. it's fairly predictable.

I kinda lump the computer geeks and anime dorks in the same category probably due to the fact that back when I was in high school those two cliques were actaully one

sorry

HOLY 1337 posts, batman!!!!

404 teh l33tness not found

 

[Kev]

It seems like metal bands seem to have the corniest names i've ever heard.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: Verbrennenkinder
i consider all American metal garbage, listen to several German bands

IMO, most of the good metal comes from the Scandinavian countries. You also see good stuff from Germany, the Netherlands... and occasionally another European country.