Metal bands that don't suck.

[The Retro Kat]

Im surprised I was the first one to put down Ozzy, that should be a given.

[whoreable]

I suprised people havent told you to SHUT THE FUCK UP. but then again they do.
________
Spice weed

[Blackjack]

Yawn.

Metallica, Master of Puppets era.

I've had my say.

[UnDeath]

Danzig, Samhain, Cryptopsy, Gwar, Iced Earth, Napalm Death, Nile, Meyham, Deicide, Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Zack Wylde's BLS, Slayer, Pantera, Dimmu Borgir, Meshuggah, Cradle of Filth (I guess), Cryptopsy, Dying Fetus, Cannibal Corpse, Chimaira, and Deicide

[Lucas]

Ah... finally Meshuggah is mentioned... so here we go

Bands that are just untouchable:
Meshuggah
At the Gates
Death (Why did you have to go Chuck??? )
Morbid Angel
Tool

Bands that are quite good:
Obituary
Carcass
Gorefest
Pleurisy
Emperor
Nile

All out war bands:
the Dillinger Escape Plan
Coalesce
Converge
Agoraphobic Nosebleed (coolest bandname ever too)
Botch
Kataklysm
Soilent Green
Ruins (is it still metal or just fucked up Jazz?)
the Locust
Pretty much everything out on Relapse or Tsadic records.

Hardcore:
Earth Crisis (albeit more nostalgic)
The Year of Our Lord (At the Gates ripoff basically)
Poison the Well
Shai Hulud
Strongarm
Sky Came Falling
Dead Blue Sky
Zao (I still can't believe that voice)

Nostalgic bands:
Pantera
Metallica
Sepultura

Noisecore:
Merzbow
Mike Patton's solo stuff
Shikari (no, not Shakira)... like to see them again...

Eh... what's the point in all of this?

[Ninjavenom]

The point? No one's heard of everything, so why not give them a chance to hear new stuff? I always like to find new bands to listen to. Audiogalaxy used to have a great listing of grind bands, and some are still available for download without buying their new damned service. They confuse genres sometimes though, so bear with 'em.
http://audiogalaxy.com/list/index.ph...D=26&offset=15

[Irwin M. Fletcher]

Originally Posted by Helm

Mayhem, darkthrone, the two bands you mentioned are some of the most stupid music I've ever heard.

Have you heard all of their shit, though? Newer Mayhem is whacked out, it's not raw, primal black metal at all. And Darkthrone started out as an incredible death metal band before they went Radio Shack sounding black metal. Their first record, "Soulside Journey", is fucking awesome.

[Helm]

Death (Why did you have to go Chuck??? )

Overrated. Chuck died. Get over it.


As to Soulside Journey, as a juxtaposition to their black metal stuff, I suppose it's okay tech death metal, but on it's own, standing against Atheist or in the least, Pestilence that album fucking sucks, in my oppinion.

I retain the oppinion that the only black metal bands worth checking out are In The Woods..., Atrox, Ulver and Arcturus.

[Skulhedface]

I agree with MOST of Luca's list... here's mine:

Acid Bath
Superjoint Ritual
Sabbatic Feast
Master
Six Feet Under
Jungle Rot
Cradle of Filth
Paradise Lost
Grave
Chidren of Bodom
GWAR
Soulfly
Down
My Ruin
Crowbar
Corrosion of Conformity (the EASIEST metal band to learn to play on guitar)
Despondency

Now you won't find some of them because they're underground... but other than Europe, as far as the US goes, Louisiana is to fucking metal what New Jersey was/is/claims to be for punk. If you can't go to Europe but you still want to go to local god damn GOOD metal shows, come to Louisiana.

Just steer clear of New Orleans. They belong on the Whiny Goth Board.

[Generator86]

Jungle Rot? I'm not exactly sure where they hail from, but it's damn close to where I live. They got their start in the same bars that my band has played in.

The drummer from Anal Blast is the same guy that played on Kataklysm's "Temple Of Knowledge". 'Crimson Smell' is flat out wicked by Anal Blast.

Punk--Bad Religion (gods in my opinion), Propagandhi (also gods), Strung Out, I Spy, older Total Chaos, SNFU, Bracket(yeah, I know they're pretty poppy sounding, but I like 'em), FYP, Loranhein(although they're also considered metal).

I wish I could remember more, but back in my halycon days, I was just a little Epitaph/Fat Wreck nerd.

[Helm]

Corrosion of Conformity (the EASIEST metal band to learn to play on guitar)

Pretty much true. But Animosity fucking rules.

[Skulhedface]

Definitely.

On a side note, I made sure to say that CoC was the easiest METAL band to play on guitar, because I usually get busted in person when I just say "easiest band".

Usually it goes something like this:
"CoC is the easiest band to learn how to play"
"Are you fucking stupid? Nirvana is!"
"OK, well then, CoC is the easiest METAL band to learn how to play"

[Helm]

It's not funny in how CoC aren't exactly Metal.

[Skulhedface]

"aren't exactly" is true, but it fits good enough for now. Besides, it doesn't really fit into the "Goth" or "Ska" threads.

[Ninjavenom]

I think it's funny how people think it's a good idea to learn Nirvana on guitar. It's also kind of funny how people like to talk about how great Nirvana was. The best thing the band ever did was let Kurt smear his brains across the wall with a twelve gauge.

[Skulhedface]

it IS a good idea... for BEGINNERS!!

[The Unseen]

i cannot fuckin believe that no one said GWAR until Skulhedface, even Helm's massive list missed it

[Glorfindel]

Angra
Avantasia
Blind Guardian
Die Verbannten Kinder Evas
Dionysus
Dream Theater
Edguy
Elvenking
Freedom Call
HIM
Iron Maiden
Lake of Tears
Lost Horizon
Meatloaf
Nightwish
Rhapsody
Secret Sphere
Shaman
Sirenia
Sonata Arctica
Stratovarius
Summoning
The Sins of thy Beloved
Skyclad
Theatre of Tragedy
Trail of Tears
Tristania
Luca Turilli
Vintersorg

[CTX]

No Shadows Fall? I'm suprised, they really are one of the few really talented true metal bands to come out in the last few years..

Some others I'm not sure were listed:

Cathedral, Paradise Lost, (I'm not a fan of those "I hate my life, kill me please, tear tear lyrics but these bands have a great sound) HammerFall, and Stratovarius.

[Helm]

Why I didn't have GWAR on my list:

I don't like GWAR.


Oh, and CTX, I'd appreciate it if you didn't say that this and that band are of the few talented bands to come out in the last few years, since you really know very little about the metal scene.

[Lord Darian]

I have to agree that shadows fall is good but not one of the best. This list is just my opinion. I listen to mostly alternative stuff so my list may not be as good as someone who always listens to metal.

Iron Maiden
Blind Guardian
candlemass
motorhead
megadeth
In Flames
D.R.I
Black Sabbath
Dream Theater
Old Metallica
Anthrax
Poison
donna summers

thats all I can think of I'm sure theres more I just don't know of it.

[dreist]

i didn`t know that metalheads in sweden listen to DIE VERBANNTEN KINDER EVA`S :/
What do you think of the latest Lake of Tears/the Neonai. I think it`s pretty shit. Headstones is one of my favorite albums.
bands that don´t suck are:
Primordial
Lake of Tears / old stuff
Anathema
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Dewin Townsend
Falconer
Mithotyn
Amon Amarth
Ensiferum
Kalmah
No Return
Darkane
Samael
In Flames
Satyricon
Obtest
....

[Ninjavenom]

Kalmah
In Flames
Satyricon

Good calls.

[Helm]

Satyricon are insanely bad. I can't believe anyone falls for either their newer pseudo intellectual harshness, or their older naive romantic BLAEK MAETL!!!111!! stuff. Absolutely awful.

[Ninjavenom]

STFU

honestly, though, I can't really argue with a guy who buys more albums than i'll ever dream of owning, so maybe their cds are terrible, but the two songs i heard aren't that bad. :/