Best Metal Bands

Tarja does all the albums but she got fired. Anette does Dark Passion Play. If you like them you should give a band called Tarot a shot. It's Nightwish's male vocalist's other band.

 

No Scar Symmetry mentioned? For shame.

Most of the stuff that's been mentioned is awesome for various reasons, but I didn't really care for Nightwish. Just didn't sound that great IMO.

 

All That Remains - Six

 

Scar Symmetry is great. Will be interesting to hear the new vocalists. Dark Tranquillity is another amazing band in the same style.

 

Linkin Park.
They're only half metal though.
I guess. Depends; which song.

 

they aren't metal at all

 

Bands names and my fave songs by them

Kamelot (Symphonic/Progressive) - The Human Stain
Alestorm (Folk/Pirate Metal) - Captain Morgan's revenge
Circle II Circle (Progressive) - Revelations
3 Inches of Blood (Heavy/Thrash) - Trial of Champions
Wintersun (Melodic Death) - Beyond The Dark sun
Turisas (Folk/Viking) - Battle Metal
Firewind ( Melodic Metal) - Mercenary Man

 

I'll just list my favorite metal bands, one is just too limiting for me:

Dream Theater
Cynic
Martyr
Necrophagist
Spastic Ink
Planet X (we need some good instrumental bands in here)

I really recommend looking into Cynic and Spastic Ink if you're into the progressive stuff like Dream Theater. Cynic is heavier and less long drawn out solo driven (more reserved), but the interaction between all of the voices doing their own thing is unreal. Spastic Ink on the other hand goes all out with unbelievable guitar parts from Ron Jarzombek (their second album was basically his solo album), and with his equally talented brother on drums, it's one of the most technical bands out there and remains listenable (not to mention there is a bass solo on pretty much every one of their tracks too).

 

Metal bands what I like now (I don't like these tomorrow anymore... I am what I am, tomorrow I listen... trance!.. not really) are Ensiferum , Moonsorrow, Wintersun and Kalmah (Haven't listen other metal bands a while ^^')

 

Nice taste. Personally I prefer older Kalmah to the newer stuff.

 

As I Lay Dying, Amon Amarth, Divine Heresy, Fear Factory, Iced Earth, Megadeth, RATM, Slayer...

 

hmmm best metal band you say...hard to tel because I like a lot of them(from Grave Digger to Arch Enemy and so on...)


My choice would be megadeth for the big amount of differently-sounding songs....

 

WOW! I LOVE THIS TOPIC~

My Fave Metal Bands :
* Dir en grey
* Deluhi
* Girugamesh
* OZ
* Galneryus
* Black:list
* UnsraW

All of them are from Japan~ they're not Metal actually, but u could say nearly metal~

 

i agree with cainmasters.. Megadeth rock.. most of thier songs sound different but still sound like Megadeth.. another good band is Disturbed.. Bullet For My Valentine are great (seen em live, brilliant live, Atreyu and Avenged Sevenfold supported both good bands too).. Sonic Syndicate are worth a try.. Best Song.. Inside the fire by Disturbed..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m53lQhBalOQ <---- the clip to Inside The Fire

 

for me, dream theater.. mike portnoy is God!!!!.. I also like slipknot.. great looking mask!!!!..

 

+1


My list is as follows

Dragonforce
In Flames
Deicide
Cannibal Corpse
Blind Guardian
Dream Theatre
Dimmu Borgir
Nile
Amon Amarth
Ensiferum
Wintersun
Rammstein
Hammerfall
Turisas
Rhapsody of Fire
Behemoth
Luca Turilli
Norther
Firewind
Vanishing Point

It's too hard to put it down for one song per band though. Seeing as so many are good.

But yeh. I like various genres of metal. But as long as it keeps its distance from emo/punk shit, its all good.

 

SLIPKNOT
Dream Theater
Mudvayne
Trivium
All that Remains
Job For a Cowboy
Machine Head

 

Judas Priest (got to see them with Testament this past August), Iron Maiden, Motörhead (would've liked to have seen them on the Metal Masters Tour but no Seattle shows)...who am I leaving out?... ???

...looking at the other bands listed in this thread, I seem to be in the "Fogies" catagory.