Your favourite band (METAL Edition)

[Dave-O_Boy]

There's only one metal band worth a damn. If it's not Pantera it's not metal.

But seriously, most the bands mentioned in this thread I wouldn't classify as metal. (Slipknot? Metal? Are you fucking kidding me? *Repressed Metal Head Rage Raising*) But that's the problem with the genre (or rather genre's in general) and one of the things that have made me shy away from popular music.

[TheRocket]

Aww, Sonata Arctica. I had a nostalgic metal monday moment a few weeks ago with much SA and the 69 Eyes (not metal but nostalgic).

[TheRocket]

Korpiklaani

WINNAR IS U.

[InsaneFool]

There's only one metal band worth a damn. If it's not Pantera it's not metal.

But seriously, most the bands mentioned in this thread I wouldn't classify as metal. (Slipknot? Metal? Are you fucking kidding me? *Repressed Metal Head Rage Raising*) But that's the problem with the genre (or rather genre's in general) and one of the things that have made me shy away from popular music.

No the problem with genre's in general is people thinking that because a band doesn't fit into their very specific definition of said genre is some how a less valid form of music.

[Dave-O_Boy]

It's like saying Nine Inch Nails is industrial or Portishead is jazz. They may have been inspired by something, but they're not that.
You wouldn't say Mozart is baroque, would you?

It has nothing to do with the quality of the music. I'm not saying a band is invalid because of genre. Just misclassifications abound here.

[Lisra]

For purposes of education, I recommend this: http://mapofmetal.com/

And it's not like Hellyeah or Five Finger Death Punch are not metal. It's that they are just not very good. *scnr*

[xdeathknightx]

Hmmm one fav band? Don't think I'd could pick just one. My top 10 in random order are:
Iron Maiden
Gojira
Mastodon
Immortal
Strapping Young Lad
Morbid Angel
Napalm Death
Wolves in the Throne Room
Slayer
Macabre

[Lord Chrusher]

Rammstein

[Gap Filler]

I suppose my favourite metal band that other people have heard of would probably be Nightwish, if only because adding their music to anything automatically makes it that much more epic.

[Dutch guy]

Not strictly metal: Disturbed

[MotorWaffle]

I don't care what anyone says. ManOWar.
Brother's of Metal and Hymn of the Immortal Warrior are great.

[madrak_the_red]

I'm going to do these by 'most fun I've had at gigs'

DragonForce
Devin Townsend Project
Airborne

[CtMolloy]

I don't care what anyone says. ManOWar.
Brother's of Metal and Hymn of the Immortal Warrior are great.

Wimps and posers can leave the hall.

I love alot of metal, some favourites include, but are not limited to Iron maiden, Candlemass Judas priest, Manowar, King Diamond, Blind Guardian, Slayer, Opeth, Iced Earth, Korpiklaani, Finntroll, Turisas.

And of course my own band Scuurvy, Who do pirate metal better than Alestorm.

[empath]

Four letters and one punctuation mark.

[James Ether]

I only really like a few metal bands, and it doesn't really make up a big amount of my collection at all. However, Metallica are awesome and almost certainly my favourite metal band.

[SilentBobCDN]

Lamb of God, Slipknot, Children of Bodom, Ramnstein. Thats about it... Crap, forgot about Meshuggah.

Alexi Laiho is my new guitar idol, btw.

[Phenonemis]

Motorhead anyone? Iron Maiden, Van Halen and Judas Priest follow closely behind.

[Phenonemis]

Motorhead anyone? Iron Maiden, Van Halen and Judas Priest follow closely behind.