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inked219
inked219 Posts: 51 Member
edited December 18 in Social Groups
Not interested in bashing or "they suck - this is better" nonsense. Just looking to expand my collection

10.) Abacabb
09.) Between the Buried and Me
08.) (From) Graves of Valor
07.) The Acacia Strain
06.) Knights of the Abyss
05.) Beneath the Massacre
04.) Miseracordiam
03.) Suicide Silence
02.) Through the Eyes of the Dead
01.) Dead to Fall
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  • bekinator
    bekinator Posts: 103
    nice list, i'm going to check out the ones i've never heard of!

    here's mine:

    14.) Hocico
    13.) Killswitch Engage
    12.) Daylight Dies
    11.) Meshuggah
    10.5) Caligula's Horse
    10.) Pelican
    9.5) Weedeater
    9.) Riverside
    8.) Living Sacrifice
    7.) Lamb Of God
    6.) Avenged Sevenfold
    5.) Abstract Deviation
    4.) Becoming The Archetype
    3.5) Megadeth
    3.) Iron Maiden
    2.) Mastodon
    1.) As I Lay Dying

    Sorry I couldn't stop myself...

    i'm trying to find time to filter & learn unlabeled great bands from this too:
    http://bandcamp.com/tag/djent
  • inked219
    inked219 Posts: 51 Member
    Nice, likewise. And I haven't listened to Living Sacrifice in so long! My machine shop teacher got me into them in High school. And I got to see Mastodon and Iron Maiden at Ozzfest '05 and As I lay Dying on Sounds of the Underground.
  • JmeJinxx
    JmeJinxx Posts: 210 Member
    In no particular order..
    1. Behemoth
    2. Nevermore
    3. Woods of Ypres
    4. Insomnium
    5. Katatonia
    6. Opeth
    7. Swallow the Sun
    8. Graveworm
    9. Moonspell
    10. Acid Bath
  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
    No new relavant metal bands since 1998
  • Vi0l33t
    Vi0l33t Posts: 117 Member
    No new relavant metal bands since 1998


    Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahhaaaa

    I'm sure there are exceptions, but for the most part I have to agree.
  • FungusTrooper
    FungusTrooper Posts: 227 Member
    Oh good, "Metal", that huge archtype that nobody agrees on :D.

    I don't think I have a top 10, let's see:

    1) Tristania
    2) The Crown
    3) At The Gates

    Um.

    Well, that's about it I think.

    Edit: Oh, wait, Behemoth are good too!

    Edit 2: Oh, and Finntroll.
  • inked219
    inked219 Posts: 51 Member
    No new relavant metal bands since 1998

    Eh, I wouldn't go that far. Just because metal isn't as mainstream as it was back then doesn't make any bands less relevant. Between the Buried and Me and Knights of the Abyss are amazing musicians with great skills and an very good understanding of music theory. But take a look at bands like Slipknot and Slayer - they got their fame from the image they sold to their fans, not their music....
  • bekinator
    bekinator Posts: 103
    No new relavant metal bands since 1998

    aww come on thatdude, don't be so old & grumpy (-; it takes a little searching but there are a couple of gems in the rough out there. i think commercialism has killed most of our ability to find good modern tunage.

    classic will always be classic. hair metal will always be our true forefathers. (-; probably started with black sabbath, dio, scorpions, mr. big, etc etc... (love those guys!)
  • iam_thatdude
    iam_thatdude Posts: 1,266 Member
    No new relavant metal bands since 1998

    aww come on thatdude, don't be so old & grumpy (-; it takes a little searching but there are a couple of gems in the rough out there. i think commercialism has killed most of our ability to find good modern tunage.

    classic will always be classic. hair metal will always be our true forefathers. (-; probably started with black sabbath, dio, scorpions, mr. big, etc etc... (love those guys!)

    im not sure how you could put sabbath, dio, scorps mr big in the same sentance....they alone hit 4 different sub genres.

    What do u mean by commmercialism?
  • bekinator
    bekinator Posts: 103
    No new relavant metal bands since 1998

    aww come on thatdude, don't be so old & grumpy (-; it takes a little searching but there are a couple of gems in the rough out there. i think commercialism has killed most of our ability to find good modern tunage.

    classic will always be classic. hair metal will always be our true forefathers. (-; probably started with black sabbath, dio, scorpions, mr. big, etc etc... (love those guys!)

    im not sure how you could put sabbath, dio, scorps mr big in the same sentance....they alone hit 4 different sub genres.

    What do u mean by commmercialism?

    by commercialism i mean that the record companies & media have target audiences & budgets, therefore agendas. so they have to put bands on the easy-access market that predictable majorities will purchase music, tickets, & merch from. makes a lot of real talent out there get overlooked and stay underground.

    true, they do hit different sub-genres, but they're all still classic. who are your faves? and why did you pick 1998 as your cut-off?
  • Lillie81
    Lillie81 Posts: 6
    Here is mine

    1 Opeth
    2 Mortal Love
    3 Dark Tranquillity
    4 Eluvettie
    5 Iron Maiden
    6 Moonspell
    7 Enslaved
    8 Emperor
    9 Dimmu Borgir
    10 Arcturus
  • TheTrimTim
    TheTrimTim Posts: 220 Member
    10. Queensryche
    9. Anthrax
    8. Kiss
    7. Five Finger Death Punch
    6. Skindred
    5. Lostprophets
    4. Limp Bizkit
    3. Trivium
    2. Bullet for My Valentine
    1. Linkin Park
  • bekinator
    bekinator Posts: 103
    despairfactor that's a great lineup, i've only heard like 2 of those bands and they kick *kitten*! i gotta check out your others.

    fungus nice! viking metal never killed anyone! (-;

    bathoria you kinda like the gothic stuff eh? nice picks... what do you think of nightwish or kamelot?

    tim i'm gonna look into your 5 & 6, never heard of them!

    checked out the new puscifer album yesterday. i really dig it! idk how metal it is but it's different- has maynard from tool. have u guys heard it?

    any new albums u guys recommend?

    thatdude the new van halen is pretty good, no? and it's still relevant. (-; have u heard of steel panther?
  • TheTrimTim
    TheTrimTim Posts: 220 Member
    @bekinator. Oh please check out Skindred. Search for "stand for something" , "nobody" or "pressure" and "warning" on YouTube.
  • YourDemise
    YourDemise Posts: 22
    I'm not claiming my list to be metal whatsoever, its mainly deathcore, but if you have the same taste in music hit me up with an add.

    Conducting From The Grave
    Impending Doom
    Rose Funeral
    Fit For An Autopsy
    The Red Shore (with damo)
    Knights of the Abyss
    I Declare War
    Abigail Williams
    Molotov Solution
    Veil of Maya
    Bloodbath
    Earth From Above
    The Faceless

    Also not claiming these to be the best bands, just kind of what I'm into at the time being.
  • grrrlface
    grrrlface Posts: 1,204 Member
    Here's mine right now, in no particular order :

    1: Amaran
    2: Nile
    3: Cannibal Corpse
    4: Diecide
    5: Echoes of Eternity
    6: Waking the Cadaver (More deathcore than metal)
    7: Born of Osiris (Again, deathcore but their first full album was awesome!)
    8: Opeth
    9: Alestorm (Pirate metal!)
    10: Pantera
  • domeister
    domeister Posts: 7
    All old school...

    1) Black Sabbath
    2) Judas Priest
    3) Iron Maiden
    4) MSG
    5) Scorpions
    6) Ozzy
    7) Virgin Steele
    8) Metallica
    9) AC DC
    10) RUSH
  • bekinator
    bekinator Posts: 103
    All old school...

    1) Black Sabbath
    2) Judas Priest
    3) Iron Maiden
    4) MSG
    5) Scorpions
    6) Ozzy
    7) Virgin Steele
    8) Metallica
    9) AC DC
    10) RUSH

    i like... this stuff is the spine of the metal body.

    i might throw van halen, stryper & def leppard in there for kicks. maybe mr. big.
  • MysticMaiden22
    MysticMaiden22 Posts: 324 Member
    1. Van Halen (during the Glam Metal phase)
    2. Black Sabbath
    3. Iron Maiden
    4. Metallica
    5. Megadeth
    6. Queensryche
    7. Mastodon
    8. 3 Inches Of Blood
    9. Soilwork
    10. Lamb Of God
  • meowstrom
    meowstrom Posts: 37
    1. Opeth
    2. Nile
    3. Bolt Thrower
    4. Destroyer 666
    5. Necrophagist
    6. Amon Amarth
    7. Primordial
    8. Agalloch
    9. Disembowelment
    10. Electric Wizard

    In no particular order really, it's just what I like right now. Some I've been listening to since I was 13 so they're always going to be in my top ten :P
  • Dead_Darling
    Dead_Darling Posts: 478 Member
    1) Incubus (I will always love them no matter how different their sound is from the SCIENCE days)
    2) Iron Maiden
    3) Nine Inch Nails
    4) Deftones
    5) Rammstein
    6) Metallica
    7) Fear Factory
    8) Soulfly/Sepultura
    9) Slayer
    10) Machine Head

    ...And just for kicks :)

    11) Death Angel
    12) Exodus
    13) Nightwish
    14) Lacuna Coil
    15) Epica
    16) Skindred
    17) Five Finger Death Punch
    18) Lamb of God
    19) Trivium
    20) Testament
  • YourDemise
    YourDemise Posts: 22
    I'm not claiming my list to be metal whatsoever, its mainly deathcore, but if you have the same taste in music hit me up with an add.

    Conducting From The Grave
    Impending Doom
    Rose Funeral
    Fit For An Autopsy
    The Red Shore (with damo)
    Knights of the Abyss
    I Declare War
    Abigail Williams
    Molotov Solution
    Veil of Maya
    Bloodbath
    Earth From Above
    The Faceless

    Also not claiming these to be the best bands, just kind of what I'm into at the time being.

    I would like to add a few:

    Rings of Saturn
    Slice The Cake
    Aristeia
    Fleshgod Apocalypse
  • inked219
    inked219 Posts: 51 Member
    I'm not claiming my list to be metal whatsoever, its mainly deathcore, but if you have the same taste in music hit me up with an add.

    Conducting From The Grave
    Impending Doom
    Rose Funeral
    Fit For An Autopsy
    The Red Shore (with damo)
    Knights of the Abyss
    I Declare War
    Abigail Williams
    Molotov Solution
    Veil of Maya
    Bloodbath
    Earth From Above
    The Faceless

    Also not claiming these to be the best bands, just kind of what I'm into at the time being.

    Conducting From the Grave, The Faceless, Fit for an Autopsy, and Abigail Williams are the ****ing ****!
  • ghortua777
    ghortua777 Posts: 14
    My top 10 and it's not in any order:

    1. Metallica (before Load/Reload of course)
    2. Slayer
    3. Megadeth
    4. Pantera
    5. White Zombie
    6. Black Sabbath
    7. Sepultura
    8. Tool
    9. Exodus
    10. Iron Maiden

    :-) and \,,/
  • nlawing
    nlawing Posts: 36
    Norther
    Wintersun
    Insomnium
    Rapture
    Novembre
    Nightrage
    Children of Bodom
    Dark Tranquillity
    Opeth
    Septic Flesh
    Mors Principium Est
  • delmc1
    delmc1 Posts: 331 Member
    1. Metallica
    2. Slayer
    3. Megadeth
    4. anthrax
    5. disturbed
    6. iron maiden
    7. Sepultura
    8. overkill
    9. Exodus
    10. testament
    i like old school thrash
  • thrashrn
    thrashrn Posts: 35
    hhmmmm...

    10. Arch Enemy
    9.Lamb of God
    8. Black Sabbath
    7. Anthrax
    6. Metallica (OLD Metalica)
    5. Canibal Corpse
    4. Morbid Angel
    3. Dying Fetus
    2. Pantera
    1. Slayer

    Honorable mention to Led Zep, AIC, Deicide, DRI, JFAC, Kreator, Nile, Tool, and a million others I prolly forgot

    Edit: **saw someone put Bolt Thrower forgot about them! Gorefest and Goatwhore too**
  • brianward81
    brianward81 Posts: 217 Member
    Opeth
    Meshuggah
    Machine Head
    Mastodon
    The Ocean
    Black Sabbath
    Slipknot
    Tool
    Karnivool
    Lamb Of God
    Periphery
    Tesseract
    Soilwork
  • LoneR113
    LoneR113 Posts: 27
    Ok, bound to miss out someone. Don't believe in any genre. If it's good, it's good! Here goes nuthin'-

    Thin Lizzy
    Rammstein
    Pink Floyd, (Yes I know..)
    Black Spiders
    The Treatment
    BCC
    Van Halen
    Micheal Schenker
    Voodoo Johnson
    Good Charlotte
  • Madmoosebaits
    Madmoosebaits Posts: 55
    No particular order here...
    Iron Maiden
    Eluveitie
    Amon Amarth
    Heidevolk
    Tyr
    Pantera
    Judas Priest
    Older Metallica
    Dillinger Escape Plan
    The Beast and His Image (ok..... that's my son's band LOL)
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