Metal

[dimmufan]

And I'm not talking about that stuff made by AC/DC or any of those kinds of bands. That stuff is too much like Southern rock to be classified as anything else. I'm talking about the sweet, symphonic, melt-your-face-off melodies that make you wanna get up in the morning and blow something up.

As if you guys couldn't already tell my favorite band is Dimmu Borgir. But I also like Dissection, Arch Enemy, Dragonlord, Katatonia, and Emperor. So who else likes tr00 metal and what bands do you like?

 

[Rockman X]

I looove Dimmu, I saw their vid for Progenies ff the Great Apocalypse a year ago or so and I was hooked. I need to redownload their albums though, my comp deleted them so the only complete one I have now is Stormblåst.

Metal is such a huge genre with so many subgenres in it though...sometimes I'm not sure wtf I'm listening to. What would you call Yngwie Malmsteen, Testament and Nevermore?

 

[Scarlet]

As if you guys couldn't already tell my favorite band is Dimmu Borgir. But I also like Dissection, Arch Enemy, Dragonlord, Katatonia, and Emperor. So who else likes tr00 metal and what bands do you like?

The bands your listing are Symphonic black metal. I do like Symphonic metal but not black/death metal. I just don't like the singing. :/

I've heard of Arch Enemy. I'm not much of a fan of them but I've heard a few of their songs. It is interesting though that the singer is actually a female.

Metal is such a huge genre with so many subgenres in it though...sometimes I'm not sure wtf I'm listening to. What would you call Yngwie Malmsteen, Testament and Nevermore?

Yeah, metal is a huge genre. You can't really tell say what is true metal or not. I am a fan of metal though but I prefer symphonic, Power, epic, Industrial, and Alternative.

 

[Rockman X]

-sneaks by- I don't like this genre... Maybe I'll tell my little bro about it.

What the hell was the point of your post? This topic is for discussing metal bands we like, not giving idiot posts about "oh i dont liek this music." If you want to raise your post count then do it in threads where you can make a reply pertaining to the subject. Spammer.

Anyhoo, what exactly is the difference between thrash metal and speed metal? There's a Japanese metal band I listen to called Aikaryu and I'm not sure if they'd be under speed or thrash metal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okpEkvHHQFs

 

[dimmufan]

Judging from that video I would have to say that they are more of a speed metal band than thrash. Thrash metal bands are bands like Metallica, Anthrax, Sepultura, and the like. Although Metallica can also be considered power metal and speed metal. Guess it really depends on which album you're listening to.

The bands your listing are Symphonic black metal. I do like Symphonic metal but not black/death metal. I just don't like the singing. :/

I like everything about symphonic black metal. Even the singing. To me the singers are easier to understand than doom metal and death metal. However I also like a bit of blackened death metal as well.

There are entirely too many metal genres. At least it's not emo.

 

[Rockman X]

Judging from that video I would have to say that they are more of a speed metal band than thrash. Thrash metal bands are bands like Metallica, Anthrax, Sepultura, and the like. Although Metallica can also be considered power metal and speed metal. Guess it really depends on which album you're listening to.

Thanks I always thought they were kinda the same...but...Metallica is thrash? I pictured thrash metal to be something you could like, thrash around to <.<

I like everything about symphonic black metal. Even the singing. To me the singers are easier to understand than doom metal and death metal. However I also like a bit of blackened death metal as well.

There are entirely too many metal genres. At least it's not emo.

Well I redownloaded Death Cult Armageddon and downloaded the rest of Dimmu's albums. I saw some comments on youtube that apparently only For All Tid and Stormblåst are actually symphonic death metal, and frankly, I don't care.

I agree with you, there are just too many genres for metal and it's way too confusing to label them, why can't we just stick with simpler genres like "old school metal" and "heavy metal" and "metal to scare your parents"? One thing that really bores me about metal is that 90% of it sounds the same to me, thats why I found a few I liked and stuck with those bands (i.e. Dimmu, Children of Bodom and Aikaryu).

 

[Doc Holliday]

I've already made a metal thread.

...But it seems to have been deleted. Anyways, I'll post my full metal list when I can find it.

 

[dimmufan]

Thanks I always thought they were kinda the same...but...Metallica is thrash? I pictured thrash metal to be something you could like, thrash around to <.<

Yeah some of there older albums like Ride the Lightning and Kill'em All could be considered old-skool thrash.

I agree with you, there are just too many genres for metal and it's way too confusing to label them, why can't we just stick with simpler genres like "old school metal" and "heavy metal" and "metal to scare your parents"? One thing that really bores me about metal is that 90% of it sounds the same to me, thats why I found a few I liked and stuck with those bands (i.e. Dimmu, Children of Bodom and Aikaryu).

Yeah I like the "melt-your-face-off" genre of metal. Kinda similar to the "scare the crap out of your parents" genre.

If you like Dimmu then you orta try out Dissection, Dragonlord, and Katatonia. The lead singer of Emperor, Ihsahn (sp.) even did a self-titled solo album. Although it's not as good as the other stuff, but still pretty decent.

 

[Rockman X]

Yeah some of there older albums like Ride the Lightning and Kill'em All could be considered old-skool thrash.

Those are their first two albums, right? I've never heard anything off those, not even on the radio.

Yeah I like the "melt-your-face-off" genre of metal. Kinda similar to the "scare the crap out of your parents" genre.

If you like Dimmu then you orta try out Dissection, Dragonlord, and Katatonia. The lead singer of Emperor, Ihsahn (sp.) even did a self-titled solo album. Although it's not as good as the other stuff, but still pretty decent.

So it has the same effect as the Ark of the Covenant in Raiders of the Lost Ark? xD

I had some Katatonia stuff at one time actually, I got kinda bored with it. I'll check out the others

Hey, question, would craptastic new bands that attract scene kids like Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold and As I Lay Dying fall into any category of metal? I can't stand bands like those, they try to scream and growl and aren't even any good at it.

 

[Finnegan III]

Finntroll, Moonsorrow, Korpiklaani > All other Metal

 

[dimmufan]

Those are their first two albums, right? I've never heard anything off those, not even on the radio.

Sounds like you need a radio staion like we have here. 102.1 KFZX. Every weeknight they play 30 minutes nonstop of Metallica. The segment is called Mandatory Metallica. They play any and every song that Metallica ever sang. Even some Misfits covers.

Hey, question, would craptastic new bands that attract scene kids like Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold and As I Lay Dying fall into any category of metal? I can't stand bands like those, they try to scream and growl and aren't even any good at it.

Atreyu-I would class these guys as a light hardcore band.

A7X-These guys could be considered as metallized hard rock. Nothing fancy.

As I Lay Dying-These guys could be considered as metalcore.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Aaarrgghh
Aarni
Abyssic Hate
Aes Dana
Agalloch
Akercocke
Alcest
Alkonost
Anaal Nathrakh
Anathema
Atheist
Bathory
Be Persecuted
Beatrik
Blut Aus Nord
Boris
Burning Witch
Burzum
Butterfly Temple
Cirith Ungol
Comatose Vigil
Cruachan
Cult of Luna
Darkestrah
Darkthrone
Death
Deicide
Destroyer 666
Diaboli
Diablical Masquerade
diSEMBOWELMENT
Doom:Vs
Draconian
Drudkh
Earth
Echo Of Dalriada
Êðîäà
Elfsword
Emperor
Empyrium
Ensiferum
Enslaved
Esoteric
Eternal Tears of Sorrow
Evoken
Fear Factory
Finntroll
Folkheim
The Gathering
Godless
Godless North
Gorgoroth
Gosforoth
Graveland
Graven
Graveworm
Gurtholfinn
Haggard
Halo Manash (Dark Ambient)
Hammerfall
Hatebeak
Hatesphere
Hlidolf
Hollenthon
Hordagaard
Hypocrisy
Iced Earth
Ihsahn
Immortal
Immortal Souls
Iron Maiden
Isengard
Jesu
Katatonia
Korpiklaani
Leviathan
Marduk
Mayhem
Metallica
Moonn D)))
Moonsorrow
Morbid Angel
Mordor
Morgoth
Motorhead
My Dying Bride
Naglfar
Nazgul
Necrophagist
Nest
Nevermore
Nightwish
Nile
Nokturnal Mortum
Nortt
Nyktalgia
Obituary
Opeth
Otyg
Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath
Paradise Lost
Pelican
Possessed
Satanic Warmaster
Sauron
Senthil
Sleep
SoiL
Spiritus Mortis
Stalaggh
Sterbend
Sunn O)))
Svartkraft
!.T.O.O.H.!
Therion
Tool
Tormentor
Tristania
Turisas
Týr
Unholy
Urfaust
Vader
Vehemence
Verdensrike
Vintersorg
Watain
Wigrid
Windir
Woods of Ypres
Wormphleghm
Yakuza
Zyklon
1349





FFS.

 

[Mugen]

You can't be listening to all of that? Just write down those you listen to currently.

 

[Zantetsuken]

This is a metal thread and no one has mentioned Amon Amarth? Wow.

And WTF is TooL doing in that list of metal bands??

 

[Rockman X]

Dear lord, OverFjell, that's a massive list O___O But um, like Zantetsuken said, why is Tool on there? And where is Testament on that list?

I really should kick myself for forgetting to mention that I love Opeth. My first album of theirs I bought was Blackwater Park after someone had sent me two of their songs, Demon of the Fall and Godhead's Lament (which aren't even on that album, oddly enough). Then I got the rest of their albums

So Atreyu's light hardcore, A7X is hard rock and As I Lay Dying is metalcore? *makes a mental note to stay away from those genres* Actually our station DID have a "Mandatory Metallica" bit that only lasted a couple months (yes, they did call it that)...even then they never played anything from the first two Metallica albums. As a matter of fact, they mostly played the same five or six songs every day, it was a joke.

 

[Zantetsuken]

Oh, and Dethklok anybody? Hatebreed? Such obviousness!

 

[dimmufan]

Oh, and Dethklok anybody? Hatebreed? Such obviousness!

Hatebreed is hardcore. And not a bad hardcore band at that.

Is Dethklok even a real band? I've seen the cartoon and all, but it seems these guys have No videos, No live performances, and No albums or compilations.

@OverFjell-You forgot Dimmu Borgir, Dissection, and Dragonlord. Also I am glad you didn't list that gaymetal band called Dragonforce.

 

[Ultimator777]

DragonForce
Dragonland
Finntroll
Rhapsody of Fire
Kamelot
Children of Bodom
Mercenary
ElvenKing
Sonata Artica

...to name a few

 

[Zantetsuken]

Is Dethklok even a real band? I've seen the cartoon and all, but it seems these guys have No videos, No live performances, and No albums or compilations.

Um, Dethklok: The Dethalbum? Sure it's a show where it's just two guys do everything but their CDs are selling like mad. Get you shit straight.

 

[Rockman X]

Is Dethklok even a real band? I've seen the cartoon and all, but it seems these guys have No videos, No live performances, and No albums or compilations.

Dethklok started on Metalocalypse, their album came out Sept 25'th. They're basically the Gorillaz of metal.

@OverFjell-You forgot Dimmu Borgir, Dissection, and Dragonlord. Also I am glad you didn't list that gaymetal band called Dragonforce.

I...hate...Dragonforce. Well, not hate them exactly, but I just find them so boring and I don't understand why they're so popular. I've only heard two songs of theirs and both bored me so much I never even listened to them all the way through.

BTW, what genre would King Diamond lie under? I've only heard their song Welcome Home and the guy's voice is hilarious but the music is actually pretty good.