The metal thread

[TheBarrett]

What's your jam, this is the thread for the METAL! I thought i'd make this thread for the more "musically aware" folks of the forum, to have our own little discussions thread about our metal discovery stories, our favorite bands, latest metal news, upcoming albums to look forward to, and other discussions that LITERALLY KICK THE CRAP OUT OF EVERYTHING!

This is an extension of our little Alizée-America Social Group:
The Metalheads' Alizée Club

(Currently the most populous of all the Alizée America social groups )

I'll start it off basically:

Preferably my favorite band is Opeth, as you all can see from my signature. They are probably one of the most musically oriented and talented bunch of the modern time, incorporating keyboards, acoustic guitars, clean and growling vocals, and other stuff that adds to an epic journey in each of their 10 minute or longer songs.

They were one of the first bands I ever listened to, I was 7 years old, and before that I think I can say I was embarrassed at what I listened to, but now i've never felt more proud to say i'm an Opeth fan, i'm a metalhead, and screw modern rap. I remember when I got a hold of their "Orchid" album, I was blown away. Aside from that I also got my hands on Dream Theater's "Awake" album, and it showed me a whole world of metal's infinite possibilities.

Here I am today, i've got about over 240+ Metal bands in my list, can't say I listen to all of them all the time, but I enjoyed every single one of them at one point in my life.

So what's yours?

PS.
Any of the pioneers can be discussed as well (Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, etc.)

Keep Rocking!
-Barrett

[NarutoSoul]

While I need to expand my metal horizons, I do appreciate the genre as a whole. My two favorite bands, Tenacious D and Dethklok, are actually meant to parody the genre... Then again, I just love parodies.

[SilentFox]

ok..i found my fav group

I have so many metal bands in my list i just cant count them all...haha but again i can share all my music with anyone if yhou would like!

[RadioactiveMan]

Just bought:

Apocalyptica - Amplified
Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder

Rainbow - Live in Munich 1977 (DVD)

[TheBarrett]

Hatebreeder's an old CoB album.
Just getting into them?
Towards Dead End is my favorite off that album.

[Amigo!]

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[puffyrock2]

I live for the metal! Hundreds of metal albums in my collection....here are some of my favorite bands for each type of metal.

Pioneers:
- Black Sabbath
- Led Zeppelin
- Deep Purple
- Uriah Heep
- Blue Oyster Cult
- Steppenwolf
- Thin Lizzy

Death Metal
- Cannibal Corpse
- Suffocation
- Obituary
- Morbid Angel
- Demilich
- Origin
- Deicide
- Opeth
- Death
- Cryptopsy

Black Metal:
- Immortal
- Darkthrone
- Burzum/Mayhem
- Dissection
- Emperor
- Marduk
- Deathspell Omega
- Bathory

Thrash Metal:
- Metallica
- Slayer
- Anthrax
- Megadeth
- Testament
- Exodus
- Annihilator
- Motorhead

Progressive Metal:
- Dream Theater
- Rush
- Tool
- Opeth (Fits Here Too)
- Queensryche
- Ayreon
- Symphony X
- Fates Warning
- Disillusion (BTTOS Only)
- Meshuggah

There's lots more but that's a nice handful

[TheBarrett]

Have you ever heard of Porcupine Tree Puffs? Mikael Åkerfeldt states them as an influence, and is friends when the founder of the band, perhaps a collaboration in the near future.

Personally I have a lot of Paganic Viking and Folk Metal, it's probably my favorite metal genre, because it's just so awesome!

This is just about 5-7% of my list, but it's all you'll need to know.

Pioneers:
-Led Zeppelin
-Judas Priest
-Black Sabbath
-Deep Purple
-Thin Lizzy
-Iron Maiden

Progressive Metal:
Dream Theater
Opeth
3
Between the Buried and Me
Queensryche
Ayreon
Porcupine Tree
Tool
Symphony X
Rush

Viking/Folk/Paganic Metal:
Amon Amarth
Finntroll
Ensiferum
Tyr
Moonsorrow
Korpiklaani
Folkearth
Skyclad
Midnattsol
Turisas
Heidevolk
Vintersorg
Elvenking
Eluveitie
Lumsk

[puffyrock2]

Originally Posted by TheBarrett

Have you ever heard of Porcupine Tree Puffs? Mikael Åkerfeldt states them as an influence, and is friends when the founder of the band, perhaps a collaboration in the near future. :

Indeed I have, great band and of my favorites. Saw them live and they were awesome. I have all the studio releases they have done. Didn't add them to my list because I consider them prog rock and not really metal.

BTW, ever heard of Alestorm? Pirate Metal!

[puffyrock2]

Thought i'd toss this in