My thoughts on this is Metallica, iron maiden and rhapsody. Metallica because their music is good, mostly inpired texts and very good vocals. The new bass player, Robert Trujillo(?) is a good new addition to the band. Iron maiden have been popular since the late seventies(?) and their instrumentals are GREAT, as well as most of their songs. Rhapsody is a great (speed) fantasy metal band with imaginitive texts and great music there as well.. But since I have not heard that many great metal/rock bands I don't know what might be called the best of them (if that is possible to call any band)..
Who do you think is the ultimate rock/metal band?
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Lemme see:
- Kiss
- Disturbed
- Tool
- System Of A Down
- Metallica
- Motorpsycho
Rush.
I saw them in concert back in September (2002) and it was amazing.
I saw them in concert back in September (2002) and it was amazing.
requiem_for_a_starfury
So Old I'm Losing Radiation Signs
AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Led Zepplin, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Kiss and Twisted Sister. Nuff said.
[PCE]el_Prez
Vault Fossil
AC/DC no questions asked.
My three greatest "Metal" bands:
1) Dark Tranquillity
2) Children of Bodom
3) Slayer
Still, I rather see Rush.
1) Dark Tranquillity
2) Children of Bodom
3) Slayer
Still, I rather see Rush.
SkynetV4
Mildly Dipped
My Personal Rankings
Heavy Metal Band - Van Halen
Speed Metal Band - Megadeth
Progressive Metal Band - Stratovarius (Black Diamond 4eva)/Apocaliptica (gotta love those classical music covers with cellos that sound like electric guitars)
Epic Metal Bands - Rhapsody (they have to tone down that dragon stuff, since it sounds silly. I listen to this only for the music and nothing else)/ Sonata Artica
Gothic/Death/Black metal == don't rock my boat
Misc Rock Bands - Scorpions/The Police/Led Zeppelin/Pink Floyd/Doobie Brothers
Country Bands - Charlie Daniel's Band
I listen to classical music, anime soundtracks (Rurouni Kenshin specially), video game music (everything mega man, street fighter, squaresoft and F-Zero) and Joe "He is the best guitar" Satriani
Well Dan, to each his own I guess.
Heavy Metal Band - Van Halen
Speed Metal Band - Megadeth
Progressive Metal Band - Stratovarius (Black Diamond 4eva)/Apocaliptica (gotta love those classical music covers with cellos that sound like electric guitars)
Epic Metal Bands - Rhapsody (they have to tone down that dragon stuff, since it sounds silly. I listen to this only for the music and nothing else)/ Sonata Artica
Gothic/Death/Black metal == don't rock my boat
Misc Rock Bands - Scorpions/The Police/Led Zeppelin/Pink Floyd/Doobie Brothers
Country Bands - Charlie Daniel's Band
I listen to classical music, anime soundtracks (Rurouni Kenshin specially), video game music (everything mega man, street fighter, squaresoft and F-Zero) and Joe "He is the best guitar" Satriani
Well Dan, to each his own I guess.
Well, for my first post on this board, I've gotta let it be known that there is no band that is more true and metal than Manowar.
Now, onto a list of some of my personal favorites:
In Extremo
Moonsorrow
Eisregen
Cruachan
...And Oceans
Samael
Old Man's Child
Theater of Tragedy
Vintersorg
Tristania
And what is perhaps the best metal band in America:
Dumah
Now, onto a list of some of my personal favorites:
In Extremo
Moonsorrow
Eisregen
Cruachan
...And Oceans
Samael
Old Man's Child
Theater of Tragedy
Vintersorg
Tristania
And what is perhaps the best metal band in America:
Dumah
Chaindog7777
First time out of the vault
O_O My god...why isn't anyone mentioning SLIPKNOT? Slipknot is revolutionary in the metal world. They have quick paced lyrics. Heavy screaming fits. And then in mid song they switch style and have a slowly lyrical spot. Such as in "me inside" in mid song it starts going "I WASN'T PROMISED A THING! YOU KEEP MOCKING ME! NOW YOU WILL NEVER AGAIN! BEFORE YOU KNOW AND AFTER YOURE GONE!" They definently have the skill and I believe they have earned respect among the metal world.
Other bands that are great.
Disturbed
Deftones
Mudvayne
Drowning Pool
(hed) pe
Coal Chamber
Murderdolls
Cannibal Corpse
Other bands that are great.
Disturbed
Deftones
Mudvayne
Drowning Pool
(hed) pe
Coal Chamber
Murderdolls
Cannibal Corpse
Slipknot's cool..I definately give them respect for being unique.
As far as the rest of your list...
Distubed - Pshhh....
Deftones - The originators of rap-metal, and the only ones that do it well.
Mudvayne - Amazing musicians. I think a lot of people ride them off as silly MTV fodder, but if you look closely, they are brilliant and are in their own catagory, alongside bands like Tool and Zao.
Drowning Pool - Pshhh...
hed PE - Pshhh...
Murderdolls - A band that wishes they were the Misfits and play like Motley Crue. Mostly crap, although they have a few standout songs.
Cannibal Corpse - Good, but they need to grow up.
-Malky
As far as the rest of your list...
Distubed - Pshhh....
Deftones - The originators of rap-metal, and the only ones that do it well.
Mudvayne - Amazing musicians. I think a lot of people ride them off as silly MTV fodder, but if you look closely, they are brilliant and are in their own catagory, alongside bands like Tool and Zao.
Drowning Pool - Pshhh...
hed PE - Pshhh...
Murderdolls - A band that wishes they were the Misfits and play like Motley Crue. Mostly crap, although they have a few standout songs.
Cannibal Corpse - Good, but they need to grow up.
-Malky
I'm not one to flame, and this is just my opinion, but I've always found bands like Disturbed, Deftones, Drowning Pool, and the like to all be incredibly whiney, cliche, and contradictory.
For one thing, all of the bands seem to essentially convey the same two messages. "Why don't you like me", "I'm different from everybody else and I don't care," and "I have a very horrible life."
My first complaint is, if they don't care what anyone thinks, then why do they complain when people don't like them? Chaindog's quote of Slipknot saying "You keep mocking me!" is a good example of this.
Second, the definition of different is, "Unique in form, quality, amount, or nature; Distinct or separate." That being the case, how is it that the untrained eye can look at a fan of nu-metal and instantly identify them as such? If one were truely unique, it would be nearly impossible to identify what sort of music they liked.
Third, many of the band members in these bands grew up in middle-, if not upper-class, homes. Granted, some of them have divorced parents, dead family members, and what have you. However, I fail to see how that makes their lives so horrible in comparison to every other American that they should dedicate entire albums to their plight. Along with that, many of these bands have gotten very rich from their first albums - rich to a point that you and I could only imagine. Therefore, why do they release yet another album complaining about their horrible lives? I fail to see the horrible life of a man who is insanely rich, has many males who wish they were him, and many females who wish they were dating him.
Finally, a counter to Chaindog's comment about Slipknot.
I hate to say this, but there is simply nothing revolutionary about that. Not in metal, and certainly not in music in general. Black Sabbath, which released it's first album in 1970, was doing what you describe 30 years prior. Elvis Presley was doing it before that.
For more recent examples, Theater of Tragedy recorded their first album in 1995, and they, too, had fast-paced lyrics, screeching, and mid-song switches to melodic sounds and singing. And on top of that, their lyrics were slightly more meaningful than "Pentex sucks! Pentex sucks! They drain the life force of my tribe! Pentex sucks!"
For one thing, all of the bands seem to essentially convey the same two messages. "Why don't you like me", "I'm different from everybody else and I don't care," and "I have a very horrible life."
My first complaint is, if they don't care what anyone thinks, then why do they complain when people don't like them? Chaindog's quote of Slipknot saying "You keep mocking me!" is a good example of this.
Second, the definition of different is, "Unique in form, quality, amount, or nature; Distinct or separate." That being the case, how is it that the untrained eye can look at a fan of nu-metal and instantly identify them as such? If one were truely unique, it would be nearly impossible to identify what sort of music they liked.
Third, many of the band members in these bands grew up in middle-, if not upper-class, homes. Granted, some of them have divorced parents, dead family members, and what have you. However, I fail to see how that makes their lives so horrible in comparison to every other American that they should dedicate entire albums to their plight. Along with that, many of these bands have gotten very rich from their first albums - rich to a point that you and I could only imagine. Therefore, why do they release yet another album complaining about their horrible lives? I fail to see the horrible life of a man who is insanely rich, has many males who wish they were him, and many females who wish they were dating him.
Finally, a counter to Chaindog's comment about Slipknot.
I hate to say this, but there is simply nothing revolutionary about that. Not in metal, and certainly not in music in general. Black Sabbath, which released it's first album in 1970, was doing what you describe 30 years prior. Elvis Presley was doing it before that.
For more recent examples, Theater of Tragedy recorded their first album in 1995, and they, too, had fast-paced lyrics, screeching, and mid-song switches to melodic sounds and singing. And on top of that, their lyrics were slightly more meaningful than "Pentex sucks! Pentex sucks! They drain the life force of my tribe! Pentex sucks!"