What’s The Best Metal Bands Out Right Now?
i just got introduced to metal like last year. and my main band right now is slipknot. but is there other bands i should know about?
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beware of mainstream version of metal. fyi- Metallica is metal for losers, its too boring and the solos dont make you 4 the 7mins of the same rifts ova and ova.
my favs include:
Lamb of God (all-american death metal, w/ probably the best screamer ever), check out the Ashes of the Wake CD and Wrath CD, plus these songs not on those two CD’s – Ruin, Scarament, Walk With Me Through Hell, Redneck, the 11th Hour, Vigil, and A Devil in God’s Country.(and no they are a not satanic band though). One problem w/ them some of there songs sound like variations of others.
Mastodon (alternative metal)- Blood Mountain CD is sick, so is Leviathan CD, and their last one Crack the Skye CD. fyi- you kno the intro to the Aqua Teen Hunger Fore Movie: Movie for Movie Theater, well te play the metal song w/ the pretzel, nachos, and gumdrop, it called Cut You Up With A Linoleum Knife, its funny
God Forbid (melodic death metal)- IV: Constitution of Treason CD
Opeth (progressive death metal)- i like the Deliverance CD
Trivium (metalcore)- Ascendancy CD
my friend likes Autumn Burns Red (metalcore)
Dream Theater (progressive metal/rock)- Systematic Chaos CD, Scences From a Memory (CD), and their new one is Black Clouds and Silver Linings CD. These guys are the perfect band to listen to if you ever wanna learn guitar, they set your goals hella high.
they’re not metal but try the Mars Volta (progressive rock)- Amputechture CD, The Bedlam in Goliath CD, The Bedlam in Goliath CD, my fav one Frances The Mute CD, and there new one Octahedron CD….these guys are monsters at all the instrument, and would crush Metallica and Slipknot is skill alone, not to mention compostion and solos.
Trivium is pretty rad. Also put on amazing shows.
Since when is Slipknot metal?
You should Listen to OTEP, Listen to Ghostflowers,Special pets, Eat the Children, Communion. Noose and Nail, Buried Alive, Rise, Rebel, Resist.
megadeth,black sabbath, slayer, children of bodom, venom, marduk, dio, destruction, blue oyster cult . there, those are some fairly new and old heavy metal bands that i like
slipknot rules
well… children of bodom and lamb of god are the two bands that are really popular in my country among the relatively new bands… i rilly lyk dragonforce, opeth, arch enemy, dark tranquility, devildriver, killswitch engage a lot. among the old ones… metallica, iron maiden, slayer, testament, led zepplin, vader, megadeth, black sabbath, venom, dio, rainbow are the bands that rilly kick ass… and to those who hate metallica… u guys can go to hell n suck demons ass as far as um concerned… the classic metallica was the perfection of thrash metal along wid slayer n testament… i hope u will listen to their older songs more sincerely and then come up wid results…
First things first: stop listening to Slipknot immediately (you are going down a dark path that leads to very bad music). Second of all: disregard about half of the bands suggested here. What’s popular today generally isn’t all that good unless its older. Here are the bands you need to listen to
1. Metallica
If your not listening to Metallica you don’t know metal. They truly are the greatest band in metal despite what you may hear about their stuff in the 90s. Although the albums may have been less than great there are still a few hidden gems. The Black Album is not their greatest release, far from it. All of their previous albums are better. Master of Puppets is the greatest gift to metal ever. The quintessential metal album and the title track is the best metal song. And their talent is off the charts. St. Anger was pretty bad even I will admit but they followed it up with a strong comeback: Death Magnetic. Proves they are still a great thrash band.
2. Iron Maiden
It’s the metal band for every fan. Iron Maiden has been able to do something that no other metal band has and that is to appeal to every single kind of metal fan. Be you a fan of death metal, thrash, black, etc. you are guaranteed to like Iron Maiden. They gave us the greats like The Number of the Beast, Powerslave, Killers, Piece of Mind. The list goes on. Hallowed Be Thy Name is an amazing song that defines heavy metal for what it is. The Trooper, Run to the Hills, Wrathchild: all products of Maiden’s genius. And almost no one in metal has a better voice than Bruck Dickinson.
3. Slayer
Well if you are into Slipknot (however unfortunate that maybe) that proves that you are already into the harder stuff. Slayer is pure evil dipped in skin shredding speed. Reign in Blood ranks right behind Master of Puppets as the second greatest metal albums of all time. Raining Blood, Angel of Death, War Ensemble. You know who did those? SLAYER! And they haven’t taken any shit from anyone. Check out Seasons in the Abyss if you’re not ready for Reign in Blood. The true hidden gem on Seasons is Born of Fire. Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman play guitar like no other (see Kirk Hammett). Their shredding, riffing, soloing its all amazing. Get with Slayer or get out of metal.
Other bands to check out
Black Sabbath – DUH!
Judas Priest – like Maiden but a little poppier. Still a great band
Death – the original death metal band. The genre is essentially named for them. RIP Chuck Schuldiner
Alice in Chains – the greatest alt metal band
Megadeth – Dave Mustaine = awesome at guitar but sucks at being a person (he’s a douche). But they are one of the original thrash bands.
At The Gates – Swedish Melodic Death Metal that kicks ass
In Flames – Same as above
Mastodon – the best new (not nu) metal band
Dream Theater – Progressive metal gods
Testament – another great thrash band
Exodus – Same as above
Vader – Great death metal
Don’t listen to
Slipknot
Trivium
Lamb of God
Killswitch Engage
Any metalcore or anything with core at the end
Does no one listen to Gojira?? Dead to fall, On broken wings, Into eternity, So many bands that fit into the metal category.
ok all these bands you guys are saying our for losers.
ok if you want to listen to real hard core deathmetal look up carnifex, job for a cowboy, postmortem promises, despised icon, bury the horizon, the juliet massacre, and the faceless. oh ya and slipknots for fags.
Sepultura before 1995… Greatest thrash metal band ever.
Disillusion, COB, Arch Enemy, In Flames, ETOS, Dark Tranquility, Amorphis, Amon Amarth, Unearth, Avenged Sevenfold, many more..google it!!
PSYCHO!