Favourite Bands?

[Quicksliver]

Megadeth hands down. Dave Mustaine is my hero.

And whadya mean I can't get to work on time?

[hunter1801]

.......huh?

[BrokenJera]

lol im not your kind either.

for hard rock/metal its gotta megadeth iron maiden gn'r ugly kid joe areosmith queensryche green jello sabbath

for the blues and that kind of stuff. the kings (you know BB albert freddie etc) t-bone walker robert johnson srv hendrix clapton tom petty im sure you can guess the rest.

[Superhuman]

:mad: Whadya mean I don't pay my bills? Why do you think I'm broke?! :)

Megadeth one of my all time faves too, Rust in Peace definitly ranks in the top three metal albums of all time IMO. Also, Metallica has to feature in the top bands list, their new stuff is god awfull but everything pre Black album was amazing AJFA and MOP are on par with Megadeth's RIP. Plenty of others out there too but I would probably add Black Sabbath to my top three.

[light487]

:mad: Whadya mean I don't pay my bills? Why do you think I'm broke?! :)

Megadeth one of my all time faves too, Rust in Peace definitly ranks in the top three metal albums of all time IMO. Also, Metallica has to feature in the top bands list, their new stuff is god awfull but everything pre Black album was amazing AJFA and MOP are on par with Megadeth's RIP. Plenty of others out there too but I would probably add Black Sabbath to my top three.

Deep Purple, The Eagles, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Queen, Pink Floyd, Hendrix, Boxcar, Metallica.. Portishead.. AC/DC.. Cold Chisel.. Bon Jovi.. I dunno.. there's too many.. :)

[jamesplaysgitar]

i like REAL metal.
IE: lamb of god, job for a cowboy, arch enemy, nile.

but my all time favorite bands are between the buried and me, the number twelve looks like you, and opeth.
prog rules all.

[earthman buck]

I don't listen to anything but N.W.A.

[elklandercc]

i like REAL metal.
IE: lamb of god, job for a cowboy, arch enemy, nile.

but my all time favorite bands are between the buried and me, the number twelve looks like you, and opeth.
prog rules all.
Who would you call fake metal?

[byrdbrain]

I know this isnt a very famous band but ilike them have you people ever heard of everclear? :confused:

[jamesplaysgitar]

i wouldnt call anything "fake metal"

but it gets annoying when people call things like iron maiden, disturbed, black sabbath and stuff like that metal.

megadeath is hardly metal.

[BrokenJera]

i wouldnt call anything "fake metal"

but it gets annoying when people call things like iron maiden, disturbed, black sabbath and stuff like that metal.

megadeath is hardly metal.


iron maiden megadeth and black sabbath is way more metal then a lot of those other bands, infact these few great bands like iron maiden megadeth and black sabbath (to some extent any way) do have to tune to drop C or use 7 string guitar tuned to A to sound heavy.

[earthman buck]

I know this isnt a very famous band but ilike them have you people ever heard of everclear? :confused:
Yes........

[Geeetar4Life]

Incubus is my favorite band of today. Other bands out there that I like are Foo Fighters, 311, etc.

[Superhuman]

i wouldnt call anything "fake metal"

but it gets annoying when people call things like iron maiden, disturbed, black sabbath and stuff like that metal.

megadeath is hardly metal.


You're kidding right? Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Megadeth are some of the few real 'metal' bands that actually have good songs that will stand the test of time. Loads of heavy bands have heavy sounds and fast riffs but weak songs that will never be remembered. Metal is something that was created in the late 70's and exploded in the 80's, all the new stuff is just an extension of that, which unfortunately (for the most part) went downhill with the dumbing down of guitar playing popularised by the grunge movement. When I look at modern 'metal', for the most part I see on one hand the evolution of sound quality and recording methods with the devolution of musical quality and abilties on the other.

[ren]

Thanks Superhuman... you just saved me typing similar...

Lamb of God... :rolleyes:

[Superhuman]

Thanks Superhuman... you just saved me typing similar...

Lamb of God... :rolleyes:

I think you have to have grown up in the 80's to know what real metal is all about!

[HDJ]

I think you have to have grown up in the 80's to know what real metal is all about!

Exactly....

And most of the bands that jamesplaysgitar listed are Deathmetal bands....especially Nile.

Anyway, here's a short list of my favorite bands...
Clutch
The Melvins
Stuck Mojo
The Sword
Atomic Bitchwax
Metallica (Pre-black album)
Megadeth
Led Zeppelin
Sevendust
Slayer
Primus
Dream Theater
The Human Abstract
Protest The Hero
High On Fire
Dozer
Sixty Watt Shaman
Corrosion Of Conformity
Down
Crowbar
Gojira
Hermano
Pantera
Pink Floyd
Shadows Fall
Much more......these are what I've been rotating lately.

[BrokenJera]

thank you superhuman, i think you said what all of us 'real metal heads' are thinking. i dont really agree with you about haveing to grow up in the 80's to know what real metal is though.

[Quicksliver]

I was born in late '89. I love Motley Crue, Sabbath, Maiden, Megadeth, Anthrax, Quiet Riot (RIP Dubrow), Metallica, etc. etc. etc.

How could you call Megadeth not metal? Wake up Dead and Peace Sells are metal ANTHEMS. If anything a very, very large majority of today's metal all sound the same. I tried Lamb of God once, I couldn't tell when one song started and when the last ended. It's one thing to have a sound unique to a band, it's a whole other deal when all of your songs are about the same thing *coughdragonforcecough*

Anthrax, Metallica, Megadeth, and Iron Maiden were the pioneers of the heavy metal genre. You can't top that.

[byrdbrain]

I like metal rock alot but i like regular rock like nickelback and other bands like that ,that arnt real heavy and stuff.But what i realy hate :mad: is those new bands ive never even heard of and they just like scream :eek: real loud to where u cant even tell what any of the words they say are! :confused:

[byrdbrain]

: :D Man Superhuman u play good i listened to that song u played. I just wanted u to know it sounded great !:)

[Superhuman]

thank you superhuman, i think you said what all of us 'real metal heads' are thinking. i dont really agree with you about haveing to grow up in the 80's to know what real metal is though.


lol :) I suppose I meant to say that if you grew up in the 80's with the long hair and patches on your jacket you would have a different experience of the whole metal scene. It was a really cool time, every second person was a metalhead - hot chicks dressed up like groupies, everyone had an offensive t-shirt with a skull on it.... aaaahhh the good old days :cool:

[jamesplaysgitar]

nah see....
you cant put somthing like, lamb of god, and acdc in the same category.
they sound COMPLETELY different.

and as far as black sabbath and such sounding "heavy" ... what are you smoking?

old rock bands may have been called metal, but they arent anymore.

just like a proggressive band in the 1950's, would be the most cliched thing in the world now.

[BrokenJera]

since ac/dc has never been considered metal i guess putting them into the same catagory wouuld be hard.

black sabbath does sound heavy try more of their songs than just what you hear on the radio.

and there is a whole lot more to sounding 'heavy' than playing fast or detuning your guitar.

heres is an edit to my post here.

bands like lamb of god, are death or goth or even devil metal

(pre black album)metallica megadeth bands like that are thrash or even speed metal

bands like bon jovi def lepard poisin dokken those are whats comicly called hair metal (names of all the hair back then)

bands like black sabbath judas priest and even deep purple to some extent are often called (by me atleast) classical metal. but yes you can hear alot of the older metal on classical rock stations.

now as you can see your insult calling what most here listen to "not metal" is completely false jamesplayer. nearly every band that was once called metal can still be called metal execpt a few. post black album metallica became pop music for instance. named so because it is what is popular.

me personally i would like an apology from you jamesplayer. but ill settle for you simply learning from your mistake.

[Spedzar]

nah see....
you cant put somthing like, lamb of god, and acdc in the same category.
they sound COMPLETELY different.

and as far as black sabbath and such sounding "heavy" ... what are you smoking?

old rock bands may have been called metal, but they arent anymore.

just like a proggressive band in the 1950's, would be the most cliched thing in the world now.

jamesplaysguitar are you for real dude or just s@#t stirring? If you are for real, then I guess you are the kind of person that likes a good argument with anyone that actually cares? So for what it's worth I'm gonna get a bit philosophical with you...

Labelling any kind of metal music "real" over some other kind is purely an ego trip. It probably means that you are insecure about some genres of metal and therefore feel a need to protect your views about what you perceive is "real" instead of having an open mind and listening to people that really know what they are talking about (like Superhuman for instance) from experience.

Now I'm not saying that there isn't a place for "Lamb of God" etc (BTW I love Opeth), but man it's horses for courses, and everything is "real" (unless everything is in fact "not real") in this world and the way to learn about it is to experience it and embrace it. You don't have to like it but you should accept it. No use telling people something stupid like Iron Maiden or Black Sabbath isn't heavy because it always was and always will be. And if it never was, Lamb of God would never have been.

Now, when you next go to the thread you posted elsewhere on this site asking about Jazz guitarists, I have given you a link to something you might like. Given you appear to be into heavier stuff, I will also suggest that you have a listen to any of Mike Patton's side projects (such as Fantomas, Mr Bungle, Tomahawk) that integrate modern metal with many other genres to come up with something slightly more intelligent and interesting than "Cookie Monster Metal". :)

Happy trails...

[earthman buck]

and as far as black sabbath and such sounding "heavy" ... what are you smoking?
I would just like to say that heaviness doesn't necessarily come from chunked-out guitars thumping away through amps turned up to 11. I think the heaviness is in the tension felt between notes. Black Sabbath DEFINITELY has that.

[jamesplaysgitar]

i think heaviness is more timbre....
ive heard meshuggah, black sabbath, nile, etc etc.
but i don think ive ever heard guitar heavier than deer dance by system of a down.


im just confused, because i base what i know as metal, on lamb of god.

and those classic rock bands sound NOTHING like them.