Favorite Metal Band?

Metal fans!!

Curious to know who you rank as your favorite(s). If you are inclined to answer "Five Finger Death Punch", please feel free to excuse yourself from this thread. Ha!

Me....in no particular order.....

- Soilwork
- Sevendust
- In Flames
- Killswitch Engage (new album is unreal)
- Corrosion of Conformity
- Metallica (mostly classic)
- Solution 45
- Wovenwar

 

Ronnie James Dio, Any thing by Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, WASP. Testament, Blackfoot, Motorhead, Pantara, Ted Nugent, Iron Butterfly, and of course My Sons band Sheer Chaos, Then of course there is the Queen of Metal, Doro and I all most forgot Savatage

 

How is ffdp not related to seven dust. Just curious I like ffdp and the way their songs have true meaning behind them. It may not be metal but it's a good band for sure but my fave is probably lamb of god, dimmur borgir, disturbed, metallica, atreyu, and more

 

Sevendust has been working hard since 1999. If I read what you wrote and interpret correctly, you are saying FFDP has more meaning behind their lyrics? I will just go ahead and not even respond to that.

 

I never said any band has more meaning than another just said I like the meaning behind their work but I love seven dust as well was just curious your reasoning behind your opinion on ffdp is all

 

Rings of Saturn
After the Burial
Slayer(God Hates Us All and before)
Despised Icon
All Shall Perish
Death
Pentagram
Mastodon

Those just name off a few of my tops.... so hard to narrow this down simply cuz there is so many types and subgenres of metal that i love.

 

A tie between Pantera and Doyle \m/

 

Any fans of HURT around here??? Not really metal, but still a kick-ass band!

 

shit, cant forget The Black Dahlia Murder. see what i mean there are tooooooo many

 

@because_minitruck

 

My reasoning behind my dislike of FFDP goes WAY back. I hung out with Ivan a handful of times back in the early 2000s. He is from here in Denver. I used to be a singer in the local metal scene here. Ivan was in a band called Motograter at the time. Motograter was a MUCH MUCH better band than FFDP. Ivan was a super nice guy. He came out and saw a show I was playing at the old Whiskey Bills bar in Lakewood. After my set I asked what feedback he would give me. He said the set was really really good but I should dig deeper to find more meaningful lyrics. Go deeper with the content. I took that feedback to heart and went to work on my next handful of songs. A few years go by.....I "retire" from the scene (married, kids....band just didn't fit anymore). I hear Ivan has a new band coming out. I get pretty stoked. I hear FFDP.......I laughed. I could not believe what happened. Ivan was now writing tough guy, monster energy drink, TapOut, UFC bull shit music!!!! They are just a joke as far as serious musicianship goes. They are pop metal at best. That's fine if you are into mainstream rock radio but I just couldn't get down with it. I listen to each new album as it comes out just to hear if he has gone back to what I know he is capable of.....so far.....no......just more disappointing "bro metal" and I refuse to get in on that douchebag party.

But.....this is whats best about metal. Way too many bands out there. Everyone will find what they like and none of us will feel the same....ever. The one thing we can agree on......metal ain't no stupid Lil Wayne/Beyonce/Drake/Wiz Kalifa nonsense and even FFDP is better than that ALL of that bull crap.

 

@ODNAREM

 

Oh and my other top band is Danzig. Saw him last year, guy is 60 something and still puts on a great performance

 

fuck all the main stream bull shit but I understand your point but I never heard his old band so don't have anything of his to compare they were like the first metal band that got me into metal I think that's why I still take a liking to them. At least we agree that mainstream bull shit sucks terribly and this didn't turn into another dumb ass Internet fight with some keyboard tough guys lmfao I'll post a link in here shortly you should post up some concert experiences and such if you'd like

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/tbm-experience-tacomas-beer-music.374461/page-19#post-12026371

 

metallica
slayer

 

I'm more into punk rock, but I do like metal. Most of the stuff I listen to is either classic punk, classic metal, or a fusion of punk and metal.

With that being said heres a quick list of my favorites

Metallica (80's)
Samhain
Danzig
Suicidal Tendencies
Primus
Alice in Chains
Pantera
Doyle
Cancerslug
Bad Brains

 

YES, good call on Samhain!

 

Fusion of punk and metal then I would throw in agnostic front, bad brains, fugazi, black flag, gorilla biscuits, minor threat...... etc etc etc.... (DC punk/metal oldschool fan here)

 

How do you feel about the 'new' AIC? I loved Layne. His voice and lyrics made a huge impression on me. So sad to have lost him so quickly. The new AIC is really good though IMO.