Best hard rock/heavy metal band

[Cyrillic]

If it's made after 1924 I don't care. My friends listen to these metal songs, I think those songs are horrible.

 

[HabteSelassie]

Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

Best of the 1970s

Black Sabbath

Best of 1980s

Guns and Roses

Best of the 1990s

Tool

Best of the 2000s

deftones


Y'all Nordic metalheads might just think I'm soft, but I'm from the crust punk era, our blast beats can beat up on your blast beats any day, but this wasn't a punk thread it was metal/rock

stay blessed,
habte selassie

 

[CoptoGeek]

^ LOVE IT!

 

[James2]

Definitely Zeppelin.

AC/DC should make the list, too.

 

[Alveus Lacuna]

The 90's gave us Norwegian black metal and death metal, the highest and best forms of metal. Of course it also brought us nu-metal, but I can't say that nu-metal is any worse than the 80's hair metal.

Inferior knock-offs of Celtic Frost & Venom and, of course, the big 4.

Venom sucks and always has. Celtic Frost has some winners, but the fact that you exclude Bathory, Tormentor, and Sarcofago reveals that you are a false. No entry.

 

[Deacon Lance]

Hmmm, no Pantera, no Slayer, pretty big omissions.  I voted Zeppelin and Sabbath.  Among new bands, I like The Sword.

 

[Randa]

For the 90s on, who cares.

Pantera???

 

[biro]

Hmmm, no Pantera, no Slayer, pretty big omissions.  I voted Zeppelin and Sabbath.  Among new bands, I like The Sword.

Yeah, seriously.  ??? :'(

 

[Randa]

Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

Best of the 1970s

Black Sabbath

Best of 1980s

Guns and Roses

Best of the 1990s

Tool

Best of the 2000s

deftones


Y'all Nordic metalheads might just think I'm soft, but I'm from the crust punk era, our blast beats can beat up on your blast beats any day, but this wasn't a punk thread it was metal/rock

stay blessed,
habte selassie

My list:

Best of the 70s:

Heavy metal: Black Sabbath
Hard rock: Led Zeppelin

Best of the 80s:

Heavy metal: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest
Thrash metal: Metallica, Slayer
Hard rock: Guns n Roses, AC/DC
Hair metal: Motley Crue

Best of the 90s:

Heavy metal: Pantera

 

[Iconodule]

This thread is giving me elitist indigestion.

 

[kurtismjohnson]

Best of the 2000s

deftones

YES.  the track of their new record sounds killer too. theyre one of my favs.

 

[HabteSelassie]

Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

Best of the 2000s

deftones

YES.  the track of their new record sounds killer too. theyre one of my favs.

I've been listening steadily to the deftones 1998 and I can't tell you how many people used to just simply HATE on them for no good reason whatsoever!  After White Pony folks started to notice, and after Saturday Night Wrist suddenly they became more accessible.  Thanks for the big up!  What is your favorite album?

They seem to have three distinct eras

The Adrenaline/Around the Fur rap rock era

The Self-Titled/Saturday Night Wrist more standard metal era

and now the Diamond Eyes post-rock album..

What I love about deftones is that they've matured and evolved, both musically and lyrically, where as so many bands become just another cliche of their sound.  I've literally grown up with this band, and they've seemed to grow up with me!

That new track is bad! I can't wait till November 13!! I simply CAN'T believe that after 20 years these guys still keep bringing out such great music! I wish Chi would wake up
stay blessed,
habte selassie

 

[Asteriktos]

This thread is giving me elitist indigestion.

+1  ;D

 

[HabteSelassie]

Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

This thread is giving me elitist indigestion.

+1  ;D

In defense, Sabbath, Tool, and deftones ALL started underground and became elite because of their sheer talent

stay blessed,
habte selassie

 

[Asteriktos]

Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

This thread is giving me elitist indigestion.

+1  ;D

In defense, Sabbath, Tool, and deftones ALL started underground and became elite because of their sheer talent

stay blessed,
habte selassie

They (the bands) aren't who is being elite...  though for me it was mostly the Pantera stuff that got to me... but to each their own...  8)

 

[CoptoGeek]

Venom sucks and always has. Celtic Frost has some winners, but the fact that you exclude Bathory, Tormentor, and Sarcofago reveals that you are a false. No entry.

Oh, I hate Venom too. Those guys gave me the creeps!  Always stayed away from them & the King Diamond/Merciful Fate stuff. Loved Slayer, they're "satanic" stufff was more schtick so it didn't really bother me.

The exclusion of those other bands only indicates I'm old & set in my ways. Like the hippie who never got past the 60s, for me the metal that I knew died a painful death in the 90s.

 

[kurtismjohnson]

Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

Best of the 2000s

deftones

YES.  the track of their new record sounds killer too. theyre one of my favs.

I've been listening steadily to the deftones 1998 and I can't tell you how many people used to just simply HATE on them for no good reason whatsoever!  After White Pony folks started to notice, and after Saturday Night Wrist suddenly they became more accessible.  Thanks for the big up!  What is your favorite album?

They seem to have three distinct eras

The Adrenaline/Around the Fur rap rock era

The Self-Titled/Saturday Night Wrist more standard metal era

and now the Diamond Eyes post-rock album..

What I love about deftones is that they've matured and evolved, both musically and lyrically, where as so many bands become just another cliche of their sound.  I've literally grown up with this band, and they've seemed to grow up with me!

That new track is bad! I can't wait till November 13!! I simply CAN'T believe that after 20 years these guys still keep bringing out such great music! I wish Chi would wake up
stay blessed,
habte selassie

Im one of those people who didnt get much into them until White Pony and it is def still my favorite. But I also got really into Diamond Eyes when it came out.  For some reason, I was a little slow getting into Saturday Night Wrist and some of the others. I went through a short phase where I didnt listen to them as much, but I came back around. Ha. If "Leathers" is any indication of how this new record is going to turn out, then it should be killer!! Im pumped.

 

[HabteSelassie]

Greetings in that Divine and Most Precious Name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/deftones-unleash-angst-and-tension-in-new-album-koi-no-yokan-premiere-20121108

stream the entire new deftones record koi no yokan which comes out monday

stay blessed,
habte selassie

 

[dzheremi]

This is admittedly not my forte, but I'm going to say Thin Lizzy wins, because that's pretty much the right answer to anything.

 

[celticfan1888]

I'd like to give Chinese Democracy a shot

No...you don't.

I very like "There was a time" however I agree that album is not close at all to the previous ones.

That song certainly was not bad, I agree. I also appreciated one or two others, but some of the songs on the album were just strange. lol. I was not a huge fan of the title song as well.

 

[celticfan1888]

Myrkgrav - Gygra og St. Olav

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGcoHRAhMCk

 

[Jetavan]

Living Colour,

Living Colour, and

Living Colour.

 

[Arachne]

No Blind Guardian? Anathema!

(Anathema are good, too, just not metal.)

Paradise Lost brought me back, years after the corpsepainters had driven me away. Nuff said.

 

[Symeon77]

Just stumbled across this thread and I gotta say I am mighty disheartened at the lack of love for the almighty Motörhead!  olice:

 

[Crucifer]

Just stumbled across this thread and I gotta say I am mighty disheartened at the lack of love for the almighty Motörhead!  olice:

Are you kidding? They didn't even mention Iron Butterfly

 

[Asteriktos]

There's a certain quote about Lemmy that I want to post, but I'm afraid it will violate the rule(s) about blasphemy.  ;D

 

[Symeon77]

There's a certain quote about Lemmy that I want to post, but I'm afraid it will violate the rule(s) about blasphemy.  ;D

: Yeah I can well imagine. I'm afraid I'm not altogether unfamiliar with his less-than-erudite and rather embarrassing ramblings about the Christian religion, poor soul. But he seems a generally harmless old chap these days. 

 

[Dominika]

The answer is very easy (at least for me): Metallica. And their great advantage (I know, for many people it's a great minus) is their diversity in genres: trash metal, hard rock, country, heavy metal, even we can say symphonic metal (CD S&M).

And it's my favourite music group.

 

[Asteriktos]

trash metal

You said it, not me!  ;D j/k

 

[Dominika]

trash metal

You said it, not me!  ;D j/k

Yeah, I know, for some people Metallica ended up with the album Seek & Destroy (or more preciously with the song Fade to black btw is one of my favourite songs ever), or, in better case, with the Black Album, or with the albums after it. People so often were claiming the band is lost and as we can see, it's not true

I was lucky that I was at the concert of "Big Four" of trash metal in Warsaw in 2010 and Metallica was the best of them; they gathered the biggest applause and you could easily feel that they're just better.

 

[jmbejdl]

trash metal

You said it, not me!   ;D j/k

Yeah, I know, for some people Metallica ended up with the album Seek & Destroy (or more preciously with the song Fade to black btw is one of my favourite songs ever), or, in better case, with the Black Album, or with the albums after it. People so often were claiming the band is lost and as we can see, it's not true

I was lucky that I was at the concert of "Big Four" of trash metal in Warsaw in 2010 and Metallica was the best of them; they gathered the biggest applause and you could easily feel that they're just better.

I agree with you (except you mean thrash metal - trash is rubbish). I saw them at Milton Keynes in their Nowhere Else to Roam tour back in 1993 and it still sticks in my memory as one of the best concerts I've ever seen. All the supporting acts (especially Megadeath) were entirely awful, but Metallica's set more than made up for it.

James

 

[Dominika]

trash metal

You said it, not me!  ;D j/k

I agree with you (except you mean thrash metal - trash is rubbish). James

Thanks to you I've seen what I'd written  :laugh: I always make spelling mistakes (in all languages) while typing and unfortunately the function "Spell Check" can't find out such error.

And now I know Asteriktos was referring to "trash" as "rubbish" not to some unfair theories about Metallica and its THRASH roots

 

[Asteriktos]

Yeah, I know, for some people Metallica ended up with the album Seek & Destroy (or more preciously with the song Fade to black btw is one of my favourite songs ever), or, in better case, with the Black Album, or with the albums after it. People so often were claiming the band is lost and as we can see, it's not true

I was lucky that I was at the concert of "Big Four" of trash metal in Warsaw in 2010 and Metallica was the best of them; they gathered the biggest applause and you could easily feel that they're just better.

I'm usually the one defending Metallica on this board, but you are working hard to change that, aren't you?   I love Metallica, but let's not push it too far  olice:

I agree with you (except you mean thrash metal - trash is rubbish). I saw them at Milton Keynes in their Nowhere Else to Roam tour back in 1993 and it still sticks in my memory as one of the best concerts I've ever seen. All the supporting acts (especially Megadeath) were entirely awful, but Metallica's set more than made up for it.

If you want to bash bands, at least learn how to spell their names  I saw Metallica in '97 with COC... not sure who I liked more. Have seen Megadeth live twice and they kicked butt both times. My only complaint was that Mustaine played too many leads and I didn't get to hear Friedman playing enough.

 

[stavros_388]

Yeah, I know, for some people Metallica ended up with the album Seek & Destroy (or more preciously with the song Fade to black btw is one of my favourite songs ever), or, in better case, with the Black Album, or with the albums after it. People so often were claiming the band is lost and as we can see, it's not true

I was lucky that I was at the concert of "Big Four" of trash metal in Warsaw in 2010 and Metallica was the best of them; they gathered the biggest applause and you could easily feel that they're just better.

I'm usually the one defending Metallica on this board, but you are working hard to change that, aren't you?   I love Metallica, but let's not push it too far  olice:

I agree with you (except you mean thrash metal - trash is rubbish). I saw them at Milton Keynes in their Nowhere Else to Roam tour back in 1993 and it still sticks in my memory as one of the best concerts I've ever seen. All the supporting acts (especially Megadeath) were entirely awful, but Metallica's set more than made up for it.

If you want to bash bands, at least learn how to spell their names  I saw Metallica in '97 with COC... not sure who I liked more. Have seen Megadeth live twice and they kicked butt both times. My only complaint was that Mustaine played too many leads and I didn't get to hear Friedman playing enough.

I saw Megadeth live once. Dave Mustaine's voice is a little irritating after awhile, but the guy's skills are incredible! He goes from singing leads to playing leads, to playing complex patterns while singing, always without a single glitch. Respect!

 

[Jetavan]

Temple of the Dog

 

[jmbejdl]

If you want to bash bands, at least learn how to spell their names  I saw Metallica in '97 with COC... not sure who I liked more. Have seen Megadeth live twice and they kicked butt both times. My only complaint was that Mustaine played too many leads and I didn't get to hear Friedman playing enough.

Apologies for the inadvertent spelling correction. Unfortunately I find Dave Mustaine's voice entirely irritating (it needs no while) and Megadeth (now correctly incorrect) to be awful in general. In my defence, however, some of the guys I was with did like Megadeth (I was with a large group) and I was far from the only one saying that they were awful. Maybe sometimes they're better (though I still wouldn't be able to stand them) but that day they were shocking. The only good thing about the whole set was the way Dave Mustaine dealt with some idiot heckling him (he was talking rather than playing at the time). Having said that, though, thinking back on it, I believe Diamond Head were probably worse.

James

 

[Iconodule]

Among the big thrash bands, Slayer was always better than Metallica and Sepultura was better than both.

 

[Dominika]

Among the big thrash bands, Slayer was always better than Metallica and Sepultura was better than both.

Can't agree that Slayer was always better than Metallica. I was at the concert of the Big Four and Slayer had been playing just right before Metallica. Many people during Slayer's performation had left the space before the stage to buy some beer, pizza etc. and came back to listen to Mellica's performation.

I like probably only one (and most famous) song of Slayer - Raining Blood. As for the rest of their songs, they sound to me identically - as I say in Polish "rąbanka" (the term normally refers to fast and not precise way of cutting a meat, but it can be also used to describe the music).

 

[Asteriktos]

You keep speaking as though popularity decides who is better, but I don't think that's the case. I think Metallica was good at getting popular (even before One/Black album), Megadeth was good at technically interesting (if often disjointed) songs, Slayer was good at their whole evil shtick, and Anthrax was... er... Anthrax.

 

[Arachne]

Megadeth was good at technically interesting (if often disjointed) songs

I still remember a journalist who interviewed Mustaine saying afterwards that 'he (Mustaine)is not a small-brained bigmouth; in fact he has too large a brain for his mouth. He'd need a mouth twice the size of his face to make perfect sense, so, if he sounds goofy at times, it's because there are too many ideas bottlenecking to come out.' ;D