Thrash: (Kind of hard to say, modern Thrash is so diluted with so much influence from other genres, particularly Death Metal and Power Metal)
Into Eternity
Iced Earth
Metallica
Shadows Fall
Beyond the Embrace
God Forbid
Dark Tranquility
In Flames
Black Metal:
Dimmu Borgir
Emperor
Antestor
Unexpect
Samael
Sigh
Ulver
I probably forgot a whole rack of stuff and I didn’t want to list any bands more than once, so I tried to put them under the one I most associate them with. I’ve also tried to get away from the VERY specific classification that a lot of people get into (eg, “Viking Metal”, “Melodic Death Metal”, “Symphonic/Epic Power Metal”, etc.). I also left off some of the genres I’m just not a huge fan of (most notably Grind), but I could give a few recommendations there too, I suppose.
Mastodon
Devildriver
Municipal Waste
Exodus
Testament
Katatonia
Neurosis
Artimus Pyledriver
Airbourne
Baroness
Black Sabbath
Blue Oyster Cult
Breaking Pangea
Breed 77
The Bronx (more punk, but wtf i lurvs tehm)
Burn The Priest (and the first Lamb Of God album, New American Gospel)
Cataract
Dub War (see also Skindred)
Fields Of The Nephilim
Full Devil Jacket
Hatebreed
The Haunted
He Is Legend
Head On
Heaven Shall Burn
(hed) pe
The Hellacopters
Helmet
the one album by Jello Biafra with D.O.A.
Killswitch Engage
Kittie (i know, i know… but some of their shit don’t stink)
Machine Head
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster
MC5
Mind Heavy Mustard
Monster Voodoo Machine (only 1 album, but it’s a goodun)
Motorhead (LEMMY RULES!)
My Own Victim (best Kentucky metal band ever)
Nazareth
Nebula
Opeth
Orange Goblin (Healing Through Fire was an amazing album)
Pantera
Pig Destroyer
Pig Iron
Porcupine Tree (my vote for most amazing band in a decade goes to either PT or Opeth)
Primer 55
Helmet
Prong
Rage
Rage Against The Machine
Refused
Stormtroopers Of Death
Nothingface
Sevendust
Showdown
Stavesacre (90s only, they are too pop for my tastes nowadays)
Stooges
Subrosa
Sugartooth
Suicidal Tendencies
Supersucker
Unearth
Union Underground
Valient Thorr
Venom
Voivod
Wastefall
White Zombie
Zeke
400 Blows
ftr, i’m an old fart and i also listen to a lot of “old school” metal and such, but I’m not into power metal (Maiden, etc.)
if it’s fast, loud, distorted, angry and/or disaffected, I’ll be interested enough to give it a listen
the current thrash revival is AMAZING
and for those of you looking to expand your Metallic Horizons (band name! up for grabs!) i suggest a subscription to Metal Hammer magazine, a UK publication that features hundreds of new bands each month, a couple of CDs per month, and maybe also a DVD and stickers/clothing patches.
woops! forgot Dillinger Escape Plan, Meshuggah, and Converge… of course, if i just go thru my album collection, I could prolly list stuff all day long…
They’re going to be here next week with Bad Religion, awesome band.
So far your list most closely matches what I listen to, I’m going to have to go out and check some of those that I haven’t heard yet. I’m surprised not to see any Superjoint Ritual on there (one of Phil Anselmo’s newer projects) check 'em out if you haven’t already.
The only one that I can add is Sabaton -> Metal with war themes.
I suppose they’re more industrial than metal but MDFMK/KMFDM are also good.
I like watching the Finntroll videos on youtube, but I can’t listen to it as music because of the way they shout in a foreign language. I have no problem listening to Rammstein though.
This thread came at a good time, my emusic account rolled over into the next month today. Now I have a shopping list!
The Bronx is one of the best punk bands of all time, even though they’re new. That’s a hard feat to pull of in such a closed genre. If you like the Bronx and also like hardcore, and I mean real old school pre-Cro Mags crossover hardcore check out Bullet Treatment. They’re kind of an all-star project, but they have Matt Caughthran from the Bronx doing vocals on the majority of the stuff and it’s jaw droppingly excellent.
Bands I love
Tool,
Rage Against the Machine,
Disturbed (saw them live here in Sydney recently, they kicked ass \m/ !),
The Deftones, and
Rammstein.
Bands I like
Old Black Sabbath,
Porcupine Tree,
Godsmack,
Nightwish, and
Iron Maiden.
Bands that I tried but didnt like
Metallica (I seem to the be the only person in the world who just likes 3-4 songs out of their entire discography),
Death metal bands with cookie monster vocals.
Bands that I’ve yet to make my mind up on
Opeth,
Isis,
Within Temptation, and
Type ‘O’ Negative.
