# Metal

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal/749649>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 20, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal/749649 "2016-03-20T15:28:57Z")\
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No, forgers - not the material.

Any subgenre for discussion will do - definitely no shortage of them. The last couple bands I drummed in were more grind-oriented, so that’s where I’m coming from…also liking the technical deathmetal, which occasionally (but not too often) surfaced in our stuff. Recently got in an argument where I maintained that Heavy Metal peaked in prominence/airplay/listeners by about '87/'88.  
To get a better idea of where I’m coming from, here’s a list of guitarists I dig (so yeah if you want to throw a list in, **whatevs** ) (oh-oh, did I just say a trendy buzzword?)

Bill Steer  
Scott Hull (a hero)  
Jack Owen  
Zack Joe  
Karl Sanders  
Steve Goldberg  
Chuck Schuldiner  
Josh Elmore  
Eric Rutan  
Jon Levassuer  
Trey Azagzoth  
Danny Tunker  
Moyses Kolesne  
Terrance Hobbs  
Paul Ryan (lol no not that Paul Ryan)  
Robert Vigna  
Muhammed Suicmez

\*not a nu-metal fan