Pantera
Metallica
Megadeth
Mastodon
Helmet
Deftones
Prong
Tool
Korn
Every Time I Die
Meshuggah
Gojira
Isis
White Zombie
Black Sabbath
Alice in Chains
Slipknot
System of a Down
Static-X
Ministry
Melvins
Voivod
Norma Jean
Judas Priest
Lamb of God
Red Harvest
Twilight
Kylesa
Neurosis
And though at one point it may have embarassed me to say this, I have to admit Bullet For My Valentine have really grown on me in the past few years...

Metallica
Voivod
Cryptic slaughter
Teeth Of Lions Rule the divine
Stone
Opeth
Acid Reign
White Zombie
Motörhead
Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin
Deep Purple
Uriah Heep

and a few stoner bands:
Kyuss
Monster Magnet

Bathtub Shitter's One Fun EP is fucking legit. Unholy Grave is pretty good, but I think they're a bit overrated.

I can get down with most of what is mentioned in this thread, but I haven't seen Terrorizer mentioned yet, and that is shameful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2KgenV8drw

Xasthur sucks balls so badly

I enjoy the music of Xasthur but for American black metal I think Wolves in the Throne Room, Krallice, Velvet Cacoon and Weakling are worth people's time more.

metal-ish stuff I like

Black breath
Melvins
Earth
Venom
Sabbath
Goatsnake
Boris (sometimes)
Electric Wizard
etcetcetcetcetc

Really? I don't think you've ever mentioned those bands ever in the history of everything.

this album makes nearly all other metal obsolete.

YES!

Dropdead, Amebix, and Dystopia deserve name drops as well.

I haven't mentioned tons of things in the history of everything....

But just for the record, if ya look really hard you'll see that I've mentioned Melvins + Earth a pretty good bit.

I'm yanking your chain.
I'm terrible at this, we need n'ik to take over.

Weakling is my favorite metal band ever.


But uh.. Krallice, Gorguts, Necrophagist, Severed Saviour, Obscura, Visceral Bleeding, Vomitory, Enemymine (kinda noise-metal), Graves at Sea, Dodheimsgard, Cryptopsy (early), yada yada, all good. I used to be huge into death metal. I burn myself out on it pretty quickly but it's good if you're into ridiculous riff fests.

Necrophagist are pretty much untouchable DM, imo, maybe "too" good, but certainly the ONLY death metal band a LOT of people can get into, I've noticed.

The first style of music I was ever really into when I started downloading music was grindcore... god... 324, Cripple Bastards, Bathtthub Shitter, XXX Maniak, ROT, GUT, Gore Beyond Necropsy, etc. I HIGHLY reccomend Japanese grindcore bands. Also, "porn gore" is a great genre!

I've always had a tenuous relationship with Amebix, but Dropdead and Dystopia are both totally solid. Really, it's all about Dropdead's first LP, and I think everything Dystopia ever did was amazing... so depressed. Fucking love it.

Seriously y'all, Bathtub Shitter's One Fun is fucking amazing. I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE that record. Cripple Bastards are always hit or miss for me. Have any of you guys ever heard Suppression? Their side of the CB split is fucking incredible... way better than Cripple Bastard's output in that instance in my opinion.

Also, Dahmer... totally brutal.

Love Amebix.

all of this and Mastadon and ozzy

The definition of "metal" in this thread is puzzling.

Uriah Heep are great and everything, but that is either prog rock or just "hard rock" depending on which period you are talking about. I don't see that as remotely "metal."

I only enjoy black metal or funeral doom so nothing I've said has been too off.

Oh, those genres.. and maudlin of the Well. Lots and lots of maudlin of the Well.

A few more...

I always thought Converge had really interesting vocals. Their production is absolutely filthy, for the techier sound that they go for.

Cattle Decapitation puts on a really good live show. Humanure will always be a classic in my eyes.



Oh, and nobody mentioned The Berzerker yet...



Their drummer is absolutely fucking sick!!! He gravity blasts like no other; I swear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gqVVQ-q8Zs (No One Wins video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JDj074-WP0 (Reality rehearsal in the studio)