I really think you have to ask yourself what you want out of metal. Dethklok, despite being a parody band, did craft some pretty catchy tunes. Was it the riffage you liked? Was it the combination of the darker cartoon coupled with the music that really drilled it home? How bout the vocals? What did you like about Dethklok that makes you want to branch out more?
I prefer thrash and melodic death metal, personally. If I want straight death, it better knock me on my ass. Bands like:
At the Gates
Older Suffocation
Martyr
Anata
Impaled Nazarene
Soilwork
early Fear Factory
Spawn of Possession
ehh thats all I got for now. I'm really not that big into the Death Metal scene. I prefer Thrash metal(The Haunted!) or Melodic Death metal (Kalmah!) and lately been on good ole Power metal kick. The post above me has some popular Death metal bands, I definitely suggest Bolt Thrower.
Taco Bell does win the franchise war according to the tome of knowledge that is Demolition Man. However, I've watched Demolition Man more then a few times and never once did I see WoW. In conclusion Taco Bell has more lasting power then WoW.
There's probably gonna be some overlap here from the rest of the thread, but I'll give a rundown of the metal on my music list.
Anthrax
Children of Bodom
Cradle of Filth
*Darkest Hour
Dillinger Escape plan
Disturbed (actually they are kinda shitty, I still like a couple of their songs)
*Down (Phil Anselmo side band)
*Dry Kill Logic
*Fear Factory
Hatebreed
In Flames
*Iron Maiden
***Megadeth
Metallica
Opeth (I personally hate them. Bought a CD to check them out though... what a waste)
Paint it Black (maybe more of a punk band though... maybe someone else will comment)
*Pantera
Raised Fist (again questionable, but they are heavy)
Sepultura
**Slayer
Superjoint Ritual (next phil anselmo side band)
System of a Down (might get some flak for this one?)
*Tragedy
*White Zombie
Anything with a star next to it means I especially like them and recommend them.
I totally forgot about System of a Down. SOAD is definetly the best "alt" metal band out there, and there's also some decent stuff by Disturbed and Slipknot, but that's all pretty much the same and not as good as "real" metal.. Chimaria and Lamb of God both rock pretty hard too.
Bands like Hammerfall, Dragonforce, Blind Guardian, Kamelot and Helloween are plenty fun to have around, but they're pretty much completely irrelevant in terms of the sort of metal you see them parodying on Metalocalypse.
Not really. Dethklok seems like a kind of amalgam of styles to me. A lot of their tunes have a decidedly epic bent and "power" trappings, if only a nod here and there. "Thunderhorse" may as well be power metal, aside from the vocals. As a power metal fan, I find the show offers a lot of the same appeal, though I also don't find it too hard to jump styles when I'm in the mood for metal.
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Wow guys, I didn't expect this much stuff! Thanks to everyone. It seems there's more to metal than meets the eye. My friend showed me some metal including Dimmu Borgir- Kings of Carnival Creation and Cradle of filth- Angel of Death, which I think was a cover. I liked those songs, so maybe that can narrowly define the kind of metal I wanna get into first?
What I'm gonna start with is Slayer's Reign over me. Then from there I'll gonna try to get some Emperor then look into:
In flames
Opeth
Mastodon
Cradle of filth
Iron Maiden
Megadeth
Cannibal Corpse
Pantera
Dimmu borgir
That seem like a good list? Also, the same friend who showed me those songs swears by this german band Megaherz.. anyone know anything about them?
With Mastodon, make sure you don't buy Call of the Mastodon first. It's not a bad album at all, it just won't get you into the band the way Leviathan, Remission or Blood Mountain will. Can't go wrong with either of those three.
With Pantera, start with Vulgar Display of Power. It's a classic.
Well since we have gone off the Black/death metal I'll add a few. Black Sabbath I absolutely love this badn they are just great, System of a Down also very amazing, Killswitch Engage is good. I also like trivium but they get a lot of hate from some people. Never heard of the german band but the list looks good.
I'd throw Blind Guardian on that list, both because they're amazing in and of themselves and because that list lacks Power Metal. Also, I'm going to buck the trend and recommend "Seasons In The Abyss" as the essential Slayer album. "Reign In Blood" is okay, but for some reason it's never struck me as being all that great in the same way the "Seasons In The Abyss" has.
Similarly, Cradle's cover of Venom's "Black Metal" is often mis-labelled as a cover of Slayer's "Angel of Death". Cradle have covered Slayer's "Hell Awaits", but never "Angel of Death".
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Amon Amarth and Kalmah are great. I've just gotten into them thanks to the last metal thread we had here and am really enjoying them.
Strapping Young Lad rocks my hairy anus.
Akercocke's Choronzon is also a great album.
EDIT: Silencer's Death - Pierce Me is also a great album. Most frightening vocals ever.
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I used to really enjoy Metal, but I've fallen out of it. Still, I continue to play Mastodon's Leviathan and Blood Mountain, Dream Theater (although they feel more progressive than metal), and Liquid Tension Experiment. (A side project containing a couple Dream Theater members, and the, in my opinion, legendary Tony Levin.)
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Older Metallica, In Flames, My Dying Bride , Trivium, God Forbid, Devildriver, Unearth.
I agree with this post, with the exception that I enjoy Slayer.
Trivium is a great band to listen to while "getting into" metal. "Devil Driver" and "The Fury of Our Maker's Hand" by Devil Driver have been a couple of my recent obsessions -- fucking brutal. I picked up a couple Strapping Young Lad albums recently, and they're quite good, I thought. Mastodon is a great band as well.
How has no one mentioned Lamb Of God? I'm pretty fucking suprised, they're probably the metal band I would recommend listening to. I have all their stuff, and fucking love it, but if you haven't listened to them before, I'd recommend starting off with "Ashes of the Wake", then their newest album "Sacrament", and then their older stuff. Seriously, if you like metal, at least give this band a listen. "Ashes of the Wake" is a god damn masterpiece.
EDIT: Oh shit, Lamb of God was mentioned on the second page, fuck. Ok, consider this post another vote for Lamb of God.
Trivium was very nice the last time ive seen them, though they've got effing big ego's and its showing. But there making nice music so its forgiven.
Some other favorite's of mine:
Slayer
My Dying Bride
W.A.S.P if your into the older stuff,
Necrophagist
Amon Amarth
As i Lay Dying
Soilwork
Vader
Violent Work Of Art
Visions Of Disorder
Windir, if you like stuff like Finntroll and Amon Amarth
Zao
Agathodaimon
Beherit
and the list goes one, these are just some of my favorites
Static-X needs a mention here, especially the cd "Wisconsin Death Trip".
Stormtroopers of Death, aka. S.O.D. also needs mention, especially given that the OP enjoys some silly metal. S.O.D. is a side project with members (and ex-members) of Anthrax with Billy Milano of M.O.D. singing.
Flotsam and Jetsam is one of my favorite lesser known thrash bands that I think should be checked out, too. No Place for Disgrace is a kick ass album with songs about gladiators and samurai and general badassery.
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I'm going to back up System of a Down. Yeah, they're mainstream now, so what. I loved them when their first album came out, and still do. Their self-titled was the first track-for-track perfect album I'd ever heard.
I don't know how you'd classify them, I just know I love their music and Serj's vocals.
That's why I don't like the newer albums as much. Serj is System of a Down's voice. The other guy should stick to playing instruments.
He's good, but he's not Serj.
That said, the self-titled, and Steal This Album are their best. In my opinion at least. All of their albums have something awesome, but those two are my favorite.
Oh, and Soulfly. The above post reminded me of them. Very melodic.
At this point, I probably sound like a Pantera fanboy, but are there any other bands out there that kind of sound the same? The chunky slide guitar and Phil Anselmo's gritty type of voice?
At this point, I probably sound like a Pantera fanboy, but are there any other bands out there that kind of sound the same? The chunky slide guitar and Phil Anselmo's gritty type of voice?
I might be wrong, but I seem to remember a band called "A Perfect Murder" that I think sounded like Pantera.
My memory is a little hazy... I know they are good though.
Lamb of God doesn't sound exactly like Pantera (who does?), but I think they're really picking up where Pantera left off. They have the same kind of attitude, but without all the Southern/Texas stuff. Their song "Redneck" could easily have been on a Pantera album.
The torch being passed and all that.
If you're a Pantera fan, chances are you'll be a Lamb of God fan.
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Yeah, I was rooting for Mastodon.
I prefer thrash and melodic death metal, personally. If I want straight death, it better knock me on my ass. Bands like:
At the Gates
Older Suffocation
Martyr
Anata
Impaled Nazarene
Soilwork
early Fear Factory
Spawn of Possession
ehh thats all I got for now. I'm really not that big into the Death Metal scene. I prefer Thrash metal(The Haunted!) or Melodic Death metal (Kalmah!) and lately been on good ole Power metal kick. The post above me has some popular Death metal bands, I definitely suggest Bolt Thrower.
But not Black Aria. Stay away from Black Aria.
My friend just gave me a CD called Power Hor, by Lesbian. It's pretty cool.
Anthrax
Children of Bodom
Cradle of Filth
*Darkest Hour
Dillinger Escape plan
Disturbed (actually they are kinda shitty, I still like a couple of their songs)
*Down (Phil Anselmo side band)
*Dry Kill Logic
*Fear Factory
Hatebreed
In Flames
*Iron Maiden
***Megadeth
Metallica
Opeth (I personally hate them. Bought a CD to check them out though... what a waste)
Paint it Black (maybe more of a punk band though... maybe someone else will comment)
*Pantera
Raised Fist (again questionable, but they are heavy)
Sepultura
**Slayer
Superjoint Ritual (next phil anselmo side band)
System of a Down (might get some flak for this one?)
*Tragedy
*White Zombie
Anything with a star next to it means I especially like them and recommend them.
WHY
Good question. Just haven't gotten around to getting any of their music yet.
Not really. Dethklok seems like a kind of amalgam of styles to me. A lot of their tunes have a decidedly epic bent and "power" trappings, if only a nod here and there. "Thunderhorse" may as well be power metal, aside from the vocals. As a power metal fan, I find the show offers a lot of the same appeal, though I also don't find it too hard to jump styles when I'm in the mood for metal.
I'd hardly call Alien Ant Farm nu metal.
I don't think Dry Kill Logic is that bad. I agree with you on everything else I recognize from that list though.
What I'm gonna start with is Slayer's Reign over me. Then from there I'll gonna try to get some Emperor then look into:
In flames
Opeth
Mastodon
Cradle of filth
Iron Maiden
Megadeth
Cannibal Corpse
Pantera
Dimmu borgir
That seem like a good list? Also, the same friend who showed me those songs swears by this german band Megaherz.. anyone know anything about them?
That seems like a solid list to me.
With Pantera, start with Vulgar Display of Power. It's a classic.
Unless im mistaken though the slayer song is called 'reign in blood'
also, regarding that cradle cover
Strapping Young Lad rocks my hairy anus.
Akercocke's Choronzon is also a great album.
EDIT: Silencer's Death - Pierce Me is also a great album. Most frightening vocals ever.
Why is Machine Head there? WHYS!?
But yes, Machine Head is actually worth a look too. Just avoid "The Burning Red" like the plague.
Black Aria is good (especially considering when it came out), but it's not a metal album by any means.
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Like the grammys mean shit anyway. The latest Mastodon and Ministry albums were both fantastic.
Slipknot's was in '06, against Rammstein, Mudvayne, Ministry and Shadows Fall.
I agree with this post, with the exception that I enjoy Slayer.
Trivium is a great band to listen to while "getting into" metal. "Devil Driver" and "The Fury of Our Maker's Hand" by Devil Driver have been a couple of my recent obsessions -- fucking brutal. I picked up a couple Strapping Young Lad albums recently, and they're quite good, I thought. Mastodon is a great band as well.
How has no one mentioned Lamb Of God? I'm pretty fucking suprised, they're probably the metal band I would recommend listening to. I have all their stuff, and fucking love it, but if you haven't listened to them before, I'd recommend starting off with "Ashes of the Wake", then their newest album "Sacrament", and then their older stuff. Seriously, if you like metal, at least give this band a listen. "Ashes of the Wake" is a god damn masterpiece.
EDIT: Oh shit, Lamb of God was mentioned on the second page, fuck. Ok, consider this post another vote for Lamb of God.
And each time they absolutely blew me away.
I'm only going to say one album that you must listen to if you're a metal fan.
At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul.
Some other favorite's of mine:
Slayer
My Dying Bride
W.A.S.P if your into the older stuff,
Necrophagist
Amon Amarth
As i Lay Dying
Soilwork
Vader
Violent Work Of Art
Visions Of Disorder
Windir, if you like stuff like Finntroll and Amon Amarth
Zao
Agathodaimon
Beherit
and the list goes one, these are just some of my favorites
Stormtroopers of Death, aka. S.O.D. also needs mention, especially given that the OP enjoys some silly metal. S.O.D. is a side project with members (and ex-members) of Anthrax with Billy Milano of M.O.D. singing.
Flotsam and Jetsam is one of my favorite lesser known thrash bands that I think should be checked out, too. No Place for Disgrace is a kick ass album with songs about gladiators and samurai and general badassery.
Death
Sepultura
Burzum
Nile
I don't know how you'd classify them, I just know I love their music and Serj's vocals.
That's why I don't like the newer albums as much. Serj is System of a Down's voice. The other guy should stick to playing instruments.
He's good, but he's not Serj.
That said, the self-titled, and Steal This Album are their best. In my opinion at least. All of their albums have something awesome, but those two are my favorite.
Oh, and Soulfly. The above post reminded me of them. Very melodic.
Definitely start with easier stuff to get into like slayer. Death metal seems to be...an acquired taste.
Though once you get into it, check out the good grindy shit
cattle decapitation
nasum
pig destroyer
the red chord
into the moat
fuck...im dead
etc
Good stuff
Also, can't reccomend In Flames enough, they have come so far, I adore their old stuff and love their new stuff..
Lighter Metal/rock:
Killswitch engage - Really good place to start
Edit: Oh and Trivium, a little poppy in places, but its fucking catchy
I might be wrong, but I seem to remember a band called "A Perfect Murder" that I think sounded like Pantera.
My memory is a little hazy... I know they are good though.
Because if it's Motorhead
They're not very similar at all due mostly to the fact that Motorhead is a really awesome speed metal band
If you like Pantera, Phil Anselmo did a side project called Nailbomb that was pretty good. Better than most Pantera albums, anyhow.
CUZ THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE AND IT'S GIVING ME A RASH
The torch being passed and all that.
If you're a Pantera fan, chances are you'll be a Lamb of God fan.
edit: can you tell I'm a Lamb of God fan?
lamb of god is one of my favourite bands but i can barely stand pantera 90% of the time