Any metal fans here?

[rika]

 So my question's simple any metal fans here? Exclude Hardcore, Emocore, Grindcore and nu-metal from this topic please...

[Paper Carnival]

Metal rules!

I don't like all metal, but metal is all I listen to. I find it very melodic and I don't just listen to it because it's heavy.

My favourite bands include:

Tourniquet www.tourniquet.net
Nightwish www.nightwish.com
Iced Earth www.icedearth.com
Desolation www.desolation-online.de
Theocracy www.theocracymusic.com
Morphia www.morphia.nl
Kamelot www.kamelot.com

Plus more that I can't remember right now

[Ishmael]

Metal? Yes, goddamn, sir.

Listing my favourite bands would be too hard, so I'll just say I like of just about everything from powermetal to trash, excluding nu-metal....

[skw]

I heard. I listened. Something around a year ago. Black/Thrash/Viking Metal. Scandinavian (those all well-known Burzums, Mayhems, Gorgoroths, Enslaveds and Darkthrones) Canadian (Blasphemy, Conqueror, Revenge), Australian (e.g. Sadistik Exekution) and of course Polish shitty Black/Death/Pagan such as Graveland, Infernum, Kriegsmaschine, Anima Damnata, Throneum and so on. I still like some of them, for example I still listen to Bathory -- the best of all of this stuff.

Now I listen to everything in principle. Just turn on the radio (sometimes Polish, sometimes Swedish) and absorb every sound I heard. Nice. The last thing I looked at really close, was an American rock band called TOOL.

[Rincewind]

Yeah, yeah, sure thing. If you would have asked me two year ago, I wouldn't have hesitated to say it's my favourite genre and that everything else is shit, but I've widened my musical span since then quite a bit... Now I just listen to anything, as long as it's good.

I'm always fond of really slow and heavy doom metal and stoner, though, and old-school thrash/death is never wrong either.
Not too keen on power metal, with the exception of Blind Guardian, who at least on their early records were really, really good, and you got more grunting that fasletto, which is a nice change from the other bands in the genre... Hehe.
I feel a bit similar towards most Black Metal bands as well - There are some exceptions, but most bands just drown in their own "über-necro-grim-kvlt-tr00"-image instead of doing good music, which is a pity...


Still, nowadays I can go from Entombed, Bloodbath and Meshuggah to Godspeed you black Emperor!, Depeche Mode, Ultravox and Bohren & Der Club of Gore(Incredible instrumental horror/doom-jazz - A must-listen, really!) in a matter of minutes, so as I said, I listen to anything that is good...


And my all-time favourite band is still Black Sabbath.

[Haddas]

Well. Yes




Actually I do listen to metal. It's not my main choice of music, but I do enjoy it. I know nothing of genres, but I recognize metal.

[Helm]

I like metal as well.

[skw]

Yeah, yeah, sure thing. If you would have asked me two year ago, I wouldn't have hesitated to say it's my favourite genre and that everything else is shit, but I've widened my musical span since then quite a bit... Now I just listen to anything, as long as it's good.

Heh, heh... exactly, it was funny. Hmm... speaking of metal we're speaking of subculture. So what about it? Are you still playing with this funny things?Ã, Heh, heh... Know what I mean? Sometimes I still wear my beloved leather, combat trousers and heavy boots, but it's not the same feeling as in the past. Actually I don't deplore my hairs, I'm glad I've cut them -- shaved head is not so bad.

And metal (subculture and partially music) just sucks.

[Evil]

I like metal and love the metal scene (mostly the ladies ). I'm not a big fan of screamo though. I like the NIN style, where it's more "calm" but you can still rock out. The best metal, IMO, are bands like SOAD and Manson. They both take metal and turn it into something people can really listen to. I can't understand what they are saying in screamo. Lyrics make the song in most metal.

[Paper Carnival]

I wouldn't really call SOAD as metal but they do rock. Manson's music is indeed awesome but I don't listen to it because I dislike him.

I don't like it when some bands try to be heavy only for the sake of being heavy rather than focusing on the overall quality of their sound. Not that anyone cares or anything

[Pet Terry]

Amorphis
Chain Reaktion
Ensiferum
Iron Maiden
Nightwish
Valor

(Melodic) heavy metal is only one genre I happen to like, I have pretty wide taste in music. The list over there lists pretty much my favourite metal bands. I'd like to pimp Chain Reaktion ( my friend's band, http://www.chainreaktion.tk/ ) and Valor ( our own Spyros' band! http://www.valor.gr/ ). Amorphis, Ensiferum and Nightwish are all pretty famous Finnish bands and Iron Maiden, well, do I need to explain?

[HillBilly]

I don't listen to genres, so hah!

Actually, I'm too afraid to mention what I like and consider "metal", because it's probably something else, like acid rock, death jazz or something in that direction.

[Ghormak]

A lot of metal is good! A lot of metal is absolutely terrible! And I guess I'm not a metal "fan" because I don't wear black shirts with band names in illegible fonts on them.

[Erenan]

Sure, I like metal.

Most notably:

Blind Guardian
Symphony X
Dream Theater
Apocalyptica
Ayreon (not always metal, of course)
King Crimson (usually not metal, but sometimes I almost think it is)

[Paper Carnival]

I don't wear "metal" clothes either and might still listen to other kinds of music though not often. I've always liked songs that have a melancholic tone and give more emphasis on the music and lyrics instead of the singing or beat. So I like metal and orchestral music but most of all I love the combination of both, like in Nightwish

I guess I should really shut up now :

[Helm]

soad, NIN, Manson aren't really metal. maybe soad. Depends on how linient you are with nu-metal.

'screamo' is not a metal, but emo/punk. Maybe you mean various extreme metal bands who utilize screetchy black metal vocals?

I don't want to sound like a OMG METAL IS METAL guy but I guess evil, you don't really know what metal is?

They both take metal and turn it into something people can really listen to.

If I understand what you mean right here, I gotta say I really dissagree.

[Evil]

I live in Iowa. The radio here consists of two top20s, bad 80s/90s, oldies, country, rock, and enough am talk radio to shake a stick at. Six stations and AM radio. So anything heavy is metal around here.

I ment people as a whole. "Metalheads" can listen to that stuff with people that dislike metal. I guess people relate to them more because the aren't so- I dunno if hardcore is the word for it.

[Nine Toes]

Exclude Hardcore, Emocore, Grindcore and nu-metal from this topic please...

Come on... what's with the labeling?Ã,  Sheesh.Ã,  :

Sorry, it just bugs me the way people feel the need to pick this stuff apart and classify it, instead of just listening to the music for what it's worth.

I love metal (as if you couldn't tell by my Dimebag Darrell avatar).Ã,  I like the more mainstream acts, like Pantera (my fave), and some of Pantera's offspring (Damage Plan and Down), Spineshank, Mushroomhead, Slipknot, Mudvayne, Lamb Of God.Ã,  But, on the other hand, I really enjoy a lot of the more non-mainstream bands, like In Flames, Hypocrisy, Brand New Sin, Children Of Bodom, Shadows Fall, Chimara, etc.

[Las Naranjas]

What? Hardcore is music now?

[Erenan]

Of course it is. "Music" is an extremely broad term.