My first metal bands were Pantera, Megadeth, and Fear Factory. What really started turning me into a metalhead and away from -core stuff were Dream Theater, Symphony X, and Helloween. I may be neglecting to mention some bands.

At 1/27/09 07:55 AM, puddleduck wrote: Also, Obscura is teh shiznizzle.

the Gorguts album or the German prog death metal band? cuz I sure do like the German prog death metal band.

At 1/27/09 08:43 AM, Nev wrote: Images and Words
Metropolis, Pt. 2
Octavarium

I agree with all of these (though Octavarium wasn't excellent, it was still good). Also, a Change of Seasons.

At 1/27/09 08:46 AM, puddleduck wrote: I thought Images and Words was lame and shit. I thought Octavarium was lame and shit.

With this on top of not liking Solefald, I'm disappointed in you. tsk tsk.

At 1/27/09 09:23 AM, Nev wrote: But Images and Words is a classic, sure its not very heavy, but the music is over 9000. And the song Octavarium owns balls >:(.

I think Images and Words is one of the best albums of all time.

listening to Dakrestrah - Sary Oy (album)

At 1/27/09 10:59 AM, Sense-Offender wrote: I agree with all of these (though Octavarium wasn't excellent, it was still good). Also, a Change of Seasons.

Durr, silly me for forgetting their best song.

The Ricky Gervais Show - Christmas '06 (Series 4)

I'm in
My favorite Bands:
1- Metallica (Epic WIn)
2- Anthrax
3- Iron Maiden
4- Alice Cooper
5- Ozzy Osbourne
6- Black Sabbath
7- Guns n' Roses
8- Bullet for my valentine
9- Van Halen
10- Linkin' Park

You know what sucks? I used to love Sonata Arctica, and my sister stole my music style a while ago, and she took a few of their songs...And the next day she knew everything about them, I know it's childish, but it was my fucking band. Even some of her mates like them now. I just have trouble taking SA seriously anymore, and everyone bitching about Jani is pissing me off, he wasn't that good. Tony makes the band not him, so stfu.

Heres the kicker, she's twelve.

I need them to tour fucking now to get my love back.

At 1/27/09 12:51 PM, Reydereyes wrote: My favorite Bands:
1- Metallica

yes

(Epic WIn)

ugh...

2- Anthrax

yes

3- Iron Maiden

yes

4- Alice Cooper

no

5- Ozzy Osbourne

yes

6- Black Sabbath

very yes

7- Guns n' Roses

no

8- Bullet for my valentine

no

9- Van Halen

no

10- Linkin' Park

god no

I'm in

I suggest lurking more and trying to join sometime in the future after you've learned a bit about metal. Only half of the artists you listed are metal, and they're all, as ElGhoulio would put it, "false-positives". I doubt you'd have much to discuss here now, but if you want band recommendations, some of us may be willing to help you there. Also, try the Metal Archives (Encyclopaedia Metallum) to get a better grasp of the genre of metal. If you enter a band name in the search and it doesn't come up, it probably isn't metal.

At 1/27/09 06:13 AM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote: Band that first started you off on metal, GO:

That one.

You know, those guys. The ones with the three guitarists.

Iron Maiden.

When the topic of 'Hot Metal Women' comes up why hasn't anyone mentioned Liz Buckingham? I'd hit that upside!

:O
Megadeth, Judas priest and Testement in a few week in Manchester! Megadeth in the UK, this is going to be the sex!

At 1/27/09 06:13 AM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote: Band that first started you off on metal, GO:

For me, Metallica, specifically Ride The Lightning. From there i moved onto Stratovarius...etc.

Dokken...

At 1/27/09 07:35 AM, Nev wrote: which I believe Ryan will vouch for me if I say that its shit

Indeed it is.

We get it, you like Indie. No need to tell us by putting fucking nothing else in a Guitar magazine.

So apparently Taste of Chaos is pulling some sort of shenanigans by making their second stage loads better than their first

IMO

"And we have to agree. Mayhem Part Deux boasts a Hot Topic Stage manned by Whitechapel, Black Dahlia Murder, Job for a Cowboy, Behemoth, and Cannibal Corpse, and a Jägermeister Stage with God Forbid, All That Remains, and Trivium.

Add a Main Stage featuring Bullet for My Valentine, Slayer, and Marilyn Manson, and this looks to be a sequel of Godfather II proportions. In fact, you could say that Lyman has made us a fest that we can't refuse. "

WAT CHU GUYZ THINK?

At 1/27/09 06:19 PM, cornbin wrote: WAT CHU GUYZ THINK?

Seems more Godfather Pt 3 to me :(.

At 1/27/09 07:55 AM, puddleduck wrote: True true. But with maturity comes.... Maturity?

I look at it like alcohol. Back in the day when you were 11 or 12, you would have a drink of beer and spit it out, thinking it tasted horrible, and stick to drinking your coke. Later on in life, 13-15, depending on your cultural background/tastes, a glass of wine would go down slowly, but still with that bad taste in your mouth, which you would wash away with your coke. 15-17, your tastes open, you can down a 6 pack of beer, straight scotch, scotch and cokes, and still hold yourself together. 18-whenever, you're able to take on a bottle of Absinthe and still have half a liver left.

At 1/27/09 07:45 PM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote: 18-whenever, you're able to take on a bottle of Absinthe and still have half a liver left.

Except you don't wake up in a pile of your own sick when listening to new music :P.

Akrona
Never heard them mentioned in here. For you Folky types.

iwrestledabearonce
Bad reviews on MA (8 reviews - 6%) but I think its funny :D.

At 1/27/09 07:46 AM, Charon wrote:

Band that first started you off on metal, GO:

Cradle of Filth then Dimmu Borgir.

For those who care, Mastodon's album art leaked. It looks pretty cool to me.

At 1/27/09 08:28 PM, Idiosyncratic wrote: For those who care, Mastodon's album art leaked. It looks pretty cool to me.

Mastadon always makes epic shit. I mean they put bigfoot in a video of theres!

At 1/27/09 08:28 PM, Idiosyncratic wrote: For those who care, Mastodon's album art leaked. It looks pretty cool to me.

i have always found it difficult to get into them, something about them doesnt sit right with me at all

At 1/27/09 08:31 PM, smeagol1 wrote:

At 1/27/09 08:28 PM, Idiosyncratic wrote: For those who care, Mastodon's album art leaked. It looks pretty cool to me.

Mastadon always makes epic shit. I mean they put bigfoot in a video of theres!

I must say, they're one of the best recent bands to come out. Plus, their concept albums are always about the best stuff. I mean, Moby Dick (whales are awesome), random mythological creatures, and now Rasputin.

I'm in. Favorite metal bands are GWAR, X-Cops, Primus, System of a Down, and Iron Maiden.

At 1/27/09 09:40 AM, mrdurgan wrote: i got into metal from black sabbath then straight to electric wizard. no mediocre middle stages for me!

You lucky fuck.

At 1/27/09 10:59 AM, Sense-Offender wrote: the Gorguts album or the German prog death metal band? cuz I sure do like the German prog death metal band.

The Gorguts album you fuck.

At 1/27/09 08:43 AM, Nev wrote: Images and Words
Metropolis, Pt. 2
Octavarium

I agree with all of these (though Octavarium wasn't excellent, it was still good). Also, a Change of Seasons.

At 1/27/09 08:46 AM, puddleduck wrote: I thought Images and Words was lame and shit. I thought Octavarium was lame and shit.

With this on top of not liking Solefald, I'm disappointed in you. tsk tsk.

Solefald sucks fucks.

The chicks from Lacuna Coil and Within Temptation I would fuck.

Mastadon may not suck. But I don't know. Fuck.

I feel bad for Kidd. His countrys going to hell.

KICK THE N00B!

At 1/27/09 07:46 AM, Charon wrote:

Band that first started you off on metal, GO:

Children Of Bodom
Slipknot
In Flames
Edguy

yup :)

At 1/27/09 08:28 PM, Idiosyncratic wrote: For those who care, Mastodon's album art leaked. It looks pretty cool to me.

cool, its spelt skye as in the isle of skye near where i stay. wonder if theres a connection. and yeah nev, liz buckingham, how the fuck is jus married to someone that hot???

At 1/27/09 09:52 PM, mrdurgan wrote:

At 1/27/09 08:28 PM, Idiosyncratic wrote: For those who care, Mastodon's album art leaked. It looks pretty cool to me.

cool, its spelt skye as in the isle of skye near where i stay. wonder if theres a connection.

No, Brann Dailor's sister, Skye, committed suicide when she was 15, and the title is a tribute to her.

At 1/27/09 09:52 PM, mrdurgan wrote:

At 1/27/09 08:28 PM, Idiosyncratic wrote: For those who care, Mastodon's album art leaked. It looks pretty cool to me.

cool, its spelt skye as in the isle of skye near where i stay. wonder if theres a connection. and yeah nev, liz buckingham, how the fuck is jus married to someone that hot???

Liz is a fucking goddamn babe. I didn't know that she and Jus were married, though, but that makes sense.

At 1/27/09 12:51 PM, Reydereyes wrote: 10- Linkin' Park

Obvious alt or idiot is obvious.

At 1/27/09 06:13 AM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote: For me, Metallica, specifically Ride The Lightning. From there i moved onto Stratovarius...etc.

Honestly? I was a huge punk, pop and pop punk fan until I came across Blind Guardian and sonata arctica by complete accident when I was like 10.

Then about year of loving there music just thinking they were really hard rock or something I looked them up online and found out they were power metal. From there I looked into stratovarius as they were the first band recommended on that site.

And it just sort of escalated from there.

At 1/27/09 08:28 PM, Idiosyncratic wrote: For those who care, Mastodon's album art leaked. It looks pretty cool to me.

Doesn't look to half bad.

At 1/27/09 10:21 PM, AniMetal wrote:

At 1/27/09 12:51 PM, Reydereyes wrote: 10- Linkin' Park

Obvious alt or idiot is obvious.

At 1/27/09 06:13 AM, SpeedMetalSandwich wrote: For me, Metallica, specifically Ride The Lightning. From there i moved onto Stratovarius...etc.

Honestly? I was a huge punk, pop and pop punk fan until I came across Blind Guardian and sonata arctica by complete accident when I was like 10.

Then about year of loving there music just thinking they were really hard rock or something I looked them up online and found out they were power metal. From there I looked into stratovarius as they were the first band recommended on that site.

And it just sort of escalated from there.

And then you turned into a Power Fag :)
right? :P

Did any of you guys saw Soilwork live?
cause I'm thinking about going to their show in february and I was just wondering if it was worth it.

Cradle of Filth sucks.

Soilwork sucks.

Listen to metal. >:(