Best Metal Band Ever.

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Yes, I've gone poll crazy tonight.


Ack. I added Pantera.

[DarkTirade]

1. Other: Dethklok!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BtY8fGvDqU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UosmKd1krWU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6bGOBIW5PE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyw0xeOwVd0

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5. Oh, Dethklok roks. No doubt. Loved that Duncan Hills coffee thing. link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4zYdav57SA

[DarkTirade]

8. Hey... did you add something to the poll?

Its showing a vote for Pantera but not for other, and I'm pretty sure I hit other. :P

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15. Yeah, man. I added Pantera as a late option. I edited the OP, but I guess your vote went to them.

Could have gone to a much less deserving band.

What was your other?

[sakabatou]

62. But can it do well with a clown that does cocaine?

[Lethe]

7. Go Into The Water is fucking awesome

i always loved that

[ghostsofgiants]

17. HELLLLL YES!

Thunderhorse, also. Nothing will top the time I got 100% on Thunderhorse in Guitar Hero 2.

[Lucian]

27. Hell yeah!

[flvegan]

2. AC/DC.

So far.

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3. No.

Not metal.

Good rock and roll, really good at times.

But not metal.

[flvegan]

9. Sabbath and Priest in with Slayer, Pantera and Testament?

Your poll was flawed from the start.

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11. I beg to differ.

Priest and Sabbath, and Maiden, for that matter, inspired the likes of Pantera and Testament. AC/DC, a band I love, is not in the same league. They just aren't. Different genre.

[flvegan]

16. Maiden is metal.

Priest and Sabbath, not so much if AC/DC isn't. If the poll brings in any band, no matter how not metal, just because of inspiration, then why not The Rolling Stones? Or The Beatles? Or God forbid, Kiss.

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19. Well, I like KISS too - especially the old stuff. But you say Priest and Sabbath aren't metal?

We obviously come from different worlds.

[flvegan]

20. They aren't

if AC/DC isn't. I would say they are, as I also think AC/DC is. I suggested that in context to your poll in regards to your dismissal of AC/DC.

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21. Black Sabbath is the foundation metal. Priest is metal. AC/DC, while a great rock band, is not metal

They just aren't.

Have you ever given Sabbath or Priest a real listen?

AC/DC rocks in what they do, but it is not metal. It just isn't, man.

Sabbath is the genesis, imho.

Priest gave it a UK spin.

Maiden, well, what can you say about Maiden - they are metal.

And Pantera, and Lamb of God. Good Lord.

AC/DC, as good as they are, are not in the same league.

They just aren't.

[flvegan]

23. Well, nice thing about polls

it's all about opinion. We obviously both like the same sort of music (I had a Kiss lunchbox in grade school, so I was pretty scary early on).

And I have given both Sabbath and Priest a real listen. I like some of what both play.

BUT, if we were to directly compare, say an album from 1979, a sort of defining album, Killing Machine v Highway To Hell...both are metal.

Maiden has always been metal. The music to the stage presence to fucking everything. I also always thought that Clint Barr (?) was a largely overlooked drummer for his work on "Number of the Beast".

[Iggo]

36. Clive Burr.

[eyepaddle]

80. Priest are metal. No joking around. In fact they are HEAVY metal

as opposed to some offshoot like speed metal, power metal, thrash metal etc.

I am going to give you big props for going with the orignal non-North American title for Hell Bent for Leather--by the way. Judas Priest's early stuff had an awful strong prog tinge though--especially Sin After Sin and superhuman Stained Class.

I know it is pretty superficial, but to me heavy metal almost always inviolves tremolo bar lead guitar work--on at least a susbstantial percent of the tunes. Before anybosy gets carried away, this was just something I noticed when I was about 15, and the more I thought about it, the more it seemed to hold true!

[Jetboy]

49. I don't use genre labels usually, but AC DC isn't too far away

from the other bands in sound IMO. Pretend Angus is wearing leather and studs instead of a schoolboy outfit, make Brian give the devil sign, take out a couple of good time saturday night songs and replace them with songs about the Spanish Inquisition or Elves and you've got a heavy metal band.

Fleetwood Mac was heavier than Black Sabbath in 1969. Their "Green Manalishi" is WAAAAAAAAY heavier than Priest's.

[eyepaddle]

83. But Fleetwood Mac's Green Manalishi is almost unlistenble

I mean, I'm okay with a bit of chug from time to time, but damn....

[Phillycat]

78. You are correct.

AC/DC (who I love) are not metal.

[ZombieHorde]

31. Black Sabbath is black metal while AC/DC is just dumb. nt

[Richard Steele]

13. Exactly so. Thank you for saying it, Skip. nm

[LeftyMom]

33. What the everloving fuck is this shit?

That's not metal dear.

No.

Really, it's not.

[PaddyBlueEyes]

4. Metallica

[underpants]

6. I'm no big metal fan but let me suggest...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI

[DarkTirade]

10. In the immortal words of The Bard,

"Thou sucketh mighty balls of the donkey."

:P

[underpants]

41. I must not be *that* familiar with Rick's lyrics

what album was that on?

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14. How dare you, sir? How dare you. nt

[Amerigo Vespucci]

12. "...and oh, how they danced...the little children of Stonehenge...beneath the haunted moon..."

The ONLY metal band that MATTERS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXGbwIkvh38

[ghostsofgiants]

18. Massacration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdZ9pr_UDkc

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22. This is what I want from a metal band. Blow me the fuck away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPOyzVWL088

[lazyriver]

43. 2nd concert I ever saw...Slayer at CBGB. Snuck into the city with

two older friends (I was 13). Learned what "mosh" meant and came home with a black eye, swollen lip and cut tongue. Holy shit did they tear the hell out of that place. I'm into much mellower stuff now but still have a little room in my music collection for Reign in Blood...a true masterpiece.

[Initech]

24. Oh come on, Lamb Of God but no Opeth? Epic fail.

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25. Only so many spaces to fill. And Opeth can wipe LOG's ass.

:)

[Initech]

26. Hell yes.

[rcrush]

28. Damn this poll with all the metallica votes.

I vote for King Diamond.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFZIccoJOxg

[Jamastiene]

38. BLASPHEMER!

Yer just ASKING FOR IT! Put 'em up...RIGHT FUCKING NOW! We shall fight! NO dissing Metallica! I'll kick yer ass, MYSELF, Blasphemer! You are DTM now. x(

[rcrush]

40. ./

[Jamastiene]

56. I'm gonna have to break out my Carolina Wolf Spiders for this, I see.

I have an ARMY of them now. Muahahahahhahaaa.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbuddenh/289927718/

[ghostsofgiants]

29. I'm not a huge metal fan, but I'm onna throw Motorhead's hat into the ring.

[coyotespaw]

34. Thank the gods that don't exist that someone had the brains

to point out the one band that inspired all of these pansy half-wit imitators.

[ghostsofgiants]

35. Just keepin' it real.

:D

[redqueen]

47. How could they influence Sabbath?

If anything it's the other way around.

I meant to address this to coyotespaw. Oops.

[ZombieHorde]

30. Other.

Mr. Bungle and Ministry are far superior to those pathetic bands.

[LeftyMom]

32. Ministry!

ZH wins. Close the thread.

[no name no slogan]

54. Ministry ain't metal

They're "Industrial".

[Forkboy]

64. They got far more "metalized" on their last few CDs.

The industrial stuff like The Land of Rape and Honey and The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste are nowhere to be seen on their newer stuff...sadly. They still use samples better than anyone, but I wouldn't call them industrial anymore. But they have some majorly crushing riffs to enjoy now though. :)

[no name no slogan]

70. Yeah, they went to hell (literally) around Psalm 69

I kind of wrote them off after that one. I'm not a big speed-metal fan, and most of the stuff post "Mind" reminds me of second-rate speed-metal. "Mind" was about as good as they got, IMHO.

Have you read Chris Connelly's autobio? It's fairly interesting, and not overly self-serving. :thumbsup:

[Forkboy]

74. I didn't know Connelly had one.

I'll have to check it out. I still listen to a lot of Pigface, and the one off Murder, Inc CD he did was very cool.

I still like what Ministry does (I even like their "bad" CDs, Filth Pig and Dark Side Of The Spoon), but Land and Taste are still my faves.

[no name no slogan]

76. I quite liked the Murder, Inc. stuff

despite all the slagging it got. I'm a huge Killing Joke fan (and even huger fan of Geordie, their guitarist), so I suppose I'm a bit biased.

Land and Taste are related to a very cool time in my life (they came out my freshman and junior year of college, respectively), so they've always got a spot on my turntable.

[Forkboy]

86. Killing Joke is fantastic.

I've yet to find a term that describes them accurately. Hosannas was heavy as hell, but still never really felt like just metal. They were close to punk at the start, but weren't really punk either. They've done this their whole career, and have always been real hard to peg. And that's a very good thing to me. :)

[no name no slogan]

89. They are indescribable.

I've been a fan since Night Time in the mid-80s. And their early stuff has shades of everything in it: punk, metal, funk, post-punk (like PiL), etc. Jaz once described them as the sound of the earth vomiting. Hard to argue with that.

I saw them on the Pandemonium tour in 1994, with Youth on bass. It was nothing short of amazing. I'm hoping to catch the reunited original line-up, if they ever get round my neck of the woods. :)

[ZombieHorde]

95. They have some industrial songs, but there last few albums are

definitely straight metal.

[Phillycat]

79. Ministry is not metal.

Ministry is digital delay bullshit with a creamy center of egocentric asshattery.

[Forkboy]

90. Yeah, but what do you think of them?

:rofl:

[Phillycat]

93. I'm sorry, was I too subtle there? :)

How about this? Listening to a Ministry album is like coating yourself in Al Jurgensen's sperm. If I wanted to listen to someone masturbate in public, I'd tune in to Limbaugh.

:D

[ZombieHorde]

96. There last few albums are speed metal with a strong liberal bias.

[Jamastiene]

37. Metallica Metallica Metallica Metallica Metallica Metallica Metallica Metallica

Metallica Metallica Metallica Metallica Metallica Metallica Metallica Metallica Metallica Metallica Metallica Metallica Metallica Metallica Metallica

:headbang:

[rcrush]

39. The Burger King Diamond rocks harder than those little girls in Metallica.

[Jamastiene]

57. He dresses like a rapper.

Not enough hair. Try again.

[Phillycat]

81. This is, of course, the correct response.

Come on. Some of the bands on this list are great (notably Slayer, especially the Seasons in the Abyss album) but Metallica is Metallica. For heaven's sake.

[Symarip]

42. Other: Steel Panther

http://www.myspace.com/steelpantherkicksass

[Celeborn Skywalker]

44. Opeth.

Runners up are Slayer, Metallica, and Iron Maiden.

[BeachBaby]

45. Metallica.

And I don't care what anybody says. :)

"Sad but True" is one of the best metal songs out there.

[redqueen]

46. Pantera?!

:spray:

:wtf: that's hilarious!

I don't even know who Testament is. Black Sabbath is the correct answer anyway.

[TZ]

48. Best and Metal are opposites in my book.

I honestly can't think of one metal band that I at all like. One of the few Rock genres I despise.

[kwassa]

61. It is an oxymoron, isn't it?

[Alexander]

50. The correct answer is Megadeth.

[DS1]

52. Not if you count the last 2/3rds of their work

I was thinking them too, but they just started strong and now suck.

[Alexander]

58. For Metallica, the decline started after Master of Puppets.

And Justice For All, aka Ride The Lightning Jr., was a sharp decline, and they got worse from there.

At least Megadeth stayed strong up until Risk.

[DS1]

59. Justice= Rust In Piece

Countdown to Extinction was their own black album.

[CatholicEdHead]

84. Actually it was after S&M

I love the San Fran Symphony and that is up there with the Black Album IMO.

[cemaphonic]

51. How about Jane's Addiction?

[Phillycat]

82. Not even a LITTLE bit metal.

I loved them, don't get me wrong. But not metal.

[cemaphonic]

87. I tend to see them as sort of prog-metal

They're a lot different than most of the rest of late-80s metal for sure, and the fact that I like them in the first place is probably an argument for not-metal.

But I definitely hear aspects of metal in their sound, especially in the guitar.

[Phillycat]

92. Mm, I have to disagree.

I think all rock music can be classified as "on the punk track" or "on the metal track". What I mean is, either they have their roots in punk (Clash etc) or metal (Sabbath etc). I think Jane's Addiction is spawned more from punk. JMHO. :D

[Tyrone Slothrop]

53. My vote goes to Mastodon

I'm not a huge metal fan, but "Blood Mountain" is pretty awesome.

[conscious evolution]

69. If you are ever in the ATL

check out a bar in L5P called El Myr.
The guys in Mastadon own it.

[Forkboy]

91. They have a brand new song on their Myspace page today, and the new full CD in March.

Here's the single...



And here's the full deal...



http://www.myspace.com/mastodon

[no name no slogan]

55. Black Sabbath, followed closely by Spinal Tap

Followed closely by these guys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkMWdI2IKiw

[RandomKoolzip]

60. Baronness, Granicus, Mastodon, Blue Oyster Cult, AIIZ, Voivod....

There's a partial list of my faves.

[Forkboy]

66. Give it up for Voivod!!!!!

One of the best bands in any genre, period.

I just saw the cover art for the new Mastodon CD. Paul Ramano is an unreal artist.

[Forkboy]

63. Half of those I'd consider thrash before metal.

Testement, Megadeth, Metallica and Slayer we're the first wave of thrash in the early 80's. I see metal more as a Judas Priest, Maiden, Scorpions type of thing.

Of the other bands on your list I'd personally take Maiden. They epitomize metal to me. Sabbath has had a bigger influence though, so they'd be a good pick too.

[Left Is Write]

65. You forgot Jethro Tull.

:rofl:

I voted Sabbath.

[Taverner]

67. Dude - where's WINGER???

[conscious evolution]

68. Van Halen

Scorpions
Ozzy w/ R Rhoads

[Drunken Girlfriend]

71. Iron Maiden all the way!!!

No doubt about it,Iron Maiden set the record for many metal
bands who followed.

And Iron Maiden's Number of the Beast is one of the best
albums out there.:)

[WildEyedLiberal]

72. Dude, Lamb of God?

All those classic bands and then friggin' Lamb of God?

Voted for Slayer, btw.

[rcrush]

73. Anybody but Metallica.

[CatholicEdHead]

75. Megadeth, Metallica, Scorpions, Warrant, Motley Crue, Poison

[martymar64]

77. Blue Oyster Cult

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc9PPy0jzc8

[SoxFan]

85. Deathtongue!

[MrSlayer]

88. Slayer, no contest. Their next ballad will be their first.

Sabbath invented it, Slayer perfected it. Metallica sold out years ago and should not even be considered.

[Redneck Socialist]

94. Are you people fucking high!?

Only six votes for Iron Maiden. :mad: Fuck you all! Up the Irons! :headbang:





(OK, so on the things to be outraged about scale this ranks pretty low, but really, only six votes? C'mon!)

[midnight armadillo]

97. Faith No More

Do they count as metal? Sort of. I prefer them to all the listed bands, in any case.

Angel Dust is still the best rock/metal album of the 90's.

[Throd]

98. GWAR!!!