Your Top 5 Metal Bands

Well I am really not into a specific type of metal as long as it delivers!

Here is my list:

1. Mercyful Fate (King Diamond's voice is an instrument by itself!)
Favourite Albums: Melissa, Don't break the Oath.

2. Judas Priest
Favourite Albums: Painkiller, Screaming for vengeance.

3. Iron Maiden
Favourite Albums: Number of the beast, Piece of mind.

4. Slayer
Favourite Albums: Reign in blood, seasons in the abyss.

5. Motor Head
Favourite Albums: Ace of spades, Inferno

Napalm Death:Fear Emptiness and Despair
Cannible Corpse:Tomb of the Mutilated
Bolt Thrower: For Victory
EyeHateGod:10 years......
Iron Maiden:MoonChild

Currently:

1) Therion
2) Nightwish
3) Luca Turilli
4) Epica
5) After Forever

- Attero

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hiya

if you go here then there is already a huge topic started about top metal bands. Just incase anyone else moans at you!

Eowan

In no particular order:

(Hed) Pe
Disturbed
Marilyn Manson
Fear Factory
Ramstein

Blind Guardian
Album - Nightfall in Middle Earth

Iced Earth
Album - The Glorious Burdern

In Extremo
Album - In Extremo Live

Black Sabbath
Album - Paranoid

Apocalyptica
Album - Reflections, Apocalyptica

Emperor
Album - The Discipline of Fire and Demise

Though if I recommended any of these albums to someone it would have Nightfall in Middle earth by Blind Guardian, perhaps the most amazing rock opera (set to Tolkien's book The Silmarillion)!

Metallica

Children of Bodom

Cradle of Filth

Slayer

Lamb of God

Lamb of God
Norma Jean
Mastodon
Rammstein
Hatebreed


(there are MANY more that I like as well.....)

Lamb of God

Tidal (aus)

Miles Away

Walk the Earth (aus)

Fist (the band that got me started on the highway to hell).

[edit on 25/2/06 by mojo4sale]

1. Opeth.
2. Dimmu Borgir.
3. Nile.
4. Dream Theater (Not really metal)
5. Liquid Tension Experiment (not really metal aither.)

Rammstein

Slayer

Godflesh

Monster Magnet

Helmet


I like Mercyful Fate as well, but only for the guitars. I don´t like King Diamond´s vocals...

1. Morbid Angel
2. Strapping Young Lad (Devin Townsend is a genius!)
3. Opeth
4. Darkane
5. Behemoth