good metal bands...

Ayreon (any album really, but try Universal Migrator first if you can)
Star One (side project of Aryeon - Space Metal)
This is symphonic metal, and is very operatic in style. Albums tell entire stories - some are movie inspired. Fun stuff - sweet synths!

-H-
 
Already posted here it seems, but I've got a few more bands that I didn't list before. :)

Arcturus
Sirenia
Tristania
Dark Moor
Ajattara
Behemoth
Belphegor
Gloria Morti
God Dethroned
Diablo Swing Orchestra
Pin-Up Went Down
 
Check out the band Wintersun

Hey guys! If you like metal you should definitely check out the band Wintersun! they are AMAZING! if u like Lord of the Rings metal YOU WILL LOVE THEM!
 
Hey guys! If you like metal you should definitely check out the band Wintersun! they are AMAZING! if u like Lord of the Rings metal YOU WILL LOVE THEM!

yeah, pagan/folk metal has some great bands indeed. Wintersun, Korpiklaani, Eluveitie, Ensiferum... I also like Cadacross, Finntroll, Arkona, Cruachan...
 
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Some of my fav metalcore bands or "metal" if you will are: The Devil Wears Prada, Underoath, Oh Sleeper, and even though their not really metal I dig Dance Gavin Dance and Every Time I Die.
 
meshuggah (and a wholeeee lot of other djent bands)
veil of maya
the black dahlia murder
oceano
the acacia strain
liferuiner
between the buried and me

i'm sure there's tons more, but that's all i'm listing for now.
 
Well, I´ve been hooked to the new sludge/progressive metal movement, and some of the bands I enojy are

Mastodon
Baroness
The Sword
Kylesa
High on Fire
Red Fang

Really cool bands, check em out
 
Aww hell, this is a sweet post (some are not metal, but awesome musicians):
Cave In
Botch
Poison the Well
Between the Buried and Me
The Human Abstract
August Burns Red
Cloudkicker
Norma Jean
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza...I could go on for days!
 
This is a pretty cool thread. Its like an archive of metal band names lol.

I'll throw mine

Emmure
Lamb of God
Suicide silence
in flames
Children of bodom
Trivium
Behemoth(i think they are over actually)
Megadeth
Metallica
Iron maiden
Slayer
I killed the Prom Queen

I love those bands :D
 
Poking through my playlists and throwing a few more out there...

Circus of Dead Squirrels
Gloria Morti
God Dethroned
Stolen Babies
Solefald
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Kivimetsän Druidi
Skiltron
Metsatöll
Odroerir

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Behemoth(i think they are over actually)
If I remember correctly Nergal is out of the hospital and in much better health. I think they're working on new music and doing shows again.
 
Entombed and a spin off of theirs Carnage.
Annihilator, Jeff Waters is the best guitarist ever and not a bad lyricist - word salad
Obituary
Atheist.
Napalm Death - the ultimate in death metal.
 
I like the old Sepultura, Pantera, Metallica, Napalm Death, Suffocation, In Flames, PAIN, Hypocrisy, etc.. :D
 
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