Hey there,
I'm looking for some new stuff to listen to and would like your input.
I am currently listening to Arch enemy, Godsmack, Dethklok (haha), fear factory.
I have pretty diverse tastes so looking forward to what you guys recommend

Dream Theater, Symphony X, Dead Poets' Society.

Prog, man.

thanks,
I will try them out

May I recommend Protest The Hero, I'm not normally much of a metal fan, but I do love Arch Enemy, Protest The Hero and, of course, Dethklok!

Katatonia

Swedish metal band.. One of few metal bands that I like

Yeah, Dethklok! Get youreself the Dehklok CD! The lyrics are stupid, but you can't understand them anyway. The music is horrifying!

Don't forget the Prog, man.

Whatever you do don't miss 'Hallowed be thy name' by Iron Maiden. My only favourite Iron Maiden song. (Maybe you should try the whole Number of the Beast album)

Hope this helps....

Blood for blood, Full Blown Chaos, Hatebreed, Knuckledust, Sworn Enemy, Terror, Northside Kings, Stampin Ground, Sick of it All, Slayer, Madball to name a few. If you pm me Ill give you some blogs to get music.

queensryche-empire(remaster)
beyond fear (ripper owens)
bloodhound gang-hefty fine(if yer really open-minded, a GREAT album!)

Visit that Website it show a list of metal a to z

shadowsfall
killswitch engage
barrit
a life once lost
behemoth
converge

these are some of my favorites

A Life Once Lost
A Perfect Murder
The Acacia Strain
All That Remains
Between the Buried and Me
The Black Dahlia Murder
Bleeding Through
Blood Has Been Shed
Bloodlined Calligraphy
Bury Your Dead
Caliban
Children of Bodom
Converge
Dead to Fall
Evergreen Terrace
Every Time I Die
First Blood
For the Fallen Dreams
Glass Casket
Himsa
Job For a Cowboy
Killswitch Engage
Lamb of God
Martyr AD
Misery Signals
Parkway Drive
Poison the Well
Scarlet
Shai Hulud
The Showdown
Terror
Trivium
Unearth
Walls of Jericho

...just to name a few

THanks guys. Some of these recommendations are awesome!!

iron maiden
blind guardian
luca turilli (rhapsody, rhapsody (of fire))
sorcerer's spell (they're only on myspace for the moment, but they're great)
wake the gods (still only on myspace)
manowar
finntroll
testament
pantera
children of bodom
all that remains
metallica
black label society
dragonforce
in flames
mägo de öz - spanish folk metal...just amazing... (try out fiesta pagana)
megadeth
serj tankian - system of a down lead singer... awsome... was supposed to go to his oxford gig, but he cancelled it :(
Treat (try to get world of promises... i just love it even though it's more like 80s classical rock)

Kalmah
Opeth
Soilwork
In Flames (old)
Carcass
Testament
Blind Guardian
Hammerfall
Pro-Pain
Dark Tranquility
Dimmu Borgir
Borknagar
Arcturus
Green Carnation
Darkane
Cephalic Carnage
Exodus
Candlemass
Cradle of Filth
Mercenary
Pig Destroyer...
There's a good variety to get you started. I most definately left some great ones out, but these will keep you busy for a bit.

Hey, I don't want to advertise other sites but google "lastfm" you can log in and enter some bands you like and you will get recommendations/ based on your likes/genre...I love it...I have found so many cool bands along the way...For a metal fan.

PM sent dude check out the sites I linked you to, you will see some familiar faces and lots of metal

Go BLACK!

Try Norwegian Black Metal.

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Are you strictly a metal man?

How about some real hardcore?

SlapShot and Blood for Blood?

I'm gonna recommend a few bands some others have already recommended, but hey, that just increases the chances of you totally liking the band.

Kalmah
At The Gates
Dimmu Borgir
Nevermore
Mercenary
Iron Maiden
Norther
Children of Bodom
Black Label Society
Pantera

Also, Finntroll, but it's a little different in ways, took me awhile to like it.

i recommend if any one listens to hardcore you check out cold world "dedicated to babies who come feet first

A few people have said Blood for Blood, they're great. Try out Ramallah too, it's the same guy from Blood for Blood. I've been going crazy for Bring me the Horizon. They're fucking amazing and brutal. Job for a Cowboy is the new heavy, def. for fans of the new and old schools. Someone already recommended Bury your Dead. Rodrigo and Gabriella play acoustic metal stuff, they blew me away. Maybe try the Dillenger Escape Plan or The End for some crazy mathmetal stuff. The Sword is cool if your looking for more of a classic ozzy style but not cheezy metal. If your into black metal nobody does it like Moonspell for me. Straightedge Hardcore try Earth Crisis but try not to punch someone in the face while listening. And if you've never heard of Primus disregard everything else and go buy Suck on This or Frizzle Fry.

great recommendations guys!

Spastic Ink
Blotted Science

crazy stuff.

Is this hardcore, or metalcore? Sounds more metalcore to me.



I am surprised about the Blood for Blood thing as well, still one of my all time favorite bands. Ramallah was ok, just didn;t get into it as much as Blood or Blood.
Bury your dead is ok, never really liked them that much. I think it was Dillinger Escape Plan that came out of my area, I just remember seeing them when they were still underground, you know in garages and basements.
I never heard of Earth Crisis and they are straightedge hardcore? (like from the 80's? or from now days?)
You check out Have Heart? They are some decent hardcore as well.

Well of course you have your staple must have metal:

Metallica
Slayer
Megadeth
Anthrax
Testament
Death Angel

(My additions)Then stuff along the lines of:
Mastodon
Between The Buried And Me
SiKth
Protest The Hero
Car Bomb
Meshuggah
Lamb Of God
Textures
TesseracT
Fell Silent
Pantera
Children Of Bodom
In Flames
Machine Head
3 Inches Of Blood
Black Stone Chery (Ok maybe more rock than metal but still good)
Porcupine Tree (Excellent Prog)
Shadows Fall
Opeth (More Proggy Goodness)
Lacuna Coil
Dimmu Borgir

And thats enough from me for now

Hope you like some of them

Also sorry if i repeated some bands who were mentioned before

well heres the bands i can think of right off the top of my head

Kalmah
Dark Tranquility
Trivium
Sonic Syndicate (they are like half and half Melodic Death metal and metal core)
Iron Maiden
Any Pre City of Evil avenged sevenfold album
Chimaira
Children of Bodom
Pantera
Lamb of God
Slipknot

That's just naming a few

infinitum, severed savior, gorgasm, beheaded, vader, morbid angel...

pink floyd...

These constantly change so I might come back with some more, but right now, some I really like is:

Shadows Fall
God Forbid
Soilwork
The Haunted
Himsa
It Dies Today
Killswitch Engage
Trivium
Devildriver
Chimaira
Machine Head
Atreyu
Raunchy
Scar Symmetry

Listen to 'December flower' by inflames and 'the abyss' by hypocrisy

anything that sounds like 5 finger death punch???

i listen to "Within Temptation" you can try them.

^^^^THIS IS METAL^^^Love the list ...sorry mates but the above lists besides this one are like thrash metal... and dont forget....WHITECHAPEL
AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK
DESPISED ICON
IMPENDING DOOM
BORN OF OSIRIS
..............THOSE ARE ME AND MY SONS PICKS.......ONE OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITES
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA My son and I met them!! Peace

All my favourites have been mentioned, but for something really off the wall, pirate metal.. ALESTORM!!! The only time I have ever enjoyed the keytar

What about voivod and prong, They are more thrashy but they rock pretty hard. Six feet under is also a pretty good band.

If they havent been mentioned... Amon Amarath. Just discovered them using spotify with the song "twilight of the thundergods" theyre awsome.

Looked through the list quickly & didn't notice any mention of Clutch.
"Strange Cousins from the West" is a great album, among all their others.