favorite metal bands
As I Lay Dying-heaviest christian band in the universe, i didnt know christians rocked this hard
Norma Jean-hardcore as crap, some SUBTLE christian undertones
Haste the Day-another super heavy christian band
Underoath-same as AILD and HTD, but not as heavy
Unearth
Drop Dead Gorgeous
From Autumn to Ashes
Zao-the original heavy metal christian band
It seems to me like christians take the cake in reference to the heaviest new progressive metal bands, sorry Satan
system of a down. totally awesome, also christian
children of bodom
children of bodom is pretty sweet except for all the yelling. hehe.
in flames
children of bodom
SOAD
dream theater (not sure to what extent they count as metal, but whatever)
When i think of metal, its all about europe. Strativarius, Sonata Arctica, Rhapsody, and Dragonforce are titans of euro metal. That says nothing about the black metal and death metal traditions. And in case anyone wants to know the difference between these two genres, black metal tends to be more straight forward in its riffage with dark melodic structure and song topics typically dealing with underworldly topics from various world cultures. Death metal on the other hand is characterized by lyrics espousing gore, murder, violence, and well, death. But although the lyrics may not seem very interesting or complex (most of the time, there are definetly exceptions to this rule) the music, especially the extremely technical kind, is some of the most trying and complicated music ever made. Extremely fast meter changes, multiple modal variations, and little if any leading tones and phrases make death metal as technically trying for the musician as any classical or jazz piece (especially the metal drummers…seriously wtfuck). Dont bash this stuff till you truely try it. Black metal bands include: Immortal, Emperor, Ulver, Naglfar, Satyricon, Mayhem, etc.
Death metal bands include: Morbid Angel, Death Angel, Death, Deicide,Cannibal Corpse, etc.
I dont know why i took the time to write this…no one really asked me to. Oh well, its there. Whatev.
aaah i forgot about COB and dragonforce! have u heard COB's "final countdown"?
lol at system of a down being christian
system of a down
all that remains
children of bodom
killswitch engage
in flames
pantera
My favorite would have to be My Dying Bride, also up there would be COB and the Red Chord.
Type O Negative
Pantera
Children of Bodom
System Of A Down!
Haste The Day
DreamTheater (theyre kinda metalish)
Disturbed
:)
Unearth
Norma Jean
He Is Legend (more of a southern rock and metal)
Chiodos
My Children My Bride
Underneath The Gun
Slayer
Beneath the Ashes
Gwen Stacy
Ghost of Maine
Requiescat
As I Lay Dying
Every Time I Die
Corsets Are Cages
The Devil Wears Prada
Hotter Than Nashville
A Porcelain Heart Dies (broken up… still have a myspace though)
Saint Lucia
Massacre At Roanoke
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Waking the Cadaver
just to name a few
some are more hardcore than metal, but…
Behemoth, Gorgoroth, Immolation, Illdisposed, Panzerchrist, King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Iron Maiden, Nightwish, Lacuna Coil, Lullacry, Elvenking, Asmegin, Sunchariot, Sonata Arctica, …And Oceans, Belphegor, Emperor, DragonForce, Cattle Decapitation, Centinex, Dark Funeral, Hammerfall, Kataklysm, Midnattsol, Repulsion, The Sins of Thy Beloved…
i forgot to add dragonforce and, for those of you who know it, Dethklok! haha
As I Lay Dying
Cellador
Converge
Dragonforce
Fake Your Death
Helloween
In Flames
Trivium
Unearth
(excluding the obvious classics)
i love how dragonforce is like assembled by the gods and seem like crazy drunken partiers but their songs are so epic and beautiful
Skillet would have to be my favorite. I love playing their music. Just wish I had an amp for my violin.
SOAD, Christian?
SOAD is neither Christian nor metal.
Zao, Norma Jean, Chiodos, and several other bands I've seen are hardcore, which is actually a genre of punk.
I'm not saying that to detract from the quality of any of those bands, but I figured I'd set the record straight. :)
But enough genre nitpicking: my favorite metal bands include Katatonia, My Dying Bride, Opeth, Blind Guardian, Tiamat, Therion, Summoning, Agalloch, Thergothon, and too many others to list.
Finally someone said Blind Guardian!
My other favorites are Iron Maiden, Wintersun, Children of Bodom, and Lamb of God.
I'd have to say Arch Enemy, Pantera, Lamb of God, and Trivium.
If there was a mix. I'd have to say there are way to many metal bands out there for just a couple favorites. Also it branches out into Posthardcore, Hardcore, etc.etc. but I'd have to say
Best Up coming Australian (yup)- Parkway Drive
American-too many. Pantera, BTBAM, FASSW, All shall perish, at all cost, atreyu.
i'm going to stop before i insult someone by accident
you guys gots to check out Psyclon Nine. They're amazing. End of story…
Vaguely in order from heaviest to not heaviest:
Killswitch Engage
Shadows Fall
Unearth
All That Remains
As I Lay Dying
Trivium
Sevendust
Disturbed
Dream Theater (DT is Progressive Metal, and therefore metal)
Black Label Society
Iron Maiden
Dragonforce
Dio
TOOL
nuff said
definitely Iron Maiden. I love the fast guitars and crazy vocals. a bit of Dragonforce, Cellador, other stuff…
Blessthefall – Christian Metal/Hardcore
Protest the Hero – Progressive metal
The Devil Wears Prada – Christian Metal
From the Shallows Came Sinners – Metal/Death Metal
Between The Buried and Me – Thrash
Norma Jean is hardcore, but they are also metal. There is a crossover between the two.
YESSS! OMG have you seen the video? it's like music crack here in our dorm. we live in a music major freshman dorm and like everyone sings that song. DENERNENOW DENERNENENE DENER NE NOW DENERNOWNOw Now! IT"S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN! hahaha and dragonforce is awesome. heh
underoath- christian
tool
blindside-christian
dreamtheater- theyre actually more progressive….
slipknot
metallica
showbread- christian
silverstein
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