*wonders* who were the real fathers of Metal, Maiden or Priest? (or Saxon, or Pantera, or anyone else for that matter...)

v Yes, of course I listen to Dragonforce, how could I not?

anyone listen to dragonforce XD

i LOVE dragonforce!!!! they're awesome!!!

has anyone heard of a japanese speed metal band called Galneryus??
i love sex machineguns (japanese) as well

^Galneryus is more like power metal rather than speed metal...

^ hes rite galneryus power metal smgs are speed metal lol

I honestly can't believe that it took me up until this page to post here *ashamed*...
Well, I suppose I have to put my list down, I've probably forgotten people, and some of then I listen to "just for laughs":
N.B. Some of these are seriously "Old School" - and I wouldn't really consider them "heavy" metal - some of them barely make it onto the metal spectrum and remain utterly "rock" - but they've been posted before in this thread, so I'd be wrong not to.

Iron Maiden,
Judas Priest,
Testament,
Saxon,
Pantera,
Motörhead,
Metallica,
Dragonforce,
Dream Theater,
AC/DC,
Aerosmith, (rock, not metal)
Amon Amarth,
Anthrax,
Arch Enemy,
Black Label Society,
Black Sabbath,
Candiria, (v same)
Chimaira, (can't really stand them, I don't know why I've kept any stuff by them)
Deep Purple (rock)
Def Leppard (rock)
Die Ärzte
Die Toten Hosen (these last two are considerably more punk than metal)
Evanescence
Exodus
Finntroll (gotta love them! :P)
Godsmack
Guns 'n' Roses (rock)
Hammerfall
The Haunted
Heaven Shall Burn
HIM
In Flames
It Dies Today
Killswitch Engage
Kiss (rock - but yeah, they were put previously)
Korn (No idea why I listen to these people >< - or even, don't listen to them, why I even have their music)
Lacuna Coil
Led Zeppelin (yet again someone has put them previously, they are rock, not metal!)
Liquid Tension Experiment
Luna
Megadeath
Misfits
Nightwish
Opeth
A Perfect Circle
Ozzy Osbourse (as a solo artist this is)
Queen (how are they metal, still, they've been posted previously)
RATM
Rainbow
Rammstein - they're very good for learning German
Sepultura
Slayer
Soilwork
Static X
Fear Factory
Stratovarius
Suffokate
Symphony X
SOAD
Tool
Trivium
Type O Negative (lol!)
Vader
Within Temptation
Malmsteen
OOMPH!
Stiff Little Fingers (Punk more than metal)
Eddie Van Halen
Iced Earth


There goes... I've probably forgotten some...
I still want to know your opinions on; Who were the real fathers of Metal?

underoath, slipknot, cradle of filth, marilyn manson, atreyu, avenged sevenfold, lamb of god, the fall of troy, korn, +etc. that's all for now

Slipknot
Powerman 500051
Godsmack
Oomph
Rammstein
Deathstar
Ozzy
Tristania
Iron Maiden
Coal Chamber
Dry Kill Logic
Within Temtaion
Bullet For My Valetine
Rob Zombie
Disturbed
Static X
In Extremo
Nightwish
Slayer
Goregath
Eisbrecher
AC/DC
Marilyn Manson
System Of A Down
Battlelore
Murderdolls
Stone Sour
Misfits
Black Label Society
The Offspring
Cradle Of Filth
Mustromhead
Nine Inch Nail
Pantera
Metallica
Lucuna Coil
Luca Turilli
Megadeath
In The Moment
Hatebreed
Fear Factory
Vempire
Opet
Otep
Arch Enemy
Killswitch Engage
Scorpions
Heiland
Bon Jovi
Alice In Chains
Van Halen
Him
Trivium
Led Zepllian
Niervana
Evanescean
Dream Theater
Dragonfoce
Dragon lord
Papa Roach
Korn
Chimaira
Dark Funnerial
Children Of Badoom
Mortiis
Cannibal Corps
Linkin Park
Afi
Gazette
Nightmare
Lunarclick
Devil Driver
Creep Show
Blood Of An Angel
Darkblood
Angels
In Flames
Guns 'n' Roses
Rivendall
The River
Tool

And more bands,and I didn't spell some right.

Cleaned out the crap for you. A lot of what you posted isn't even metal.

If you actually listen to old school ambient instrumental Mortiis (like fodt til a herske), then you earn serious azrael black metal cool points. His new stuff isn't bad... it's just more synth pop than anything else. More fitting of a eurotrash goth dance club than ye olde black metal church burnings.

Kinda surprised to see what I assume to be gorgoroth on there.

Here are some bands for you to check out:

Emperor
Darkthrone
Satyricon
Summoning
Morbid Angel
Nile
Cryptopsy
Blind Guardian

For the real stuff, check out Mayhem and Burzum. Not exactly listener friendly, but they're the real deal. Gorgoroth is the real deal too. It's like he still thinks it's 1993 in Norway. I can't remember if he is still in jail right now.

But their is one thing Gaahl from Gorgoroth does better than black metal - interviews.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puwllq0fBLs

EDIT - actually, old in flames (jester race and whoracle are their best albums), old ozzy (everything before and including ozzmossis is ok, randy rhodes era is the best), tristania, old CoF (they started to suck after cruelty and the beast), are all decent. if you meant opeth when you wrote opet, then they rock too. old rob zombie and old metallica are acceptable... but not that great in the grand scheme of things. Offspring and AFI are more "punk" than meta, but still ok in small doses.

Your stupid.almost of these band are metal,some are puck rock with metal,and classic.The way you bringing up death metal,and black metal bands are not that much old school there from early 90"s,and the only late 80's bands are Darkthrone,Morbid,and Blind Guardian,does that mean you only know about these bands,these bands rock,but your not even old school.Old school would be from the 60's or 70's.GET THIS THROUGH YOUR DAMN HEAD.

Thrash Metal
Speed Metal
Power Metal
Death Metal
Black Metal
Viking Metal
Folk Metal
Progressive Metal
Technical Metal

As well as some Grindcore and Metalcore. Oh yeah, and Nintendocore.

I was too lazy to list all the artists. Too much effort for just one post. :blink:

Azrael, you seem to have taste much like my own. Opeth is one of my favorites, along with Necrophagist and Thyrfing.

Hey you forgot Nu Metal,and Gothlic Metal.

I don't like those genres.

Oh,I like any genres,as long there no rap.I hate rap so damn annoying.

Technically, in terms of guitar sound and heaviness, it was Black Sabbath. But they directly influenced the Stoner/Doom metal scene. Maiden were more pioneers of Power Metal.

Priest was one of many influences that went into the creation of Thrash.



Well, I do like some hip hop, but it needs to be sociopolitical and underground. I like artists like Immortal Technique. It requires a different set of ears and my requirements for what's good change from genre to genre.