10 favourite bands

Mintrude · **Posted:** Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:10 pm

noodles wrote:

Mintrude wrote:

As much of a cliche it is, I tend to have favorite albums rather than favorite bands. I suppose The Mars Volta are a cut above everyone else, mind, simply because I'm still head-over-heels in love with them after listening to them every day for 5 months.

i've noticed me leaning more towards albums recently too. it's mostly because if a band only has one great album, i'll listen to that one album way more than the albums of a band that has like 5 great albums.

For me it's more because bands with great albums usually have discographies too small (Neutral Milk Hotel) or inconsistent (Peste Noire) to deserve "favorite band" status.

The Evil Dead · **Posted:** Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:05 pm

No particular order, outside of In Flames as my number one.

In Flames
Amon Amarth
Scar Symmetry
Kataklysm ( Yes, even after Prevail )
Arsis
Depeche Mode
Hypocrisy
Judas Priest
Megadeth
The Duskfall

The list generally stays the same but occasionally bands will come in and knock out my other favorites.

heatseeker · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:18 am

Mintrude wrote:

noodles wrote:

Mintrude wrote:

As much of a cliche it is, I tend to have favorite albums rather than favorite bands. I suppose The Mars Volta are a cut above everyone else, mind, simply because I'm still head-over-heels in love with them after listening to them every day for 5 months.

i've noticed me leaning more towards albums recently too. it's mostly because if a band only has one great album, i'll listen to that one album way more than the albums of a band that has like 5 great albums.

For me it's more because bands with great albums usually have discographies too small (Neutral Milk Hotel) or inconsistent (Peste Noire) to deserve "favorite band" status.

I definitely go more by favorite albums because for 95% of the bands I listen to, I haven't heard more than one or maybe two albums by them...the result of only being into music for about two years. But, as far as it goes, I'd say my favorite bands are...

Coheed and Cambria
Dream Theater
Mastodon
Wintersun
Blind Guardian
In Flames
Megadeth
Emperor
Dark Tranquillity

...in no particular order. Those are all bands I own more than one album by (except Wintersun, obviously)...however, stuff like Lift Your Skinny Fists to Heaven and Pale Folklore rank higher than a lot of albums by those bands, but they're the only albums I have from each respective band.

traptunderice · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:53 am

1 Metallica
2 Behemoth
3 Emperor
4 Judas Priest
5 SYL
6 White Zombie
7 Virgin Black
8 Type O Negative
9 Slough Feg
10 Akercocke

11 Cannibal Corpse
12 Acid Bath
13 Deep Purple
14 Atheist
15 Skid Row

hellraiser_xes · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:08 am

Define Infinity wrote:

Agalloch
Windir
Primordial
Rotting Christ
Moonsorrow
Throes of Dawn
Necromantia
Ulver
Sigh
Opeth
Porcupine Tree

Thou Art Lord
Canvas Solaris
Blazing Eternity
Akercocke
Drudkh
Boards of Canada
Hollenthon
In the Woods
Winds
Necrophobic
Profanum
Tenhi
Emperor

And a bunch of ambient/Down-tempo stuff I can't remember their names.

*The list above are all favourites, fuck top 10.

Sarkis is just an insane musician. And he's actually nice enough to reply your emails. And his message is just fuckin kvlt...Hails to my friend of Eastern brutality :dio:

SilkCrimsonMoon · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:35 am

hellraiser_xes wrote:

Define Infinity wrote:

Agalloch
Windir
Primordial
Rotting Christ
Moonsorrow
Throes of Dawn
Necromantia
Ulver
Sigh
Opeth
Porcupine Tree

Thou Art Lord
Canvas Solaris
Blazing Eternity
Akercocke
Drudkh
Boards of Canada
Hollenthon
In the Woods
Winds
Necrophobic
Profanum
Tenhi
Emperor

And a bunch of ambient/Down-tempo stuff I can't remember their names.

*The list above are all favourites, fuck top 10.

Sarkis is just an insane musician. And he's actually nice enough to reply your emails. And his message is just fuckin kvlt...Hails to my friend of Eastern brutality :dio:

Fuckin' A! Greek BM has always amazed me. I'm Seeing Rotting Christ in Jan. It should be a fuckin' blast :dio:

DevotedWalnut · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:13 am

No particular order here...

Tankard
Megadeth
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Destruction
Motorhead
Black Sabbath
Sodom
Vendetta
Death

5 other honourable mentions...

Exodus
Overkill
Obituary
Kreator
Slayer

and another 5 more because I just cant pick 15...

Rainbow
Deep Purple
Metallica
Iced Earth
Coroner

and i am done.

excpet for these few....

Dark Angel
Morbid Angel
Possessed
Manowar
Mercyful Fate
Vader

...

hellraiser_xes · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:02 am

Define Infinity wrote:

hellraiser_xes wrote:

Define Infinity wrote:

Agalloch
Windir
Primordial
Rotting Christ
Moonsorrow
Throes of Dawn
Necromantia
Ulver
Sigh
Opeth
Porcupine Tree

Thou Art Lord
Canvas Solaris
Blazing Eternity
Akercocke
Drudkh
Boards of Canada
Hollenthon
In the Woods
Winds
Necrophobic
Profanum
Tenhi
Emperor

And a bunch of ambient/Down-tempo stuff I can't remember their names.

*The list above are all favourites, fuck top 10.

Sarkis is just an insane musician. And he's actually nice enough to reply your emails. And his message is just fuckin kvlt...Hails to my friend of Eastern brutality :dio:

Fuckin' A! Greek BM has always amazed me. I'm Seeing Rotting Christ in Jan. It should be a fuckin' blast :dio:

Lucky bastard...

grandbazaar · **Posted:** Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:25 am

1. The Tea Party
2. Dark Tranquillity
3. Weezer
4. Katatonia
5. Porcupine Tree
6. Kamelot
7. Charon
8. Daylight dies
9. Tristania
10. Nightwish

Thy Serpent · **Posted:** Sat Jul 05, 2008 4:38 am

Hmm... I don't have ten fav bands. But here are mine in no particular order.

1. Iron Maiden
2. Immolation
3. Carcass
4. God Dethroned
5. Sinister

Honourable mentions

1. Megadeth
2. Death
3. Kreator
4. Sodom
5. King Diamond
6. Mercyful Fate
7. Black Sabbath w/ Tony Martin
8. Morbid Angel

Seinfeld26 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:08 pm

These are in no particular order, btw:

Metallica
Iced Earth
Slayer
Alice In Chains
Queens Of The Stone Age
Iron Maiden
Megadeth
Death
Testament
Helloween.

Speedyjx · **Posted:** Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:24 pm

In no order:

Novembre
Lake of Tears
The Vision Bleak
Yearning
Eternal Tears of Sorrow
Insomnium
Enslaved
Frost*
Arcturus
Disillusion

Special mentions go to Akira Yamaoka, Atrox, Buck-Tick, Spiritual Beggars, Dark Tranquillity and ...This is Where My Little Saturn Sleeps, as well as others. It's hard to narrow stuff down as I tend to go through different phases, but this lot are constantly played.

Mintrude · **Posted:** Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:58 am

Well, here's a rough attempt.

The Mars Volta
Maudlin Of The Well/Kayo Dot (Kayo are essentially Maudlin with a name change, so...)
Sigh
Ulver
Dream Theater
Tool
Neutral Milk Hotel
Manilla Road
Burzum
Coheed And Cambria

Seinfeld26 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:08 am

Seinfeld26 wrote:

These are in no particular order, btw:

Metallica
Iced Earth
Slayer
Alice In Chains
Queens Of The Stone Age
Iron Maiden
Megadeth
Death
Testament
Helloween.

Actually, you can also add Anthrax and Dream Theater as among my favorite bands. Unfortunately, we could only list ten. And the ten I listed were just the ones that first sprang to mind when I wrote my message. Actually, if I could redo this post, I'd probably replace Iron Maiden with DT.

Astaroth · **Posted:** Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:12 pm

This must be the 10th top 10 list on this forum, I bet my list change all the time. Windir is probably the only band that keeps getting a spot - can't live without that band.

In no particular order:

Windir
Falkenbach
Negura Bunget
Amon Amarth
Drudkh
Nocternity
Gire/ Thy Catafalque (yes, that's cheating)
Klage
Darkspace
Agalloch

Bands who deserves mention:

Lunar Aurora
Paysage D'hiver
Vinterriket
Besatt
Katharsis
Peste Noire
Bathory
Judas Iscariot
Burzum
Nyktalgia
Emperor (old)
Nargaroth (old)
Nokturnal Mortum
Satanic Warmaster
Wolves In The Throne Room
Toxic Holocaust
Skyforger

SoulSociety · **Posted:** Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:11 pm

Save for Opeth, in no particular order:

Opeth
Dark Tranquillity
Kamelot
Death
Iced Earth
Arch Enemy
Blind Guardian
Dark Moor
In Flames
Kalmah

Honorable mention: Nightwish

The_Voice · **Posted:** Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:51 pm

In no particular order:

Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Pagan Altar
Sodom
Overkill
Running Wild
Virgin Steele
Metal Church
Dio
Blind Guardian

Honourable mentions:

Black Sabbath
Reverend Bizarre
Jag Panzer
King Diamond
Mercyful Fate
Venom
Gamma Ray
Heathen
Sabbat
Witchfinder General
Iced Earth

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Ness · **Posted:** Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:52 pm

SoulSociety wrote:

Save for Opeth, in no particular order:

Opeth
Dark Tranquillity
Kamelot
Death
Iced Earth
Arch Enemy
Blind Guardian
Dark Moor
In Flames
Kalmah

Honorable mention: Nightwish

That one sticks out like a sore thumb... Good band though.

scud · **Joined:** Mon Nov 01, 2004 10:34 am **Posts:** 636

Whether it's due to average releases or key member changes my list would probably be different to a few years ago. Plus I like so many bands but my top 10 would probably be in no order:

Pagan's Mind , Therion , Circus Maximus , Brainstorm , Edguy , Gamma Ray , Symphony X , Redemption , Into Eternity and Heavenly.

SoulSociety · **Posted:** Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:15 pm

metalNESS wrote:

SoulSociety wrote:

Save for Opeth, in no particular order:

Opeth
Dark Tranquillity
Kamelot
Death
Iced Earth
Arch Enemy
Blind Guardian
Dark Moor
In Flames
Kalmah

Honorable mention: Nightwish

That one sticks out like a sore thumb... Good band though.

Yeah, I love the neoclassical stuff.

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