Metal Reviews

I want to find new GOOD metal bands to listen to. I'm into stuff like AILD, Children of Bodom, Lamb of god, trivium , arch enemy, as blood runs balck, white chapel, in flames, parkway drive, metallica, iron maiden and slayer too name a few bands im into.
No industrial metal and No Nu metal
Can any of you suggest good metal bands and good songs or albums to start with?

Well, you have a whole world to discover, I suggest to start for the beginning, the 70's stuff, to understand better the metal roots. Listen to the first album of Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Uriah Heep, etc. Then explore the NWOBHM. You've have music for three of four years there. After that you'll be able to understand Metal a little better.

I remember when I was n00b, it's great in the sense that there's hundreds of bands to discover, and the searching for lost gems never ends.

Good luck! And welcome.

btw, you should introduce yourself in the "Profile of the Damned" (stupid name) thread. I do not consider myself damned, but blessed to be into Metal.

listened to sabbath not a huge fan.....i kinda like judas priest........i fucking love floyd and i know my roots i listen to lep zeppelin ( personal favourite band ) rush and i've tried stuff like deep purple but couldnt get into it. that was a small list of stuff i know to give people an idea of my personal stlye.
i will check out uriah heep though i've never heard of them
im looking to explore more under ground bands and check out stuff in the extreme metal scene and other not well known genres
if you got any more ideas with this new info i'd love to hear them

It's a shame that you don't dig Black Sabbath, yet you like Led Z, whom imho are a much inferior band. If you want to hit the underground so badly, I'll give a few names from the top of my head.

Helloween (80's stuff), Satan, Sabbath (the thrash band), Heathen, Forefather, Moonlyght, Lost Horizon, Hibria, Stratovarius, Deathspell Omega, Drudkh, Dark Tranquillity, Evergrey, Conception, Death, Overkill, Destruction, Kreator, Dream Theater, Darkthrone, Burzum, Peste Noire and Iced Earth (the first four albums).

Try these bands, then tell us what you like and what you don't and we'll give more names.

Helloween - No
satan - couldnt find anything
sabbath - " " "
heathen- its alright ill check out more
forefather - i might try a bit more
moonlyght - definetly check out more
lost horizon - not really my thing
hibria - again not really my thing
stratovarius - no
deathspell omega - no
drudkh -no
dark tranquility - really good
evergrey - no
conception no
death - pretty good
overkill- no
destruction - its good
kreator - pretty good
dream theatre - not bad
dark throne - nope
burzom - couldnt find anything
peste noire - no
iced earth -its good
And about zep and sabbath, i know sabbath is a better metal band but i just dont really enjoy them as much as i enjoy listening to zeppelin. but zeppelin isnt a weak band they did great things and had a great sound. everyone has their own opinion

Listen to Arsis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHC9w7pCIMQ

Also check out these bands (if you haven't already):

Between The Buried And Me (start with Colors or Alaska), Death, Buried Inside, Born Of Osiris, Neurosis, Protest The Hero, Cynic, Converge, At The Gates...

Just a few.

i'll check the bands out except prostest the hero IMO they really suck and Arsis have a good sound ill check out more of them

Mmm, that was a little too quick for your own good. Your making an opinion only based in tunes in MySpace I guess. Oh well... So, you don't like Melodic Speed, Power Prog and Black Metal. It seems you dig Thrash and Melodic Death, perhaps for the whole core so popular with youngsters these days. Like Legacy said, check Arsis, it's a very good band, though a little overrated by the forumites in this site. And I'm glad you liked Moonlyght, it's one of my fav bands ever, sadly they're disbanded now with only two albums.

Wise choice, they suck indeed. The vocalist sounds like a teen girl being raped.

Fuck you guys.

I absolutely hated PtH when I first heard them, but over time I grew to love them. Don't write them off so easily.

I listened the last PtH album about five times, and it didn't grab, at all.

It took me about a year to get into them.

Listen to Paramore

Definitely try Mutiilation, Vlad Tepes, L'Acephale, Krieg, Akitsa and Ildjarn.

Try Amon Amarth

I say explore yourself if you want such broad suggestions. Otherwise we can narrow it down if you specify the genre of metal. Extreme metal is too vague.

And don't write power/heavy metal off!

masturbation is key to finding new music

Key word here: explore. Honestly, its pretty pointless for people to sit there and to demand lists of "good metal". The OP is obviously new to metal and I honestly question how much of this he is giving a good listen to and how much is just youtubing to see what catches his fleeting attention most. If you are enthusiastic about your prefered style of music then go out there and look for yourself. Go to shows, go to shops, check out distros, check out that wonderful place known as the Metal Archives, take the time to listen to albums through and through because if you're just listening to a song then passing it by you aren't giving that piece of work the listen it deserves. Go out and discover the music, don't wait for someone to give a list of ten million bands to check out. When I was a kid first getting into metal I would spent countless hours at HMV browsing and listening to albums at the listening stations even when I couldn't buy anything. I'd sit there on the floor in Chapters and read every fucking metal magazine (without buying any, mind you, much to the dismay of the workers there:P) I could get my hands on, and it was exciting as hell to discover new bands and moreso when those bands were truly great. I think you'll find it far more exhilirating to go out and discover music for yourself than to sit there waiting for people to give you a list to check out on youtube.

I know I'm late to the party, but it's Sabbat not Sabbath.

Like Duchy said, it depends. If you're really interested in taking the first steps on a music path, stick around, explore for yourself! If not, at least check out Dam from London, who are awesome, and here are a couple more to impress your friends with:

Scar Symmetry
Akercocke
Dream Theater
Opeth
Megadeth
Napalm Death
Carcass
Soilwork
Neurosis

At least giving the kid something he might like will set him on the correct path, although I love the unspoken hint that everything we locals discuss here is BAD metal. The whole forum ain't the Heavy/Power section bro/sis.