Good American Metal Bands

[Cheiron]

I know they are out there. Curious which ones you like, especially the 'newer' bands. As opposed to the Floridian Death metal groups or... a number of the 80s/90s thrash metal groups (but feel free to list them if you want). I can't make an all inclusive list... as I really don't know many of the groups out there, nor necessarily know where they are from.

Some of the groups I'm enjoying are:

Mastodon (mainly due to the Leviathan album, which I really enjoyed... and heck they are Atlanta-area based.)

Divinity Destroyed (mentioned them before. love them.)

Empyrean Sky (very enjoyable)

Theocracy

 

[Yngvai X]

NEVERMORE

 

[J-Dubya 777]

Chastain (with Leather Leone singing)
Steel Prophet
Annihilator
Symphony X
Savatage
Anthrax


Was this supposed to be genre specific????



J-Dubya

 

[rockyracoon]

Stride

 

[sloppyj03]

Kamelot besides Khan he's true Norwegian.

 

[Andy Laudano]

I'm assuming you're looking for lesser known and newer bands as opposed to classic old stuff like Dio, Metallica (minus Lars), Megadeth, Queensryche, Dokken etc.

Here are a few of my favorites that haven't been mentioned yet.

Circle II Circle
Aftershok
Beyond Fear (Tim Owens)
Iced Earth
American Dog (Southern rock/metal)
Metal Church (old band/new lineup - kicks ass)
Dream Theater (except Canadian LaBrie)
Avian
Jag Panzer
Ion Vein
Seventh Key (melodic hard rock)
Outworld
Rob Rock
D.C. Cooper

I'm sure more will come to me

 

[booB]

Enertia
Division
Twelfth Gate
Ion Vein
Antithesis
Dark Arena
Pharaoh
Prototype
Agent Steel
Reading Zero
Katagory V
Imagika
Dofka

there are many others that I know I'm forgetting... we certainly have a thriving (if very underground) metal scene.

 

[Wayniac]

Old school, but one of the most under-rated US metal bands IMO - Vicious Rumors.

 

[MEFlyingV]

Manilla Road

Attacker (CD release show in NJ on April 29th)

Jacobs Dream

Gothic Knights

Overlorde (yours truly- RETURN OF THE SNOW GIANT out now)

TT Quick (oldie, no longer active)

Nicodemus

 

[Palabra de Dios]

I don't know if you guys listen to black metal at all, but there are some great black metal artists/bands that do indeed reside here in the States:

Absu
Grand Belial's Key
Xasthur
Leviathan

 

[AngraRULES]

Dark Empire

 

[J-Man]

F5
DEGREE ABSOLUTE
SUSPYRE
AVIAN
OVERLORDE
STRIDE
OUTWORLD
PROTOTYPE
FAIR TO MIDLAND( kinda progressive metal but awesome anyway)
BEYOND THE EMBRACE
BENETICTUM

 

[AMBR]

Manilla Road

Attacker (CD release show in NJ on April 29th)

Jacobs Dream

Gothic Knights

Overlorde (yours truly- RETURN OF THE SNOW GIANT out now)

TT Quick (oldie, no longer active)

Nicodemus

I LOOOOVE TT Quick. Wish they'd get back together.

To add to the list: SUSPYRE!
Very talented, symphonic/melodic metal with some power elements.

 

[panzermastery]

all above with my tops being
Iced Earth
Jag Panzer
Pharaoh
WINTERSBANE!!!!!!

 

[Soul of Ice]

What other people said plus:
Arsis
Presto Ballet
Redemption

 

[Hal9000]

Sonic Death Monkey, but they changed their name to Kathleen Turner Overdrive.

 

[MysticX9]

Old school, but one of the most under-rated US metal bands IMO - Vicious Rumors.

Definitely!!!

Also:

Crimson Glory
Cage
Helstar
Obsession
Winter's Bane

'80s oriented but awesome...

 

[MEFlyingV]

I LOOOOVE TT Quick. Wish they'd get back together.

To add to the list: SUSPYRE!
Very talented, symphonic/melodic metal with some power elements.

Yes I had realized I had left Suspyre off a few minutes after I logged out of the forum.

And as far as TT Quick goes... I have been told that their guitarist is "born again" and as no interest in secular music any more.

How about another blast from the past. CITIES and XENON

AMBR, did you get to hear our cover of QUEEN OF THE REICH yet???

 

[MetalNations]

Vicious Rumors
Helstar
Angent Steel
Heathen
Powermad
Cage
Omen
Enertia
Rob Rock
Defyance (i hope i spelled it correct - ca/thrashers)
Vio-lence
Forbidden
Sadus
Steel Prophet
Hanker

 

[Entropiastrife]

I'm assuming you don't mean nationals, cause you mentioned Divinity Destroyed (who do kick ass). Here are some (mostly new england, look em up)

Power:
Metadox
Eternal Legacy
Operatika
Miles Beyond

Doom:
Shroud of Bereavement

Black:
Baphomet's Horns
Nethereal