25 Most Important METAL bands

[Mort Divine]

Queensryche for being the first Prog. metal band.

 

[hibernal_dream]

lol, fine. Some ridiculous choices there alread..., Heathen, Evoken, Artillery? How about Dismember or Entombed for pioneering Swedish Death? (At The Gates were more responsible for the Gothenberg scene)

 

[Blinded By Blood]

Celtic Frost and Venom should be locks

Megadeth is a maybe

 

[CF87]

Machine Head?

How can some band that sounds like korn be one of the most important metal bands. The chances of the metal world regarding them as anything is slim to none unless they're idiots. What did this band do for metal or how are they important ?

 

[~Neurotica]

I dont think they sound like Korn...
whatever...

 

[Slayed Necros]

ENTOMBED

 

[Zivilyn]

what, do you just dislike Megadeth or something?

 

[Enemy242]

CoB? They have a huge number of fans/clones.

cob are pretty influencial with influencing a lot of the finnish bands like norther, kalmah, imperanon etc but definately shouldn't be in the top 25 i think.

also what about blind guardian or helloween?

 

[Susperia]

And Immortal are important because they were the first to introduce a frenetic pace for what was at the time a mid-paced, plodding genre. Speed is a critical element of what we think of as black metal today.

Hello, Bathory, 'pace 'til death'.

 

[Horst Nordfink]

Beherit, Winter & Hellhammer

 

[Jreg]

If Bathory, Darkthrone, Mayhem, and Burzum are unquestionable locks, there's no way Venom can't be one. And I don't even like Venom.

 

[Susperia]

Do you mind me asking why Venom is so important?

 

[Demilich]

How the hell is this thread not going to turn into a massive, convoluted argument?

 

[CF87]

I dont think they sound like Korn...
whatever...

If you were not an attractive brunette female I would be a HUGE DICK.

shut up and get out.

(that's actually pretty nice!)

 

[Blinded By Blood]

Do you mind me asking why Venom is so important?

Their sound and lyrical themes inspired countless numbers of black metal bands

 

[Hammer of Might]

Possessed BLATANTLY. Venom BLATANTLY.

edit: oh and Sepultura

 

[Scourge of Malice]

The grey head is just in the foreground!

 

[Zack]

Best thread in awhile

I think Opeth should be included, although I can see people disagreeing. I think they were very influential in their early days.

Another for me would be Children of Bodom. I don't think they did that much for actual music, but in terms of bringing people into metal they are unmatched. Without them tons of people (including myself) wouldn't be into the scene. However, I don't think they are a band with lasting value as I grew tired of them. I must pay them homage though for getting me into the genre

Dark Tranquillity, At the Gates and In Flames for being pionners of the gothenburg scene.

Just to clear things up though, King Diamond came after Mercyful Fate, right?

 

[Krakatau]

Helloween and Dream Theater are definetly top 25 of most influencial metal bands.

 

[Discovery]

Who exactly have Opeth and CoB influenced? have they actually pioneered any new forms of music? Are they even good at what they do? No, they don't make the list.