Favorite band for each genre of Metal

[Tool]

"Classic" Metal: Iron Maiden
Doom: Black Sabbath
Black: Emperor
Death: None
Grindcore: None
Thrash: Slayer
Power: Helloween, Blind Guardian
Alterna-Metal: Tool
Melodic Death: Opeth
Proggressive: Dream Theater
Polka: Finntroll!!!!
Hair: Motley Crue

 

[Disturbed4ntics]

Doom: Black Sabbath

Interesting. I never knew Black Sabbath was Doom Metal.

=/

 

[meth]

Classic Metal - Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden
Power Metal - Blind Guardian, Sonata Arctica
Thrash Metal - Pantera, Metallica, Slayer, Kreator, Sepultura
Doom Metal - Crowbar
Death Metal - Six Feet Under, Cannibal Corpse
Black Metal - Blinded By Faith, Darkthrone, Dark Funeral
Nu Metal - I hate Nu Metal but Nothingface is alright

 

[Gentleman of the Lake]

Interesting. I never knew Black Sabbath was Doom Metal.

=/

They created it. Listen to the songs Electric Funeral, Black Sabbath, Under the Sun, Into the Void, etc.

But it is debatable on wether or not they were full on doom band.

 

[HatTer]

Grindcore - Agoraphobic Nosebleed
Death Metal - Carcass
Thrash Metal - Slayer
Hyperfast Industrial Grind Fusion - The Berzerker
Black Metal - Dimmu Borgir (Blow Me)
Gothenburg Metal - In Flames
Metalcore - Converge
Black Death - Behemoth
Power Metal - Children Of Bodom
Nu-Metal - Slipknot
Merry Melodies - Opeth

I think I covered just about everything...

 

[Rottuated]

Jesus, this is going to be hard to choose..

Death metal: Death (RIP Chuck)
Black metal: Dissection
Gothic metal: Moonspell
Classic Metal: Iron Maiden
Thrash metal: Metallica (old)
Heavy metal: Iced Earth
Progressive metal: Opeth
Power metal: Sonata Arctica
Symphonic metal: Nightwish

 

[~UlvedaL~]

Death metal - Nile, Behemoth
Black metal - Taake, Absu, Emperor (Cant pick a fave!)
Black/Death metal - Dissection
Thrash metal - Slayer
Classic metal - Mercyful Fate, King Diamond
Gothic metal - Trail Of Tears
Doom metal - Dingir Xul
Melodic Gothenburg metal - Dark Tranquility, Autumn Leaves
Symphonic Blackmetal - Dimmu Borgir, Misteltein, Cradle Of Filth (Shut up immature haters!)
Industrial metal - Aborym (Maybe too "black"?)
Power metal - Children Of Bodom
Viking/black metal - Moonsorrow

 

[Soilent Goat]

death metal - Morbid Angel, Circle of Dead Children, Malevolent Creation, Suffocation
black metal - Darkthrone, Dissection, Emperor, Burzum, Bathory, Goatwhore
thrash metal - Slayer
classic metal - Celtic Frost
modern metal - Lamb Of God
gothic metal - Lacuna Coil
doom metal - Sleep
metalcore - Shai Hulud, Dead to Fall, Between the Buried and Me
grindcore - Nasum, Pig Destroyer, Brutal Truth, Soilent Green
melodic Gothenburg metal - At the Gates
industrial metal - Merzbow

 

[Winter_Wrath]

Heavy/Power-Manowar
Hard Rock- Led Zeppelin
Trash Metal- DEstruction
Black Metal- Dark Funeral
Death- Nile
Viking Death Metal- Amon Amarth
Black/Retro-Usurper
Melodic Death Metal-Black Dahlia Murder

 

[Victim of Deception]

Classic/Heavy Metal - Judas Priest
Power Metal - Helloween (Michael Kiske-era)
Thrash Metal - Metallica (early)
Doom Metal - Black Sabbath
Death Metal - Death
Black Metal - Dissection
Industrial Metal - Fear Factory
Nu Metal - System of a Down (by default)
Hardcore - Refused
Stoner Metal - Kyuss
Metalcore - Crisis
Viking Metal - Moonsorrow
Melodic/Death Metal - At the Gates
Grind - Nasum
Sludge - Neurosis

 

[Nico]

Old thread...

Heavy Metal - Judas Priest
Thrash Metal - Kreator
Death Metal - Morbid Angel, Portal (Aus)
Black Metal - Astriaal, Darkthrone, Abyssic Hate
Doom Metal - My Dying Bride
Blackened Thrash - Destroyer 666

 

[Domoritus]

Viking Metal - Mithotyn
Black Metal - Emperor
Symphonic Black Metal - Dimmu Borgir
Power Metal - Sonata Arctica
Viking Power Metal - Ensiferum
Death Metal - Death
Viking Death Metal - Amon Amarth
Melodic Death - Hypocrisy, In Flames (pre-RTR)
Gothic Metal - Nightwish
Thrash Metal - Slayer
Classic Metal - Iron Maiden
Doom Metal - My Dying Bride

 

[ShadowOfDeath]

Mine would be:
Classic Metal-Accept(GER)
Power Metal-Helloween(GER)
Thrash Metal-Kreator(GER)
Doom Metal-Cathedral(UK)
Death Metal-Carcass(UK)
Black Metal-Graveland(POL)
Industrial Metal-Rammstein(GER)
Nu Metal-Soulfly(BRA)
Hardcore-Bad Brains(USA)
Stoner Metal-/

What would yours be?

Classic Metal - Black Sabbath
Power Metal - Hammerfall, First Elvenking Album, Nightwish
Thrash - Metallica, Slayer, Testament
Doom - Electric Wizard
Death Metal - Cannibal Corpse
Black Metal - Darkthrone, Burzum, Koldbrann, Graveland, 1349, in no order
Symphonic BM - Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra, Bishop of Hexen
Industrial Metal - none
Nu-Metal - Slipknot
Hardcore - Is gay
Stoner Metal - Down


Fuck this is an old thread

 

[ShadowOfDeath]

Interesting. I never knew Black Sabbath was Doom Metal.

=/

If some other band created metal, and black sabbath came around recently they'd be classified as doom metal.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Classic Metal- Black Sabbath

Thrash Metal- Metallica (old)

Doom Metal- My Dying Bride

sub catagory: Fueneral Doom-Shape of Despair

Death Metal- Opeth

Black Metal-Emperor

Nu Metal-Korn

Redo!Not so much cuz my opinions have changed (well they have a bit) but cuz I really fucked up on the genres...

Black Metal- Emperor/ Burzum
Death Metal- Necrophagist
Doom Metal- My Dying Bride
Folk Metal- Agalloch
Funeral Doom- Shape of Despair
Gothic Metal- Theatre of Tragedy
Heavy Metal- Metallica (old)
Melodic Death- In Flames (old)
Nu Metal- System of a Down
Progressive Metal- Opeth
Sludge- Neurosis (hehe had to get these guys on the list somehow)
Thrash Metal- Slayer (by default, RiB is the only trash album i have)
Viking Metal- Enslaved (Viking Black but whatever...)

 

[SlaughterofSoul]

Classic Metal-Judas Priest
Power Metal-Jag Panzer
Thrash Metal-Destruction
Doom Metal-Candlemass
Death Metal-Vital Remains
Black Metal-Grand Belial's Key

 

[Jean-Pierre]

Traditional - Judas Fucking Priest
Power - early Fates Warning
Thrash - Kreator
Death - Possessed
Black - Bathory
Doom - Solitude Ateurnus

 

[$t0n3r]

Black - Dimmu Borgir
Death - Opeth
Melodic Death - Arch Enemy
Thrash - Metallica
Doom - Katatonia
Goth - Theatre of Tragedy
Power - Dragonforce
Industrial - Rammstein
Nu Metal - System of a Down

 

[Sonic Violence]

Black - Nokturnal Mortum
Death - The Chasm
Doom - Cathedral
Thrash - Sepultura
Power - Blind Guardain
Industrial - Godflesh
Classic - Black sabbath

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Mine would be:
Classic Metal-Accept(GER)
Power Metal-Helloween(GER)
Thrash Metal-Kreator(GER)
Doom Metal-Cathedral(UK)
Death Metal-Carcass(UK)
Black Metal-Graveland(POL)
Industrial Metal-Rammstein(GER)
Nu Metal-Soulfly(BRA)
Hardcore-Bad Brains(USA)
Stoner Metal-/

What would yours be?

OK, so you don't like any stoner? Church of Misery? Bongzilla? Sleep?

Rammstein is metal? Since when?

Hardcore and nu-metal are not sub genres of metal. They are sub genres of rock and punk, respectively.

And I hope by classic, you mean heavy or trad.