Innovative bands of the past 25 years

[Nico]

Well... who were they? And I don't mean mildly innovative, I mean, bands like Bathory or Slayer... you know.

Discuss. If you want...

 

[Slayed Necros]

Possessed.

 

[opethmaniac]

i think Opeth deserves his place here...

 

[SlaughterofSoul]

i think Opeth deserves his place here...

 

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

Mayhem.

 

[Arrakis]

Death

 

[anonymousnick2001]

Iron Maiden
Dream Theater
Emperor
Opeth
Metallica
Godflesh
Fear Factory
Napalm Death
Suffocation
At The Gates

Those bands each spawned their own styles of music, if you like it or not.

 

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

Carcass invented goregrind, for the most part. Nick, you forgot Black Sabbath, the inventors of doom metal.

 

[stefan86]

Death
Carcass
Judas Priest

 

[anonymousnick2001]

I did forget Carcass.

Sabbath and Priest are from over 25 years ago, but okay. Led Zeppelin, too.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Suffocation really didn't...Opeth just strung together a bunch of stuff that's pretty much all already been done. Metallica were still quite rock based, not that innovative. Maiden didn't do a lot that Priest didn't already do.

 

[stefan86]

Maiden didn't do a lot that Priest didn't already do.

Very true. Priest pretty much set that standard with Sad Wings of Destiny.

 

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

Sabbath and Priest are from over 25 years ago, but okay. Led Zeppelin, too.

Oh yeah.

 

[Nico]

So were Metallica realy all that innovative?

 

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

Metallica weren't fucking innovative.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

Venom
Bathory
Possessed
Slayer
Death
Impaled Northern Moonforest (Seriously. This one joke band spawned the entire genre of acustic black metal joke bands.)

 

[anonymousnick2001]

Metallica weren't fucking innovative.

I'm retarded. I was thinking influential.

 

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

 

[Spirit In Black]

Immolation
Demilich
Atheist

 

[Barth Vader]

Meshuggah
Queensryche