My 5 favorite bands (bored at work here) what are yours?

[ElectricWiz]

Opeth
Tool
Sigur Ros
ISIS
Dead Can Dance

-Runners up-
Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath
Old Man Gloom

 

[pistol_pete]

anathema

death

the haunted/at the gates (if thats allowed

jeff buckley, because of grace alone

devin townsend stuff

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Opeth

King Crimson

Pink Floyd

Dead Can Dance

My Dying Bride

A group thats qiuckly rising on my list is A Silver Mount Zion, this group is amazing.

 

[Yonder]

Opeth
Pink Floyd
Spock's Beard
Slayer
The Beatles

(ElectricWiz, I love Isis's Oceanic!)

 

[fadingessence]

Opeth
Agalloch
Nightwish
Antimatter
Emperor

Close calls-
Sigur Ros
Radiohead (just getting into them)
Morbid Angel
The Gathering

Pain of Salvation and The Mars Volta are getting up there pretty quick though. And I really need to find some A Silver Mt. Zion...sounds really interesting.

 

[The Shape]

1) Judas Priest
2) Opeth
3) Overkill
4) Bal-Sagoth

 

[crimsonfloyd]

Yeah I realy want to get Isis' Oceanic but I can't find it anywhere. Yeah SMZ CDs are very hard to find, unfortunatly I only have burns of thier 1st two. If you can find thier newest album, definatly pick it up, its amazing...

 

[The Sound Gardener]

In order:

Soundgarden
maudlin of the Well/Kayo Dot
Opeth
Porcupine Tree
Green Carnation

OWNED!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!

 

[mbarys]

Of all time:

Opeth
Dream Theater
Overkill
Slayer
Old Metallica (You have to admit, it got a lot of people into metal in the 80's)

Current:

Opeth
Arch Enemy
Porcupine Tree
In Flames
Bloodbath

 

[sands of the seas]

Opeth
Dream Theater
Emperor
Symphony X
Haggard

 

[scorpian007]

1. Opeth

2. Porcupine Tree

3. Edge of Sanity

4. Dream Theater

5. Devin Townsend Band/Strapping Young Lad

 

[stefan86]

Nevermore
Testament
Opeth
Dark Tranquillity
The Crown

 

[Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral]

Opeth / Tool / Porcupine Tree / My Dying Bride / Morbid Angel

closely followed by:

Akercocke / Emperor / Rush / In the Woods / ISIS

 

[KevyCanavan]

Opeth
Tool
Kretor
Radiohead
Pink Floyd
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Solo Artists

Tom Waits
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Prince
Roger Waters

 

[Pierogi]

novembre
opeth
enslaved or astriaal
emperor
shining

 

[[0hr]Sunlapse]

Neurosis
Death
In Flames
Godspeed You Black Emperor
My Dying Bride

 

[ElectricWiz]

Oh yeah, somebody just put Enlsaved up. Damn straight, their in my top 10 probably. Also, Mbarys...no need to qualify the Metallica. Kill 'em All through Master 'O Puppets are fucking amazing. I still like 'em, and, at the end of the day, I think that Master of Puppets is probably the best metal record of all time. Ah hell, time for another list:

In my view, the five best metal albums thus far:

1. Metallica - Master of Puppets
2. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
3. Opeth - Blackwater Park (no shining on here, just because this is the Opeth board...I really think it's a fucking high water mark)
4. Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
5. Mercyful Fate - Mellissa

...all groundbreaking in there way.
Of course, there are a million runners up....

 

[J.]

At the moment:

Watchmaker
Today is the Day
Neurosis
Iron Monkey
Brutal Truth

 

[Dev]

Currently :

In The Woods...
Ulver
Elend
Agalloch
Septic Flesh

 

[DrX]

In no particular order:

Opeth
Pink Floyd
Metallica
Arcturus
Maybe a 50 way tie for the last one?