fear factory - anything after demanufacture (except the song resurrection).
metallica - well, after many years, and after many things, i can honestly say the only good thing they have done was "kill'em all", "ride the lighting", and "master of puppets". everything else just screams annoyance.
iced earth - granted that i am a HUGE FAN of this band, i can't help notice jon schaffer's desire (obsession????) to go mainstream, i mean, he's at the top of the METAL WORLD, and he is above the underground all the while depending heavily that the mainstream will pick him up. i say to jon, f$ck the mainstream, and f$ck what false promises they give you.
in flames - i am also a huge fan of theirs, and i must say that the road they follow is a very dangerous one cosidering the last album R2R has given these veterans of music a nasty after taste to the potential they have.
amon amarth - Ted Lundstrom. good bassist considering he plays with a pick, but an attitude problem that has to be looked at (and i only say this b/c i met him once when they come my area, and it wasn't a pleasant meeting).
lacuna coil - not being dog collared to christina scabbia. lol, j/k.