Kreator - haven't heard enough to form an opinion
Air Supply - "not my thing"
Celtic Frost - see comment for Kreator
Slipknot - I like some of their stuff
Korn - ditto, but the copycat bands are obnoxious
Type O Negative (There is a RIGHT reply for this...) - excellent fun. Love them to, er, death.
Blind Guardian - my favorite power metal, along with Edguy and Tad Morose
Blackmore's Night - not bad, but something I have to be in the moodto listen to
Angel Dust - what I heard sounded bland to me
Nocturnal Rites - I like what I have heard of their more recent work
Rage - kicking myself for missing most of their performance at ProgPower IV..."Invisible Horizons" OWNS...
Sacred Reich - their video for "Crawling" was hysterical
Dream Theater - what happened, guys?!?
Vanden Plas - so-so, but I haven't heard enough of them to make an honest assesment
Riot - never heard them
Demons And Wizards (hansi/schaffer side project) - excellent
Stormwarrior - not bad, what I have heard so far
and my entry is...
Styx
Air Supply - "not my thing"
Celtic Frost - see comment for Kreator
Slipknot - I like some of their stuff
Korn - ditto, but the copycat bands are obnoxious
Type O Negative (There is a RIGHT reply for this...) - excellent fun. Love them to, er, death.
Blind Guardian - my favorite power metal, along with Edguy and Tad Morose
Blackmore's Night - not bad, but something I have to be in the moodto listen to
Angel Dust - what I heard sounded bland to me
Nocturnal Rites - I like what I have heard of their more recent work
Rage - kicking myself for missing most of their performance at ProgPower IV..."Invisible Horizons" OWNS...
Sacred Reich - their video for "Crawling" was hysterical
Dream Theater - what happened, guys?!?
Vanden Plas - so-so, but I haven't heard enough of them to make an honest assesment
Riot - never heard them
Demons And Wizards (hansi/schaffer side project) - excellent
Stormwarrior - not bad, what I have heard so far
and my entry is...
Styx