The best metal band in which genre!

[AdamN]

So which band are according to your opinion the best metal band in which genre?

for me it must be:

Death: Cannibal Corpse
Thrash: Megadeth
Power: Helloween
Black: Dark Funeral
Grind: Napalm Death
Pagan: Ensiferum
Industrial: Raubtier
Heavy: Motorhead
Doom: Ahab

 

[Lateralus14]

Um

Death: Incantation
Thrash: Slayer
Power: Manilla Road
Black: Bathory
Heavy: Judas Priest
Doom: Warning

 

[celestialelixir]

Death: Death or Bloodbath
Thrash: Metallica
Power: Blind Guardian
Black: Haven't listened to much, but I really like both Bathory and Absu
Pagan: Ensiferum
Industrial: Strapping Young Lad
Heavy: Black Sabbath
Doom: Katatonia

 

[Krow]

What the fuck'd out loud when I read op thinks the best doom metal band is ahab.

 

[Onder]

My favourites:

Death: probably Incantation
Grindcore: Insect Warfare (or Opitz, if they release a full-length as good as their EP)
Goregrind: Lymphatic Phlegm (without any discussion)
Thrash: Vio-lence

The other subgenres are unsure.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

^ fuck ya dude, Vio-lence is one of my all time favorites

my personal fav's are ...

Thrash: Megadeth
Death: Morbid Angel = Death
Black: Dissection
Crust: Wolfbrigade
Doom: early Sabbath
Grind: Carcass
Folk: Primordial
Industrial: ummmm .. Fear Factory i guess.

 

[Doomguy]

Death: Cannibal Corpse
Thrash: Slayer
Power: Iced Earth
Black: Burzum
Grind: Carcass
Pagan: Enslaved
Industrial: Dødheimsgard
Heavy: Black Sabbath
Doom: Cathedral

 

[MWM]

Thrash: Testament
Death: Death
Black: Windir
Traditional: Iron Maiden
Power: Stratovarius
Industrial: Fear Factory

 

[mntwinsfan]

Death: Morbid Angel
Thrash: Coroner
Power: Jag Panzer
Black: Bathory
Grind: Carcass
Industrial: Godflesh
Heavy: Manilla Road
Doom: Candlemass

 

[Ryuuzaki]

Death: Amorphis
Thrash: Metallica
Power: Kiuas
Black: Burzum
Pagan/Folk: Equilibrium
Industrial: Aborym
Heavy: Judas Priest
Doom: Katatonia (Death/Doom)

 

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

Goregrind: Lymphatic Phlegm (without any discussion)

THIS. SO MUCH THIS.

 

[mutantllama]

Death:Early Morbid Angel
Thrash:Early Slayer
Power:Manilla Road or Arch Fates Warning or Blind Guardian up to Nightfall or early Helloween
Black: Darkthrone (FUCKING SMILEY
Grind: Doom(If they count) If not, Assuck, really unfortantely haven't explored grind as much as I should
Paganagan Altar
Industrial:Swans(not metal though)
Speed:Running Wild
Heavy:Judas Priest
Doom:Black Sabbath or Candlemass or Pentagram or Pagan Altar

Sorry for multiple bands but I can't choose

 

[Slayed Necros]

At the Gates
Gorgoroth
Slayer
Fates Warning
Satan
Candlemass

 

[JontRevolting]

Death: Morbid Angel
Thrash:Forbidden
Power:Manilla road
Blackarkthrone
Grind:Carcass
Paganagan Altar
Industrial:Ministry ?(have'nt listened to much industrial)
Doom:What mutantlama said
Heavy:Maiden(earlyish)
War:Conqueror

 

[Master_Yoda77]

Death: Immolation
Thrash: Slayer
Power: Jag Panzer
Black: Burzum
Heavy: Mercyful Fate (could be under black metal as well or whatever)
Doom: Pagan Altar

 

[Lateralus14]

Paganagan Altar

lol <3

 

[SkeletonWitch]

Not the "best", but rather my favourites.

Death : Death

Doom : Katatonia - Dance of December Souls

Black : Ancient Wisdom

Thrash : Megadeth

Folk : Windir

Black/death : Dissection

Heavy : Maiden

Progressive : Hammers of Misfortune

Power/Heavy : Savatage

Power : Early Warlord (the first demo)

Post-rock/metal : Alcest

Symphonic metal : Devil Doll

Pop metal : Powerwolf - Bible of the beast

 

[Einherjar86]

Power: Helloween
Black: Dark Funeral
Heavy: Sabaton
Doom: Ahab

Sabaton is very much power metal, not traditional heavy metal.

 

[Kara-Shehr]

Thrash - Slayer
Death - Nile
Black - Emperor
Power - Dragonforce
Doom - Candlemass
Heavy - Iron Maiden
Grind - Napalm Death
Prog - Dream Theater or Rush

 

[AdamN]

Sabaton is very much power metal, not traditional heavy metal.

my bad, it's hard for me to see the different between certain power and certain heavy bands