The Most Universally Respected Bands (among metalheads)

[zoidberg]

and motorhead.

 

[Skepticism]

Burzum maybe?

 

[username345]

Nah, plenty of people don't like Burzum.

Maiden, (Old) Metallica, Sabbath, Celtic Frost perhaps?

 

[zoidberg]

nah, not celtice frost. MANY people do not respect Cold Lake.

hellhammer though......

 

[The Ozzman]

I bet FNM likes Cold Lake

 

[Zephyrus]

Burzum maybe?

Sure

 

[Life Sucks]

Burzum maybe?

Nah. Some metalheads don't like black metal, or any extreme metal for that matter. It is pretty hard to find a band, or even an album, that both those that don't like the extreme stuff and those that only like the extreme stuff will like.

 

[Hypnos]

in addition to the bands already mentioned

Enslaved (most people respect them, even if they are not that much of a fan)
In The Woods... (almost all people who know this band admire them)
Blind Guardian (never seen anyone really bashing them)

 

[Alter]

Opeth and Emperor and Iron Maiden.

 

[Tonka Time]

acid bath?

 

[Killbot]

Blind Guardian (never seen anyone really bashing them)

You'll find plenty of haters if you ask about them, myself included.

Other two are fairly sound suggestions though.

A fair bit of trad. doom seems to get all-round respect. I don't think I've seen a bad word against Saint Vitus, Pagan Altar or, to a slightly lesser extent, Candlemass

 

[Human=Garbage]

Most universally respected, I'd go with Maiden.

Agree with the majority here, but Ill throw out

Isis? Anyone who's heard them in my experience has nothing but good to say.

Iced Earth?

 

[Triton]

Opeth

Nah, lots of Opeth haters here.

 

[ThisIsACoolName]

Iced Earth

I was going to suggest them as a joke.

 

[Belligerent]

Most metalheads like Megadeth.
Seems like the universal vote. Also I've never heard anyone mention they hate Hypocrisy either. Peter Tagtgren is not only respected for his music but his superb production skills.

 

[byrne]

Other than the obvious, bands that seem to get respected by pretty much everyone who has heard them;

The Chasm
Primordial
Sepultura (early)
Amorphis
Dissection

 

[Belligerent]

Amorphis shall be respected. Period.

 

[Gold]

so i guess the only band everyone respects is maiden?

 

[skeptik]

Black Sabbath.

 

[TalesOfTerror]

Maiden. Period.