Top 5 Current Metal Bands

[metalheadtimmy]

mine are
1. children of bodom
2. kalmah
3. liquid tension
4. slipknot
5. down

 

[genocide roach]

1) psypheria
2) hate eternal
3) nile
4) emperor
5) thyrfing
~gR~

 

[J.]

1. Primordial
2. In the Woods...
3. Arcane Sun
4. Summoning
5. Graveland

 

[Nate The Great]

1. Today is the Day
2. Watchmaker
3. Mastodon
4. Converge
5. Khanate

 

[Kveldssanger]

Top 5 Metal bands for me right now (and I mean strictly metal, it doesn't mean that all of those below are among my top 5 bands generally) are:

1. Arcturus
2. Dodheimsgard
3. The Berzerker
4. Thorns
5. Solefald

@Dreamlord: Do you really consider In The Woods... a metal band after their first album? I don't really consider them one but I'd be interested to hear your opinion...

 

[Russell]

Do you mean our top 5 current metal bands or current top 5 metal bands?

 

[Nate The Great]

I was confused on that too . . .

 

[Survivor Of The Lake]

Hm five bands of the top o' me head

Origin
Children Of Bodom
Gardenian
Dream Theater
Luddite Clone

 

[J.]

Originally posted by Kveldssanger
@Dreamlord: Do you really consider In The Woods... a metal band after their first album? I don't really consider them one but I'd be interested to hear your opinion...

Good question. And yes I do. Omnio and Strange in Stereo belong in the same category as Green Carnation, Arcturus, and the like. People have no problem labeling those bands as metal. So yes, I consider the entire In the Woods discography as metal.

 

[xenophobe]

Well, MY favorite 5 right now...

Nile
Hate Eternal
Disgorge
Arch Enemy
Tristania

 

[TheGraveDigger]

Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Blind Guardian
Stratovarius
Testament

 

[Nocturnal Emperor]

mine are
Emperor
Cryptopsy
Iron Maiden
In Flames
Dissection

 

[creepindeath66]

Death
Opeth
Iron Maiden
Nevermore
Metallica

 

[Dionysos]

My top-5 right now:
Primordial
Limbonic Art
Immortal
Solefald
Rotting Christ

 

[Ultimate_Symphony]

my top 5 at the moment

Darkane
Syx
Nile
Soilwork
Holochaust

 

[SlaughterofSoul]

The Crown
Hate Eternal
Thyrfing
Immolation
Marduk

 

[Soilent Goat]

In no particular order...Origin, Soilent Green, Cephalic Carnage, Impaled, Decapitated

 

[Southern Man I Am]

Nile
Sentenced
Dark Tranquillity
Opeth
Six Feet Under

 

[Ultimate_Symphony]

ah i forgott Cephalic Carnage great band.

 

[ouagadougou]

In Flames
Amorphis
Children Of Bodom
Metallica
Opeth