top 5...(wait, its different)

[Mr. Shred-ididle]

Whats your top 5;

Prog metal bands?
Power Metal/Neo-classical Bands?
Death Metal Bands?
Black Metal bands?
Thrash/industrial/other metal Bands

And if your not sure weather its a prog or power metal band, black or Death Metal band (like the arguable "is syX prog or Power" debate), put the band where ever you think it belongs..

Ok then
PROG
1. Symphony X (I call them prog, so shut up!)
2. Spiral Architect (ok, call me a wanker-lover if you want then,:Smug
3. Aghora
4. DT
5. Pain of Salvation

POWER
1. Evergrey (this was hard to put 'em in either power or prog)
2. Angra
3. Yngwie
4. Adagio
5. Rhapsody (I guess, the orchetration rocks)


DEATH - (I'm a n00b to this genre so some of these bands, i don't even have any CD's of some of them)
1. Opeth (Fuck yeah!!!)
2. Cynic
3. Cryptopsy (the riffs are MAAAAD!!!)
4. Death
5. Nile

BLACK
1. Children of Bodom (the only band i listen to that has something related to black metal, so i put it here instead of power metal)
2. ?
3. ?
4. ?
5. ?

THRASH/INDUSTRIAL/OTHER
1. Meshuggah
2. Pantera
3. SYL
4. Soilwork (shut op, their not death anymore.)
5. Testament

So what about you guys

 

[Cat5Messiah]

Prog Metal:
1. Dream Theater
2. Symphony X
3. Freedom Call
4. Liquid Tension Experiment
5. Control Denied

Power Metal/Neo-classical:
1. Children of Bodom
2. Luca Turilli
3. Adagio
4. Rhapsody
5. Megadeth

Death Metal Bands (I don't really classify these as Death Metal bands really, but I can't really place them anywhere other than Power and I already have my five there):
1. Death
2. Opeth
3. Eternal Tears of Sorrow
4. Arch Enemy
5. Dark Tranquillity

Black Metal Bands:
I don't listen to Black Metal

Thrash/Industrial/Other Metal Bands:

1. In Flames
2. Pantera
3. Soilwork
4. Shadows Fall
5. Kalmah

 

[Grom Hellscream]

Prog Metal (including death/industrial and so on)
1. Symphony X
2. ARK
3. Nevermore
4. Cynic
5. Meshuggah

Other metal
1. Soilwork
2. Evergrey
3. Kamelot
4. Aria
5. Falconer

Non - metal
1. Anekdoten
2. Camel
3. King Crimson
4. Pain of Salvation (i don't think they are metal )
5. Liquid Tension Experiment

 

[Dev]

Favorite Bands Of All Time : 1 . Emperor 2. Arcturus 3. Opeth 4. Devin Townsend 5. Agalloch

Black : 1 . Emperor
2 . Obtained Enslavement
3 . Satyricon
4 . Dissection
5 . Free Slot (Taake maybe )

Death : 1 . Death
2 . Carcass
3 . Septic Flesh (not 'death' but )
4 . Morbid Angel
5 . Nile
Heavy/Thrash : 1 . Megadeth
2 . Iron Maiden
3 . Strapping Young Lad (Thrash ? )
4 . Annihilator
5 . Anthrax

Prog' : 1 . Pain Of Salvation
2 . Ark
3 . Transatlantic
4 . Beyond Twilight
5 . Evergrey ( got only the last album , amazing )

No class : 1 . Arcturus
2 . Ulver
3 . Vintersorg
4 . Ephel Duath
5 . Neurosis

 

[The Metal Chick]

Prog:
1. Symphony X
2. Dream Theater
3. Spiral Architect
4. Ion Vein
5. ?

Power:
1. Sonata Arctica
2. Blind Guardian
3. Kamelot
4. Stratovarius
5. Rhapsody

Death:
1. Children of Bodom
2. Opeth
3. Arch Enemy
4. Soilwork (if they're not death then whatever)

Black:
What the hell is black metal anyway???

Others I just thought of:
1. Iced Earth
2. Star One
3. Rage
4. Nevermore
5. Bad Religion

 

[karelrulez]

Prog:

1. Symphony X
2. Dream Theater
3. Star One
4. Ayreon
5. LTE

Power:

1. Angra
2. ??? I'm not too fond of power metal I guess..

Death: (I never listen to any death, except for the almighty

1. Opeth

 

[theodyssey]

No particular order

Prog:
1)symphony x
2)ephal duath (they got other shit in there, but prog)
3)vanden plas
4)green carnation (light of day... that was totally prog)
5)Evergrey

Power:
1)Hammerfall
2)Sonata Arctica
3)Iced Earth (dunno where else to put them)
4)Nevermore (again, dunno where to put them)
5)Stratovarius

Death:
1)God Dethroned
2)Children of Bodom
3)Amon Amarth
4)Bloodbath
5)Opeth

Black:
1)Dimmu Borgir
2)Vintersorg
3)Borknagar
4)Emperor
5)Old Man's Child

Others:
1)Sentenced
2)Poisonblack
3)H.I.M.
4)Nightwish (where does that go?)
5)Witchery

 

[Cat5Messiah]

You're from Olympia huh? I'm sorry........

 

[theodyssey]

lol... oly isn't all that bad. Boring, no music scene, almost no metalheads... but it's cool.

 

[The Yngster]

Dont' have time now, but I'll be back on later to answer another one of Shreddy's essay questions

 

[Cat5Messiah]

lol... oly isn't all that bad. Boring, no music scene, almost no metalheads... but it's cool.

That's kind of how the whole state is. You have somewhat of a music scene in Tacoma and in Seattle. Like my buddy who is obsessed going to Hell's Kitchen in Tacoma and seeing all of these bands play which he says are badass but I know if I heard them I'd think they fucking suck. But shit, I don't really care about that. I'd rather be with my band doing my thing, not going to some stupid club in Tacoma. Fuck man, I hate Tacoma.

 

[arglebargle]

Would somebody explain to me how in the world Evergrey is power metal?

I don't mean to pick on you, Shred-ididle, 'cause I've seen other people call them power.

 

[SilentRealm]

Ok I'm not really musically educated enough yet to give good responses to this.. so i will list my favorites or some i at least dont mind or respect into fields which i think are appropriate..

Prog:
1. Symphony X (and my all-time favorite band)
2. Star One
3. Ayreon
4. Nevermore
5. Akashic (even though i havent heard that much.. what i have heard is really good, and OMG YUMMY VOICE)

Power:
1. Evergrey
2. Adagio
3. Fates Warning
4. Iced Earth
5. Kamelot

Thrash:
1. Pantera
2. Old Metallica
3. Slayer
4. (pending)
5. (pending)

Death:
1. Opeth
2. Arch Enemy
3. (pending)
4. (pending)
5. (pending)

Black:
(dont like black)

 

[Mr. Shred-ididle]

Well, its is a hard one. I was going to put them in prog, but then i wouldn't of been able put Pain of Salvation in. I also would of had to put a blank space in Power metal. Do you get me?

I call prog/power metal Not technical enough to be prog, not neo-classical or cheezy enough to be power...

 

[arglebargle]

Okay...

PROG
1. Vanden Plas
2. Missa Mercuria
3. Green Carnation
4. Pagan's Mind
5. Symphony X

POWER/NEO-CLASSICAL
1. Kamelot
2. Angra
3. Rhapsody
4. Time Requiem
5. Shaman

BLACK
1. Emperor
2. Borknagar
3. Immortal
4. Old Man's Child
5. Vintersorg (not really black metal, but whatever )

DEATH
1. Opeth (not really death, but whatever )
2. Kataklysm
3. Nile
4. Origin
5. In Flames

 

[arglebargle]

I just don't see any power metal characteristics in Evergrey.

No power metal vocals, no fantasy lyrics, no power metal tempi, no power metal choruses.

Maybe I'm missing something...

<_<

 

[SilentRealm]

and its good enough to stick in the power metal category.. cant fit it all into 5 places in the prog category

 

[arglebargle]

Uh, OKAY FINE NOW U PUT IT THAT WAY.

 

[theodyssey]

I don't know... they aren't really classifyable to be put in any category... so i put them somewhere just for the sake of space. For instance, opeth is under death metal, but would also fit (imo) under prog. Nevermore and iced earth i put under power because they are just metal and i see power metal as a blanket for all just metal... it works.

And yeah, tacoma sucks big time... where abouts are you?

 

[Medusa's eyes]

Cool thread! Hmm lets see...


Prog metal:
1 Symphony X
2 Dream Theater
3 Evergrey
4 Nevermore
5 LTE

Power metal:
1 Iron Maiden (they are power metal, right?)
2 Sonata Arctica
3 Rhapsody
4 Angra
5 Stratovarius

Industrial, thrash, etc. metal:
1 Fear Factory
2 SYL
3 Pantera
4 Soilwork
5 Testament

I also like:
1 Opeth(!!!)
2 Children of Bodom
3 Arch Enemy
4 In Flames
5 Brujeria...