What is your favourite band of all time?

[Stinkfist]

Burzum.

 

[Thorns of Sorrow]

Hmm tough one...Ill name top 5

1. Opeth
2. Dream Theater
3. Symphony X
4. Nightingale (and everything Dan Swano)
5. Kyuss

 

[hornblow555]

Metal: Katatonia/Edge of Sanity/Opeth

Non-Metal: The Verve/King Crimson/Porcupine Tree

 

[in2thenight]

katatonia/emperor/opeth - they all mean different things to me so i cant decide

 

[Blackspirit]

Right now I can't choose between
Opeth, Thyrfing and Iced Earth.
They're all brilliant in their own way.

 

[SoundMaster]

Originally posted by JesusChristPose
1960s - The Temptations
1970s - Rush & Black Sabbath
1980s - Iron Maiden
1990s - Soundgarden
2000s - Opeth

Overall, my fav is still the almighty Led Zeppelin, as I've yet to find any artist/band that's as exciting & mystical & powerful as they were.
But I have many 'close seconds' type bands.

But to break them down as you did with "eras"......
60s - The Beatles
70s - Zeppelin
80s - Maiden
90s - Anathema

other favs: Sting, Dead Can Dance, My Dying Bride, Opeth, the Gathering, Katatonia, Depeche Mode, Sabbath

 

[discouraged1]

Anathema.

 

[Eld]

I really have many, many favorite bands so it's hard for me to say just one, so I have a few.

Anathema - beautiful music that can't be matched by anybody.
Enslaved - Amazing, powerful ideas that always come together - they're creative and are always progressing.
Arcturus - beatiful and strong in every aspect. They haven't released a song I dislike, they are all very talented, and they reach me in a way that no other band can do.
Neurosis - They're unique, they have a whole different atmoshpere than other bands, intensely emotional, and are always progressing.
Opeth - amazing ideas and have never failed to inspire me.
Cryptopsy - no death metal band has ever done what they do for me. They are unique, have great ideas, and never fail to pull it all together as a band.
Katatonia - great band. The most simple ideas are the most amazing and inspiring.

Those are a few. There are so many other bands that should be listed that aren't, or that are barely below it.

 

[Jesper_X_]

devin townsend

 

[NovembersDirge]

Iron Maiden/B L A Z E without a doubt. But Opeth is up there.

 

[red_beef]

Amorphis
Black Sabbath
Dark Tranquillity
Dio
Dream Theater
Emperor
Led Zeppelin
Opeth
Sentenced

 

[FlyingV]

Metallica.

 

[AngelWitch73]

SKYCLAD followed immediately by OVERKILL

 

[Warmaster]

Sure, there are really great bands (most of them are metal bands) playing on this planet.

But the greatest band on this planet isn't a metal band.

The greatest band was LED ZEPPELIN.

Did you here livealbum the song remains the same?
That stuff really rocks!

 

[Culture_AK47]

Opeth without question

 

[Culture_AK47]

also Angelwitch check out CRUACHAN and WAYLANDER as two Irish bands that I think are better than Skyclad...

 

[Don Corleone]

OPETH

 

[lumen]

Edge of Sanity

 

[Lina]

Opeth way up here.







lots of second-place ties way down here.

 

[Schlaxi]

Dream Theater, Pain of Salvation, Fates Warning, Symphony X, Opeth