whats the most influential type of metal

[skeptik]

maiden was out since 62 but under a diffrent name.

O FUCKING RLY

 

[METALDUDE]

Metal influenced metal. Tired of hearing all of these sub-genres wars and shit. Metal = Metal end of story.

What about Trixter?

JUST KIDDING!!!! :danceboy: But seriously I dig all types of Metal depending on my mood for the day

 

[CF87]

Doom metal,traditional metal,etc..

You have bands like black sabbath,uriah heep,jethro toll,led zeppelin, mountain,deep purple,cream,ac/dc etc.. who are just as responsible also, these bands rocked with a harder edge with a who gives a fuck attitude that is used in metal.

Pentagram,saint vitus and candlemass after sabbath made some of the first really heavy cds that probably officially made doom a real genre. Bands like judas priest and maiden were bringing more regular styled metal that influenced power metal and even melo-death. Iron Maiden,JudasPriest really signatured the guitar playing and picking style used in metal to this day.

Trash and death metal are also influencial on the scene too.

Mercyful Fate pretty much brought all the dark lyrical themes to metal music influencing black metal and countless bands. I think specific bands infleunced metal over genres.

Without 70's music and these key metal bands we would not have heavier music plain and simple. Regardless there have been people defying and rocking since the beginning not always going with the grain.

 

[Dee Snarl]

Influential on OTHER genres?

Death metal.

 

[Hammer of Might]

Thrash had the biggest influence on the various forms of metal nowadays, imo.

 

[Carcassian]

I think the NWOBHM band Aragorn were the most influential band, with their hugely influential record.

http://www.nwobhm.com/aragorn.htm

 

[WNxScythe]

Thrash, because it spawned both death and black. Nevertheless, I infinitely prefer the progeny

 

[cookiecutter]

Thrash, because it spawned both death and black. Nevertheless, I infinitely prefer the progeny

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[Carcassian]

THRASH > DEATH

 

[Susperia]

BLACK > THRASH

 

[Hammer of Might]

No.

 

[Teh Grimace]

Yup.

 

[Carcassian]

BLACK > THRASH

Eat less mushrooms, talk more sense.

 

[Thorns On My Grave]

I do agree... Overall Thrash has had the most important influence over modern metal, one would be hard pressed to find a band nowadays that does not draw heavily from the genre... I am not a fan of straight up thrash myself but I do love how it can be incorporated into music

 

[yyrkoon]

definitely thrash metal, bands like slayer and metallica have been very influential

 

[MasterOLightning]

NWOBH.

 

[Guthrum]

If I remember correctly, Thrash started from the mixture of hardcore punk and NWOBHM. From there Thrash spawned Black and Death. So, technically, NWOBHM is the most influential.

 

[ohiogrinder]

I agree with whomever said hardcore, even though its not 'metal'. without hardcore's influence a lot of metal would turn into power ballady gay rock crapola.

 

[Blinded By Blood]

Heavy metal, duh

It started the whole genre

 

[Krakatau]

NWOBH.

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