Whats your favorite band from each genre ?

[Hatebreeder]

Agh, I can never make a decent list for these types of threads because I can't decide who to put. Too many good bands.

 

[cookiecutter]

I just subjected myself to Abigail Williams. They sound exactly like every metalcore band, except they have horrendous keys and donald duck on vocals. Fuck this band.

 

[ohiogrinder]

Birdflesh, Discordance Axis, Cock and Ball Torture
.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Traditional: Black Sabbath (favorite band of all time probly), Iron Maiden, Rainbow (if they count)
Progressive: Opeth
Stoner/Doom: Cathedral
Speed: Motörhead, Venom
Thrash: Metallica, Slayer
Black: '90s Dimmu Borgir (go to hell BM elitists), Bathory
Death: Morbid Angel, Bolt Thrower
Southern: Clutch, Down
Symphonic: Therion, Nightwish
Power: Stratovarius
Avant-garde: Arcturus
Folk: Finntroll

 

[Matt]

Too many to list, I had one going but then quit.

 

[Cythraul]

you sir, can huff a human sausage.

Yup. Whoever says Altars of Madness is overrated is fucking retarded.

Anyway,

Black: Burzum, Emperor, Darkthrone, Sacramentum, Averse Sefira, Sorcier des Glaces, and a few others
Death: Gorguts, Demilich, Morbid Angel
Tech Death: Atheist
Thrash: Sadus, Sepultura (their old stuff obviously), Sabbat
Heavy/Power: Iron Maiden, Blind Guardian
Doom: Cathedral, Candlemass, Disembowelment, Esoteric

 

[MURAI]

Yup. Whoever says Altars of Madness is overrated is fucking retarded.

It is their best album.

 

[ohiogrinder]

Traditional Metal: Black Sabbath and Judas Priest
Thrash Metal: Sepultura, Slayer, and Kreator
Black Metal: Celtic Frost, Mayhem and Bathory
Death Metal: Obituary, Entombed, Suffocation, Dying Fetus, Incantation, Malevolent Creation, Decapitated, Bolt Thrower etc etc
Grindcore: Napalm Death
Industrial: Nailbomb
Doom Metal: Cathedral
Sludge: Crowbar and Eyehategod
Groove/Modern Metal: Black Label Society, Pantera and Pissing Razors
Hardcore/Metalcore: Biohazard

Yes, pure grindcore and hardcore are punk and not exactly metal.

I actually agree with that. but that doesn't make them bad genres, as enjoy a great deal of both.

 

[Blue_Jay]

Black: Burzum,Darkthrone,Destroyer 666, Negura Bunget, list goes on...
Death: Deicide
Thrash: Kreator
Power: Sonata Arctica
Melodic: Amon Amarth (by far)
Progressive: Shadow Gallery
Doom: haven't invested in the genre yet
Gothic: Moonspell
Indie Rock: The Wrens (The Meadowlands)
Country: George Strait

 

[Personified Hatred]

great call on hipocrisy - an underrated band around here

They're not such underrated as you think...

 

[Disarmonia_Mundi]

Hardcore - Dead Man in Reno / War of Ages / Demise of Eros / Beneath The Sky / The Agony Scene / Invocation of Nehek / Catherine / August Burns Red / As I Lay Dying / Bloodsimple /
Metalcore - Killswitch Engage / DieCast / A Love Ends Suicide / Bleed The Sky / Haste The Day / Old It Dies Today not new crap / Demon Hunter / Destroy the Runner / Still Remains / All That Remains
Melodic Death - Eternal Tears of Sorrow / MPE / Disarmonia Mundi / Norther / Skyfire / Imperanon / Kalmah / myGRAIN / The Duskfall / Enter My Silence / Noumena / Insomnium
Black - Graveworm Stormlord Catamenia
Thrash - Lyzanxia
Viking/Folk - Eluveitie / Finntroll / Glittertind / SuidAkra / Ensiferum
Gothenburg - InFlames / Soilwork / Dark Tranquility / Scar Symmetry
Death - Neaera / Fear My Thoughts / Dimension Zero /


I doubt many of you will know each band I said, maybe not even half, just use myspace to check em all out

 

[Chimera]

In no particular order:

Thrash - The Haunted, Overkill, Slayer, Testament, Pantera
Prog - Dream Theater, Threshold, A.C.T., Zero Hour, Sieges Even
Classic / Heavy - Iron Maiden, Dream Evil, Kaiser, Therion, Skid Row
Death - Zyklon, Deicide, Spawn Of Possession, Vital Remains, Malevolent Creation, Necrophobic
Black - Naglfar, Behemoth, Emperor, Belphegor

 

[kingoffiends]

Black: Meads of Asphodel

Power: Sonata Arctica

Death: Arch Enemy

Classic: Iron Maiden

Folk: Turisas

Viking: Amon Amarth

Goth: Nightwish

Rock: Lordi

 

[challenge_everything]

Black: Emperor
Death: Cryptopsy
Black/Death: Melechesh
Melodic Death: Dark Tranquillity
Thrash: Metallica, At the Gates
Progressive Death: Opeth, Orphaned Land
Progressive Black: Arcturus
Folk: Agalloch
Power: Sonata Arctica
Gothic: Tristania (old)
Hard rock: Led Zeppelin

 

[zim18]

Morbid Angel is overrated. Especially Altars of Madness.


Pretty nice list otherwise. You remind me, I forgot to give Metallica credit. Without them I would not be posting here either. My first metal band.

morbid angel overated? ALTARS OF MADNESS OVERATED? that album alone is one of the best ever made for that genre

 

[Thoth-Amon]

morbid angel overated? ALTARS OF MADNESS OVERATED? that album alone is one of the best ever made for that genre

Top 10 certainly.

 

[Noble Viking]

Death - Death
Thrash - Slayer, Megadeth
Power - Sonata Arctica, Dragonforce, Stratovarius
Black - Dimmu, Dark throne is pretty raw
Classic - Maiden, Sabbath, Old Ozzy
Prog - Dream Theater, Symphony X, Watchtower/Spastic Ink

 

[Personified Hatred]

Black Metal: too hard to choose...
Thrash Metal: Slayer
Death Metal: Death
Heavy Metal/NWOBHM: Venom
Power Metal: Blind Guardian
NuMetal/Crossover: Rammstein
Speed Metal: Motorhead
Doom Metal: Black Sabbath

I'll update it for Black Metal: TAAKE!!!

 

[LuminousAether]

Viking metal: Enslaved
Black metal: Emperor
Post black metal: Solefald
Tech death: Neuraxis
Metalcore: Cave In
Mathcore: The Dillinger Escape Plan
Progressive Metal: Unexpect
Grindcore: Cephalic Carnage
Romantic doom: My Dying Bride
Funeral doom: Skepticism
Doom death: Mourning Beloveth
Epic doom: While Heaven Wept
Shoegazer / drone metal: Jesu

 

[Deadline]

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