Your top 1-3 bands from each genre

[RosesofShadow]

Swwwwweeeeeet choice in music, Roses!
hmmmm i'm not going to even bother listing my fav metal bands.. there are too many to mention.... meh...

yeah thanks man. many fave bands too not included there like Opeth and Agalloch which i didn't mention because of genre conflict.

But Opeth is i think Death Metal/progressive with acoustic, melodic passages and Agalloch is Bleak, Melancholic Metal as theendrecords categorized them.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

@ johnnykungfu: Your BM list rocks.

 

[no country for old wainds]

What are Ashen Light like?

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Amazing folk black. The guitar sound is a bit muddy, and the keys tend to take over a lot, providing great melody along with some moody ambient pieces. Awesome band.

 

[Valermos]

Power: Iced Earth, Blind Guardian, Nightwish, Stratovarius, Hammerfall, Dragonforce.....
Thrash: (Pre-load) Metallica, Testament, Slayer, Megadeth
Death: Morbid Angel, Cryptopsy, Death
Black: Immortal, Emperor, Burzum
Viking: Amon Amarth, Bathory, Enslaved
Folk: Finntroll, Agalloch, Empyrium
Doom/Goth: Lacuna Coil, The Gathering, Katatonia
Progressive: Symphony X, Opeth, Into Eternity
Gothenburg/melodeath: In flames, Dark Tranquility, Arch Enemy

 

[Toby]

Power: Iced Earth, Control Denied and from what I hear, Symphony X
Thrash: Megadeth, Slayer, Sepultura
Death: Cannibal Corpse, Death, Morbid Angel, Cryptopsy, Deicide, Skinless
Black: Emperor, Darkthrone, Satyricon
Viking: Amon Amarth, Thyrfing
Prog: Dream Theater
Heavy: Pantera, Iron Maiden