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If there's any kind of thread that people will respond to, it's the dreaded list (even if it's already been done before several times, which it might have been). And since music seems to be about the only thing going these days... So top five 1. Clutch 2. Queens of the Stone Age 3. Tool 4. Pelican 5. Alice in Chains Honorable Mentions: A Perfect Circle, Bad Religion, Calexico, Dredg, Failure, GnR, Metallica, Tom Waits, Ween view post
My top five: 1. Alice in Chains--I loved these guys growing up. 2. Led Zeppelin--Best rock singer EVER. So many great songs and albums. 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan--Best blues rock musician EVER. I could listen to those blues solos forever. 4. Soundgarden--Second best rock singer. That range is only second to Plant's. But Cornell's got a hell of a banshee wail. 5. Pearl Jam--I'm a product of the Seattle Scene, if you couldn't tell, but I'm just discovering now how great this band really is. They're the Stones and the Aerosmith of my generation. I think they'll be around forever. Honorable mentions: Rage Against the Machine, Stone Temple Pilots, Eric Clapton (in all his incarnations), Jimi Hendrix, Bob Seger, Van Halen (with Roth), etc., etc. view post
radiohead led zepplin morphine the band steely dan king crimson cactus mountain pink floyd utopia zz top rolling stones beatles yes jethro tull who cream little feat this is just a list of bands...not individuals because really i like specific muscians in these and other bands not mentioned...like hendrix fripp clapton page bonham lowell george lennon bellew rundgren ian anderson martin barre mark sandman thom yorke roger waters jack bruce rundgren etc etc etc and i'd ALWAYS rather hear pete townsend sing his own songs rather than daltry. (eeeyeww.) view post
Terrible at 'Top __' lists, so I'll just name a bunch at random: The White Stripes, The Smashing Pumpkins, Muse, Radiohead, Less Than Jake, Kasabian, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and so on and so forth... view post
Atheist
Cynic
Gordian Knot
Opeth
Crowbar
Those are my favorite metal bands. I could list a hundred of those.
These are other.
Led Zeppelin
Martin Springett
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Bill Evans
Dredg
The Cars
Rammstein
Russian Circles
Isis
Pelican
I'll probably do another list. 
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1) Blind Guardian 2) Iced Earth 3) Avantasia 4) All That Remains 5) hmmmm hard one........ Bruce Dickinsons Solo Carrer will take my fifth spot. Was going too put Demons and Wizards on the list but since thier a joint effort from Hanzi (From Blind Guardian) and Jon Scauffer (from Iced Earth) I figured I'd just give them a honrable mention. view post
did i mention chris whitley? chris whitley chris whitley chris whitley view post
[quote="AjDeath":2n540fdg]Atheist
Cynic
Gordian Knot
Opeth
Crowbar
Those are my favorite metal bands. I could list a hundred of those.
These are other.
Led Zeppelin
Martin Springett
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Bill Evans
Dredg
The Cars
Rammstein
Russian Circles
Isis
Pelican
I'll probably do another list. [/quote:2n540fdg]
Mahavishnu Orchestra is incredible.
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[quote="Orion_metalhead":2zmpemgj][quote="AjDeath":2zmpemgj]Atheist
Cynic
Gordian Knot
Opeth
Crowbar
Those are my favorite metal bands. I could list a hundred of those.
These are other.
Led Zeppelin
Martin Springett
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Bill Evans
Dredg
The Cars
Rammstein
Russian Circles
Isis
Pelican
I'll probably do another list. [/quote:2zmpemgj]
Mahavishnu Orchestra is incredible.[/quote:2zmpemgj]Yes, they are. I can't believe I hadn't listened to them sooner. I listen to a lot of jazz and fussion, why did I overlook these guys?
More bands.
Ephel Duath
Canvis Solaris
Alarum
Nevermore
Mono (japan)
Pungent Stench
Necrophagist
Melechesh
Meshuggah
Orphaned Land
Opeth
I'll probably do another list.
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I listen to a lot of progressive rock and progressive metal from around the world, so: BANDS 1. Pain of Salvation 2. Flower Kings 3. Karmakanic 4. Dream Theater 5. Echolyn 6. After Crying 7. Spock's Beard 8. Trans-Siberian Orchestra 9. Transatlantic 10. Genesis ALBUMS: 1. Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element 2. Flower Kings - Stardust We Are 3. Dream Theater - Awake 4. After Crying - Show 5. Karmakanic - Wheel of Time 6. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve 7. Flower Kings - Unfold the Future 8. Pain of Salvation - Be 9. Echolyn - Suffocating the Bloom 10. Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever view post
Oh, an honorable mention is Green Carnation's album, [i:590w43e6]Light of Day, Day of Darkness[/i:590w43e6]. Orchestras, choirs, a metal band, an epic 60 minute song... view post
[quote="Nauticus":1zem299b]Oh, an honorable mention is Green Carnation's album, [i:1zem299b]Light of Day, Day of Darkness[/i:1zem299b]. Orchestras, choirs, a metal band, an epic 60 minute song...[/quote:1zem299b]I love the female vocals in the middle of the track. So manic and perfect. view post
I do agree. The entire song is crafted so masterfully. I love how ambient it is during that, and how it builds back up. Sixty minutes just flies right by. I saw Rent the other night, and I have to give it credit - I love that musical. So, I'll make a list of musicals now. 1. Les Miserables 2. Jekyll & Hyde 3. Rent 4. Phantom of the Opera 5. Rasputin 6. Jesus Christ Superstar 7. Wicked 8. Whistle Down the Road 9. Joseph And the Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat 10. Nostradamus The first three are completely interchangable, and the rankings change daily. view post
Hi, first post here...I was going to lurk until I actually read some of the PoN trilogy but I just can't pass these type of threads up. In no particular order (but with the more liked ones toward the top), my favourite bands would have to be: Cog The Mars Volta The Butterfly Effect Karnivool Tool Sigur Ros (I've only heard () but that album takes my breath away - the music is so beautiful, yet so fragile) Nine Inch Nails Metallica A Perfect Circle Fear Factory Mudvayne Pink Floyd Led Zepplin Marilyn Manson Guns'n'Roses That's about all I can think of at the moment. view post
Welcome, MoP. Feel free to stop by the introductions thread so Da'Krul can give you your cookie. Decent list. view post
My first substantial post here as well, aside from the Greetings thread. Like MoP I cannot resist such lists, and here is mine: Pink Floyd Metallica ZZ Top George Thorogood & The Destroyers The Angels AC/DC John Butler Trio The Jets Green Day Pearl Jam Nirvana U2 Showing my age I guess...... view post
just because i didn't feel like creating a new topic... www.last.fm (the opening page should give you all the info you need) me = djakfrost view post
W.A.S.P - The Crimson Idol Just found this gold album, A very we'll done concept album view post
The Tangent will be releasing one of the best progressive rock albums of all time at the beginning of Febraury, called [i:4ceduxdk]A Place in the Queue[/i:4ceduxdk]. I've heard it, many times, so I agree. It's my favorite prog rock album at the moment. view post
all-time faves? id go with metallica. i like jimi hendrix too. current fave right now? id go with Alter Bridge. view post
funny how i never saw this before.. music is my life.. favorite bands? it's hard to say but i will have to go with bathory, carcass, pungent stench, GWAR, venom, falkenbach, (old) ulver, yyrkoon, umm.. i'm on a lot of painkillers, i'll have to think about this more. view post
Hmmm, my current favourites: Kaiser Chiefs Flogging Molly Fron 242 Pulp Scissor Sisters Sisters of Mercy view post
Afro Celt Sound System I Need Cheeta Why Irish Miss Nancy's 2nd Grade Insanitarium Blue Wish Bhodisatva Natty Jah Piddle The Shaving Yanis Odua Je T'aime Singe Louder Life Ech Hob Dir In Drerd My Zion Yoshida Bros. Wooden Love Single Wretch Janitors of Asgard New Mask Waga Benjo Uchini Teishoku Raggasonic yeah...i listen to some wierd $h!t view post
[quote="Edge of Certainty":3cpwzger]yeah...i listen to some wierd $h!t[/quote:3cpwzger] ya, i don;t think i've heard of any of those.. no, i think i heard a song by the first one.. maybe.. sounds familiar view post
Ooooh, I'll keep an eye out for "Piddle", just for the name... That CD would go on the top of the stack. Hehehe. Seems like the majority of people who post here are into Metal, or at least prog rock, which I find interesting. Does it go with the literature, or is it just that people are more passionate about that sort of music? Personally, I started out on '80's cock rock, have been through Punk, Death, Techno, Alternative, Stoner and Retro and still love some of all of it. ALL TIME FAVES (in no particular order - various genres) Nirvana Judas Priest Pantera Sex Pistols/NoFX (Tie between the original and the best) Infected Mushroom Fear Factory The Pixies Motorhead Regurgitator Portishead I'll keep to ten for now. view post
[quote="Curethan":1474g9ol]Seems like the majority of people who post here are into Metal, or at least prog rock, which I find interesting. Does it go with the literature, or is it just that people are more passionate about that sort of music?[/quote:1474g9ol]
ya, that's weird. i know A LOT of fantasy fans who are metalheads.. in fact i met my husband at a kreator show by trading fantasy books.. when he gave me the darkness that comes before to read, i knew it was love 
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Could be that liking fantasy and metal are just both signs of good taste.
You take fantasy books to metal shows? I assume there was more to it than expecting to get bored 
Oh, I wish GWAR would tour down here.
Hmm, maybe I should carry a spare copy of "darkness" around...
hehe
I tried looking on the 'net for Piddle, just got a lot of stuff I didn't wanna know about, so if Edge of Certainty or anyone else can tell me where I might be able to find this band's work I'd be grateful (I'm in Australia, remember).
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haha no, we started talkin on a metal board and just decided to trade some books... i dunno what the correllation is.. except for myself. i like folky, epic black metal, which often has very fantastic elements in its music and lyrics.. conversely i like a lot of gory death metal, which helps to appreciate the war scenes.. ok, i'm just pullin stuff outta my ass now.. view post
piddle is garage band here in my neighborhood....lol...i don't think you'll find anything about them on the internet (i don't theink they even have a sample tape) I need cheeta and blue wish are both cross genre bands (mainly mixing cultural music and various forms of modern contemporary) Why Irish is a lesser known Irish punk band based in Chicago. Miss Nancy's 2nd Grade Insanitarium is the alter ego name of a band called Arkangel (which is my last name) Janitors of Asgard is a non-existant band (but i wish they were real) that i made up one saturday after having a bad dream after eating too many starbursts.... the rest are bands (mostly cultural based) that i had the honor to meet on my world travels when i was semi-rich...if you ever get the chance, travel the world...it's awesome but yeah, there may be one or two of those that i listed that might possibly have a few albums that one may actually purchase, but mostly, i only listen to non-profit bands... view post
I started out playing guitar and heavy reading at the same time (12), I started out reading fantasy and frigging Grisham and Crichton. Guitar wise I started playing guitar by playing bluegrass, eventually my personality became more pissy and cynical and I moved to metal, now that I have matured a very tiny bit I prefer post rock, jazz, jazz fusion, fusion and classic stuff as well as Death Metal and Thrash. BM comes off as pretentious to me (yes even more so then Post Rock 
) and really just doesn't do it for me, well, most metal music doesn't for me even though I play that type of music.
GO figure? 
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*nods to Stubby* (I think I know ye) For bands. Shit -- so hard to pick depending on mood and general inebriation. High on Fire/Sleep Dismemberment Plan Wu-Tang Clan My Bloody Valentine Sunn O))) Ted Leo + the Pharmacists Perceptionists Minutemen Queens of the Stone Age Public Enemy Propagandhi view post
Top 5: Judas Priest Kreator Iron Maiden Overkill Blind Guardian Honourable mentions: Heathen, Mekong Delta, Sodom, Kamelot, Shadows Fall [quote:lyq2yco3]W.A.S.P - The Crimson Idol [/quote:lyq2yco3] That album is completely incredible. view post
I used to be in metal a few years ago.. I don't really.. dislike it anymore.. it's just not really my thing.. currently really into industrial (and have been pretty much since metal.. kind of migrated from metal to industrial).. a few bands i listen to frequently.. das ich, skinny puppy, wumpscut, ohGr, i've been on a decoded feedback kick lately as well.. *tips his non-existent hat to whoever had mentioned front 242 a page or two ago* view post
This is depressing. I recently had a run of bad luck...getting fired from my job...which resulted in the selling of a huge portion of my CD collection to pay my rent. I'll participate anyway... In no real order here are some bands that are important to me. RHCP Ministry Scout Niblett Type O Negative Cat Power Melvins Dalek Pearl Jam Faith No More Mr. Bungle Tomahawk Monster Magnet Kyuss QOTSA RevCo Massive Attack Yeah Yeah Yeahs PJ Harvey More of course but I'll stop here for now. view post
SunnO)))
Khanate
Electric Wizard
Phantomsmasher
Melt Banana
Acid Mothers Temple
Keiji Haino
Merzbow
Agoraphobic Nosebleed
Julian Cope
Saint Vitus
DarkThrone
Blut Aus Nord
No genre groupings, as you might notice Sorry about that, doing other stuff at the time
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is there anyone here who's hardcore jrock fans? view post
[quote="sunnKHANN":311irvqw]SunnO))) Electric Wizard[/quote:311irvqw] [img:311irvqw]http://www.bravewords.com/braveboard/images/smiles/abbath.gif[/img:311irvqw] view post
[quote="Edge of Certainty":1l6fxrjd]is there anyone here who's hardcore jrock fans?[/quote:1l6fxrjd] I know some jrock, it's quite good, but not my normal kind of thing. Malice Mizer, Dir en grey, MUCC, I know a few. @gierra: Check out Church of Misery if you haven't already, they're quite good. Japanese sludge/doom metal. view post
i must live ina hole.. what the hell is jrock? view post
jrock = japanese rock. runs the gamut from the 5,6,7,8s (garage) to Guitar Wolf (garage/punk) to Malice Mizer (not gonna even try to describe them) More "rock" sound than noise (e.g. Merzbow) view post
[quote="gierra":2ixuwkzi]i must live ina hole.. what the hell is jrock?[/quote:2ixuwkzi] Japanese rock. Dir en grey, Malice Mizer, Gackt, MUCC, Pufi Ami Yumi, that kind of thing. Some of it's abyssmal, some of it's ok. There's better Japanese music though. (Merzbow, Boris, Acid Mothers Temple, Church of Misery, Melt Banana). view post
don;t forget sigh. sigh are awesome. view post
[quote="gierra":38p33v65]don;t forget sigh. sigh are awesome.[/quote:38p33v65] Yea, Sigh are cool. Also, I'm trying to find anything by Corrupted, a sludge/doom band from Japan. view post
Hey Sunn: you heard anything yet by Om (two guys from Sleep)? I haven't gotten the chance yet, but I'm curious ('cos I loved Sleep and High on Fire) view post
[quote="Xray the Enforcer":mzmnbpj9]Hey Sunn: you heard anything yet by Om (two guys from Sleep)? I haven't gotten the chance yet, but I'm curious ('cos I loved Sleep and High on Fire)[/quote:mzmnbpj9] Haven't heard anything yet, though I've read a review or two, and they seem to be doing well there, so I might pick up a copy of their debut sometime soon. view post
Didn't care for Om at all, and I dig Sleep. view post
Was it too....sedate? I had a fear that Om would have left the teeth-gritting behind with Pike... view post
Honestly, I can't remember why I didn't like it. I just remember suffering through one track then skipping through the rest. I think it was a bit too ambient and out there for my tastes. Makes sense, though, since... Pike?... went to High on Fire whose music is great, but I can't stand the vocals ... probably for the same reason I can never get into The Dillinger Escape Plan. view post
Heironymus Bosch (tech death with a twist from Russia) are my current favs of the moment. view post
Oi Vei, just saw this so being a musician I had to contribute.... 1) The Clash 2) Dead Kennedy's 3) Good Riddance 4) Bad Religion 5) Protest The Hero Can you guess where my musical tastes lie? view post
[quote="JustifiedHeretic":264dmqct]Oi Vei, just saw this so being a musician I had to contribute....
1) The Clash
2) Dead Kennedy's
3) Good Riddance
4) Bad Religion
5) Protest The Hero
Can you guess where my musical tastes lie?[/quote:264dmqct]
[img:264dmqct]http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c284/HKTII/5a096947.jpg[/img:264dmqct]
Sorry, couldn't help myself
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To all the beautiful Hessian women of metal....HAIL! </Manowar> view post
oh gods, manoqueer. i actually saw them once.. i was redeemed by the fact that they played with immortal. -phew- view post
Manowar is actually pretty good...from time to time...White Lion is a far bette rhair metal band tho. view post
There's a ridiculously irresistable charm about ManOwaR for me... view post
[quote="sunnKHANN":d85rnr7n]There's a ridiculously irresistable charm about ManOwaR for me...[/quote:d85rnr7n] yeah. kinda like ogling a train wreck, or really loving true crime novels. view post
[quote="Xray the Enforcer":ly1686xz][quote="sunnKHANN":ly1686xz]There's a ridiculously irresistable charm about ManOwaR for me...[/quote:ly1686xz]
yeah. kinda like ogling a train wreck, or really loving true crime novels.[/quote:ly1686xz]
Kind of I guess.
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