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Your Top Fifteen (15) Metal bands of All Time?


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In no particular order:

 

Black Sabbath

Iron Maiden

Judas Priest

Megadeth

Metallica

Ozzy

Pantera

Dio

Motley Crue

Ratt

Skid Row

Twisted Sister

Soundgarden

Tool

Black Label Society

 

That was challenging.......

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In alphabetical order!!

 

Between the Buried & Me

Black Label Society

Children of Bodom

Circus Maximus

Dream Theater

Hatebreed

Iron Maiden

Mastodon

Ozzy Osbourne

Pantera

Slipknot

Stratovarius

Symphony X

System of a Down

Trivium

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Here are 15 off the top of my head:

 

Sabbath

Priest

Maiden

Metallica

Scorpions

Celtic Frost/Hellhammer

Venom

Slayer

Megadeth

Mercyful Fate

Tool

Savatage

Manowar

Alice in Chains

Motorhead

 

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'Heavy Metal' was a term more loosely used until the NWOBHM in the late seventies/early eighties helped solidify the parameters of pure metal. A lot of hard rock bands like Zep, VH, KISS, AC/DC and Rush were often referred to as heavy metal. So with that being said, I will leave out these titans, even if they do have deep roots in the beginnings of metal.

 

My favorite metal bands:

 

1. Iron Maiden

2. Slayer

3. Metallica

4. Black Sabbath

5. Ozzy (sorry, not the same as Sab)

6. Pantera

7. Exodus

8. Megadeth

9. Black Label Society

10. Judas Priest

11. Anthrax (Joey Era)

12. Sepultura (Max Era)

13. Motley Crue

14. Motor Head

15. Morbid Angel

 

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King Diamond

Deicide

Napalm Death

Metal Church

Death Angel

Mercyful Fate

Iron Maiden

Judas Priest

Manowar

Slayer

Warlock

Voivod

Testament

Celtic Frost

Paradise Lost

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somewhat chronilogical, including some important hard rawk bands;

 

zep

sabs

lizzy

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priest

AC DC

motorhead

VH

maiden

metallica

soundgarden

kings x

pantera

rage against the machine

mastodon

 

throw in some john scofield & tony williams and this looks like my ipod smile.gif

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Black Sabbath

Budgie

Iron Maiden

Judas Priest

Krokus

Lacuna Coil

Megadeth

Metallica

Motorhead

Opeth

Pantera

Rainbow

Scorpions

Twisted Sister

Tool

UFO

 

EDIT: had to trade Accept for Krokus 1022.gif

EDIT: had to sacrifice Ozzy so I could include Budgie... this is hard!

EDIT: ok how can I leave out Opeth!! or Lacuna coil!! hmm bye bye Tool and Tull... lol

EDIT: ..hmmm no. Tool stays.. f**k it. you're getting 16 bands f*cker!!! 1022.gif

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In no particular order:-

 

Iron Maiden

UFO

Triumph

Motorhead

Thin Lizzy

Sabbath

Taurus

Killswitch Engage,

Scorpions,

Whitesnake

Saxon

Rainbow,

Priest

Girlschool

Dio

 

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QUOTE (Xanadu Princess @ Feb 18 2010, 11:54 AM)
My turn biggrin.gif

Sabbath
Budgie
UFO
Diamond Head
Saxon
Krokus
Scorpions
Girlschool
Down
Tool

Good choice, but where's Maiden? ohmy.gif

 

Oh, and you have another 5 bands to choose from too (top 15 see) tongue.gif

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QUOTE (Sonatine @ Feb 18 2010, 07:22 AM)
QUOTE (Xanadu Princess @ Feb 18 2010, 11:54 AM)
My turn biggrin.gif

Sabbath
Budgie
UFO
Diamond Head
Saxon
Krokus
Scorpions
Girlschool
Down
Tool

Good choice, but where's Maiden? ohmy.gif

 

Oh, and you have another 5 bands to choose from too (top 15 see) tongue.gif

Short and to the point.

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QUOTE (Sonatine @ Feb 18 2010, 01:22 PM)
Oh, and you have another 5 bands to choose from too (top 15 see)  tongue.gif

laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif

 

I was kinda puzzled why everyone's list contained more than ten bands - I don't know where I got the ten from, cos I knew it said in the thread title fifteen TWICE - yup Dim is my middle name laugh.gif

 

I shall go away and think of another five - some of my other favs aren't really metal, more like heavy/hard rock, so that might have to do.

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QUOTE (naturalsciences101 @ May 31 2009, 12:08 PM)
I want to know if there is some sorta concensus on who are the Top Fifteen (15) Metal bands of All Time.  I was going to say, Top Ten Hard Rock/Heavy Metal...but, I'm not gonna swing down that particular corridor.  That's too broad a term, and not enough selections allotted.  Ten is too few a number, and Twenty is to large to discern anything from the results.  When you consider just how many amazing Metal bands there are out there, the task is quite difficult.

So, I ask you - - Which groups are the Top Fifteen Metal bands of All Time?  You can use your own knowledge of what the term 'Heavy Metal' means to you when comprising your list of Fifteen bands.  There have been quite a number of 'borderline' bands who are acceptable to some folks and not acceptable to others when considering which groups fall underneath that umbrella term - 'Heavy Metal'.

Bands like Guns n' Roses, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Rage Against The Machine, Kiss, Deep Purple, Creed are the type and range of bands which might be considered as 'borderline' groups.  You can include them if you like them enough, PLUS, feel that they truly encompass the term.  Three of my selections were choosen because they best represent a whole sub-genre of Metal that I really like. 

And, your list of  bands doesn't necessarily need to be in any specific order.  The more you like the genre of Metal, the more difficult it will be for you to cull the herd down to only 15 selections.  Try to be objective.  Which groups do you think are the 'best' 15?  Inevitably, you will have to cull some key selections and leave out some definite favs.


15 Best Metal Bands of All Time

Testament
Exodus
Iced Earth
Ozzy Osbourne
Megadeth
Candlemass
Black Sabbath
Mastodon
Death
Pantera
Judas Priest
Metallica
Iron Maiden
DIO
Dream Theater


If we get enough lists from users here, maybe later we can see if we're able to put the users' favourites in some type of numerical order.

Hey speaking of this thread, what the heck ever happened to Naturalsciences101?

 

I never saw his little "nickname" below his avatar. That is one of the funniest things I have ever read:

 

"Narcissistic Anal Fissure" laugh.gif

 

 

Sounds like a great name for my future band. 1022.gif

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I can't be bothered making lists that will go out of date when my mood changes...

 

This is an old thread...

 

Where is natural science anyway? Did he write out his tax return in the form of his favourite 15 metal crash cymbals, then die of boredom??

 

 

 

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QUOTE (treeduck @ Feb 18 2010, 02:05 PM)
I can't be bothered making lists that will go out of date when my mood changes...

This is an old thread...

Where is natural science anyway? Did he write out his tax return in the form of his favourite 15 metal crash cymbals, then die of boredom??



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LOL!

 

I agree dude, lists change every day, yet they are fun to write on a Forum!

 

I guess 101's anal fissure has been torn apart and flushed down the Rush toilet of Nothingness.

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QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Feb 18 2010, 04:08 PM)
QUOTE (treeduck @ Feb 18 2010, 02:05 PM)
I can't be bothered making lists that will go out of date when my mood changes...

This is an old thread...

Where is natural science anyway? Did he write out his tax return in the form of his favourite 15 metal crash cymbals, then die of boredom??



laugh.gif

LOL!

 

I agree dude, lists change every day, yet they are fun to write on a Forum!

 

I guess 101's anal fissure has been torn apart and flushed down the Rush toilet of Nothingness.

Sounds painful...

 

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Megadeth

PRONG

Iron Maiden

Living Colour...I'll catch hell for this one laugh.gif

Danzig

Slayer

Metallica

Black Sabbath

Ozzy Ozbourne

Judas Priest

Testement

Thin Lizzy

Dio

Dreamtheater

Bio Hazard

 

 

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QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Feb 18 2010, 04:08 PM)
QUOTE (treeduck @ Feb 18 2010, 02:05 PM)
I can't be bothered making lists that will go out of date when my mood changes...

This is an old thread...

Where is natural science anyway? Did he write out his tax return in the form of his favourite 15 metal crash cymbals, then die of boredom??



laugh.gif

LOL!

 

I agree dude, lists change every day, yet they are fun to write on a Forum!

 

I guess 101's anal fissure has been torn apart and flushed down the Rush toilet of Nothingness.

tongue.gif

 

 

he was a jolly fissure man. a strange dude but he knew a lot about music i will say.

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QUOTE (tangy @ Feb 18 2010, 02:27 PM)
QUOTE (RUSHHEAD666 @ Feb 18 2010, 04:08 PM)
QUOTE (treeduck @ Feb 18 2010, 02:05 PM)
I can't be bothered making lists that will go out of date when my mood changes...

This is an old thread...

Where is natural science anyway? Did he write out his tax return in the form of his favourite 15 metal crash cymbals, then die of boredom??



laugh.gif

LOL!

 

I agree dude, lists change every day, yet they are fun to write on a Forum!

 

I guess 101's anal fissure has been torn apart and flushed down the Rush toilet of Nothingness.

tongue.gif

 

 

he was a jolly fissure man. a strange dude but he knew a lot about music i will say.

Indeed. He made me look like a toddler when it came to music.

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QUOTE (Xanadu Princess @ Feb 18 2010, 03:15 PM)
Here's the 5 I forgot from my earlier post - more rock than metal.

VINTAGE Maiden (the first 2 albums and nowt else)
Y & T
Purple
Tank
Hanoi Rocks

I don't know you but I love you!!!

 

Y&T is in your TOP 5???? I am blown away!!

 

Y&T will always be in my TOP 5 too!! Some bands will never change on my lists!!

 

Cheers!!

 

Signed,

 

"I Believe In You"

 

PS: "KILLERS" is the greatest Maiden record on the planet! 1022.gif

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