The 25 Best Heavy Metal Bands

[Northman]

Originally Posted by amesj523

He's so good man. He does these little things that just add up. Snow-blind is a good one to check out.... (Out of hard rock/metal - i like all kinds - i grew up on punk - it's what keeps me young)

Same here. Metal/rock keeps the blood flowing and keeping me youthful.

[alkemical]

Originally Posted by Anubis

Same here.

Hey, i found a punk rock girl too...for real. She plays bass.

[Northman]

Originally Posted by amesj523

Hey, i found a punk rock girl too...for real. She plays bass.

Very nice.

[BroncoBuff]

Originally Posted by Anubis

Like i said, they did influence heavy metal. But they are more of a rock band than a metal band. But you would not be the only one nor the last one to consider them a metal band. I just have my personal criteria of how i rate a metal band vs a rock band.

Fair enough, I respect that ... you have your own criteria. That's more than the author of that story can say.

[bronco militia]

Metallica b****es!

Ride the Lightning-Landgraaf, Holland-May 2008

[Hogan11]

Originally Posted by amesj523

Hey, i found a punk rock girl too...for real. She plays bass.

It's hard to keep from quoting Dead Milkmen lyrics after this post

[BroncoBuff]

It's hard to keep Metallica out of the Top 5 ... in the musical purgatory of the 1980s, they brought metal back to mega-album-sale levels.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Originally Posted by BroncoBuff

True. But you can't deny he's (Trower) metal too.

Only if your definition of "metal" is purely subjective and ignores commonly accepted classifications of musical genres.

It would be difficult to find one critic, reviewer, musicologist, historian, programmer, or retailer who has ever categorized anything Robin Trower has ever recorded as "metal."

Robin Trower's music would be most accurately described as "rock," "blues rock," or, in some instances "hard rock."

[Hogan11]

Originally Posted by L.A. BRONCOS FAN

Only if your definition of "metal" is purely subjective and ignores commonly accepted classifications of musical genres.

It would be difficult to find one critic, reviewer, musicologist, historian, programmer, or retailer who has ever categorized anything Robin Trower has ever recorded as "metal."

I dunno, Procol Harum was pretty heavy

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Originally Posted by BroncoBuff

Actually, from an historic perspective, HEAVY METAL itself can be pretty accurately traced to an industrial saw accident in the late 60's that lopped off two of Tony Iommi's fingertips. He never would have tuned down a step-and-a-half, and that 'Iron Man' heavy sound might never have been born. Sabbath is unquestionably #1 on any metal list.

I would have to agree with you on that account.

If I had to point to just one band as the prototypical metal band, it would probably be Black Sabbath. Definitely one of the more prominent roots of the family tree.

As for the term "heavy metal," it was first coined by rock critic Lester Bangs who encountered it in the novel "Naked Lunch" by William S. Burroughs and applied it to music.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Originally Posted by Hogan11

I dunno, Procol Harum was pretty heavy

If you were a music critic, a retailer, or a radio programmer, would you classify Procol Harum as "heavy metal?"

[Hogan11]

Originally Posted by L.A. BRONCOS FAN

I would have to agree with you on that account.

If I had to point to just one band as the prototypical metal band, it would probably be Black Sabbath. Definitely one of the more prominent roots of the family tree.

As for the term "heavy metal," it was first coined by rock critic Lester Bangs who encountered it in the novel "Naked Lunch" by William S. Burroughs and applied it to music.

That's true....most people think it originates from the Steppenwolf song, Bangs predates that.

Speaking of Bangs, I remember reading one of his pieces where he said Black Sabbath was the first Catholic rock band.....the mind boggles.

[Hogan11]

Originally Posted by L.A. BRONCOS FAN

If you were a music critic, a retailer, or a radio programmer, would you classify Procol Harum as "heavy metal?"

Heavy Mental, maybe....

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Originally Posted by Hogan11

Speaking of Bangs, I remember reading one of his pieces where he said Black Sabbath was the first Catholic rock band.....the mind boggles.

Was he referring to Ozzy's penchant for sporting crucifixes?

[alkemical]

Originally Posted by BroncoBuff

It's hard to keep Metallica out of the Top 5 ... in the musical purgatory of the 1980s, they brought metal back to mega-album-sale levels.

Then, they ran out of Dave's material.

OOPS did i say that out loud....

[bronco militia]

Originally Posted by amesj523

Then, they ran out of Dave's material.

OOPS did i say that out loud....

IT'S amazing how much bigger the band became AFTER Dave left.

check out the photo montage I found of Dave over the years:

[alkemical]

Originally Posted by bronco militia

IT'S amazing how much bigger the band became AFTER Dave left.

check out the photo montage I found of Dave over the years:

haha! my bait worked! lol!

[alkemical]

They might not be "metal" - but i do like Type O

[bronco militia]

Originally Posted by amesj523

haha! my bait worked! lol!

yeah, you and I are going to throw down either here or at the other place!

bring it on!

[alkemical]

Originally Posted by bronco militia

yeah, you and I are going to throw down either here or at the other place!

bring it on!

!

Look man, i dig the first few metallica albums - you know that. But man, they just starting sucking IMO, and that is my opinion. Just so happens after they ran out of Dave's material (and of course more to the truth - after Cliff) - although - i really liked newstead.

I just like Mega-Dave's work.

[bronco militia]

Originally Posted by amesj523

!

Look man, i dig the first few metallica albums - you know what. But man, they just starting sucking IMO, and that is my opinion. Just so happens after they ran out of Dave's material (and of course more to the truth - after Cliff) - although - i really liked newstead.

I just like Mega-Dave's work.

yeah, yeah...I know you used to like some of the Load stuff years ago.

[alkemical]

Originally Posted by bronco militia

yeah, yeah...I know you used to like some of the Load stuff years ago.

Nah, that's you man!

I'd rather listen to pantera than anything after the 3rd metallica album.

[bronco militia]

Originally Posted by amesj523

Nah, that's you man!

I'd rather listen to pantera than anything after the 3rd metallica album.

I was never into the hard core stuff, so I was cool with the Loads.

[alkemical]

Originally Posted by bronco militia

I was never into the hard core stuff, so I was cool with the Loads.

Pickles: [holding a lobster] Hold on, now, so yer telling me that you put these little guys in boiling water and they shreik and they turn red and they die.
Store Clerk: Yes, sir.
Pickles: That is the most metal thing I ever heard in my whole life. High five.

[bronco militia]

lol...I really need to watch that with my kid more often