okay, i actually posted a thread like this a year or so ago and got some good suggestions, so...

i'm finding myself leaning towards two types of metal (i'm making up genres or guessing as to where these fit...feel free to correct me - some of these seem to fit in different categories, or make sarcastic comments about how much they suck ):

"epic" metal
sonata arctica
demons & wizards
avantasia
luca turilli
dragonforce
blind guardian
gamma ray
iced earth
within temptation

"power/progressive" metal
angel dust
angra (i don't know where they fit)
balance of power
in flames
kamelot
nightwish
stratovarius

groups i've listened to, but don't really care for (based on the bands above, if you know of particular songs that you think i'd like from these bands, please feel free to suggest them)
at the gates
edguy ("down to the devil" is okay)
evergrey
gardenian
the gathering
helloween (except for "mr. torture", which is hilarious)
nevermore
opeth
symphony x
virgin steele

like i said, any suggestions/comments/criticisms are welcome...thanks!

5/29/2006 4:54:54 PM

First band that came to mind when I read the bands that you do like is Dark Tranquillity. Also check out the band Passenger, the side project of the lead singer of In Flames.

5/29/2006 5:03:44 PM

Insomnium is good epic metal.

5/29/2006 6:43:14 PM

Progressive:

As I lay Dying
Between the buried and me (surely you have listened)
Bleeding Through
Bury Your Dead
EndthisDay
From a second Story Window
The Black Dahilia Murder
Zao

Metalcore:
Circle Takes the Square
Everytime I die
Fear Marching before the flames
Glassjaw
It dies today
The Bled
This Runs Through

Just a sampling, might not be as dark/heavy as some mentioned but still worth a listen.

5/29/2006 8:05:33 PM

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"Progressive: As I lay Dying Between the buried and me (surely you have listened) Bleeding Through Bury Your Dead EndthisDay From a second Story Window The Black Dahilia Murder Zao Metalcore: Circle Takes the Square Everytime I die Fear Marching before the flames Glassjaw It dies today The Bled This Runs Through"

How fucking off are you????

5/29/2006 10:02:32 PM

Yeah, I'm really trying to think of how those bands you mentioned relate at all to the ones he listed, and I'm coming up short.

Some I'd recommend:

Wuthering Heights
Falconer
Savatage
Dreams of Sanity
Sinergy
Narnia
Wintersun
Jag Panzer
Bal-Sagoth
Borknagar
Soilwork
Children of Bodom

Dunno if you'll like all of them or not based on some of the ones you mentioned not liking being reasonably similar to some you do like, but it's worth giving them a shot. I'm sure you'll dig a few of them, at least.

[Edited on May 30, 2006 at 12:17 AM. Reason : ]

5/30/2006 12:15:11 AM

In my opinion its hard to top lamb of god. Daylight dies is pretty good too, and I cant get enough of Prong.

5/30/2006 12:17:57 AM

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"groups i've listened to, but don't really care for (based on the bands above, if you know of particular songs that you think i'd like from these bands, please feel free to suggest them) at the gates edguy ("down to the devil" is okay) evergrey gardenian the gathering helloween (except for "mr. torture", which is hilarious) nevermore opeth symphony x virgin steele"

Damn, you just listed a good number of my favorite bands there.

5/30/2006 7:27:53 AM

goblin cock

5/30/2006 9:28:23 AM

^^ i know, a lot of people have said the same thing

5/30/2006 9:46:35 AM

bttt

5/30/2006 7:41:33 PM

bttt...thanks for suggestions so far

5/30/2006 11:06:23 PM

GOATWHORE!

5/30/2006 11:30:12 PM

bmdurham must be joking.

5/31/2006 1:43:38 AM

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"bmdurham must be joking. "

Seriously, there are some REALLY bad suggestions in this thread.

5/31/2006 1:57:07 AM

definantly check out dark tranquility and passenger. do it now.

ok trying not to list anything that's already been listed. i'm also not going to classify this shit. this is what i listen to alongside the bands you mentioned you liked.

Darkest Hour (no mentions yet?)
Moonspell
Sentenced
Yngwie Malmsteen (obviously)
Xastur (if you like OLD AS FUCK Angra)
Amon Amarth
Amorphis
Ceremonia Oath (broke up early, guys went to form in flames, tiamat, at the gates, nightrage, etc)
Skyfire
Trivium (again.. no mentions? i listen to these guys with in flames 90% of the time)
White Skull



probly think of more later

5/31/2006 4:34:22 AM

bttt

5/31/2006 6:17:45 PM

Try Kreator. I have the album Endorama, and it kicks ass. Immortal is awesome as well.

5/31/2006 6:24:28 PM

BUZZOVEN!!!

5/31/2006 6:32:17 PM

Yngwie Fuckin Malmsteen

and if you want the most hardcore band ever

may i suggest The D

6/2/2006 1:41:19 AM

Shaman should be good if you liked Angra, I believe it's mostly the same band. I like them.

Dream Theater is always good. If you want some of their heavier stuff, I'd recommend Awake or Train of Thought.

Ark is some decent power prog.

If you do try out Savatage, I'd recommend Dead Winter Dead. It's my favorite of the three discs or so I have from them.

Vanden Plas and Pain of Salvation also might be worth looking in to.

Rammstein is also worth checking out. Although their older stuff was more industrial, the newer two feel somewhere between rock and metal to me.

[Edited on June 2, 2006 at 3:22 AM. Reason : more]

6/2/2006 3:19:02 AM

circle takes the square is pretty awesome, but i don't think i'd call them metalcore.

6/2/2006 8:31:53 AM

21 posts and no mention of Arch Enemy? I'll recommend their older stuff with Johan Liiva. I'm not sure you would enjoy Angela Gossow's extreme vocal style judging by the bands you listed.

As far as power metal I would check out Primal Fear, Seven Witches, and Dream Evil.
and of course the almighty Dio.

If you're looking for something strange and unique check out Arcturus and Bal-Sagoth.

[Edited on June 2, 2006 at 9:11 AM. Reason : ]

6/2/2006 8:58:41 AM

download winamp, if you don't already have it, and open up the media library and go through the shoutcast radio and winamp music. There's a metal section in shoutcast and metal is under hard rock in winamp music. Several of the bands already listed have songs and or video's on there. So if nothing else you can atleast check out some of the stuff being suggested. And just listen to random stuff in those categories every once in a while. That's what i do sometimes, you end up hearing a lot of shit you don't like or that is just "ok", but sooner or later you'll probably find something you like.

6/2/2006 9:34:45 AM

dude, you MUST get Heavenly...that is some of the best power metal out there, and listen to more of Edguy...you make think it is cheezy (and it is) but nothing cheers me up more than listening to them

if you are looking for more traditional-type metal, try Silent Force and Heaven's Gate

if you want to delve into the world of melodic death metal/doom/sludge stuff, then you definitely want to check out Swallow the Sun and Swarm of the Lotus and The Ocean

also, it's already been mentioned, but EVERYONE should listen to Soilwork...get on it

6/2/2006 8:11:36 PM

Anthrax - Among The Living
Dream Theater - Awake
Death - Symbolic
Cynic - Focus

Quote :

"Try Kreator. I have the album Endorama, and it kicks ass."

If that's the only Kreator album you have, you NEED "Violent Revolution" and "Extreme Aggression"

[Edited on June 4, 2006 at 1:11 AM. Reason : .]

6/4/2006 1:10:33 AM

ooo trivium, nice mention.

coma - the band is from romania, so i dont know how easy it would be to find it here, but it's pretty sweet metal if you do.

6/4/2006 2:28:18 PM

here's the best recommendation you'll get

stop listening to metal

6/4/2006 4:51:33 PM

boomtiskboomtiskboomtiskboomtisk

better for ya?

6/4/2006 5:18:23 PM

^^ yea ok..

6/4/2006 5:21:52 PM

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"here's the best recommendation you'll get stop listening to metal "

what kind of music do you like?

6/4/2006 8:48:33 PM

Oh wow, I gotta say thanks for pointing me to a band that I really dig. I had started going through the list of groups you like (since you listed a number of the power bands that I like) but didn't run all the way through the epic bands.

Then I heard Dragonforce on XM Liquid Metal with a couple songs off their new album yesterday. HOLY SHIT. These guys are quite different from most metal I listen to but are wicked. Now I gotta hit up that "epic" band list you got if and of them are half as good as Dragonfoce, I'll have an iPod worth of metal soon.

6/17/2006 8:32:01 AM

EYEHATEGOD (not exactly metal, but I just wanted to recommend them)

6/18/2006 7:48:15 PM

^that band paved the way for soooo many current metal bands

I am SO pissed I missed them a few months back

7/1/2006 12:26:48 AM

^ the show at Kings? Me too bro

7/1/2006 2:41:46 AM

^actually I was talking about the one at Ground Zero with Buried Inside

I have no idea why I missed it...I have the promo poster from it and everything

7/1/2006 9:48:51 AM

^ Oh wow, I didn't know of that show. I think Ground Zero is a good venue.

7/1/2006 1:26:58 PM

METALLICA

7/1/2006 5:14:49 PM

^only Kill 'em All -> And Justice For All though...

7/2/2006 6:21:58 PM