Metal Furs

[Buddy_Gecko]

Hey all,

Curious to drum up and see how many others out there are fans of Metal/Hard Rock.

I have only last year started seeing concerts. Saw Paganfest 2014 and this year was Piratefest (Alestorm!). Nothing really big; Both venues were at the Rickshaw Theatre and were good value tickets (about $30), nothing at say GM place.

But still, it was pretty rockin', good vibes and good people while down there.

While I love all metal, I definitley lean towards more power metal and folk metal. I guess just being a geek loving the lyrics about dragons, warriors and kings going along with an upbeat sound gives me great drive.

Just looking at my mp3 player; here is a list of bands that I currently have on it (but not necessarily the only ones I have heard).

3 Inches of Blood
Alestorm
Amon Amarth
Andre Matos
Angel Witch
Anthrax
Anvil
Asgard
Avenged Sevenfold
Guar
Sabaton
Mastodon
Bishop of Hexen
Black Sabbath
Blind Guardian
Brocas Helm
Children of Bodom
Cthonic
Cradle of Filth
D-Rok
Majesty
Dethklok
Dimmu Borgir
Dio
Dissection
Dragonhammer
Dreadcrew of the Oddwood
Dreamtheatre
Megadeth
Elvenking
Enisferum
Excalion
Metallica
Falkenbach
Dropkick Murphys
Finntroll
Flogging Molly
Freternia
Nightwish
Kiss
Grave Digger
Keldian
Motley Crue
KMFDM
Korpiklanni
Lordi
Manowar
Motorhead
Manegarm
Nastrandir
Nordheim
Northland
Ozzy Osbourne
Power Wolf
Rage
Rammstein
Rebellion
Reinxeed
Rhapsody
Rob Zombie
Firelake
Turisas
Skiltron
Spellblast
Tyr
Van Canto

(No tab function, so I bet it will look like a long ugly list)
But pretty sure there is more, whatcha think?

[Aerkin]

If you're looking for recommendations, you might want to check out Artificial Brain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE5oSHodb8I

They do some pretty great technical death metal. Fantastic instrumentation, busy drum patterns, and trademark guttural vocals that all sound surprisingly fluid and cohesive.

I myself don't listen metal terribly often, but these guys definitely scratch an itch.

[Sasha]

More a fan of glam metal myself

Sigh, heard of these guys? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD5rND-Nlq0 Michael Angelo Batio (who is usually seen with four-headed guitars) and Gilette who can scream a glass apart across a field.

[Kithop]

I've been in and out of metal bands since I was in middle school. :p

Played on this EP, and with these guys for like 2 years, though the band broke up at the end of last year:

http://lethalhalo.bandcamp.com/album/animanaut

https://youtu.be/gtWyHb_cbcY

I'm in the middle of house-shopping out in Mission right now, will hopefully have that sorted and be moving in the next few months.  The plan is to soundproof & convert the basement into a home studio & jam space, and get working on restarting my own solo project. :D

[Buddy_Gecko]

Cool, love the responses. I heard Machine Gun Eddie from Brutal Legend,  sure it was cut down but I still enjoyed it. I'm really interested in the general interest of metal in the conmunity. I wanna see if I can organize meets for concerts like at the rickshaw in van. Whatcha all think?

[willow]

Totally in to a diffrent genre of metal but yay metal anyways!

[kohl]

I like nu-metal. Ha. I adore Otep.

Checking out some local concerts could be fun. I've only been to one, when AC/DC was here.

[Kylnncryth]

Here, here! Though I'm more into death metal than most types of metal. I am not adverse to and do sometimes enjoy listening to thrash, groove, doom, crossover and black metal though.

Here is a "short" list of some of my favourite bands in a few different genres/sub-genres:
Abscess (technically not metal, more of a death/punk fusion, I still love the shit out of it though)
Asphyx
Autopsy
Bathory
Black Sabbath
Brutality
Carcass
Darkified
Death
Exodus
Hail of Bullets
Motorhead
Pentagram
Overkill
Repulsion
Sinister
Slayer
Slaughter
Slaughterday
Stormtroopers of Death
Supreme Pain
Venom
Watchtower
Witchfinder General

[00ACE00]

*is metal fan* I like all music really. W.A.S.P is one of my fave metal bands.

[Sawyer]

I actually just got back into metal after a long break from it and I don't even know why I ever stopped listening to it. Some of my favourite bands include Disturbed (probably my all-time favourite band. I have been listening to them since I was in grade five or six and I have been wanting to see them live since I was in grade six or seven. I am actually going to see them in March. :D ), Avenged Sevenfold, Rob Zombie, System Of A Down, Marilyn Manson, and I recently (re)discovered Slipknot. This kind of makes me want to pick up guitar. X3

[Spykr]

Gah, just too many good bands out there to list properly! Metal is such a tremendous, expensive genre that covers so many distinct (aaaand some not so distinct styles!) My tastes generally lend a little more old school, but I love most any subset of metal as long as it's played well! But for the sake of the thread...

Some of the stuff that's absolutely Metal in my library...
Accept
The Agonist
Armored Saint
At Vance (They do metal covers of ABBA songs on several albums. It's amazing.)
Avantasia
Carcass
The Devin Townsend Project
Diamond Head
Dio
Dragonforce
Edguy
Elvenking
Iron Maiden
Kamelot
Korpiklaani
Machine Head
Metallica
Sabaton
Savatage
System of a Down
Y&T

Stuff that's maybe not exactly metal but is VERY close or VERY influential
Budgie (mid-late 70's. A bit funky, a bit jazzy, early early heavy stuff. "Breadfan" is a good place to start)
Gary Moore ("Over the Hills and Far Away" and "Thunder Rising" were a huge influence on the operatic and symphonic metal genres. Best guitarist to play in Thin Lizzy.)
Primus (I'm not sure where they truly belong...But if drunk funk metal is a thing. That's Primus.)
Thin Lizzy ("Emerald" is the song by which Iron Maiden is built and then folk metal. Dueling guitar harmonies, galloping verses, lyrics based (or in this case taken entirely) from local lore and poetry. GUH they're good.)

[Zadon Mew]

Babymetal
Black Veil Brides
Disturbed
Dragonforce
Escape The Fate
Falling In Reverse
Fist Fight
Hell to Pay
Hopes Die Last
Horizons
Killswitch Engage
Lamb of God
Ninth Circle
Overworld

Pentakill (League of Legends based metal songs)

[ShadowBlaze]

The Metal I have in my library:
Arteryu
Anthrax
Babymetal
Black Sabbath
Disturbed
Dio
Dragonforce
Five Finger Death Punch
Guns N Roses (I feel like I shouldnt add them here but fuck it)
Iron Maiden
Metallica
Megadeth
Ministry
Nightwish
Ozzy Osbourne
Rage Against The Machine
Scorpions
Skalmold
System Of A Down
Tom Morello (as well as his solo career as: The Nightwatchman)
Thin Lizzy
Within Temptation
Wintersun
(if we incorportated Grunge id say Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver, Audioslave, Theory Of A Deadman)