[quote]skaz05 wrote:
[quote]SSC wrote:
Very disappointing thread.[/quote]
I concur.[/quote]
C’mon guys we already have our own giant thread, let them be haha.
Led Zeppelin was an incredible band, but in no way could they even be vaguely construed as “metal”…wikipedia be damned.
Black Sabbath, in my opinion, started metal as we know it.
[quote]TheNameisBond wrote:
[quote]WolBarret wrote:
[quote]TheNameisBond wrote:
[quote]WolBarret wrote:
[quote]TheNameisBond wrote:
So many posts, and no one has mentioned the greatest band in history: Led Zeppelin. Yet to be bettered…[/quote]
They’re not really Metal. The Who, Led Zeppelin, and Rolling Stones aren’t metal bands. They’re Rock N Roll. [/quote]
You cannot seriously be comparing The Who & Stones with Zeppelin…???
Zeppelin were “the first” heavy metal band.[/quote]
No, they weren’t. First Metal band would be Black Sabbath or Judas Priest, but even they didn’t consider themselves metal at first. They were just regular Rock N Rollers.
And yes, I am comparing Zeppelin to the Who and the Stones. Because they are Rock N Roll acts that have transcended their genre and have become musical Icons.
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"Heavy metal (often referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music[1] that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and the United States.[2] With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are generally associated with masculinity and machismo.[3]
The first heavy metal bands such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple attracted large audiences, though they were often critically reviled, a status common throughout the history of the genre. In the mid-1970s Judas Priest helped spur the genre’s evolution by discarding much of its blues influence; MotÃ?¶rhead introduced a punk rock sensibility and an increasing emphasis on speed. Bands in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal such as Iron Maiden followed in a similar vein. Before the end of the decade, heavy metal had attracted a worldwide following of fans known as “metalheads” or “headbangers”."
…and the first name mentioned was?[/quote]
While Zeppelin had two albums out before Black Sabboth, and while they were heavier than other bands at the time and most certainly influenced them AT THE TIME, I don’t think that they fall into what is commonly referred to today as “heavy metal”. I am a big fan of BOTH, and while “Whole lotta Love” has some has some of the same musical under currents that developed into “heavy metal”, I don’t think that’s what the band represented. But if Wikkipedia said it was true, it MUST be true… LOL Either way, no matter how you label it, it’s still some great fucking music!
Dethklok
Seriously.
[quote]horsepuss wrote:
[quote]BBriere wrote:
Sepultura -Bestial Devastation/Morbid Vivions through Arise before they became a rap metal band.[/quote]
Rap metal? are you on drugs.Sepultura did a song on roots with Jonathan Davis that was far from rap metal.Soulfly did a song with Fred Durst that was for from rap metal.You my friend are high, I am as big a sepultura fan as possible and couldnt disagree with you more.If you like Morbid visions and Bestial devastation more then blood rooted, roots and chaos A.D. then I guestion your abbility to judge.
Also I strongly hope you would agree that the version of Troops of Doom on Under Pale Grey Sky blows the older versions away.[/quote]
I grew up with the death/thrash metal scene in full force so I’m biased towards the older stuff. The Troops of Doom on Schizophrenia is far better than the version on Morbid Visions, but I never heard the version on Under a Pale Grey Sky. I just really like the raw sound of songs like Show me the Wrath and Necromancer (I’m actually typing this while listening to Rest In Pain).
However, I guess I have bad taste in music since I also like Joe Belladonna Anthrax and Steve Souza Exodus.
[quote]metal.head wrote:
meshuggah, megadeth, metallica, sepultura[/quote]
Sepultura is excellent. I also like what Max is doing with Soulfly these days. Their new album should be good.
…Me and my best friend listen to Steel Panther before going out to parties…it gets you in the right mindset lol
I’m a die hard Insomnium fan 
…Yet I will always love the obvious ones like slayer, Lamb of God and countless others.
Oh and how could I forget…
Heavy as fuck. An amazing band to see live.
Here we go
Metallica obviously is clutch
but I like Killswitch Engaged this is a great track in case anyone wants a quick lisen
Also I really like Alexisonfire, if you only have time to hear one then play this youl love it! I hope anyway if your into metal. Enjoy friends
[quote]horsepuss wrote:
I imagine this will spark some debate because Dimmu is black metal.But they shred, I have seen these guys live, the bass player has some fucking pipes.
Greatest metal band.
Megadeth
Children of Bodom
Pantera
Sepultura
Infanteria
[quote]angry chicken wrote:
[quote]TheNameisBond wrote:
[quote]WolBarret wrote:
[quote]TheNameisBond wrote:
[quote]WolBarret wrote:
[quote]TheNameisBond wrote:
So many posts, and no one has mentioned the greatest band in history: Led Zeppelin. Yet to be bettered…[/quote]
They’re not really Metal. The Who, Led Zeppelin, and Rolling Stones aren’t metal bands. They’re Rock N Roll. [/quote]
You cannot seriously be comparing The Who & Stones with Zeppelin…???
Zeppelin were “the first” heavy metal band.[/quote]
No, they weren’t. First Metal band would be Black Sabbath or Judas Priest, but even they didn’t consider themselves metal at first. They were just regular Rock N Rollers.
And yes, I am comparing Zeppelin to the Who and the Stones. Because they are Rock N Roll acts that have transcended their genre and have become musical Icons.
[/quote]
"Heavy metal (often referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music[1] that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and the United States.[2] With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. Heavy metal lyrics and performance styles are generally associated with masculinity and machismo.[3]
The first heavy metal bands such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple attracted large audiences, though they were often critically reviled, a status common throughout the history of the genre. In the mid-1970s Judas Priest helped spur the genre’s evolution by discarding much of its blues influence; MotÃ??Ã?¶rhead introduced a punk rock sensibility and an increasing emphasis on speed. Bands in the New Wave of British Heavy Metal such as Iron Maiden followed in a similar vein. Before the end of the decade, heavy metal had attracted a worldwide following of fans known as “metalheads” or “headbangers”."
…and the first name mentioned was?[/quote]
While Zeppelin had two albums out before Black Sabboth, and while they were heavier than other bands at the time and most certainly influenced them AT THE TIME, I don’t think that they fall into what is commonly referred to today as “heavy metal”. I am a big fan of BOTH, and while “Whole lotta Love” has some has some of the same musical under currents that developed into “heavy metal”, I don’t think that’s what the band represented. But if Wikkipedia said it was true, it MUST be true… LOL Either way, no matter how you label it, it’s still some great fucking music!
[/quote]
I agree with Wol and you, sir.
Zep drew a ton of influence from the blues, (which metal does, also) but, the way they interpreted it, is very obvious as to where its origins are. Whereas bands like Sabbath and Deep Purple, it comes from a much darker and heavier place.
Alice in Chains and Pantera.
MASTODON!!!
demon hunter
gojira and opeth
LOL at this thread.
The band that started it all.
Currently Re-Listening
The only metal I got on my ipod is Metallica and Opeth. I will also need to add disturbed to that list.
[quote]linnrose wrote:
Dio era Black Sabbath[/quote]
ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY!
Especially the Dehumanizer album.