Tell us your fantasy band combinations!

I'll start:

Tanja Maul of Dawn of Destiny of Vocals
Empu of NW on guitars
6 Fingers of Magica on keys
Marco of NW on bass & vocals
drums - I'm don't care

Compositions by...LOREENA MCKENNITT!!!!!!

Me next!!:

Male Vocals: Marco Hietala-Tarot and NW (my favorite ever)
Female Vocals: Floor Jansen-ex-After Forever
Guitar 1: Jari Maenpaa-Wintersun (The master of his trade)
Guitar 2: Emppu Vuorinen-Nightwish (he's got so much energy!)
Bass: Steve Harris-Iron Maiden
Keyboard: Tuomas Holopanien-Nightwish

6 fingers of Magica is RIDICULUS.. I don't care for Magica too much, but he's fast as hell... I still think Tuomas has my #1 spot for sure.

Well, allow me to put up some other combinations!

Amanda Somerville, vocals
Tuomas of NW on Keys
Matt Marinelli of Borealis on guitars (I had to slip a Canadian in there)
Morten Veland of Sirenia on guitars, too
Birgit Öllbrunner of Midnattsol on bass - we need more female energy, here!
drums - oh, how about Jukka of NW

My second list:

Male vocals: Lane Staley- Alice In Chains
Female vocals: Tarja Turunen
Guitar 1: Kirk Hammett- Metallica
Guitar 2: Dave Mustaine- Megadeth
Bass: Wes Claypool- Primus (Strange to have him here, but he's damn good!)
Drums: Jukka Nevalainen- Nightwish

I'd go with the Summer Storm line-up of Tarja:

Tarja Turunen - vocals
Kiko Loureiro - lead guitar
Maria Ilmoniemi - keyboards & backing vocals
Doug Wimbish - bass & backing vocals
Mike Terrana - drums & backing vocals
Max Lilja - cello

plus

Rafael Bittencourt - second lead & rhythm guitar
Lili Haydn - violin
Vintersorg - clean & harsh vocals

Vocals: Tony Kakko
Vocals: Liv Kristine

With...APOCALYPTICA!!!

Bat is great, too! And of course, I love Ana!

Heidi Parviainen of Amberian Dawn - vocals
Tuomas of NW - keys AND doing the compositions
Jens Faber of Dawn of Destiny - bass
Stephen van Haestregt of Within Temptation - drums (he just looks so cool!)
Cristiano Migliore of Lacuna Coil - guitars

Dream Line Up:

Vocals & Guitars: Chuck Schuldiner
Guitars: Randy Rhoads
Guitars: Dimebag Darrell
Bass: Jukka Koskinen
Keyboards: Janne Wirman
Drums: Daniel Erlandsson

(Lols the guitars would be overkill IMHO XD)

The ultimate Finnish Dream Line Up

Drums: Kai Hahto
Bass: Lauri Porra
Cello: Max Lilja (As recommended by Almagest)
Guitars: Alexi Laiho, Petri Lindroos, Jari Maenpaa (aka The Finnish G3)
Keyboards: Janne Warmen
Vocals; TARJA!!

Solos galore, indeed! And beauty & beast time! With so many vocalists and styles the old formula might even sound fresh ... actually Tarja would have to "dominate" quite a lot of "beasts" (Finntroll reference alert!) here

Looking back at the dream line up, that one has probably the most strongest Finnish line up ever Period. I mean the guys can replace Tarja's current session guys and can give value for money indeed

Hahto owns Terrana instantly on the drums
Warman and the Finnish G3 can trade off solo battles like nobodies business xD

Since I have absolutely nothing to do and this is a hard question, since there are so many musicians I like, I came up with 3 lists.

Just because I love(d) them:

Vmale vocals: Tarja
male vocals: Marco hietala
Guitar: Emppu Vuorinen
Drum: Jukku Nevalainen
Bass: Marco Hietala
Keyboard: Tuomas Holopainen
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This just would be a great band:

Female Vocals: Tarja Turunen
Male Vocals: Marco Hietala
Guitar: Zachary Hietala
Drum: Sören van Heek (Wizard)
Bass: Marco Hietala
Keyboard: Oliver Patolai (Kamelot, Doro)
Male Background vocals: Joris Boghtdrincker and Mark Splintervuyscht (both Heidevolk)
Female Background vocals: Liv Kristine and Charlotte Wesseling (Delain)
The guys from the band "Rapalje" on to add in some celtic instruments
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Fav. live band (based on own seen live experience):
Female vocals: Sharon den Adel
Male Vocals: Marco Hietala
Guitar: Lars Rettkowitz (Freedom Call)
Drum: Sören van Heek (Wizard)
Bass: Volker Leson (Wizard)
Keyboard: Maria Ilmoniemi (Tarja)
And still the guys from Rapalje for some celtic/ folk influence.

Not based on skills or anything, just on how much I like them and their live performance.

^ Warman has the chops, speed and improvisational skills, good example to show case all this talents are on Lake Bodom. Well you can say Bodom are the masters of improvisation.

My fantasy metal band:

Pfff, here we go:


Vocals: Tony Kakko - Timo Kotipelto - John West - DC Cooper
Guitar: Elias Viljanen - Brian May - Richie Sambora
Drums: Jukka Nevalainen - Ceasar Zuiderwijk (Golden Earring) - My son Patrick
Bass: Rinus Gerritsen (Golden Earring)
Backing Vocals: My daughter Danielle

Dead Musicians line up

Dimebag Darrell (Pantera/Damageplan)
Randy Rhoads (Ozzy)
Chuck Schuldiner (Death)
Cliff Burton (Metallica)
Gar Samuelson (Megadeth)

Freddie Mercury (Queen)
Michael Hutchence (INXS)
Cozy Powell
Elvis
Jimi Hendrix
Jim Morrison

Now that Tanja Maul has left Dawn of Destiny, my fantasy is that she becomes the lead singer for Nightwish! It's a pipe dream, but it would rock my world!