Your favorite metal band in the world?

The sticker on my copy of slayer's Reign in Blood, says it is one of the best Trash albums of all time.

I swear I've heard thrash refered to as trash before, but I have no idea if its something that goes back to the 80s scene or if there's been a mistake that's entered the metal vocabulary.

Yes, you're right... Check out Last.fm for example... It refers to thrash as Trash.

Ooooops, that was a typo mistake.
Yes, I meant thrash.^^ Anyway it's good music.

..Uhm there are many many metal bands that I love outside of Finland..at the moment, in particular:

Iron Maiden (first metal band I've ever listened to)
Mötley Crüe
Eluveitie (of course )
Metallica
Down
Black Label Society
Blind Guardian
Amon Amarth
Slayer

Well, it is hard to choose when you exclude Finnish bands but I love Sirenia.

Dead Leaves wrote:Well, it is hard to choose when you exclude Finnish bands but I love Sirenia.

oohh..yes..Sirenia..one of my fav bands..I really like the new album quite a lot actually

All this bands mentioned here are top knotch...and yet I must say that I can't make any abstraction of Insomnium here....I downloaded their latest Across the Dark album and it's so obssesing, in the last 4 days I just can't get it of my mind
It's amazing how Niilo Sevänen&Co progressed over the ears!!! and it will be The pride album of these year of Suomi's Metal, in my opinion anyway.

Arthur wrote:All this bands mentioned here are top knotch...and yet I must say that I can't make any abstraction of Insomnium here....I downloaded their latest Across the Dark album and it's so obssesing, in the last 4 days I just can't get it of my mind
It's amazing how Niilo Sevänen&Co progressed over the ears!!! and it will be The pride album of these year of Suomi's Metal, in my opinion anyway.

totally agree with you...
great album

Arthur, welcome to the forum, buddy! Insomnium is great, indeed! But we'd also like to hear which bands from outside of Finland you love! And hell, can't wait to start those discussions at the end of the year, about what albums were the best!

Storm wrote:Arthur, welcome to the forum, buddy! Insomnium is great, indeed! But we'd also like to hear which bands from outside of Finland you love! And hell, can't wait to start those discussions at the end of the year, about what albums were the best!

Don't even think or try to miss from those discussions

Mmmhhh... I don't know how to put this in a sentence regarding favourite bands from outside of Finland... are so manny...I'll try though...
Darkseed
Mandrake
Arcturus
Enslavement Of Beauty
In Vain
Draconian
Opeth
Katatonia
The Fall Of Every Season
Daylight Dies
Finsterforst
Morgart
Amon Amarth
This is just last week playlist

heh
Well I like a lot some of those, especially Darkseed. And Katatonia.
Woohoo, 22 days to Amon Amarth!

Plus for me:
At The Gates
Annihilator
In Flames
Arch Enemy (Both Eras)
Soilwork
The Haunted
Children Of Bodom
STAM1NA
Norther
Lamb Of God
Metallica (Kil til Justice album)
Megadeth
Pantera
Lamb Of God
Trivium
Necrophagist
Firewind

HATES:
A7X (Overrated pieces of Paska aka sellouts plus their last 2 albums tanked)

Megadeth, straight off.

max5892 wrote:why the (o.c) next to Tarja?
is that really necessary?

What does it even mean? I haven't been able to find it out.

@ Amagest: I think the "o.c" means "of course."

CanuckFan wrote:@ Amagest: I think the "o.c" means "of course."

Cause said person likes the Tarja era NW instead of the Fattie Nettie era NW. Somebody please fire that Swedish Fat ass and replace with somebody who is more able and has respect for Nightwish for eg Floor Jansen XD

Oh. OF COURSE. *slaps forehead*

BTW, any fans of Diablo Swing Orchestra here? I found the following in their last.fm shoutbox:

The new album will have an exclusive listening session for only 24 hours on Monday 15 September at www.heavylaw.com It's free for everyone.

@ Almagest - I've heard Diablo Swing Orchestra, but just can't get my head around that "avant garde" metal genre. We have a Canadian group very similar to DSO called Unexpect and as mush as I'd LOVE to like them, I just don't get it! It sounds so chaotic to me!

CanuckFan, it's just a matter of getting used to really ... DSO are actually really catchy and easy to listen to, compared to Unexpect, just crazy sounding

I've read the new album is more like a metallised version of swing - sounds like circus metal

OK, we have a circus metal band in Canada, too, called Howling Syn. Look them up on Last.fm. Uh...just not my cup of tea...

Now I am curious about YOUR Last.fm page...

I've linked my last.fm page as my homepage in my profile, does it work?

No, it doesn't show up.

OK, I've wondered about it too because I can't see it myself, I just thought that maybe clicking on it works. Alright, here it is:

(removed at CanuckFan's request)

Thanks, Alamgest.

I have just sent you a direct message (in case you don't have email notification of such things).

@ Almagest: thank you for respecting my privacy!

Haha, I just read "piracy".

Ravisk wrote:
Cause said person likes the Tarja era NW instead of the Fattie Nettie era NW. Somebody please fire that Swedish Fat ass and replace with somebody who is more able and has respect for Nightwish for eg Floor Jansen XD

Please DON'T let Barbie be replaced with Floor If there is anyone who has a huge disrespect towards fans and a huge -look at how good I am- ego, It's Floor. I live in the Netherlands and a very good friend of mine lived not that far from her. I've met her a couple of times thanks to that. Floor has also been known by some groups of people here as a huge Goth hater. She keeps saying thing about them like that they are depressive, always wear black and all kind of those things. So even Barbie has a better personality then Floor has. And I know this out of my own experience. I've heard her saying things that didn't sounded like she respected them about some fans of AF.
So I certainly DON'T hope she comes to Nightwish. Than I would rather start being a fan of Barbie.

And so far my off topic story..

Sorcha wrote:

Ravisk wrote:
Cause said person likes the Tarja era NW instead of the Fattie Nettie era NW. Somebody please fire that Swedish Fat ass and replace with somebody who is more able and has respect for Nightwish for eg Floor Jansen XD

Please DON'T let Barbie be replaced with Floor If there is anyone who has a huge disrespect towards fans and a huge -look at how good I am- ego, It's Floor. I live in the Netherlands and a very good friend of mine lived not that far from her. I've met her a couple of times thanks to that. Floor has also been known by some groups of people here as a huge Goth hater. She keeps saying thing about them like that they are depressive, always wear black and all kind of those things. So even Barbie has a better personality then Floor has. And I know this out of my own experience. I've heard her saying things that didn't sounded like she respected them about some fans of AF.
So I certainly DON'T hope she comes to Nightwish. Than I would rather start being a fan of Barbie.

And so far my off topic story..

How about Randy Blythe from Lamb Of God, he'd make a great replacement for Barbie XD

Randy Blythe would be a better idea ^^. His grunts are awesome! It also would be funny to hear..

Sorcha wrote:Randy Blythe would be a better idea ^^. His grunts are awesome! It also would be funny to hear..

Imagine Him doing Wishmaster and boosted up with Marco lols, that'd be a Death metal fiesta XD But music aside personality wise Randy's a cool character albeit funny and he can go a bit drunk (case in point the fracas with Mark Morton on Killadelphia DVD XD) and speaking of which Floor's face is reminiscent of Petri Lindroos XD