Favorite band from YOUR country

silvana wrote:From The Netherlands:

Aniday

The vocalist for that band, isn't that that girl, called Marlies or so, from Idols?

I saw them live and she looked like her..

I'm from Argentina, and my favorite band from here is:

Blooparade

Is an Industrial Gothic Metal band with a girl on vocals. Brenda Cuesta (the singer) uses both clean and extreme vocals, and she kick asses when she performs live.
The only shitty thing is that she can't pronounce english words properly... but she still great!
Their best songs are:

Other Worlds
Take My Soul
By My Side
Secrets Of The Sea
Waiting For The Horror
Nevermore

Sorcha wrote:I like a lot of bands from my country that I can't choose the best one. But at the moment I think it's Heidevolk. Very closed followed by Within Temptation, Epica and Delain.

heidevolk i wish to see them live someday! delain i'm going to see this summer... really hope for a nice gig.

favorite band from my country: Moonspell

PAN-FUCKING-TERA. Saviors and enders of the thrash metal era.

I don't have very man US cds but some others off the top of head are...
The Absence
Devildriver
Sworn Enemy

Well, Serbia doesn't have much metal bands... Most of them are demo bands... My fave one got an album out this year, their first one... They're called Forever Storm, give them a chance, they aren't bad at all... xD (http://www.myspace.com/foreverstorm)

ummm... at the moment Catamenia and Before the Dawn.

I'm from Spain, my favourite band from here is Warcry.
They have beautiful songs like "Nana" and powerfull songs like "Hoy gano yo" o "Guardian de Troya" (of course, they sing in spanish ^^)

I'm from Italy, and my favourite italian band at the moment is Furor Gallico...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFTjiV4J7T4

I also like Labyrinth and Elvenking

I cant think of any Bands i truely like from the US but since canada is right next to me ill mention my favorite band from there Which is (Dark Forest) Really amazing Pagan metal band them and Profugus Mortis who i think are called Blackguard now

Truth Be Known, Analdicktion and Chugga Ritual.

Uk here and it would have to be Bullet for my Valentine.

The only band that has really made it abroad would be Negura Bunget. Even though I rarely listen to them, but I've seen them live a while ago and they were really good. They had a headlining Finnish tour in 2011, and they are the only band who managed that so far.

Band from my country? Hmmm, I will name two; Otep and Kamelot.

Definitely Twisted Sister. I've been in love with Dee Snider since I was a young child and dreamed of someday marrying him. (I've since come to terms with the fact that this isn't likely to happen; his wife is hotter than most women who are half her age.)

Also, there's Kamelot, but I always feel kind of weird classifying them as an American band. Partially because of Khan (still sad about him leaving), but mostly because of the sound; you just don't think "American metal" and associate violins and classically-trained keyboardists.

I really don't get this. I can go on and on about the great bands the US has/ had. But like I said before it is impossible for me to pick one band above all others. So here I go:

Favorite American Thrash Band: (tie) Overkill and Megadeth
Favorite American Power Metal Band: Iced Earth
Favorite Progressive Metal Band: (tie) between Dream Theater and Nevermore
Favorite 80's Heavy Metal Band: (tie) W.A.S.P. and Twisted Sister
Favorite Death Metal Band: (tie) between Death (RIP) and Obituary
Favorite Solo Artist: (tie) between Dio (RIP) and Alice Cooper
Favorite Symphonic Metal Band : Savatage both Jon Oliva era and Zak Stevens
Favorite Pagan themed metal band: Virgin Steele
Favorite Goth oriented Metal Band: Type O Negative (RIP) Peter Steele always had such a great sense of humor about things

other honorable mentions would have to be Machine Head, Exodus, Death Angel, Testament, Anthrax, Slayer (from Haunting The Chapel to Seasons in the Abyss), Morbid Angel, Devildriver, Rob Zombie (can't deny his legacy in White Zombie), Sevendust, The Misfits( not metal but still highly influential on metal), Jag Panzer (RIP), Ashes To Ares (Matt Barlow's new band), Lita Ford (as long as we deny the horrid Wicked Wonderland), Motley Crue (as long as we include up to Dr. Feelgood and include Saints of Los Angelos), etc ( there's more but this post is getting too long).

catch ya later,
Shadowman

Forgot another one:

Favorite Industrial Metal Band from US : Fear Factory

For me, from Brazil:

MYTHOLOGICAL COLD TOWERS (Doom Metal)