Top 10 bands you could not live without

[Laura]

My favorite bands of all time that I could not live without.....
Agalloch
Dimmu Borgir
Enslaved
Led Zeppelin
Opeth
Pain of Salvation
Porcupine Tree
Rush
Rammstein
Tyr
Yes

oh shit...that's 11 - crank it to 11!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVCifm2UPC0 (and if you don't know KMFDM - check 'em out!)

[cowboy71]

Magnum - I am in eternal gratitude to the person that introduced me to the music of Catley, Clarkin et al back in 1988
Alice Cooper - my longest running fandom since I listened to my big brother's Welcome to my Nightmare cassette sometime in the late 70s
Sabaton - my newest fandom, having only discovered them after they were announced for the cruise
Tyr - as above! Lay of Thrymm is album of the year for me thusfar. Glad I discovered them :)
Nightwish - especially Tarja-era. Counting LA and the cruise in January I will have seen them live 11 times
Helloween - another of my oldest metal fandoms from '88 when Bill Skirmer gave me a mix tape of Running Wild's Under Jolly Roger, and Keeper Part I
Blind Guardian - seeing them again next month!!
Within Temptation - I love Sharon's voice. May it never fade.
Iced Earth - Jon is the man. His lyrics and his ferocity and passion I admire greatly.
Sonata Arctica - They've produced some of my favoritist songs, and they are such a great bunch of guys.

[AlaskaRachel]

Oooo this will be fun
In no particular order:

Turisas
Tyr
The Doors
Muse
Rhapsody
Ensiferum
Finntroll
Korpiklaani
DeVotchka
Hm....I cant decide on this last one.

[Stained Class]

Hm, these aren't all bands that I listen to now but they were sort of the progression of bands I listened to once I realised how much I hate rap.

Linkin Park
Seether
Sum 41
Metallica
Iron Maiden
Stratovarius
Sonata Arctica

^ more or less went in that order and that was over 6 years or so.
On top of that I'll add

Nevermore
Symphony X
Dark Tranquillity

[shaneos]

Also in no order:

Opeth
Amon Amarth
Insomnium
Naglfar
Rotting Christ
Behemoth
Kyuss
Dark Tranquility
Into Eternity
At the Gates
Dream Theater

[BehnWilson]

Slayer
Slayer
Slayer
Slayer
Slayer
Slayer
Slayer
Slayer
Slayer
Slayer

[nekrobarr]

Hmmmmmm.....


Type O Negative
Agalloch
Amon Amarth
Graveworm
Draconian
Bathory
Enslaved
Moonsorrow
Saturnus
Shape of Despair

[KDibildeaux]

Sentenced
Katatonia
Tiamat
Anathema
Epica
Type O Negative


hm........

[soundcurve]

That is like a "If you were stranded on a desert island . . " :)

Danzig
Smith/Morrissey
Slayer
Paradise Lost
Burzum
Depeche Mode
Black Sabbath
Death In June
Rotting Christ
Type O Negative

That'd keep me entertained for a while though I'd miss having some straight-up ignorant mosh music

[DrinkMoxie]

Skid Row (S. Bach era)
Motley Crue
Megadeth (pre Risk)
Testament
Sam Black Church
Julie Laughs Nomore
Agalloch
Green Carnation
Carnal Forge
Paradise Lost

[WizardBeast]

My bands that I could not live without.....hard not to keep going, i'd rather pick 20...

RUSH
Dan Swano projects
Voivod
Opeth
old Queensryche (yes i must differentiate because i live without their new stuff just fine)
Savatage
Dead Can Dance
Devin Townsend
Thought Industry
Solitude Aeturnus

i also really love Porcupine Tree , Skyclad, OSI/Chroma Key, King Diamond/fate, old megadeth, forced entry, testament, my dying bride, samael, king crimson, genesis.....Dio, floyd, sabbath, devo, damn. i don't know! nevermind!

so interesting that only one of these bands is a thrash band, i don't know why so many forumites thing all i like is thrash because it's not at all true!

[Conrad]

Dead Can Dance

I LOVE Dead Can Dance!

It's hard to say who I'd add to my list. Definitely My Dying Bride and Ahab. Probably Bjork, Diamanda Galas and Mike Patton as well. And Pink Floyd.

[WizardBeast]

Dead Can Dance

I LOVE Dead Can Dance!

It's hard to say who I'd add to my list. Definitely My Dying Bride and Ahab. Probably Bjork, Diamanda Galas and Mike Patton as well. And Pink Floyd.

all things that are close to making my list too!

[Stained Class]

Skid Row (S. Bach era)

I think Sebastian Bach era is pretty much a given when talking about Skid Row.

[BehnWilson]

UFO
Mercyful Fate
Black Sabbath
Slayer
Metallica
Megadeth
Deep Purple
Led Zeppelin
Iron Maiden
Motorhead

[DragonLordJones]

1- MOTORHEAD
2 - Deep Purple
3 - Judas Priest
4 - Nazareth
5 - Blue Oyster Cult
6 - DIO (and the bands he was in ELF, Rainbow, Black Sabbath) that still counts as one RIGHT?
7 - Amon Amarth
8 - Rush
9 - The Doors
10 - Pink Floyd / The Scorpions / Led Zeppelin / Iron Maiden / Alice Cooper really hard to choose the last one

10 really only 10 ......... Have you seen my collection

Testament
Whitesnake
Bad Company
Queen
Tyr
Triumph
Saxon
Stevie Ray Vaughn
AC/DC
and On and On ...On and On and On and Onnnnnnnnnnnnnn and Onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Just so many

[cycosurgeon]

King Diamond - Dark and catchy and the real King of metal.

Suicidal Tendencies - only Cyco Miko really understands how I feel at times, yet he always gives me inspiration.

Blaze Bayley - Sometimes he is the Zen Psychologist i never had, his solo lyrics can be pretty genius at times.

Manowar - Would I even be a metalhead if I heard Metallica , Maiden or Priest before these guys? Or would I be listening to Easy E, Ice T and the Ghetto boys like everyone else in my neighborhood?

Skyclad - Only thing better than the fathers ( and mother ) of Folk Metal musically is listening/reading Martian Walkyier's lyrics.

Mercyful Fate - Dark and Hypnotic, feeds my darkness.


and the last four spots I reserve for bands I haven't even heard yet or might even find in some garage in a far away country. The new bands are the future, mine and metals.

[Memnoch]

Iron Maiden - not so much nowadays, but Killers was the first heavy album I heard
Uriah Heep - David Byron era
Death - this is obvious
The Gathering - Mandylion was something completely different and a mind-blowing masterpiece and albums HtMaP? and onwards introduced another kind of dark music to me
My Dying Bride - again, a new kind of approach to metal for me
Primordial - Alan has to be the most intense performer in metal, both on stage and on albums
Within Temptation - Enter was easy to get into and the albums after that opened my ears to the more pop side of metal
Carcass - I've always preferred Carcass and similar, more metal grind bands over the hc or punk influenced bands like Napalm Death
Bathory - this is viking metal, forget about the cheesy, polished type (Amon Amarth and the likes)
Therion - from Theli to Secret of the Runes, this is how symphonic metal should be done - not too fond of the newer albums


I was about to include After Forever or Revamp on the list just to annoy Kevin, but I think two female-led Dutch bands is enough. Obviously, Hail of Bullets deserves a spot on the list, but them being a new band with just two albums out I decided to leave them off. All other bands are ones I've listened to at least since the 90's.

[Malaka]

Pink Floyd
Opeth
Slayer
Rotting Christ
My Dying Bride
Hypocrisy
Cannibal Corpse
Pantera
Behemoth
Belphegor

...and how dare you force me to narrow it down to 10 Laura!

[MadameLePink]

Well, I'll start with the bands that meant most to me while growing up:

Megadeth
Guns N'Roses
Overkill
Hanoi Rocks
Smack

More recent ones:

Moonsorrow
Ensiferum
Kalmah
Finntroll
Korpiklaani

There are also some non metal bands like Sopor Aeternus, Diary of dreams, Das Ich and Cinema strange that I really love, as well as classic rock and 70's glam but it was supposed to be only ten bands :)

[CaptOblivious]

Amon Amarth
Opeth
Joe Satriani
Dimmu Borgir
Dream Theater
Scar Symmetry
Katatonia
Led Zeppelin
Machine Head
Novembers Doom

I think thats about it there are a few more i really wanted to list but only 10 is tough.

[Nicolas0928]

Just 10

AC/DC
AMON AMARTH
ARCH ENEMY
DARK TRANQUILLITY
DEPECHE MODE
DIMMU BORGIR
EPICA
MOONSPELL
OPETH
SAMAEL

[Metalwrath]

Judas Priest
Manowar
Running Wild
Saxon
Grave Digger
King DIamond
W.A.S.P.
Ancient Rites
Summoning
Warlock

/thread

[WizardBeast]

King Diamond - Dark and catchy and the real King of metal.

Suicidal Tendencies - only Cyco Miko really understands how I feel at times, yet he always gives me inspiration.

Blaze Bayley - Sometimes he is the Zen Psychologist i never had, his solo lyrics can be pretty genius at times.

Manowar - Would I even be a metalhead if I heard Metallica , Maiden or Priest before these guys? Or would I be listening to Easy E, Ice T and the Ghetto boys like everyone else in my neighborhood?

Skyclad - Only thing better than the fathers ( and mother ) of Folk Metal musically is listening/reading Martian Walkyier's lyrics.

Mercyful Fate - Dark and Hypnotic, feeds my darkness.


and the last four spots I reserve for bands I haven't even heard yet or might even find in some garage in a far away country. The new bands are the future, mine and metals.

good list. aside from Blaze, all of those groups were super influential on me growing up.

[WizardBeast]

Iron Maiden - not so much nowadays, but Killers was the first heavy album I heard
Uriah Heep - David Byron era
Death - this is obvious
The Gathering - Mandylion was something completely different and a mind-blowing masterpiece and albums HtMaP? and onwards introduced another kind of dark music to me
My Dying Bride - again, a new kind of approach to metal for me
Primordial - Alan has to be the most intense performer in metal, both on stage and on albums
Within Temptation - Enter was easy to get into and the albums after that opened my ears to the more pop side of metal
Carcass - I've always preferred Carcass and similar, more metal grind bands over the hc or punk influenced bands like Napalm Death
Bathory - this is viking metal, forget about the cheesy, polished type (Amon Amarth and the likes)
Therion - from Theli to Secret of the Runes, this is how symphonic metal should be done - not too fond of the newer albums


I was about to include After Forever or Revamp on the list just to annoy Kevin, but I think two female-led Dutch bands is enough. Obviously, Hail of Bullets deserves a spot on the list, but them being a new band with just two albums out I decided to leave them off. All other bands are ones I've listened to at least since the 90's.

awesome list....so many influences of mine here too!

[last_candle]

Running wild
Blind Guardian
Alice Cooper
Heavens Gate
Chroming Rose
Mani Matter
Axxis

and then? Jonny Cash? Wuthering Heights? Dire Straits? Mark Knopfler? Simon&Garfunkel? Skyclad? I don't know...

[Devils Advocate]

Iron Maiden
Overkill
Death
Crimson Glory
Sanctuary
Slayer
Flotsam & Jetsam
Solitude Aeturnus
Toxik
Ice Age - Swedish all female power/thrash with a little prog/tech edge. Never got signed releasing 3 great demos

[Jebus_Cripes]

Dark Tranquillity
Amon Amarth
KALMAH
Insomnium
At the Gates
Hypocrisy
Faith No More
Pantera
Opeth
and I dunno thats pretty much it.

[WizardBeast]

seein' lots of Solitude Aeturnus besides me! TOO AWESOME!

[ShoreSlayer]

I really suck at this game. The rules are basically only giving me 2 bands per decade I've been here. WTF?

Definitely not even gonna try to go outside of the 'heavier' metal for the rockers like B.O.C./Kiss/Queen/Zeppelin/Pink Floyd/Neil Young/Blind Melon/Concrete Blonde/etc, etc, etc part of my musical world but I'll try to do ten metal bands. Let's see...

Maiden
Priest
Scorpions
Sabbath
Dio
Trouble
Suicidal
Testament
Heathen
Accept

I say if you're over 40, ya get to use your toes as well as your fingers! - C.O.C., Crowbar, Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth, Saint Vitus, Death Angel, Armored Saint, Kreator & Destruction

[onenight]

Iron maiden
Dio
Black Sabbath
Saxon
Judas Priest
Rush
Savatage
Mercyful Fate
Therion
Manowar

There are obviouly many more but if my house was burning down and I only had time to save cds from 10 bands these would be the ones.

[Badgerbomb300]

Eluveitie
Arch Enemy
Amon Amarth
Manowar
Demons & Wizards
Kreator
Iron Maiden
Queen
Dimmu Borgir
Wizard

[WizardBeast]

i just asked my husband who his top 10 favorite bands are and he grunted and said who cares....i said i do, what a grumpypants!

[Laura]

i just asked my husband who his top 10 favorite bands are and he grunted and said who cares....i said i do, what a grumpypants!

I haven't asked him this question yet (out getting my nails done in deep purple at the moment ), and he has NEVER been nearly the music fanatic I've always been, but I am very certain of three that would be on my husband's 10 ten list: The Who (definite #1), The Band, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. As for the others? Maybe Patsy Cline (I love her too), Supertramp, Van Halen, and assorted other "classic rock" bands, oh, and can't forget Chopin! We recently watched one of Amy Winehouse's last gigs on TV, and we were both really impressed!

[KevinP]

Dare I say NONE. I'm not a big fan of Top 10 or any type of ranking order as these things always change for me all the time depending upon last release, my mood, the setting, etc, etc.

Bands come and go. I adapt. Life goes on.

[ShoreSlayer]

these things always change for me all the time depending upon last release, my mood, the setting, etc, etc.

Bands come and go. I adapt. Life goes on.

Yeah, I kind of wanted to specify that my answers were based on the 'music' of these bands from, in many cases, decades ago as I can live without the music some are making today. Ah well, just meaningless but fun discussion fodder.

[Egokrusher]

SWANS
Agalloch
Solefald
Sol Invictus
Slayer
Falconer
Hypocrisy
Hank Williams Sr.
Blind Guardian
Wolfpack (Wolfbrigade)

Not in any certain order, but these bands are always on my playlist most often. Some aren't around anymore, but the music they left behind is pure gold.

[mooyagi]

Dare I say NONE. I'm not a big fan of Top 10 or any type of ranking order as these things always change for me all the time depending upon last release, my mood, the setting, etc, etc.

Bands come and go. I adapt. Life goes on.

Completely agree with you

[KevinP]

Dare I say NONE. I'm not a big fan of Top 10 or any type of ranking order as these things always change for me all the time depending upon last release, my mood, the setting, etc, etc.

Bands come and go. I adapt. Life goes on.

Completely agree with you

Our lovefest knows no end it seems

[mooyagi]

Dare I say NONE. I'm not a big fan of Top 10 or any type of ranking order as these things always change for me all the time depending upon last release, my mood, the setting, etc, etc.

Bands come and go. I adapt. Life goes on.

Completely agree with you

Our lovefest knows no end it seems