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Old 05-30-2006, 10:42 PM   #6 (permalink)
Seltzer
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I take it that by heavy metal, you mean the entire metal genre, not just the heavy metal subgenre. My favourite metal bands ever are Opeth and Iron Maiden. So, here are my favs from most subgenres:

Prog/Tech Death:
Opeth
Cryptopsy
Atheist
Nile
Necrophagist
Quo Vadis
Akerc0cke
Death
Extol

Melodic Death:
Arch Enemy
Carcass
Dark Tranquillity
Scar Symmetry
Amon Amarth

Straight Death/Thrash:
Bloodbath
Obituary
Gorod
Megadeth
Pantera
Overkill
Metallica
Mekong Delta
Coroner
Dark Angel
Testament
Exhorder
Voivod
Slayer

Doom/Goth/Folk:
Candlemass
Cathedral
Katatonia
Imperia
Ensiferum
Wintersun
Black Sabbath

Heavy/Prog/Power:
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Bruce D1ckinson
Queensryche
Planet X
Dream Theater
Pain of Salvation
Mastodon
Tool
... and other bands which could be considered prog rock as well...
Iced Earth
Blind Guardian
Dragonforce
Kalmah - wtf genre is this?
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