Originally Posted by jackhammer

I agree apart from Fear Factory but even I know that they are very generic. Pantera are awful and Deftones? Yuk. Korn are only one step away from Green Day for me and for a previous post- Fates Warning? Their debut was 1984!! but that is nitpicking.

The bands that matter were 70's/80's and the 00's for me.

I don't want to come across like some know it all but as Janszoon says- most of those bands are from the 80's and easily traceable. Kreator started in '84, Sepultura in '85 and we are not talking beginnings either but album releases.