Metal Music

I've noticed a hell load of metal music fans, so which bands are your favourites and why, you can say other bands suck aslong as you explain it and stuff...

My favourite Band would Be Metallica with Slayer coming up Second.
Metallica Have some great lyrics and Hetfield sings pretty good but when you listen to him in "S&M" the album from 1999 live with the San Francisco Symphony Orchastra you'll see how powerful his lyrics can be, The guitars from Hammet and Newstead are good even though Newstead left and was replaced with with Robert Trujillo, Cliff Burton, one hell of a bassist and will never be forgotten, now what are your oppinions and your favourite Metal bands?

I prefer the Faster genres of Metal, faster and heavier guitars with powerful words = ownage IMO.

My favourite metal band has to be Black Sabbath, followed closely by Metallica. However, if you consider Tool metal (I personally don't, but a lot of people seem to) then they're my favourite band.

I'm not much of a metal fan myself, but Black Sabbath have given so much to the genre that they deserve all the praise they get. Tony Iommi has written some of the greatest riffs in rock (Iron Man, Paranoid, N.I.B) music and inspired tons of young guitar players, myself included.

Sabbath practically made Metal.

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Originally Posted by Bladen

Sabbath practically made Metal.

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Precisely why they contributed so much ;).

Fav. Metal / Hard Rock

I Love Children of Bodom right up until Alexi left:cry:, I like Black Label Society because Zakk Wylde is the man (even in rockstar I love that movie), I like Arch Enemy because the lead singer is a girl!!! and shes really cute even if she can sing like that! As I Lay Dying has the fastest double bass drummer I have ever seen in person, Lamb of God because they are the best I have seen in concert, Throwdown because they rock and their moshpits is like watching real life street fighter, Nevermore (the River Dragon solo makes my poop myself) and Killswitch Engage, Unearth, Dark Lunacy, God Forbid, Pantera, Alice in Chains and In Flames just because they are sweet.

Sorry I couldnt just choose a few I like them all too much...Hehe alice in chains and in flames, I rhymed!

Metal is great, but the bands I like are too many to list. I pretty much like every metal genre, excluding heavy metal and power metal.

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Fav. Metal / Hard Rock

I Love Children of Bodom right up until Alexi left:cry:

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Alexi hasn't left, he's the singer, writer and lead guitarist, it wouldn't be CoB without him. Are you on about that other guitarist who was called Alexander or something?

And Megadeth are the greatest metal band ever, at least in my opinion.

O my bad not alexi the back up guitarist. He spit beer in the crowd and it hit me once at the roseland theater. It was grosse but I felt sorta a connection when I wiped his alcoholic saliva off my face.

O yeah pure strife that guy.

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O my bad not alexi the back up guitarist. He spit beer in the crowd and it hit me once at the roseland theater. It was grosse but I felt sorta a connection when I wiped his alcoholic saliva off my face.

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Ah yes, we've all been there.

Rock Concerts :love:

Megadeth have everything but good vocals, they rocl everywhere else, but Hmmm Musatine vs Hammet.

Dave Mustaine is your god and you will love his sexy hair.

If the guy didn't drink and swear so much he would of stayed in Metallica, I still think Megadeth cannot sing too well but they come up with some good lyrics.

Jason Newstead was funny, the way he bounced his head around and looked constipated when playing.

My fave metal band is Metallica followed by Sabbath and Megadeath.

My Dying Bride, Moonspell, Helloween and Porcupine Tree are among my favorites. There's really way, way too many for me to name. Also, Anathema.

I list mine

1.W.A.S.P.
2.Megadeth
3.Slayer
4.Venom
5.Anthrax
6.Metallica
7.Motley crue

Those are my absolute favorite metal bands...ever.

My fave band is probably Immortal
closely followed by Emperor, Einherjer and Behemoth.

I love Black Metal and Viking Metal

Children of Bodom is an awsome band, but I noticed since their album "Follow The Reaper" they have totally changed become more of an American NuMetal band like Disturbed, KoRn or whatever than a Melodic Death Metal/Black band that they used to be.

What about Opeth? IMO they're one of the best metal bands around

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Originally Posted by Suikojowy

What about Opeth? IMO they're one of the best metal bands around

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Even better than Slayer?

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Originally Posted by Venom

Even better than Slayer?

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Of course not, but still good ;).

when it comes to fast as hell guitaring Slayer wins, the band plays so fast the singer barely keeps up with the words, they rock.

but Reign in Blood vs Master of Puppets.

Master of puppets.

MASTER! MASTER!

Of course Opeth are better than Slayer.

And: Master of puppets > Reign in blood

Master of Puppets ftw.

What was the name of that coold Megadeth album that came out around the same time?

I still Think Master of Puppets could own that, probably Ride the Lightning, The Black album and S&M could own that album single handed too.

Heh, to be honest I prefer Opeth to slayer but Slayer seem to be more "legendary".

Master of Puppets, no contest. :cool:

Slayer and Metallica are gods for christ's sake! lol.

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Originally Posted by Bladen

Slayer and Metallica are gods for christ's sake! lol.

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I thought Ozzy was god? lol

Master of Puppets. It's kinda easy to pick.:D

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Heh, to be honest I prefer Opeth to slayer but Slayer seem to be more "legendary".

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They are more "legendary", but the only way music can be considered good is through the personal preferances of its listeners.

Reign in blood cannot be compared to any thrash metal Cd.....ever.

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They are more "legendary", but the only way music can be considered good is through the personal preferances of its listeners.

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I already said that I prefer Opeth's music to Slayer. I was simply stating that the chances are that Slayer are considered better than Opeth by the majority of metal fans due to their legendary status.

Even if I don't think so myself.

A real legendary band is W.A.S.P.

Master of Puppets totally nukes Reign in Blood though the 2 albums own.

Ozzy is Jesus not a god! come on he socially owns.

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Master of Puppets totally nukes Reign in Blood though the 2 albums own.

Ozzy is Jesus not a god! come on he socially owns.

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Whoa there ozzy is no Religous figure

Randy Rhoads on the other hand, well...He is a god.

why can't the prince of darkness be a religious figure?

Because Randy Rhoads owns him:mad2:

XD, Does Randy Rhoads have a smurflaod of pets, does he swear in almost every sentence, does he have one hell of a show about him and his family, did he nearly kill himself accidently on a quadbike????

when it comes to singing Hetfield >

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XD, Does Randy Rhoads have a smurflaod of pets, does he swear in almost every sentence, does he have one hell of a show about him and his family, did he nearly kill himself accidently on a quadbike????

when it comes to singing Hetfield >

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Whoa whoa whoa, Randy practically wrote Crazy Train, without randy nor Zakk Ozzy's career would have been dead before it even started.

but the guy still has his sanity! where's a metal artist with sanity?

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Originally Posted by Bladen

but the guy still has his sanity! where's a metal artist with sanity?

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hmmmm...good point.

Ozzy is milking his drug abuse induced semi-comatose state for all it's worth. That makes him lose quite a few points for me.

Edit: Opeth are also one of my favorites. They're my favorite band to play on guitar.

HammerFall owns them all.

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HammerFall owns them all.

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Ugh, Power Metal bothers me...I cant stand it

P.O.D. and the New Zealand band Blindspot are both a couple of metal bands I like. They're more like the 'nu metal' genre but not 'manufactered' sounding, like alot of 'metal' these days. I also get into ACDC.

Haha, Slade. Hahahaha.

>_>

I think I can honestly say that Kamelot are becoming my favorite metal band, I mean honestly, I hate the typical "(fl)power" metal band, but Kamelot are so much different from them all. They know how to use their symphonic elements properly, not to much, and not to little. The guitars are never really annoyingly soaring, and the keyboards know their place as well. Drums are usually very well done, not a huge stream of double bass, and in fact The Black Halo had ALOT of high hat hits, and less double bass.

Roy Khan has an amazing voice, it is incredibly smooth, and does not go to the typical super high voice that most power metal vocalists have.

This is easily the perfect power metal band, and simply one of the best metal bands of all time too.

Considered that I mostly listen to Black and Viking/Folk metal, I think that is really saying something.

Anyways, The Black Halo = AOTY.

EDIT of metal blasphemy: I hate Opeth. Black Sabbath released their best albums when Dio was with them. Children of Bodom have sucked since FTR. Reign in Blood is horribly boring. Master of Puppets is boring as hell as well. Angela Glossow is THE MOST OVERRATED VOCALIST IN MELO-DEATH EVER, simply because she is a horrid vocalist, not because she is a woman. Pantera have NEVER released a good album. Megadeth released one good album, Rust In Peace.

Yeah i like metal music, Black Sabbath are the ultimate metal band.

I'm more of a little hardcore kid really. Some metal is pretty good, though to be honest I'm more a fan of the hardcore/metal hybrids.

Unearth are really good I think as are Shai Hulud although they tend more towards the hardcore side of things.
I'm not really sure what other metal bands I like...I'm sure there are more...mm, Bleeding Through, but they tend more towards the poser/fashion/metalcore side of things. xDD Still...

I like Speed, Death and Thrash metaql the most.

Metallica's latest album St. Anger sucked monkey balls! alot of retro harcore metal bands are falling one by one to this new slow poprock fad.

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I like Speed, Death and Thrash metaql the most.

Metallica's latest album St. Anger sucked monkey balls! alot of retro harcore metal bands are falling one by one to this new slow poprock fad.

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Wasnt St.Anger the only Album they had without guitar solo's?:(

All it was slow metal guitars and heavy vocals and the drummer just making banging sounds on his drumset.

I think Metallica just put out St.Anger just for the sake of having another album, They should have done another Kill Em all album though:(

Or maybe they put it out to try something different. You can't expect someone to want to stay exactly the same for too long.
But in any case, ew Metallica.

Not much of a metal head, except for OPERA METAL. I do like Slayer a lot though.

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the drummer just making banging sounds on his drumset.

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Isn't that what drummers do?

Without a doubt Kittie and My Ruin are my favourites.

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Fav. Metal / Hard Rock

I Love Children of Bodom right up until Alexi left:cry:

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Alexi didn't leave, it was Alexander, the other guitarist. If Alexi left I would cry. And then the world would implode.

Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine, SOAD, Machine Head, Roadrunner United, Slipknot, Murderdolls, Wednesday 13, and My Chemical Romance (I read in a review that they are now a metal band so there!!)

all Ulrich does in St. Anger is make an occasional thump not actually drum the theme and stuff.

Anyway Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer dominated the 80's and 90's with they're music.

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Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine, SOAD, Machine Head, Roadrunner United, Slipknot, Murderdolls, Wednesday 13, and My Chemical Romance (I read in a review that they are now a metal band so there!!)

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Haha, yay for not naming one smurfing metal band.

EDIT: I didn't know ty music could dominate an era, and well Metallica and Slayer are indeed ty. Megadeth are another story however.

Whoa whoa whoa, Slayer kicks ass!

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Haha, yay for not naming one smurfing metal band.

EDIT: I didn't know ty music could dominate an era, and well Metallica and Slayer are indeed ty. Megadeth are another story however.

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What the hell are you babbling on about? Trivium are a metal band and so are Machine head dammit!

Bullet for my Valentine - Metalcore
My Chemical Romance -gothic pop-punk
Slipknot, SOAD - Nu metal
Trivium have good guitar work, but the vocals imo are e.

What do u guys think the best metal album of all time is? IMO it has to be Master of Puppets

Metal is different to each person. While they aren't your particular cup of tea, Crushed Hope, they are in fact metal, just a different subgenre than your liking(except for MCR, I don't know how the hell they would ever be metal). Metallica and Slayer are, in your opinion, crappy. But that doesn't mean other people share your opinion (I for one do), and since they're the most known or thrown around bands out there it's no wonder that they dominate the genre. It's all marketing.

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Metal is different to each person. While they aren't your particular cup of tea, Crushed Hope, they are in fact metal, just a different subgenre than your liking(except for MCR, I don't know how the hell they would ever be metal). Metallica and Slayer are, in your opinion, crappy. But that doesn't mean other people share your opinion (I for one do), and since they're the most known or thrown around bands out there it's no wonder that they dominate the genre. It's all marketing.

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Trivium - Modern Hardcore, some metal influence.
Bullet For My Valentine - Modern Hardcore
SOAD - Alt. Rock (Nu-metal, I suppose works as well)
Machine Head - Modern Hardcore
Roadrunner United - No idea, but I'm sure there are at least 2 metal songs on there, being King Diamond is helping it.
Slipknot - Hardrock /w some metal and hardcore influences
Murderdolls - Nu-metal
Wednesday 13 - "
My Chemical Romance - Pop-rock

Yeah, I'm not saying that everyone is to have my opinion (it'd sure be nice), I just typically state my opinion quite militantly >_>. Yeah, they are the most popular, and that really saddens me, that people take over talent. Pfft, if I had my way though, ahha. >___>

IMO ride the lightning owns master of puppets.

Reign in Blood or master of puppets or ride the lightning or rust in peace.

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IMO ride the lightning owns master of puppets.

Reign in Blood or master of puppets or ride the lightning or rust in peace.

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Nah not rust in peace, I'd say Killing is my buisness...and buisness is good owns Rust in peace.

i think linkin park and guns n roses are pretty COOL....NEVER underestimate the 80's rock gods!

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i think linkin park and guns n roses are pretty COOL....NEVER underestimate the 80's rock gods!

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Guns N roses isnt metal,however that doesnt detract from how awesome they are.:)

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Nah not rust in peace, I'd say Killing is my buisness...and buisness is good owns Rust in peace.

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Rust In Peace is the best album that the any of the"Big Four" of thrash had ever put out.

I've recently been really addicted to a band called Black Forest, a Russian Doom metal band, very good, and well they use violins. <3

Rust in Peace was the only excellent album Megadeth made the others were just plain good and ok.

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Rust in Peace was the only excellent album Megadeth made the others were just plain good and ok.

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No way Megadeth always have put out high quality albums, its hard to decide which though.

Otep and COF rock, are they Metal? xD

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Otep and COF rock, are they Metal? xD

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Yes they count.

Megadeth aren't so great, they practically died after Rust in peace then came up with random stuff for good albums.

Megadeth arent spectacular, nothing special but they're an on off band, some albums suck christ others kick arse while others are meh whatever.

It's common with metal bands.

Yeah rust in peace is their only really decent album imo. Holy wars and hangar 18 are decent songs. I really do not like dave mustaine, and his vocal work though.

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Yes they count.

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Only Cradle of Filth counts, Otep are not metal.

Silent Stream of Godless Elegy, everyone who enjoys doom metal at all needs to check this band out. They combine Bohemian folk with Doom metal, and my god. It is amazing.

GNR is METAL! btw i think system of a downs new album (hypnotise) ROCKS THIS WORLD!

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GNR is METAL! btw i think system of a downs new album (hypnotise) ROCKS THIS WORLD!

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Guns and Roses are NOT metal, smurfing christ. They are hardrock, and I really don't see why morons continue to press the issue. System of A Down, are not cleared for discussion here, one would hope, as they are not metal.

Otyg, such a fun band. I swear, anything and everything Vintersorg touches turns gold.

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GNR is METAL! btw i think system of a downs new album (hypnotise) ROCKS THIS WORLD!

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Just because GNR are on 100 most metal moments does not make then metal.


System of a down is not heavy metal.

Metal is the hardcore speed, thrashing guitars, thunderous drums, stuff like Metallica, Megadeth Slayer and the rest Venom can name.

Haha, no. Metal is not always going to be fast and thrashy. , go listen to Om.

Then come back and tell me it is all fast and thrashy.

I love MEGADETH because of their solos, and pantera because of the late, great, legendary DIMEBAG.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot........ I don't need someone to tell me who's good or bad.
I allready know how to rock, so [leeza]*snip*[/leeza] "Johnny-Law"!!!!!

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whoa there Demon666, Bypassing the filter is lame and double posting is not good either they're against rules.

And Justice for All was a good album IMO, just not as good as ride the lightning.

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whoa there Demon666, Bypassing the filter is lame and double posting is not good either they're against rules.

And Justice for All was a good album IMO, just not as good as ride the lightning.

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Kill em all = <3

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Kill em all = <3

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Kill 'em All = sub-par.

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Kill 'em All = sub-par.

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Yeah, The palm muting of the guitars got annoying.

I personally think Justice was Metallica's finest work

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I personally think Justice was Metallica's finest work

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The only album I have by Metallica is Kill em all...:(

It's worth giving everything up to the black album a listen.

...and Justice for all is my favourite Metallica album aswell.

Do you think Avenged Sevenfold would be classified metal? if so what sort? there old stuff sounds quite metal-core, but their stuff of their new album is really different and good. they have heaps of shredding solos, wiked doublekicks beats and fast heavy riffs.

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Do you think Avenged Sevenfold would be classified metal? if so what sort? there old stuff sounds quite metal-core, but their stuff of their new album is really different and good. they have heaps of shredding solos, wiked doublekicks beats and fast heavy riffs.

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I think they could be classified as metal.

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Do you think Avenged Sevenfold would be classified metal? if so what sort? there old stuff sounds quite metal-core, but their stuff of their new album is really different and good. they have heaps of shredding solos, wiked doublekicks beats and fast heavy riffs.

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They are only metal on City of Evil. That is a decent to good power metala album, and if they continue on the way they are going they can be pretty damned good.

Their old stuff is hardcore, not metalcore.

W.A.S.P. is the ultimate metal band.

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Originally Posted by Venom

W.A.S.P. is the ultimate metal band.

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Everybody knows The Beatles are the true "ultimate" metal band ;).


Anyway, a random question for the sake of discussion. Who would be in your perfect metal band?

Ohoho. >_>

Ultimate Metal band.

Guitars: Blakkheim
Vocals: Blakkheim + Ihsahn
Keyboards: Ihsahn
Drums: Dan Swano
Bass: Necrobutcher

Genre: Avant-garde Black

Vocals-Blackie lawless
Lead Guitars-Dave Mustaine
Guitars-Zacky Vengeance
Bass-Nikki Sixx
Drums-Bill Ward

Hmmm, pardon the very "mainstream" choices but i'm quite limited when it comes to the world of metal.

Vocals - Rob Halford
Rhythm Guitar/Vocals - James Hetfield
Lead Guitar - Randy Rhoads
Bass - Cliff Lee Burton
Drums - Dave Lombardo

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Hmmm, pardon the very "mainstream" choices but i'm quite limited when it comes to the world of metal.

Vocals - Rob Halford
Rhythm Guitar/Vocals - James Hetfield
Lead Guitar - Randy Rhoads
Bass - Cliff Lee Burton
Drums - Dave Lombardo

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Now thats a metal band!

Metal? that's not metal that's pure awesome!!

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How come everyone has and/or likes metal bands?What about wood bands?Or plastec bands?Those are good types of bands too.

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nuf said

Mine is definately Metallica. Based mostly on the pure power of the lyrics and music, etc.

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Metal? that's not metal that's pure awesome!!

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No, that band wouldn't be able to function properly. I chose artists who know how to play the same style of music, and would have a chemistry that would allow them to be a good band.

Halford's vocals do not suit the guitar work that Hetfield does, which also clashes with how Randy play. The bass is about all that would work in this band really.

So I guess my band wouldnt work either huh?

Hetfield on Vocals, Lombardo on drums, Cliff at Bass and Hanneman on Guitar. That's a pretty strong band, or you could Shove Musatine in.

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Hetfield on Vocals, Lombardo on drums, Cliff at Bass and Hanneman on Guitar. That's a pretty strong band, or you could Shove Musatine in.

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How could you NOT shove mustaine in?

I like Musatine, He only got kicked from Metallica because he was an alcoholic party animal and made James look sober.

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I like Musatine, He only got kicked from Metallica because he was an alcoholic party animal and made James look sober.

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I think Mustaine is the better party animal, in the party animal category.

lol, Musatine and Hetfield are so similar but Hetfield sounds better and Musatine parties and drinks better.

Musatine and Hetfield should start a band, Metallica is falling in the heavy department.

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lol, Musatine and Hetfield are so similar but Hetfield sounds better and Musatine parties and drinks better.

Musatine and Hetfield should start a band, Metallica is falling in the heavy department.

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Mustaine is a smurfing dick now, I've never liked James, and well yeah. Both bands are really bad right now.

I hate supergroups almost as a rule, since they tend to suck.

Only ones I know that have ever worked are Bloodbath and Diabolical Masquerade.

Haha. I don't see that happening. A lot of people in the metal world seems to hate Dave Mustaine.

That's kind of why I like him, but I still say he should've just gotten over it years ago.

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Bloodbath

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Bloodbath did indeed work.

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Bloodbath did indeed work.

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I just hope they find a vocalist who is as good as Peter. Though, I would like to see Blakkheim take vocals up on a few tracks, if and when a new album is recorded.

Hetfield is even more nuts than me and that's a rarity.

James is an excellent singer and Dave is an excellent guitarist, he never sings near perfect for many songs though...