I Need Metal

[Bunny]

Bands I enjoy that are affiliated with Metal are:
Opeth
Tool
Children of Bodom
Cradle of Filth
Mastodon
In Flames
Lamb of God
Otep
Candlemass
Black Sabbath
Hatebreed
Slayer
Pantera
Trivium
Metalium

And Tool if you want to include them in the mix

You already did that, sir.

I'm not the best authority on recommending music, as I tend to listen to what my friends listen to and what they say "Here, listen to this and see if you like it." I usually do.

The following may or may not exactly be "metal" but they are a few of the bands that I have been introduced to over the years and I enjoy listening to:

Pain of Salvation, Kamelot, Symphony X, Ayreon, Anathema, Dreamscape, Agalloch, Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater, and Amorphis.

As a side, while it isn't exactly metal, you might enjoy Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Recommend strongly "Beethoven's Last Night", as all their other album as are currently Christmas-related). It's technically labelled "Rock Opera" but it's pretty fantastic if that is your thing.