[ShawnO]

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/listoftheday/69730/the-25-best-heavy-metal-bands

According to this Yahoo Music blog, here are "The 25 Best Heavy Metal Bands." When you click on the link, you will find commentary after each band name. Feel free to share your own opinions on which band you like, dislike, reasons why, bands that should be included that are not on the list, etc.


25) Meshuggah
24) Mercyful Fate
23) Alice In Chains
22) Uriah Heep
21) Pantera
20) Thin Lizzy
19) Kyuss
18) Guns N' Roses
17) Kiss
16) Dio
15) Robin Trower
14) Rush
13) Spinal Tap
12) Deep Purple
11) Slayer
10) Iron Maiden
9) Motorhead
8) Aerosmith
7) Judas Priest
6) Metallica
5) Jimi Hendrix Experience
4) Van Halen
3) AC/DC
2) Led Zepplin
1) Black Sabbath

[DarkJoker]

Pantera is only at 21? And what the hell is Rush doing on that list?!

[Skip McGee]

aerosmith is heavy metal? hahahaha

[Funk III]

Lists are lame.

1) There's 20 bands ranked too high.
2) 2-8;12-18 aren't metal.


Bah!

[MAV]

Funk III wrote:

Lists are lame. 1) There's 20 bands ranked too high. 2) 2-8;12-18 aren't metal. Bah!

I'm not a big metal fan...but Spinal Tap isn't even a real band.

[Randy Orton]

They got #1 right at least.

[GrayGhost]

Im not much of a "metal" fan, but can't really argue w 12 and 3 for sure. May wanna put Zep ahead of Sabbath, but its close.

[Randy Orton]

GrayGhost wrote:

May wanna put Zep ahead of Sabbath, but its close.

You could, but you'd be wrong.

[MAV]

Randy Orton wrote:

GrayGhost wrote: May wanna put Zep ahead of Sabbath, but its close. You could, but you'd be wrong.

Gotta agree w/ Randy here.

[GrayGhost]

Well. I said it was kinda close, either one is a good pick for your choice.

From the little bit of this I listen to tho, My favorite Sabbath song is Children of the Grave. Great stuff.

Zep Misty Mountain Hop.

AC/DC..You Shook me All night long

[Tauron Nox]

The fact that there are only actual 10 metal bands on that list is amazing. So clueless.

[Adam]

Funk III wrote:

Lists are lame. 1) There's 20 bands ranked too high. 2) 2-8;12-18 aren't metal. Bah!

Metal elitists are amazing.

Judas Priest isn't metal? Dio? Metallica? Really? What are the criteria here? Is the idea that if the singer can actually sing, then it's not ***METAL***? Mind you, I like some thrash, death, and especially melodic death metal - for example, Arch Enemy are awesome - but it's not the only stuff there is.

[chrisfromct]

no Fozzy?

[Skip McGee]

Adam wrote:

Funk III wrote: Lists are lame. 1) There's 20 bands ranked too high. 2) 2-8;12-18 aren't metal. Bah! Metal elitists are amazing. Judas Priest isn't metal? Dio? Metallica? Really? What are the criteria here? Is the idea that if the singer can actually sing, then it's not ***METAL***? Mind you, I like some thrash, death, and especially melodic death metal - for example, Arch Enemy are awesome - but it's not the only stuff there is.

arch enemy hasnt been good since like 2001. their past few albums have been bad, very bad

also i think tauron was referring to bands like aerosmith, led zepplin, AIC, hendrix etc, he never said any of the bands you listed werent metal

[Adam]

Skip McGee wrote:

Adam wrote: Funk III wrote: Lists are lame. 1) There's 20 bands ranked too high. 2) 2-8;12-18 aren't metal. Bah! Metal elitists are amazing. Judas Priest isn't metal? Dio? Metallica? Really? What are the criteria here? Is the idea that if the singer can actually sing, then it's not ***METAL***? Mind you, I like some thrash, death, and especially melodic death metal - for example, Arch Enemy are awesome - but it's not the only stuff there is. arch enemy hasnt been good since like 2001. their past few albums have been bad, very bad also i think tauron was referring to bands like aerosmith, led zepplin, AIC, hendrix etc, he never said any of the bands you listed werent metal

I was following his number references; all those bands were in #s 2-8 or 12-18.

And fwiw Hendrix was one the people who INVENTED metal. Also saying Zep wasn't metal is ridiculous, again, they are one of the frigging founders of the whole genre. [Understanding that we're talking Funk III's opinions, not yours.] No Hendrix, No Zep, no metal. Yes, it's that simple. Sabbath started out AFTER these guys were already around, and built on what they had laid down.

What's your opinion of Dark Tranquillity? I saw them recently and was really impressed. Same with In Flames when I caught them on Gigantour earlier this year.

[Hugh Jass]

I believe Funk III was using the literary technique of hyperbole in order to make his point that many on the list were not really metal. The number symmetry 2-8, 12-18, is a metaphorical trope to further drive it home.

His response was not literal.

[Skip McGee]

Adam wrote:

Skip McGee wrote: Adam wrote: Funk III wrote: Lists are lame. 1) There's 20 bands ranked too high. 2) 2-8;12-18 aren't metal. Bah! Metal elitists are amazing. Judas Priest isn't metal? Dio? Metallica? Really? What are the criteria here? Is the idea that if the singer can actually sing, then it's not ***METAL***? Mind you, I like some thrash, death, and especially melodic death metal - for example, Arch Enemy are awesome - but it's not the only stuff there is. arch enemy hasnt been good since like 2001. their past few albums have been bad, very bad also i think tauron was referring to bands like aerosmith, led zepplin, AIC, hendrix etc, he never said any of the bands you listed werent metal I was following his number references; all those bands were in #s 2-8 or 12-18. And fwiw Hendrix was one the people who INVENTED metal. Also saying Zep wasn't metal is ridiculous, again, they are one of the frigging founders of the whole genre. [Understanding that we're talking Funk III's opinions, not yours.] No Hendrix, No Zep, no metal. Yes, it's that simple. Sabbath started out AFTER these guys were already around, and built on what they had laid down. What's your opinion of Dark Tranquillity? I saw them recently and was really impressed. Same with In Flames when I caught them on Gigantour earlier this year.

influencing metal does not equal metal. led zep is not a metal band. did they influence metal? sure but that doesnt make them metal sorry dude. same goes with hendrix

i liked the "haven" album by dark tranquility but i havent listened to it in a while and havent been impressed with much else. was a big in flames jester race, colony fan then they got pretty lousy but i think "come clarity" is one of the best mainstream metal albums to come out in a while. their newest has some catchy songs but isnt as good

[El Kabong]

Led Zep is fantastic, but not metal.

If influencing metal is all it takes to get on that list the cocaine, weed and jagermesiter should be 1, 2 and 3

[GrayGhost]

Seriously, and im not trying to be funny, What is a definition of "metal"?

[Who enjoys Family Circus?]

I loved the episode of Beavis and Butt-Head where they're watching a Judas Priest video, ripping on it and then the chorus of "Breakin' the law" comes on and they're shocked it was so bad.

[Adam]

El Kabong wrote:

Led Zep is fantastic, but not metal. If influencing metal is all it takes to get on that list the cocaine, weed and jagermesiter should be 1, 2 and 3

Led Zeppelin II isn't a metal album? What is it then?

[Who enjoys Family Circus?]

Where's Megadeth? Where's Stryper? Where's Ratt? Hell where are all the hairbands?

Deep Purple is Metal since they won the grammy.

[Adam]

GrayGhost wrote:

Seriously, and im not trying to be funny, What is a definition of "metal"?

Beats me. It used to be that when you wanted to give examples of "a heavy metal band", you automatically pointed to Zeppelin, Sabbath, and Purple. Now 2 out of 3 of them are apparently considered Not Metal.

These kids today…..

[Skip McGee]

Quote:

Beats me. It used to be that when you wanted to give examples of "a heavy metal band", you automatically pointed to Zeppelin, Sabbath, and Purple.

um no.

Quote:

These kids today…..

what? we are probably older than you mr heavy metal veteran haha

[Adam]

Skip McGee wrote:

Quote: Beats me. It used to be that when you wanted to give examples of "a heavy metal band", you automatically pointed to Zeppelin, Sabbath, and Purple. um no. Quote: These kids today….. what? we are probably older than you mr heavy metal veteran haha

I hope not, for your sake!

Let's put it this way: I bought NEVER SAY DIE and IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR as new releases. On vinyl. I think they were $5.50 each. I was a junior or senior in high school at the time.

Now get off my lawn!