The "Top 5 Bands" Thread

[Pyrogenic]

List your top 5 bands... Any style.

Here're mine in no particular order...

Cynic
Death
Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects
Necrophagist
Psycroptic

Not easy is it?

Behemoth, Winds, Porcupine Tree, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Martyr (From Canada) get a special mention too. That's kinda cheating though eh?

[Brogen]

before i say anything i must say sir that your band is a lot better than i imagined. a lot of what ive heard out of australia lately hasnt been much to speak of but i have enjoyed your ep quite a bit. its pretty rifftastic.

anyways, to answer your question...

queens of the stone age, between the buried and me, mastodon, the fall of troy, converge

honourable mentions...Protest the Hero, The Mars Volta, Death From Above 1979, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Poison the Well, The White Stripes, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Flight of the Conchords

[Crucified Coma]

According to my last.fm, my top 5 bands are:

Jedi Mind Tricks
Clutch
Aesop Rock
Ghoul
Faith No More

br00tal

[Ne[r]d]

I'll go with last.fm's chart (http://www.last.fm/user/gabehcuod/) too.

Engorged, Aborted, Impaled, Ghoul, The Berzerker. (Carcass came in at equal 5th)

Also, welcome to SMNnews guys.

[minbari73]

i'll go with playcounts in my itunes/ipod

Into Eternity
Urkraft
Daath
God Dethroned
Killswitch Engage


My Own Grave
Scar Symmetry
Decapitated
The Duskfall
Byzantine
Carnal Forge
The Faceless
Immortal Souls
Mors Principium Est
Kill the Romance
Demonoid
The Autumn Offering
Detonation
Devildriver
Drone
God Forbid

That's since installing itunes and listening to my new 80gb ipod video 4 months ago.

Currently though am looking forward to new Soilwork, Scar Symmetry, Wintersun, Urkraft and Byzantine the most.

Old bands that were once my faves (as I am 39)

Deep Purple
Queen
Black Sabbath
Faith No More
Led Zep

[adamray]

In no particular order:

Lamb of God
Nile
Pantera
In Flames
Testament

Honorable mentions (lol? again in no particular order):

Slayer, Abstract Essence, Archenemy, Black Sabbath, Decon, Darkthrone, Al'virius, Iced Earth, Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Alice in Chains, Motorhead, Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin, ACDC, Black Label Society, Bolt Thrower, Gwar, Himsa, Scar Symmetry, Soilwork, Avenged Sevenfold, Candlemass, Creed, Deadnight, Disturbed, Neurothing, Killswitch Engage, Mortal Sin, Kreator, Marduk, Sadus, Sickening Horror, Tool, Putridity, Bloodhorse, Wintersun, Unearth, Sodom, Exodus, Mayhem, Dragonforce, Destroyer 666, Deicide, Fear Factory, Children of Bodom etc.. :D

[Lord Panzerfaust]

in no order:

Metallica
Slayer
Arch Enemy
Iron Maiden
Cannibal Corpse

other notable mentions: Amon Amath, Fear Factory, Strapping Young Lad, DragonForce, Blind Guardian, Blood Duster, Dungeon, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie James Dio, Judas Preist, Anthrax, Megadeth, Immortal, Opeth, Mayhem, Gorgoroth, Fuck...Im Dead, Dethklok :emot-LOL:, Alchemist, Burzum, Darkthrone, Suffocation, Rammstein, Kreator, Sodom...hmmm think thats all, o yeah and of course....DRED :cool:

[adamray]

Omg did I forget Dred in my list? >< woops

[Crucified Coma]

Faith No More
Win.

[Sardo Numspa]

You guys are a disgrace to metal you think your metal heads but everyone of you has left out the top 5 pioneers of metal, out of respect i have posted them under my top 5...you bastards.

1. hilary duff
2. my chemical romance
3. avril lavigne
4. green day
5. 50 cent

no offense but Animal, Man...Machine sounds quite similar to one of 50 cent's songs

Es ist Zeit für Rache

[Pyrogenic]

You guys are a disgrace to metal you think your metal heads but everyone of you has left out the top 5 pioneers of metal, out of respect i have posted them under my top 5...you bastards.

1. hilary duff
2. my chemical romance
3. avril lavigne
4. green day
5. 50 cent

no offense but Animal, Man...Machine sounds quite similar to one of 50 cent's songs

Es ist Zeit für Rache

Brutal.

[adamray]

Originally Posted by Sardo Numspa View Post
You guys are a disgrace to metal you think your metal heads but everyone of you has left out the top 5 pioneers of metal, out of respect i have posted them under my top 5...you bastards.

1. hilary duff
2. my chemical romance
3. avril lavigne
4. green day
5. 50 cent

no offense but Animal, Man...Machine sounds quite similar to one of 50 cent's songs

Es ist Zeit für Rache
Brutal.

Rofl.

[JayR]

In no order

Children of Bodom
Pantera
Psycroptic
Devildriver
BLS

Honorable mentions
Dimmu Borgir, Soulfly, Skinlab, The Berzerker, Dred, Fear Factory, Machine Head, Sevendust, Hellyeah, Superjoint, Jerk, Hatebreed, SYL. Oh theres so many.

[Greene]

Dillinger Escape plan
Botch
All Else Failed
Faith no more
Deftones

[Greene]

I'd also like to squeeze Cryptopsy in there as well.

*Squeeze.

[Cammenta]

Dream Theater
Opeth
Meshuggah
Nile
Between the Buried and Me



yes, obviously I like my prog :D

[Dimmo]

no order

Nile
DETHKLOK
Dred
Testament
Psycroptic

could sit here all day contemplating so just thew it up

[magoichisaika]

In no particular order:

Galneryus
Yngwie Fucking Malmsteen
Iron Maiden
Goretorture
Blind Guardian

[davejay]

My top 5 metal groups

Machine Head - (ever since I learnt to deal with the appaulling Supercharger album)
Opeth
Testament
Dark Tranquility
Sepultura

[Aethelwine]

My top 5 metal bands at the moment are as follows:

1. Megadeth
2. Iron Maiden
3. Helloween
4. Jorn
5. Edguy

It's always changing though...Megadeth will always been number 1 for me :emot-part

[mean machine]

Very tough to cut it down to only 5 bands, and this probably changes a tad but:

Motorhead
Ne Obliviscaris
Be'lakor
sleepmakeswaves
Iced Earth

[Pyrogenic]

It seems like the Ne Obliviscaris & Be'lakor guys have quite a following. It'd be great if we could organise a show with them at some point.

[mean machine]

Definitely, that'd be a killer live lineup. I'm really looking forward to both of those bands hitting the live scene again because they both put on top shows.

[Pyrogenic]

Definitely, that'd be a killer live lineup. I'm really looking forward to both of those bands hitting the live scene again because they both put on top shows.

So I've heard. I have a friend from Uni who is traveling all the way from Sydney to catch their upcoming show.

[SLayTaN]

Hail Of Bullets
Vicious Art
Slayer
Legion Of The Dammed
Illdisposed

I could go on and on but these are the first 5 that pop into my head.

[juicedboi]

seems to vary, but i'd have to say metallica's early stuff influenced my guitaring alot.

top 5 in no order:

metallica
machine head (due to the guitar on the blackening)
opeth
arch enemy
dream theater

special mentions to:

denis vlachiotis, yngwie malmsteen, slayer, korn, kreator, kalmah, decapitated, annihilator, dream evil, winds of plague, the haunted, deicide, in this moment, nocturnal rites, poisonblack, divine heresy, a cold day in hell, satyricon, amon amarth, bloodbath, carnal forge, dark tranquility, evergrey, falconer, heaven shall burn, keep of kalessin, lost horizon, pain of salvation, sabaton, snot, unearth and more lol.