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My hope here is to help show some younger kids the light. Drag them away form nu-metal bands like System of a Down and Linkin Park, and into the realm of real heavy metal. This is going to be a thread I keep expanding on, so check back in regularly for more headbanging epic goodness.

Thank God for Scandanvia, they've seen it fit to grace us with innumerable kick ass metal bands for generations now.

In Flames, one of the bands responsible for paving the way for the genre of melodic death metal. From Gothenburg, Sweden, these guys have been mixing intricate guitar solos, fast riffs, and heavy vocals for over 15 years. They haven't toured much Stateside, but they're becoming one of the most popular and famous metal bands out there.

My Sweet Shadow, Rock am Ring 2006


Touch of Red, Hammersmith 2004


Leeches, Graspop 2006


Children of Bodom is an epic fusion of black, power, and melodic death metal. They hail from Finland, and have an amazing stage presence. Guitars are blazingly fast at times, and melodic at others. More use of they keyboard than In Flames, but works very well.


Lake Bodom, Stockholm 2005


Angels Don't Kill, Stockholm 2005


Lake Bodom, Stockholm 2005

In Flames destroys! I've always loved the band, unfortunately due to the fact that I have a bad habit of spending all my money on skateboarding, I never have been able to pick up one of their albums. I've just borrowed albums and burned them onto my computer, but someday, I shall get one of my own.

Children of Bodom are pretty good as well, but I haven't heard as much from them as I probably should.

In Flames wins. I've always wanted to see them live.

Children of Bodom are power/speed metal with harsh vocals and In Flames are basically nu-metal now. Both of them are just overrated crap in my opinion. This is metal:

Overkill is good in small amounts. Overkill sucks in overkilled amounts.

Focusing on American metal this time. Up now we have Lamb of God, one of the pioneer bands of the Metalcore genre. Blazingly fast drums, heavy and hard guitar riffs, and deep growling vocals unlike any other. These guys always put on one helluva show.

Lamb of God, pure American metal.


Hourglass


The Subtle Arts of Murder and Persuasion


What I've Become

Chimaira! Now these guys are the shit! Use their album Pass Out of Existance to get me motivated for morning PT, right after I wake up. Any band named after a lion-headed monster better be fuckin' hardcore, and these guys deliver.


SP Lit


Pure Hatred


The Dehumanizing Process, Live

Mastodon (weird fuckers), uhh, whalecore anyone? Heavy influences from groove metal, progressive metal, and about half a dozen other sub-genres. They really are a unique band with a great sound.


The Wolf is Loose


Blood and Thunder


Crystal Skull, Live

Back for some classics this time, the Big Four. Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax. No stories for these guys, if you don't know them, then you're in the wrong damn thread.


SLAYER!



War Ensemble


Raining Blood


South of Heaven


METALLICA!



Battery


One


For Whom the Bell Tolls


MEGADETH!


Set the World Afire


Lucretia


Tornado of Souls

ANTHRAX!


Caught in a Mosh


Madhouse


Medusa

no children of bodem is melodic death metal
ps witch group is it

None of these bands are very good, at least not anymore.

How so?