Who here listens to deathmetal or other metal?

[Obvious Gimmick]

dillinger escape plan
hatebreed
slayer

dont know if any of these are "death metal" but i like them

[Skeletor]

Bolt Thrower

[Abacab]

[lightweight]

[HTexan]

Guitar+Distortion +tube amp= most beautiful sound in the world.

[IrishMuscle84]

Have been a metal fan since the age of 12, in 1982. Hard rock, traditional metal, thrash, death, black, whatever ... I like lots of groups in all substyles.

Some of my favourite bands:

Annihilator
Meshuggah
Pagan's Mind
DecapitatedCannibal Corpse
Fates Warning
Savatage
Judas Priest
Ratt
Nocturnal Rites
Iron Maiden

I have the debut CD from Aeon playing as I type, actually! "God Gives Head In Heaven"!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVnBHh6eFWY

[IrishMuscle84]

[IrishMuscle84]

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[gcb]

Some choice cuts ...

[Naggash]

It seems like all the talent in this genre goes to guitar and drums. 

Pretty accurate observation, the bass in alot of metal is just assigned to following the guitar rythms. Of course there are exceptions here and there like Billy Sheehan and John Myung.

I love all types of metal. It is funny since I'm Italian and all the fully sik wog douchebags here think RnB and Techno is the only music in existence. Annoying club wankers most of them.

Been listening to alot of Tristania and goth metal in general recently. For more mainstream stuff I love Nightwish.

[Naggash]

Never thought I`d sound like my father,but that music sux dead donkey dick.

Death metal is definately an acquired taste.

[Rami]

Never much liked the image thing with black. Some of the music was very inspired, but the movement as a whole reminded me of the 80s glam. Heavy makeup and pulling faces for the camera... but being eeevil

however bodybuilding is the biggest image thing, to rule them all

[Jussup]

Been listening to alot of Tristania and goth metal in general recently. For more mainstream stuff I love Nightwish.

The early Tristinia albums under Morten Veland (and of course with Vibeke on the front) are the best that gothic metal has to offer. Complex, deep, simply pure art that requires serious listening.  Last year I attended a live performance of the band with their "new" line-up live and needed to leave the hall (to come back later for the main act). I really couldn't stand it - worlds apart from their early years.

Apart from that I enjoy "symphonic metal" (knowing that it is not widely accepted as a sub genre) , but it doesn't always have to be dark and emotionally draining as goth. My favorite bands: Epica, Therion, Haggard.

In terms of death I prefer melodic  like In Flames (also not talking about recent albums).

Then I recently re-discovered my love for good old European Power Metal like Gamma Ray, Blind Guardian etc. Greatly helps me to get my home cleaned up on those Saturday mornings, where I hardly remember my name after a sleepless week of hard work.
Orden Ogan has become my favorite symphonic Power Metal band. A young German band with a lot of potential.

[Powerlift66]

Not really up on the newer bands, but grew up on Slayer, early Metallica (first couple), MegaDeth, Venom, Motorohead, Maiden, Priest,Fates Warning, Hallows Eve, Leige Lord, Sacred Reich, etc... (All the late 80's stuff)..

[deceiver]

I like Vader and Deicide.

[Soul Crusher]

Slayer
Megadeth
Kreator
Lamb of God
Black Sabbath
Dio
Maiden
Nuclear Assault
S.O.D.
Suicidal Tendencies
Metallica

Many many many more!!!!

[Stark]

one of the few bands I don't like

I consider them posers

[Stark]

Vader
Decapitated
Panzerchrist
Missery index (formerly Dying Fetus)
Dying Fetus
Suffocation
Nile
Slayer (well duhh)
Demolition hammer
Canibal corps

God there are too many I really love and I can never remember most of the bands I am listening too

Right now I am listening to GROG Scooping The Cranial Incides - great brutal deathmetal

[JGD]

I've been into a lot of jarring, angular and disgustingly downtuned death metal lately:

[King Shizzo]

Not really up on the newer bands, but grew up on Slayer, early Metallica (first couple), MegaDeth, Venom, Motorohead, Maiden, Priest,Fates Warning, Hallows Eve, Leige Lord, Sacred Reich, etc... (All the late 80's stuff)..

Thats regular metal for the most part.  Death metal sounds like someone is about to get sacrificed.

[Fortress]

Ratt?

Cool.

Sure it's LA pop metal, but the songwriting has always been very strong (especially when Crosby was alive and him and Juan were in the group), and the playing is VERY good. Uh, Warren DeMartini. Need I say more?

[Fortress]

dillinger escape plan
hatebreed
slayer

dont know if any of these are "death metal" but i like them

Well, no, but one can trace death's origins to Slayer's Hell Awaits effort, definitely.

[SilverSpoon]

surprised nobody has mentioned Dimmu Borgir.

I am very into jazz, and one of my friends who is a major jazzophile is a metalhead.

This is one of his favorite bands.

[Fortress]

surprised nobody has mentioned Dimmu Borgir.

I am very into jazz, and one of my friends who is a major jazzophile is a metalhead.

This is one of his favorite bands.

I very much dig Dimmu, but just so you know, it's very popular to hate the band these days. Metal fans can be some of most trendy sheep anywhere in the world of music fandom, after all.

[Fortress]

Missery index (formerly Dying Fetus)

No, Dying Fetus is still a group. After one of its albums several years back (Destroy the Opposition), everyone left except for the main dude, John Gallagher, and they formed Misery Index.