I love music in general but heavy metal is my favorite and I am happy to see I am not the only one here


My favorite band of all is Metallica and I was lucky to see them in concert in 1991 which was great

This is my top ten list of favorites:

01.  Metallica
02.  Therion
03.  Slayer
04.  Judas Priest
05.  Megadeth
06.  Korn
07.  Disturbed
08.  King Diamond
09.  Scorpions
10.  System Of A Down

Others I like include:  AC/DC, Alice Cooper, Alice In Chains, Anthrax, Audioslave, Barnabas, Barren Cross, Black Sabbath, Bloodgood, Blue Oyster Cult, Cannibal Corpse, Creed, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, Deliverance, Dio, Fight, Godsmack, Guns N' Roses, Helloween, Halloween, Jimi Hendrix, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, Leviticus, Linkin Park, Marilyn Manson, Mercyful Fate, Mortification, Motley Crue, My Dying Bride, Nirvana, Ozzy Osbourne, Pantera, Queensryche, Rammstein, Rush, Saint, Sepultura, Six Feet Under, Soulfly, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Tourniquet, Twisted Sister, Van Halen, Velvet Revolver, Whie Zombie, Rob Zombie, ZZ Top, Echoes Of Eternity, Otep, Fireball Ministry, Lamb Of God, Hatebreed, Killswitch Engage, Slipknot, Gwar, Type O Negative, Mushroomhead,  In This Moment, P.O.D. and Manowar.

Jerry

Currently, I'll put my music in the following order:

1. Psychodelic
2. Hard acid rock from the late 60's
3. Real Bluegrass from the south. NOT what country has become lately.
4. Decent folk music.
5. Alternative (I find some of this new stuff pretty good.)

On Wedensdays, I listen to an on-line classics show with Johnny P. Lovetrain out of South Florida U. He plays a request from 'Roadrat from St. Louis' or 'Dave from St' Louis' every week in the 10:00 CDT hour.

You may also find a studio portrait painted by your's truly on his sites.

I do not like Rap or most Disco. I like that Yvonne Ellerman (sp) song from the disco era, though. Her voice is good enough to make even disco plalatable.

For people new to heavy metal or even if you have listened to it for years I recommend you watch the movie Metal A Headbanger's Journey.

I bought it used and after I watched it I was surprised that I actually learned a few things I did not know.

The thing I learned the most is how many generes there are in heavy metal starting in the late 60's.

For more information go to:   http://www.metalhistory.com

Jerry

Jerry, you certainly do buy a lot of music. I own only about 10 CD's and maybe 15 to 20 LP's. My wife brought her collection of about 100 45RPM's with her but there isn't too much good in that pile. I'm pretty narrow minded on what I'll buy.

Remember Ort. from Athens Ga.? He was a big 45 collector.

rodent wrote on Oct 15^th, 2007 at 11:54pm:


Oh my gosh - I haven't thought of Ort in AGES!  I miss his musings.  (Hey did you hear the Birthday Princess and Bill D were married?)

I did not know Headbangers Ball was on MTV until the late 80's and I would watch it religiously in the early 90's and was very dissapointed to find out it was not on any more.


Then I found out it was brought back on MTV2 but my wife and I only had basic cable so we did not get MTV2

But, over a year ago we did get digital cable and now we do get MTV2 and I have been watching Headbangers Ball as much as I can.  When I can not watch it I will record it onto DVD discs and watch it the next morning or later

It is a good way for me to hear songs I might not hear anywhere else and they play a lot of the heavy metal I do enjoy including some classic metal like older Iron Maiden.


Does anybody else here watch and enjoy Headbangers Ball?


Oh yea, if you have not seen it and are interested in watching it, it comes on Saturday nights at 11pm or midnight (Eastern time)

Jerry

These are three of the music books I have where I have learned about bands even though the internet is probably the best way to do that now.

But what is interesting is that the middle book does not have the band Korn in it

Jerry

Korn were the innovators of the rap/metal genre so I am surprised they are not in the Innovators section or even in that book at all.
Any fan of Korn knows they are as metal as metal can be.  Listen to the CD Untouchables and tell me they are not heavy metal

Well, I guess they have their reasons for not putting them in the book but I will never figure out why

Jerry

I am very sorry if I might have angered or upset you but the reason I said that is because The Encyclopedia Of Heavy Metal and The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia Of Rock & Roll do have Korn in them so I just think it is interesting that a book with the title 'The Definitive Guide' would not have them in it.

It is a great book and I have gotten a lot of enjoyment out of it so far and I don't usually fork over $20 or more for a book.

Another interesting thing is that the band Head East is not in The Rolling Stone Encyclopdia in the first, secord or third editions   I know a guy who hates them even though I do like them but I guess everyone does not have the same tastes in music but sometimes I wonder why a person hates a particular group?  Just like another guy on another forum hates the band Creed because he claims they lack talent but even if they might lack talent I still like their music.

Jerry

Um, OK

I have been a Korn fan since I heard their song Here To Stay on the radio which was edited of course.  So I bought the Untouchables and have been hooked ever since.

I love their song Right Now because that is how I feel when I am in a very bad mood.  

I take it you do not like Korn or what

Jerry

I am not really familiar with Sirenia but I have heard of Apocolytica.

If you like symphonic heavy metal I consider Therion to be the best but the newest Epica and Nightwish are great too

If people are offended by harder forms of music they should stick in some ear plugs or go elsewhere

Jerry

 I did forget


Here are the bands from the Progressive, Gothic and Symphonic Metal catagory from the Metal The Definitive Guide:

After Forever
Dream Theater
Epica
Evergrey
Fates Warning
Kamelot
Labyrinth
Lacuna Coil
Moonspell
Nightwish
Paradise Lost
Rhapsody
Symphony X
Theatre Of Tragedy
Threshold
Tristania
Type O Negative
Within Temptation


From that list I am familiar with:

Dream Theater
Epica
Fates Warning
Kamelot
Lacuna Coil
Moonspell
Nightwish
Theatre Of Tragedy
Type O Negative
Within Temptation


I have to admit I thought I knew a lot about all kinds of heavy metal but I might know maybe half of it
There are so many bands I still have not even heard of and I am finding out all kinds of things about the bands and artists I do know.

Jerry

Hey all,

While rap metal gets a bad rep, I have been listening to this band called All Crazy.  Their song Wrong Time has been stuck in my head for weeks.  Let me know what you think?

http://www.myspace.com/allcrazyphilly

I found out that my favorite of favorites Metallica are finally going to be releasing a CD/album titled Death Magnetic sometime in September

Their last was the E.P.  Some Kind Of Monster which was back in 2004.

I have been a fan of theirs since the late 80's so I have experienced all of their changes (except when they kicked Dave Mustaine out and lost Cliff Burton in that horrible bus accident) in music and it would be nice if they went back to their roots of pure heavy thrash metal but if that is all they did I suppose they could be labeled as boring.

Anyway, I am excited that they are going to finally have something new and I will probably pre-order the CD on Amazon.com or something

Jerry

Death Magnetic was released on September 12th. and of course I bought it


I have listened to it 3 times now and each time I like it more


But, since Metallica is my favorite of favorites I would probably like them if they did 60's music which would be very strange for them


Jerry