perhaps im just a purist
 

wow you guys sure do throw around the word metal pretty loosly. hatebreed is hardcore, ministry is industrial, and tool is... well they aint metal. im suprised some one hasnt tried to cite limp bizkit...

also am I the only one here who likes at the gates? i thought at least ONE other person would have them on the list... sheesh and only one person even mentioned the haunted... its a sad day for thrash.


1) Suicide Nation- At The Gates
2) Raining Blood- Slayer
3) Slaughter of the Soul- At The Gates
4) We Bury Our Dead At Dawn- The Agony Scene
5) Dimmu Borgir- Mourning Palace

Thrash metal never really did much for me.....too much repetition in the riffs a la punk....

Ok,so maybe Tool isn't exactly what you'd call metal,but they're still one of my favorite bands.And if i had to choose another song,it would be anything by Iron Maiden;) ."probably either"Wasted Years" or The Number of the Beast".

Re: perhaps im just a purist
 

well, the're all under the metal "umbrella". ;)

ATG are cool & the Haunted were on my list.

ya can't please everyone:)

Re: perhaps im just a purist
 

"Hardcore" and industrial are sub-genres.

Hardcore is a subgenre of Punk.

The only difference between the Hardcore of Hatebreed and the hardcore of the DC scene in the early 80's is that it is advanced.

I would never look at hardcore as a subgenre of metal, unless it's stuff like Avenged Sevenfold, which is like metal/hardcore.

At The Gates, as mentioned above are really good, and Suicide nation would definately be my favourite song.


For me it's too damn hard to name 5, here are ones of notable value to me.

Black Metal
VENOM- BLACK METAL (the band/album that started it all)
DARKTHRONE- A BLAZE IN THE NORTHERN SKY
DARKTHRONE- UNHOLY BlACK METAL
BURZUM (albums)- DET SOM ENGANG VAR / HIVS LYSET TAR OSS / FILOSOFEM
MAYHEM- PURE FUCKING ARMAGEDDON

Death Metal
DEATH (early stuff)
thats pretty much it, I don't listen to a lot of Death Metal.

Thrash Metal
SLAYER- SEASONS IN THE ABYSS
SLAYER- ANGEL OF DEATH
SLAYER- RAINING BLOOD & REIGN IN BLOOD
PANTERA- COWBOYS FROM HELL
PANTERA (album)- VULGAR DISPLAY OF POWER

Classical Metal
JUDAS PRIEST- PAINKILLER
IRON MAIDEN (album)- KILLERS (pre Bruce)
you know, just, most early Maiden albums were good.
METALLICA- I don't like them, but they were influencial.

And thats it, I am sure someone could expand.

Re: Re: perhaps im just a purist
 

that they are, but not of metal.

My Ruin-Lamb of God

Fixation on the Darkness-Killswitch Engage

Dead Like Me-Bleeding Through

Pentegons and Pentagrams-Burnt by the Sun

I Cum Blood-Cannibal Corpse

What a RANDOM CC song to have in your top 5....:confused: ...

Re: Re: Re: perhaps im just a purist
 

Okay, of WHAT then?