Originally Posted by Obdurate

Hm, I've never thought about my 10 fave but I'll try. The first two are in order, the rest... not so much, and I've probably forgot some bands that I prefer over the ones I listed:

- Slipknot
- maudlin of the Well
- Mastodon
- Emperor
- Textures
- Mayhem
- Cult of Luna
- Carcass
- Katatonia
- Axis of Perdition


Honourable mention:
DEP
Between the Buried and Me
The first few albums by Marilyn Manson are awesome, as well. Don't really know if I'd classify him as metal so much, but
he's close enough for me.

And somebody else put Agoraphobic Nosebleed on there so I'm going to throw them in there, along with The Locust.
So there. I'm also gonna cheat and put Boris (because some of it is drone or sludge metal) and Amen (because they're a hybrid of
punk and metal).