Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Godflesh
Count Raven
St. Vitus
Neurosis
Napalm Death (mostly just for the first three records)
Solitude Aerternus
Candlemass
Warhorse

1) Metallica ( some would say they aren't metal anymore)
2) Dream Theater
3) Iron Maiden
4) Within Temptation
5) Steve Vai
6) Old Nightwish
7) Rob Zombie
8) Buckethead
9) Dark Moor
10) Black Sabbath

Here's my list, in order:

1. Led Zepellin
2. Black Sabbath
3. Metallica (I'm ready for the hateful comments - think KEA, RTL, and MOP)
4. Slayer
5. In Flames
6. Opeth
7. Pantera
8. Mercyful Fate
9. Megadeth
10. Judas Priest

1. Iron Maiden
2. Black Sabbath
3. Pantera
4. Converge
5. Opeth
6. Judas Priest
7. Candlemass
8. Megadeath
9. In Flames
10. Ice Earth

1)As I Lay Dying
2)All That Remains
3)Killswitch Engage
4)Arch Enemy
5)In Flames
6)Diecast
7)Chimaira
8)At The Gates
9)Children of Bodom
10)............

yeah im still looking for more good bands
any suggestions?

1) Nile
2) Behemoth
3) Amon Amarth
4) Mastodon
5) Pig Destroyer
6) The Dillinger Escape Plan
7) Meshuggah
8) Opeth
9) Megadeth
10) Arch Enemy

1.bring me the horizon
2.carnifex
3.burning the masses
4.the irish front
5.whitechapel
6.impending doom
7.suicide silence
8.emmure
9.on solid ground
10.knives exchanging hands


this list is in no particular order and i realize some of these bands might be referred to something other than just metal, most are death metal anyway..

=p

ive been listening to metal for some time, been gonig to shows and stuff. around my town i guess its a popular genre of music so if youd liek to know alot of metal bands id tell you some. check out burning the masses or knives exchanging hands, if you like them tell me and ill tell you some more. =]

1)Eyehategod
2)Black Sabbath
3)My Dying Bride
4)Acid Bath
5)Isis
6)Dot(.) (lol)
7)In Flames
8)Mastadon
9)The Gathering
10)Saint Vitus (Hidden Hand's good, too.)
No particular order, even though I uh, enumerated it... Durrr... Hmm, there's also more, but I'm kinda picky, so..

1. Megadeth
2. Children of Bodom
3. Black Label Society
4. Nightwish
5. Agalloch
6. Mastodon
7. Sinergy
8. Iron Maiden
9. Strapping Young Lad
10. Iced Earth


1 - 5 are pretty solidly in place. 6 - 10 can change switch up or fall off the list on any given day.