I need some Muse-like band, and hard/classic rock such as Whitesnake, Aerosmith, Def Leppard etc.

For the first part try Radiohead and maybe Modest Mouse (hey, I said MAYBE). For the second, I guess Boston, Foreigner, Quiet Riot, Asia, Journey, Van Halen, etc.

Norther (if you like Children of Bodom)
 

melodic death metal band from Helsinki, Finland. They sound very similar to Bodom. They have some really interesting solos that's for sure.



YouTube - Norther - Midnight Walker

Austrian Death Machine (Arnie Metal)
 

Austrian Death Machine is an American metalcore project from San Diego, California, founded by As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis to be a parody and tribute of actor and current California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's movies.

This band is the ****. Just listen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdZYv...eature=related LOLOLOLOLOLOL

my thoughts for this band are best summed up by this

Anybody listened Black Light Burns-4 Walls?

Anyone like the new alice n chains album? Great stuff and bought the album this week. I have been listening to it the last 3 days straight and some brilliant vocals on there. Duvall sounds very similiar to Layne and I am glad they kept the sound. Layne was great though and sad to see him go. Get the album if you haven't yet. Very good and some rocking stuff!

Mastodon rocks so hard. The Dead Weather have a different sound. I think Im obligated to say Led Zeppelin rocks and everyone should listen to them and love them.

I would say listen to some Nailbomb, They're pretty good. They have a nice punk twist to them. The members of various other metal bands from a couple years back. Also, I would highly recommend Dimmu Borgir and (I know this might sound lame but,) Dethklok, The Cartoon network metal band. It's sad how the guys making it have such talent and that they are a joke. Thunderhorse is probably the song you should listen to first if you can't decide on what to listen to by them first.

Jex Thoth. Doomy/Psych, like Dead Meadow, with alternatively raw and beautiful female vox.

Caina, Amesoeurs, Wolves in the Throne Room, Red Sparrowes, Aluk Todolo, Negura Bunget, Nadja, Ocean, later Esoteric, Corrupted, Ginnungap, Aethenor, Alcest, Mono, and all of the albums by Grails, Om, and Guapo might float yer boat!

My Top 10 Metal Artists / Albums
 

My Top 10 Metal Artists / Albums

Subgenres include medolic death metal, progressive death metal, nu metal, and metalcore. Enjoy.

1. In Flames / Sense of Purpose, Soundtrack to Your Escape, Come Clarity
2. Korn / Issues, Untitled
3. Static-X / Machine
4. Dope / Life
5. Mudvayne / Lost and Found, The New Game
6. Gojira / From Mars to Sirius
7. DevilDriver / Pray for Villains
8. All That Remains / Overcome
9. Trivium / Shogun
10. Soilwork / Sworn to a Great Divide

oh wow, there are some decent bands on that list.

Thanks. I know some of the bands I chose are mainstream but you can't deny greatness. For the best experience set to max. volume :hphones:.

I would have to say Lamb Of God...or old school Deftones.....

its great!

Its savage

If someone could help, I'm looking for worthwhile grindcore/crust similar to:

Blood
Assuck
Repulsion

Please do not give me recommendations if you aren't familiar with at least two of the above.

Ok, so I'm looking for some fairly well produced Power Metal. Not sure why, but I just sorta feel like it. My absolute favorite Power Metal band is Gamma Ray. Helloween is also good, but I don't want anything like Dragonforce, or ...not sure if Iced Earth is really Power Metal but they don't really float my boat.

Yeah, my Power Metal choices are limited, thus the want for more. Hopefully I can get some help.

See if Gamma Ray does anything for you.

Try 90's Brutal Truth.

I'm looking for something similar to Mastodon's Crack the Skye (stop laughing and dont say Leviathan), which after 6 months I cant stop listening to.

Have you explored the rest of their discography?

Edit: I can't really think of anything that similar. The vocals are pretty distinct, and I think that alone makes the sound not so generic.

Yeah, that's the problem. I love their discography, but I'm looking for something conceptually similar to CtS, plus I really love the vocals on the album.

Ah, I see. You're seeking concept albums as well. When you say conceptually similar, do you mean Greek Mythology? Hinds and Sanders are amazing vocalists and I've not found anything as unique as them.

An album with a very cohesive sound. Not simply a collection of songs.

We shall hunt for it together!

You listen to Between the Buried and Me any?

No, but I will. as an aside something about mastodon's vocals reminds me a bit of Alice in Chains Dirt era. Do you get that?

Yes, I was actually going to mention AiC, but figured it'd be irrelevant because none of their newer stuff is similar. At least I don't think so. If you get into Between the Buried and Me, start out with Alaska. I'm biased, so talked to other BTBAM listeners, too, but I'm not too fond of anything before that. Antonio is pretty knowledgeable on them. They are way heavier in the vocals than Mastodon, but there are also distinct similarities. The reason I say start with Alaska because I want you to experience the transition to Colors and to their latest The Great Misdirect. I've not fully listen to the new album, but have already decided that it's in the shadows of Colors. If you need links, I'll be on later to up some stuff for you. Hope I helped!

Hmmm....High on Fire!!!!

^ Death is This Communion is an awesome record, but it's their most melodic and polished, in fact a couple of songs on that are actually heart-felt (Ethereal), which after listening to their previous, sludge-fests, I never thought they'd be capable of this. "The Art of Self- Defense" is a little more complex and proggy. Baroness reminds me a little of Mastodon and Isis, so they may be worth checking out.

I'm actually really familiar with the album, and yeah it is great, but I'd kinda' forgot about it, because I lost it in a hard drive crash a few months ago. I'll definitely check out Baroness

Danny Lilker is a god amongst men. Hemlock, Nuclear Assault, SOD, etc....

I forgot about Isis, Mikey. You already have Wavering Radiant, though, and that one is, in my opinion, their best up-to-date. There has been extensive improvement in the vocals. That's what used to bother me about them. I feel like I can appreciate the older vocals a little more now. I also have a soft spot for the Mosquito Control EP, though.

I just love the way Isis' older vocals tend to be more subdued and blend more into the rest of music, as if they're just a textural part of the whole piece, which explains why I'm crazy over Panopticon.

Wavering Radiant is still my favorite release of '09. I think it is a huge improvement on the previous album. But Oceanic has always been my favorite. I think the vocals are perfect on that album although I like pretty much any music that Aaron Turner makes. Also, I think Celestial is a great crossroads where their old 'metalcore' sound meets the sound that they have since developed.
@ SATCHMO - I really like Baroness but their Red Album sounds kind of like a less technically talented version of Mastodon to me - but their droney Southern Rock makes up for it. I'm looking forward to hearing The Blue Album.

If you're looking for concept similarity and broadness of ability, and not just a similarity in sound, you should try Opeth's Watershed.

Nevermore...The Godless Endeavor. Good singer who's got some range, excellent guitar riffs and licks. A little grittier than Halloween and they also have a lot of other great CDs.

Hey all, this is my first post here! This forum caught my eye and I had to join.

Anyway, for my first post, I was hoping I could get some recommendations for some new bands. I've been searching my heart out, but can't quite find what I'm looking for. If anyone's willing, here's an idea of the kind of **** I'm looking for:

I want bands that are alternative, heavy, but not too heavy (lamb of god is the heaviest I'll go. no immortal or anything) with experimentation (kind of like the Dillinger escape plan) and technical riffs and beats. They've got to have a few ballads too, some acoustic interludes and singing vocals (like Slipknot, Darkest Hour or Pantera)

They don't have to be singed to be major label bands, by the way. But no unsigned stuff.

That might be too complicated I suppose, but to me, it seems like I could find something like that everywhere.

Here is what I'm listening to now: (I've listened to these dudes SOO much)
Metallica (nothing after the black album)
Slipknot
Tool
Pantera
Down
Mastodon
System of a Down
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Gojira
Baroness
Acid Bath
Trivium
Tenacious D
Slayer
Lamb of God
Darkest Hour
etc.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
:band:

A few effin ballads? This is impossible! A7F...Waking the Fallen.