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  • Drifting Away
    Drifting Away Posts: 270
    Check out this timeline too :P

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  • Drifting Away
    Drifting Away Posts: 270
    Echoes wrote:
    Pretty much what his all boils down to is you using a 35 year old definition of the term. Just because they were considered metal then does not make them metal now, in my view.

    Also, Bathory has some good stuff too.

    but it is still heavy metal, like it or not, deal with the fact, they dont play as hard or as fast as you may like, but they are and always will be heavy metal.
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  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    I don't doubt that they were considered heavy metal in their day. The point I have always had (and haven't articulated very well) is that I don't consider them heavy metal NOW. It is a subtle difference. Trust me, I know the history of metal, but I am kind of arguing something different.
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  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    bah. Going nowhere
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  • Drifting Away
    Drifting Away Posts: 270
    Echoes wrote:
    I don't doubt that they were considered heavy metal in their day. The point I have always had (and haven't articulated very well) is that I don't consider them heavy metal NOW. It is a subtle difference. Trust me, I know the history of metal, but I am kind of arguing something different.

    that you are, and thats the great thing about opinions, mines different to yours, and thats cool.
    However if this was a hundred + years ago, i would of had to gone a crusade and killed all the people who didnt think like i do ( yay religion :p)

    I totally agree with you that, they dont sound like anything today, and that if they were playing today it would be considered more "hard rock" then anything more metal.
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  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    And I agree that they were metal and one of the originators.
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  • i_am_a_wishlist
    i_am_a_wishlist Posts: 628
    I suggest people keep away from this rock sub-genre. Stick to classic rock. Casue it's better.
  • Drifting Away
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    dont start :P
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  • brhf9
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    check this band:

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  • keyser_soze
    keyser_soze London, England Posts: 205
    well my favourite metal bands are:

    mastodon
    early metallica
    slayer
    in flames - catchy as a motherfucker CHECK EM OUT!!!!
    system of a down

    suppose thems my faves. i'm not hugely into metal. well these bands all rock so check em out!
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  • Oh, Jimmy
    Oh, Jimmy Posts: 957
    Led Zeppelin are not heavy metal. Maybe they were, but they are not anymore. Jimi Hendrix was considered heavy metal as well, even more than Zeppelin.

    Even if Zeppelin is a metal band, why mention them?
    a)everybody knows them

    b)imagine the shock when they listen to Zeppelin, thinking its metal, then listen to Slayer

    c)They are prolly not even a top 50 metal band.

    d) if Zeppelin is metal they need to expand the metal bin at most music stores

    Zeppelin, Cream, Hendrix- blues based rock bands

    early Metallica, Slayer, Motorhead, Black Sabbath-heavy metal
  • Oh, Jimmy
    Oh, Jimmy Posts: 957
    Nickelback
    Fallout Boy
    Bon Jovi

    Apparently, they are metal.
  • caifan82
    caifan82 Mexico City Posts: 321
    Glam Metal: Bon Jovi
    Power Metal: Helloween (Keeper of the seven keys, part 1 & 2)
    Speed Metal: Sonata Arctica (silence, ecliptica)
    Heavy Metal: Iron Maiden (all)
    Doom Metal: Opeth (BlackWater Park, Damnation, Ghost Reveries)
    Death Metal: Deicide (first 2)
    Black Metal: Don't know.
    Gothic Metal: Lacrimosa (any of their first albums)
    Nü Metal: System of a Down is by far the only good one.
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  • Oh, Jimmy
    Oh, Jimmy Posts: 957
    caifan82 wrote:
    Doom Metal: Opeth (BlackWater Park, Damnation, Ghost Reveries)

    I just listened to Opeth for the 1st time the other day. They rock. I love how they go from acoustic super chill mode to super distorto raucous mode.
  • keyser_soze
    keyser_soze London, England Posts: 205
    some of my other favourite metal bands:

    jesu
    godflesh
    isis

    but these guys are more minimalist wall of sound guys and not really for everyone.
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  • Jellyrolls
    Jellyrolls Posts: 523
    i_am_a_wishlist wrote:
    I suggest people keep away from this rock sub-genre. Stick to classic rock. Casue it's better.
    Haha, pretty funny...


    Whoever said they listened to Opeth the other day..keep listening!! they are one amazing band
  • MCG
    MCG Posts: 780
    3 M's come to mind

    Motorhead - Ace of Spades
    Metallica - Master of Puppets (The Black album is ok too)
    Megadeath - Peace sells but who's buyin
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  • carolinabeerguy
    carolinabeerguy Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,517
    Oh, Jimmy wrote:
    Led Zeppelin are not heavy metal. Maybe they were, but they are not anymore. Jimi Hendrix was considered heavy metal as well, even more than Zeppelin.

    Even if Zeppelin is a metal band, why mention them?
    a)everybody knows them

    b)imagine the shock when they listen to Zeppelin, thinking its metal, then listen to Slayer

    c)They are prolly not even a top 50 metal band.

    d) if Zeppelin is metal they need to expand the metal bin at most music stores

    Zeppelin, Cream, Hendrix- blues based rock bands

    early Metallica, Slayer, Motorhead, Black Sabbath-heavy metal

    I'm pretty sure that nobody ever considered Jimi Hendrix to be a heavy metal artist. Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath are generally credited with the creation of the heavy metal genre. They are heavy metal artists. Heavy metal has evolved throughout the years and many believe it peaked in the early to mid 1980s with speed metal (see Slayer and early Metallica). But, saying that Led Zeppelin isn't a heavy metal artist would be incorrect. I would not steer the guy who started this thread in their direction because he is most likely referring to the most common incarnation of "heavy metal" which is is from the 1980's. Just a thought.
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  • carolinabeerguy
    carolinabeerguy Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,517
    The term "Heavy Metal" was first used in the Steppenwolf song "Born to be Wild". This was it's first incarnation.
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  • Oh, Jimmy
    Oh, Jimmy Posts: 957
    adam42381 wrote:
    I'm pretty sure that nobody ever considered Jimi Hendrix to be a heavy metal artist. Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath are generally credited with the creation of the heavy metal genre. They are heavy metal artists. Heavy metal has evolved throughout the years and many believe it peaked in the early to mid 1980s with speed metal (see Slayer and early Metallica). But, saying that Led Zeppelin isn't a heavy metal artist would be incorrect. I would not steer the guy who started this thread in their direction because he is most likely referring to the most common incarnation of "heavy metal" which is is from the 1980's. Just a thought.

    It was because of him that the term 'heavy metal' was made. I dont remember the exact quote, but it was used to describe his sound.

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