Best Metal/Hard Rock Bands

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For oldschool metal it is hard to beat
1) Slayer. I mean come on, who can compare?
2) Corrision of Conformity (early albums, particularly Animosity)
3) Void (best out of control band ever, got lumped in with the early 80s DC hardcore scene, but pure metal)
4) Voivod

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and just because they were possibly the best band of all times,
Bad Brains (not metal, but possibly you could include them in a suitably broad hard rock class),
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDZWd...ed&search=

[RichC.]

wow, i have gone back and checked out some of these bands that i have never listened to or even heard of, lots of great unknowns out there.

I was also going to throw out Hatebreed, see someone else already did. I'll say Ill Nino is pretty decent too, I listen to them in phases.

Killswitch Engage has a new song that doesnt suck.

[qwartzip]

I like old school. AC/DC and Led Zepelin.

[RichC.]

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I like old school. AC/DC and Led Zepelin.

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I have been listening to these two a lot more lately.

I dont limit myself to old school or new school, I have a fairly wide range of bands that i like, Led Zep and AC/DC to Tool and Chiamara and on occasion sprinkled with some Nickleback, Ill Nino, 36 CrazyFists, and list goes on.

[Ron Burgundy]

Soilwork

Good song, lame video.

[Ron Burgundy]

Finntroll

This is what you listen to while burning down villages and drinking beer out of a giant wooden mug.

[Barfunkel]

I've never even heard of like 90% of the band mentioned but here's my list:

Judas Priest
Venom
Slayer
Anthrax
Death Angel
Bolt Thrower
Napalm Death
Darkthrone
Mayhem
Burzum

[Ron Burgundy]

Sybreed

From Switzerland. Similar to Fear Factory. BTW, wtf is up with no one mentioning FF yet?

[uncleshady]

John Bush Anthrax
Armored Saint

I think for comparison

Aerosmith = rock
Alice In Chains = grunge
Anthrax = metal
Tool = hard rock
old metallica = speed metal