Who are you favorite bands? [thread]

[VEHEMENCE]

Suffocation, Cryptopsy, Cannibal Corpse, Sinister, Morbid Angel, Broken Hope, Dying Fetus, Internal Bleeding, At The Gates, Deprecated, Gorefest, Resurrection, Deeds of Flesh, Creation is Crucifixion, A Canorous Quintet, Ill Disposed, Embraced, & Theory in Practice.

Disbelief, Therion, Without Grief, Amon Amarth, Infernal Method, Violation, Darkane, The Tea Party, Defaced Creation, Martyr, Bloodbath, Entombed, Within Y, Symbyosis, Anathema, Lux Occulta, Decapitated, Aeon, Julie Laughs Nomore, Mutant, Necromicon, The Crown, Lamb Of God, Golem, Naglfar, Anaal Nathrakh, The Project Hate, Diabolical Masquerade, Behemoth, Gardenian, Arsis, Gojira, & Opeth.

[reiter.ger]

u like a really huge count of bands ;)
which is your favorite color? would u say "green, blue, yellow, black, white, purple[..]" ;D
my favs are insomnium of cause and die apokalyptischen reiter and dark tranqullity and borknagar ;D

[pittsyco38]

My list is probably just as long :p

I'll compile one. It'll be massive, that's for sure. :D

[soph]

if its got to be favourites, like ones i cant live without, then here you go

aborted
slayer
entombed
deicide
grave
the project hate

[nitroblast]

Suidakra
Moonsorrow
Finntroll
Insomnium
Ephel Duath
Omnium Gatherum
Borknagar
Vintersorg
Otyg
Havayoth

As you can tell, I'm quite a big Vintersorg fan.

[Elfgirlie]

Let's put here a some kind of top 15, otherwise the list would be endless.

Nightwish
Summoning
Finntroll
Moonsorrow
Insomnium
Eläkeläiset
In Flames
Dark Tranquillity
Moonsorrow
Ensiferum
Vintersorg
Bathory
Borknagar
Enya
Blackmore's Night

Nitroblast: Vintersorg is a god.

[Kirurgisti]

In Flames
Suidakra
Eternal Tears of Sorrow
Children of Bodom
Finntroll
Insomnium
The Haunted
Soilwork

That's enough.

[kokonik]

In Flames
Dark Tranquillity
Insomnium
Vintersorg
Borknagar
Eternal Tears of Sorrow
Anything Dan Swanö-related [Edge of Sanity, His solo-project, etc..]
Opeth
Finntroll
Ensiferum

and a lot more...

[TheMoor]

Suffocation, Cryptopsy, Cannibal Corpse, Sinister, Morbid Angel, Broken Hope, Dying Fetus, Internal Bleeding, At The Gates, Deprecated, Gorefest, Resurrection, Deeds of Flesh, Creation is Crucifixion, A Canorous Quintet, Ill Disposed, Embraced, & Theory in Practice.

Disbelief, Therion, Without Grief, Amon Amarth, Infernal Method, Violation, Darkane, The Tea Party, Defaced Creation, Martyr, Bloodbath, Entombed, Within Y, Symbyosis, Anathema, Lux Occulta, Decapitated, Aeon, Julie Laughs Nomore, Mutant, Necromicon, The Crown, Lamb Of God, Golem, Naglfar, Anaal Nathrakh, The Project Hate, Diabolical Masquerade, Behemoth, Gardenian, Arsis, Gojira, & Opeth.

Great a fan of Embraced and Without Grief :)
2 Melodic Swedish death metal band that everybody should know about... they are really great!

[Rhazoo]

So my fav bands are
Insomnium
Nile
In Flames
Slayer

[embraced_within]

children of bodom
sinergy
detonation (everyone is sure to love this band!!)
insomnium
swallow the sun (apparantly similar to insomnium)
anathema
decapitated
kalmah (old)
sirenia
embraced
morgul
lacuna coil (some)
catamenia
draconian
cadacross
graveworm
disillusion
pantera
sonata arctica
scorpions
pain

[Puchu]

I'll try to keep my list short.

Of course, Insomnium
Children of Bodom
Nightwish
Sinergy
Norther

[Nikola]

Immortal,...,...,....,Mayhem,Burzum,The Stone,May Result,Emperor,Darkthrone,Opera IX,Azra,Berzerker,Simargal,Satyricon,Dimmu etc.

[Destroyer of Worlds]

I'll keep mine short ;)

Bal-Sagoth (Best band ever!)
In Flames
Children of Bodom
Insomnium
Immortal
Dragonforce
Finntroll
Ensiferum
Moonsorrow
Norther
Julie Laughs Nomore
Battlelore

[J Mann]

Just in case you guys didnt know the topic creator is the guitarist in Vehemence. He posts a lot at Ultimate Metal.

Anyways on topic: Arcturus, Catamenia, Sacramentum, Death, Ion Dissonance, Lykathea Aflame, Neuraxis, Nocturnus, Psycroptic, Ribspreader, Sotajumala, The Red Chord, \m/VEHEMENCE\m/, Agalloch, Katatonia, Shape of Despair, Ablaze my Sorrow, Amorphis, Arsis, Children of Bodom, Dan Swanö, Dark Tranquillity, Dew Scented, Disarmonia Mundi, Dimension Zero, Disillusion, Dissection, Edge of Sanity, Ensiferum, Insomnium, In Flames, Kalmah, Nightrage, Omnium Gatherum, Quo Vadis, Red Harvest, Skyfire, Soilwork, Lamb of God, Dragonforce, Symphony X, Stratovarius, Nightwish, Ayeron, Cynic, Ephel Duath, Evergrey, Farmakon, Opeth, Spiral Architect, Sun Caged, Symbyosis, The Kovenant, Theory in Practice, Therion, Gordian Knot, Porcupine Tree, Radiohead, Karmakanic, finger eleven, Chimaira, Sentence, Passenger.

[Cephalion]

There's so many but here's the most important:

Opeth
Nightwish
Katatonia
Dark Tranquillity
Therion
Sonata Arctica
Swallow the sun
Insomnium
Children of Bodom
Ensiferum

[Addicted To Death]

I can't post this John, it would take allll fuckin' night! But you and i have talked so i think you got some idea. :)

[VEHEMENCE]

You mentioned some great ones too J mann, there are some I have to check out that I dont know about. Ribspreader, Sotajumala...

[Infernal]

Kalmah, Amon Amarth, Moonsorrow, EToS, Insomnium, Swallow The Sun, Vinterland, Vintersorg, ...And Oceans, Amorphis, Battlelore, Immortal, Vehemence ;) and many many more.

[Mr. Lapin Kulta]

Moonsorrow, Turisas, Thyrfing, Bathory, Finntroll, Asmegin, Vintersorg, Borknagar, Satyricon, The Black League, The Duskfall, Gates of Ishtar, Kreator, Helloween, Running Wild, Gamma Ray, Blind Guardian, Annihilator, Rage, Nasum, Guns n' Roses, WASP, Ensiferum, Death, Morbid Angel, Behemoth, Dark Tranquillity, In Flames, Soilwork...

This list could go on and on and on and on....

[suela]

Fates Warning
Watchtower
Novembers Doom
Death Angel
Summoning
Moonsorrow
Shape of Despair
My Dying Bride
Opeth
Aman Amarth

[kalle]

Lets try listing some, in no special order: Insomnium, The Black League, Shaman, Entwine, Einherjer, The Kovenant, Ensiferum, EToS, Babylon Whores, Cryhavoc, Dark Tranquillity, Battlelore, Katatonia, Catamenia, Theatre of Tragedy, Script of Flood, Sentenced.. hmm, ok, this would be endless.. :)

[kromisade]

I have also quite many favourite bands (but Not so many as VEHEMENCE has!).

Well, Insomnium of course, then In Flames, Soilwork, Mors Principium Est (http://www.morsprincipiumest.com/frame.htm), Moonsorrow, Kalmah, Falchion, Nightwish, Children of Bodom, Kotiteollisuus, Mokoma, Europe, Ensiferum, EToS, For My Pain.. and many more great bands from North Europe.

[Wintersoul]

lets just the best...

Insomnium!!
Eternal Tears Of Sorrow.
Kalmah.
Finntroll.
In Flames. (old)
Sentenced.
Ensiferum.
Wintersun.
Moonsorrow.
Vintersorg.

only two of them is Swedish, and the rest from Finland :O

[ict1523]

Lamb of God
Children of Bodom
Insomnium
Nightwish
Killswitch Engage
God Forbid
Dimmu Borgir
Cradle of Filth
Slayer
Metallica
Fear Factory
Morbid Angel
Arch Enemy

Probably more, but they don't come to my mind now.

EDIT: More

Kreator
Satyricon
Thyrfing
Moonsorrow
Old Man's Child
Immortal
Disarmonia Mundi

[wildchild86]

Megadeth
Dimmu Borgir
Insomnium
Immortal
Emperor
Mayhem
Children Of Bodom
Kalmah
Catamenia
Omnium Gatherum
Norther
(the) Crown
Kataklysm
Amon Amarth
Arch Enemy

[Blacklion]

The list is quite long, so as others have done, I just write the ones that are most important to me at the moment.
Deathchain
Ensiferum
Eternal Tears Of Sorrow
HammerFall
Immortal
Insomnium
Iron Maiden
Machine Men
Moonsorrow
something like that.

[Redline Angel]

Right. Bands.

Opeth
Discordance Axis
Sunn O)))
Merzbow
Aphex Twin
Circle Takes The Square
The Stone Roses...

Oh, there's too many. Gah.

[Swansong89]

Insomnium
Children of bodom
Draconian
Nightwish
Sonata Arctica
Cradle of filth
In flames
Dark Tranquillity


There are more, but this was those I felt to write down right now :)

[lost_to_apathy]

Beyond The Embrace
Dark Tranquillity
In Flames (except the STYE album... :depressed )
Insomnium
Enter My Silence
The Duskfall (the Frailty album)
Lilitu
Nightrage
Soilwork (stabbing the drama)
Agalloch
Draconian
Evergrey
For My Pain...
Lacuna Coil
Leaves Eyes
Nightwish
Sirenia
The Wounded <3
Within Temptation
Dragonforce
Spiritual Beggars (the new Demons album)
Trivium
Unearth
Viking Skull
Crucified Barbara
Silvertide

[LordofStorms]

1.Nile
2.Immortal
3.Death
4.Emperor
5.Immolation
6.Between the Buried and Me
7.Darkthrone
8.Necrophagist
9.Deeds of Flesh
10.Hate Eternal

[Swansong89]

Is number one the best or is there not a specific order Lordofstorms?

[lost_to_apathy]

If I had to put mine into order.....hard to do, but I think...at this moment...

1-Beyond The Embrace
2-Insomnium
3-Unearth
4-Dark Tranquillity
5-Dragonforce
6-Lilitu
7-In Flames (except the STYE album... )
8-The Wounded
9-Soilwork (stabbing the drama)
10-Spiritual Beggars (the new Demons album)
11-Crucified Barbara
12-Enter My Silence
13-For My Pain...
14-Viking Skull
15-Lacuna Coil
16-The Duskfall (the Frailty album)
17-Agalloch
18-Silvertide
19-Within Temptation
20-Trivium
21-Nightwish
22-Evergrey
23-Sirenia
24-Nightrage
25-Draconian
26-Leaves Eyes


Ha... it's really way too hard to rate them like that...

[Swansong89]

kinda embarrasing I havent heard the half of all your bands Apathy :P
Beyond the embrace, what music do they play?

[lost_to_apathy]

I think you would like them, it's melodic death metal, with three guitars :) \m/
Their first album 'Against The Elements' is a bit more 1990's era sounding melodic death, but still great, and their new album 'Insect Song', my favourite, has a slightly different vocal approach, not always completely harsh, maybe becoming just a shout here and there, but other times screaming still.
Eg. the song '...Of Every Strain' has more harsh vocals, whereas 'Redeemer' has more maybe Metallica-ish vocals, with a three-guitar attack chorus to die for :)

If you use msn, add me and I'll send you some songs - i_am_loco@hotmail.com

[Swansong89]

I add you bro, so we can have a look on them ;)

[LordofStorms]

Is number one the best or is there not a specific order Lordofstorms?
Yeah its in order,1. being the best.

[savolainen marsu]

Insomnium
Ensiferum
enter my silence
sentenced :saint:
swallow the sun (every i like it more) :Unholy:
winter sun

[Nex]

I don't know why anybody thought about this.....so here I go....I listen to almost all of the bands you guys hear except unearth, in flames, at the gates, and soilwork....im not into the gothenburg sound, seriously it's annoying, well for me by the way. you guys forgot to mention wintersun, one of the greatest musician livin' in finland! who he is....it's jari(fuck yeah!)

[metallimarsu]

Swallow the sun
Insomnium
Shape of Despair
Katatonia
Immortal
Deathchain
Ensiferum
Eternal tears of sorrow
Moonsorrow
Nightwish
My Fate
Enter my silence

Suomi metalli p......e!!!!!!!!!!!


:banana:

[ict1523]

Updated List:

Children of Bodom
Insomnium
Arch Enemy
Dark Tranquility
Kreator
Slayer
Behemoth
Immortal
Satyricon
Thyrfing
Moonsorrow
Dimmu Borgir
Finntroll
Falkenbach
Cradle of Filth
Disarmonia Mundi

[Flyingdutchman]

Favourit bands...

- In Flames
- Insomnium
- Opeth
- Kamelot
- Finntroll
- Children of Bodom
- Evergrey
- Iron Maiden
- Stratovarius
- Hammerfall
- When Day Descends

[Agony Of Fallen Grace]

Old Man's Child
Children Of Bodom
Pantera
Dimmu Borgir
Cradle Of Filth
Kalmah
Norther
Immortal
Burzum
Slayer
Lamb Of God
At the Gates

:Unholy: :Unholy: :Unholy: :Unholy:

[Flyingdutchman]

kalmah is very good to yeah

[Wintersoul]

Opeth is very good to yeah

[Darkstone]

Let's See!

Insomnium
In Flames
Soilwork
Psycroptic
Wintersun
Eternal Tears Of Sorrow
Children Of Bodom
Kalmah
Soulreaper
Dissection
Dimmu Borgir
Old Mans Child
Naglfar
Astriaal
Eventide
Urkraft
Dungeon
Lost Horizon
Hammerfall
Ensiferum
Dark Tranquillity
At The Gates

And a million others! ;D

[Xarion]

Hum favourite bands...

In melo-death :

In Flames - Insomnium (my trVe gods)
Dark Age
Dark Tranquillity
Mors Principium Est
Soilwork

In melo-something (lùl) :

Kamah
Eternal Tears Of Sorrow
Sentenced
Hypocrisy
As I Lay Dying

Other :

Paradise Lost
Spock's Beard
Saliva :D

And so on... ^^

[Arminius]

the short-short list-
Nightwish, Blind Guardian, In Flames, At The Gates, Moonlyght, SuidAkra, Sonata Arctica, Demons & Wizards

[BRUTAL TRUTH]

Pig Destroyer
Opeth
Insomnium
Carcass
Mindlapse
Lacuna Coil
Narcosis
At The Gates
Novembre
Type O Negative
Dimmu Borgir
Suffocation
Hypocrisy
Vader
Finntroll
Arch Enemy
In Flames
Children Of Bodom
Soilwork
:viking:

[Agony Of Fallen Grace]

Children Of Bodom,At The Gates,Dimmu Borgir......GOod Choice hehe

[OldMansChildxx13]

Metallica ( old )
Old Man's Child
Cradle of Filth
Children of Bodom
Dimmu Borgir
Amon Amarth
Pantera
Kalmah

[blackorchid]

Insomnium, Kalmah, Withering, Anathema, Katatonia, My Dying Bride, Riverside, Novembre, Sirenia, Draconian, Skyfire, Woods of Ypres, Norther, This Illusion, Wintersun, Agalloch, Shapes of Despair, Dark Tranquillity, The Gathering, Opeth, Emperor, Peccatum, Hypocrisy, Rakoth, Pelican, Pendulum, Nine Inch Nails, Skold, Skinny Puppy, Tool, VnV Nation, Apoptyma Berzerk, Covenant, Dead Dance Dance, Clan of Xymox, Collide, PanterA, White Zombie, MetallicA, Guns N' Roses, ect... ect... ect...

www.myspace.com/bbrandii for an even closer list of just about everything i listen to, lol

variety = good.

aaaaaand.. my favorite colours are purple, green, orange, grey, white, and blue. hahahahaha.

wow. sorry. -_-'

[TheDarkPrince]

Dragonforce, OLD Metallica, Dark Tranquillity, Iron Maiden, Immortal, Insomnium, At The Gates, OLD In Flames, Hammerfall, Testament, Slayer, Emperor, Amon Amarth, The Duskfall, Megadeth, Judas Priest, Motorhead... fuck, just about every metal band on the face of the earth, especially the ones from Scandanavia.

[13068]

Suffocation, Cryptopsy, Cannibal Corpse, Sinister, Morbid Angel, Broken Hope, Dying Fetus, Internal Bleeding, At The Gates, Deprecated, Gorefest, Resurrection, Deeds of Flesh, Creation is Crucifixion, A Canorous Quintet, Ill Disposed, Embraced, & Theory in Practice.

Disbelief, Therion, Without Grief, Amon Amarth, Infernal Method, Violation, Darkane, The Tea Party, Defaced Creation, Martyr, Bloodbath, Entombed, Within Y, Symbyosis, Anathema, Lux Occulta, Decapitated, Aeon, Julie Laughs Nomore, Mutant, Necromicon, The Crown, Lamb Of God, Golem, Naglfar, Anaal Nathrakh, The Project Hate, Diabolical Masquerade, Behemoth, Gardenian, Arsis, Gojira, & Opeth.

[13068]

Iron Maidem, Slayer, Pantera, Chimaira, Insomnium, OLD In Flames, Machine Head, Arch Enemy, Detonation, Noumena, Metallica, MORE!!!!..........

[NightSoul]

In Flames
Dark tranquillity
Soilwork
Insomnium
Dark Age
Mors Principium Est
Disarmonia Mundi
At The Gates
Into Eternity
Kalmah
Eternal Tears Of Sorrow
Hypocrisy
Opeth
As I Lay dying
Darkest Hour
Arch Enemy
Callenish Circle
Death...

[Kyky]

Well, I have so many fav band, so here´s some of the list:

Insomnium
Amorphis
Noumena
Lykathea Aflame
Noumena
Origin
Amoral
Fall Of The Leafe
Obscurant
Testament
Stam1na
Saturnus
Necrophagist
Deathchain
De Lirium´s Order
Gojira
Benighted
Novembre
Katatonia
Aborted
Diablo
Death
Black Label Society
Nile


And keep on going... :)

[Freakingdb]

Mine favorites would probably have to be.

1.Pantera
2.Children of Bodom
3.Insomnium
4.Arsis
5.Lamb of God
6.Shadows Fall
7.At the Gates
8.Necrophagist
9.Death
10.Slayer
11.Mastodon
12.Sinergy
13.Led Zeppelin
14.Trivium
15.Tool

I think my taste in music is kinda diverse.

[Congicate]

a canorous quintet
aborted
amon amarth
the amythest
arise
arsis
astriaal
at the gates
athiest
autopsy
behemoth
befallen
bloodbath
bolt thrower
brutality
callenish circle
cannibal corpse
cardinal sin
carnal forge
capharnaum
construcdead
cynic
damaged
dark funeral
darkest hour
dark tranquility
deadspawn
death
deicide
destroyer 666
devourment
dimension zero
dim mak
disgorge
dismember
dissection
dragonforce
duskfall
dying fetus
embodied
embraced
enter my silence
eternal lies
erab altor
eucharist
fragments of unbecoming
gates of ishtar
gherkin
godspeed you black emperor!
gorefest
guidance of sin
hatesphere
hypocrisy
illdisposed
immemoreal
immemorial
immortal
impious
infernal method
insomnium
in thy dreams
insision
intrepid
iron maiden
kataklysm
koldborn
krisiun
lord kaos
legion
malevolent creation
misery index
monstrosity
morbid angel
naglfar
napalm death
ne plus ultra
neuraxis
necrophagist
nile
origin
potential citizens
pestilence
psycroptic
old man's child
the quiescent
the plague
satyricon
serberus
severed saviour
sigur ros
sleep terror
solar dawn
soul demise
soul reaper
spawn of possession
spiral architect
suffocation
taetre
the crown
thorium
the duskfall
twin obscenity
vader
vehemence
veil of anguish
vile
withered beauty

[TheDarkPrince]

OK, I just discovered this yesterday: Pain Of Salvation are the best band fucking EVER!!

[NightSoul]

OK, I just discovered this yesterday: Pain Of Salvation are the best band fucking EVER!!
My favorite prog band ! Daniel Gildenlow is a great musician/songwritter

[TheDarkPrince]

Daniel Gildenlow is a genius. Makes sense, considering he started his band at 11, but come on; NOTHING he does is short of utter perfection.

[AleksiH]

I usually listen to only few bands at a time, depending on my current feelings. If I would tell you all I listen to, the list would be miles long so I'll just shorten it a little:

The favourites I listen all times no matter what the feelings are:

Insomnium (duh)
Shade Empire (Another great finnish Death metal band with some Blackish influences)
Rapture (yet again another Finnish death metal band quite similar to Insomnium)

In Flames
Dark Tranquillity
Norther