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| Current Metal Favorites
List name says it all. | | 1 | Agalloch
Could you have guessed? If you asked me to actually explain coherently
why I love this band so much, I'd just shrug and say "you had to be there."
When "Ashes..." clicked with me, it was like a spiritual experience that
opened up all of their prior albums to me. They are the gift that keeps on
giving. | | 2 | Mar De Grises
My favorite band of the doom metal variety. The Tatterdemalion Express
and Draining The Waterheart are both masterpieces, Streams Inwards
needs a little more time to sink in. | | 3 | Kalmah
Kalmah proved perfectly with 12 Gauge that they had successfully
interfaced with the metal supercomputer and survived. That said "The
Groan Of Wind" is one of my favorite songs of all time. | | 4 | Insomnium
There are two bands on this list that are most likely to be met with groans
of disapproval, and this is one of them. Some grievances aside, I just love
the sound of these guys. It's nothing new, nothing special, they just do
what they do well. | | 5 | Wolves In The Throne Room
Practically the only "Cascadian" USBM band I have any real love for... | | 6 | Panopticon
Probably the only metal band from Kentucky I even know about, and
probably the only black metal band from Kentucky period. Amazing one man
project that rivals almost anything the PNW has come up with. | | 7 | Enslaved
Would be higher on the list if I had been into them longer. It took me
several months and damn near a dozen listens to warm up to Vertebrae,
don't know why. But I trusted the Sputnik crowed and now that Axioma is
out, I'm glad I'm along for the ride. | | 8 | Orphaned Land
"Mabool" blew my mind and still does, and though I can never convince
myself to sit through the entirety of "The Neverending Way Of ORwarriOR",
there are several tracks on it that are good enough to keep me hopeful
that they haven't lost their souls to Steve Wilson. | | 9 | Ensiferum
EDIT: This band is good, and is replacing Martriden on this list who isn't as
good. | | 10 | Eluveitie
All said and done, "Inis Mona" is probably my favorite folk-metal song, I don't
even want to think of how many times I sat in front of my computer headbanging
violently into the night to that song. Their whole career has been generally
solid with a handful of boring tracks, par for the course. | |
Zion
09.23.10 | Really this list would change by tomorrow, with the exception of 1, 2, and 3 who I don't see going anywhere. Korpiklaani could easily be here some days, Moonsorrow other days, etc. | Crysis
09.23.10 | 1, 3, and 4 are three of my all-time favorite bands. 6 is amazing as well. | ShadowRemains
09.23.10 | this sounds like a playlist on Crysis' iPod | coneren
09.23.10 | List fucking rocks FUCK YEAH FUFUFKCUFKCUFKCUFKC | AngelofDeath
09.23.10 | Kalmah - picking up where Children of Bodom left off when they decided to turn to shit. Great band. Doesn't get enough love.
And Agalloch, c'mon. Amazing. | Crysis
09.23.10 | close Shadow haha, but I hate Orphaned Land and Sabaton, Martriden is decent at best, never heard anything by Mar De Grises, and I think everyone here knows how I feel about Enslaved. | Zion
09.23.10 | I always forget you like Insomnium Crysis. I feel less alone in that now.. ha. And I live under a
rock, what's your opinion of Enslaved? Maybe it's the same opinion that I had to beat out of myself
for months to find them enjoyable enough to put on this list... | Crysis
09.23.10 | I am probably the biggest Insomnium fanboy on Sputnik. | AngelofDeath
09.23.10 | Never been a big Insomnium fan. I definately agree with you on Enslaved being pretty overrated though. | Crysis
09.23.10 | And, their new album aside, I think Enslaved sucks | ShadowRemains
09.23.10 | only needs Emperor and Dark Tranquillity :P | Yazz_Flute
09.23.10 | Heard and enjoy all of these sans 2 9 and 10. 1 and 7 are likely amongst my top metal bands too. | Zion
09.23.10 | Damn I'm thinking about it now and I could easily replace Martriden with Eluveitie or Ensiferum. Totally different sounds, but Martriden was the most random last minute choice for this list. And I always forget about From Afar for some stupid reason. | Crysis
09.23.10 | love ensiferum too | Zion
09.23.10 | Alright... fixed the last 2. I only added Sabaton because I am beside myself with how much I like a band that asks so plainly to be hated. It's just all about the PANZER BATTALION! | Hawks
09.23.10 | 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are all pretty great. Agalloch is one of my favorite bands ever and Enslaved is up there too. Insomnium is decent, but nothing special IMO. | Zion
09.23.10 | Hawks, are you as stoked about Marrow Of The Spirit as I am? As in, ridiculously stoked? I already promised myself I wouldn't download it if it leaks, and I won't read any reviews of it until after I hear it. I'm pre-ordering it and then throwing an uninterrupted headphones party when it arrives. In the end I'll live if it isn't amazing, I'll always have all of their other albums to fall back on.... | Zion
09.23.10 | Just watched some Enslaved videos and lol'd. No one will ever top Scar Symmetry in the lolbad video
department but damn... some bands should stop making videos until they learn how to control their
bizarre facial expressions. | Hawks
09.23.10 | Oh dude you have no fucking idea how pumped I am for Marrow of the Spirit. I'm already calling it to be album of the year haha. I'm not going to download it if it leaks either and I'll probably pre-order it too. As for the Enslaved videos, most black metal bands tend to have ridiculous videos. It's pretty common. | climactic
09.23.10 | Oh man 10 is so awesome | Dryden
09.23.10 | no foreskin metal Orphaned Land | Plutonio
09.23.10 | ugh orphaned land is diarrhea | Zion
09.23.10 | Haha Dryden, I'm willing to bet a few of these bands lack foreskin, it's a pretty commonplace thing nowadays... and Plutonio, is there anything on this list you like or are you just going to zero in on your least favorite? | Hawks
09.23.10 | Orphaned Land grew off me quite a bit. Still pretty great though. | Plutonio
09.23.10 | I like 1, 2, 5, and 6 | Zion
09.23.10 | Sweet Plutonio... thou art redeemed. ... yeah Hawks in the end, I'll probably always rate Mabool very high, it was an epic album, primarily because of its concept, but one that you really just listen to a couple times and move on. Their follow-up kind of gave me the impression that they were getting big heads and that turns me off of any band pretty quick. | Hawks
09.23.10 | I didn't even listen to their new album. Don't even wanna bother with it. | Plutonio
09.23.10 | Both albums are like 1s or 1.5s for me because they're such dry "oh we can suck at trying to be postmodernists" albums | Zion
09.23.10 | You're not missing out too much Hawks... and I can see your point there actually Plutonio... lol. |
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