Top 10 All Time Favorite METAL Bands

[Jasonic]

Ok, no rhyme or reason.....

Just imagine you were on the street and someone asked you to quickly name your all time top 10 favorite metal bands.

Who would they be??? Sure, I know if you thought long and hard they may change.

I simply want to know what bands first pop in your head.......

Here is mine (in no order):
IRON MAIDEN
BLACK SABBATH
MOTORHEAD
TROUBLE
CANDLEMASS
HELLOWEEN
SAVATAGE
KING DIAMOND
MANILLA ROAD
METALLICA

 

[Jasonic]

Wow, even surprised myself a bit there........

Looking back, I suppose I would say my criteria was based on bands who I have listened to the longest coupled with the amount of albums in their discography that I truly own and enjoy.

 

[Diabolik]

Helloween
Voivod
Demon
Crystal Eyes
Angra
High Spirits
Therion
Praying Mantis
Iron Maiden
INC (Indestructable Noise Command)



it was hard...there are so many other great bands that have maybe on amazing album like Heathen, Rigor Mortis or Vio-Lence but have more crap that good. I went with who has the strongest catalog and what I listen to the most at random times.

 

[SteelFireRecs]

In no particular order:

Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Mercyful Fate
Dio
Black Sabbath
Megadeth
Witch Cross
Dream Theater
Gotham City
Anthrax

 

[Vegetaman]

As of right now... Don't think there's any big surprises on it...

Black Sabbath
Testament
Candlemass
Solitude Aeturnus
Dio
Argus
King Diamond
Dream Evil
Savatage
Hour of 13

 

[nomisofsiman]

Judas Priest
Black Sabbath
Helloween
Saxon
Candlemass
Therion
Amon Amarth
King Diamond/Mercyful Fate
White Skull
Dream Theater

 

[DMR]

Gamma Ray
Manowar
Blind Guardian
Helloween
Iron Maiden
Running Wild
Bathory
Therion (mostly old stuff)
Lost Horizon
Garden of Shadows

 

[Element_man]

Iod
Wates Farning
Iotr
Lin Thizzy
Gind Blardian
Batlord
Ranilla Moad
Peep Durple
Neeuq
Reensquyche
Axons

 

[Keir]

Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Scorpions
Lizzy Borden
Helloween
Blind Guardian
Manowar
Queensryche
Savatage
Dio

 

[J. Golden]

It is difficult to answer this for several reasons. I would not say thin Lizzy myself since I do see them as just a hard rock band, though they are one of if not my favorite hard rock band. Same with Rainbox and Heep.
Then i would also be torn over the issue of some of the bands I loved like Queensryche have now put out just as many terrible albums as they did good albums.
I'm guessing I would answer it with the given; Priest, Sabbath, Maiden, but must one really need to mention them would they not be a given?
Savatage have never done any wrong by me. Thwey are one of my favorite bands but I just keep it on the downlow.

 

[Diabolik]

It is difficult to answer this for several reasons. I would not say thin Lizzy myself since I do see them as just a hard rock band, though they are one of if not my favorite hard rock band. Same with Rainbox and Heep.
Then i would also be torn over the issue of some of the bands I loved like Queensryche have now put out just as many terrible albums as they did good albums.
I'm guessing I would answer it with the given; Priest, Sabbath, Maiden, but must one really need to mention them would they not be a given?
Savatage have never done any wrong by me. Thwey are one of my favorite bands but I just keep it on the downlow.

well there is no prize...just post a damn list or move on, slappy!

 

[March Hare]

Very hard to narrow just 10 but off the top of my head,
Black Sabbath
Armored Saint
Motorhead
Gamma Ray
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Saxon
Dio
Testament
Megade

 

[SteelFireRecs]

It is difficult to answer this for several reasons. I would not say thin Lizzy myself since I do see them as just a hard rock band, though they are one of if not my favorite hard rock band. Same with Rainbox and Heep.
Then i would also be torn over the issue of some of the bands I loved like Queensryche have now put out just as many terrible albums as they did good albums.
I'm guessing I would answer it with the given; Priest, Sabbath, Maiden, but must one really need to mention them would they not be a given?
Savatage have never done any wrong by me. Thwey are one of my favorite bands but I just keep it on the downlow.

I would also not include Thin Lizzy, thats why they arent on my list.

 

[Jasonic]

Iod
Wates Farning
Iotr
Lin Thizzy
Gind Blardian
Batlord
Ranilla Moad
Peep Durple
Neeuq
Reensquyche

No SOLSTICE???

 

[Jasonic]

High Spirits

I like HS a lot too, but for me they haven't been around long enough nor have big enough of a catalog to make a top 10.

 

[Jasonic]

It is difficult to answer this for several reasons. I would not say thin Lizzy myself since I do see them as just a hard rock band, though they are one of if not my favorite hard rock band. Same with Rainbox and Heep.
Then i would also be torn over the issue of some of the bands I loved like Queensryche have now put out just as many terrible albums as they did good albums.
I'm guessing I would answer it with the given; Priest, Sabbath, Maiden, but must one really need to mention them would they not be a given?
Savatage have never done any wrong by me. Thwey are one of my favorite bands but I just keep it on the downlow.

I know what you mean which is why I specifically stated HEAVY METAL, which I know is subjective. Otherwise Pink Floyd, Rainbow, and Purple would have been contenders.

 

[Diabolik]

I like HS a lot too, but for me they haven't been around long enough nor have big enough of a catalog to make a top 10.

I also went with bands who put on great live shows and bands that I listen to enough during the year. So far with all the stuff they do have they are more consistant to most bands with 20 years under their belts. Like I love Eternal Nightmare from Vio-Lence....but the rest of the catalog is crap so I couldn't put them in my top 10 even though that album in literally in my Top 10 of all time.

 

[Jasonic]

I also went with bands who put on great live shows and bands that I listen to enough during the year. So far with all the stuff they do have they are more consistant to most bands with 20 years under their belts. Like I love Eternal Nightmare from Vio-Lence....but the rest of the catalog is crap so I couldn't put them in my top 10 even though that album in literally in my Top 10 of all time.

Oh, that's certainly logical reasoning.......

There are a lot of bands I got into in the late 90's and early 2000's that I listened to for a long time, but I have grown a bit stale on where I don't know in 5 to 10 years if they would make my list........

IE - Blind Guardian, Rhapsody, Iced Earth, Novembers Doom, etc.....

Those were some primary bands I got into when getting back into metal. If they were still bands I listened to regularly they would have maybe made my list.

 

[Diabolik]

Oh, that's certainly logical reasoning.......

There are a lot of bands I got into in the late 90's and early 2000's that I listened to for a long time, but I have grown a bit stale on where I don't know in 5 to 10 years if they would make my list........

IE - Blind Guardian, Rhapsody, Iced Earth, Novembers Doom, etc.....

Those were some primary bands I got into when getting back into metal. If they were still bands I listened to regularly they would have maybe made my list.

I was going to have Blind Guardian on my list but the past few were not good so it killed it for me. Plus I have no hope for them in the future as well.

 

[DMR]

I was going to have Blind Guardian on my list but the past few were not good so it killed it for me. Plus I have no hope for them in the future as well.

Ha ha ha! That's such a shame, isn't it? I never would have expected them to turn to crap. But no matter what they do it the future, they'll always be a favorite of mine due to the first seven albums. Any band who can make three great albums is really impressive, let alone seven.