-Dark Tranquillity -Opeth -DHM -Sonata Arctica -Metallica (haha just kidding) -Behemoth -Come on guys Children of Bodom are cool!!!
I reckon that the best active metal bands are: Dream Theater Symphony X Children of Bodom Dragonforce Rhapsody Children of Bodom Korn Children of Bodom In Flames Slipknot Dream Theater Children of Bodom Coldplay Shania Twain And oh yeah, Children of Bodom.
ARGH God.. I keep remembering genius bands. Deathspell Omega - man i love their stuff and i cannot wait until their next album is out
I don't appreciate DT being tossed in with all the shit, but whatever, I agree with the overall point CoB = bleh
Arsis Atheist Bloodbath Cynic (I guess they're active now) Dan Swano's projects Decapitated Devin Townsend's projects (except for most SYL albums) Disincarnate (somewhat active) Enslaved The Faceless Molevolent Creation Nevermore Nile Opeth Pelican Ulver Vader
Nortt EDIT: Okay if you don't agree, pick for me a better true and extreme Black Metal band. And no Dimmu or CoF fucking crap, that is not Black Metal it is tween market dog shit and is not music. Their entire works are Burzum influenced and imo, inclusive of Anti-Urban, they haven't released a single bad song yet. Not one.
Nor have they released a song comparable to the quality of two of their black metal contemporaries, Averse Sefira or Summoning. Oh, and my list was missing Skepticism. tragic!
K, I find Summoning to be quite above mediocre. More enjoyable than Drudkh so far, but of course I've only heard one of their albums at this point and Summoning's entire discog so I can't really compare yet.