Rawk & Pawp: Can you make me a METAL FAN \m/\m/\m/\m/?!?

Alternative Metal:

Amy Lee, Chris Cornell, Queens of the Stone Age, Rev Theory, Rollins Band, Shinedown, Sick Puppies, Skillet, Therapy?

Avant-Garde Metal:

Carnival in Coal, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Meshuggah, Mr. Bungle, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Stolen Babies

Black Metal:

Cradle of Filth, Darkthrone, Dissection, Emperor, Gorgoroth, Immortal, Mayhem, Satyricon, 1349

Death Metal/Deathcore:

Arch Enemy, Cannibal Corpse, Suicide Silence

Deathpunk:

Turbonegro

Folk Metal:

Eluveitie

Funk Metal:

Faith No More, Living Colour

Glam Metal:

Bon Jovi, Bret Michaels, Bulletboys, Bullring Brummies, Cinderella, David Lee Roth, Dokken, Guns N' Roses, Judas Priest, Motley Crue, Poison, Ratt, Rhino Bucket, Sammy Hagar, Spinal Tap, Steel Panther, T. Rex, Twisted Sister, Van Halen

Gothic Metal:

Type O Negative

Groove Metal:

Machine Head, Powerman 5000, Rob Zombie, Sepultura, Shadowtosh, White Zombie

Grunge:

Alice In Chains, Bleach, The Breeders, Bush, Everclear, Grammatrain, Hammerbox, Live, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Seaweed, Smashing Pumpkins, Soul Asylum, Soundgarden, Stereo Fuse, Stone Temple Pilots, Switchfoot

Hard Rock:

AC/DC, Aerosmith, Andrew W.K., Audioslave, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Backyard Babies, Bryan Adams, Chad Kroeger, Charm City Devils, Chickenfoot, Foreigner, Jackyl, JET, Nickelback, Pat Benatar, Peter Frampton, Ray Davies, Rise Against, Slow Roosevelt, Spiderbait, Steve Ouimette, Ted Nugent, Tenacious D, Thin Lizzy, Tia Carrere, The Tubes, TV Theme Players, The Used, Velvet Revolvers, 60ft Dolls

Hardcore Punk:

Bad Brains, Bikinin Kill, The Dead Betties, Dead Kennedys, Gallows, Reno Divorce, St, James' Gate

(Traditional) Heavy Metal:

Black Sabbath, Blue Cheer, Blue Oyster Cult, Danzig, Deep Purple, Girlschool, Led Zeppelin, Lita Ford, Mountain, Ozzy Osbourne, Quiet Riot, Rainbow, Robert Plant, Whitesnake

Horror Punk:

Michale Graves, The Misfits, Radford, Wednesday 13

Industrial Metal:

Charlie Clouser, Datarock, Dope, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein, Revolting C*cks, RJD2, Stabbing Westward, Static-X, 1000 Homo DJ's, 2 Sense

Metalcore:

Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet for My Valentine, Eyes Set to Kill, Killswitch Engage, Psychostick, Tendril

Nu Metal:

Alien Ant Farm, Biohazard, Disturbed, Eths, Godsmack, Korn, Linkin Park, Papa Roach, Slipknot, Thousand Foot Krutch

Power Metal:

Dio, Dragonforce, Iron Maiden, Scorpions

Progressive Metal:

Between the Buried and Me, Coheed & Cambria, Dream Theater, System of a Down

Rap Metal:

Kid Rock, Limp Bizkit, P.O.D., Rage Against the Machine

Shock Rock:

Alice Cooper, Gene Simmons, KISS, Paul Stanley, W.A.S.P.

Sludge Metal:

Corrosion of Conformity

Stoner Metal:

Burning Brides, Clutch, Harry Perry Band, Priestess, Wolfmother

Symphonic Metal:

Kamelot, Nightwish

Thrash Metal:

Five Finger Death Punch, Megadeth, Metallica, Motorhead, Pantera, Slayer

One band worth mentioning is Leftover Crack. They mix Hardcore and Ska Punk with Black and Groove Metal and a little bit of Rap, and pull it off really well.

BQ: No. It's yellow like piss because liars piss me off (punny).

BQ2: Right now!!!!!

BQ3: Whatever turns you on....

Start with Hard Rock:

AC/DC

Black Sabbath

Deep Purple

Led Zeppelin

Thin Lizzy

Get heavier,Classic Metal:

Accept

Iron Maiden

Judas Priest

Motörhead

Venom

Go Thrash:

Anthrax

Exodus

Megadeth

Metallica

Slayer

It depends.

You'll find that classic metal album, and you'll fall for it. And it will shape your tastes for many years to come. For me, that album was Slayer's Reign in Blood. Give it a try. And though my tastes have grown, I'll always have a special place in my heart for chaotic, precise, and downright evil metal. It reminds me of when I had long hair and needed a daily Slayer fix to get by.

Then you have the Black Sabbath class of metalheads. These guys love doom metal, smoke craptons of reefer, usually go for the underground "lo-fi" metal, don't enjoy screaming vocals...traditional metalhead. I'm one of these.

Then you have the Maiden/Priest group. They're all about songwriting, composition, structure, etc., even if they don't know any of these words. Dirtbags and proud. Closet power metal fans.

Then you have the Metallica group. These guys like the whole package. Honestly, the most passionate metal fans I've met started out as Metallica followers. Metallica is to metal as The Beatles are to classic rock. When someone calls them "overrated" or "garbage", it only helps the smart people weed out the retards of the genre.

Then comes Megadeth. If you're a macho shredder or you're in heavy metal for the technicality, Megadeth is your kind of band. People who listen to Megadeth often branch out to extreme metal, for their standards of vocal appreciation have been significantly lowered.

Then you have the Pantera people. These guys are the dumbest, which is by no means an insult to Pantera. But these guys are psuedo-southern badass, slobbin on Dime's knob, gorilla-like retards who are right down there with Slipknot fans when it comes to intelligence. Metalheads who start with Pantera often look for a little Pantera in every band they come across. Pantera fans become Lamb of God and Machine Head fans, who become Exhorder fans, and the cycle continues. Not as confrontational as your typical Slayer fan, but 5x as obnoxious.

I could do this all day...

I got my friend in to Metal with the following

Type O Negative

Metallica

Megadeth

Iron Maiden

Ozzy Osbourne

Black Sabbath

Judas Priest

KISS

Alice Cooper

Anthrax

Motley Crue

Cinderella

Slayer

Bon Jovi

System of a Down

and a few other Icant think of

BQ You coudl say that

BQ2 uh..

BQ3 Agree

Melodic Death Metal was always one of my faves: (Really recommended ones are ***'d)

Punch Me I Bleed - Children of Bodom ***

Gyroscope - In Flames ***

Banned From Heaven - Children of Bodom ***

Empty Me - Dark Tranquillity ***

Metalcore is kinda a bit closer to hard rock, kinda a punk and metal crossover:

The Air I Breathe - All That Remains

Whispers (I Hear Your) - All That Remains

If you want really technical yet melodic music, try technical metalcore:

Selkies - Between the Buried and Me

White Walls - Between the Buried and Me ***

Blindfolds Aside - Protest the Hero ***

The Divine Suicide of K. - Protest the Hero

Alternative Metal/Hard Rock

I Stand Alone - Godsmack

The Diary of Jane - Breaking Benjamin ***

Metalingus - Alter Bridge

Duality - Slipknot

Decadence - Disturbed

80's Heavy Metal

The Crimson Idol (album) - W.A.S.P.

Jesus Saves - Savatage

Progressive Metal

The Dark Eternal Night - Dream Theatre

Schism - Tool

Well I'll see what I can do while I wait for Kick-*** to load

Master Of Confusion by Blood Ceremony

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kBx07tUHes&videos=...

Starchamber by Crimson Glory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtpUcIO69_c&videos=...

Valley Of The Kings by Praying Mantis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SF9XDagJqE&videos=...

Dracula by Iced Earth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj5JSYiNrcc&videos=...

Suicide Solution by Ozzy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O1J8d1NGx0&videos=...

Seven Secrets Of The Sphinx by Therion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ItEvOcyo3k&videos=...

BA: Indeed

BA2: Maybe

BA3: And peppermints

hi Mia

check out the bvand Sleep. theyre my favorite metal band

Dragonaut

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymsB9PD7Tto

From Beyond

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3ORzWqSqws&feature...

Aquarian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_0X6r64Ko4&feature...

The Druid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpKl1Qr466Q&feature...

Sonic Titan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SChhLWp40Qk&feature...

hope you like them

here are some more great bands: Kyuss, High On Fire, Acid King, Electric Wizard, Dethklok, Iced Earth

BQ: come again?

BQ2: sure

BQ3: agreed

well you've already gotten like 30 billion links so i'll just give you one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W6dUtUcsVI&feature...

EDIT: i think baglier has a great point about not jumping into death/black metal... so i might take back that link i just gave you, heres one of my "transitional" bands who've still remaind one of my favorite bands of all time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAP0w51Yjig

i remember when i used to think metal was scary and evil and stuff, and screaming/growling in a song seemd somthing repulsive, now i love the energy and emotion of it.

Lord of Light - Iron Maiden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL3OcB6Rgg8

Fear of The Dark - Iron Maiden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4A2PexRxY0

Paschendale - Iron Maiden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7av6mgdeCkY

Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riwxbh_n_WM

All The Fools Sailed Away - Dio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4pfNDJzQ1U

Holy Diver - Dio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64coD-rx9sk

The Last In Line - Dio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEV4Tov1GBM&feature...

Diamonds and Rust - Judas Priest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGzFOPYuafo&feature...

BA: I think so - I can abide a lot of things but I hate people who lie to me.

BA2: Sure thing!

BA3: Agree! mmm.

If you want to move from listening to alternative to metal, the best transition band for you will be Tool.

If you are moving from punk to metal, you might try Motorhead or Megadeth first.

If you are a fan of classic rock, then you will probably start with Metallica.

Just my two cents.