Your top 10 favourite bands

Riddle101

Self explanitory, but I've been thinking about doing one for a while. Just to see(and compare) tastes.

Here's Mine
(1)Metallica- No band has had a bigger impact on me then these guys. I don't know what i'd do without them.

(2)Guns n Roses- One of the bands that got me into Rock music, in the beginning.

(3)Motley Crue- I only started listening to them about 4years ago, but they quickly grew to be one of my favourites.

(4)Aerosmith- Awesome band, can really brighten up my day when i'm having a bad day.

(5)Queen- Technically i've been listening to Queen the longest out of all the bands that I like. My family like Queen so I would listen to them as a kid, but they are trully one of the best bands on earth.

Ok so that's my top 5, then the rest would be comprised of

(6)Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath- I put them on equal footing because Ozzy was in Sabbath and tbh I can't seperate the two for personal reasons.

(7)Iron Maiden

(8)AC/DC

(9)The Rolling Stones

(10)Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Very Mainstream I know but that's my list nonetheless. What's yours?

Joe_Dull

1. In Flames - first proper metal band I really liked, and still the best in my opinion.
2. Dream Theater - Musical gods.
3. Korn - I love how raw and powerful their music is, another long-time favourite.
4. Biffy Clyro - They may have lost their way recently but nonetheless an incredible, really versatile band.
5. Enter Shikari - These guys are so great because they just make music without caring what genre it fits into... hardcore/hard rock/rave/electronica/dubstep/house/etc.

and...

6. The Beatles - Grew up with them, love them to bits.
7. Maximo Park - Intelligent, nuanced music with some of the best lyrics ever put to record.
8. Soilwork - These and Scar Symmetry absolutely belong in my top 10, but I'll only include them as my final "Gothenburg" entry.
9. System Of A Down - My first favourite band, and I guess the band that got me listening to heavier music (along with Linkin Park, but I've grown out of them)
10. And So I Watch You From Afar - There are a few outstanding bands in Ireland at the moment, but these are the best.

laoch na mona

hard to pick ten but il try
1bring me the horizon
2metallica
3slipknot
4dropkickmurph's
5bullet for my valintine
6flogging molly
7trivium
8gallows
9the king blues
10my chemical romance
there's a lot that i had to leave out

Het-Field

1.Metallica
2.Guns N Roses
3.Slayer
4.Anthrax
5.System of A Down
6.Weezer
7.The Offspring
8.Alice In Chains
9.Rage Against The Machine
10.Mudvayne

Angron

Not in an exact order, but for me:

(1) Cannibal Corpse
(2) Misery Index
(3) Children of Bodom
(4) Dying Fetus
(5) Anaal Nathrakh
(6) Mayhem
(7) Napalm Death
(8) Impaled Nazarene
(9) Type O Negative
(10) Beneath the Massacre

Catari Jaguar

Mine changes regularly, so I'll take my top 10 most played, according to last.fm, for the past 6 months

Def Leppard
Stone Sour
Iron Maiden
Journey
Down
Alice Cooper
AC/DC
Foreigner
Black Country Communion
Racer X

I saw Journey, Def Leppard, Alice Cooper, Foreigner and BCC this summer so played them alot in the run up

lord lucan

1) Metallica.

2) Guns N' Roses

3) Faith No More

4) Anthrax

5) Slayer

6) Megadeth

7) Aerosmith

8) AC/DC

9) Motorhead

10) Machine Head

rednik

1. Thin Lizzy
2. Pink Floyd
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Deep Purple
5. Rainbow
6. Van Halen
7. Guns N Roses
8. Yes
9. Eagles
10. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble.

Not very modern.

Niall06

1) Y&T
2)Thin Lizzy
3)AC/DC
4)Night Ranger
5)Metallica
6) Mama's Boys
7)Black Sabbath
8)Dio
9)Iron Maiden
10)Gary Moore

scudzilla

1. Metallica - Seen them first in '85 and about 25 times since then

2. Slipknot - Probably the best live band on the Planet, shows are always 100% in yer face, they never compromise

3. AC/DC - Fcukin awesome, will NEVER tire of listening to DC, especially Bon Scott era

4. Slayer - Again seen these guys countless times and have never put on a bad show

5. Iron Maiden - Steve Harris is a musical genius, nuff said

6. Foo Fighters - Love all there albums and they put on a pretty mean live show too

7. Dio - Love me a bit of Dio, was gutted when he passed away last year

8. Guns n'Roses - ONLY Appetite for Destruction era when they truly were the most dangerous band in the world

9. Megadeth - Again such a great live band with a catalogue of solid tunes

10. Korn - Amazing live band wit a bass that will rip yer stomach to shreds

Lucifer31

1 Guns N Roses
2 Metallica
3 Exodus
4 Pink Floyd
5 AC/DC
6 Hendrix
7 Willie Nelson
8 Slayer
9 Megadeth
10 Motorhead

...and after that, there's another 200 bands or so.

Shreddingblood

1) Protest The Hero
2) Sikth
3) Queens Of The Stone Age
4) Down
5) Incubus
6) Megadeth
7) Machine Head
8) Gojira
9) Lamb Of God
10) After The Burial

Bit of a mixed bag. A few progressive bands thrown in there.

Cherry_Cola

1. Alexisonfire - As soon as I heard No Transitory for the first time, I loved them. Picked up the first two albums the next day and haven't looked back since. Have been lucky enough to meet them a few times and was gutted when they announced a break up a few weeks back

2. 36 Crazyfists - Love Brocks vocals and they haven't had a bad album imo.

3. Mastodon - Enough said.

4. Biffy Clyro - Not a huge fan of their newer stuff but the oldies are classics.

5. After the Burial - was blown away when I first heard them and loved Rareform (re-recorded version is much better!)

6. Winds of Plague - saw them live in NY on the Thrash and Burn tour and they were fantastic.

7. And So I Watch You from Afar - music so good it needs no vocals.

8. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains and Chaos A.D. are just awesome.

9. Alkaline Trio - I really love the dark edge to the lyrics and they have some incredibly catchy songs.

10. Finding it hard to pick just one but it's between Jimmy Eat World, Bleeding Through and Rival Schools, very different bands, all excellent in their own way.

Carraig Fhearghais

Not in any particular order & chosen on who I have seen Live, going by real life/live performances (not studio enhanced) .... (just bands and not solo artists such as Rory Gallagher/Gary Moore/Alice cooper etc.)

Thunder (one of the most entertaining bands I have ever seen)
Thin Lizzy (both original line ups & the newer version still great!)
Led Zeppelin (incredible, if a long time ago, experience)
Europe (a lot heavier when seen live than you would think for a 'poodle rock' type band & incredible musicianship!)
AC/DC (just pure energy!)
Extreme (super vocals & Nuno Bettencourt on Guitar, amazing)
Def Leppard (a bit clinical but super musicianship)
Whitesnake (preffered the earlier Moody/Marsden for the raw blues rock than the later US versions)
Gun (excellent Live band)
Wishbone Ash (back in the day, great melodies & really tight playing)

Shreddingblood

Cherry_Cola wrote: »

2. 36 Crazyfists - Love Brocks vocals and they haven't had a bad album imo

5. After the Burial - was blown away when I first heard them and loved Rareform (re-recorded version is much better!)

Completely agree with you on 36 crazyfists. Not one bad album.

However the original Rareform was waaaaayyy better. Anthony's vocals are just too generic for me. The drums sounded terrible on the original though.

G.K.

1. R.E.M.
2. Big Star
3. Blur
4. Ian Dury & The Blockheads
5. The Byrds
6. Judas Priest
7. Muse
8. The Beatles
9. The Posies
10. AC/DC

stealinhorses

1. Furia
2. Explosions in the Sky
3. Metallica
4. Down
5. Primordial
6. Warning
7. Atheist
8. Mournful Congregation
9. Nile
10. Lifelover

sham69

Tough one:

in NPO.

1. Queen
2. Gary Moore
3. Depeche Mode (controversial I know but 30+ yrs on the go, some great industrial tunes not just poppy synth stuff)
4. Van Halen (with Dave)
5. Soundgarden
6. Faith no More
7. Alice in Chains
8. Danzig
9. Megadeth
10. Pantera

Max Power1

No Particular Order

Megadeth
Deicide
Motley Crue
Slayer
Pantera
Trivium
A7X
Metallica
Devildriver
Guns N Roses
Machine Head

RC88

1.The Who
2.Led Zep
3.Pink Floyd
4.The Police
5.Dire Straits
6.SRV and Double Trouble
7.Thin Lizzy
8.Cream
9.RHCP
10.GNR

Mushy

QotSA
Porcupine Tree
Alice in Chains
Pearl Jam
Biffy Clyro
Kyuss
Mastadon
Opeth
Muse
Dream Theater
Weezer

Just had to have 11.

Viva La Gloria

The first 3 are easy, the rest....not so much. 4-10 are definitely not in order, but I'd say it would look like this.

1. Green Day
2. Less Than Jake
3. The Swellers
4. Rancid
5. Pinhead Gunpowder
6. Screeching Weasel
7. Coffee Project
8. Mixtwitch
9. Zebrahead
10. Teen Idols

Nephilim Wolf

1. Iron Maiden - They got me into metal in the first place. I Don't like the new album though.
2. Fields of The Nephilim - One of the most inovative and best gothic rock bands ever.
4. Rush - Mainly the period from 1974 to 1993.
5. Amorphis
6. Scorpions - The old stuff is class, and the new album is brilliant as well.
7. Paradise Lost - Got me into gothic metal when I heard 'Draconian Times'.
8. Thin Lizzy - The best Irish hard rock band ever.
9. Black Sabbath\Ozzy
10. Dimmu Borgir

Dublin Spur

AC/DC
Rolling Stones
Aerosmith
Black Crowes
CCR
Elvis
Alice Cooper
Primal Scream
Led Zep
Airbourne

Am I Evil?

1. Metallica
2. Megadeth
3. Slipknot
4. Slayer
5. Gojira
6. Avenged Sevenfold
7. Mastodon
8. Rammstein
9. Iron Maiden
10. Machine Head

It's not really in order, the top 5 pretty much is but the rest is always changing

MickShamrock

In no particular order:

Glassjaw
Deftones
A Day to Remember
Bring Me The Horizon
Funeral For A Friend
Rise Against
My Chemical Romance
Pierce The Veil
Your Demise
Slipknot

StaticAge11

Metallica
Green Day
Avenged Sevenfold
Foo Fighters
Queens Of The Stone Age
Kasabian
Trivium
Blink 182
Bullet For My Valentine
Biffy Clyro

InigoMontoya

Neurosis
Mastodon
Metallica
Death
Acid Bath
Primordial
Opeth
Krux
Novembers Doom
Immortal

Yellowledbetter

Not really in order except the first 2:

Pearl Jam(grew up with them,soundtrack to my life!)
Nirvana
Guns N Roses
Stone Roses
Manic Street Preachers(Mainly early to mid stuff)
Rage Against The Machine
Ocean Colour Scene
Foo Fighters
Green Day(Mainly early to American Idiot)
U2

Motley Crue

From reading this thread I think me and the OP are the same person

Which is confusing because I know I'm here but I'm not sure where he is....

Of my top five, 4 are the same as the OP

1. Queen
2. Metallica
3. Motley Crue
4. Guns N' Roses
5. Def Leppard

Then we get into shady waters...

6. Meat Loaf*
7. Alice In Chains
8. Fear Factory
9. Faith No More

and there are tons of bands beyond that who could fill the spaces. At the moment I'm really loving Steel Panther, the joke has yet to wear thin for me!

*Not really a band, if I have to add a band, I guess Manic Street Preachers, don't listen to them so much now but they had a huge affect on the musical taste of my youth and I still have a few of their original Mini Disc albums lol

triggermortis

1. Queen
2. Rush
3. Van Halen
4. Motley Crue
5. Sevendust
6. Seether
7. Shotgun Messiah
8. Metallica
9. Guns 'n' Roses
10. Skid Row

Harrocks

1.Ac/Dc
2.Pink floyd
3.Kyuss
4.Death
5.Slayer
6.Prong
7.Propain
8.Opeth
9.Clutch
10.Immolation.
A bit of something for every mood.

chin_grin

In no particular order.

Yob.
Meshuggah.
Cannibal Corpse.
Crowbar.
High on Fire.
Pantera.
Dying Fetus.
Weedeater.
Death.
Electric Wizard.

Honorary mentions to:

Wreck of the Hesperus, Death, Immolation, Javelina, Origin, Ramesses, Putrefy,

Malice

Narrowing this down to ten was a lot harder than I thought and I'm sure there's a band or two that I've overlooked unintentionally. Here's a list mostly based off albums that caused a metaphorical jaw-drop when I heard them first.
1. Metallica - For basically introducing me to metal via Ride the Lightning.
2. Guns N' Roses - For releasing arguably the finest debut album ever. It still gets a regular spin nearly 25 years after its release.
3. Fear Factory - Primarily for the awesome Demanufacture and Obsolete albums but also for demonstrating to young me that it's perfectly possible to marry electronic elements and metal riffs.
4. In Flames - Unlike many people it seems I got into In Flames at the wrong time. While I love Reroute to Remain and most of what they've released since then, true fans prefer the earlier stuff apparently.
5. Faith No More - Their ability to merge seamlessly between various disparate genres is pretty much unparalleled.
6. Therapy - They've never come close to equalling it but even if they'd never released anything else, they'd be on my list for Troublegum alone. One of my favourite albums ever since its release.
7. Sepultura - Like Therapy, Sepultura would have to make this list for Chaos AD alone but unlike Therapy they have a bunch of other albums that are well worth checking out.
8. The Birthday Massacre - Probably relatively obscure and certainly not that heavy but good God does this band produce some ridiculously catchy dreamy stuff. Their 2010 album Pins & Needles kept me company during the many tedious car journeys I did between Galway and Cork last year.
9. Nightwish - Until I saw the video for Nemo I'd never have thought it was possible for operatic vocals and metal to fit together. Happily it is. Their album Once is my favourite but the rest of their back catalogue is worth checking out.
10. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream is the standout album but the rest of their stuff up to 2000 and the breakup of the classic line-up is pretty damn good too. A bit like Faith No More, they straddle a few different genres.

Tauriel

AC/DC
Iron Maiden
Nightwish
Within Temptation
Lacuna Coil
Metallica
Muse
Queen
Motley Crue
Linkin Park - Although this will change if they release another rubbish album like the last one.

Elrollo

In no particular order
Amon Amarth
Blind Guardian
Metallica
Judas Priest
Boston
Clutch
Tyr
Ensiferum
Devin Townsend(anything of his belongs here really)
Opeth

LH Pathe

The Gun Club
Kommunity FK
Toy Love
Slayer
Christian Death
Samhain
Voivod
Radio Birdman
The Flesh Eaters

no order .. stuck for a 10th

JBnaglfar

So hard to pick just 10. Fairly quick list off the top of my head.

1. Opeth
2. Rush
3. Frank Zappa/Frank Zappa and the Mothers
4. Iron Maiden
5. King Crimson
6. Pink Floyd
7. Queen
8. Ensiferum
9. Nile
10. Dream Theater

Looking at it, its very prog-heavy.

200motels

Here's my top ten for what it's worth.
1 Frank Zappa out on his own, he was a true original.
2 Rush.
3 Deep Purple.
4 Led Zeppelin.
5 King Crimson.
6 Yes.
7 ELP.
8 Wishbone Ash.
9 Black Sabbath.
10 Pink Floyd./ Jethro Tull.
I couldn't leave out the Tull. As you can see from my list I'm stuck in a time warp, but to this day I haven't heard a group or artist in the part 30 or so years that would come near those above in there pomp. Yes there have been some superb artists since the 80's but just not up to that standard.

Useful.Idiot

This is gonna be hard :P

1. Tool - The first band that truly captivated and moved me with their music. My first full on over-obsessive band and even after a lot of changes in taste they still maintain the top spot! Lateralus and Aenima: perfection.

2. Mastodon - Marrying sludgey heaviness with proggy sensibilities and top-class song writing? These guys are the kings. Love their oldest and newest stuff the most, everything in between is still brilliant. New album sounds like it is going to drop jaws.

3. Primordial - Mon' the lads! Favourite Irish band! No other band plays with such conviction as Primordial. Expert songwriting, Irish rhythms/melodies and a powerful frontman combine to put them among the heavy metal elite.

4. Drudkh - My favourite black metal band if you don't consider Primordial black. I know so little actual facts about them yet their beautiful, raw, and emotional music never fails to stir me. Incredible atmospheres.

5. Dead Congregation - Favourite death metal band. These guys just have everything I love in death metal: dirty yet huge production, evil atmospherics and endless awesome riffs...for me, no one else really comes close, even though they're quite recent! can't wait for new material!

6. System of a Down - Band that got me into metal...and surprisingly they still have a huge place in my listening! Still heavy as balls and wacky as fook to this day! Love some of the ballad-y songs! There's gems to be found in all of their back catalogue!

7. Altar of Plagues - More Irish! Starting off as a great kind of post-black(?) metally group and then morphing into something more intricate altogether, the different concepts and atmospheric soundscapes that this band experiment with are something to behold. Brains behind the band James Kelly is a pure genius.

8. Gojira - These frenchies are f*cking heavy! Such riffs and such pounding drumming! Almost machine-like musicianship but still with an air of urgent emotion! From Mars to Sirius is flawless.

This is where it gets very hard

9. Krallice - Two guitar virtuoso's try their hand at black metal...with stunning results. If you want atmosphere, look no further than these guys. Brilliant brilliant music.

10. Blut Aus Nord - A one man led man...and that man has an almost inhuman ability to craft incredible music. Whether its more traditional black metal beauty or if it is an absolutely terrifying industrial/black ambient hybrid...Vindsval is a songwriting master. Memoria Vetusta II is a masterpiece in black metal. The Work Which Transforms God, a terrifying piece unlike anything before.

Honorable Mentions: Ulcerate, Bolt Thrower, Deftones, A Perfect Circle, Bathory, Devin Townsend and everything he does, Opeth, Decapitated, Pig Destroyer, Wormrot, Anaal Nathrakh, Biffy Clyro, Alice in Chains, Meshuggah, The Beatles, Cloudkicker.

Wow, I got really into that

tinyk68

;)Led Zep
Muse
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Pink Floyd
Rolling Stones
Thin Lizzy
Van Halen
Green Day
Black Sabbath
AC/DC

All vey mainstream I know but I don't care. I've never been cool, it's too late to start now.

hidinginthebush

1. Metallica - Love everything about them
2. Pearl Jam - Ditto
3. The Mars Volta - Crazy noise that somehow translates into savage music
4. Pink Floyd - Need no explanation
5. Hendrix - Wizard, noone come close to him
6. The Beatles - Great band
7. Tool - Every song sounds pretty much the same, and that's just fine with me
8. Slayer - (breathes in) SLAAAYYYEERR!
9. Led Zeppelin - Um, they're awesome!
10. Neil young - Beautiful voice and has a heart of gold

old gregg

1. Radiohead
2. Lamb of God
3. Rammstein
4. Meshuggah
5. Yes
6. Pixies
7. Children of Bodom
8. Decapitated
9. Deep Purple
10. In Flames

Twin-go

1. Pearl Jam - All it took was the first cords of Even Flow
2. Smashing Pumpkins - Jimmy Chaimberlin's drumming
3. The Who - Still sound fresh now
4. Nirvana - Best memory is bringing a recording of Smells Like teen Spirit to a christmas house party (most of the kids were into 2 Unlimited and East 17 and crap) this came on and the place went mental.
5. Radiohead - as far as Ok Computer
6. The Manic Street Preachers - Bleak lyrics perfect for a teenager
7. Soundgarden - Chris Cornell the perfect Rock voice
8. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Funky
9. Metallica - As much as the Metal Millitia might hate it, Load is one of my favourte albums - Recent stuff is not so good
10. Foo Fighters - Dave was wasted behind the drums in Nirvana. they have been solid for 15 years now, quality.

Joe_Dull

Malice wrote: »

4. In Flames - Unlike many people it seems I got into In Flames at the wrong time. While I love Reroute to Remain and most of what they've released since then, true fans prefer the earlier stuff apparently.

The pretentious ones anyway :rolleyes:

You won't find a truer fan than yours truly, and while I love all their stuff (with the exception of Lunar Strain) the post-Reroute stuff would probably get heavier rotation for me than anything else!

viadah

Malice wrote: »

8. The Birthday Massacre - Probably relatively obscure and certainly not that heavy but good God does this band produce some ridiculously catchy dreamy stuff. Their 2010 album Pins & Needles kept me company during the many tedious car journeys I did between Galway and Cork last year.

While you're being quoted I'll jump in there, the Birthday Massacre are ridiculously good and prolli would've broke a hell of a lot bigger in the States if not for the 'metal' vox in 'Blue'. Beautiful band. Ten bands I listen to most at the moment I guess, since favourite would imply they can do no wrong and some have obvious consistency errors (Static X and Combichrist at least and Satan strike me for saying it, Type O Negative's last album).

Tool.
The Birthday Massacre.
The Cure.
Nine Inch Nails.
Type O Negative.
Ministry.
Combichrist.
Velvet Acid Christ.
Static X.
Rammstein.

ArchiCathal

Hero In Error
Red Enemy
Pink Floyd
letlive.
The Contortionist
Architects (albums 1-3)
Chronographs
Monuments
SikTh
The Arusha Accord

Naomi00

Foo Fighters- Love them
Nirvana
Rory Gallagher
Thin Lizzy


^ Some of my favourite ones.

There are loads of other bands that I like but wouldn't call my 'favourites' because while I like a good lot of their songs, I don't think I'd know enough of their music to call them that.

PeefsPixie

I cant pick in order, way too hard so Ill just write as they come to mind...
1) The Doors
2) Eric Clapton
3) Rory Gallagher
4) Led Zeppelin
5) Korn
6) Deftones
7) Lana Del Rey
8) Nine Inch Nails
9) Pantera
10) Barcelona

Thats probably a random mix, some of them theres a few songs I love, others I love everything. My favourites change all the time but my top 3 there is for forever

TheStickyBandit

1. Lamb of God
2. Killswitch Engage
3. Trivium
4. 36 Crazyfists
5. Mastodon
6. Metallica
7. Threat Signal
8. As I Lay Dying
9. Arch Enemy
10. Pantera

Nephilim Wolf

Useful.Idiot wrote: »

3. Primordial - Mon' the lads! Favourite Irish band! No other band plays with such conviction as Primordial. Expert songwriting, Irish rhythms/melodies and a powerful frontman combine to put them among the heavy metal elite.

7. Altar of Plagues - More Irish! Starting off as a great kind of post-black(?) metally group and then morphing into something more intricate altogether, the different concepts and atmospheric soundscapes that this band experiment with are something to behold. Brains behind the band James Kelly is a pure genius.

Wow, I got really into that

Primordial are a class band. The new album is really great, but my favourite album is still 'The Gathering Wilderness'. It's an incredible album, and there are no forgettable songs on it at all. You might also love Mael Mórdha, they play a style of metal that is similar to Primordial. Altar of Plagues sounds interesting so thanks for mentioning them.