Who deserves the accolade of the best Rock / Metal band?

Chong

I have weighing up this question in my mind for quite a while, I cant decide who its gotta to be. I have always thought that it had to be someone for 60's/70's era's. I have only recently got into slayer, metallica, megadeth and sepultura and I also enjoy the offerings from Mastodon , Lamb of God and Mudvayne.

But just last week I got Deep Purple live going quite back , by god do they rock so much, and also recently I got two of their classic albums in fireball and machinehead. Basically I cant decide and I'd like to know what you guys believe the best rock/metal band.

Karl Hungus

There is no best. Simple as.

Chong

Surely there must be one who outshines all.

Karl Hungus

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adox

I`d agree there is no best.Different eras,different styles etc etc.

With regards to Deep Purple live,even to this day hearing "Highway star" makes the hairs o the back of my neck stand up.A truely great rock and roll song.

Doctor J

There is no best, like the man says. Some mean more to me than others though, that's as close to rating music as I can manage. Those bands would include

Black Sabbath (obviously)
Death (masters of the art)
Atheist (for making amazing, adventurous music that enthralls constantly)
Cynic (for pushing the boundaries to the very limit)
Megadeth (pre 1990)
Metallica (pre 1990)
Sleep (for doing it their way)
Watchtower (for being technical before anyone knew what it was)
Trouble (for the best riffs not written by Tony Iommi)

with honourable nods to Celtic Frost, Iron Maiden, Guns 'N' Roses, Judas Priest, Morbid Angel, AC/DC, Rush... man the list goes on and on and on. There is so much great music out there, it's just wrong to single out anyone as "the best".

Tar.Aldarion

there is no best there is your favourite,for you they are the best.

slayer,carcass,sepultura etc +infinitum

Baggio

Have to agree with Doc and the lads,
...but no surprises here Rush for me no contest best live act, musicians and sheer quality of their albums , many of the rest have been major influenced by them but again it's who's yer fave that may well dictate.

Don't forget Jethro Tull a legendary name - legendary Ian Anderson Playing flute standing on one leg - an historic musical icon if ever there was one ... theyve done more or less everything at this stage a truly great band .

ciao'..amigos...Baggio

Töpher

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Civilian_Target

Yeah - there is no *best* - but I would say if there were it'd have to be along the lines of Deep Purple, Zeppelin, Sabbath, AC/DC, Priest, Madien, Metallica, RATM or System of a Down. And that's only what I can think of in 2 minutes!

Mr. CooL ICE

Willem D wrote:

Surely there must be one who outshines all.

Nope, its a fact. Try to find one and it will end in a flaming argument that will eventually be locked!

eyebrows

Willem D wrote:

Surely there must be one who outshines all.

yeah that would be Guns N' Roses

veryslowey

its just sabbath lads

dcr22B

veryslowey wrote:

its just sabbath lads

I think in terms of "best band", if you had ask nearly every successful rock group over the past 20-30 years, it would be the band who had influenced them most and I would tend to think that Black sabbath would be the most mentioned band.

For me, the best bands are Slayer, Metallica (pre-Load era), Megadeth (pre-Cryptic Writings), Sepultura, Pantera and System of a Down with honourable mentions for White Zombie, RATM and Soundgarden.

evad_lhorg

music is just an opinion and my opinion is always right.

Mist

its all about the Sabbath

Jonny Arson

AC/DC win this all the way.

weemcd

Personally I would go for the DC, put a cd of theirs on and you can guarantee everyone in the room will be rockin.

Personal opinion tho, everyone is different

Chong

I have been meaning for a while to pick up a few dc albums I have only recently started to listen to them.

danniemcq

ahem zeppelin! here ppl

Fuhrio

Thank you Danny, a little bit of sense brought to the thread.



Zeppelin deserved a mention, but i agree there is no best, different styles for different people.

dimerocks

i think Sepultura are being forgotten about here.and pantera

Ravelleman

My vote goes to Yes. They take rock to the next level. Their songs are epic, emotional and often beautiful. I love them so much.

Other mentions go to:
Jethro Tull
Kansas
Journey
Boston
Chicago
Rush

arbeitsscheuer

Too many different styles, too many different sub-genres contained within the all-embracing category of "Rock/Metal".
Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Guns n' Roses, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden...

All exceptional bands, but different styles, and incomparable.