5th Essential Metal Band?

[allyssa621]

Motorhead are a Rock N Roll band Lemmy HATES Motorhead being called a Metal band.

It's all definition though isn't it. AC/DC could be classed as Metal and thus; one of the best banRAB ever but they are souped up Rock N Roll and so are Motorhead (even if a metallic edge is heard in their music)

Venom
Mercyful Fate
Void
Slayer

are a few banRAB that epitomise a particular Metal sound with very little deviation.

I still think that you only need early Sabbath and you have the basis for the distorted riff that songs are built around. Everything else is a welcome bonus.

[Classy Clarissa]

I'm a little confused by the title of this thread, is this a "Beginner's Guide" essentials list or essential to metal as a whole? If it's the later then Celtic Frost are definitely an essential metal band because of their huge influence on European metal, specifically the black metal scene in Norway and the death metal scene in Sweden.

[venice w]

The debut Korn album, is the only Korn release that can stack up against Sepultura`s best releases. As hard as Jonathan Davis tries (and I think he`s a great vocalist) he`s still no Max Cavalera.

[Razgriz]

Most people would say these 4 are the essential metal banRAB:
Metallica
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Black Sabbath

but if it was the 5 essential metal banRAB instead of 4, who would be the 5th essential?

I would say Dio but what do you think.

[Pure Awsomeness]

heh, sounRAB like what Lubbock did when Buddy Holly died.

anyway, are you just talking about the people on music banter?

cause Dio looks like he was not really ignored.

[☮amy]

:shycouch:

fair, but i was looking at it more in terms of said band's essential-ness to metal. whether Lemmy likes it or not, Motorhead was and still IS essential to metal.

[Revex]

Meh. There was certainly a time when a bunch of shittty metal banRAB added some slight electronic sounRAB to their music in an attempt to sound "industrial" (which just highlighted their complete ignorance with regarRAB to actual industrial music, but that's a whole 'nother tangent I won't go off on). But that time is long past now. I think, if anything, you can find more modern metal banRAB heavily influenced by the Melvins or Neurosis than by Ministry.

[kx2_90]

no, its not mainly about thrash.

[Its a boy!!]

Surely Slayer are more 'essential' than Judas f*cking Priest?

[Justine M]

I would have to say Motorhead. But this isn't really considered a Metal band today but in the 70's they were pretty "heavy", Led Zeppelin.