My favourite bands

[rayg1060]

Winds - from Norway, it's neoclassical metal, has Jan Axel von Blomberg (Hellhammer) on drums. Amazing.
www.myspace.com/windsrocks

Turisas - from Finland, viking metal.
www.myspace.com/turisasofficial

Vital Remains - USA, death metal. Anti-religious, but at the pinnacle of extreme. Might not want to check them out if you are easily offended.
www.myspace.com/vitalremains

Stormlord - Italy, symphonic black metal, really top notch stuff.
www.myspace.com/stormlordband

Opeth - Sweden, progressive metal, one of my top 5 favourites.
www.myspace.com/opeth

Origin - USA, really fast, really brutal death metal.
www.myspace.com/originrelapse

Enjoy!

[rayg1060]

Beyond the Embrace - USA. Swedish metal/thrash. I used to share a band space with them, very talented band. They signed to Metal Blade Records, then their second album was TERRIBLE. But if you want to hear some great music, get their first album, Against the Elements, very amazing. I would link you their myspace page, but they only have their new songs up, which are terrible. Guess you gotta take my word for it, I guess Against the Elements is a rare album these days. Cheers!

[makino]

A little view on my favorite bands, I tried to make a top ten, but it's a bit difficult ^^
But in general it's metal band ^^

Sirenia
Trail of tears
Dargaard
Eternal tears of sorrow
Tristania ( number five cause Vibeke's gone)
Nigthwish
Sonata
Kalmah ( Love very much too !!!)
Dark tranquillity
Dimmu borgir (love a lot too) I'm not a satanist !!
nightwish
within temptation
Korplikaani and falkenback
There are a lot of another band but those one i really love !!

Sorry Tharen you're not the number one, but you have a great band !! ^^

Sorry for my english, my mother-tongue is french xd

[Tharen]

no problem at all

[diadema]

About three years ago i didn't like music cause i felt they didn't tell the truth, everything sounded as a big lie. By an acident I started listen to music as Draconian, Paradise Lost, Tristania and that led me to Dargaard, Arcana, Nox Arcana, Qntal, Helium Vola and so on.
Love this kind of music who tells the truth.

top ten:

Draconian
Dargaard
Arcana
Lacuna Coil
Paradise Lost
Helium Vola
Tristania (old)
Nox Arcana
Qntal
Faun

[Tharen]

does anyone here know 'the 3rd and the mortal'?
i was totally into their music until kari rueslatten left the band, after that i lost the track somehow...any good nowadays? i'll check that out.

[fanliorel]

Fun, hm, I can probably pick out my top 10 bands This is probably the order, but its kinda hard to be precise about taste. It's not just darkwave, but all genres/styles of music.

Dargaard
Leaves' Eyes
Emilie Autumn
Type O Negative
Loreena McKennitt
Trobar De Morte
Versailles
Linkin Park
Within Temptation
Moi Dix Mois

Eh, I like a couple things that are more mainstream, what can I say :/

Oh, and I definitely have to check out 'the 3rd and the mortal' if you're recommending it Tharen; the older stuff that is. I haven't heard of them before.

[countoccultux]

Check out - Death In June

[Oakenson]

Oct 28, 2009 16:30:39 GMT -5 Tharen said:

does anyone here know 'the 3rd and the mortal'?
i was totally into their music until kari rueslatten left the band, after that i lost the track somehow...any good nowadays? i'll check that out.

I haven't heard anything recent Tharen, however, Tears Laid In Earth is an utter masterpiece of melancholy music, to say the least.

As for some of my favorite artists, in no particular order: Sonata Arctica, Bal-Sagoth, David Arkenstone/Ah*Nee*Mah, Summoning, Moonsorrow/Finntroll, Dargaard, Lost Horizon, X Japan, Luna Sea, Savatage, Running Wild, Grave Digger, Blind Guardian, Carach Angren, Windir, Menhir, Eternal Tears Of Sorrow, Rhapsody, Kamelot, Gamma Ray/old Helloween, Manowar, Arkona and Enigma are some favorites, however, there are MANY more.

[Tharen]

that is a very broad musical taste

[catharan]

humm i will go with a top 5 by gender..more simple for me !

black metal :

1) Burzum 2) Darkthrone 3) Mayhem 4) gorgoroth 5) Satyricon

Ambiant:

1) Summoning 2) Dargaard 3) Die Verbannten Kinder Evas 4) Nebelkorona 5) Aghast and Mortiis at the same position !

Electro anbiant

1) Klaus schulze 2) Dominion3 3) Ice Ages 4) pimentola 5) Dead man's hill

heavy:

1) King Diamond 2) Ozzy 3) Black Sabbath 4) Iron Maiden 5) Rainbow

Prog:

1*) Devil Doll 1) King Crimson 2) Dream Theater 3) Genesis (Peter Gabriel Period) 4) enslaved (more prog than black now and can be at the first position too 5) Porcupine Tree

Alternatif:

1) Coldplay 2)Peter Gabriel 3) radiohead 4) Muse 5) smashing Pumpkins

Drone:

1) Sunn O))) 2) Menace Ruine 3) Grave temple 4) Pentemple

bizzarous stuff

1) Cinema Strange-Deadfly Ensemble 2) Angizia 3) Sopor Aeternus 4) Fantomas

Avant-garde and bizzarous X trip by the bands, multi gender:

1) Ulver 2) sigh 3)Solefald 4) Fleurety 5) Ved buens Ende

dooom/goth

1) Katatonia 2) draconian 3) Sirenia 4) Tristania

Other bands, just because they are amazing for me :

1) Dead Can dance (+lisa gerrard solo songs) 2) Shining 3) Lunatic soul 4) Pain 5) Nine Inch Nails 6) wastelander 7) Children Fo Technology !!!

humm I think it's all ...I can't name all what I listen after all..

[nodas]

" does anyone here know 'the 3rd and the mortal'? "

Hello Tharen!! Of course. Great Norwegian band !!

Tears laid on Earth and Painting On Glass are utter masterpieces!
I even like the more trip-hoppy Memoirs, which is good for what it is.

They put a lot of of experimentation in their music, like Theater of Tragedy or Tiamat or The Gathering in ther last releases.

Some old fans might not like this, but at least those bands are expressing themselves in the way they want,

[Tharen]

yes, they indeed developed, which is great in general - but my heart still belongs to the first 2 records

[nodas]

Indeed, Kari was a great singer,
the band wasn't quite the same when she left..

[Bálint Kemény]

My favourite bands are:
Darkwave: Dargaard/DVKE
Symphonic Black Metal: Bal-Sagoth
Pagan Black Metal: Moonsorrow/Primordial
Other Black Metal: Dornenreich/Summoning/Fyrdsman
Prog: Symphony X/Enslaved
Folk Metal: Eluveitie
Melodeath/black: Catamenia/Kalmah
Doom: While Heaven Wept