Metallica - Top 5 Metal Band all-time?

[wildheart]

I've been into music of all types for about 45 years. Someone please define "Heavy Metal" for me? Bands on this thread go from punk & various
types of "rawk" to heavy metal. Henry Rollins? I don't think so. Therapy?? Not in my book. You'd be as well saying the The Darkness or Asia or
Warrant or The Arrows are heavy metal.

So a nice clear definition is required.

For me Heavy Metal is MC5, Motorhead, Metallica,Iron Maiden, Anthrax,Saxon, Judas Priest.
Napalm Death, Slayer, Dragonforce, Soul Fly, Sepultura are thrash or groove metal.
Purple, Zep, Stones,Stooges,Aerosmith, The Who are Rock
Cult, Wildhearts, Therapy,Terravision are Indie
Pearl Jam, Sound Garden, Blind Melon are Grunge
Iggy Pop, Pistols Class etc are Punk

Warrent are/were just shit! :D

[5freddys]

I've been into music of all types for about 45 years. Someone please define "Heavy Metal" for me? Bands on this thread go from punk & various
types of "rawk" to heavy metal. Henry Rollins? I don't think so. Therapy?? Not in my book. You'd be as well saying the The Darkness or Asia or
Warrant or The Arrows are heavy metal.

So a nice clear definition is required.

For me Heavy Metal is MC5, Motorhead, Metallica,Iron Maiden, Anthrax,Saxon, Judas Priest.
Napalm Death, Slayer, Dragonforce, Soul Fly, Sepultura are thrash or groove metal.
Purple, Zep, Stones,Stooges,Aerosmith, The Who are Rock
Cult, Wildhearts, Therapy,Terravision are Indie
Pearl Jam, Sound Garden, Blind Melon are Grunge
Iggy Pop, Pistols Class etc are Punk

Warrent are/were just shit! :D

You nailed it my friend. There is such a clear difference between metal and rock/hard rock. Calling bands like Zep, VanHalen/Hagar etc. "metal" is just silly.

My Top 5... after careful considerations and in no order:

Sabbath
ACDC
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Metallica

[Spencer Lee]

OK, Iron Weasel! :headbang:

[Radu&Bogdan F]

OK, Iron Weasel! :headbang:

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You nailed it my friend. There is such a clear difference between metal and rock/hard rock. Calling bands like Zep, VanHalen/Hagar etc. "metal" is just silly.

My Top 5... after careful considerations and in no order:

Sabbath
ACDC
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Metallica

Tiamat
Lake of Tears
Katatonia
Iron Maiden
Sabbath

[Brighty]

Slayer
Pantera
Sepultura are the holy trinity

But for those moments when none of those 3 are heavy enough, you can't beat a bit of Obituary, Entombed, Napalm or Bolt Thrower

Metalica? Pfffffft

Brighty

[hogthrob]

Another thread brought back from the dead.

[kevkojak]

Just playing Ride The Lightning as I read this. "For Whom The Bell Tolls" still rocks!

I'm not a huge metal fan, but Metallica does cross over to the mainstream from time to time. Is it a bad thing it appeals to people who wouldn't call themselves Metal fans? Why would that piss off the purists? "Nothing Else Matters" did more to advertise Metal to the masses than anything in recent history, unless you want to count Linkin Park, which is watered down 'Nu Rock' stuff leading into heavier gear.

They'd make my list anyway! Probably because I don't know more than 4 other metal groups!

Just got a couple of Killswitch Engage albums for my i.pod and they aren't much to write home about imo.

[alex]

I'd put them up there. Went to see them at the o2 a couple of years ago and definately one of the best bands ive seen!

[NIGE UK]

certainly in my top 5 live acts of all time!

Would agree saw the Master of Puppets tour - London, Hammersmith Odeon ( if I remember their guitar tec stood in for a few parts as James Hetfield had broken his wrist skateboarding) Anthrax were one of the support bands

[Mikee]

For such a popular Genre...Metal seems hard to define.

[Pennywise]

Metallica have always been up there, pretty much defined thrash metal for me, seen them 4 times last being download last year still incredible, though megadeth are musically a bit more diverse :).

[damocook]

Slayer
Pantera
Sepultura are the holy trinity

Never a truer word typed

[thieuster]

+ 1

I couldn't get down to my top 5, but the my 6 are
AC/DC
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Saxon
Scorpions
UFO

Great bands I discounted, not because they aren't good enough, but don't fit my personal definition of Heavy Metal include
Deep Purple
Def Leppard
Led Zeppelin
Rush
Creed
Alter Bridge
Thunder
Whitesnake
Dream Theater

Yep, I can live with that! But there's one band unmentioned thus far: Humble Pie. When mentioning bands as Sabbath and The Zep, Humble Pie need to be mentioned too. Not like today's metal perhaps, but certainly one of the 'founding fathers' of heavy metal in the early 70s.

Menno

[goregasm]

Never a truer word typed

Agreed \m/

[defendnola]

Never a truer word typed

Basically I third this. CFH \m/

[hogthrob]

[mylofitz]

AC/DC are Rock 'N' Roll. Angus described Van Halen as a Pop band. Best 'Metal' band has to be Motorhead.

[gentlemenpreferhats]

AC/DC are Rock 'N' Roll. Angus described Van Halen as a Pop band. Best 'Metal' band has to be Motorhead.

And Lemmy always called Motorhead a blues band who just play blues very fast.

[-=Mike=-]

My fiver!

AC/DC
Queensryche
Metallica
Tesla
The Cult

Saw the top three at monsters of rock, donington in1991!