Originally Posted by Patman
My favorite metal band since the mid 80s has always been Metallica but lately I've been listening to Dream Theater a lot more (I saw them in concert in April and it was the best concert I've ever seen, and thankfully they are coming to town again in two weeks and I am going again!) I have also been listening to a lot of other progressive metal. I'm currently listening to a band called Kamelot, and others that I've been listening to a lot lately are Symphony X and Stratovarius, as well as another one I discovered, Allen Lande. I'm also a huge fan of Savatage, which is not a very well known band, but their members started Trans Siberian Orchestra, which I think just about everyone has heard of! (if you listen to Savatage's albums, you can hear the distinct similarity to TSO)
I've always liked thrash metal, but not when the singer is just grunting or growling the lyrics, I can't stand that. So I prefer band with great singers, like Iron Maiden, Skid Row and Queensryche for example. I'm also a big fan of Anthrax, Pantera, Megadeth, Slayer, Testament, Guns N Roses, Motley Crue, Ozzy, and the Scorpions. I'm also a fan of the 80s hair metal bands too, like Cinderella, Ratt, Winger, Europe, Whitesnake, White Lion, Slaughter, Poison, Quiet Riot, Def Leppard, and early Bon Jovi before they went country.
Long live metal in any form!
Nice! I saw Dream Theater a few years ago with Portnoy and once with Mangini. I still prefer Portnoy.