Metal Bands, suggestions?

[drummerchick435]

I've been wanting to learn metal drumming but I only know of one band: underoath. What other bands should I listen to? Sorry if this has already been talked about.

[Mapex589]

Oh there are soooo many. If you would like to check out some of the classic metal that influenced today's metal scene you should check out Metallica(old stuff), Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeth(old stuff), Testament. If you are looking for some of the newer metal bands I would suggest Lamb of God, Unearth, Devildriver, Hatebreed, God Forbid, Killswitch Engage. There are so many genres of metal it is hard to narrow it down. You may also want to check out some progressive metal bands like Fates Warning or Dream Theater.

[KLittle123]

UnderOath is about is metal as a furby.

[TonKpilS_657]

underoath is terrible.


unearth

chimaira

killswitch engage

lamb of god

meshuggah

the newest DAATH album.

anything with Kevin Talley on it. He is as metal as it gets.

[ness]

UnderOath is about is metal as a furby.

omg that made my day, so true.

I recommend
Slayer
Anthrax
Shadows Fall
Sepultura(early stuff, check out Beneath The Remains)
Pantera
Lamb Of God
Kreator
Mastodon
and if you want some really heavy stuff check out
Cannibal Corpse
Deicide
Morbid Angel

[burnthehero]

I don't listen to a whole lot of metal, but I've always loved Mastodon. That would probably be a good start.

[TheStephen]

Hi everybody. I'm new. I've been lurking here for quite awhile now, and thought I'd make my debut in a thread about something I actually know jack about.

Mapex589 had it right when he said there are many subgenres of metal out there. They're all very different, so I'm going to recommend some albums from different subgenres and you can check them out to see if you like any of it, and you can PM me for more albums in the subgenres you like. Sorry in advance if this post is long-winded, but I have trouble keeping my mouth shut about metal.

Disembowelment - Transcendence into the Peripheral: First off, don't let their name fool you. Their lyrics aren't vulgar or violent at all, and I have no idea why they chose this name for their band. Anyway, this is the only doom metal album I own, and it also happens to be my Favorite Metal Album of All Time. Being a doom metal album, the tempos are extremely slow (like 60 bpm) most of the time. The music, including the drums, is very simplistic, but quite beautiful at times, especially on the last two tracks. The drums sound great, though. The perfect raw, underproduced sound, IMO.

Taake - Hordalands Doedskvad: My second favorite metal album of all time, and it's a black metal album. All of the instruments are stellar on this album, and the songwriting in general is absolutely fantastic, although I have no clue as to what the lyrics are about because they're written in some old form of Norwegian. Drum-wise, there's quite bit of double bass and the occasional odd time signature. Overall it sounds quite complex, but I'm new to drumming, so I'm not sure if it really is as hard as it sounds.

Entombed - Left Hand Path: The quintessential old-school Swedish death metal album. Swedish death metal has very little double bass drumming in it. Most of the beats are punk-like and create a surprisingly groovy feel, and there may be some blast beats here and there. "Bitter Loss" is my personal favorite song on this one.

Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky: This is a more traditional black metal album. Very simple and straight forward drum-wise. This album, as a whole, is just fun to listen to. It sounds like Darkthrone aren't taking the whole "black metal" thing seriously (I could elaborate on that if you want) and are just having fun. And besides, there's a freakin' cowbell on a couple of the songs. Seriously.

Sorry again for the length, but I wanted to give you a good idea of the albums before you listened to them. Keep in mind that these albums are in more extreme subgenres of metal and all of them have harsh vocals that may take some getting used to. I also brought up more obscure bands that people don't seem to listen to much anymore. Just so you know they're out there. Or something.

[TheStephen]

Crap, my first post and I post it twice. Smooth.

[tamadrummer132]

underoath is terrible.


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say that a certain band or genre of music just makes you look inmature and ignorant ........

[Vinnysimmo]

Off the top of my head...

Thin Lizzy
Cradle of Fith
In Flames
Ateryu (i hate them but you might not)
Mastodon
Lamb of God
Led Zeppelin
Mötorhead

[bonzolead]

What about Black Sabbath that's where heavy metal came from.Led-Zeppelin also,Zeppelin my favorite band but I think Black Sabbath is more heavy metal than Zeppelin.Pantera is another good-one,Metallica (early stuff).Metal has such a wide range it's hard to just pin-point a couple of bands.

keep swatting,
Bonzolead

[bonzolead]

I just looked at all the previous posts and no one mensioned Black Sabbath-shame on you.

Bonzolead

[Mapex589]

I just looked at all the previous posts and no one mensioned Black Sabbath-shame on you.

Bonzolead

Great point.....shame on me indeed!!

[Mr. Pasquini]

Well, as I always pitch: Check out:
Mastodon (Remission is my favorite album. This is my personal favorite)
Opeth (start with Damnation to appreciate it then check out their other stuff)
Fear Factory (Archtype is a great album)
God Forbid (Gone Forever is good)
Tool (all of their albums are excelent)
Dimmu Borgir (Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia is astounding)
Meshuggah (Just look around for them)

[bonzolead]

Great point.....shame on me indeed!!
I also noticed that you put metallica(old stuff) nice.looks like were on the same page.

Bonzolead

[Flamacue]

UnderOath is about is metal as a furby.

Hey man...why you gotta bring down the furby...

http://www.jeffbots.com/furby.jpg

[Backwards Marathon]

k well. underoath is deffinately not metal, but if thats the genre of music you want to play like, id suggest:

"say that a certain band or genre of music just makes you look inmature and ignorant ........"
okay...weren't you the one who started that thread about how you don't know how people can listen to slipknot??????

Bless The Fall
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Alexisonfire
Thursday
Billy Talent etc....

For real metal bands check out....

Between The Buried and Me
Parkway Drive
Bring Me The Horizon
Catherine (such an amazing band)
As Blood Runs Black
Unearth
Fall Of The Fatalist
Beneath The Sky
Beneath The Massacre
The Faceless
Despised Icon
etc.....

[gcarlet]

Hey man...why you gotta bring down the furby...

http://www.jeffbots.com/furby.jpg

LOL! Dude, furbys are scary!

[tooldrums1000]

Children of Bodom. Their melodic death metal! Their all their songs are like a long solo. They have a sweet vocialist and guitar player and an amazing keyboard player and not to mention Jaska.

[wnameth]

don't know if these have already said, and i'm not gonna go read through all the names.

As I lay dying
between the buried and me
The Human abstract
August Burns Red
Killswitch engage (currently have a great album out titled As daylight dies)
Protest the Hero (not too hardcore, but excellent guitar and drums)

for now those are the ones you should check out, nothing obscure, not insanely hardcore either, all are really good for drumming... if they weren't i wouldn't like them.

-Wes

[secondXheartbeat]

don't know if these have already said, and i'm not gonna go read through all the names.

As I lay dying
between the buried and me
The Human abstract
August Burns Red
Killswitch engage (currently have a great album out titled As daylight dies)
Protest the Hero (not too hardcore, but excellent guitar and drums)

for now those are the ones you should check out, nothing obscure, not insanely hardcore either, all are really good for drumming... if they weren't i wouldn't like them.

-Wes



Oh man, great choices right there.

THA and PTH all have really similar styles, which I truly enojy.


Plus Killswitch Engage is just absolutely amazing.


I would also recomend Kalmah who are a melodeath band from Finland.




As far as Underoath goes, they are more in the "post hardcore" realm of music along with stuff like Alexisonfire and Comeback Kid.


Don't get me wrong I LOVE Underoath, I just dont think the term "metal" describes their sound as well as other genres.

[drummerchick435]

Thanks but I only heard of Underoath in the latest DRUM! mag. I will check out all those bands though.

[punkdrummer1]

I've been wanting to learn metal drumming but I only know of one band: underoath. What other bands should I listen to? Sorry if this has already been talked about.


I am very dissapointed. Underoath is not metal! Geez, it's experimental-hardcore, or what ever you want to call it, but it's not metal!
Here's my list of some of my favourite great metal drummers:

Joey Jordison (Slipknot)
Travis Smith (Trivium)
Chris Adler (Lamb Of God)
Vinnie Paul (Pantera, Damagplan, Rebel Meets Rebel, Hell Yeah)
Jason Bittner (Shadows Fall)
Morgan Rose (Sevendust)
Lars Ulrich (Metallica)
Bill Ward (Black Sabbath)
Dave Lombardo (Slayer)
John Dolmayan (System of a down) I know he's not metal, but Thrash is a good thing for metal :P
Mike Justian (Unearth)
Shannon Lucas (All that remains)


And the list goes on, if you want anymore, just private message me. I also have song and recod suggestions.

Also, Aaron Gellespie (excuse the spelling) the drummer from underoath is not that bad of a drummer :P

[nhzoso]

Vinnie Appice, especially the Dio albums..

[bart60]

Amon Amarth (pure death metal, and they sing about norse mythology :D)
Iron Maiden (probably mentioned, but I like nicko mcbrain (the drummer) he has more "swing" to his playing than other metal drummers)
Opeth (death or black metal, not too sure)
Behemoth (same as above ^^)
Rammstein (also prob mentioned, but the drummer is good, even tho sometimes he uses pretty simple beats)
That's all that i can think of for now, hope this helps :)

[harryconway]

Judas Priest.............20

[bonzolead]

I am very dissapointed. Underoath is not metal! Geez, it's experimental-hardcore, or what ever you want to call it, but it's not metal!
Here's my list of some of my favourite great metal drummers:

Joey Jordison (Slipknot)
Travis Smith (Trivium)
Chris Adler (Lamb Of God)
Vinnie Paul (Pantera, Damagplan, Rebel Meets Rebel, Hell Yeah)
Jason Bittner (Shadows Fall)
Morgan Rose (Sevendust)
Lars Ulrich (Metallica)
Bill Ward (Black Sabbath)
Dave Lombardo (Slayer)
John Dolmayan (System of a down) I know he's not metal, but Thrash is a good thing for metal :P
Mike Justian (Unearth)
Shannon Lucas (All that remains)


And the list goes on, if you want anymore, just private message me. I also have song and recod suggestions.

Also, Aaron Gellespie (excuse the spelling) the drummer from underoath is not that bad of a drummer :P
I can't. believe you have Lars but not John Bonham and you call yourself a drummer(just kidding)really through Bonham needs to be on that list.

Bonzolead

[toxegendrummer]

Brann Dailor....Mastodon
Daniel Erlandsson....Arch Enemy
Jordan Mancino....As I Lay Dying
Mike Novak...Every Time I Die
Daniel Davison....Norma Jean

I can't. believe you have Lars but not John Bonham and you call yourself a drummer(just kidding)really through Bonham needs to be on that list.

i wouldnt really consider bonham a metal drummer...sure he was a big influence but he wasnt metal...my 2 cents

[doublebass]

meshuggah
mastodon
death
nile
morbid angel
lamb of god
kreator
iron maiden
slayer

the first 5 are pure drumming skill

[bonzolead]

Brann Dailor....Mastodon
Daniel Erlandsson....Arch Enemy
Jordan Mancino....As I Lay Dying
Mike Novak...Every Time I Die
Daniel Davison....Norma Jean



i wouldnt really consider bonham a metal drummer...sure he was a big influence but he wasnt metal...my 2 centsHe is what metal drummers wanted to be.just my two cents.

Bonzolead

[jollymosher]

underoath used to be a "Hardcore band" They are a Screamo/posthardcore band now, very very good band, with talented musicians.


i like:

See you next Tuesday
Daath
Soil
norma jean

Ect.

[franklinj]

I would start off with
Metallicas- ....and Justice for All. Great album.
If you like that kind of sound, then I would look for more thrash metal. This genre includes Testament, Exodus, Slayer, Children of Bodom (kind of), Annihilator, etc.
If uou want something heavier, id look for a band called Death. They started Death Metal and the genre is named after them, so you cant go wrong. If you want something heavier than THIS, go look for bands like Morbid Angel and Malevolent Creation.

If you want some really, relaly sick guitar playing without cookie monster/ shrieking vocals, look up power and shred metal. Power metal bands include groups like Iron Maiden and shred groups include Racer X.

[NatureOfDeviance]

I would suggest that you definetley check out: Black Sabbath, Slayer, Venom, Death, Judas Preist, DIO, and Led Zeppelin. Sure, Led Zeppelin may not be metal but they should be listened to anyways because they are one of the greatest bands in the world with the greatest drummer in the world.

[Tubs player]

Metallica - Lars Ulrich
Iron Maiden - Nicko McBrain
Black Sabbath - Bill Ward
System of a Down - John Dolmayan (don't think he's metal, but still good)
Slayer - Dave Lombardo

they all have different styles, but you'll find your own

[YamahaDrummerAus]

Dream Theater anyone??

Mercenary are good as well.

Also: www.myspace.com/hybridillusion

[bonzolead]

I would suggest that you definetley check out: Black Sabbath, Slayer, Venom, Death, Judas Preist, DIO, and Led Zeppelin. Sure, Led Zeppelin may not be metal but they should be listened to anyways because they are one of the greatest bands in the world with the greatest drummer in the world.
great quote I agree 100% some of Zeppelin stuff had a metalish tone or groove to them through like Achillies Last Stand,Immigrant Song,etc. they were not as heavy as Venom or Slayer but i'm sure they listened and were probably influenced by Zeppelin.

Keep Swatting,
Bonzolead

[OldHippy]

I don't know much about current metal groups, but I flipped around on the radio stations and heard Chimaira or something like that. Where would this group fit in? They had the usual snarling and growling vocals, but their guitar playing was more melodic than hard chords. I heard some "black metal" that was similar. I might look into it and pick up a cd. So far I got through Pantera and Shadows Fall without anything bad happening. I like Dream Theater but I don't think they are metal, just more like Rush or possibly better.

[iamtak]

The Sword.


They're metallic for sure (stoner metal?) but the drumming is not metal. All done on a four pice w/ single kick. Like Sabbath on steroids.

[toxegendrummer]

I don't know much about current metal groups, but I flipped around on the radio stations and heard Chimaira or something like that. Where would this group fit in? They had the usual snarling and growling vocals, but their guitar playing was more melodic than hard chords. I heard some "black metal" that was similar. I might look into it and pick up a cd. So far I got through Pantera and Shadows Fall without anything bad happening. I like Dream Theater but I don't think they are metal, just more like Rush or possibly better.

i think chimaira are metal with a hint of death with the low growls and blasting etc...good band...musically with it aswell

[Fluffy The Evil]

it really depends on what metal you want its just too big to sum up in one catagory so here ya go

thrash: anthrax, megadeth, slayer, iced earth
power: blind guardian, angra, dragon force
death: death (early), vader, ensiferum, strapping young lad
doom: BLACK SABBATH
Heavy metal: judas priest, iron maiden
progressive:dream theater, rush(because of influence)
NWOAHM: lamb of god, shadows fall

[DreamTheater4life]

meshuggah
nile


\m/ don't forget Hate Eternal :)

[punkdrummer1]

I can't. believe you have Lars but not John Bonham and you call yourself a drummer(just kidding)really through Bonham needs to be on that list.

Bonzolead

Bonzo was an amazing drummer, but I think this guy wants more of the "blast beat Doubl kick stuff".

Mind you, Thomas Lang does some cool stuff with his feet, and I don't think he's metal.

And Mike Portnoy should be added to the list of metal drumming, mind you he's prog.

[Velimor]

Christ, not many metalheads on here. Or maybe I'm a bit of a kvlt black metal elitist, but at least I can admit it. Here's some albums that have good (or typical of the genre) drumming; I'll try to give a good variety:

Black Metal
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
Moonsorrow - Suden Uni
Obsidian Gate - The Nightspectral Voyage (Symphonic black metal, excellent use of keyboards and such)
BATHORY - HAMMERHEART (Nothing amazing from a technical standpoint, but oh so powerful.)
Thyrfing - Urkraft
Imperial Crystalline Entombment - Apocalyptic End in White (Don't mind the lyrics, it seems they're meant to poke fun of the frostbitten black metal stereotype.)
Absu - The Sun of Tiphareth


Death Metal
Behemoth - Zos Kia Cultus (imo their best album)
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
Death - any album
Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten (grindcore/death metal, definitely worth mentioning)
Nile
Atheist - Piece of Time (One of my favorite cds of all time, go for Unquestionable Presence next if you like Piece of Time)
Decapitated - Winds of Creation

Progressive/Thrash/Other
Watchtower - Control and Resistance (Amazing album, even non-metalheads will appreciate the innovative drumming and time signature changes.)
Spastic Ink
Cynic - Focus (great progressive death, some jazz elements in here as well)
Pain of Salvation
Pagan's Mind
Dream Theater - "Images and Words" or "Metropolis pt. 2" (I dont' care for their newer stuff)
Ensiferum - Iron
Early Megadeth
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Mournful Congregation - The Monad of Creation (One of the few doom bands I like)

Finally, listen to "In the Glare of Burning Churches" by Graveland and rejoice in the fact that you're not as bad as that drummer. I've probably missed some classics here, but oh well, that's a good list to get you started.

[Tutin]

Three cd's that have always remained great to me are "Impossibility of reason" by Chimaira, "Iowa" by the mighty Slipknot, and "Heartwork" by Carcass. I would also recommend Morbid Angel, Otep, Machine head, Lamb of god, Arch enemy and of course Pantera.

[joeysnare]

thank you fluffy! finally someone says strapping young lad love them guys,and gene hoglan is a monster of a drummer in chops and girth lol

[Tutin]

Ah yes, Strapping young lad. Good choice.

[Drumowner]

Macabre.......You have to love a drummer named Dennis the Menace...
Kreator - has some good tunes....
...oh give Gojira a listen too.

[Vinnysimmo]

Good choice! I love gojira!

[Pinner]

I am from the 70's 80's and this is just what I would listen to to get pumped= Y & T "Earthshaker", any old Thin Lizzy, some Aerosmith for fun and Van Halen.
I really like Rage Against the Machine and Queensryche.
Pinner

[Class A Drummer]

Protest the hero, A7x, Metallica, Symphony X, Rise Agaisnt (not sure if considered metal, but amazing band anyways), Dragonforce. Those have good metal drumming.

[shawn]

Nothing against Underoath, but that furby thing is hilarious, they need a furby on their next t-shirts

[xMrJeffx]

OK METAL!

Slipknot, KoRn, and August Burns Red

God Bless,

Jeff

[mikeh23]

heres some of my favorite metal bands..... ((((opeth, dream theater/liquid tension experiment, symphony x, mastodon, manowar, lamb of god, dragonforce, james brown, sonata arctica, pantera, nile, kamelot, children of bodom, angra, arch enemy, thee inches of blood, trivium, iced earth, iron maiden, judas priest, megadeth, old metallica, anthrax, testament, rhapsody of fire, in flames, ensiferum, wintersun, korpilkaani, and of course black sabbath.)))) im sure there is more but my memory kinda sucks and it took me like ten minutes just to search my mind for those ^^^.... anyways.. great drummers i find awesome to play along to is (martin lopez of opeth), (mike portnoy of dream theater), and (chris adler of lamb of god). alot of those power metal bands ^^^^ like (sonata arctica) are good for pretty relaxing constant double kick that isnt too fast. (pantera) is really good one too to try and lay down some power with your drumming. im still working my but off to play along to nile but their drummer if or if not he is still in the band is (george kollias) and hes pretty cool you should check him out. and (derek roddy), he used to be in nile. both veeery fast. sorry about the brackets i thought it might be helpfull to make names stand out a little more because i wrote alot. anyways i hope this helps.

[Spencer_159]

Oh there are soooo many. If you would like to check out some of the classic metal that influenced today's metal scene you should check out Metallica(old stuff), Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeth(old stuff), Testament. If you are looking for some of the newer metal bands I would suggest Lamb of God, Unearth, Devildriver, Hatebreed, God Forbid, Killswitch Engage. There are so many genres of metal it is hard to narrow it down. You may also want to check out some progressive metal bands like Fates Warning or Dream Theater.


Killswitch engage is killer the drumming is good also there newer stuff is probably a bit easier than there old albums due to different drummers they are on there 3rd drummer rite now in fact.

[Ironcobra]

CHILDREN..................OF...................... ......BODOM.......................MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHA!!!!!!!

[volume_3]

Opeth
Pelican (instrumental, not a fan of the drummer, but good stuff)
Isis
SlipKnot (considered metal?)
Stone Sour
Behold...The Arctopus
Breed 77
Nightwish
Rammstein
Zero Hour

[el_frenko]

heres some of my favorite metal bands..... ((((opeth, dream theater/liquid tension experiment, symphony x, mastodon, manowar, lamb of god, dragonforce, james brown, sonata arctica, pantera, nile, kamelot, children of bodom, angra, arch enemy, thee inches of blood, trivium, iced earth, iron maiden, judas priest, megadeth, old metallica, anthrax, testament, rhapsody of fire, in flames, ensiferum, wintersun, korpilkaani, and of course black sabbath.)))) im sure there is more but my memory kinda sucks and it took me like ten minutes just to search my mind for those ^^^.... anyways.. great drummers i find awesome to play along to is (martin lopez of opeth), (mike portnoy of dream theater), and (chris adler of lamb of god). alot of those power metal bands ^^^^ like (sonata arctica) are good for pretty relaxing constant double kick that isnt too fast. (pantera) is really good one too to try and lay down some power with your drumming. im still working my but off to play along to nile but their drummer if or if not he is still in the band is (george kollias) and hes pretty cool you should check him out. and (derek roddy), he used to be in nile. both veeery fast. sorry about the brackets i thought it might be helpfull to make names stand out a little more because i wrote alot. anyways i hope this helps.

LOL! James Brown? correct me if im wrong, but isn't he meant to be the "Godfather of Soul"? never noticed any "brutal double-bass chops" in "sex machine" or "papa's got a brand new bag"...

[Doom]

A couple of people have said "old Sepultura". The old albums are arguably better but some of Igors best drumming is on Chaos AD, Roots and Against.

I havent seen Darkane mentioned yet, their last album Layers Of Lies is nothing short of a masterpiece and Peter Wildoer is an incredible drummer.

Look out for Coprofago, they mix metal with jazz and IMO do both well.

[mikeh23]

LOL! James Brown? correct me if im wrong, but isn't he meant to be the "Godfather of Soul"? never noticed any "brutal double-bass chops" in "sex machine" or "papa's got a brand new bag"...

your missing out big time man! papas got a brand new bag of blast beats!

[Cephalic]

KATATONIA.



....

[Gilded]

Lamb Of God
Cradle Of Filth
All That Remains
Children Of Bodom
DevilDriver
DragonForce
Dream Theatre
Deftones
Machine Head
Mudvayne
MegaDeth
Opeth
Rage Against The Machine
RoadRunner United
Sepultura
Slayer
Slipknot
SoulFly
Static-X
Sworn Enemy
Type O Negative
Trivium
Death Before Dishonour
Korn
Coal Chamber
Drowning Pool
Murder Dolls
Avenged Seven-Fold
Disturbed
Papa Roach
KillSwitch Engage
Dimmu Bogir
Dying Fetus
Metallica
The Black Dahlia Murder
Suffocation


My band have been playing Trivium, Lamb Of God, Avenged Seven-Fold.

And just to mention Dying Fetus (the band) you have to check out one of their songs "Streaks Of Blood", any real drummer would love it just as much as I do.

[Big_Philly]

Dragonforce is a little hard to start with if it's about learning the double bass techniques involved in metal.

Some people claim that Iron Maiden was a metal band, but that's not true; there was no umlaut in their band name. That's a no-go for an 80's metal band...

[TopCat]

I don't listen to a whole lot of metal, but I've always loved Mastodon. That would probably be a good start.

High five for Mastodon.

[Dribble]

I'm not really into the hardcore metal that most listen to such as Nile, Dimmu Borgir etc. So my suggestions of bands and artists might be a bit different to most but definitely worth checking out if you're wanting to branch out into other types of metal.

Whitesnake
Axel Rudi Pell
Angra
Hellyeah
Dokken
Dragonforce
Dream Theater
Gamma Ray
Helloween
Heaven and Hell/Black Sabbath
Iced Earth
Jorn Lande - Also check out his albums with Russ Allen from Symphony X
Kamelot
Killswitch Engage
Machine Head
Masterplan
Racer X
Saxon
Shadows Fall
Sieges Even
Symhpony X

Not 100% sure if they're all metal but iTunes is telling me they are so they're on the list haha. More I could've added but I'm sure they were considered metal back in the day(bands such as Warrant, Motley Crue, Skid Row etc. that were part of the whole hair metal scene) but compared to today's standards don't think they'd be what you're looking for.

[hick_drummer]

High five for Mastodon.

Mastodon a good start? If your just starting out, and can play like Brann Dailor, you are god-like.

Some of whats on my ipod right now:

Simple (ish) Drumming:

All Shall Perish
Anthrax
Arch Enemy (sick band, female vocalist = awesomesauce)
Children of Bodom
Hammerfall
At the Gates
Iced Earth
Metallica
Killswitch Engage
Mortician
Protest the Hero
All That Remains
Scar Symmetry
Slayer

More Crazy:

Acid Bath
As Blood Runs Black
As I lay Dying
Behemoth
Between the Buried and Me
The Black Dahlia Murder
Bleeding Through
Bring me the Horizon
Bury Your Dead
Cryptopsy
Daath
Death
Destroyer 666 (original death metal)
Dethklok
Dimmu Boigir
Dragonforce
Dream Theatre
Dying Fetus
The Faceless
Gojira
Hatebreed
Heaven Shall Burn
The Human Abstract
Into Eternity
Kalmah
Kataklysm
Knights of the Abyss
Lamb of God
Mastodon
Necrophagist
Nile
Pantera
Racer X
The Red Chord
Suffocation
System of a Down
Trivium
Unearth
Winter Solstice
Wintersun

my 0.02

[tooldrums1000]

I like all of Spinefarm Records bands Most of them sound very close to cob.
CHILDREN OF BODOM
Ensiferum
Emperor
Nightwish
Rammstein
Pantera
Testament
Megadeth
In Flames
This is just a few of my favs but thats the best their is, I Think!

[TheStephen]

Well, as long as this thread is still going, I suppose I'll put in a plug for Steve Flynn of Atheist (an early technical death metal band from Florida). He has one of the more unique styles in metal, and their record label just remastered/reissued/whatevered all three of their albums, so they should be easy to find. I only own Unquestionable Presence at the moment, but one of the many bonus tracks on it is the drum and bass only recording of Mother Man, which gives you a close-up of his ridiculous style. He sticks mostly to bass-snare-hihat-ride, which I think is cool. You could probably play all of the albums on a 4-piece, and he doesn't use much double bass either. I really can't recommend him enough. Probably my favorite metal drummer.

[Ashton Drum's]

If you wanna get in to metal then I suggest Fall Out Boy no kidding all jokes aside
I would recommend Dillienger Escape Plan I like them you may not (each to his own) they have an album out called miss machine very good songs like Panasonic Youth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZncEPhWUDsw) & Setting Fire to Sleeping Giants (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5YVLdxgZAA) have a listen see what you think

[Velimor]

Well, as long as this thread is still going, I suppose I'll put in a plug for Steve Flynn of Atheist (an early technical death metal band from Florida). He has one of the more unique styles in metal, and their record label just remastered/reissued/whatevered all three of their albums, so they should be easy to find. I only own Unquestionable Presence at the moment, but one of the many bonus tracks on it is the drum and bass only recording of Mother Man, which gives you a close-up of his ridiculous style. He sticks mostly to bass-snare-hihat-ride, which I think is cool. You could probably play all of the albums on a 4-piece, and he doesn't use much double bass either. I really can't recommend him enough. Probably my favorite metal drummer.

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Which reminds me, their song "Animal" has the best bass line ever recorded. Maybe.

Bum. bah da bum bum bum. degedoodledoodle duh.

[lewisn27]

some metal bands i recomend are:
trivium
bullet for my valentine (particulary the scream aim fire album)
slayer
arch enemy
pantera
iron maiden
metallica
shadows fall
serpents rise
sepultura

[darkstar442]

well i play metal drums and its soooo fun! more fun than any others cuzz you can show your skill. im naming some that arnt very heavy at all and some will be insane. some is also screamo.

1 aborted
2 across five aprils
3 amon amarth
4 arsonists get all the girls
5 as i lay dying
6 august burns red
7 avenged sevenfold
8 the breathing process
9 caliban
10 cannibal corpse
11 catherine
12children of bodom
13 chimaira
14 cradle of filth
15 dark funeral
16 dead to fall
17 despised icon
18 devil driver
19 disturbed
20 gorefest
21 hate eternal
22 the haunted
23 heaven shale burn
24 ikilled the prom queen
25 kataklysm
26 killswitch engage
27 kingdom of sorrow
28 lamb of god
29 nile
30 pantera
31 see you next tuesday
32silent civilian
33 six feet under
34 slipknot
35 soilwork
36 suffocation
37 suicide silence
38 thy will be done
39 trivium
40 unearth
41 vital
42 in flames
43 a life once lost
44 oh sleeper
45 the number twelve looks like you



hope this helped lol trivium, lamb of god have great drummers. nile has an insane drummer!! GOERGE KOLLIAS!!!

[DreamTheater4life]

well i play metal drums and its soooo fun! more fun than any others cuzz you can show your skill. im naming some that arnt very heavy at all and some will be insane. some is also screamo.

1 aborted
2 across five aprils
3 amon amarth
4 arsonists get all the girls
5 as i lay dying
6 august burns red
7 avenged sevenfold
8 the breathing process
9 caliban
10 cannibal corpse
11 catherine
12children of bodom
13 chimaira
14 cradle of filth
15 dark funeral
16 dead to fall
17 despised icon
18 devil driver
19 disturbed
20 gorefest
21 hate eternal
22 the haunted
23 heaven shale burn
24 ikilled the prom queen
25 kataklysm
26 killswitch engage
27 kingdom of sorrow
28 lamb of god
29 nile
30 pantera
31 see you next tuesday
32silent civilian
33 six feet under
34 slipknot
35 soilwork
36 suffocation
37 suicide silence
38 thy will be done
39 trivium
40 unearth
41 vital
42 in flames
43 a life once lost
44 oh sleeper
45 the number twelve looks like you



hope this helped lol trivium, lamb of god have great drummers. nile has an insane drummer!! GOERGE KOLLIAS!!!

i love you...........

[KLittle123]

well i play metal drums and its soooo fun! more fun than any others cuzz you can show your skill. im naming some that arnt very heavy at all and some will be insane. some is also screamo.

1 aborted
2 across five aprils
3 amon amarth
4 arsonists get all the girls
5 as i lay dying
6 august burns red
7 avenged sevenfold
8 the breathing process
9 caliban
10 cannibal corpse
11 catherine
12children of bodom
13 chimaira
14 cradle of filth
15 dark funeral
16 dead to fall
17 despised icon
18 devil driver
19 disturbed
20 gorefest
21 hate eternal
22 the haunted
23 heaven shale burn
24 ikilled the prom queen
25 kataklysm
26 killswitch engage
27 kingdom of sorrow
28 lamb of god
29 nile
30 pantera
31 see you next tuesday
32silent civilian
33 six feet under
34 slipknot
35 soilwork
36 suffocation
37 suicide silence
38 thy will be done
39 trivium
40 unearth
41 vital
42 in flames
43 a life once lost
44 oh sleeper
45 the number twelve looks like you



hope this helped lol trivium, lamb of god have great drummers. nile has an insane drummer!! GOERGE KOLLIAS!!!
Yeah, a majority of those aren't straight metal they're either hardcore or metalcore.

[rowley78]

Underoath is an evolving band that describe themselves as Metal-Hardcore, so they won't be loved by pure metal freaks and that is why I like underoath, because its more a band that compose and arrange there music than a couple of amazing tech musicians just soloing non stop. So underoath is now back in heavyness but still mor hardcore, if your goal is to practise drum composition and arrangment go and play some but if you just want to impress and be technical all the way go for pure metal. Metal has gone wide and has splitted into other scenes styles are combined to creating new styles, killswitch engage is a big influence of Underoath, you can look at Dillinger Escape plan. Black Sabbath will not teach you much on drumming this guy had his own style and it was rare at that time and now Ward's style is more used in Hard rock than metal. Metal has gone fast with the influence of punk. Punk as grew more harcore and more heavy with hard rock etc etc. UNderoath is to me one of the best modern band, you can look at them in studio right now live everyday on www.stickam.com/underoath and www.stickam.com/underoath2, To resume nobody is wrong: to each is own style, I prefer Metal-Core from underoath than pure metal but if you want pure metal listen to the pure metal fans they knows better than me those metal bands.

Cheers and love music more than a style

Led

[ihitdrumz]

check out a band called avenged sevenfold there drummer is pretty good

[Citizen Insane]

I've been wanting to learn metal drumming but I only know of one band: underoath. What other bands should I listen to? Sorry if this has already been talked about.

I suggest you buy "Ride The Lightning" by Metallica, its one of my favorite albums, and IMO the best metal album ever made.