Thrash/Heavy Metal Band names?

[LeeLovesSabian]

I know, its really lame to ask this, but I can't think of any.

Does anyone have any suggestions for band names?
Me and my friends can't come up with one, and its been almost a year.

We play Trash Metal, and Heavy Metal.
(like Metallica, Disturbed, Black Sabbath, Pantera, etc.)

So please, no stupid names.

P.S. I find it weird that the hardest thing about being in a band, is thinking of a name. lol

[eddiehimself]

I think it's probably best to just try and think of one yrselves. It'll come along eventually and you'll think "yeah, what a good name!"

[metal overlord]

We've been working on a name for 3 years. We have a name... but it's not the best, but people know us by it.


Think band names are hard? Wait until album & song names with lyrics (or atleast it is for us)

Anyway, think it up with your band. Asking on a public forum could also mean more people could steal it.

[diosdude]

I thought up some cool names for my metal band but got out-voted during the infamous "band name band meeting".

Anyway feel free to use:

Fire for Effect
Sarcosuchus
Immortal Coil
HellRazor
Elvis Impersonating Ape Alien Vampire Fishmen from Zork

[TheGroceryman]

Public Opinion.

I actually really like that one, me and a couple friends decided that would be our name.

[The Big Beat]

expulsion, snowball in hell, carthaginian peace, the list goes on

[Ian Williams]

Genghis Khan.
Attila.
Saints In Hell.
Frantic.
Saints & Sinners.
Anguish & Pain.
Fury to death......

[SGT_Drummer]

Elvis Impersonating Ape Alien Vampire Fishmen from Zork

o.O wtf!? lol


a few off the top of my head:

blood coil
crimson rain
ruphycolada
EPH (Entertaining Public Humiliation)


meh, i would actually say naming songs and albums are significantly easier because you can use just about anything and it's either going to be looked at as original, funny, or mind-numbing.

[secondXheartbeat]

Pentatron

ummm

The Bible is a really good source of epic sounding stuff. Try that!

[LeeLovesSabian]

Pentatron

ummm

The Bible is a really good source of epic sounding stuff. Try that!

I should search in the bible....

And keep the suggestions coming please!

[Mr. Pasquini]

hellgeist
pyroklazm
something something with something

[Big_Philly]

Anything dark and epic. It really doesn't (seem to) matter which words you combine.

[eddiehimself]

Anything dark and epic. It really doesn't (seem to) matter which words you combine.

So true. My band used to be called "her fatal legacy" which we actually nicked from a book about thatcher!

How about Jeff Killed John? (No sorry that's what BFMV used to be called)

[Pretzel Logic]

I don't know anything about heavy metal but I've always felt like it's cool to borrow song lyrics/album titles/something obscure from a band that you guys like. Maybe if there's a song with lyrics that really appeal to you guys you could condense the lyrics into a song name?
Really obscure references are a lot of fun too. They usually sound cool and when someone else (this rarely happens) recognizes it, they'll go crazy. Take for example Steely Dan, one of my favorite bands because of the crazy references they use: the band is actually named after a fictional Japanese er... sexual device from Naked Lunch. I never would have gotten that reference, but when I found out, I thought it was hilarious that the same music that has graced so many barbecues, weddings, and high school reunions is named after something like that. Of course the lyrics magnify this humor even more but... Sorry for the tangent, just throwing in my two cents. Good luck!

[Muckster]

Sulfer Rose
Slag Hammer
Flatliner
End of Daze

[zambizzi]

Hemorrhaging Kittens

Blind, Deaf, and Screaming (a trio)

Bone Crunching Demons

[king fail]

Hate Synchronicity, Sonic Rape, Loud Noises, uhhhh... Beyond Anger.... the list goes on.... get creative man, thinking up this stuff is fun!!

[yjb63]

No band names are ever good. I listen to bands called Daggermouth and Tigers Jaw, the first time I heard those names, I thought that they were stupid, now I don't even think about the band names I'm saying. But if you really want a suggestion, mine would be Banana Mantis.

[eddiehimself]

Hate Synchronicity, Sonic Rape, Loud Noises, uhhhh... Beyond Anger.... the list goes on.... get creative man, thinking up this stuff is fun!!

Hmm that just says "early 90s wannabe grunge band" to me.

[PQleyR]

Kharnhorst Bolshorg Tritomechanical Bollorz Orangtar!

[diosdude]

I think there's a classic episode of Beevis and Butthead from season one or two where they have a method of devising band names where they just make 3 seperate lists of words and then just randomly throw them together like "Satan's Death Pod" or "Raging Chainsaw Monkey"

[Monica McCoy]

Grave Leech

http://www.generatorland.com/generators/deathmetal_gl.php#

[Ainulindale]

Blind, Deaf, and Screaming (a trio)


i actually like that, catchy...

The Pump

Unkempt

The Blade Itself

good hunting!

[matt949]

Thirst for Impalement!

My favorite home-grown metal band name (i was actually in a thirst for impalement for a while)

[Knowbuddy]

Dude, remember the old Bevis and Butthead book "This Book Sucks"?

HAHA, they had a tool in there for building metal band names...

I remember my favorite one being "Satan's Deathship"

ROFL.

Lemme see if I can find the page in the book...


~B

[Knowbuddy]

I think there's a classic episode of Beevis and Butthead from season one or two where they have a method of devising band names where they just make 3 seperate lists of words and then just randomly throw them together like "Satan's Death Pod" or "Raging Chainsaw Monkey"

Haha I just saw this. HAHAHA It's also in the book.

~B

[Deathmetalconga]

Necrofascistnanalhunger

Craigslist Killers

[LeeLovesSabian]

What do you guys think about this:

Aneurysm

???

[metal overlord]

Necrofascistnanalhunger

Craigslist Killers

I'd hold off on anything necro-
overused (Necrophagist, Necrophasia, Necrophiliac)

and,
Aneurysm sounds cool. Google/myspace it though, just to be sure.
Or, try to be way out there, like Job For A Cowboy or Rage Against the Machine, or even We All Have Day Jobs.

[diosdude]

What do you guys think about this:

Aneurysm

???

I think i either need a frontal lobotamy or a bottle-in-front'a'me

There's like 260 bands when you search myspace music: aneurysm,

How bout aneu-rhythms?

[LeeLovesSabian]

Hmmmm.
How about:

Dealing Death

???

[metal overlord]

Hmmmm.
How about:

Dealing Death

???


Dealing With Death?
Dealing Out Death?

sounds good

[Ian Williams]

You choose:

Eternal Dark
Darkmancer
In Coma
Symbolic
Night Crawler
Dead Prowler

[Skulmoski]

I know, its really lame to ask this, but I can't think of any.

Does anyone have any suggestions for band names?
Me and my friends can't come up with one, and its been almost a year.

We play Trash Metal, and Heavy Metal.
(like Metallica, Disturbed, Black Sabbath, Pantera, etc.)

So please, no stupid names.

P.S. I find it weird that the hardest thing about being in a band, is thinking of a name. lol

How about Magnus 666. Or Junior Skid Boy. Or Rotten Blade and his Dirty Little Secrets Or Junior Magnus. Or Dirty Little Juniors. Or Boy Rotten. Or Dirty Little Magnus. Or ... You probably should think of a name yourself.

Good luck, Have fun

GJS

[LeeLovesSabian]

How about Magnus 666. Or Junior Skid Boy. Or Rotten Blade and his Dirty Little Secrets Or Junior Magnus. Or Dirty Little Juniors. Or Boy Rotten. Or Dirty Little Magnus. Or ... You probably should think of a name yourself.

Good luck, Have fun

GJS

Those names are waaaayyyy to playful.
Im looking for serious titles, and I've narrowed it down too:

Aneurysm
Dealing Death

[drumnoob]

I should search in the bible....

And keep the suggestions coming please!

Look in the Book of Revelations. Nothing but brutal, epic ideas in there. Here's just one: "The Whore of Babylon"...

[Remobeater]

I'd hold off on anything necro-
overused (Necrophagist, Necrophasia, Necrophiliac)

and,
Aneurysm sounds cool. Google/myspace it though, just to be sure.
Or, try to be way out there, like Job For A Cowboy or Rage Against the Machine, or even We All Have Day Jobs.

Also necro- is reserved for death metal.

I came up with a couple for 2 bands I was in. One was named after a radio station that we thought was cool and the name kind of matched. Another was a town that the band thought sounded cool.

If you are along the death/weapons/power kind of path you could try just finding something like
Saxitoxin (virus)
Hellfire, Talos (Missile names)

or something like that. I just found those by looking around wikipedia for a few minutes.

It would be good if it meant something to the band or type of music you play.

I might avoid Aneurysm if there are already a bunch with that name. Dealing death is alright, but a little generic, it depends on what you are going for exactly.

[Alex H]

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail16.html

Pretty much the cream of the crop there...

[LeeLovesSabian]

Also necro- is reserved for death metal.

I came up with a couple for 2 bands I was in. One was named after a radio station that we thought was cool and the name kind of matched. Another was a town that the band thought sounded cool.

If you are along the death/weapons/power kind of path you could try just finding something like
Saxitoxin (virus)
Hellfire, Talos (Missile names)

or something like that. I just found those by looking around wikipedia for a few minutes.

It would be good if it meant something to the band or type of music you play.

I might avoid Aneurysm if there are already a bunch with that name. Dealing death is alright, but a little generic, it depends on what you are going for exactly.


I found an Italian Trash-Metal band that is virtually unheard of named Aneurysm.
But screw that, I'd still use it. lol

[Deathmetalconga]

If not Craigslist Killers, then how about:

PANDORA'S BOX!!

Perfect hard rock band name. Don't forget the double bass and Bonham influences!

[Ian Williams]

Gloomy Thoughts
Evil Fantasies
Death-Metal-Conga, permission to be granted first!

[LeeLovesSabian]

Gloomy Thoughts
Evil Fantasies
Death-Metal-Conga, permission to be granted first!

How can you come up with all of these names?
Dayum....

[drumnoob]

How about:

Permanent Scowl
Clown Puncher
Chronic Personal Space Invader
Stif Bizkit

?

[Deathmetalconga]

Gloomy Thoughts
Evil Fantasies
Death-Metal-Conga, permission to be granted first!

HA! Thanks, I'm flattered. Anyone who wants can use it.

[Ian Williams]

HA! Thanks, I'm flattered. Anyone who wants can use it.

I like your combined name, it's original...Death-Metal-Conga.

Cheers,