Looking for advice on good bands for a newbie

Hey I was wondering, i'm new to heavy metal and dont really know whats out there. I know theres a whole bunch of different types of H/M going back to the 70's. Do does anyone have any advice on what are some good bands to start with.

 

Slayer, Pantera, Megadeth, Metallica, Iced Earth, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Mayhem. Start there, see where you end up lol.

 

yeah if u cant find something there that leads u to what u like then mybe earlyer stuff isnt for u. try lookin into the death meal or black metal area of metal do u have any preference in metal?

 

Pantera is a must. I can not stress the importance of this. Other good ones include Slayer, Metallica, Slipknot, Lamb of God, Hatebreed, and Korn are a few good starters. Hatebreed is probably right next to Pantera to check out. They kick ass.

 

Amen.

 

sepultura

 

I have to say Hatebreed is no where near the level of Pantera.

 

i have to say that im really not a fan of pantera, or metallica, megadeth, hatebreed, or lamb of god, slayer is good if you wanna get a few beers in you, if your a real newbie than id avoid black metal untill your ready, it takes some preparation. i would start with metallica first to get a taste, but like me you may grow out of it, same with slipknot, if you want intelligence and meaning, go for Tool (but dont start with 10,000 days, i suggest my favorite, Aenema) but hey just go to yahoo music and just look around they have audio clips so you can choose. oh yea and a good band that is super duper heavy that doesnt get old quick is Heaven Shall Burn

 

Cannibal Corpse!

 

A good place to start.

 

eh, i dunno if i can agree with you on teh tool. its not that i dont think theyre good, i just dont really view them as being all that metal. to be honest if this kids looking for anything heavy, jsut go to wikipedia type in metal genre. and just start researching bands from there youll find one easy as hell

 

Always start with Metallica. Mainly their first 4 albums, then the last 4 aren't as heavy but imo are still good.

search the different genres, and you'll find bands you like
just make sure you don't try to listen to them like they are a big wall of sound or it wont seem right to you. listen in retrospect to each different instrument if you can.

other bands I recommend

Megadeth
Mudvayne
Pantera
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Necrophagist
Slayer
Cannibal Corpse
Unearth
Black Sabbath
Dark Tranquillity
Iced Earth
Prong
The Agony Scene
Blind Guardian

Death Metal
Black Metal
Thrash Metal
Metalcore
Power Metal
Doom Metal

...and the list of Genres go on.

I seriously liking Windir & Iron Monkey right now.

Iron Monkey - Sludgecore/Doom
Windir - Norse/Black Metal

 

Wikipedia is a brilliant tool. Use it excatly as Centercast said. Then buy albums from In Flames and Killswitch Engage because they are soo fookin good XD

Their music has literally saved my life.

Its impossible to explain 'how good' certain bands are you just gotta hear them. And hear them LOUD!

 

My advice, listen to an online metal radio station (go to shoutcast.com for example) and see what you think. They've got them divided up nicely into death metal, 80's, power metal, etc.

Once you find out who you like, go to a site such as pandora.com. It lets you create your own radio station by choosing an artist you like, then plays other bands that are similar to that one. You then rate if you like or dislike the music and it will form a custom station as you listen.

Hope this helps.

 

Paganizer
Cradle of Filth
Slayer
Wednsday 13
Acid Bath
Dir En Grey
^_^

 

yes! another dir en grey fan, awsome

omg and wednesday 13, this is great

 

Godda love Dir En Grey...especially Child Play and Obscure ...

Wednesday is insane(more so with the Murderdolls though) ^_^

Another good starter band is Rammstein and Laibach(industrail style)

 

iron maidens cool...disturbed, slipknot (too much slipknot is bad though)...

 

i saw this thread and couldnt resist...

Lamb of God
Soilwork
Slayer
Pantera
Chimaira
Heaven Shall Burn
Children of Bodom
Black Sabbath
Despised Icon
Napalm Death
Dio

there's more...but thsoe are bands that are good to start with

 

here is my contrabution

Children of Bodom (Melodic Death)
Cradle of Filth (Newer Stuff is Extreme Metal/Older Stuff is Black)
Edguy (Power)
Blood Stain Child (Death)
Avantasia (Power)
Helloween (Power)
Cannibal Corpse (AWESOME, but very Heavy Death)
Lamb of God (Death)
DevilDriver (Death)
Arch Enemy (Melodic Death)
3 Inches of Blood (Melodic Death)
Bullet for My Valentine (Not Sure XD)
Judus Priest (General Metal)
W.A.S.P (General Metal)
Slayer (Death)
Metallica (Metal)
Megadeth (Metal)
Rammstien (Dance Metal)
Pantera

and the list goes on, il be here all day if i carry on, but you get the picture