Metallica - other similiar bands out there?

[paulmurr]

For old thrash you'd do well to look out some...

Testament
Slayer
Anthrax
Megadeth
Pantera

New stuff... (and it pains me to say these...)
Bullet for my Valentine
Trivium

[wainy]

silent k said:

You could try a band called Corrosion Of Conformity they are kind of similar, in fact James Hetfield sings on one of their tracks.

Just read the bit about new bands, they aren't exactly new!

Ah CoC - "Vote with a Bullet" was a classic Mid 90's though

[hornet]

Blaze Bayley's new album, "The Man Who Would Not Die" is an absolute stormer if you're after proper old school metal. Has everything I love about proper metal, but sounds fresh as well. Really is very good stuff indeed, and is nice to hear in this day and age of widdly nonsense like Dragonforce.

Add my vote to the "St Anger is a steaming pile of cack" column. Really has no redeeming features I can think off. None.

[thenick]

paulmurr said:

For old thrash you'd do well to look out some...

Testament

Listen to 'The Gathering'. Absolutely awesome album, rare in that there isn't a single st track on the album. I still listen to it regularly after about 8 years.

Soil are also very good, their early stuff is very like Metallica, there later stuff is still pretty good though.

Clutch are good as well, got into them fairly recently and they're a bit like Monster Magnet but better.

Machine Head are quite good although not listened to them for ages.

I'm sure there are loads of others but can't think off the top of my head!

[Cara Van Man]

escargot said:

esselte said:

deviant said:

I think the new Metallica album is out soon!!

Hope it's better than St Anger...worst.Metallica.Album.Ever.

Me too. St.Anger was ste.

I like it.

Raw and angry.

Which incidentally is just how i like my women.

[escargot]

Cara Van Man said:

escargot said:

esselte said:

deviant said:

I think the new Metallica album is out soon!!

Hope it's better than St Anger...worst.Metallica.Album.Ever.

Me too. St.Anger was ste.

I like it.

Raw and angry.

Which incidentally is just how i like my women.

Raw and Angry women? Are you a rapist?

[MentalSarcasm]

For another different slant on Metallica (other than listening to S&M as someone mentioned earlier, which is my favourite of their albums) try looking up some of the covers by Apocalyptica. Metallica songs without the words, but played on cellos! It works surprisingly well.

[Cara Van Man]

escargot said:

Cara Van Man said:

escargot said:

esselte said:

deviant said:

I think the new Metallica album is out soon!!

Hope it's better than St Anger...worst.Metallica.Album.Ever.

Me too. St.Anger was ste.

I like it.

Raw and angry.

Which incidentally is just how i like my women.

Raw and Angry women? Are you a rapist?

Only when they say no.

[Mike400]

MentalSarcasm said:

For another different slant on Metallica (other than listening to S&M as someone mentioned earlier, which is my favourite of their albums) try looking up some of the covers by Apocalyptica. Metallica songs without the words, but played on cellos! It works surprisingly well.

+1, they are far far far better than you could imagine.

Also, have a listen to Black Label Society

[sparks87]

Slash's Snakepit, particularly their first album "Its 5 o Clock Somwhere" is awesome. Proper music, sounded a bit 80's rock (nothing wrong with that at all) when it was released in 1995, but its awesome proper rock. Doesn't compare to Guns n Roses either, just becuase Slash is in it. Be The Ball is probably the best song on the album

Edited by sparks87 on Thursday 17th July 17:40

[toastboy]

thenick said:

paulmurr said:

For old thrash you'd do well to look out some...

Testament

Listen to 'The Gathering'. Absolutely awesome album, rare in that there isn't a single st track on the album. I still listen to it regularly after about 8 years.

+1 Testament rock!

I'm also liking Valient Thor at the moment but they're more like early Maiden.

[killinginblack]

The Sword are worth a listen, "Iron Swan" is particularly good

ive got it on now

[rockinatmidnight]

I would say the newest Trivium album "The crusade". I for one love trivium!! met them n'all

[Mojocvh]

Black Label Society

[NobleGuy]

thehawk said:

Heaven & Hell (Sabbath with Dio)

Saw them at Cardiff last November. Even though Dio's about 95 and smaller than an elf he still blew me away. Really good.

Have you tried Bruce Dickinson's "Accident of Birth", "Chemical Wedding" and "A Tyranny Of Souls" albums? They're excellent if you like him generally, although they've been around a while now.

Oh, and Rammstein. Volkerball DVD is brilliant.

Edited by NobleGuy on Thursday 17th July 17:47

[john_r]

You could try....

Killswitch Engage
Bullet for my Valentine
Lamb of God (might be a bit thrashy?)
Chimaira
Shadows Fall (Good album is 'Threads of Fall')
Sanctity
and... Trivium is always worth a try but every album has some cack!

[rockinatmidnight]

john_r said:

You could try....
Trivium is always worth a try but every album has some cack!

Blasphomy!!!!! :P

[Matt172]

deviant said:

I think the new Metallica album is out soon!!

not sure when its out, but its called Death Magnetic, and from what I've heard of it it sounds

[john_r]

rockinatmidnight said:

john_r said:

You could try....
Trivium is always worth a try but every album has some cack!

Blasphomy!!!!!

But, you know it's true...

[Matt172]

for Disturbed too listen to them all the time at work