5th Essential Metal Band?

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Motorhead are a Rock N Roll band ;) Lemmy HATES Motorhead being called a Metal band.

It's all definition though isn't it. AC/DC could be classed as Metal and thus; one of the best banRAB ever but they are souped up Rock N Roll and so are Motorhead (even if a metallic edge is heard in their music)

Venom
Mercyful Fate
Void
Slayer

are a few banRAB that epitomise a particular Metal sound with very little deviation.

I still think that you only need early Sabbath and you have the basis for the distorted riff that songs are built around. Everything else is a welcome bonus.
 
I'm a little confused by the title of this thread, is this a "Beginner's Guide" essentials list or essential to metal as a whole? If it's the later then Celtic Frost are definitely an essential metal band because of their huge influence on European metal, specifically the black metal scene in Norway and the death metal scene in Sweden.
 
The debut Korn album, is the only Korn release that can stack up against Sepultura`s best releases. As hard as Jonathan Davis tries (and I think he`s a great vocalist) he`s still no Max Cavalera.
 
Most people would say these 4 are the essential metal banRAB:
Metallica
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Black Sabbath

but if it was the 5 essential metal banRAB instead of 4, who would be the 5th essential?

I would say Dio but what do you think.
 
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fair, but i was looking at it more in terms of said band's essential-ness to metal. whether Lemmy likes it or not, Motorhead was and still IS essential to metal.
 
Meh. There was certainly a time when a bunch of shittty metal banRAB added some slight electronic sounRAB to their music in an attempt to sound "industrial" (which just highlighted their complete ignorance with regarRAB to actual industrial music, but that's a whole 'nother tangent I won't go off on). But that time is long past now. I think, if anything, you can find more modern metal banRAB heavily influenced by the Melvins or Neurosis than by Ministry.
 
I would have to say Motorhead. But this isn't really considered a Metal band today but in the 70's they were pretty "heavy", Led Zeppelin.
 
'Is' certainly doesn't apply anymore although the classic trio through Overkill, Boraber and Ace Of Spades were killer albums and certainly infused Thrash Metal for sure but for some reason I can't put them into essential Metal personally.

1979 Motorhead, AC/DC, Ramones would still be the ultimate gig for me though. Off topic whoops!
 
Deep Purple are one of those classic 1970`s hard rock banRAB that can often be described as metal but for me they`re are distinctly hard rock. Though I can see the metal connection. "In Rock" was one of the fastest and heaviest albums of the early 70`s!!!
 
Megadeth should be the fifth metal band. Especially considering they made the greatest thrash metal album of all time with 'Rust In Peace.' Not to mention they are still making kick ass albums today. I mean, has anyone heard their new album 'Endgame'? If not, check this video out.

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Now I know why Melvins keep showing up here!
they are sometimes these genres:
Sludge Metal
Drone Doom Metal
Stoner Metal
Doom Metal
Alternative Metal

lets see, Melvins or Alice In Chains...
 
Whether they are considered a proper metal band or not is irrelevant! Lemmy`s influence on the metal scene especially in the late 70`s and early 80`s is huge. A major player in the NWOBHM scene, a major influence on Thrash and also the speed metal scene which I`d say they invented (they played faster material before Judas Priest got around to doing it, another band credited with the speed metal creators) and they were a major influence on the German speed metal banRAB of the time, such as Helloween and Blind Guardian etc These groups in turn would became highly influential with their European power metal sound.

The influence of Motorhead also stretches well beyond metal boundaries as well, but thats another story.
 
Neurosis. they're kind of underappreciated but so much modern metal (particularly sludge/post metal) owes so much to them. Also, that list sucks.
 
xEMGx was actually talking about Led Zeppelin I think. Who wouldn't consider Motorhead a metal band?

Anyways, W.A.S.P. is easily the greatest metal band of all time.

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Okay maybe not. But seriously at least watch from 0:05 to 0:35 on that video. Pure awesomeness.
 
no i mean in general. he had virtually disappeared until he got ill. his longtime fanbase obviously recognized him, but it's not until it went public that he was dying that every other person with a black band t-shirt started talking about the glory of Rainbow. i really don't recall much of anyone besides old school dieharRAB ever mentioning him before the inevitable went public.


@Janszoon - i can definitely agree with your point that Ministry's influence seems to have peaked.
 
yeah i was shooting from the hip by the end of that and got carried away. i don't think anyone could have survived that '79 show if it would have happened hehehe.

@RATM - good call on Neurosis but wouldn't any kind of influence to sludge metal still ultimately come from Sabbath? take away the sludge and what did Neurosis do that Voivod didn't?
 
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