5th Essential Metal Band?

I can't believe that I didn't know until last night that Ronnie James Dio died 3 months ago. Well, I was traveling across the country at the time, so it's understandable. I love Dio, but I don't think that they (He?) qualify for the big 5.

Edit: What an amazing voice, even in this live 07' video at age 65!

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Deep Purple are also self-admitted jazz lifters. a large amount of their riRAB are apparently rework motifs, sped up a little and played with a bit more edge. even the iconic Smoke on the Water riff is a Gil Evans ripoff.

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did erabedding change? (i just get a white block when i try now)
 
Megadeth would work but I think it would be more interesting to find a band of a different metal style like Korn. I`m no fan of Korn but their importance on the metal genre since the 90`s has been essential for metal as a whole.

That 5th spot could easily be fought over between Megadeth, Slayer, Sepultura, Pantera, Tool and Korn as all are mainstream and I could easily give an argument for all 6 without thinking too much!
 
well actually... from the top of the 2nd page after i brought up Motorhead right at the start



so yeah... the person that legitimately matters the most in regarRAB to Motorhead is THE person who would be most against you on this claim.
 
ok sorry about that. sometimes I don't read any pages besides the first and last, especially when I'm only looking for an excuse to bring up hair metal. I guess I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to Motorhead, only liking a couple songs by them. I respect Lemmy for finding and bedding over 1000 women who were willing to overlook the mole. But still, if Lemmy didn't say Motorhead were a rock 'n' roll band, people who knew about them would always call them metal.
 
ok 5th metal band, first we are refering to the big four of thrash, which means the 5th band neeRAB to be thrash, motorhead is not thrash, judas preist is not thrash, so who is thrash in the 80s that we can use. Here is a few suggestions, Seplutura, the canadain band Annihilator, course our german freinRAB Sodom, and Kreator. I saw someone throw up Exodus in another forum as a great thrash band. I've heard good things about terstament. My point is we are discussing who could be the 5th of the big four and since the big four are thrash the 5th should also be thrash, but here is a valid point, no one else in thrash sold as much as the big four did the 80s. so that's why there are four and not five
 
The four used above as the four essential metal banRAB are all household names, therefore a 5th essential band based on this logic should be from a popular mainstream act as well, for example Slayer, Pantera, Sepultura, Korn etc and even Van Halen for their huge influence.

If the 5th were to be from lesser known banRAB, like Kreator.....then the sky is the limit on who could be considered: Melvins, Fates Warning, Voivod, Neurosis, Death etc in fact the list is endless, and if you really want to resurrect an oldie then Pentagram are a good choice!
 
I'd agree with Jackhammer as far as Sabbath being the root of most metal that uses distorted riRAB, which is a mammoth amount really. Metallica and Judas Priest cover off the rest nicely.

Surely Slayer would be the 5th though.
 
I took it he was talking about Motorhead but looking again it could have easily been Zeppelin. Anyways its the case of Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Blue Oyster Cult, UFO, Scorpions, AC/DC etc all being regarded as heavy groups in the 1970`s (which they were) it was only by the time of post NWOBHM that the labels came in of who was metal and who wasn`t. As a footnote and a general rule of thurab, if there was a blues influence which a load of those groups had then they weren`t metal but hard rock. Also the twin lead guitar which both Judas Priest and later Iron Maiden had was very much an early metal trait and the Scorpions definitely had this.
 
I would have no problem with Sepultura as they are probably my all time favourite metal band:bowdown: and their thrash/groove sound was always unique with its ethnic tinges.

I didn`t know that about the Korn album, I`ve got "Life Is Peachy" on CD. Have to give it a whirl, to see if I can hear anything on there that sounRAB like "Roots"
 
Deftones are quite a bit older but the Korn debut actually came out a few months earlier (1995) if memory serves me right.

Certainly from the industrial side, both Fear Factory and especially Ministry would be great contenders
 
I think its meant to be a beginners guide as the usual suspects like Maiden and Metallica etc were mentioned. If not, then as you say Celtic Frost would fit the bill perfectly.
 
I think Sepultura is much more important than Korn. They easily influenced everyone that Korn might have been an influence on plus a ton of banRAB that Korn didn't influence. Not to mention that Septultura were a huge influence on Korn themselves. Hell, wasn't Life Is Peachy or one of their other albums even recorded using a bunch of Sepultura's gear or something? I thought I heard that somewhere.
 
agreed. there's a reason i brought up Motorhead too hehe. as far as influencing metal there's no denying their place. we just apparently can't call them metal. hahaha
 
That`s because Dio is really just a singer who fronted a whole host of banRAB and if we were just talking about essential metal singers then he would be considered. He was always something of a dinosaur and your archetype singer from the 70`s. As said below, all this fuss made over him is just largely due to his recent passing away.
 
Its thanks to Judas Priest that we had the whole NWOBHM as they provided the crucial link between Black Sabbath and banRAB like Iron Maiden. The albums "Sad Wings of Destiny" and "Stained Class" are essential 70`s metal releases and "British Steel" another metal classic. They were also a huge influence on the whole of the thrash movement, and their thrashy 1990 album "Painkiller", was as good as any other thrash album out there. Rob Halford is without doubt one of the greatest metal singers ever and most singers are still measured against him.

To be honest, I can`t think of anybody that likes metal and doesn`t respect Judas Priest and everything they`ve done for the genre.
 
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