favorite music genre/bands, and why?

im curious to know what other gamers listen too.

so. whats your favorite genre of music? Favorite Band? why?

My favorite genre would be Metal, because of its diversity. anything from thrash metal(megadeth, Old-school Metallica, Anthrax) power/melodic metal(sonata arctica, Falconer, cains offering) Nu-metal (System of a down, linkin park) and just plain ol metal (ozzy osbourne, the sword, priestess, etc.Idont care forthe growls ofdeath metal though... thats just annoying.

my favorite band? depending on what mood im in, Sonata Arctica, or Metallica. if youve never heard of sonata arctica, go listen to them now! ecliptica first!

My favourite genre is JPop my favourite singer is Mami Kawada. Why?: because the songs are just awesome to listen to.

genres:dubstep.big beat,post punk revival,electro industrial
bands:burial,boards of canada,the crystal method,the prodigy,the twilight sad,white lies,horrors,frontline assembly

Genres: black metal, death metal

Bands: Immortal, Nevermore, Immolation, Megadeth, Marduk, Nile, Rotting Christ

Underground Dance music 8)

Alternative....

The Cure, Placebo, Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, Pearl Jam, Joy Division, Jesus & Mary Chain, Psychedelic Furs, Kasabian, Bloc Party...etc.

Alternative....

The Cure, Placebo, Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, Pearl Jam, Joy Division, Jesus & Mary Chain, Psychedelic Furs, Kasabian, Bloc Party...etc.

LJS9502_basic

Nice i am from the same town as Kasabian, also have thier first album - very good!:)

Genres: black metal, death metal

Bands: Immortal, Nevermore, Immolation, Megadeth, Marduk, Nile, Rotting Christ

chessmaster1989

I don't really have one.
But I'd say it's between

• "Alternative Rock", including punk, pop-punk, etc.

• Metal (especially symphonic)

and

• Folk

Favorite Genres:

Skramz/Emo Violence

Slam Death

Electro Deathcore

Chiptune

My favorite bands are pretty much the top 8 on my last.fm. Why? I just find them awesome. :P

Genre: Deathcore

Reason: I like metal, I like the harsh vocals but i dislike heavy cowbells and find guitar solo's cheesy which deathcore doesn't have, however it has breakdowns which I find rhythmically badass.

Bands: The Devil Wears Prada, We Butter The Bread With Butter, Born of Osiris, Miss May I, Bleed From Within, As Blood Runs Black, BrokenCYDE.

WOW! lotta metalheads! \m/

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]

Alternative....

The Cure, Placebo, Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, Pearl Jam, Joy Division, Jesus & Mary Chain, Psychedelic Furs, Kasabian, Bloc Party...etc.

grizzlybear1

Nice i am from the same town as Kasabian, also have thier first album - very good!:)

Mine is rock/metal, and some of the bands I like are:

3 Doors Down, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Alice In Chains, Black Sabbath, Blind Guardian, Breaking Benjamin, Chevelle, Collective Soul, Creed, Deftones, Down, Drowning Pool(first album), (old)Guns N Roses, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Korn(first 5 albums), Linkin Park(first 2 albums), Megadeth, Metallica, Mudvayne(first 3 albums), Ozzy Osbourne, Pantera, Pink Floyd, Queen, Red, Rob Zombie, Saxon, The Scorpions, Seether, Shinedown, Skillet, Slipknot(first 2 albums), Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Static-X, Symphony X, Three Days Grace, Trapt, Van Halen, ZZ Top, and so many more......

Genre: Deathcore

Reason: I like metal, I like the harsh vocals but i dislike heavy cowbells and find guitar solo's cheesy which deathcore doesn't have, however it has breakdowns which I find rhythmically badass.

Bands: The Devil Wears Prada, We Butter The Bread With Butter, Born of Osiris, Miss May I, Bleed From Within, As Blood Runs Black, BrokenCYDE.

FrostyPhantasm

While I dislike your taste in Deathcore, besides WBTBWB, I want to give you some good Electro Deathcore bands to make your list of bands a bit better.

Take Back The Roman Empire

Shemales From Outta Space of Death

One Morning Left

Sadly I only know a few Electro Deathcore bands, but the genre is pretty new.

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]

Alternative....

The Cure, Placebo, Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, Pearl Jam, Joy Division, Jesus & Mary Chain, Psychedelic Furs, Kasabian, Bloc Party...etc.

grizzlybear1

Nice i am from the same town as Kasabian, also have thier first album - very good!:)

[QUOTE="FrostyPhantasm"]

Genre: Deathcore

Reason: I like metal, I like the harsh vocals but i dislike heavy cowbells and find guitar solo's cheesy which deathcore doesn't have, however it has breakdowns which I find rhythmically badass.

Bands: The Devil Wears Prada, We Butter The Bread With Butter, Born of Osiris, Miss May I, Bleed From Within, As Blood Runs Black, BrokenCYDE.

Yandere

While I dislike your taste in Deathcore, besides WBTBWB, I want to give you some good Electro Deathcore bands to make your list of bands a bit better.

Take Back The Roman Empire

Shemales From Outta Space of Death

One Morning Left

Sadly I only know a few Electro Deathcore bands, but the genre is pretty new.

[QUOTE="Yandere"]

[QUOTE="FrostyPhantasm"]

Genre: Deathcore

Reason: I like metal, I like the harsh vocals but i dislike heavy cowbells and find guitar solo's cheesy which deathcore doesn't have, however it has breakdowns which I find rhythmically badass.

Bands: The Devil Wears Prada, We Butter The Bread With Butter, Born of Osiris, Miss May I, Bleed From Within, As Blood Runs Black, BrokenCYDE.

FrostyPhantasm

While I dislike your taste in Deathcore, besides WBTBWB, I want to give you some good Electro Deathcore bands to make your list of bands a bit better.

Take Back The Roman Empire

Shemales From Outta Space of Death

One Morning Left

Sadly I only know a few Electro Deathcore bands, but the genre is pretty new.

[QUOTE="FrostyPhantasm"][QUOTE="Yandere"]

While I dislike your taste in Deathcore, besides WBTBWB, I want to give you some good Electro Deathcore bands to make your list of bands a bit better.

Take Back The Roman Empire

Shemales From Outta Space of Death

One Morning Left

Sadly I only know a few Electro Deathcore bands, but the genre is pretty new.

8-Bitterness

If you haven't heard about the site look up 8bitpeoples it has some solid chiptune music for free.

This isprobablymy most listened to band at the moment.

Out of Egypt - Betraying the Martyrs(Not for those who don't like metal)

and of course I can't listen to just metal all day can i? Throw some rap in there!

Creepy Crawly - Necro (Not for those who don't like rap...or those with a weak stomach.)

I like metal, and some of my current favorite bands are Ulcerate (got Everything Is Fire on release, listened to it off and on, and then it clicked; haven't put it down since), Anaal Nathrakh, Psycroptic, Anata, Augury (just saw them live!), Deathspell Omega, Immolation (thanks to Darth), Belphegor, Rotting Christ, and a few others.

Most of them fall under the progressive or technical death metal styIes. I love the odd riffs/rhythms, layered production, and unique soundscapes they create. For example I can listen to Everything Is Fire by Ulcerate numerous times and hear something new every time thanks to the mixing and layered production techniques. Same goes for the few black metal artists on the list (Deathspell Omega in particular). Old Belphegor is the undisputed king of the blackened death styIe, and their new stuff is catchy as well. Rotting Christ is just great all around...

Favourite Genre: Black Metal

Why? The Atmosphere.

Black Metal takes me to a different place. With the Heavily distorted and rhythmic guitars accompanied by shrieking vocals I can picture myself looking into cold/foggy Norwegian mountains. I like it because it captures the self destructive and flawed nature of human kind. There is something about BM that is magic to me.

Favourite Bands: Well this constantly changes but lately I have been listening to allot of Dissection.

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]

Genres: black metal, death metal

Bands: Immortal, Nevermore, Immolation, Megadeth, Marduk, Nile, Rotting Christ

Darth-Caedus

I knew I was missing a band from that list. :P

I haven't been listening to them as much of late, though. Though my love of Amon Amarth has been growing again, probably in anticipation of the concert on April 19. :D

Favourite Genre: Black Metal

Why? The Atmosphere.

Black Metal takes me to a different place. With the Heavily distorted and rhythmic guitars accompanied by shrieking vocals I can picture myself looking into cold/foggy Norwegian mountains. I like it because it captures the self destructive and flawed nature of human kind. There is something about BM that is magic to me.

Favourite Bands: Well this constantly changes but lately I have been listening to allot of Dissection.

tim22000

Necropolis - The Black Dahlia Murder (Their new more technical metal)

A Vulgar Picture - Black Dahlia Murder(Their old more deathcore stuff)

and

The Beautiful Mistake - As Blood Runs Black

Disco, 80's, Post Punk, Indie, house (mainly from early 90's)… A variety I guess. Why? Eclectic is the spice of music life, and I'm a sucker for nostalgia and digging up leftfield 80's grooves.

[QUOTE="Darth-Caedus"][QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]

Genres: black metal, death metal

Bands: Immortal, Nevermore, Immolation, Megadeth, Marduk, Nile, Rotting Christ

chessmaster1989

I knew I was missing a band from that list. :P

Phew, and I thought I was just imagining you missed BrokenCYDE.... :P

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[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]

Alternative....

The Cure, Placebo, Depeche Mode, Echo & the Bunnymen, Pearl Jam, Joy Division, Jesus & Mary Chain, Psychedelic Furs, Kasabian, Bloc Party...etc.

Neon-Tiger

Nice i am from the same town as Kasabian, also have thier first album - very good!:)

Good band, but absolutely awesome live.

Metal, more specifically folk metal but I love other sub genres too (melodeath, avant-garde, power, ect). Eluveitie is my favorite band.

Other favorites: Equilibrium, Mirrorthrone, Ensiferum, In Flames, Elvenking, Wintersun, Trivium

Wesley Willis is the most amazing musician to ever live. You may have heard his song "Rock and Roll McDonalds" from the Super Size Me but his other songs are way better.

And do all the people in this thread actually take black metal seriously? Dudes in Kiss makeup singing about satan, elves, and forests with music that sounds like it was recorded by a cell phone with a wet sock over it. Wow so Evil!!!

i listen to New wave, gothic, industrial, deathrock.

I like Gothic music because of all the things it explores and themes that it spans through. it's technically not a genre, but a theme, a way of thinking, and form of expression. It's one of the few kinds of music that tells me the truth

i like deathrock too. It's a form of post punk that basically looked at punk rock and said "hey there is some potential here. But it's too rough around the edges. So lets make the guitar more subtle, and the basslines heavier"

Gothic metal (preferably female fronted). I like it because, well, aside from being gothic, it generally has more melodic guitar and lots of symphonic and orchestral elements. Also a dark fantasy feel at times.

Industrial is probably my favorite. It's like a mixture of New wave, metal, Rock, and techno.

my favorite bands are velvet acid christ, interlace, miguel and the living dead, Deathstars, Pride and Fall, and the birthday massacre.

[QUOTE="tim22000"]

Favourite Genre: Black Metal

Why? The Atmosphere.

Black Metal takes me to a different place. With the Heavily distorted and rhythmic guitars accompanied by shrieking vocals I can picture myself looking into cold/foggy Norwegian mountains. I like it because it captures the self destructive and flawed nature of human kind. There is something about BM that is magic to me.

Favourite Bands: Well this constantly changes but lately I have been listening to allot of Dissection.

FrostyPhantasm

Necropolis - The Black Dahlia Murder (Their new more technical metal)

A Vulgar Picture - Black Dahlia Murder(Their old more deathcore stuff)

and

The Beautiful Mistake - As Blood Runs Black

Wesley Willis is the most amazing musician to ever live. You may have heard his song "Rock and Roll McDonalds" from the Super Size Me but his other songs are way better.

And do all the people in this thread actually take black metal seriously? Dudes in Kiss makeup singing about satan, elves, and forests with music that sounds like it was recorded by a cell phone with a wet sock over it. Wow so Evil!!!

McainTehNub

Well, I'm an atheist so I do not take the religious aspects seriously. Satan is a bi-product from Christianity, and Christianity got shoved down allot of peoples throats when they were younger, so its understandable why groups take to a satanic image (to be what religious people feared.) There are only a very small number of black metal bands that actually believe and worship in 'satan.'

Genre: Funk Metal

Bands: Primus, Rage Against the Machine, Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Incubus, Infectious Grooves, Fishbone

Why: Epic basslines, awesome drums spanning many genres, lyrics based off of many topics, overall originality.

[QUOTE="McainTehNub"]

Wesley Willis is the most amazing musician to ever live. You may have heard his song "Rock and Roll McDonalds" from the Super Size Me but his other songs are way better.

And do all the people in this thread actually take black metal seriously? Dudes in Kiss makeup singing about satan, elves, and forests with music that sounds like it was recorded by a cell phone with a wet sock over it. Wow so Evil!!!

tim22000

Well, I'm an atheist so I do not take the religious aspects seriously. Satan bi-product from Christianity, and Christianity got shoved down allot of peoples throat when they were younger, so its understandable why groups take to a satanic image (to be what religious people feared.) There are only a very small number of black metal bands that actually believe and worship in the 'satan.'

I'm mostly into "cIassic rock", probably because I was raised on both that and 90's pop music :P Favorite bands include Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Cream, etc. I just love the originality and soul that is put into the music of the 60s and 70s

Pretty diverse but my favorites genres are:

Metal: Thrash/death/black/groove/doom/sludge/stoner some of my favorites are Pantera, Slayer, PIG DESTROYER, Meshuggah, Acid Bath, Death, Converge, Crowbar, Sleep, Soilent Green, Megadeth, old school Metallica, Black Sabbath, Obituary, Celtic Frost, Celeste, Mastodon, Anthrax, Machine Head etc.

And finally punk, mostly 80s hardcore and 70s punk. Also love grindcore, crust, power violence, metallic hardcore, crossover and anarcho. Some of my favorite punk bands are: PIG DESTROYER, Black Flag, Minor Threat, Converge (yeah I know I mentioned them twice), Cryptic Slaughter, Crucifix, Discharge, Ramones, The Clash, Insect Warfare, Misfits, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Siege, Sonic Youth etc. I've also been getting into a lot of trip hop, shoegaze, oldschool hip hop, jazz, blues and noise (in no particular order). So yeah I basically like a lot of music. Also I LOVE Pig Destroyer. So um yeah.

Progressive Rock.

It's a sub-genre which contains Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd, Ozric Tentacles, King Crimson, and Rush. It's made out of champion-ness.

As for my favorite band, I flip-flop between Porcupine Tree, Ozric Tentacles, and Blind Guardian.

Yes, I know Blind Guardian doesn't have anything to do with the genre I was talking about.

I don't care.

They're awesome.

Basically cIassic rock... like The Beatles, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, The Doors, Guns n' Roses, Pink Floyd, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Ozzy Osbourne, black Sabbath, The Who, Aerosmith, Def Leppard... stuff like that. Also like grunge, like Nirvana and Alice in Chains and Soundgarden. Also like Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Genre: My bread-and-butter is indie/alternative-type stuff, but I listen to virtually everything that isn't metal.

Artists: Way too many to list. As of now though, my top 10 would probably be (in no particular order):

1. The National
2. Constantines
3. Broken Social Scene
4. Pavement
5. LCD Soundsystem
6. Spoon
7. Public Enemy
8. Neil Young
9. The Rural Alberta Advantage
10. Robert Johnson

My fav genres are Alternative Rock/Alternative Metal; I just like hard rock/metal instrumentation but also actual singing and meaningful lyrics.

My fav band right now is probably Soundgarden, other top bands for me: Rage Against the Machine, Faith No More, Pearl Jam, Jane's Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Radiohead, Shihad and System of a Down.

My fav genres are Alternative Rock/Alternative Metal; I just like hard rock/metal instrumentation but also actual singing and meaningful lyrics.

My fav band right now is probably Soundgarden, other top bands for me: Rage Against the Machine, Faith No More, Pearl Jam, Jane's Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Radiohead, Shihad and System of a Down.

Timmeus

Long live the 90's 8)

Don't have a favorite band....like rock and Metal...

Listen to Bullet For My Valentine, Seether, Evanescence, All That Remains, Breaking Benjamin, a bit of Slipknot, some Disturbed, Lacuna Coil...i like the lyrics in many of the songs...