Ranking
View Poll Results: Which one?
Metallica
21 Votes / 30.00%
Iron Maiden
6 Votes / 8.57%
Black Sabbath
6 Votes / 8.57%
Judas Priest
1 Votes / 1.43%
Dio
3 Votes / 4.29%
Megadeth
4 Votes / 5.71%
Saxon
0 Votes / 0%
AC/DC
5 Votes / 7.14%
Slayer
7 Votes / 10.00%
Other One? (Comment)
17 Votes / 24.29%
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Original Post
The Best Heavy Metal band:
Hey...
I'm talking about HEAVY METAL...
Not New Metal like Slipknot
Not Power Metal like Dragonforce
Not Punk Metal like ... You know...
Not Melodic Metal like Angra
Not Other things..

Just Heavy!
I wouldn't call those bands Heavy Metal, Just metal (In my opinion). The only exception is Slayer.

I say Slayer.


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nah, ACDC invented heavy metal
Fr_Death - Metal Gods
Left 4 Dead 2 FTW!
Heavy Metal is a music genre, it's abbreviation is "Metal".
New Metal, Power Metal, New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Punk etc. are subgenres.
Slayer is Thrash Metal, ACDC is hard rock and no, the founders of metal are more around Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin...
As for that poll:
Metallica is Thrash Metal
Iron Maiden is the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
Black Sabbath is Early Metal
Judas Priest is a bit special but can also be Early Metal
Dio is Power Metal
Megadeth is Thrash Metal
I'm not familiar with Saxon
ACDC is Hard Rock
Slayer is Thrash Metal

Also, talking about heavy metal and not including Deep Purple, Motörhead, Twisted Sister or Alice Cooper makes this thread even worse.
OOOOOOOk Muffindo, I thought that Twisted Sister only sang other ppl's songs,but anyway,looolz.

Back to the topic.
They are all great original band's.
i cant choose just one,but i'm pretty sure Dio was singing in pubs long before AC/DC(no proof but).
But i would have to say that Dio had the best vocals of all,so i will pick them.
Dio it is then
Last edited by EcoHitman; Feb 14, 2010 at 10:29 AM. Reason: because
My computer beats me at chess,but not at boxing!

Megadeth are consistently epic and Rust in Peace is not only one of the best metal albums of all time, but best albums of all genres.

Also, thread needs more Mercyful Fate/King Diamond.

I love Dio to death, and he is a good vocalist, but he hasn't got a scratch on King.
Tre!
Well everybody has their opinions on Heavy Metal, Which makes this thread hard to follow.


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