Yeah I could name loads too. I was listening to Ozzy when I wrote that so the first one I thought of was Randy Rhoads. Olavi Mikkonen and Johan Soderberg from Amon Amarth are really good. I love their sound.
Who is your favorite guitarist(s)?
I personally can't decide because there are so many great guitarists in metal. Randy Rhoads is definitely up there. One of the greats!
I have no problems with smoking. I used to be a chain smoker for years. I don't smoke cigarettes anymore just tobacco from a pipe. I wish you could still smoke in restaurants and bars.
I believe in the norse gods. If you die in battle, you either go to Valhalla or Freya's hall. If you die a normal death, you go to the underworld where Hel resides. Niflheim is reserved for the wicked.
POD is not metal. Neither is korn or slipknot. slipknot is nu metal which I do not consider metal. Linkin Park is not metal and I can't stand them. We all know justin bieber is not metal and he is a girl.
I can't stand nu metal. Personally I think it is retarded to combine something awesome like metal with something horrible like rap. It's ok if people listen to it but I do not call it metal nor will I ever acknowledge that it is metal.
Amon Amarth is an awesome viking metal band. Also we have the strongest gods so that helps why it's so popular. It's cool to have metal about all of those but vikings are my personal favorite obviously.
No I don't think they are metal but they are great rock bands and I think they have influenced metal bands definitely. Personally, I love those bands. At least Queen and Blue Oyster Cult. I haven't heard Paganini.
I think your right. I may watch the videos on youtube but I actually buy the albums either on itunes or the cd's. That is why I buy them is to support the band.