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Re: Favorite bands? Oh, you ARE a djent fan... Wow, tough call. My top 5 are kind of an amorphous list, but here's my best shot: Ah, fuggeddit. Imonna do runners-up. Quo Vadis- best death metal on the planet in my opinion. 7days - great slower-tempo melodic progressive metal Serenity - Fallen Sanctuary did it for me. Thy Majestie - I own Jeanne d'Arc but their other material is great too. Seventh Wonder on Mercy Falls especially. Now the top five: Symphony X from Divine Wings of Tragedy on...Iconoclast destroys! :twisted:Redemption Threshold during the Andrew MacDermott years. HammerFall from 'Glory To The Brave' to 'Crimson Thunder' HARMONY! 'Chapter II: The Aftermath' is my favorite metal album of all time! :mrgreen: I've got a variety of tastes, but generally symphonic or complex keyboards do it for me.

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Re: Favorite bands? Only problem with me is I listen to a lot of music that varies between being rock and metal. So I'll only pick those that are certainly metal. Dream Theater Ayreon Pain of Salvation Stryper Whitecross I'd included the likes of Spock's Beard, Neal Morse, Transatlantic etc. but I'm not certain whether they're heavy enough to be classified as metal.. :P

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Re: What bands do you listen to? I think i can list up around 500 bands, so i won't write that, genres : Melodic Death metal, Melodic Doom metal, Doom metal, Death Doom metal, Metalcore, deathcore, Death metal, Brutal Death metal, Melodic Power metal, Power metal, Melodic Metal, Heavy Metal, Technical death metal, Speed Metal, Death Thrash metal, Death Black Metal, Black metal, folk death metal, Folk metal, Experimental Metal, Symphonic Black metal, Nu Metal , Melodic Death Black metal, Progressive Heavy metal, Progressive metal, Post Hardcore, All in all, Metal i like, ;D

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Re: What bands do you listen to? Well, you can see in my introduction thread which bands I like, but here's a short list: Redemption Symphony X Nevermore Myrath Seventh Wonder Solution .45 Suspyre Division By Zero Voyager Thy Majestie Serenity Borealis Darksun Iron Savior Sabaton Excalion Heidevolk Svartsot Neurotech Quo Vadis Gorod Aletheian Sympathy Dungortheb Pitbulls In The Nursery Centaurus A Sickening Horror

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