Symphonic metal - Nightwish

[Starman]

Their earlier stuff sure is with the exception of a few songs. They've drifted from that dabbling with alternative rock and some other stuff since the Black album, though.

 

[Nyaricus]

Hmm...I'm not sure I agree that Metallica is Thrash Metal. But I do agree that they're fantastic!

Actually, Metallica (along with Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeath; together known in actuality as "The Big Four of Thrash") are credited to bringing thrash out of the underground in the early 90s. See here for more details.

Although personally I like post-thrash better as opposed to thrash; Lamb of God, Pissing Razors, Chimara, Skinlab and the little Pantera I've heard are awesome YMMV, JM(NS)HO, and all that

 

[Dimwhit]

Actually, Metallica (along with Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeath; together known in actuality as "The Big Four of Thrash") are credited to bringing thrash out of the underground in the early 90s. See here for more details.

Interesting. I guess I'm just more familiar with their mainstream work (like the black album), which doesn't sound all that thrash.

 

[Nyaricus]

Interesting. I guess I'm just more familiar with their mainstream work (like the black album), which doesn't sound all that thrash.

Yeah... it was a different sound back then. I don't really dig Metallica though, so I couldn't say much

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Just thought I'd give you guys a heads-up on some old news that may or may not be new to you:

Alex Skolnick, guitar virtuoso who made his first big noise in music as the second guitarist (well, first replacement for the 2nd guitarist) in Testament, and then Savatage, has been doing some really cool work on straight-up jazz albums.

Not metal, but still very shreddy!

 

[D.Shaffer]

Early Metallica more or less defines 'Metal' to me (And I'm sad they're not in GH). That said, I'm always open to new things.
Lately, Dragonforce has been pretty impressive. Brilliantly blazing speed in their performance.

Another group I like, which definitely fits into the 'odd' niche, is Animetal. They're a Japanese metal band that plays nothing but metal covers of anime theme music.

I cant remember who it was, but there was a group I liked that played metal versions of classical music and opera.

 

[Nyaricus]

Another group I like, which definitely fits into the 'odd' niche, is Animetal. They're a Japanese metal band that plays nothing but metal covers of anime theme music.

link? I bet my anime and metal loving buddy would love a cd of this at some point

cheers,
--N

 

[D.Shaffer]

link? I bet my anime and metal loving buddy would love a cd of this at some point

cheers,
--N

Youtube has various samples of their style from some concerts if you wanna listen. Only place I found that had music samples, really. CD Japan has a bunch of the albums in stock.
Animetal's website is http://www.compozila.co.jp/iron/ although it's not gonna tell you much unless you know Japanese. Wiki has an article on em too.