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Hey Cameron, I've hear After Forever, good band. However, Nightwish stands out among other female-fronted bands. While the others are mostly "gothic" metal, as well as "beauty and the beast" type with male growling vocal mixed, Nightwish is mostly "power metal" with all instrumental arrangments, riffs, rythm and melodies. Nightwish had those male growling vocals earlier in their career. Pity Tarja was recently fired. I was hoping to see them live in concert in U.S last year, but unfortunately they canceled all North America shows. Only hope they can find another female singer, and continue where they left. By the way, Oceanborn is my second favorite album from Nightwish after "Wishmaster".

As for the ranking, Iron Maiden should be number one, not only for the tradition and history, but also for the consistent quality of their material. Up the Irons!!

I don't know if you still like CDs Cameron, but I can suggest a couple of mail order onlie stores with great prices and selection:

TheEndRecords.com (free shipping, huge selection, great customer service)

SentinelSteel.com (power metal specialist, based in NJ. Denis has his own label but only his online store with all power metal titles you may want. Great second hand CD collection as well)

CMDistro.com. Online store of Century Media.

I am strictly a CD guy. I just never got into downloading, I have to have the real thing. I'll be looking into those 3 sites.

Hey, I love Maiden too. As far as them being consistent, I agree. I don't like to admit it, but my favorite album of theirs is Brave New World. The new one is pretty good too; man I wish Metallica had stuck to their roots like Maiden has. If only they had continued their direction from And Justice for All. It was like they were on the cusp of creating a new genre, progressive thrash (as far as I know it doesn't exist) only to dumb it way down on the next album.

Just getting counted in. I love all types of music but at 37 years, the metal blood still rules.

Best of all, Metal never died! Every other generation's music quickly became uncool as they got older but take a look around, I am seeing more teen agers in AC/DC, Black Sabbath, KISS, and Led Zeppelin shirts than when I was young! Dark side of the Moon Logo's are everywhere! (OK that's not really metal but it is classic.) Death Metal and Thrash is raging over Europe again.

My 16 year old nephew asked me a for a copy of my AC/DC concert DVD for Christmas. I was so impressed, I bought him a real copy and threw in Metalica for good measure.

Along with veteran rockers reappearing everywhere, new bands are keeping up the tradition too.

-- Three Days Grace is simply a old fashioned, hard workin rock band.

-- System of a Down keeps us hard core guys awake,

-- Billy Talent is keeping hard rock with a punk influence alive and well.

--Nickleback, like em or not, are the new heroes of Stadium Rock, taking over where Bon Jovi left off before they went all 'metrosexual'.

--Seether's new album is totally influenced by good old old fashioned metal, even if the kids don't realize it.

Tool is definitely breaking new ground. I don't know what the heck to call their music with it's odd numbered drum counts but it's extremely addictive. I had this freaking out my friends in my Jeep stereo for weeks before I took it into the house.

Anyway, to shorten, it's great for somebody getting closer to 40 than 30, to be able to go into a music store, buy his favorite music and not get a look from the clerk like I'm an old fart. Instead, I often get "That's a kickass CD."

Makes me smile !!!

Now anybody got some old bands they have forgotten about that you are almost afraid to mention?
Anyone remember W.A.S.P.

Nickelback

Now you get to make fun of a band I like.

Hey, they've got to be better than Korn.

I guess I'm a reformed metal head. I never did like Metallica, but AC/DC has always been my number one group. Then all the other classics like Van Halen, Aerosmith, Bad Company, Scorpions, Judas Preast....etc.

Over the past few years I've been listening to Alt Rock. Some of my favorites:

Shinedown - can't get enough of this group
Breaking Benjamin
Chevelle
Eve 6
Filter
Fuel
Corssfade
Default
July for Kings
Nine Days
Revis
Seether
Stroke 9
3 Days Grace
10 years
Theory of a Deadman - If you like Nickelback you'd like this group.

Hmm.. the vibe of the thread has shifted from metal, that's for sure. (Although at the moment I am listening to Berlioz and loving it ).

That's cool though, I don't mind some hard rock as well. I really liked Chevelle's first album, there are some really good harmony parts on that album. Also (it took me awhile) but I like the first 2/3rds of Audioslave's first album too.

Most of the new rock music doesn't do it for me though. I can't listen to the our local rock station it's just so bland. I like my guitars up front and with a lot of crunch.

Cameron, now you're talking my language(unless "Berlioz" happens to be a rock group or something); if you haven't heard it I'd suggest my favorite Symphonie Fantastique, with Muti .