The biggest in Heaviness?????

[Roddy]

For new bands, Bullet For My Valentine it seems are getting a decent following overseas (no idea about here?) - I believe they've now supported Metallica and Iron Maiden, and looking at the top artists for the week on last.fm they're one place behind Opeth, eventhough BFMV's only full length album came out in 05 (or Feb 06 here).
http://www.last.fm/charts/music/artist/
(in the 190's)

Despite the crap I've seen some metal fans at metal-archives hang on them (based more on image and popularity it seems, rather than the music ), I think it's one of the best debut heavy metal albums I've heard for a while.

here's any slightly heavy and/or related bands taken out of the top 400 at the link above - I've probably missed some though. Probably not a great indication, and of course will favour any bands with albums just released, but I got no idea where else to look.

most played at last.fm for week starting 24th Dec...

8. Metallica
11. System of a Down
37. Rammstein
49. Tool
63. Iron Maiden
86. In Flames
95. A Perfect Circle
99. Nightwish
110. Slipknot
116. Disturbed
132. Black Sabbath
133. Children of Bodom
156. Dream Theater
179. Slayer
187. Pantera
190. Opeth
191. Bullet For My Valentine
219. Killswitch Engage
225. Megadeth
227. Apocalyptica
254. Atreyu
257. Staind
295. Trivium
302. Ozzy Osbourne
307. Cradle Of Filth
320. Dragonforce
330. Motorhead
331. Within Temptation
358. Lamb Of God
359. Judas Priest
365. Arch Enemy
397. Sepultura

Good to see Apocalyptica right up there - I'd heard they were huge in Europe, are they big anywhere else does anyone know?

Hey good post. Biggest surprise = Rammstein at 3! Wouldna said that!

 

[Angus1]

most played at last.fm for week starting 24th Dec...

8. Metallica
11. System of a Down
37. Rammstein
49. Tool
63. Iron Maiden
86. In Flames
95. A Perfect Circle
99. Nightwish
110. Slipknot
116. Disturbed
132. Black Sabbath
133. Children of Bodom
156. Dream Theater
179. Slayer
187. Pantera
190. Opeth
191. Bullet For My Valentine
219. Killswitch Engage
225. Megadeth
227. Apocalyptica
254. Atreyu
257. Staind
295. Trivium
302. Ozzy Osbourne
307. Cradle Of Filth
320. Dragonforce
330. Motorhead
331. Within Temptation
358. Lamb Of God
359. Judas Priest
365. Arch Enemy
397. Sepultura

a perfect circle
Now that is one heavy band.
One of my favourites actually but they are one of the softest bands in my collection.

Also Tool is not metal. Brilliant, but not metal.

 

[Sandoval]

Most people I know think Slipknot is Death Metal .

They also think Megadeth is DM. Knobs.

But yeah profile wise probably Slipknot

I think my mother actually refered to Led Zeppelin as death metal once. Hehe

 

[Upgrayedd]

slipknot probably
but real metal? i would say opeth or in flames, massive fan base
but iron maiden would win

 

[Woodson]

Hey Roddy,

Go and seek the DVD...METAL A Headbanger's Diary by a Canadian guy named Sam Dunn, the guy flys to Birmingham to Europe (Wacken) to USA to
explore the different sub-genres of "Heavy Metal". Highly reccommend it as it's got many interviews with the bands themselves...the Slipknot's, the Arch Enemy's of todays metal..ect ect... I'm definately the OLD SCHOOL 'metal' fan...doesn't matter what sub-genre of metal your into...it's got it's place on Sam Dunn's listings.. the whole Norwegian 'Death > burn the churches down > Metal. Check it out.

 

[Roddy]

Hey Roddy,

Go and seek the DVD...METAL A Headbanger's Diary by a Canadian guy named Sam Dunn, the guy flys to Birmingham to Europe (Wacken) to USA to
explore the different sub-genres of "Heavy Metal". Highly reccommend it as it's got many interviews with the bands themselves...the Slipknot's, the Arch Enemy's of todays metal..ect ect... I'm definately the OLD SCHOOL 'metal' fan...doesn't matter what sub-genre of metal your into...it's got it's place on Sam Dunn's listings.. the whole Norwegian 'Death > burn the churches down > Metal. Check it out.

Saw that twice at the cinema about a month ago!!!! Excellent movie, would post my review but BF won't let me.
Personally, I'm an old school, mid-school and new-school Metal head!!!!

 

[Minkus_Swan]

Cradle of Filth would be up there as well. Outside the big american bands, you would think that COF would be one of the biggest known european metal bands these bands, with Iron Maiden.

The usual response with people outside the metal community, as they all seem to have a mental image of any kind of metal associated with Dani Filth. High pitched screaming short people with the corpse paint leather outfits included.

Same with people wearing metal T-shirts. It always seems to be a gauge with whats hip and happening.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

If we're talking of bands with a 'profile' at the moment then i'd say,

Opeth
Mastodon
Trivium

 

[ChrisFooty]

soilwork are a great band but they arent greatly known in australia

90% of metalheads would say they are the biggest sell outs ever. I actually like their new stuff though.

 

[Roddy]

90% of metalheads would say they are the biggest sell outs ever. I actually like their new stuff though.

I couldn't possibly care any less what most Metalheads have to say, a great band is a great band. And Soilwork most definitely are....

 

[spanna050]

Also Tool is not metal. Brilliant, but not metal.

Maybe not, but some would say that Tool is 'heavier' in sound that some metal bands.

 

[Power21]

Iron Maiden
Trivium
Disturbed
Avenged Sevenfold......maybe not.

 

[Sandoval]

The only album I ever really cared for by Soilwork was "The Chainheart Machine", but oh boy, what a doozy of an album that was

 

[Medhurst Magic]

Trivium