Metal heads, young and old, I need advice!

Well, Mastodon sorta reminds me of Rush meets Slayer. No Cookie Monster vocals, a la "Cannibal Corpse," et al.

High on Fire features the bassist from Melvins, sounds a lot like that band as a result, and also reminds me a lot of Motorhead.

I wouldn't recommend a lot of new metal, but I was quite the Anthrax/Metallica/Megadeth/JP/Iron Maiden fan way back, and both of these bands appeal to me.

YMMV.

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Entombed
At The Gates
Death
Mastadon
Baroness

grotty has got it on spot. Metal is VERY diverse now certainly than it was 15 years ago… WOW! great stuff.

I can do with out the trachiotimy singers as well too most of the time. thank you very much :D

Motorhead
Remember me now Motorhead
Alright

true.
As for Rush, I em but, definitely prog, definitely heavy but … metal?

Metal is a very broad genre. Just because you like Iron Maiden/Rush/Black Sabbath doesn't necessarily mean that you will like many of these new darker/heavier metal bands.

What about TESLA, KISS or Ted Nugent?

hard rock.

Originally posted by Ellis D. Fleischbach:
What about TESLA, KISS or Ted Nugent?

Every prog-loving bass player should have this:

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ministry maybe. or primus. maybe einsturzende neubaten. hmmmmm….pfm possibly although some of their songs sound like phish. or diamanda galas if you think he's up to listening to her.

Actually nevermind, I agree with ggw.

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Hilarious. I think that is what happened to anyone crazy enuf to eat sushi at last night's Merriweather Post show…100 degrees and not much ice? Hmmmm….