Just a Metal Thread

I start. My favourites:
(Edit: I added one sample for each.)

Gothic Metal:

• Sirenia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07G2Fzj3riU
• Tristania https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bfj1pUlx_M

Symphonic Metal:

• Within Temptation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmOiIs_v6EE

Swing Metal:

• Diablo Swing Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lYmyEV7lJg

Folk Metal:

• Eluveitie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMKykGYsmFY

I've always been a Thrash Metal sort of guy, so here are a couple favs:

Metallica - Master of Puppets - Some may not know this but their first four albums were thrash metal ;)
Sepultura - Slaves of Pain - Another band that started off thrash and ended up something else
Anthrax - Indians
Megadeth - Hangar 18
Slayer - Raining Blood
Pantera - Walk

Wicked speed/trash. Pretty much every song is bad-ass (of course it's subjective)

Angel Dust - Into the Dark Past

Symphonic: Nightwish
Power: Edguy
Prog: Ayreon
Opera: Avantasia
Italian: https://youtu.be/miekjLzzCDk

Just gonna leave here that Five Finger Death Punch was a great surprise when I started listening to them some years ago. I guess I always pushed them aside because of the silly name but man, they rock. I like their newer sound much better than their old sound, but it all sounds nice. Here's a random one I like a lot - Ain't My Last Dance.

Here's a fun one from a band called Jaldaboath.

Actually, here's another one by that band.

I love that stuff.

Everbody loves a unicorn invasion :)
Gloryhammer - The Unicorn Invasion of Dundee

One of the biggest masterpieces in the history of music:
Ulver - Themes from William Blake's The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell
Lyrics

Any rock, metal, punk is good in my opinion :P

I will point some bands (and solo metal singers) that I have the albums:
Accept, Alice Cooper, Ancient, Andre Matos, Angra, Ayreon, Black Sabbath, Blind Guardian, Cadaveria, Deep Purple, Dethklok, Dio, Helloween, Iced Earth, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, King Diamond, Krisiun, Lefay (Morgana Lefay), Luca Turilli, Lunatica, Manticora, Memento Mori, Merciful Fate, Nevermore, Obituary, Ozzy Osbourne, Pantera, Phantom Lord, Rhapsody, Rob Zombie, Sepultura, Slayer, Therion, Tristania, UDO, Vampiria, Viper, White Zombie

Also some others that I like:
Ambeon, Erik Norlander, Korn, Lana Lane, Marilyn Manson (early albums), Rainbow (classic rock)

There maybe more that I don't remember now.

And Then There Was Silence, arguably considered Blind Guardian's Magnum Opus. Hope you have 14 minutes to spare.

NONE - Damp Chill of Life (Atmospheric/Depressive Black Metal):
https://youtu.be/_A4yhLYseDA

Here's Gojira's most known song. They're great, I actually discovered them through an awesome SteamGifter. Some other songs.

3TEETH - EXXXIT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Eq42sN-IgbQ

Dyscarnate - Iron Strengthens Iron - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lrjiqph1PE&list=PLuUjbnZdBs0dZ_8dC21MHEcOKkHXHaGhl

Orbit Culture - Redfog - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la21crvpjpk

Nails - Endless Resistance (feat. Max Cavalera) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=k6E5R6mkh8k

Rotting Christ - Non Serviam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0zjCMMbnjo&index=27&list=RDSJ6eZ4wGiJ0

This is my personal top of metal bands (not in a particular order, they are almost equal for me):

Tardigrade Inferno (Dark Cabaret Metal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzJ4vCjSt28
Paddy and the Rats (Pirate Metal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7DN2ivRMKk
In Extremo (Folk Metal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxxCCeaeLIw
Korpiklaani (Folk Metal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc0sJvtKrRM
Equilibrium (Folk/Viking Metal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYoB2Tj3LR8
Ensiferum (Viking Metal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALrjjJdmxgA
Amon Amarth (Viking Metal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARnBgW5XgSo
Dimmu Borgir (Symphonic Black Metal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jw7yk8hm_0
Fleshgod Apocalypse (Symphonic Black Metal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZiA2TrWtpo
Moonspell (Gothic/MDM) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXWMYmNcUqI
Crematory (Gothic Metal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPq1y3snAKw
Delain (Symphonic Metal) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubi1m5pR3hM

Favorites Yea I know there is a lot of them :

• Tool
• Gojira
• Anathema
• Boris ,aren't they underrated?
• Dir en grey
• Black sabbath / Ozzy
• Slayer
• Judas priest
• Electric wizard
• Acid king
• Saint vitus
• Sleep
• Om
• Kyuss / Queens of the stone age
• Mike patton
• Melvins
• Nocturnal Depression
• Opeth
• Uaral
• System of a down
• Meshuggah

And the heaviest band of them all, behold, the one and only :

• Nickelback

Here are some of my favourites:

• Deathstars - Cyanide
• Fear Factory - Leechmaster
• Imperial Triumphant - Lower World
• King Diamond - Black Horsemen
• Rammstein - Alter Mann
• Sax - Rozklad krve
• Static-X - Wisconsin Death Trip
• Wayne Static - Static killer

Tolkien metal - Summoning but you can call it ambient, melodic black metal.

Just to name a few that I don't think that I've linked elsewhere on this site:

Voivod
Razor
Coffins
Mgła
Dopethrone
Repugnant
Moral Decay
Morbid
Corpse (early Grave)
Rotten Sound

This is from my friend that I have known for years and seen a few concerts with.
For all you lightweights here.

MANEGARM
Fear Factory
The Haunted

I've seen The Haunted live. Trust me on this.

Symphony X - Sea Of Lies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T7WGasjju0

Axel Rudi Pell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK0XVz-oTj8

Powerful and fast heavy metal!!!