Number one band for me is R.E.M., been listening to them a lot again recently. Liked them for about 16 or 17 years now. They've inspired me so much, not just in music but in life in general too. If it wasn't for listening to them I doubt I'd ever have taken up playing the drums, or been as heavily into music as I am.

After that in no particular order:
Metallica
Alkaline Trio

Maybe not what people were expecting, or maybe exactly as you were expecting

Who really cares.

Faith No More!!!!

Sabbat, Cynic, Atheist, Death, Iron Maiden, Exodus, Vio-lence etc..

overall my consistent favs id have to say Anthrax, metallica, Heathen, exodus, ac dc, saxon

but right now its WASP

Will wrote:Definitely Black Sabbath for me as well actually, although don't ignore their non ozzy stuff! I did for a while as well but I was young and naive.. Dio fucking rules as well and I've been giving the rest of it a chance as well recently.

Too bloody right, Heaven and Hell is an immense album. And the title track is one of my all time fave Sabbath songs, for me it ranks alongside a lot of the stuff from the first six albums of greatness. I can't wait to see them live this year, bloody hell, imagine it!

My favourites are ever revolving.

At the moment, it's Forbidden, Vio-lence, At The Gates (BIG TIME!!) and Exodus.

zykloned wrote:My favourites are ever revolving.

At the moment, it's Forbidden, Vio-lence, At The Gates (BIG TIME!!) and Exodus.

At The Gates Pwn

At the moment the band I am listening to the most are a Northern Irish Stoner-Rock outfit called Bad Boat - http://www.myspace.com/badboat

At the moment I am getting into my Black Metal, so Burzum are rating pretty highly at the moment also.

My favourates have changed a little, it used the be metallica, but i just gone right off them. Probally because i hated St anger so much. they just seem to be in my cd player less and less these days. I have always been a big fan of Therion anyway but i would say that they are now my favourate band of all time. followed by Danzig, Kamelot, Overkill and Marshall Law

demonic-dave wrote:followed by Danzig, Kamelot, Overkill and Marshall Law

Yes, a fellow Kamelot fan! A rare species in this country. Wasn't The Black Halo amazing? A masterpiece of progressive power metal.

I generally hate black metal but some Bathory I heard was quite good and I have time for Darkthrone and Annal Natharkh (sp). Sorry, a bit off the point...

Anyway, fave bands are
DKs
Death
Napalm Death
Entombed
Rage Against the Machine

Probably somebody I have missed off big time but that what comes to mind at the mo. I will just add, though none of those bands are thrash, I still consider it my most listened to music and probably my favourite genre.

Oh, and Hostile's point about Rage is pretty much the same for me. Has anyone here checked out Zack's earlier HC band, Inside Out? If you like USHC it is worth checking out, explains the In My Eyes cover on Renegades quite nicely...

Also, currently I can't stop listening to King Crimson. Amazing band.

jonny_boy34 wrote:

demonic-dave wrote:followed by Danzig, Kamelot, Overkill and Marshall Law

Yes, a fellow Kamelot fan! A rare species in this country. Wasn't The Black Halo amazing? A masterpiece of progressive power metal.

Yes it was, I got in in amstedam in 2005 and i am still listening to that album more than anything else. Epica is also a good album, it is a grower though, I cant wait to see them at Progpower in March.

Top four bands at the moment (in this order):

Iron Maiden
Saxon
Dungeon
Queen

Then, in no particular order:

Judas Priest
Pink Floyd
DragonForce
Nightwish
Anthrax
UFO
Thin Lizzy
W.A.S.P.
Black Sabbath
AC/DC
Manowar

And the non-metal/rock bands:

Mike Oldfield
Santana
Jean Michel Jarre
Yanni
Roxy Music
"Wierd Al" Yankovic

I know, that's probably turned out as a "every band I listen to" list but fuck it

Nuclear Assault
Cynic
Heathen
Overkill
Death

Motorhead, pure and simple.