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DREAM THEATER Drummer Reveals Top 5 Metal Bands Of All Time; Video Available
- June 28, 2009
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Roadrunner Records has uploaded video footage of DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy revealing and discussing his "top five metal bands of all time." Watch the seven-minute clip below. Portnoy's top five metal bands of all time are as follows: 01. BLACK SABBATH02. IRON MAIDEN03. METALLICA04. SLAYER05. OPETHAccording to Hits Daily Double, the companion web site of music industry tip sheet HITS, the new album from DREAM THEATER, entitled "Black Clouds & Silver Linings", is on track to sell between 35,000 and 40,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. DREAM THEATER's last CD, "Systematic Chaos", opened with 36,000 units in 2007 to enter The Billboard 200 chart at No. 19. 2005's "Octavarium" premiered with 27,000 copies to debut at No. 36. In addition to the standard-version CD, DREAM THEATER's tenth studio album, "Black Clouds & Silver Linings", was also made available on vinyl LP, as well as a three-disc, special-edition CD that includes the full album, a CD of instrumental mixes of the album and a CD of six cover songs. (Thanks: NJthrasher)
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COMMENT |
posted by : metal_wolfxii
6/28/2009 9:15:32 PM
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As long as the Metallica is only the first 3 albums then I could agree with him on this
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COMMENT | List
posted by : RiotAct666
6/28/2009 9:21:23 PM
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Mike's list is pretty good. But surprised he didn't mentioned or say Judas Priest, Megadeth, Anthrax etc for his 5th pick. They should go there instead of Opeth.
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COMMENT | OPETH????????????
posted by :
6/28/2009 9:21:56 PM
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WTF???!!!!!!
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COMMENT |
posted by : Sweet City Jesus
6/28/2009 9:22:44 PM
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Metallica and Slayer? Fuck off.
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COMMENT | Such a routine list...
posted by : BarryWhiteManilow
6/28/2009 9:28:15 PM
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I would figure a progressive musician would have a more varied selection. They're all great bands, but it's also a list a generic metalhead would say just to seem cool, save perhaps for Opeth.
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COMMENT | it's impossible to name the top 5..!
posted by : King's X_c
6/28/2009 9:33:13 PM
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the list must be at least 10-15..and opeth, TOP5, come on..!!
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COMMENT | He forgot Pantera.
posted by : smurf
6/28/2009 9:41:04 PM
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Opeth is good, but he's also good friends with them. I figure thats why he added them.
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COMMENT | A better more accurate list
posted by :
6/28/2009 9:43:26 PM
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1 Black Sabbath
2 Overkill
3 Slayer
4 Slipknot
5 Pantera
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COMMENT | irapter1
posted by : BarryWhiteManilow
6/28/2009 9:46:40 PM
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It's called a discussion, He put his opinion out there so we have the right to talk about it in any manner we see fit.
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COMMENT |
posted by : MetalPriestFan
6/28/2009 9:52:58 PM
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Yeah, like Slayer and Opeth are better tthan Judas Priest. I hear him on Eddie Trunk sometimes, and I don't like him.
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COMMENT | Almost the Same
posted by :
6/28/2009 9:56:13 PM
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wow i would have picked almost the same list except i'd take out slayer and put in LOG
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COMMENT |
posted by : Spazzy
6/28/2009 10:11:33 PM
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What about Queensryche??? LOL!!
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COMMENT | Hmmmm...
posted by :
6/28/2009 10:11:55 PM
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01. BLACK SABBATH
02. IRON MAIDEN
03. METALLICA
04. SLAYER
05. OPETH
Not all that bad really. Can't top the classics, and Opeth is my favourite band of all time. That being said, I'd probably bump Sabbath and Slayer down to #6 and 7, and replace them with Megadeth and Queensryche, with At The Gates, Emperor, and Pantera/Testament/Anthrax rounding out the 10. Of course, Dream Theater is top 15 material themselves.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
6/28/2009 10:14:35 PM
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uh....let me think...keep in mind this is an opinion....
1.King Diamond
2.Carnivore
3.Ozzy Osbourne
4.Judas Priest
5.My Dying Bride
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COMMENT | beer
posted by : cirkis
6/28/2009 10:17:41 PM
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I think I'm going to go drink some beer.
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COMMENT |
posted by : purplegirl
6/28/2009 10:28:05 PM
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Most of you must not realize this is HIS top 5, not yours!
Get a life!!
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COMMENT | Slipnot in top 5 dude?
posted by : Old Fart
6/28/2009 10:33:58 PM
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(Mecenaries commercial song plays) Oh No You Didn't!
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COMMENT | Weirdo's
posted by : dosemeter
6/28/2009 10:36:23 PM
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..he says at the very beginning he could name a lot of bands, and said "I'll stick with the classics." He did good until Opeth. Opeth's first album was in "95. Dream Theater had their only hit in "92. It's feasible he would consider them an "older band".
No fuck that....he's way off.
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COMMENT |
posted by : madeinquebec
6/28/2009 11:12:38 PM
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Metal for being metal... Sabbath is like the Genesis of Metal...
1. motorhead
2. Judas priest
3. iron maiden
4. metallica
5. acdc
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COMMENT | Opeth
posted by :
6/28/2009 11:27:08 PM
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Was the only surprise for me on that list.
Otherwise the rest seem like pretty cliche choices any and every metalhead would pick. And yet oddly enough, we still kick and scream about new metal being boring and stale.
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COMMENT |
posted by : motorDETH
6/28/2009 11:31:35 PM
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God, metal fans are fucking idiots.
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COMMENT | ye-uh
posted by :
6/28/2009 11:36:09 PM
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Maiden, Pantera, and Sabbath got me into metal
Death, Cynic, Anything written by Devin Townsend (save a few albums), Opeth, Evergrey, Decapitated, The Faceless, Gojira, and Meshuggah.
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COMMENT | !!!!
posted by :
6/28/2009 11:45:49 PM
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good list but i wouldnt have put Metallica there, but its his choice so...
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COMMENT | Great list...
posted by : zags2344
6/28/2009 11:50:11 PM
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Great list. I like opeth, but they should be replaced by ICED EARTH.
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COMMENT | OPETH????
posted by : southmetal_guy
6/28/2009 11:50:34 PM
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OPETH IS ON MY TOP 1,000,000. IN OTHER WORDS I DONT LIKE THEM. I AM SURPRISED THAT PANTERA IS NOT ON THE LIST. HE MENTIONS AND PLAYS 'CEMETERY GATES', QUITE OFTEN. ONLY HIS OPINION.
MY PERSONAL TOP 5:
PANTERA
SLAYER
OVERKILL
NEVERMORE
TESTAMENT.
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COMMENT | !!!
posted by :
6/29/2009 12:00:33 AM
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and there are so many great metal bands and of course it also depends on the time of the question, one time you are listen to Pantera and then they are maybe number one and the next week you are listening more to Megadeth and so on. but i dont agree with the guy who said first 3 albums by Dream Theater, i would probably have put Images and Words and everything after that, i dont think its there best album.
and maybe Master of Puppets by Metallica, its the only album i realy like by them.
but agree with him on Opteh, they are great!! and i would even have put Katatonia there also but like i said there are so many bands, you could put a list of 20-30 bands or more and not is any particular order
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COMMENT |
posted by : madeinquebec
6/29/2009 12:04:19 AM
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1. Bret Michael (solo)
2. Def Leppard featuring Taylor Swift
3. Guess who... www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmF9oKkPhhY
4. Cradle of Filth (accoustique)
5. Nickelback
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COMMENT |
posted by : madeinquebec
6/29/2009 12:07:01 AM
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blahmouthbleh, you're a stupid troll. And people like Opeth but it's a matter of taste. Opeth has interesting influences and if you don't like those influences, well... So, yeah, Morbid Angel and King Crimson. So if you don't listen to prog rock or death, well ya know, GO IN ANOTHER POST :)
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COMMENT |
posted by : madeinquebec
6/29/2009 12:08:31 AM
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posted by : blahmouthbleh
6/29/2009 12:05:31 AM
All i have to say metallica did more for metal than even black sabbath.
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OK, now it's REALLY obvious that you took on yourself to be this post's Mr Troll Inc
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COMMENT |
posted by : madeinquebec
6/29/2009 12:10:24 AM
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"LOL im a troll but ur not fuck off kid you lack a soul"
It's past bedtime, Ted Nugent
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COMMENT | Um Ok !!!
posted by : davelvalen
6/29/2009 12:11:02 AM
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My Influence Are:
1: Black Sabbath
2: Megadeth
3: Slayer
4: Dream Theater
5: Opeth
Thats it!
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COMMENT |
posted by : madeinquebec
6/29/2009 12:12:55 AM
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Mhuahahaha
www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/the-top-worst-hairdos-in-rock/
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COMMENT | Top 5
posted by :
6/29/2009 12:16:17 AM
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@motorDETH
Ya know, I've come to see that too.
But as far as my top 5 go...
1. Metallica
2. Black Sabbath
3. DevilDriver
4. Black Label Society
5. Mudvayne
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COMMENT | blahmouthbleh
posted by :
6/29/2009 12:16:28 AM
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opeth is so great because they dont sound like every other shitty metal band out there who sound like carbon copies of eachother. Also theyre all actually musicians in the true sense of the word. they listen to much more than just metal and arent afraid to show it in their music so they transcend into much more diverse ground and do it very well and very tastefully. you dont have to be their biggest fan, and i get it if theyre not for you, but if you cant see my point, me thinks you dont know shit about music. and id love to hear your brillant top 5
aside from that id go with
1. black sabbath
2. iron maiden/judas priest
3. metallica
4. pantera
5. opeth as an obscure choice absolutely, but classically id go with slayer
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COMMENT | Interesting
posted by :
6/29/2009 12:20:00 AM
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I think Sabbath is the dark horse here. You never hear DT covering or giving any accolades to Sabbath or any of its members in interviews or covering any of their songs. I thought Maiden would be in first and Priest second (MP always said Priest and Maiden were the two bands they jammed on all the time). Not surprised about Opeth unlike a lot of people just due to how much MP adores them and loves playing with them on tour. I think the other surprise here is Slayer. Though they cover a snippet of Reign In Blood live from time to time, I would have thought that if anyone were going in here from the thrash genre it would be Megadeth. They toured together on the first Gigantour, plus Megadeth's style is a bit more progressive than Slayer's, who, while still amazing musicians, just overpower the fuck out of a song rather than change dynamics much throughout it.
Overall, very good--if not too shocking--a list.
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COMMENT | also
posted by :
6/29/2009 12:20:39 AM
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black sabbath created metal. you can never say that any other metal band did more for metal than sabbath. if there wasnt black sabbath there wouldnt be metal period, and there certainly wouldnt be a metallica. so your argument is completely useless
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COMMENT |
posted by :
6/29/2009 12:25:35 AM
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Opeth > Slayer
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COMMENT |
posted by :
6/29/2009 12:28:43 AM
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Death will always be at the top my list, not many bands have released albums that dont sound the same. Also Sepultura deserves a mention, they may not be releasing awesome stuff at the moment, but find me a better thrash album than Beneath the Remains
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COMMENT | blahmouthbleh
posted by :
6/29/2009 12:37:17 AM
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have ever actually listened to Opeth???? it doesnt seems so. and Metallica didnt to nearly as much for metal as Black Sabbath, Metallica made people like One and nothing else matters and songs like that, and the most of the people who bought the black album only have the black album and maybe listen to these songs and enter sandman and if they hear another metal band they think its sucks because its not on the radio.
but you have to have bands like Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Iron Butterfly, Blue Cheer, Hawkwind and many others that not a lot of people know about.
and im not sure any grunge band count except Soundgarden or Alice in Chains, but grunge was just some advertising word for the Seattle scene, if Nirvana was grunge then all the other bands arent grunge.
yea and naming Nickelback here on this site is just plain stupid, they are just some typical commercial shit, similar to Creed, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit and crappy bands like that
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COMMENT | jimi hendrix
posted by :
6/29/2009 12:39:15 AM
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is probably in my top 3 favorite artists ever. ive heard every song hes ever done. i wouldnt call his stuff metal. its heavy, but its more psychedelic rock than metal. heavy doesnt mean metal. metal is a style and black sabbath created the heavy metal style
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COMMENT | blahmouthbleh
posted by :
6/29/2009 12:48:52 AM
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hahaha are you a joke or???? since when did Opteh sellout??????
the most sellout band of all time is Metallica and thats a fact.
and Opeth have far from soldout, but why were you listening to all their albums if they are so shitty???
but its your opinion, but i have to say its so far from right.
dont listen to them if you dont like them but dont come here with stupid remarks like that, please spare us
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COMMENT | Since everybody else is throwing their opinions out there
posted by :
6/29/2009 12:56:02 AM
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1. The REAL Black Sabbath: 1970-78 (without them, many Metal bands wouldn't exist)
2. Led Zeppelin (same as Sabbath, but with a little less edge)
3. Metallica (The Led Zep of my generation, and are to modern metal bands what Sabbath and Zep were to them)
4. Iron Maiden (Enough said)
5. Megadeth (Unfortunately forced to stay in Metallica's shadow, and like Metallica, has one god awful album, Risk/Metallica's St. Anger, and one sub-par yet better-than-their-worst album, The World Needs A Hero/Metallica's ReLoad)
Somebody listed AC/DC, and as big of an AC/DC freak as I am, I cannot put them on this list because they are not a Metal band. If this was a list of all-time bands in general, AC/DC would be very high on that list.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
6/29/2009 1:35:49 AM
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No one has Sepultura-The Cavalera years in there list and they were one of the greatest of the time
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COMMENT | I'm very surprised!!!!!!!!
posted by : Poops McGee
6/29/2009 1:40:02 AM
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Take out Slayer, put in Priest, and change the order a bit, and it's MY top 5 list! I didn't see that coming...
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COMMENT | I Might As Well
posted by :
6/29/2009 1:43:06 AM
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top 5
1.Iron Maiden
2.Metallica
3.Motorhead
4.Slayer
5.Megadeth
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COMMENT | I'm with him on #1. and #5.
posted by : The Rippah
6/29/2009 1:55:15 AM
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He's missing Queensryche, Death, and Soundgarden.
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COMMENT | opeth?
posted by :
6/29/2009 2:04:34 AM
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good list, in my crappy opinion, except for opeth.
And, ja, I've heard them, seen them twice, and will never see them again, even if i have to hang out in the lobby.
They've got decent riffage, but that front man is an asshole.
He told the audience in Dallas, that Texas sukked and that he would never live in such a crappy state.
What a royal jackass!!
I don't mind the opinion so much, as the disrespect to all the people that came to see them.
fukk that guy!!
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COMMENT | OPETH OVER PRIEST!? SLAYER OVER PANTERA!?
posted by : CKess316
6/29/2009 2:04:36 AM
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I don't know about this. As long as it's just someone else's opinion I can't really say too much...but I think any top 5 metal band lists that include Opeth and not Priest are a bit suspect.
I would say these are the top 5 PIONEERING Metal bands:
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Metallica
Pantera
Black Sabbath
But the Top 5 of all time would look different to me. Those would include bands that take metal above and beyond where the pioneers took it.
Nevermore
Necrophagist
Decapitated
Suffocation
Pantera
Thats probably what it would look like to me...I think I'm giving a lot more credit to the bands that are truly great by their own merits instead of great because thats what is common knowledge.
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COMMENT | haha wow
posted by : My Godless Endeavor
6/29/2009 2:04:43 AM
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most of you people are imbeciles. Blahmouthbleh is obviously a troll, as not even the dumbest of the dumb would say the things he has said. Crying over Mike Portnoys picks is hilarious to watch, and seems like the typical Dream Theater fan thing to do. Its one thing to have an opinion, its a completely different, and stupid, thing to take an opinion as fact
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COMMENT | Hey asshole!!! (blahmouthbleh)
posted by :
6/29/2009 2:15:02 AM
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Dude, how can you say Opeth fans must not know anything about music? You are a stupid little bitch.. Opeth are twenty years ahead of your pussy ass Godsmack who are only a run-of-the-mill rock band. I thought Portnoy's list was accurate and exact. Every band on that list has contributed to the art in a very big way.. Opeth's influence has yet to be fully realized but it will be in time. So you stupid ass know-nothings on here that wanna bitch about Opeth make me sick. Stick to little radio rock and leave the real music to us people who know it. I'm a musician myself and I will tell you that all the bands that he listed were ground-breaking and ahead of the pack in their time.. To not have Black Sabbath as number one would have been sacrilage. They only created Heavy Metal. And I'm sorry but Zeppelin were not metal, though they were a great rock band, but the use of blues scales instead of minors is the reason they didn't sound as dark and brooding as Sabbath. Like Sabbath, Opeth are breaking new ground. The asshole that said they sound like everyone else is either deaf or incredibly stupid and should never post another opinion on a topic he knows nothing about.. You shouldn't even be on this site if you like Nickelback anyway.. This ain't your momma's website bitches.. This is for metal people not clear radio worshippers who believe that Nickelcrack is groundbreaking. Your very opinion makes me doubt the human race as a sustainable life-form..BTW, What the hell is wrong with signing to Roadrunner? They only gave us great bands over the years such as Sepultura, Machine Head, Chimaira, King Diamond, Diecide, Life of Agony, Soulfly, etc.. Too many to name over the years. But, all these bands we loved came from roadrunner too. Not just from all the other labels. I love and support any label that's gonna put out extreme music I don't care who else is on the fucking roster... So what if they have a cash cow? You assholes are so fickle. Stop being whiny bitches and don't ever post an opinion when you are an idiot.. Mr. Bleh, You are an imbecile and should never be on this site again.. How dare you call this YOUR internet.. Who the fuck do you think you are? Al Gore? Shut your fucking mouth Bitch!!!!!!! This site is for real metal not your lame-ass radio rock.. GET OFF OUR SITE!!! And don't come back, ya hear?
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COMMENT |
posted by : Skanna
6/29/2009 3:24:40 AM
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Priest is far above Maiden. Maiden are too repetitive.
I would also rank Nevermore and Carcass highly in a poll like this.
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COMMENT | weee
posted by : megal0maniac
6/29/2009 3:40:12 AM
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now that he has revealed them i can sleep safe.
I deeply regret buying this new album. All the songs
seem to suck. 10 minute songs for the sake of being 10 minute long. Who the hell told Portnoy he can sing ?
I thought i was listening to a bad version Sacred Reich at some point.... also on another note Labrie should be let go, he's SO burnt out.... every time he reaches a higher note i have to reach for an aspirin and earmuffs...
They were bad in Sweden Rock. The covers, while primarily good choices, are butchered.....did they record these in an afternoon ? The production is .... thin ? it screams CHEAP ! for all his chops, the keyboardist is the most unimaginative one they had... and i mean... they have fanboys that will blindly guy anything these guys will put out.... which is sad...
and hip-h-opeth is a really tiresome band... to claim that they are one of the top 5 bands of all time.... oh... means he'd be leaving say kansas, rush, priest and a myriad others outside that lofty top....
Top XX's are for morons ! Usually also compiled by people who feel that they got some sort of divine judgement too ....
anyhow !
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COMMENT |
posted by : ZvartZaft
6/29/2009 4:32:18 AM
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I love these kinds of lists.
My list would look something like this;
1: Metallica
2: Carcass
3: Corrosion of conformity
4: The haunted
5: Wargasm
...but I could continue with 50 bands more! :-)
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COMMENT | opeth?????
posted by :
6/29/2009 5:03:06 AM
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come on! overrated band...
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COMMENT | Funny shit
posted by :
6/29/2009 5:26:15 AM
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Question: How many of you who commented here actually watched the clip and listened to Mike explain his choices? This list is bands that influenced him and had an affect on him. How can anyone argue that or say that his list is wrong? It's what influenced him.
Mike threw Opeth in even though he said he wouldn't. But also said that there is a quality to Opeth that moves him. And I have to say that I agree.
Opeth may not be everyone's cup of tea and maybe they're a musicians band, don't know. A lot of people like them, they're very popular here in Finland, and I know that people on Blabbermouth have praised them long before Watershed. I mean I used to read stuff about them here before I even got into them, and It seemed that alot of people were really passionate about their music. I listened to Blackwater Park and didn't really like it initially. Then, at some point, I listened to Ghost Reveries and thought it was good. After that I went back to Blackwater Park and it blew me away. So Opeth's music is not easy to get into at first, especially if prog music is not something you listen to already. The songs are complex and there is so much to them, which is why I like them so much.
My top 5 metal bands would be:
Metallica
Amorphis
Prong (if you can classify them as metal)
Slayer
Carcass
Top 5 right now:
Absu
Bloodbath
Samael
Death Angel
Ihsahn (especially Angl)
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COMMENT | I dont see how
posted by :
6/29/2009 5:26:58 AM
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anyone is calling opeth overrated. When I think of the most talented bands of this generation I immediately think of Opeth and Necrophagist.
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COMMENT | !!!
posted by :
6/29/2009 5:50:41 AM
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Dream Theater is also about being a little pretentious and over the top but Petrucci has more soul in his playing then most people have.
why is it always that people with no talent say people with great talent have no soul. if you watch Dream Theater live you can see they have more fun and more soul then most bands have.
and does noone mention Overkill here??? they are a great metal band. and Metallica only sold more albums then the others because they are obviously the most likely band to do so, Hetfields voice is more commercial then any of the others and music too.
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COMMENT | opeth
posted by :
6/29/2009 6:32:06 AM
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1999 "Still Life" comes out and everyone loves them
2009 they have finally hit some success and are still making amazing albums but a majority hate them...
As an Opeth fan since 1996 (yep Morningrise was my first) saying they are anything but talented even if you don't care for the music proves you honestly know nothing about musicianship.
Also debating someone's top 5 band list is stupid do you want everyone in the world to have the same top 5 as you? Oh wait probably so since a majority of society these days is happy living homogenized lives like every other person.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
6/29/2009 6:39:28 AM
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Slayer
Cindy Lauper
Tracy Chapman
David Brent
Gareth Keenan
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COMMENT | longsincedark
posted by :
6/29/2009 7:07:21 AM
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exactly and Opeth are far from mainstream, if they would have made another album like Damnation straightaway then maybe you people could have called them sellouts or whatever but they went straight back to progressive death metal and their last 2 albums are arguably their best.
and yea bands like Opeth, Tool, Dream Theater for example are maybe bands you dont like but still they are very very good bands no matter what and very talented musicians.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
6/29/2009 7:48:43 AM
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Great List!
Mine:
Black Sabbath
Metallica
Slayer
Pantera
Iron Maiden
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COMMENT | Hard to make a list without
posted by : MetalTimJ
6/29/2009 8:02:40 AM
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incorporating the influence of certain bands into the decision. I think Sabbath gets put in mostly for their influence- I for one wouldn't put them #1 for best music. And yeah, I'm one of those people who just doesn't get all the Opeth love- they're obviously talented, but I'm not a fan, although I've tried. Hard to argue with the first 4, although I could argue the order, and at #5 I would maybe put in a band like Death, Cynic, or At The Gates for their music and influence. I know Cynic really only has 1 death metal release, but are there any song titles from Focus that aren't now bands, inspired by Cynic? Napalm Death, Venom and Judas Priest would also be contenders, but I'm not as big of a fan of their music as the others I mentioned. Also, Motorhead, Celtic Frost, Mercyful Fate, and Entombed deserve mention.
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COMMENT |
posted by : madeinquebec
6/29/2009 10:23:50 AM
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1. Billy Ray Cirus
2. Hole
3. Kittie
4. Tim McGraw
5. Will Smith & Jazzy Jeff
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COMMENT | No Maiden?
posted by :
6/29/2009 10:40:15 AM
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That's just sad...
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COMMENT | Opeth
posted by :
6/29/2009 10:45:15 AM
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Opeth is still quite a recent band compared to the others on the list, so it's reasonable to expect that they're going to provoke some controversy. I expected maybe Pantera or something, although to be honest Pantera's eighties albums are very hit and miss (but most folks just pretend they don't exist anyway I guess).
As for Opeth, I enjoy them a lot, but have to be in the mood for them. They certainly don't bore me like a lot of extreme metal bands do, who pretty much just rewrite the same three minute song over and over again, but nor do they use precision just for the sake of it. They have a nice array of influences too. The only thing I'll say against them is that their technicality is less entertaining live. There's no room for improv, so it can sometimes get tedious because they play exactly what you've heard on the CD. There's no surprise or adventure there, but this is true of most bands from the eighties onwards though. Lyrically I don't think they're first rate either. Mind you, neither is Slayer, but their lyrics do have good unintentional-comedy value.
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COMMENT | my top 10 (metal/hard rock)
posted by : handofdoom78
6/29/2009 10:54:22 AM
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1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Black Sabbath (W/Ozzy)
4. Pantera
5. Soundgarden
6. Metallica
7. Down
8. Corrosion of Conformity
9. Alice In Chains
10. Lamb of God
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COMMENT |
posted by :
6/29/2009 10:55:05 AM
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I read half of these comments.
And I gotta hand it to ya, folks.
With the exception of a small handful, you people make me fucking sick.
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COMMENT | lol
posted by :
6/29/2009 11:37:42 AM
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I can't believe this thread is going to get over 100 posts...
And I guess because everyone else is doing it, I'll do it, too. In no particular order:
Megadeth (older)
Testament
Fear Factory
Cradle (older)
NIN
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COMMENT | PsyclapseChris
posted by :
6/29/2009 12:02:23 PM
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"With the exception of a small handful, you people make me fucking sick."
One of the best comments here and totally agree with you.
And blahmouthbleh if you don't UNDERSTAND Opeth's music, if it is too much for you don't insult the band and the ones who like their music.
Hey! Put your fingers in your ass and rip yourself apart ( just anticipating insults eheh!).
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COMMENT | And...
posted by :
6/29/2009 12:03:11 PM
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Opeth are easily in my top 5.
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COMMENT | Yeah dude!!
posted by :
6/29/2009 1:33:05 PM
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Blahmouthbleh or whatever, You suck!! As you can see, you've inticed alot of people to tell you so.. You should never comment on things that you don't understand.. Long live Mikael Akerfeldt and Opeth: The most brilliant band of this shitty generation.. Now I also have to put my influences in two catagories..
Classic:
Black Sabbath
Metallica (old)
Iron Maiden
Slayer
Death
Current:
Opeth
Cannibal Corpse
Throwdown
Chimaira/Bloodbath tie
Lamb of God
I know that alot of you would never have this list but this is just what I like. Everyone should have a different one cause that's what makes the world go round.. Like someone said earlier, what kind of world would it be if everyone had the same.. Long live metal and the people who support OUR art. May it forever invoke passion to those of us who understand it..
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COMMENT | "blahmouthbleh"
posted by : Das Schuetzenfest
6/29/2009 5:14:36 PM
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Look, bedwetter, unlike you, I've been reading Blabbermouth since day one (I think Borivoij Krgin started it all in 1999) and commenting here for years - and trust me: other long time posters like "madeinquebec" have forgotten more about metal than you will ever learn.
Reading your retarded gibberish, it's pretty safe to say that you're just a loudmouth adolescent with no clue about this genre. And since there are more than enough other morons like you on this site, please do us a favour and piss off.
On a more positive note: good to see "The Holy Ferret" posting here from time to time.
Btw: Does anybody know what happened to
http://metaljudgment.com ?
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COMMENT | best all time metal bands
posted by :
6/29/2009 8:17:15 PM
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for influence on the metal scene:
Black Sabbath
Metallica
Anthrax
Pantera
Alice in Chains
Personal 5 faves:
Megadeth
Anthrax (joey era)
Queensryche
Type O Negative
Metallica
Best non traditional metal rock:
The gathering
King's X
Faith No more
Celldweller
Suicidal Tendencies
Best 5 modern live metal bands:
In Flames
Killswitch Engage
Cavalera Conspiracy
Testament
Paradise Lost
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COMMENT | Meanstreak SHOULD be in the top 5
posted by : Hawkwinder
6/29/2009 8:52:26 PM
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Who?
They're are a trashy - oops! I mean thrashy group of girls who had a CD 'Roadkill' and I was lucky to get a used copy. They're on the L'amour Rocks compilation with other bands that played that NY venue. Oh, what else have I forgot? Oh yeah! Mike is married to one of their members as is 2 of the other DT guys.
Really I wouldn't say they are in the top 5 (maybe Mike shoulda!) but they are very good. I see that there are some YouTube clips of them now, so now the average Headbanger can check em out.
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COMMENT | stupid unsername
posted by : Assigner
6/29/2009 9:33:18 PM
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"Slayer, who, while still amazing musicians, just overpower the fuck out of a song rather than change dynamics much throughout it."
Might be the most simply accurate description of Slayer I've ever heard. LOL. Slayer rules.
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COMMENT | xD
posted by :
6/30/2009 1:36:51 PM
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I don't care who are the other four, but Black Sabbath *has* to be first; every fuckin' band you people listed owes something to Black Sabbath: Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Slayer, and every other heavy metal and hard rock band. To say that bands like Iron Maiden or even Priest (and BTW I love both) have contributed more to heavy metal it's no less than a fuckin' blasphemy.
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COMMENT | Mike rules
posted by :
7/3/2009 11:33:37 PM
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My Top 5
Iron Maiden
Metallica
Death
Opeth
Dream Theater
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