What's your favorite american genre? I mean what's the genre that your favorite American metal band play it?
Well I picked up the most-known American genres.
My favorite is American Power, I really like Kamelot and Iced Earth!
so how 'bout you?

Mine's clearly Thrash Metal, I mean just look at the scene, what else do you want ? Theres a hundred of American Thrash Metal bands... and some are among my favorites

Just to name a few
- Slayer
- Toxic Holocaust
- Exodus
- Skeletonwitch
- Vektor
- Overkill
- Death Angel
- Forbidden
- Lääz Rockit
- Testament
- Anacrusis
(...)

Its a kickass scene IMO. One of the best worldwide. and BTW Metal_4ever, I don't think that the most-known American Genre is Power lol its really Thrash dude... I mean just the big four is known since the 80's and that world wide, Im not quite sure Kamelot is known by everyone even if they're hella mainstream.

American thrash bands are just great... Megadeth, Metallica, Testament, Exodus, and of course the mighty Slayer are among my favourites. Obviously they're all well known but they do their shit right!... Well, *did their shit right for most... All of them. Well maybe except Exodus, their newest album was surprisingly tight.

Written by Mattybu on 13.09.2011 at 23:51

American thrash bands are just great... Megadeth, Metallica, Testament, Exodus, and of course the mighty Slayer are among my favourites. Obviously they're all well known but they do their shit right!... Well, *did their shit right for most... All of them. Well maybe except Exodus, their newest album was surprisingly tight.

Fuck yeah it was tight ! OMG, I loved it... also the new Overkill was tight man, you gotta love Ironbound.

Written by Guib on 13.09.2011 at 23:52

Written by Mattybu on 13.09.2011 at 23:51

American thrash bands are just great... Megadeth, Metallica, Testament, Exodus, and of course the mighty Slayer are among my favourites. Obviously they're all well known but they do their shit right!... Well, *did their shit right for most... All of them. Well maybe except Exodus, their newest album was surprisingly tight.

Fuck yeah it was tight ! OMG, I loved it... also the new Overkill was tight man, you gotta love Ironbound.

Agreed 100%! I think it might have actually been their best, I just didn't post them as a favourite cause I haven't really gotten into their older material but Ironbound was awesome.

Written by Mattybu on 13.09.2011 at 23:56

Written by Guib on 13.09.2011 at 23:52

Written by Mattybu on 13.09.2011 at 23:51

American thrash bands are just great... Megadeth, Metallica, Testament, Exodus, and of course the mighty Slayer are among my favourites. Obviously they're all well known but they do their shit right!... Well, *did their shit right for most... All of them. Well maybe except Exodus, their newest album was surprisingly tight.

Fuck yeah it was tight ! OMG, I loved it... also the new Overkill was tight man, you gotta love Ironbound.

Agreed 100%! I think it might have actually been their best, I just didn't post them as a favourite cause I haven't really gotten into their older material but Ironbound was awesome.

Well if you're interested in older material by the band, You should check out ''The Years Of Decay'' and ''Horrorscope''... simply awesome

Written by Guib on 14.09.2011 at 00:00

Written by Mattybu on 13.09.2011 at 23:56

Written by Guib on 13.09.2011 at 23:52

Written by Mattybu on 13.09.2011 at 23:51

American thrash bands are just great... Megadeth, Metallica, Testament, Exodus, and of course the mighty Slayer are among my favourites. Obviously they're all well known but they do their shit right!... Well, *did their shit right for most... All of them. Well maybe except Exodus, their newest album was surprisingly tight.

Fuck yeah it was tight ! OMG, I loved it... also the new Overkill was tight man, you gotta love Ironbound.

Agreed 100%! I think it might have actually been their best, I just didn't post them as a favourite cause I haven't really gotten into their older material but Ironbound was awesome.

Well if you're interested in older material by the band, You should check out ''The Years Of Decay'' and ''Horrorscope''... simply awesome

I have dude... I never really got the amount of spine tingling goodness Ironbound gave me.

Written by Mattybu on 14.09.2011 at 00:03

Written by Guib on 14.09.2011 at 00:00

Written by Mattybu on 13.09.2011 at 23:56

Written by Guib on 13.09.2011 at 23:52

Written by Mattybu on 13.09.2011 at 23:51

American thrash bands are just great... Megadeth, Metallica, Testament, Exodus, and of course the mighty Slayer are among my favourites. Obviously they're all well known but they do their shit right!... Well, *did their shit right for most... All of them. Well maybe except Exodus, their newest album was surprisingly tight.

Fuck yeah it was tight ! OMG, I loved it... also the new Overkill was tight man, you gotta love Ironbound.

Agreed 100%! I think it might have actually been their best, I just didn't post them as a favourite cause I haven't really gotten into their older material but Ironbound was awesome.

Well if you're interested in older material by the band, You should check out ''The Years Of Decay'' and ''Horrorscope''... simply awesome

I have dude... I never really got the amount of spine tingling goodness Ironbound gave me.

Aww ! Though I must admit Ironbound is sick shit ! its surprising to see that even after that many albums, a band that old can come up with such a crazy album.

Written by Guib on 14.09.2011 at 00:05

Aww ! Though I must admit Ironbound is sick shit ! its surprising to see that even after that many albums, a band that old can come up with such a crazy album.

Especially considering Overkill never released much similar to Ironbound it was a very pleasant surprise. Some of these bands are still going strong, so that's nice to see for sure!

Thanks for putting an end to the nested quotes.

as for me, other.

at present, i'm still fired up about the Sludge/Stoner movement here. Some great stuff in an area that has a little more room for experimentation or development.

Written by BitterCOld on 14.09.2011 at 00:21

Thanks for putting an end to the nested quotes.

as for me, other.

at present, i'm still fired up about the Sludge/Stoner movement here. Some great stuff in an area that has a little more room for experimentation or development.

So I guess that means your vote goes for Alternative ?? or you're just mentioning

Written by Guib on 14.09.2011 at 00:41

Written by BitterCOld on 14.09.2011 at 00:21

Thanks for putting an end to the nested quotes.

as for me, other.

at present, i'm still fired up about the Sludge/Stoner movement here. Some great stuff in an area that has a little more room for experimentation or development.

So I guess that means your vote goes for Alternative ?? or you're just mentioning

my vote is, as stated, "other"... due to a snafu with the vote system (hit "vote" without picking an option shows that i have voted even though there is no +1 tallied)

Written by BitterCOld on 14.09.2011 at 00:43

Written by Guib on 14.09.2011 at 00:41

Written by BitterCOld on 14.09.2011 at 00:21

Thanks for putting an end to the nested quotes.

as for me, other.

at present, i'm still fired up about the Sludge/Stoner movement here. Some great stuff in an area that has a little more room for experimentation or development.

So I guess that means your vote goes for Alternative ?? or you're just mentioning

my vote is, as stated, "other"... due to a snafu with the vote system (hit "vote" without picking an option shows that i have voted even though there is no +1 tallied)

Oh ok, but I was wondering if you're fired up about the sludge/stoner shouldn't that fall into Alternative ?? Or maybe Im wrong IDK, I always thought it was alternative metal, and don't get me wrong, I love sludge

Written by Guib on 14.09.2011 at 00:45

Oh ok, but I was wondering if you're fired up about the sludge/stoner shouldn't that fall into Alternative ?? Or maybe Im wrong IDK, I always thought it was alternative metal, and don't get me wrong, I love sludge

it is its own separate category.

Alternative Metal, to me, is two things. Round these parts it is a blanket term for a forum, just like "Extreme" or "Melodic" . A general categorization. Alternative Metal is also, to me, stuff like Jane's Addiction.

Sludge and Stoner are essentially different subgenres, just with a chunk of crossbreeding going on. we lump 'em together for convenience for the awards, so i did likewise here.

my guess is M4E was just not particularly familiar with those genres/subgenres and just lumped that entire Forum section under one heading.

Written by BitterCOld on 14.09.2011 at 00:54

Written by Guib on 14.09.2011 at 00:45

Oh ok, but I was wondering if you're fired up about the sludge/stoner shouldn't that fall into Alternative ?? Or maybe Im wrong IDK, I always thought it was alternative metal, and don't get me wrong, I love sludge

it is its own separate category.

Alternative Metal, to me, is two things. Round these parts it is a blanket term for a forum, just like "Extreme" or "Melodic" . A general categorization. Alternative Metal is also, to me, stuff like Jane's Addiction.

Sludge and Stoner are essentially different subgenres, just with a chunk of crossbreeding going on. we lump 'em together for convenience for the awards, so i did likewise here.

my guess is M4E was just not particularly familiar with those genres/subgenres and just lumped that entire Forum section under one heading.

Oh ok, well anyways, Sludge/Stoner is awesome

The first thing I thought of was gothic/alt-country. That's something distinctly American and quite great. But I guess within the confines of the Metal Arena, I will vote Other and aim it at sludge. Eyehategod, Down, Acid Bath etcetera. I don't mind the modern, more atmospheric stuff either. But especially blunt and honest redneck sludge sounds so very American to me.

I voted progressive, I mostly listen to European stuff but there's a nice chunk of American prog I'm interested in, besides the European ofc. Two leading bands from the genre are not from my continent anyway (DT and SyX).

I mainly listen to European Metal, but, I do love Dream Theater, Megadeth, Manowar, etc.. Tough, but i'll go with Prog.

Go For thrash you weirdos !!! Its an American Thread WAKE UP !! lol

Written by Guib on 14.09.2011 at 02:36

Go For thrash you weirdos !!! Its an American Thread WAKE UP !! lol

lol, but don't forget the death metal scene like in Florida, NY, and Chicago...

Written by Guest on 14.09.2011 at 02:49

Written by Guib on 14.09.2011 at 02:36

Go For thrash you weirdos !!! Its an American Thread WAKE UP !! lol

lol, but don't forget the death metal scene like in Florida, NY, and Chicago...

Ya its good but comon, the states deliver such a good thrash scene O.o ! Thrash was born there

Written by Guib on 14.09.2011 at 02:50

Written by Guest on 14.09.2011 at 02:49

Written by Guib on 14.09.2011 at 02:36

Go For thrash you weirdos !!! Its an American Thread WAKE UP !! lol

lol, but don't forget the death metal scene like in Florida, NY, and Chicago...

Ya its good but comon, the states deliver such a good thrash scene O.o ! Thrash was born there

I know man, I know! but I like both movements, death and thrash, btw did you had the chance to watch Get Thrashed?

Written by Guib on 13.09.2011 at 23:52

Written by Mattybu on 13.09.2011 at 23:51

American thrash bands are just great... Megadeth, Metallica, Testament, Exodus, and of course the mighty Slayer are among my favourites. Obviously they're all well known but they do their shit right!... Well, *did their shit right for most... All of them. Well maybe except Exodus, their newest album was surprisingly tight.

Fuck yeah it was tight ! OMG, I loved it... also the new Overkill was tight man, you gotta love Ironbound.

It's a little known fact that Ironbound is among my favorite metal albums. The first two songs easily rival the title track to MoP, which is no small feat.

"Nu Post-Progressive Extreme Depressive Thrashcore," pioneered by such great bands as "The Chicken Dies At The End" and "A Piece Of Toilet Paper Went Up My Ass."

Written by Guest on 14.09.2011 at 06:08

"Nu Post-Progressive Extreme Depressive Thrashcore," pioneered by such great bands as "The Chicken Dies At The End" and "A Piece Of Toilet Paper Went Up My Ass."

are you a little bitter (hehe) about being banned from the SB?

anyways, I can't decide between american death or thrash metal. I think I am leaning towards thrash, but i will hold off my vote for awhile.

Written by JCJen7 on 14.09.2011 at 09:12

Written by Guest on 14.09.2011 at 06:08

"Nu Post-Progressive Extreme Depressive Thrashcore," pioneered by such great bands as "The Chicken Dies At The End" and "A Piece Of Toilet Paper Went Up My Ass."

are you a little bitter (hehe) about being banned from the SB?

anyways, I can't decide between american death or thrash metal. I think I am leaning towards thrash, but i will hold off my vote for awhile.

Go for Thrash man !

Written by JCJen7 on 14.09.2011 at 09:12

Written by Guest on 14.09.2011 at 06:08

"Nu Post-Progressive Extreme Depressive Thrashcore," pioneered by such great bands as "The Chicken Dies At The End" and "A Piece Of Toilet Paper Went Up My Ass."

are you a little bitter (hehe) about being banned from the SB?

anyways, I can't decide between american death or thrash metal. I think I am leaning towards thrash, but i will hold off my vote for awhile.

It's a legitimate genre, man. And I'm a big fan.

Bay Area Thrash metal scene was probably the most successful, creative and awe-bringing metal scene to ever emerge in America, if not in the whole world.
So definitely going with thrash.

Btw are there really, really any good US black metal?

Written by Guest on 14.09.2011 at 19:10

Written by JCJen7 on 14.09.2011 at 09:12

Written by Guest on 14.09.2011 at 06:08

"Nu Post-Progressive Extreme Depressive Thrashcore," pioneered by such great bands as "The Chicken Dies At The End" and "A Piece Of Toilet Paper Went Up My Ass."

are you a little bitter (hehe) about being banned from the SB?

anyways, I can't decide between american death or thrash metal. I think I am leaning towards thrash, but i will hold off my vote for awhile.

It's a legitimate genre, man. And I'm a big fan.

Hahaha

Good one!

Written by Iron Nostarion on 14.09.2011 at 19:36

Btw are there really, really any good US black metal?

Yes, try Wolves In The Throne Room, and Absu.