I'm interested to hear what are the biggest metal bands in different country. Since Iron Maiden and Metallica are big everywhere, you don't need to mention them. I'm neither that interested in all alternative metal bands. In Sweden, where I come from, the biggest are In Flames, Hammerfall (both have scored no 1 on swedish album chart), Nightwish and Sabaton (scored no 2). There are a lot of bands who have scored top 5 in Sweden.

So... metal bands to place highest on your country's music chart? I honestly don't know since I don't pay attention to that, but I'm assuming it's not much different from the States. Probably a lot of hard rock/alternative metal stuff and some heavy metal and prog on the side.

Ahat are very popular in BG. Denis Rizov even hosts his own metal-themed talk show of sorts on BNT 1. I've watched it a few times, it's kind of lame, but they have this rubric where they lampoon Bulgarian history which is fun.

Ahat are quite overrated too, IMO. Don't really like them.

In Tunisia, I guess it's Myrath.

I dunno these days maybe Apocalyptica, Children of Bodom and Nightwish.

Back in 90s there were huge bands like National Napalm Syndicate, A.R.G and Stone. Good times

Biggest band around here? if it was domestic than definitely Cargo, Trooper, Iris and Negura Bunget. no-one has heard of the first 3 i know, but NB actually had some international success for a change.

If it's about any band, national or international, then definitely Metallica. There's a very different attitude regarding their "sellout" days in the 90s, as for a huge majority of metalheads it was the first exposure of any kind to hard rock/metal/whatever. I can honestly say that 90% of Romanian metalheads (including me) had "Enter Sandman", "Nothing Else Matters" and "The Unforgiven" as their childhood/teenage years' soundtrack.

I would say Therion since there is like 20 members in opera recordings session

Written by Valentin B on 21.12.2011 at 00:03

Biggest band around here? if it was domestic than definitely Cargo, Trooper, Iris and Negura Bunget. no-one has heard of the first 3 i know, but NB actually had some international success for a change.

If it's about any band, national or international, then definitely Metallica. There's a very different attitude regarding their "sellout" days in the 90s, as for a huge majority of metalheads it was the first exposure of any kind to hard rock/metal/whatever. I can honestly say that 90% of Romanian metalheads (including me) had "Enter Sandman", "Nothing Else Matters" and "The Unforgiven" as their childhood/teenage years' soundtrack.

Earlier today I bumped into a friend of mine wearing a NB shirt in Tunisia, and believe it or not, only the most popular bands in the world get their shirts printed in here. So yeah, Negura Bunget are quite big.

About which is the most popular band of all-time, I think it's a tie between Maiden and Metallica, with Priest and Sabbath being close second.

Written by Bad English on 21.12.2011 at 01:14
I would say Therion since there is like 20 members in opera recordings session

O_O

Not. One. Typo.

Way to answer literally too. He meant biggest as in most popular (big as in "to make it big"), not bands made up of the most musicians.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 21.12.2011 at 01:49

Written by Bad English on 21.12.2011 at 01:14
I would say Therion since there is like 20 members in opera recordings session

O_O

Not. One. Typo.

Way to answer literally too. He meant biggest as in most popular (big as in "to make it big"), not bands made up of the most musicians.

He didn't have a period at the end of the sentence, so we're still safe for now.

Written by Guest on 21.12.2011 at 02:00
He didn't have a period at the end of the sentence, so we're still safe for now.

That's a grammatical mistake, not a typo.

Technically the sentence should read: "I would say Therion since there [are] like 20 members in [the] opera recording session."

^

Well technically it should say:

I would say Therion since there are like 20 members in the opera recording session.


Edit: Fuck you troy, Y U FAST?

Written by Guest on 21.12.2011 at 02:03
Edit: Fuck you troy, Y U FAST?

We're so cool.

Anyway, we should get back on topic.

Uh, biggest domestic metal band is probably Anvil or Heavy Devy or something.

I used to be on topic once, but then I....


Probably Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and whatnot.

Written by Guest on 21.12.2011 at 02:07

I used to be on topic once, but then I....

Took a throwing knife to the esophagus?

But yeah, in the U.S, Metallica is among the top 5 biggest bands ever, so... Yeah, naturally the biggest metal band.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 21.12.2011 at 01:49

Written by Bad English on 21.12.2011 at 01:14
I would say Therion since there is like 20 members in opera recordings session

O_O

Not. One. Typo.

Way to answer literally too. He meant biggest as in most popular (big as in "to make it big"), not bands made up of the most musicians.

I know but IMO Sweden.....shood I comment enought is candlemass, Dark Tranq, Arch Enemy , Sabaton whatever ......

Well the OP is asking for the most popular bands in your respective country - not which domestic band is most popular.

If that were the case I'd think bands like Arch Enemy/Dark Tranquillity/Amon Amarth would be the biggest in Sweden.

Oh ya, and Opeth...

For Spain, in the 80's Baron Rojo was quite famous, they even toured in UK, which was a great success for a spanish band.
In the 90's-beginning 2000 I guess Mago de Oz became more famous.
Right now... Angelus Apatrida somehow -cause I dont think they are so good or original- are touring around Europe and is almost in every Spanish Metal Festival. Oh also Avalanch was even on a TV show around 2005 I think (that is also a great success, to have Metal on TV here ).

Written by enumaelis on 21.12.2011 at 04:28

For Spain, in the 80's Baron Rojo was quite famous, they even toured in UK, which was a great success for a spanish band.
In the 90's-beginning 2000 I guess Mago de Oz became more famous.
Right now... Angelus Apatrida somehow -cause I dont think they are so good or original- are touring around Europe and is almost in every Spanish Metal Festival. Oh also Avalanch was even on a TV show around 2005 I think (that is also a great success, to have Metal on TV here ).

Muro is better IMO

Written by Troy Killjoy on 21.12.2011 at 02:22

Well the OP is asking for the most popular bands in your respective country - not which domestic band is most popular.

If that were the case I'd think bands like Arch Enemy/Dark Tranquillity/Amon Amarth would be the biggest in Sweden.

Oh ya, and Opeth...

Well its shame I cant post Gunter and the sunshine girls here

Written by Bad English on 21.12.2011 at 09:19
Well its shame I cant post Gunter and the sunshine girls here

Or Abba.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 21.12.2011 at 09:20

Written by Bad English on 21.12.2011 at 09:19
Well its shame I cant post Gunter and the sunshine girls here

Or Abba.

Ace of Base and Roxette and AIK TRUBADURREN whit hate Göteborg

Written by enumaelis on 21.12.2011 at 04:28

For Spain, in the 80's Baron Rojo was quite famous, they even toured in UK, which was a great success for a spanish band.
In the 90's-beginning 2000 I guess Mago de Oz became more famous.
Right now... Angelus Apatrida somehow -cause I dont think they are so good or original- are touring around Europe and is almost in every Spanish Metal Festival. Oh also Avalanch was even on a TV show around 2005 I think (that is also a great success, to have Metal on TV here ).

I know AA even played a show in Tenerife while I was in Las Palmas and let me tell you.. the Canaries aren't worth shit when it comes to metal.

In the Netherlands Epica and Ayreon are the biggest metal bands I think..

For the sake of curiosity I took a look at the french charts for december.
One new metal release in the top 200: the latest Nightwish.
And there's Rammstein's best-of in there.

And that's all... That's fucking sad...

In the mainstream world I think Hammerfall , In Flames and Europe are the biggest bands in sweden but for the metal community ehm probably In Flames or Opeth...none of my favorites but....

Written by Troy Killjoy on 21.12.2011 at 02:02

Written by Guest on 21.12.2011 at 02:00
He didn't have a period at the end of the sentence, so we're still safe for now.

That's a grammatical mistake, not a typo.

Isn't it technically a punctuational mistake?

Written by vezzy on 20.12.2011 at 23:06

Ahat are very popular in BG

I can't stand them!

Written by Beer Fairy on 21.12.2011 at 14:43
I can't stand them!

Yeah, me neither. Overrated and boring as fuck.

I think Aborted is the biggest name out of Belgium. The rest:
Ancient Rites (on hold I think)
Agathocles (in grindcore a really big name all over the world)
Enthroned (black)
Channel Zero (thrash, reformed in 2009)
Leng Tch'e (grindcore)
In-Quest (a lot of kinds of death metal) and in the near future:
Fractured Insanity (brutal death)
Pestifer (technical death)
Gorath (prog black)
Saille (sympho black)