Hey metalheads! who do you think will be the next huge metalbands? i think bands like lamb of god, mastodon, machinehead and opeth will take the spots. i also think for bands like protest the hero, august burns red and rise to remain will make it big. so what do you think??

I think you're a little too late on your selections. Many of those bands have already made it big.
Try for more recent bands.

Ya you aren't really predicting anything with those suggestions. If you were to suggest bands like Derelict Earth or X-Panda at least then you're naming bands that aren't really prominent in the scene.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 16.12.2011 at 06:09

Ya you aren't really predicting anything with those suggestions. If you were to suggest bands like Derelict Earth or X-Panda at least then you're naming bands that aren't really prominent in the scene.

Ok....how about.....Sabaton

And by new BIG names do you mean bands that will be the new arena bands of metal? Because I don't think there is any new band that will reach that in their prime....maybe when they get their "Classic" lable (+20 years in the buisness).

Written by arwestromen on 17.12.2011 at 02:10
...maybe when they get their "Classic" lable (+20 years in the buisness).

That's what this thread's about, which bands you think will make it to that 20+ year mark and take the world by storm along the way.

Aside from bands that are potentially on their way to doing it already...

After + 20 years and becomming a classic act in metal? I hope Sabaton will....Graveyard ohh wait that will never happen...they play retro rock now and after twenty years that will be concidered ancient....but one can dream.

Sabaton .. I hope Myrath ... and Epica

I think what the OP means is the next "ground breaking/genre defining band" ie the next Metallica.

Written by gav1230 on 21.12.2011 at 03:14
I think what the OP means is the next "ground breaking/genre defining band" ie the next Metallica.

We already have a "Next Iron Maiden" thread.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 21.12.2011 at 03:16

Written by gav1230 on 21.12.2011 at 03:14
I think what the OP means is the next "ground breaking/genre defining band" ie the next Metallica.

We already have a "Next Iron Maiden" thread.

Where is this thread? I'm kind of new to these forums. :p

Written by gav1230 on 21.12.2011 at 03:27
Where is this thread? I'm kind of new to these forums. :p

http://metalstorm.net/forum/topic.php?topic_id=14354

There's a handy Search function near the top of the page, just underneath the title of the topic.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 21.12.2011 at 03:32

Written by gav1230 on 21.12.2011 at 03:27
Where is this thread? I'm kind of new to these forums. :p

http://metalstorm.net/forum/topic.php?topic_id=14354

There's a handy Search function near the top of the page, just underneath the title of the topic.

thx

Interesting topic. There are lots of genres that have their own big names and sometimes it's fun to watch a band rise to the top.

For power metal, I feel that if Kamelot can survive their vocalist change (or if Roy came back) then they're very near to taking the crown. I know they're already big, but this thread is about more than just big, right? I've watched them rise from just another interesting band to being as big as they are/were but it don't feel it has to stop there. They have so much more music to give; if logistics will allow them to, I believe they will become one of the definitive bands on the timeline.

I think Acrassicauda has a lot of potential to become a much more popular band in the future.

Abysmal dawn, Decapitated. I see those two probably getting pretty big in the death metal scene. Decapitated already is, but i think a lot of people will start to listen to and enjoy abysmal dawn.

In my opinion bands with a lot of potential are:

-3 Inches of Blood (though they've been stagnating for a bit)

-Machine Head (one more album like the Blackening and they'll surely be in the world elite)

-Volbeat (just keep going on that upward spiral, maybe another US tour or something and they'll surely go global)

Tss tss tss

what about some dirty thrash ??

Vektor
Skeletonwitch
Toxic Holocaust
Assaulter
Gamma Bomb
Havok
Warbringer

I think they're getting pretty big, just saying lol

also I'd love some bands like Baroness to be much more bigger... they fucking rock

Also if the guy who made Cautiva do some more stuff he'll definately go big

High On Fire might break out. Might. I wouldn't consider it terribly likely, but still their last album saw them touring with Mastadon and the cartoon metal band, which exposed them to a new audience, as doing Gigantour with Megadave prior did as well.

still not as accessible as a metal band would have to be to reach wider (metal) audiences, but they have chops and several quality albums under their belts. now they are too big to play the dive i saw them at a couple years ago so that's a start.

younger bands? don't listen to enough "accessible" metal to really follow.

Written by Susan on 27.12.2011 at 01:47

For power metal, I feel that if Kamelot can survive their vocalist change (or if Roy came back) then they're very near to taking the crown.

Ohhh, I wish this would happen. Honestly nothing would beat Roy's return, but we can't hope for that.

Of all the bands I am actively following, I have no clue who might that be though.

Written by Guib on 27.12.2011 at 22:35


what about some dirty thrash ??

Vektor
Skeletonwitch
Toxic Holocaust
Assaulter
Gamma Bomb
Havok
Warbringer

I think they're getting pretty big, just saying lol

I share this opinion. They are really promising (and Toxic Holocaust is one of my favorite bands ).

Evile, Machine Head, The Sword, Gama Bomb and Moonspell (has a lot of history but only now they are being scene as something serious).

Bands nowadays are more technically gifted than the old bands, the new bands gain much more faster the experience and maturity factors than before. Thanks to bands like Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Overkill, Exodus and many more the new bands are definitely more prepared to make great and epic albums.

Written by Beer Fairy on 30.12.2011 at 21:24

Written by Guib on 27.12.2011 at 22:35


what about some dirty thrash ??

Vektor
Skeletonwitch
Toxic Holocaust
Assaulter
Gamma Bomb
Havok
Warbringer

I think they're getting pretty big, just saying lol

I share this opinion. They are really promising (and Toxic Holocaust is one of my favorite band ).

Im glad someone agrees

I hope for Graveyrad from Sweden and Black Water Rising from USA, both bands play a Roots Rock style of Metal. Also the Arab bands Myrath, Arkan, Scarab, Bilocate... and the Israeli Gevolt with their Yiddish Metal. Ethno music oriented metal should be more popular.

Only Machine Head springs to mind. Unto the Locust is a terrific album! Few more albums like that and they'll get big as fuck.

Written by Kennoth on 03.01.2012 at 02:35
Only Machine Head springs to mind. Unto the Locust is a terrific album! Few more albums like that and they'll get big as fuck.

Except... they've kind of been around for a pretty long time. Odd to consider them a "new" big name.

Written by [user id=34558] on 31.12.2011 at 01:48
Also the Arab bands Myrath, Arkan, Scarab, Bilocate... and the Israeli Gevolt with their Yiddish Metal. Ethno music oriented metal should be more popular.

Yes, and yes! We do seem to be seeing more and more "folk" metal that is way beyond Vikings and Celtic stuff. There is great folk, traditional, and classical music from ALL over the world that blends with metal quite nicely. I'm digging Myrath and Arkan this year, and love checking out good Arab bands. Arab and Persian classical music especially "metallizes" SO well

Written by Troy Killjoy on 03.01.2012 at 02:41

Written by Kennoth on 03.01.2012 at 02:35
Only Machine Head springs to mind. Unto the Locust is a terrific album! Few more albums like that and they'll get big as fuck.

Except... they've kind of been around for a pretty long time. Odd to consider them a "new" big name.

Well... yeah. But hardly any entry in the topic qualifies if you look at it this way

Written by Guib on 27.12.2011 at 22:35

Tss tss tss

what about some dirty thrash ??

Vektor
Skeletonwitch
Toxic Holocaust
Assaulter
Gamma Bomb
Havok
Warbringer

I think they're getting pretty big, just saying lol

also I'd love some bands like Baroness to be much more bigger... they fucking rock

Also if the guy who made Cautiva do some more stuff he'll definately go big

love that list skeletonwitches forever abomination hit something like #132 on the billboard charts

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Yes, and yes! We do seem to be seeing more and more "folk" metal that is way beyond Vikings and Celtic stuff. There is great folk, traditional, and classical music from ALL over the world that blends with metal quite nicely. I'm digging Myrath and Arkan this year, and love checking out good Arab bands. Arab and Persian classical music especially "metallizes" SO well

If you like Ethnometal, you should also check out bands from
South Asia: Rudra, Infernal Wrath, Funeral In Heaven
Caucasus: Ambehr, Bohema
East Asia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzs6oi-bXBc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL8NWwpAzrw&feature=related
Indio America: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43r74ViCKB0

I m not optimistic i think after 20 yrs they wont be metal music this will be old stuff as the Jazz now

i think the new generation will have their own music type