Best Canadian Metal Band
Original post
Posted by Endoftherainbow, 28.06.2006 - 09:19
I couldn't chose between two bands so my favorite Canadian Metal bands are Quo Vadis and Devin Townsend. Devin Townsend because they put on a great live show and all of their albums are amazing. My favorite Devin Townsend album is Infinity because it has my favorite song by them "Bad Devil". Quo Vadis because they are the best Technical Death Metal band in my opinion. All of their albums are great but my favorite is Defiant Imagination. Their riffs are amazing and Yanic Berciers drumming is untouchable IMO.
Other Canadian bands that I like are Cryptopsy, Into Eternity, Kataklysm, Strapping Young Lad, and Annihilator.
Poll
What Canadian Band is best?
Annihilator
52
Other
52
Strapping Young Lad
34
Kataklysm
23
Quo Vadis
18
Cryptopsy
17
Into Eternity
15
Gorguts
10
Martyr
9
Total votes: 230
| TheBigRossowski Posts: 1357  |
Written by SlaytallicA on 10.06.2008 at 17:22 Yeah, but just read my words after the concert in "The Unspoken King" thread/ review. Matt was fuckin' awesome live, he sounded good, but a bit too much mic-cupping.
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| ß Problem? Posts: 916  |
I was going to vote Cryptopsy but you can obviously see why i didn't vote for them so I voted for other
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| Elio Red Nightmare Posts: 4920  |
Where is Voivod?:( btw from the list I would choose Cryptopsy.
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| nana.MD Star-Queen Posts: 2052  |
...i haven't heard or known about voivod before this thread he...im checking them out right now, the music is ok but i don't like the vocals...imo quo vadis & martyr r the best bands...
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| Richard Elite Posts: 4862  |
I'm not much into Devin Townsend's stuff, but I do really like the song 'Bad Devil' as mentioned in the original post! And talking about unusual, quirky Canadian music, I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Unexpect in this thread yet! I really admire Unexpect - so completely off the wall, combining various sub-genres and switching between them every few seconds, with loads of different things going on all the time... Yet they still somehow manage to make their songs 'flow' properly, with quite memorable and catchy hooks. Particularly the album 'In A Flesh Aquarium' takes 'progressive metal' into a whole new level, and must've been a headache and a half to compose, let alone perform and record to such a high standard.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 61810  |
Written by Richard on 09.09.2008 at 03:59 Knowing your music taste you probobly like Slaughter(not US glam band) realy old school death metal, something like Possessed ''7 Churches'' probobly only such band in Canada ''Starpado'' are only album from band, + some demo and best of http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=376
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| ß Problem? Posts: 916 |
To think of it now I should of voted Quo Vadis. Very technical and melodic at the same time and awesome riffs too.
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| nana.MD Star-Queen Posts: 2052 |
Written by ß on 10.09.2008 at 02:04 ...quo vadis is just amazing!! every song is great, love the growls...specially the 1st one in silence calls the storm, live 
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| Introspekrieg Totemic Lust Elite Posts: 2749  |
Other - Rush Just look at the sheer influence and longevity, no other band even compares.
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| Richard Elite Posts: 4862 |
Written by Introspekrieg on 11.09.2008 at 05:45 Fair enough, but please read the first post where the thread starter specifically said: "Please refrain from picking other if your choice is Rush because I don't want them included in this pole because I don't consider them metal."
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| Introspekrieg Totemic Lust Elite Posts: 2749 |
Written by Richard on 11.09.2008 at 06:00 I apologize... with the polls sometimes I don't even get to reading before I vote (itchy trigger finger.) I revert my "other" choice to Devin Townsend, not SYL, his solo work.
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Kataklysm, I've loved Kataklysm since I first heard them.. which was unfortunately after they played live in my city. 
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| buki of steel Crystal Ann Posts: 1212  |
annihlator all the way... jeff waters is fucking amazing as a musician and as a person
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 61810 |
Written by [user id=34045] on 30.09.2008 at 05:00 Yeah great band from 80's real legend, hope more young metalheads will listeh it
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by [user id=34045] on 30.09.2008 at 05:00 Although I really enjoy Exciter's first two (the rest I totally dislike) I rate Infernal Majesty, VoiVod, Sacrifice, Annihilator's first two higher when it comes to Canadian thrash,
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| AiwiAstwihad AiryanaKhvarenah Posts: 1421  |
Annihilator...among the bands in poll i've only heard Annihilator, Cryptopsy, Strapping Young Lad and Into Eternity works. what about Kittie?  Everything else aside, Morgan's screams are really annoying...
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| Branzig Posts: 891  |
I went with my own pick... The almighty BLASPHEMY! Their 89' release, "Blood Upon The Altar," was extremely influential to all forms of extreme metal. Their later releases (along with the Finnish metal band Beherit) would help pave the way for the powerful genre, War Metal.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Branzig on 03.10.2008 at 00:54 Although I don't like them at all. I can totally understand that people would pick them here. As you said they were "extremely influential to all forms of extreme metal. Their later releases (along with the Finnish metal band Beherit) would help pave the way for the powerful genre, War Metal."
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| Branzig Posts: 891 |
Quote: Yea, plus we are talking about one of the crappiest countries; Canada...they don't have a whole lot to work with... HAHA Just Kidding Guys
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Quote:Written by Branzig on 03.10.2008 at 01:20 There I beg to differ  Your holy Blashphemy Rush Slaughter (NOT the US glam band) VoiVod Infernal Majesty Anvil Exciter Rush Annihilator Strapping Young Lad Devin Townsend Band Sacrifice Nadja Rapid Tears D.B.C. ( Dead Brain Cells) Eidolon Mastery Obliveon Piledriver Psychicthrob Quo Vadis Martyr Kataklysm Razor Wold Gorguts Cryptopsy
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718  |
Quote:Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 03.10.2008 at 01:38 Divinity 3 Inches of BLood Into Eternity Woods Of Ypres Just to tack on a few more. Besides I also look at it this way: This year my city was only one of two cities chosen on Metallicas latest tour to have two dates in one city, the same thing happened with the Dream Theater/Opeth tour. Iron Maiden tickets sold out faster here than any other date on the NA tour (the tour they just finished), or so I've heard from multiple people around Calgary. Monsters Of Rock was also sold out here, and it was in a large football stadium, they also said they plan on booking it here next year (hopefully it wasn't just crowd banter). All of these things shows there is a big market for here, so naturally there is going to be a hell of a lot of up coming bands, but like any music genre a lot of the great stuff is buried in obscurity.
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| Branzig Posts: 891 |
Quote:Quote: I saw 3 Inches Of Blood not to long ago, they opened for GWAR. I was really surprised. They went beyond my expectations. A lot like a thrashier Mercyful Fate. Catchy too. Good stuff.
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| -Morbid- Posts: 241  |
I think Beneath the Massacre is also from Canada, they are pretty good from what I've heard from them. As to which is my favorite, I dunno I can't really pick, every band on the list has some really good stuff. I haven't heard much from Quo Vadis and only one album from Martyr, but if the rest of their stuff is as good as the stuff I've heard then I would go with one of those two I think.
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