Favourite Artists/Bands?

[CallaLily]

In no Particular order:

Sky Eats Airplanes (AKA S.E.A.)

Genre:Nintendocore (early)
Metalcore
Post-hardcore
Electronica
Active:2005- Present
Origin: United states (Texas)
Members:
Jerry Roush
Lee Duck
Zack Ordway
Johno Erickson
Kenny Schick
Albums:
Everything Perfect On The Wrong Day ('06)
Sky Eats Airplanes ('08)


ShineDown


Origin: Jacksonville, Florida
Genre(s): Hard rock, Post-grunge, Southern rock, Alternative metal
Years active: 2001-present
Members:
Brent Smith
Barry Kerch
Zach Myers
Nick Perri
Eric Bass
Albums:
Leave a Whisper
Us and Them
The Sound of Madness

Nine Inch Nails, H.I.M, Switchfoot, Disturbed, Celldweller, Sevendust, Sigur Ros, MSI, Mellowdrone, etc. etc. Lots and lots :3[/i]

[Kevmaster]

Hehe, Nice Going Lots of Bands I love myself have been mentioned. And now to add something new to the pot:

Amon Amarth



Genre: Melodic Death Metal/Viking Metal
Years active: 1988–present
Origin: Tumba, Sweden

Current Members:

Johan Hegg − vocals
Johan Söderberg − guitar
Olavi Mikkonen − guitar
Ted Lundström − bass guitar
Fredrik Andersson − drums

Discography:

1996 - Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds
1998 - Once Sent from the Golden Hall
1999 - The Avenger
2001 - The Crusher
2002 - Versus the World
2004 - Fate of Norns
2006 - With Oden on Our Side
2008 - Twilight of the Thunder God (Favourite!)


I've actually just recently got into this Band, but they're amazing. For Long Time I knew them but never really payed attention, just with their new release "Twilight of the Thundergod" I finnally decided to give them a listen. And I definitally don't regret it. I am thinking about seeing them live soon (together with Slayer, Mastodon & Trivium). And as I have seen on their Live DVD; Their Live Shows are pretty awesome too


Words of Farewell



Genre: Melodic Death Metal/Symphonic Death Metal
Years active: 2006–present
Origin: Marl, Germany

Current Members:

Alexander ''Alex'' Otto - vocals/bass
Philipp ''Vyl'' Olivier - lead guitar
Erik ''EG'' Gaßmus - lead guitar/backing vocals
Nils Urginus - rhythm guitar
Leo Wichmann - keyboard
Felix ''Flixx'' Greiff - drums

Discography:

2008 - Ashes of the Coming Dawn (Favourite!)

I've loved this Band since I first heard 3 of their songs on their myspace site. And I was dying to finnally hear a full album. And then after a long wait they finnally released their EP "Ashes of the Coming Dawn" and I was blown away. It's a great Debut EP and I wish this Band the best Luck to receive more popularity, because they totally deserve it.


Black Light Burns



Genre: Industrial Rock/Alternative Metal
Years active: 2005-present
Origin: California, USA

Current Members:

Wes Borland – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboard, programming
Nick Annis – lead guitar
Sean Fetterman – bass guitar
Marshall Kilpatric – drums, percussion

Lots of you probably still know We Borland as the 'weird alien guy' in Limp Bizkit that totally didn't fit their Image Well, this Guy is Wes Borland, a great Guitarist at that. After having left LB he was searching a long time for a singer to start a new band, but without Luck, UNTIL he decided to be the singer himself. And that was probably the best Decision he ever made, because he's got a great Voice. With Black Light Burns he finnally started a new Band and broke free from Limp Bizkit's chains and finnally does what really fits him.

Discography:

2007 - Cruel Melody (Favourite!)
2008 - Cover Your Heart and the Anvil Pants Odyssey

[CallaLily]

Black Light Burns is really good

[Warheart]

Haha, Kev thanks alot. But that picture just plain sucks.

[Kevmaster]

Haha, Kev thanks alot. But that picture just plain sucks.

I think you guys should take some more "band-pics" <:

Most of your pictures are live-photos and there are barely any pictures with the whole band on them!

[Warheart]

Yeah, somehow we never get around to make Bandphotos might be because I hate posing. But check our MySpace, there are some new live pics, which are pretty good in my opinion.

Hopefully we'll make some Bandphotos when the new EP gets released.

[Emong]

Genre: avant-garde metal with dark cabaret influences

Sounds almost as good as death metal with twee pop influences

[Chez]

Guess I'll take a small stab at this...

Alkaline Trio


Origin:McHenry, Illinois, USA
Genre:Alternative rock,Pop punk, Punk rock
Years active: 1996–present

Current Members:
Matt Skiba
Derek Grant
Dan Andriano

Discography:
1998 Goddamnit
2000 Maybe I'll Catch Fire
2001 From Here to Infirmary
2003 Good Mourning
2005 Crimson
2008 Agony & Irony

Probably one of the first bands i grew up listening to when my interest in music peeked. Was an old friends favorite band so it rubbed off on me, their older stuff has some good lyrics to it so its not that bad the newer material does not have the same feel though.

The Distillers


Origin: Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Punk rock, Street punk
Years active: 1998–2006

Former members:
Brody Dalle
Tony Bradley
Ryan Sinn
Andy Granelli
Rose Mazzola

Discography:
2000 The Distillers
2002 Sing Sing Death House
2003 Coral Fang

I actually found their self titled CD on the ground at my old junior high so it was a random listen but became one of my favorite bands. I guess its the rebel in me and the fact the girl has a strangely grungy voice that makes me like this band a lot.

Tiger Army


Genre: Punk rock, Psychobilly
Years active: 1995 - present

Members:
Nick 13
Geoff Kresge
James Meza

Discography:
1999: Tiger Army
2001: Tiger Army II: Power of Moonlite
2004: Tiger Army III: Ghost Tigers Rise
2007: Music from Regions Beyond

One of the first bands I have ever heard live, though the audience booed them i ended up buying the Music from Regions Beyond CD. Its not as psychobilly as their older music ended up being but it was still very well done to me. Their live performance was not that bad either but they wanted their old punk music

In no order and there are plenty more these just have the most notable reasons to why i favorite them.

[Ijexis]

Needed to add:

Angela Aki



Genre: Balladic Piano Pop

I can't remember exactly when I first listened to her, I gave her album Home a bit of a listen and liked it but then went on to other artists. Then after a while I didn't know what to listen to and figured, since I liked her album already, I could listen to it for a bit. And then I was hooked, I couldn't get enough of her. Fell in love with her operatic voice and skills with the piano. She's as amazing as Utada live, maybe a bit more. Plus I have a thing for glasses ^-^

Taia



Genre: Rock/Metal

Recently discovered them a few days ago and immediately, I was intrigued. Only managed to get their second album, Seeds of Rain, but at this rate I will be getting the first soon. Due to their looks, their sound took me by surprise, heavier than I expected. However, amazing vocals and the guitars are mind-blowing.

unicorn table



Genre: Electronic Pop

So, there I was at an anime convention walking about minding my own business when my ear is practically assaulted. I spun around intrigued at whom the assailant was and thus came upon unicorn table being blasted through stereos and their live performance from the night before on the TV. Deciding to buy the CD, I was pleased to discover how much I enjoyed it.

D[di:]



Genre: Rock

This little vixen, an artist in more ways than one. Hard to describe, harsh yet whimsical voice filled with energy.

[Kevmaster]

Moar...


Katatonia



Genre: Progressive Death/Doom Metal, Depressive Rock
Years active: 1991–1994, 1996–present
Origin: Stockholm, Sweden

Current Members:

Jonas Renkse – lead vocals (1991 - present), drums, percussion (1991 - 1999)
Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström – lead & rhythm guitars (1991 - present)
Fredrik "North" Norrman – lead & rhythm guitars (1994 - present)
Mattias "Kryptan" Norrman – bass guitar (1999 - present)
Daniel Liljekvist – drums, percussion (1999 - present)

Discography:

1992 - Jhva Elohim Meth... The Revival [EP]
1993 - Dance of December Souls
1995 - For Funerals to Come [EP]
1996 - Brave Murder Day (Favourite!)
1997 - Sounds of Decay [EP]
1998 - Discouraged Ones
1998 - Saw You Drown [EP]
1999 - Tonight's Decision
2001 - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
2001 - Teargas [EP]
2001 - Tonight's Music [EP]
2003 - Viva Emptiness
2006 - The Great Cold Distance (Favourite!)


One of the Bands that climbed up my charts at an almost unbelievable speed. When I heard the very first song (which was the first track on TGCD) of them, I instantly Knew, they'll become one of my favourite Bands, as I felt exactly like I felt when I first heard Opeth. An Amazing band with an interesting, quite varied Discography and a great development, especially due to their singer losing the ability to do harsh vocals (what imo didn't hurt the band at all)..

Boris



Genre: Experimental (The band has gone way to many ways to push them into a certain genre, but their releases contain Drone, Stoner, Sludge, Doom, Ambient, Psychedelic, Noise, metal, rock and various other influences)
Years active: 1992–present
Origin: Tokyo, Japan

Current Members:

Atsuo – lead vocals (1992–1996); drums/lead vocals (1996–1998); drums/backing vocals (1998–present)
Wata – electric guitar, vocals
Takeshi – bass guitar, rhythm guitar, lead vocals

Discography:

1996 - Absolutego
1998 - Amplifier Worship
1998 - Black: Implication Flooding (Collaboration with with Keiji Haino)
2000 - Flood
2002 - Heavy Rocks
2002 - Megatone (Collaboration with Merzbow)
2002 - 1970 [EP]
2003 - Akuma no Uta
2003 - Boris at Last: -Feedbacker- (Favourite!)
2004 - 04092001 (Collaboration with Merzbow)
2004 - The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked
2005 - Dronevil
2005 - Soundtrack from Film "Mabuta no Ura"
2005 - Sun Baked Snow Cave (Collaboration with Merzbow)
2005 - Pink (Favourite!)
2006 - The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2
2006 - The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 3
2006 - Vein
2006 - Altar (Collaboration with Sunn O))))
2006 - Rainbow (Collaboration with Michio Kurihara of Ghost and White Heaven)
2007 - Walrus/Groon [EP] (Collaboration with Merzbow)
2007 - Rock Dream (Collaboration with Merzbow)
2008 - Message~Floorshaker [EP]
2008 - Smile


This japanese experimental trio surely does have an amazingly huge and confusing Discography (so huge I'm not even sure if I listed all their releases above [besides the Split's which I left out intentionally]). Respect to anyone able to get all of their releases, as there are even multiple recordings of albums released in different regions of the world

Lots of Releases with lots of different Sounds, a band that just wont let theirself stick into some kind of categorisation. Their music will slowly arouse your eardrums until they almost burst into a million pieces... truly mindblowing stuff


Varg



Genre: Pagan Black Metal/Viking Metal
Years active: 2005–present
Origin: Coburg (Bavaria), Germany

Current Members:

Draugr - Vocals (2008-present)
Philipp "Freki" Seiler - Electric & Acoustic Guitars (2005-present)
Hati - Guitar (2008-present)
Managarm - Bass (2008-present)
Silvester "Fenrier" Grundmann - Drums (2005-present)

Discography:

2007 - Wolfszeit
2008 - Schildfront (Split with Minas Morgul)

Unlike the two Bands above, Varg (Varg means "wolf" in both Swedish and Norwegian) are a rather young band with a still small discography. With their Debut "Wolfszeit" they already threw out a kickass Album, but with the new Members and the split release "Schildfront" they totally surprased any expectations