Yahoo's 25 Best Heavy Metal Bands list

Torgo · June 19, 2008, 08:01:55 PM

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/listoftheday/69730/the-25-best-heavy-metal-bands

Pretty decent list actually. I would flip flop a lot of artists on there though. Mercyful Fate at only 24?!!

moman · June 19, 2008, 09:57:17 PM

i was hoping black sabbath would be number one

Torgo · June 19, 2008, 10:01:23 PM

Quote from: moman on June 19, 2008, 09:57:17 PM
i was hoping black sabbath would be number one

Yeah, the deserve to be #1 on every top heavy metal bands list.

Surprised that Judas Priest wasn't # 2 actually.

AndyC · June 19, 2008, 10:10:27 PM

I mostly agree with the choices, although the definition of heavy metal is very broad.

lester1/2jr · June 20, 2008, 09:28:54 AM

I thought it was a little pretentious. jimi hendrix? come on. I would have had priest and sabbath sharing the top spot after all sabbath defines heavy, but priest defines metal!! Trouble and Fates Warning too yo

AndyC · June 20, 2008, 10:59:03 AM

I would have left Hendrix off entirely, because he wasn't heavy metal. He was certainly a forerunner of metal, but I would have called him psychedelic.

Likewise, there's quite a bit of prog rock on the list. Rush? Zeppelin? Great bands. Certainly had an influence on metal, but not metal.

Mr. DS · June 20, 2008, 12:35:56 PM

Sigh...another list by someone who apparently doesn't know what "metal" means.

ToyMan · June 20, 2008, 05:27:05 PM

yeah, this list is bollocks.

Jack · June 20, 2008, 05:37:54 PM

LOL. Prog rock and the blues are now heavy metal

Sounds like a list my folks would make up, i.e. if the kid listens to it, it's heavy metal.

Ash · June 21, 2008, 11:24:26 AM

Two guys at Yahoo! should be fired...
The guy who creates these flawed lists (also for wearing that stupid hat) and the idiot who hired him.

Seriously, Rush and Van Halen are heavy metal?? Yeah, right.

AndyC · June 21, 2008, 01:11:25 PM

One of those folks who thinks everything with an electric guitar, a loud vocal and a beat is heavy metal. By that definition, Elvis should have been on the list.

Allhallowsday · June 24, 2008, 10:34:11 PM

Okay, I guess it's about time for me to wade in... I no longer have an excuse...

I'm not a huge fan of Metal, whatever that might be, but if it's good, I'll like it, and my collection does include LED ZEP, MOTORHEAD, METALLICA, GUNS N' ROSES, VAN HALEN... uhm, and JIMI HENDRIX of course (I won't argue his inclusion on the list.)

Some bands were considered Schlock in their day, I don't know anymore, BLACK SABBATH has come a long way since the 1970s when they were viewed as a fringe parody... URIAH HEEP were lame as I recall... AEROSMITH, THIN LIZZY Metal? But who could argue with KISS, AC/DC , or JUDAS PRIEST?? The author is right about DEEP PURPLE being forgotten. For once, I agree with this guy's list for the most part, but not a fan of much of it.

CheezeFlixz · June 24, 2008, 10:54:53 PM

Ok if Hendrix is on the list, then where the hell is The Who?

Hendrix is GREAT, but he's not Heavy Metal, he is in a class of his own ... pioneer.

Allhallowsday · June 24, 2008, 11:30:39 PM

Quote from: CheezeFlixz on June 24, 2008, 10:54:53 PM
Ok if Hendrix is on the list, then where the hell is The Who?

Hendrix is GREAT, but he's not Heavy Metal, he is in a class of his own ... pioneer.

Good point... What're y'gonna do? Ratbastards...

CheezeFlixz · June 24, 2008, 11:38:43 PM

Quote from: Allhallowsday on June 24, 2008, 11:30:39 PM
Quote from: CheezeFlixz on June 24, 2008, 10:54:53 PM
Ok if Hendrix is on the list, then where the hell is The Who?

Hendrix is GREAT, but he's not Heavy Metal, he is in a class of his own ... pioneer.
Good point... What're y'gonna do? Ratbastards...

Open up a can of Whoopass.