First metal song you ever heard? (Dream Theater - Constant Motion)First metal album you ever bought (Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos)First death metal song you ever heard? (Opeth - The Drapery Falls)First death metal album you ever bought? (Mortification - Scrolls of the Megilloth)First black metal song you ever heard? (Horde - Invert the Inverted Cross)First black metal album you ever bought? (Horde - Hellig Usvart) (Yes I know it's Unblack but it's music people!)First folk metal song you ever heard? (Ensiferum - Token of Time (just a guess))First folk metal album you ever bought? (Ensiferum - Victory Songs)First doom metal song you ever heard? (Skepticism - Aether)First doom metal album you ever bought? (N/A)First shred song you ever heard? (Satch - Surfing with the Alien)First shred album you bought? (Satch - Surfing with the Alien)Now let's see YOUR answers!
Dream Theater, Opeth, Atheist, Agalloch, Death, Meshuggah, Pain of Salvation, Queensryche, Symphony X, and Tool. To list a few. They are very good bands. Try these, the others have posted metalcore or nu-metal bands, that aren't very good.
All That Remains As I Lay Dying Agnostic Front Avenged Sevenfold Norma Jean Nine Incn Nails Marilyn Manson Tool The Used Primus Scary Kids Scaring Kids That's pretty much a mix of things.
AC/DC: You Shook Me All Night Long Whole Lotta' Rosie Jailbreak Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap It's a Long Way to the Top if You Want to Rock'n'Roll Rock'n'Roll Damnation Highway to Hell Money Talks Led Zeppelin: The Ocean Houses of the Holy Rock and Roll Black Dog Heartbreaker Living Loving Maid She's Just a Woman Whole Lotta' Love Communication Breakdown Metallica: Enter Sandman Collective Soul: Simple Heavy Shine Precious Declaration New Vibration Ozzie: Crazy Train Guns 'n Roses: Welcome to the Jungle Paradise City Deep Purple: Smoke on the Water Black Sabbath: Iron Man Van Halen: Running with the Devil Motley Crue: Shout at the Devil Def Leppard: Pour Some Sugar on Me
While I don't have an idea of what you already listen to, I will list you a few of each kind. I listen to a ton of metal. Death Metal: Death (one of the original death metal bands, highly reccomended) Malevolent Creation Ablaze My Sorrow In Flames Dimension Zero Amon Amarth Dark Tranquillity Immolation Gorguts Martyr Obiturary Dismember Dissection At The Gates Black Metal: Bathory (Blood, Fire, Death is the best Black Metal album ever) Dimmu Borgir Anaal Nathrakh Borknagar Old Man's Child Finntroll Emperor ... And Oceans Bal-Sagoth Naglfar Power Metal: Elvenking Blind Guardian Nightwish Grave Digger Demons Wizards Dragonforce King Diamond Into Eternity Thrash Metal: Nuclear Assault The Haunted Slayer Metallica Megadeth Kreator Anthrax Other: Iron Maiden Iron Butterfly Black Sabbath Judas Priest Dio Saxon