Whats the best metal/metal-ish songs/bands?

[Wolf Berserker]

I can never find enough of them.
I've gone through
Slipknot
System of a Down twisted
Shadows Fall
Avenged Sevenfold twisted
abit of Slayer
The Berzerker
Dethklok twisted

some aren't exactly metal, but i dont kno wat else to call them
any comments or add-ons to this list are much appretiated  

[DragonMistress333]

Acid Bath
Cradle of Filth

Those are probably my favorite true metal bands.  

[Demon-Mist-Wolf]

Some of them are rock and metal and some heavy but it don't matter to me! As long as it isn't country!

Metallica
Slayer
Slaughter
Alice in Chains
Alice Cooper
AC DC

 

[The Golden Pheonix]

Pantera
Iron Maiden
Meh Band= Black Label Society
Dragonforce
Disturbed
etc... I will think of more.  

[The Golden Pheonix]

Mastadon
Behemoth
My band called War on the Mind (we are awsome btw I will try to get some vids etc up)  

[cute_cyber_chick]

within temptation
new years day
meg and dia  

[Vathica]

Lamb of God *
Society 1 *
All That Remains
Arch Enemy
In Flames *
Dimmu Borgir
Karnivool *
Underoath
Rammstein
Marylin Manson

Just a few ^^ the starred ones are my faves.  

[idiotic randomness]

not exactly a metal band but they did do a metal cd or 2
tool  

[Kodiak 1114]

Sanctity
Iced Earth
Mortification
Ozzy
Black Sabbath
Dio
Shadows Fall
Manowar
Megadeth
Pantera
Anthrax
Armored Saint
Symphony X
... I could go on...  

[The Hypnotized One]

Atreyu  

[SilverTalion]

A few of my favourites:

Dragonforce (my absolute favourite - they were my intro into the power metal genre heart )
Ensiferum
Rhapsody of Fire
Hammerfall
Wintersun
Blind Guardian
Symphony X
Elvenking
Sonata Arctica
Therion
Chimaira
Falconer
Dimmu Borgir

If you couldn't tell, I'm fairly into the folk/power metal :XP: Although if you're into Slipknot (who aren't really metal, btw) some of those might be a bit heavy for you.  

[Ryoukai]

Some borderline hardcore/metal bands:
*Demon Hunter*
*Aletheian*
As I Lay Dying
Haste the Day
The Chariot
As Cities Burn
*Blindside*
*Staple*
(I only listen to the *'d ones on here, really..)

They're all Christian hardcore/metal (and please don't start the "Christians can't be hardcore" bit, it's simply not true.), but Blindside and Staple are a bit lighter than the rest. Demon Hunter's earlier stuff is better than their later stuff, too.  

[Strippi]

nearly all of the bands i would recommend were already named <3~ (mainly by SilverTalion)

would also add:
shamrain
Entwine
Katatonia
Charon
To/Die/For
Tyr (!!!!)
Windir
Suidakra
Heidevolk
Finntroll
Amorphis

can't think of more for now.  

[BurnMePlease]

Pantera or Between the Buried and Me.  

[azrael the reaper_95210]

dragonforce!!!!!