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

[Dead Carolina]

Exodus
Goatwhore
Pantera
Byzantine
Lamb of God
Mnemic
Slayer  

[Innocent_Amaranth]

Nightwish
Tarot
Children of Bodom
Rhapsody of Fire
Epica
Metallica  

[Verderbnis]

Pantera
(Old) Fear Factory
(Old) Machine Head

sry, but Maiden and so on is just not my generation and not the sound of metal I am looking for.

"Metalish" if you want something very metal influenced, but not being metal:

Front Line Assembly - The whole Album Millenium  

[PAPER MARlO]

There is no such thing as a best metal band/metal song.  

[Zamoles]

August Burns Red - Your Little Suburbia is in ruins.  

[Scoliosis Jones]

It all depends on what you would consider metal, and what sort of metal, like black metal or death metal.

Classic Metallica could be considered metal, as well as Iron Maiden.
Mayhem was a pioneer band in the rise of black metal.
Behemoth is a good contemporary death metal band.

I could go through an extensive list.  

[Kami-no Serperoth]

Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin
Deep Purple
Scorpions (hard rock but still kickass)

the legends  

[Zat In The Hat]

i dont listen to alot death metal since it not my thing but i can post some

Symphony X
Kamelot
Slayer (death metal)
Killswitch Engage
Disturbed
Dethklok (death metal)
Metallica (old yet still heavy)
Black Sabbath (I AM IRON MAN!)
Twisted sisters (old)
Dragonforce  

[Hymn for the Gallows]

Well If your interested in the heavier side, like hardcore,metalcore,or death metal, I would recommend:
Emmure
Winds Of Plague
All that Remains
All Shall Perish
The Devil Wears Prada
Killswitch Engage
Suicide Silence
With Blood Comes Cleansing
The Acacia Strain
Bring Me The Horizon
Underoath
August Burns Red  

[Acid Dipped Daisies]

Um.. I must say I have a little thing for Slipknot >.< They do some metal songs, right?  

[iAndrewx]

yeahh i agree that it depends what you take as metal.

some of my favroties
metallica (old stuff)
a7x
dragonforce
bullet for my valentine
killswitch engage
ozzy
children of bodom
dope
kamelot
ramnstein
slipknot
cradle of filth  

[Crashdiet1313]

Skid Row
Poison, if you're into glam metal
Guns N' Roses

As far as new stuff goes,
Dragonforce
Atreyu
and System Of A Down.

Songs:
Alice Cooper- Poison
Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads- Crazy Train.  

[stormtropper man]

my fav band is Linkin Park
fav songs, given up
place for my head
somewhere i belong
bleed it out
in the end
numb
bodies
and more.....  

[T r u n k -M o n k e e-]

Atreyu
All That Remains
Dragon Force
Lamb of God
Disturbed
Bullet For My Valentine
A7X
Killswitch Engage
Autumn to Ashes
Underoath
Black Sabbath

There's more..but thats the main. ^^  

[Chemicaled Roses]

-Slayer
-Lamb of God
-Blind Guardian
-Demons and Wizards
-Iron Maiden
-Gojira
-Megadeth
-Insomnium
-Skyfire
-Mors Principium Est
-Hypocrisy
-Pantera
-Black Sabbath
-Korpiklaani
-Shadows Fall

A whole a** load more...