Top 10 New Wave of American Heavy Metal Bands
This is a list of the best New wave of american heavy metal bands. And please only use bands that are on Wikipedia's list located here.I honestly think that this band is #1 on this list, not a7x, mostly because of a few reasons: 1) they've been here longer, starting in the days they were known as Burn The Priest, 2) their musicianship as a whole is more complex and not watered down, and 3) they just kick ass! These guys have put out a ton of albums over 20 years, and they haven't budged an inch since their debut as far as heavyness goes! If you don't agree just listen to Laid to Rest and Redneck. Oh, they also have GROOVE to them, a lot like Pantera!
For those who disagree or don't know Lamb Of God, listen to them, they are the kings, boasting with songs such as Blacken The Cursed Sun, Laid To Rest, Vigil. This band is ultimately the best New Wave Of American Heavy Metal (and heavy metal) band... Can't argue with that... And if you disagree, we Lamb Of God fans wouldn't bother because we're doing fine without ya.
They're one of the most popular and influential metal bands today. These guys are very talented musicians and songwriters. They are technical enough to please metal fans while being catchy and melodic enough to sound good to people who aren't metal fans. a lot of their sound does derive from their influences but at the same time they also have their own sound as well. They experiment and change their genre more than I change my underwear and they still sound good with each change, not exactly an easy thing to do. Good riffs, nice dual guitar harmonies, fantastic solos, catchy and beautiful melodies, very good lyrics, and amazing vocals. Their albums "waking the fallen", "city of evil", and "the stage" are absolute masterpieces. I listen to many metal and rock bands, especially a lot from this list, and yet A7X still surprises me with how talented they are and how great their music is. One of the best bands of all time in my opinion, easily!
Pantera all the way for number #1, There the only REAL Heavy metal band that's stuck to there roots and not get sucked in to all that mainstream that happened in the nighties, They were Heavy, They stayed Heavy. ( like the other post said ). And Not get lighter with each album. And I think we can all Thank god that Dime stuck by his brother and didn't take the offer from Dave mustaine and join megadeth, Or else we wouldn't have such a Pure American Heavy metal band.
1. Pantera
2. Machine Head
3. Lamb of God
There is no way Avenged Sevenfold should be at the top of this list, they are a great band, but it's a bit of a stretch to say they are Metal. Pantera was undoubtedly metal, and if anything they got heavier with each album they released. The guys for A7X have frequently said that Pantera was one of their biggest influences. Pantera started the NWOAHM and will always be the greatest!
By far the most original and creative of all metal bands mentioned in this list. They continue to develop their progressive/sludge inspired sound and push their music into new territory whereas most metals bands have failed to evolve since the last decade. Mastodon continue to experiment and expanded the metal genre and refuse to conform to the homogeneity of the current scenes. They are a force to be reckoned with and have yet to displease critics and fans alike.
As the guy below me has stated, they are the most original metal band of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal movement. Excellent musicans, with incredibly consistent albums. They are by far the best metal band post-2000.
This is bull! How could they be at number 4. They were the start of the new wave of heavy metal! And there hasn't been any other band as insane as them live, even though the self-titled and Iowa era was way better than the new era (vol3 and all hope is gone). But they are back alright! The Gray Chapter is their best album yet... In my opinion
Just a pure American Heavy Metal band that deserves all the recognition they have received and more as there live performances, attention grabbing image and brutal yet melodic music are all unrivalled. Slipknot is one of the if not the most unique band of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal
Burn My Eyes and The More Things Change were fantastic and purely heavy albums. Seriously strong stuff from a band that had just began. The Burning Red and Supercharger? More experimental but still heavy and both still solid albums by the band. Through The Ashes Of Empires was a return to their older roots and christ, it was heavy! But then came The Blackening... An album so fast, so heavy and so beautiful that is easily the equivalent of today's Master Of Puppets, Among The Living, Rust In Peace or Reign In Blood. Not to forget Unto The Locust, an album that doesn't try and rival the predecessor as most bands would try but instead simply tries, and succeeds, to stand by it. You want the best band is the NWOAHM? This is it! MACHINE HEAD RULE! M/
P.S. machine Head should be first and Pantera should be second... Just saying.
If it wasn't for korn, none of these bands would exist. Deal with it! Korn is the band who started the new wave of American heavy metal. The vocalist from korn (jonathan Davis) is the first person who started singing about emotions and such, before it was just lame lyrics, and they were also the first really heavy band with 7 stringed guitars and 5 stringed basses. What I love with them is that they don't use ugly ass solos and they don't scream their guts out.
I'm sorry but since when was Korn heavy metal? I'll give them metal, but not heavy metal. This whole list is of mostly metal bands, not heavy metal. I do believe it is an inaccurate list. When you talk about new age heavy metal you think of Born of Osiris, Parkway Drive, Reflections, etc. Like even having Djent bands here would be better then the bands you are calling heavy metal in this list.
The band that will carry the Metal torch into the future! This band needs to be on the top because of their last album alone with The Sin and the Sentence. Their unique sound is constantly evolving and the are an amazing live band that sound better in person.
Beast band that totally deserves to be in the top 10. It's a pity that it is totally underrated. This band makes divine music and are by far the most consistent band from the top 10 list along with disturbed, slipknot and a7x
Trivium is one of my favourite heavy matel bands I like all of there songs and I hope to see them in liverpool. my favourite songs are Wake The (end is nigh) In waves and At the end of this war
I'll list my top 5 new metal bands: 1. Disturbed 2. Avenged Sevenfold 3. Five Finge Death Punch 4. Godsmack 5. Slipknot
P.S. how is Pantera a new band? A7x coverd "Walk" because they're that old. If they were new they'd be on my list.
Disturbed is the best of these metal bands, one of the top 3 metal bands ever and one of the top 5 bands ever.
Listen to Ten Thousand Fists and Asylum all the way through and your mind will be blown.
Got to be one of the best bands ever. Completely original music with a style that ranges from the softer vocals and instrumentation of Roulette to the really harsh vocals and unpredictable format of Suite-pee.
Really? No System of a Down on here yet? They have a completely unique sound and influenced some of the bands on this list. They rank among Slipknot and Disturbed as pioneers of a new wave on insane metal.
Had to vote it. Pantera 1st, System of a Down 2nd.
Five Finger Death Punch is much more better than Avenged Sevenfold.
Five Finger Death Punch songs are awesome and I like their music and the vocalist have a awesome voice. He perform well and can sing different types of voices.
I hate Avenged Sevenfold. Avenged Sevenfold songs are hopeless and feel funny when I listen. Avenged Sevenfold live concert is totally flopped and the worst concert ever and vocalist doesn't sound like studio album.
Their latest album 'The Stage' is totally flopped, and the music doesn't make any sense. When I listen their new songs, it doesn't make sense and sound like a flat, flopped and funny voice. I wonder, how they have composed these kind of songs with music. I consider that a crap voice is better than Avenged Sevenfold vocalist M. Shadows. I could sing much better than Avenged Sevenfold and comparing to The Stage album.
Avenged Sevenfold should have not existed in making music. I think, their talents are different from making music.
I really hate Avenged Sevenfold. Why I don't know? I hate Avenged Sevenfold vocalist M. Shadows and doesn't have a good voice like other metal band. I really hate his voice and the way he act and sing.
I also hate their music style. It is a flopped and insane music. Avenged Sevenfold music style is a mocking music in a society.
I hate all the members of Avenged Sevenfold.
Before voting, please think properly and who is going to deserve the best.
Great stuff.
Great guitars and I prefer the singer Jesse Leach.
So take a look for "Times Of Grace", too.
Another Band of Jesse Leach and Adam Dutkiewicz (Guitar Killswitch Engage)
There's a very special and unique sound and presence in every music, and it's awesome
BLS is a and formed out Ozzy and can play just about anything, their concerts extreme and their CDs are excellent ear candy.
Zakk Wylde has to be one of the greatest guitarists in the world.
Zakk is mighty Thor. Greetings from land of vikings, Sweden.
They're a good band. They kinda deserve 17 cause they are not the most popular. I like their sound and I love their song Not Falling. And I like any band that is friends with Slipknot.
Mudvayne is my favorite band, because have incredible sound and members extraordinary
This band, lamb of god, and killswitch are considered the "big three" of NWOAHM. They should be WAY higher than #20! Every album is amazing, they have been on hiatus for a few years and have kind of fallen out of the spotlight but to be honest I think out of those 3 listed above; as good as they are, I enjoy SF the most.
The Modern Age Metallica. They are the closest to thrash metal in a modern sense. I don't see them as pure metalcore nor thrash. If you need riffs that you can bang your head to then this the band. They also have great solos.
All that remains and Godsmack should be in the top ten 2 of the best right now
This > Avenged Sevenfold, Disturbed and System of a Down combined. Unlike those bands, Dillinger actually possesses some originality, as well as some of the most chaotic music you'll ever hear.
The NWofAHM is slim pickings, and we're all dying for one of these bands to break down the walls of pop music today.