Favorite bands

Iron Maiden
Dream Theater
UFO
Alice Cooper
Dio (all things)
Thin Lizzy
Kiske era Helloween
Armored Saint
Accept
Michael Schenker
 
This would be my top ten:

10. The Gathering
9. Bauhaus
8. X Japan
7. Joy Division
6. Modest Mouse
5. Massive Attack
4. Dead Can Dance
3. Blonde Redhead
2. The Sisters of Mercy
1. Iron Maiden
 
Iron Maiden
Deep Purple
AC DC
Queen
Whitesnake
Helloween
Gamma Ray
Metallica
Guns N Roses
10th spot occupied intermittently by: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Angra, Black Sabbath, Alice Cooper, U2, Scorpions, Dream Theater...
 
Diesel 11 said:
Top 11 for me:

11. Ahab
10. Mercyful Fate
9. Slayer
8. Pearl Jam
7. Queensryche
6. Death
5. ABBA
Technically tied because I can't decide which is better, but both could possibly be number 1. Since I can't figure it out however...
4. Iron Maiden
3. Megadeth
And because nostalgia is a bitch:
2. Led Zeppelin
1. The Beatles
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Posted far too soon. Update:

11. Led Zeppelin
10. Mercyful Fate
9. Ahab
8. Slayer
7. Pearl Jam
6. Queensryche
5. The Beatles
4. Megadeth
3. ABBA
2. Death
1. Iron Maiden

My tastes got thrown all out of proportion so hopefully this is how it'll remain for a bit.
 
Top 3 is too hard an ask, could only narrow down to 13 essential groups/artists in my music collection. After which there are many more loved groups/artists.


Iron Maiden
Status Quo
Deep Purple
Alice Cooper
Dio
Rainbow
Bryan Adams
Huey Lewis & The News
Steve Morse
Joe Satriani
Europe
Rush
Thunder
 
Motörhead, Iron Maiden, Vader, Megadeth, Razor, Bathory, Immortal, Judas Priest, Satan, KISS, Sodom, Overkill, Venom, Demolition Hammer, Dissection

Probably missing a lot, that's just a few. That's where my taste in metal and rock usually gravitates towards.
 
Seven UK bands:
Iron Maiden
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Oasis
Def Leppard
Gorillaz
Genesis (1970-1974)

Honourable mention: The Who (1969-1973)

Genres presented:
Rock, progressive rock, art rock, art pop, britpop, psychedelic rock, hard rock, blues rock, folk rock, alternative rock, heavy metal, glam metal, hip hop, trip hop, electronica

And three US rappers:
Kanye West
Jay-Z
Eminem

Honourable mention: Tupac Shakur

Genres presented: hip hop, R&B, pop, gangsta rap
 
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I think my Top 5 might be:
  1. Iron Maiden
  2. Bruce Dickinson
  3. The Pretty Reckless
  4. Metallica
  5. Blind Guardian
As for the rest, I'm not quite sure about the order, but I very much dig stuff like Zeppelin, Queen and Alice Cooper.
 
Same format as Black Thunder.

1. Pink Floyd (The Wall)
2. Iron Maiden (A Matter of Life and Death)
3. Devin Townsend (Ocean Machine/Addicted)
4. Queen (Innuendo)
5. Judas Priest (Stained Class/Screaming for Vengeance)
6. Ghost (Meliora)
7. Chris de Burgh (Eastern Wind)
8. Metallica (...And Justice for All)
9. Black Sabbath (Dehumanizer)
10. Frank Turner (England Keep My Bones)
11. Gojira (L'Enfant Sauvage)
12. Rammstein (Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da)
13.Sabaton (Attero Dominatus)
14. Steven Wilson (Hand. Cannot. Erase)
15. AC/DC (Let There Be Rock)

A bit of a mixture :)
 
In that format:
  • Iron Maiden (Powerslave)
  • Bruce Dickinson (The Chemical Wedding)
  • Ahab (The Call of the Wretched Sea)
  • Death (The Sound of Perseverance)
  • ABBA (Gold: Greatest Hits)
  • Buckethead (Bermuda Triangle)
  • Sabaton (Carolus Rex)
  • Alestorm (Sunset on the Golden Age)
 
I'm due for an update. I'm including my favorite album as of right now for each.

1. Iron Maiden/ Bruce solo (SiT/TCW)
2. Dream Theater (Metropolis Pt.2)
3. Tool (Aenima)
4. Alice in Chains (Devil Put Dinosaurs Here)
5. Metallica (Death Magnetic)
6. Mastodon (Crack the Skye)
7. Gojira (From Mars to Sirius)
8. Megadeth (Dystopia)
9. Opeth (Blackwater Park)
10. Queensryche/Machine Head/Chevelle (lot of stuff to choose from)
 
If I have to chop it down to 10:
  1. Iron Maiden (Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son)
  2. Rush (Power Windows)
  3. Bruce Dickinson (The Chemical Wedding)
  4. Megadeth (So Far, So Good...So What!)
  5. Vangelis (Mythodea)
  6. Metallica (Master Of Puppets)
  7. Gamma Ray (Land Of The Free)
  8. Skyclad (The Answer Machine?)
  9. Powerwolf (Lupus Dei)
  10. Nine Inch Nails (The Downward Spiral)
Honorable mentions:
  • Genesis (Duke)
  • Queensrÿche (Operation: Mindcrime)
  • Yngwie Malmsteen (Concerto Suite)
  • Dokken (Back For The Attack)
  • Live (Birds Of Pray)
  • Depeche Mode (Violator)
  • Def Leppard (High 'N' Dry)
  • Judas Priest (Nostradamus)
  • Joe Satriani (The Extremist)
  • Alice In Chains (Dirt)
  • Boston (Third Stage)
  • Luca Turilli (Prophet Of The Last Eclipse)
  • Faith No More (King For A Day...Fool For A Lifetime)
  • Jesus Jones (Perverse)
  • Psycho Motel (Welcome To The World)
  • Ball Noir (Lost Serenades)
 
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@Jer Power Windows so high Jer? Cool! I like that one a lot as well! Welcome, Rush fan!
Vote for your 5 fav Rush albums here: https://forum.maidenfans.com/threads/rush.24655/
And have a good Rush discography opinions read/discussion here: https://forum.maidenfans.com/threads/rush-discography-discussion-2-caress-of-steel-1975.26020/


And here for Judas Priest https://forum.maidenfans.com/thread...phy-discussion-part-2-starting-page-20.27134/
This one is still active, and you'll see MrKnickerbocker discovering Priest (his next album will be British Steel).
 
Cool format, actually. Off the top of my head, and in no set order (except for Maiden):

  • Iron Maiden (Powerslave)
  • Iced Earth (Burnt Offerings)
  • Thin Lizzy (Black Rose)
  • Black Sabbath (Sabotage)
  • Deep Purple (Burn)
  • Nightwish (Oceanborn)
  • Blaze Bayley (Tenth Dimension)
  • Bruce Dickinson (The Chemical Wedding)
  • Jethro Tull (Aqualung)
  • Rainbow (Rising)
  • Symphony X (Paradise Lost)
  • Candlemass (King of the Grey Islands)
  • Reverend Bizarre (Crush the Insects)
  • Children of Bodom (Follow the Reaper)
  • Metallica (Ride the Lightning)
  • Megadeth (Rust in Peace)
  • Judas Priest (Screaming for Vengeance)
  • Gamma Ray (Land of the Free)
  • Nile (Those Whom the Gods Detest)
  • Alestorm (Black Sails at Midnight)
  • Dream Theater (Systematic Chaos)

And many others that I can't think of right now.
 
This is more a list of my favourite albums because I don't think I could class some of these as my favourite bands. In no particular order save for the first three, I always find ranking music so difficult:

  • Iron Maiden - Brave New World
  • Judas Priest - Painkiller/Defenders of the Faith
  • Metallica - Ride the Lightning
  • Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
  • Bruce Dickinson - Accident of Birth
  • PVRIS - White Noise
  • Arctic Monkeys - AM
  • Zico Chain - Food
  • Therapy? - Troublegum
  • Nickelback - Silver Side Up (Screw you, it's a great album)
  • Green Day - American Idiot
  • Mastodon - Emperor of Sand
  • Rise Against - Sufferer and the Witness
  • Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
And so many other things of various different genres. This makes me look a bit close-minded...
 
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