Underated Bands

ryuhi2 · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:33 pm Post subject: Underated Bands

In your opinion, Who would you say are the most underated METAL bands of the 80's, 90's, and 00's?

One, off the top of my head, to start this thread, would be....

Testament: In my opinion these guys are some of the best writers/musicians to emerge from the "thrash" scene, Alex Skolnick is one of the absolute greatest guitarists/Musicians in the world. Although widely known in the metal community, they have not gained the public recognition like Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth, etc, etc,......In my opinion Testament deserve it just as much as any of those examples, if not MORE.

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alitivity · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:55 pm Post subject:

I will be at the Testament show in Cleveland. I met Alex recently, and cant wait to see him back playing Metal. They have a new album out I havent gotten it yet though. You are right though Alex is one of the greatest ever.
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ryuhi2 · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:00 pm Post subject:

I'm seeing them coming up in Hollywood, I can't wait either. The Upcoming album is making alot of POSITIVE noise within the music industry, I'm so anxious to get it. I've seen them twice and was just blown away both times, Although both times were in the late 80's.

#75race · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:52 pm Post subject:

Yeah, Testament deserves a lot more credit than what they got. Alex Skolnick is an AMAZING guitar player, and can easily out-do other thrash metal guitar players. As for other under-rated bands, shoot theres so many I may not be able to name them all. But I'll give it a shot anyway.

Laaz Rockit
Heathen
Possessed
Artillery
Vio-Lence
Armored Saint
Metal Church
Flotsam and Jetsam
Death Angel
Dark Angel
Obsolette (Yes it is my friend's band but they're just so damn good, they just need some attention.)

That's about it for now, cause I'm tired so, I'll probably post some more later, and maybe some quick reviews. Wink

alitivity · Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:11 am Post subject:

Europeans probably wouldnt consider this band as underated, but in America the biggest underated band is Manowar

They just never got the attention that they deserved here. I saw them at Harpo's on the Fighting the World tour, and have been a fan ever since.
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For one, the band Dio is under rated, but that topic has been discussed to death.

I vote for Badlands Cool

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ryuhi2 · Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:03 pm Post subject:

I was just listening to Hall of The Mountain King by Savatage and thought to myself, "another one for the list of most underated bands".

These guys are great, especialy the "mountain king" and "gutter ballet" C.D's

Criss oliva is yet another great musician that was taken from us way before his time.......I found this quote from his father in an interview after his death, I think it says it all about his love for his band and his music..............

When asked for a comment about Criss, his father said "He lived for that guitar" referring to his love of the guitar. "I would go over to his home for a visit and no matter what he was doing, on the phone, eating dinner, Criss would always have a guitar in his hands

R.I.P Criss

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metalbard · Joined: 09 Jun 2008 Posts: 64

I'd put my 3 cents in for Pagan's Mind, Nightwish, Angel Dust, and Human Fortress.

And no i'm not from europ but the west coast of the US. Problem is most metal originating from America is chock full of cookie monster vocals. Are there some Great American Metal Bands new to the stage possibly, but when the kids these days are mesmerized by acts like insane clown possy or system of a down i have to wonder about the new metal scene.
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#75race · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:06 pm Post subject:

Exciter
Keel
Omen
King Diamond/Mercyful fate (There's plenty of people out there who can't appreciate King's style of singing.)

Exhorder
Helloween (early)
Demolition Hammer
Morbid Saint
Candlemass
Pentagram
Venom (Used to be talked about a lot back in the day, now people hardly even mention them)

Bathory
Celtic Frost
Hellhammer

Stained Class · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:02 am Post subject:

There are lots of underated bands out there, for me in particular theres:

Dio/Dio-era Rainbow/Elf
Testament
Solitude Aeturnus
Danzig
King Diamond
Mercyful Fate (especially the awsome material from In The Shadows onwards)
Candlemass
Badlands
Blaze/Blaze-era Maiden
Sebastian Bach
WASP

to name a few