But guys! Classy millionaires! Just for us!

I wish Friedman was in Opeth. That would be the end all for me.

Bad Brains and FLA are very good answers I hadn't considered. I like That Skinny Puppy album, Pinkney, but I don't know if it's a good Slayer follow up. My personal answer to this is Strapping Young Lad.

@Wolfman - Because the AVC used to look down it's nose at metal. The times, they have changed.

Hahaha. Nice.

OK I'll have the balls to post it…
I love Slayer and I love metal but when it comes to my favorite guitar players, Kerry Kind isn't ranked very high. He often sounds like he is guessing at which note to play next, he relies too heavily on effects and doesn't even sound like he is on the right key when live. When I…

Hey remember when the AV Club interviewed Glen Benton just to make fun of him?

A common problem my friends and I have had since high school: What do you put on after listening to Slayer? Everything sounds so weak afterward.

To add on to what AB said, I look at it like this: I know that fretting about what is ingenuous and what isn't is a waste of time and grown adults should just like what they like. However, if someone is getting into something I like for irony's sake and for any perceived camp value it may have, then I feel like I am…

I have always approached black metal with skepticism. I'll admit its the make up, I'm shallow I guess. I like that Billingham uses Carcass as a metal-sincerity-detector though.

Actually…
This kind of sounds like that terrible Robert Evans cartoon Comedy Central had years back. And that fucker BOMBED. So there is always hope…

F is for…
Fuck all this bullshit.

No problem. I just don't want you to miss out on things as awesome as Opeth because of any preconceived notions about lyrical stylings. There is too much good shit out there. I should probably do some work now…

Go dig up Carcass's Heartwork. If you don't like that, metal isn't going to be your thing. They're not overcompensating for anything, they're being aggressive. Metal is a very aggressive form of music. Are the guitar player's overcompensating for tuning down and using high gain amps? Are the drummers overcompensating…

If you don't like "Cookie Monster" vocals, you're too close minded for metal and will miss a lot of great stuff. Stop being a pussy.

Permanent Waves with Kill 'em All! I want to see Burton and Lee dual!

I think ZMF is avoiding these threads because when Pierce wrote that first metal article, he said too many people would now be going out of their way to prove how many metal bands they new. I would say that was pretty fucking prophetic.

I can see that. BP was mistaken above because I listen too it almost as much. But man I just can't say enough about the Grand Conjuration. Every time I listen to that song I think to myself that heavy metal was created so that song could exist. That first death growl makes my hair stand up.

Something Wicked This Way Comes is awesome. Admit it.

Gwar's first few albums are pretty badass actually. They, like so may others who have been around as long, just fell into the trap of self parody.