BEST HEAVY METAL BAND

easy: Slayer. honorable mention to Black Sabbath and Metallica's work up to & including Justice. now they're just a bunch of top-40 hacks writing 3 minute made-for-radio songs based on one chord--listen to Orion, what a masterpiece with its complexity & flow; nothing like they're stuff now. Slayer is still kicking total ass after all these years. nothing compares to Reign in Blood!

I don't even like them. I prefer Ozzy, Black Sabbath, Def Leppard and many more, but not them.

Yes, DL are my fave. Ever hear any Helix? They have a song called "Heavy Metal Love", that's just killer!

Metallica ,in their early days they were the Kings. Modern day , I have to disagree with Godsmack, if I wanted to hear Alice in Chains I'd listen to Alice in Chains. COC Rock hard, as do Pantera, Slipknot(wild live shows), Sepultura (Before Max Left), 40 Grit and Stuck Mojo. But my Fave Band of all time is KYUSS, Awesome music one of the most different sounding bands ever, the Guitarist, Josh Homme (now in Queens of the Stone Age with another ex KYUSS member Nick Oliveri, Aussies catch them at the Big Day Out) used to run his setup through a Bass Amp for some Extreme bottom end power. Just the humble of a metal fan of 14 years. BTW I am only 26.

Tim,if ya think Alice and Godsmack sound similar then ya better up grade!! I love both bands and have most of Alice on vinyl.Anyone ever see Godsmack on vinyl? If so let me know.