Mushroomhead

The band was put together in the early ninety's. There has a been an on going battle between Slipknot and Mushroomhead since the early years about who started the whole wearing the masks idea the two groups decided to just drop it. After going threw many line up changes Mushroomhead let out their first album it was self titled it had some pretty decent songs such as " 43" and " Mommy ". The band was a bit different then most groups because they had two singers Jeffrey Nothing as the lighter and cleaner vocals and Jmann as the heavier vocals with a kind of rap built into it. Jmann's vocals were pretty awesome to me and with the mix of Jeffrey's clean vocals and the heavy to soft music made by the rest of the band it was very cool and sounded amazing. Over the next 6 years the band produced four more albums with on going line up changes with only the keyboards, bass and vocals staying the same they managed to make some pretty amazing music with songs like "These Filthy Hands", " Kill Tomorrow" and their most commonly known song " Solitaire Unraveling". Then in 2004 vocalist Jmann decided to leave to take care of his father and was replaced by Waylon who is a very good vocalist but in my opinion he doesn't compare to Jmann and after he left the band started to suck. The band has made two albums with the new singer the first titled "Savior Sorrow" it was a pretty good album but nothing compared to the previews stuff and then in 2010 the band released another album called "Beautiful Story's For Ugly Children" it has about 3 pretty good songs the rest are just alright. I don't really have that much interest in the band anymore unless they come out with a new amazing album anytime soon.

Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson is a shock rock band that started in the early 90's. The band was at first called Marilyn Manson And The Spooky Kids and eventually dropped it to just Marilyn Manson, was locally popular for creepy and weird live performances. The band finally put together an album which was released in 1994 it was titled "Portrait Of An American Family" it had a lot a good music on it with singles like "Lunchbox" and "Get Your Gun". Over the course of 6 years and 3 more records Manson kept the great music coming with some very odd live performances mostly doing them all half naked and with a lot of make up. I like him as an artist because he is different and he is probably the most lyrically genius artist he questions peoples morals and flips their values around trying to show people the other side of things. This often lead parent to believe that he was a bad influence on kids. To me he is just trying to get people to do what they believe in and stop following what everyone else is doing. And then in 2000 bestfriend of Manson and guitarist Twiggy Remirez quit pursuing other interests. The band let another album out 3 years after the departure of guitarist and it was a pretty great album a lot of heavy songs and a couple lighter ones. Some great songs on the album were "Saint" and "Ka Boom Ka Boom". Finally after that record this is were the band started to suck a little because they went a lot softer since Manson was going threw a tough time with divorce and other personal issues the next two records " Eat Me Drink Me" released in 2007 was just alright and then " High End Of Low" released in 2010 with the return of bestfriend Twiggy was better then the previews album but not anything like the old music. The band is now doing another new album set to be out in 2011 it is supposed to be a lot heavier and more like the older style Marilyn Manson i will be very happy.

Pantera

Pantera came together in the 80's created by brothers drummer Vinnie Paul and Guitarist Dimebag Darrell the band went threw some line up changes they lost their lead singer and replaced him with the other guitarist and they released an album in 1983, it was not that great it the follow up album was better but still not that great. Then in 1987 is were they once again replaced the lead singer, the first cd that was let out with this singer was insanely better then the two previews ones and much heavier. To me this is were the band finally found their best sound and starting making great music because the following album titled 'Cowboys From Hell' is my personal favourite because it has great heavy songs and some good solo's. A couple of the best tracks on this Cd were 'Cowboys From Hell' and 'Art Of Shredding'. Over the next ten years this band kept making some of the greatest music ever. It was different then most metal music it wasn't heavy but wasn't to soft it was a mix of some country and metal music and it sounded amazing. Then the band parted ways, due to members not being able to work together and in 2003 former lead guitarist Dimebag Derrell was shot at a live concert because of things lead singer said to the press. It sucked that Dimebag died because he was my favourite guitarist ever. He made amazing solo's and did some decent back up vocals. I really wished this band never broke up but the best bands never last unfortunately.

Mudvayne

Mudvayne is a band from Illinois they were formed in the late 1990's its they released an EP in 1998. It has some okay songs and a couple pretty good songs named 'I.D.I.O.T' and 'Poop Loser'. The Ep helped get signed and after being signed they let out their best album ever also the heaviest one. It was titled 'L.D.50', this CD gave the band some popularity won a few awards with it. The best songs on the album was 'Pharmaecopia', 'Death Blooms', 'Cradle' and the most popular song and the song that gave them some popularity was 'Dig'. In the early years the band used to paint their faces and dress up for their music video's and it looked pretty cool but as the years went by they started doing it less which sucked. The next album was just a re-recording of the Ep and a couple added songs, all together it was pretty cool. The next two albums dropped were 'The End Of All Things To Come' then 'Lost And Found' and they were great albums but just not as good as 'L.D. 50', then after 'Lost And Found' they out a terrible album named 'The New Game' it didn't sound heavy and they tried changing their style to much and it just didn't work out. And then the following year they let out a self titled album it wasn't as good as their older and better tracks but it was a lot better then anything that was on 'The New Game'. If they make anymore new stuff I really think they should try and go back to their stuff from 'L.D. 50'.

Slipknot

Slipknot is my all time favorite band. They are a bit different then most bands with having a total of nine members. They have four released albums each with the same nine members. The first album was a great album full of some really fast drums and great screams. Next came my favorite Slipknot album titled Iowa which is the home state of all nine members. This album is completely amazing such great heavy music and emotion put into the lyrics. Each song was just incredible. After taking a break to work on side projects the band got back together and released another album called "Volume 3 (The Subliminal Verses)". This album was totally different then the first two it was much more melodic and the vocals were a lot more clean. There was even a couple slow songs like " Vermillion part 2" and "Circle". This album was still great and also has the very first Slipknot song I ever heard on it. The song is titled " Duality". That song is the reason why I listen to Metal music. Their next and most recent album was a bit of a mix of the past three CD's. It was a very good album but its probably my least favorite one of the four CD's. Their not really a reason for it i just prefer the other three over this one. Two years after the release of this album the bassist died. I'm not sure if I want the band to find a replacement because their all the original members and I don't know if it would be the same as the first four albums. But if they do replace the bassist I will listen to a couple songs to see if it's any good.

Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie is a solo artist who started of with his original band White Zombie. The band was formed in 1985 this band was different then most since they didn't write about personal experience but instead wrote about horror movies. The name White Zombie came from the 1932 horror film White Zombie. After recording four albums and two EP's the band went in separate ways since the members could no longer work together as a band. After the break up Rob formed his solo band, and Rob Zombie kept the good music coming with his horror film influenced lyrics and awesome songs. With his first solo album coming out in 1998 named Hellbilly Deluxe i believe this to be his best music released ever with songs like "Meet The Creeper", "Living Dead Girl" and his most commonly known song "Dragula". The next album Zombie would release is in 2001 in my opinion Rob was still producing some great tunes to listen to. Then in 2006 after recruiting former Marlyn Manson guitarist John 5 they dropped a fairly decent album called Educated Hoarses but not as heavy as previews albums. With Rob also being a movie director he put his music career on hold for a bit then after four years he let out another album named Hellbilly Deluxe 2. This album was once again done with John 5 I found it to be a pretty good album with a little bit of a mix of his old and new stuff. At the age of 45 I'm not sure how much longer he can stay in the music world but as long as he keep putting out some good music I'll still listen to him.  

Asking Alexandria

Asking Alexandria is a Post- Hardcore band from England. This band is an amazing groupe, they have a clean vocal singer and also have a lead vocaliste that does the screams. The band was just formed in 2008. They only have one released album. The album was titled ' Stand Up And Scream'. Pretty much every trakc on the CD is really amazing. The mix between clean vocals and the sceraming is really sick to listen to.My top 3 tracks on the album are 'Alerion', 'Not The American Average' and my personal favorite song by this band is 'Prophecy', The song has an even amount of clean covals and screaming vocals. And it's just a great havey song and their is programming in the song that sounds really great. The programming is done by lead sing Danny Worsnop. The bands next album is set to be released next year in Feburary. Hopefully they don't try and change their sound to much and come out with some great heavy music. And if the lead singer doesn't llose his voice like Bring Me The Horizon this band will be set for a great couple albums. Lyrically this band is pretty good there going to be a sick band if their sound stays the same. Viewer discrestion is advised Swear Words?