The Best "Metal" band of each Letter

I know this might take a lot of thought and time.

Tell me your absolute favorite metal band of each letter of the alphabet.

Can't be done. To many good bands on letters like M, S, T etc. But, I can name bands from the top of my head:

Agent Steel
Believer
Communic
Deliverance
Evergrey
Fight
Gamma Ray
Helloween
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Kiss
Labyrinth
Metallica
Nevermore
Ozzy
Pagan's Mind
Queensrÿche
Rhapsody
Savatage
Testament
Ultimatum
Vengeance Rising
Whitecross
Xentrix
Yngwie Malmsteen
Zaxas

Arch Enemy or Allen & Lande
Black Label Society or Brainstorm
Crematory or Communic
Dream Evil, Dark Moor, or Dream Theater
Evergrey
Firewind or Fight
Gamma Ray or
HAmmerfall
Iced Earth
Judas Priest
Kamelot
Lande, Jorn
Mercenary, Machine Head, Metallica, or Masterplan
Nevermore, Nocturnal Rites. or Nightwish
Overkill or Ozzy
Pagan's Mind, Pro-Pain, or Pantera
QUeensryche
Rage, Rob Rock, or Reveille (one of the few nu-metal bands i love)
Stratovarius, Stuck Mojo, Steel Attack, or Sinergy
Therion or Testament
UDO or Unleashed
Vengeance Rising or Vanden Plas
Winters Bane or WinterSun
Xentrix
Yngwie Malmsteen (even though it would be M)
Zero Hour

i had to miss some but these are off the top of my head

kmorg wrote:

Can't be done. To many good bands on letters like M, S, T etc. But, I can name bands from the top of my head:

i cant agree more thats y i named up to 3

Ayreon
Black Sabbath
Cathedral
Dream Theater
Evergrey
Fates Warning
God Forbid
Helloween
Immortal Souls
Judas Priest
Katatonia
Living Sacrifice
Morphia
Nocturnal Rites
Opeth
Pantokrator
Queensryche
Rage
Sepultura
Tourniquet
Ultimatum
Virgin Black
Winds
X-Sinner
YOB
ZAO

Armored Saint
Black Sabbath
Cooper, Alice
Dio
Exodus
Fifth Angel
Grim Reaper
Helloween
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Kiss
Loudness
Motorhead
Nevermore
Overkill
Pelican
Quiet Riot
Raven
Slayer
Thin Lizzy
Ultimatum
Voivod
W.A.S.P.
Xentrix
Y&T
Znowhite

Annihilator
Barren Cross
Crimson Glory
Dokken
Exodus
Fight
Gamma Ray
Helloween
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
KISS
Loudness
Megadeth
Nevermore
Overkill
Piledriver
Queensryche
Raven
Savatage
Trouble
Ugly Kid Joe
Venom
Warrior Soul
X-Sinner
Y...Y... Yankovic, Weird Al? (Seriously. I just checked my CD rack and I don't own a single metal CD by a band that starts with "Y." Weird Al is all I got.)
Zion's Abyss

I already this once a couple months back.

I think it was done a couple of weeks ago.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Y...Y... Yankovic, Weird Al? (Seriously. I just checked my CD rack and I don't own a single metal CD by a band that starts with "Y." Weird Al is all I got.)
Zion's Abyss

In my collection I always labeled Yngwie in the "Y" section rather than "M" section.
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I picked my most favortie from each letter unless I couldn't choose

Ayreon, Allen-Lande, and Avantasia
Bruce Dickinson
Circle II Circle
Dream Theater
Edenbridge, Epica, and Edguy
Fear Of God
Guns & Roses
Hammerfall and Helloween
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Kamelot
Leaves' Eyes
Metallica (old)
Nightwish
Opeth and Ozzy
Primal Fear
Queensryche (old)
Rhapsody
Savatage
TSO and Tourniquet
Ultimatum
Vision Divine and Visons Of Atlantis
Warrant
X-Sinner
Yngwie Malmsteen
Zion
(slim pickins for F, Q, V, U, W, X, Y, and Z)

Amorphis
Black Sabbath
Candlemass or Coroner
Death
Exodus
Forbidden
Gamma Ray or Grave Digger
Heathen or Helloween
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Kreator or King Diamond
Lääz Rockit
Megadeth
Nevermore
Obituary or Overkill
Paradise Lost
Queensrÿche
Realm
Sodom
Testament
U.D.O.
Voivod or Vader
Whiplash
Xentrix
Yngwie Malmsteen
Zoetrope

Locky wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Y...Y... Yankovic, Weird Al?
(Seriously. I just checked my CD rack and I don't own a single metal CD
by a band that starts with "Y." Weird Al is all I got.)
Zion's Abyss

In my collection I always labeled Yngwie in the "Y" section rather than "M" section.
.

I own only two, Y&T and YES, although Yes aren't metal. Could also go with Yngwie Malmsteen.

No Yanni fans?

Yanni is METAL!

Here are the listings for Y from BNR:


Y&T, a Hard Rock band from San Francisco, CA, USA
Yakuza, a Metalcore band from Chicago, IL, USA
Yattering, a Death Metal band from Poland
Year Of No Light, an Atmospheric Hardcore band from Bordeaux, France
Year Zero, a band from England
Yearning, a band from France (page not yet online)
Yob, a Doom Metal band from Eugene, OR, USA
Yyrkoon, a Thrash Metal band from France

for Y i may put yngwie just because M is for manilla road. although i wouldn't have problem to put ypszilon or the japanese masters Yoke of steel....

Tall Tyrion wrote:

No Yanni fans?

Yanni is METAL!

Here are the listings for Y from BNR:


Y&T, a Hard Rock band from San Francisco, CA, USA
Yakuza, a Metalcore band from Chicago, IL, USA
Yattering, a Death Metal band from Poland
Year Of No Light, an Atmospheric Hardcore band from Bordeaux, France
Year Zero, a band from England
Yearning, a band from France (page not yet online)
Yob, a Doom Metal band from Eugene, OR, USA
Yyrkoon, a Thrash Metal band from France

I have Yob listed on my list. Listen to them with the lights out and nobody around. Some kind of trippy band.

Some of my fave Spanish metal bands:
ANGELES DEL INFIERNO
BANZAI
CADENA PERPETUA
DESTIERRO
EVO
F UCK OFF
GOLIATH
HIROSHIMA
JUPITER
KING KONG
LEGION
MURO
NIAGARA
ÑU
OBUS
PANZER
ROSA NEGRA
SOBREDOSIS
TIGRES
VALHALLA
ZARPA

Rock/Metal:
Aerosmith
Black Sabbath
Celtic Frost
Dio
Exodus
Frehley's Comet
Grave Digger
Helstar
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Kiss
Loudness
Motorhead
Nugent, Ted
Overkill
Primal Fear
Queen
Raven
Stryper
Thin Lizzy
U.D.O.
Vicious Rumors
Whitesnake or W.A.S.P. (couldn't decide)
Xentric
Yes
ZZ Top

Metallica (Old One)
Exodus
Testament
Anvil
Led Zeppelin

Lol! I know that I'm suposed to do it for every letters.

Hey Ult you forgot about the letter T

AceFrehley655 wrote:

Hey Ult you forgot about the letter T

Fixed. Thin Lizzy

Annihilator
Black Sabbath
Cauldron Born
Dream Theater
Exodus
Fates Warning
Guns 'n Roses
Helstar
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
King Diamond
Lethal
Megadeth
Nuclear Assault
Overkill
Pantera
Queensryche
Racer X
Slayer
Testament
UFO
Vio-lence
Watchtower
Xentrix (slim pickens here)
Y&T (here too)
Zandelle (and finally here too)

ultmetal wrote:

AceFrehley655 wrote:

Hey Ult you forgot about the letter T

Fixed. Thin Lizzy

actually letter N is missing as well

MetalRob331 wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

AceFrehley655 wrote:

Hey Ult you forgot about the letter T

Fixed. Thin Lizzy

actually letter N is missing as well

Fix. Nugent, Ted

i like how ULT stayed Old School