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#1 Duality

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Posted 04 October 2008 - 03:02 AM

This is the definitive list of Bands RaFans.net members like and think other members should try out. Please, please add your favorites to the list! The only requirement is that you need to give me a link where sample songs can be streamed for free, without registering for anything. I recommend using MySpace. All you have to do is link me to the page, but feel free to tell me what genre the music falls under. If you don't tell me the genre I'll add it myself.

I will also be keeping track of how many people like each artist. I'll add an asterisk "*" for each person who votes for the artist. You can vote for as many artists as you want, just listen to the bands and reply saying "I would like to vote for <band name 1>, <band name 2> etc." and I'll add an asterisk for you. Feel free to vote for different bands in multiple replies (like, maybe you vote for bands 1 and 2 today, and then tomorrow you can vote for bands 3 and 4), but please only vote for each band once, I'll be watching for this and if someone double-votes for a band on purpose I'll remove their bands from the list. You have been warned! (NOTE: Bands that you add to the list will automatically get your vote, please don't add a band and then vote for it later)

One last note, this is not a thread where you can bash others' band choices. If you don't like a particular band just keep it to yourself.

Bands will be listed in alphabetical order. I'm choosing not to separate them by genre to encourage musical experimentation, so just start clicking!

3 Doors Down - ** - Rock
3 Inches of Blood - * - Metal
30 Seconds To Mars - * - Rock; Post-Grunge
New! 10 Years - * - Rock; Alternative Metal
New! 32 Leaves - * - Rock
Adema - ** - Rock; Post-Grunge
New! Allele - * - Rock; Metal
Atreyu - * - Rock
Ayreon - * - Metal
Birthday Massacre, The - * - Rock; Goth Rock; Alternative Pop/Rock
Blind Guardian - * - Power Metal
Breaking Benjamin - *** - Rock; Alternative Metal; Post-Grunge
Bullet for My Valentine - * - Metal
Celldweller - * - Rock; Electro-Industrial
Coheed and Cambria - * - Progressive Rock
New! Cold - * - Rock; Alternative Metal; Post-Grunge; Punk Revival
Confession, The - * - Hard Rock
New! Crossfade - * - Rock; Metal
Demons & Wizards - * - Metal
Disturbed - ** - Hard Rock
Dream Theater - ** - Progressive Rock
Dreaming, The - * - Rock
Evanescence - * - Rock
Flyleaf - * - Rock; Alternative Metal
Hurt - * - Rock
Ill Ni�o - * - Hard Rock
Kamelot - * - Metal
Lacuna Coil - ** - Metal; Gothic Metal
Linkin Park - ** - Rock
Mindless Self Indulgence - * - Rock; Industrial Metal; Electro-Industrial; Rap-Metal; Punk Revival
Nine Inch Nails - * - Rock; Industrial; Alternative Pop/Rock
New! Nonpoint - * - Rock
Orgy - * - Rock; Heavy Metal; Alternative Metal; Industrial Metal
Perfect Circle, A - * - Rock; Alternative Pop/Rock; Alternative Metal; Post-Grunge
Porcupine Tree - * - Rock; Ambient; Prog-Rock/Art Rock; Experimental
Rains - * - Rock
New! Red - * - Rock
Rush - ** - Progressive Rock
New! Saving Abel - * - Rock; Post-Grunge; Hard Rock
Seether - * - Rock
Sevendust - ** - Hard Rock
Shinedown - * - Rock
New! Sick Puppies - * - Rock
Sonata Arctica - * - Power Metal
Stabbing Westward - * - Rock; Alternative Metal; Industrial Metal
New! Staind - ** - Rock; Alternative Metal
Symphony X - * - Metal
New! Theory of a Deadman - ** - Rock; Post-Grunge
Three Days Grace - ** - Rock
TRAPT - *** - Rock; Alternative Rock; Post-Grunge
TRUSTcompany - * - Rock; Alternative Rock; Post-Grunge
Tsunami Bomb - * - Punk
VAST - * - Rock; Alternative Pop/Rock; Alternative Metal; Post-Grunge
Zeromancer - * - Industrial Rock; Electronic Rock

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#2 amaron

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Posted 04 October 2008 - 12:00 PM

Duality, on Oct 4 2008, 03:02 AM, said:

(hey satch, do you think I could get this stickied? I promise to keep it up-to-date!)

This is the definitive list of Bands RaFans.net members like and think other members should try out. Please, please add your favorites to the list! The only requirement is that you need to give me a link where sample songs can be streamed for free, without registering for anything. I recommend using MySpace. All you have to do is link me to the page, but feel free to tell me what genre the music falls under. If you don't tell me the genre I'll add it myself.

I will also be keeping track of how many people like each artist. I'll add an asterisk "*" for each person who votes for the artist. You can vote for as many artists as you want, just listen to the bands and reply saying "I would like to vote for <band name 1>, <band name 2> etc." and I'll add an asterisk for you. Feel free to vote for different bands in multiple replies (like, maybe you vote for bands 1 and 2 today, and then tomorrow you can vote for bands 3 and 4), but please only vote for each band once, I'll be watching for this and if someone double-votes for a band on purpose I'll remove their bands from the list. You have been warned! (NOTE: Bands that you add to the list will automatically get your vote, please don't add a band and then vote for it later)

One last note, this is not a thread where you can bash others' band choices. If you don't like a particular band just keep it to yourself.

Bands will be listed in alphabetical order. I'm choosing not to separate them by genre to encourage musical experimentation, so just start clicking!

New! 30 Seconds To Mars - * - Rock; Post-Grunge
New! Adema - * - Rock; Post-Grunge
New! Birthday Massacre, The - * - Rock; Goth Rock; Alternative Pop/Rock
New! Celldweller - * - Rock; Electro-Industrial
New! Flyleaf - * - Rock; Alternative Metal
New! Mindless Self Indulgence - * - Rock; Industrial Metal; Electro-Industrial; Rap-Metal; Punk Revival
New! Nine Inch Nails - * - Rock; Industrial; Alternative Pop/ Rock
New! Orgy - * - Rock; Heavy Metal; Alternative Metal; Industrial Metal
New! Perfect Circle, A - * - Rock; Alternative Pop/Rock; Alternative Metal; Post-Grunge
New! Porcupine Tree - * - Rock; Ambient; Prog-Rock/Art Rock; Experimental
New! Stabbing Westward - * - Rock; Alternative Metal; Industrial Metal
New! VAST - * - Rock; Alternative Pop/Rock; Alternative Metal; Post-Grunge
New! Zeromancer - * - Industrial Rock; Electronic Rock

Hmm... well, this is some of the stuff I listen to:

Lacuna Coil - Metal;Gothic Metal
TRAPT - Rock;Alternative Rock;Post-Grunge
TRUSTcompany - Rock;Alternative Rock;Post-Grunge
Breaking Benjamin

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#3 Duality

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Posted 04 October 2008 - 03:43 PM

I vote for TRAPT and Breaking Benjamin
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Posted 04 October 2008 - 04:15 PM

Ooh. This might take awhile. I tend to keep my genres pretty basic, because things can have so much overlap and multi-genre crazyfests it's not even worth trying to label everything. These are all bands I like well enough to keep a good portion of their music on my main playlist.

I verified Myspace pages where there might have been confusion, but with how many bands I listed, I didn't have time to check all of them for song availability. Hopefully it works.

3 Doors Down - Rock
3 Inches of Blood - Metal
Adema - Hard Rock
Atreyu - Rock
Ayreon - Metal
Blind Guardian - Power Metal
Breaking Benjamin - Rock
Bullet for My Valentine - Metal
Coheed and Cambria - Progressive Rock
The Confession - Hard Rock
Demons & Wizards - Metal
Disturbed - Hard Rock
Dream Theater - Progressive Rock
Evanescence - Rock
Hurt - Rock
Ill Ni�o - Hard Rock
Kamelot - Metal
Lacuna Coil - Metal
Linkin Park - Rock
Rains - Rock
Rush - Progressive Rock
Seether - Rock
Sevendust - Hard Rock
Shinedown - Rock
Sonata Arctica - Power Metal
Symphony X - Metal
The Dreaming - Rock
Three Days Grace - Rock
Trapt - Rock
Tsunami Bomb - Punk

I can't believe that I am down in this hole,
Always paying the toll
For having found my way to you.
--RA; Broken Hearted Soul

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#5 Duality

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Posted 05 October 2008 - 01:28 AM

Yay, it's starting to look like a real list now :guitar:

I vote for...

3 Doors Down
Disturbed
Dream Theater
Linkin Park (pre-Minutes to Midnight :mad_as_hell:

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Rush
Sevendust
Three Days Grace

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#6 PJ Princess

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Posted 05 October 2008 - 02:36 PM

Heya guys! I would like to add a few that I really dig - they can all be viewed on myspace, but I'm not sure of their respective page links.

Theory of a Dead Man (Rock)
Red (Rock)
Allele (Rock)
NonPoint (Rock)
32 Leaves (Rock)
Sick Puppies (Rock)
Crossfade (Rock)
Cold (Rock)
Saving Abel (Rock)
Staind (Rock)

I think the rest of what I listen to is pretty much already listed, but these above discs almost never come out of my player.

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Posted 05 October 2008 - 02:37 PM

Oh yeah - and 10 Years (Rock) - Can't forget my hottie Jesse Hasek!!!

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#8 Duality

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Posted 06 October 2008 - 12:09 AM

I vote for Theory of a Deadman and Staind

PJ Princess, on Oct 5 2008, 02:36 PM, said:

I think the rest of what I listen to is pretty much already listed

You should vote for the ones already listed so they'll get more stars ** =)

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Post icon Posted 06 October 2008 - 08:56 AM

Forgot Hellyeah and Burn Season... /bonk!!! :nutcase:

Voting for one of everything because I listen to pretty much everything on there. Except Tsunami Bomb - never heard of them so Im gonna check em out...

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#10 Dcrupi

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Posted 09 October 2008 - 11:12 PM

BlackDragonHunt, on Oct 4 2008, 05:15 PM, said:

Great bands, m8. I approve of that list.

I'll vote for:

Dream Theater
Coheed and Cambria
10 Years
Hurt
Porcupine Tree
Shinedown
Sick Puppies
Symphony X
TRUSTcompany

Pretty much all of my favorite bands were taken care of in this list...a few exceptions, but I'll post them later. Well done everyone, good taste in music on this board!

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#11 Ben

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Posted 12 October 2008 - 09:13 AM

Muse.

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Posted 12 October 2008 - 01:16 PM

Ben, on Oct 12 2008, 09:13 AM, said:

Muse.

Agreed, I forgot to put Muse...my roommate's favorite band, I'm really starting to get into them also.

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#13 taliwakker

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Posted 12 October 2008 - 11:07 PM

Symphony X
Ayreon
Seventh Wonder
Mercenary
Scar Symmetry
Van Halen
Allan Holdsworth
Jorn Lande
Jellyfish
Minds Eye
Pain of Salvation
Faith No More
Frost*
Protest the Hero
Richie Kotzen
Zero Hour
Freak Kitchen
Bumblefoot
Rose Kemp
Devin Townsend
Dream Theater

i could go on and on

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Posted 16 October 2008 - 12:04 AM

I'd like to vote for Kamelot, Sonata Arctica, and Symphony X, and would also like to specify that Kamelot and Symphony X are also in the Power Metal Genre. Also, here's some more favorites.

Forgive me for not linking myspaces on all of these bands, I'm on dialup, and the pages take decades to load.

Dimmu Borgir www.myspace.com/dimmuborgir - Melodic Black Metal
Dark Moor - www.myspace.com/DarkMoor - Power Metal
Dethklok - LOL, they're actually skilled musicians, and even though I'm not a fan of their show, I like the band. - Death Metal-ish.

Level 80 Elite Tauren Cheiftian - www.myspace.com/L80ETC - Metal - Yeah, yeah, they're a World of Warcraft band, but they're pretty awesome.

DevilDriver - Death Metal.

Mors Principium Est - Death Metal - Pretty hard to find any of their music, but you can find it on Youtube, I'm sure.

Serenity - Power Metal - Searth YouTube for the song "Engraved Within" It's great.

Killswitch Engage - Metal/Death Metal

Weapons change over the years. First it was the Sword. Then it was the Gun. And now, it is the Guitar.

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Posted 23 October 2008 - 07:49 PM

My connection is kinda slow tonight so sorry for not posting the links... But there are a couple of bands here I do agree with like:

Disturbed
Lacuna Coil
RUSH!!!!!!!
Coheed and Cambria
Cold
A Perfect Circle

I would like to add my own small contribution. These never fail to be in my car's cd changer or playlist on my pc:

AC/DC (anyone have tix to the show in DC?? LoL Still depressed about not getting them for my birthday present. Sold out too damn fast!)
Airbourne
Black Stone Cherry
Incubus (before Dirk split)
Godsmack
Papa Roach
Nickelback
Tantric
PUYA

And many more... Those are the first few that rolled off the top of my head right now.

-E.

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