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1. System of a Down
2. Van Halen
3. AC/DC
4. Megadeth
5. Led Zeppelin

Who are your top 5 heavy metal bands?

Led Zep are hard rock. Not heavy metal, really.
Same with VH and AC/DC too.

Sabbath
Pantera
Slayer
Metallica
Napalm Death

1.KoRn
2.Immortal
3.Black Sabbath
4.As I Lay Dying
5.HORSE the Band
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6.In Flames
7.Heaven Shall Burn
8.Killswitch Engage
9.Behemoth
10.Opeth

Doesn't a thread like this already exist?

Anyway.

Iron Maiden
Sleep
Slayer
Pantera
Tool

I decided to just go with just 'Metal' generally.

Tool is up there.

Black Sabbath
Tool
Slayer
Rammstein
Electric Wizard

Not sure if they are all technically heavy metal. But they are my faves.

1. System Of A Down
2. Hammerfall
3. Slipknot ( Just love to listen and break shizz )
4. Amon Amarth
5. Coheed and cambria lol

Coheed and Cambria isn't metal

Well, if Van Halen, AC/DC, and Led Zeppelin don't count:

1. System of a Down
2. Judas Priest
3. Megadeth
4. Iron Maiden
5. Ozzy Osbourne

Now THATS a thoroughly Metal list.

1. Mastodon
2. Tool
3. Megadeth
4. Rage Against the Machine
5. Metallica

Mastodon, Metallica, Opeth, Between the Buried and Me, Strapping Young Lad

Does Rage count?

I can see this descending into another stupid sub-genre flame fest

Shut Up!

Iron Maiden
Slayer
Akercocke
Cannibal Corpse
Pantera

Opeth
Tool
Mastodon
And I've been digging on Krallice and Gorjia recently so they go on the list.