alright well, i have a lot of different metal stuff that may have already been posted (ill admit it, i didnt read through all 60 pages)
i will list the bands i can remember(im on a public computer right now), brief description and if i have their discography or not, which albums, etc. let me know if there is any interest in any of it, and i will upload it.
if i underline an albums its means its a really good one, or an entry album
Amon Amarth- melodic death metal, bout vikings. (discography)
Annihilator- old school thrash (alice in hell & Never,neverland)
Anthrax- happy sounding thrash (just a best of, and some random ones. could put them all on a file)
Arch Enemy- gothenburg styl melodic DM. not as heavy as amon amarth. girl singer/growler(doomsday Machine & Rise of the tyrant(new one))
Between the Buried and Me- proggy metalcore (Colours)
Black Label Society- heavy metal band, Zakk Wylde from Ozzy on guitar and vocals. pretty good(discography)
Black Sabbath- c'mon, you know these guys. heavy old school metal(i think i have most of their studio albums, not many from the Dio era)
Buckethead- crazy solo instrumental guitar guy (selftitled, some random)
Jason Becker- amazing neoclassical guitarist paralyzed in early twenties, still writes music. also with guitarist marty friedman in "cacaphony". if you dont know of this guy, check his documentary on youtube, you wont be dissapointed. (perpetual burn, Rasberry Jams, blackberry jams demos unreleased, and Perspective)
Marty Friedman - more exotic styled solo guitar, (bunch of random songs and somewith Jason Becker, will probably get more albums by this guy soon)
and back to alphabetical
Candlemass a seriously good traditional Doom metal band. very heavy guitar and rhythm, typically slower tempos, though a lot of mid tempo stuff, good soloing and a talented operatic style singer, he is a bit of a love/hate thing (Discography- Epicus Doomicus Metallicus, Nightfall, Ancient Dreams, Tales of Creation, Chapter VI, dactylis Glomerata, 13th sun, Candlemass, King of the grey Islands)
Children Of Bodom good melodic death type stuff, great guitar.(discography)
Dark Tranquility gothenburg melodeath. easy to get into i think. (newest album)
Death probably my favourite band here. this band started the death metal genre although has very little to do with the cannibal corpse type stuff. very heavy and technical, great rhythm and good solos. lots of complicated timing and exotic sounding licks. sorta growling singer, decent lyrics, more political in later albums, horror movieish in the first few. band broke up in 2001, when the original founder, guitarist vocalist and songwriter died of brain tumour and surgery complications.if you like metal i endorse these guys entirley(Entire Discography)
Dethklok- fictional DM band from the show metalocalypse. good music, funny lyrics (their only album and bonus songs)
Devin Townsend- awesome metal drummer from various bands solo album. he has a band with him obviously. funny songwriting, brutally awesome drumming. (Ziltoid the Omnicsient)
Dio- classic heavy metal stuff. like a mix between black sabbath and ozzy. (i have his good albums)
Dokken - hair metal, good guitar (best of)
Dream Theater- very talented progressive metal band. great stuff (discography)
Electric Wizard- the heaviest, trippiest, sweetest stoner metal band (discography)
Ensiferum- great folk metal. very awesome. guitarist left to form Wintersun (discography)
InFlames- good(well, used to) melodeath band.(jester race/black ash inheritance & new album)
Iron Maiden you should know. good stuff(all studio albums, rock in rio live)
Isis- havent really listened to them much but i have(their newest album, i think)
Joe Satriani- seriously kickass guitarist. loads of solo stuff, nominated for grammy 13 times(its a record) he taught kirk hammet of metallica, alex scolnick of testament, steve vai. amazing stuff. not very metal at all, just very technical rock and stuff(discography and new one Professor Sathafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock
John 5 formerly of marylin manson, is actually good without manson bitching at him. good instrumental stuff, serial murder themed country elements(the devil knows my name)
Judas Priest- again a classic NWOBHM band. (all albums with robhalford singing)
Kreator- great german thrash band. its like slayer, but with talented guitarists, actual guitar solos and a less annoying singer. thumbs up!(Enemy of God, some random)
Machine Head great heavy thrash/groove metal. their new CD was thought to be the best release of the year(the Blackening)
Mastodon chances are youve heard of these guys. check the mastodon thread. awesome(discgraphy)
Megadeth good thrash band, metalica's contempories. exect they are still good. (discography)
Meshuggah crazy band. super heavy, play 8 string guitars, immensly ridiculous timing and rhythm. kickass stuff, if you are into that sort of thing (obZen, random)
Metallica duh (discography minus newest couple)
Municipal Waste very tight thrash band, punky lyrics, funny stuff too.(art of partying and hazardous mutation)
Nevermore okay shreddy stuff. i have the discog on my ipod but deleted it on the computer. kinda meh, but if you like them i can upload it
Opeth other favourite band here. massive thread on them in the music section. melodic, heavy, growled clean, good atmosphere, highly recommended (discography)
Ozzy osbourne good early metal/rock stuff. always has an amazing guitarist. (discog)
Pantera good grooving thrash (probably an albums worth of random stuff)
Racer x paul gilberts band. incredible instrumentation, rocking riffs and solos (technical difficulties)
Rush not metal, good prog rock band (double disc best of)
Scorpions great hairmetal, rock stuff. (new album and double disc best of)
Slayer good riffing, terrible solos, thrash mostly anti christian lyrics (most of their studio albums)
Solitude Aeturnus amazingly good doom metal band, same sort of thing as candlemass, more accsessible singer. i like them a lot (discography)
Steve Vai guitar virtuoso. amazingly talented, tasteful compositions, rocking lead work. (random stuff, getting passion and warfare soon)
Testament very metallica like [ride the lightning, fade to black ish stuff] better lead guitar. i prefer the singer here. more interesting riff work and songwriting imo. great band(discography)
Trouble another great doom/stoner metal band. weird singer, aquired taste. i love the guitar and song feel. early albums are more doom, later are more rockish(psalm 9, the skull, run to the light, Trouble)
Wintersun first album, folky style stuff. melodic tight rhythm. very highly though of (their only album yet)
holy shit that took a long time to write up. and i actually found my ipod so that will be all of them, info is correct