Books, Movies, Music & Entertainment - What is your favorite modern heavy metal band?

I dig Lamb of God, Mastodon, Killswich Engage, Arch Enemy, and Devil Driver, for starters.:beer:

We're talking hardcore, scare the bejebus out of your family and neighbors stuff here...:)

I'd have to go with Fear Factory. I know they've been around awhile, but that's my favorite "modern" metal band. I like Mastodon a lot, too. Their musicianship is insane!

I'd have to go with Fear Factory. I know they've been around awhile, but that's my favorite "modern" metal band. I like Mastodon a lot, too. Their musicianship is insane!


I love Fear Factory, they totally count. Mastodon are my boys from the ATL, but even if they weren't, Leviathan decimates everything in its path!:beer:

Now how about some High On Fire?

Dunno how Metal he's considered, but Alice Cooper from his Brutal Planet/Dragontown era rocks me nicely.

I don't know if Rammstien counts, but they are more modern than most of my favorite metal bands, which for all intents and purposed died in the 80's. Like Metallica. Also Pantera was pretty cool, but we all know about that tradjedy. I just have a hard time getting into any main stream modern metal because it all seems to suck. Then again, every radio station in Detroit bites the big one ever since 101.1 WRIF drove Ted Nugents 102.7 the Bear station out of town, and I have very few post 20th century albums, so I suppose I'm underqualified to complain.

Trivium
Atreyu
Skipknot
BLS
Shadow's Fall

Headbanger's Ball rules!

Slipknot :D:D
Chimaira

and basically anything that sounds good to me.

Stomp. Those people who bang trash can lids and pipes and metal bars and such. THAT is a heavy metal band, all the others use instruments.:D