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Permalink Reply by Kay Smoljak on 19 November 2007 at 2:28pm

Nice one... any band with a frontman named "Rock'N'Rolf" is OK in my book! Will have to check it out.

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Permalink Reply by Matt Osbun on 19 November 2007 at 2:43pm

Running Wild *rocks*.

Some days, there's nothing that beats cruising down a highway with "Under Jolly Roger" thundering at skull-splitting volume.

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Permalink Reply by Matt Osbun on 19 November 2007 at 2:41pm

Doro (*Can't* go wrong with her)
Circle II Circle
Rage of Creation
Virgin Steele
Shaman
Jag Panzer
Gravedigger
Phoenix Down
Chris Caffery (Often NSFW, though)
Iced Earth

That's just in my current playlist. I'll also mix in some Savatage and Blind Guardian with the usual suspects- Megadeth, Judas Priest, Dio, and the like. It really depends on what I'm doing. I listen to different groups when I'm doing routine coding tasks than when I'm stuck on a problem. Or when I've solved a problem, and am implementing the solution.


Although, just to bug a former coworker (he didn't leave because of the music) I also listen to a lot of early 80's. It's great to watch the look on someone's face when you switch from Priest's Judas Rising to You Spin Me Right Round. And then follow it up with Bubba Shot The Jukebox. Sometimes keeping people off balance is half the trick. :)

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Permalink Reply by Eric Cobb on 19 November 2007 at 4:01pm

I first got turned on to Iced Earth when I found "Tribute to the Gods" on iTunes. They do some awesome remakes of songs from some of their earlier influences. (AC/DC, Iron Maiden, etc...) Not some of their heavier stuff, but definitely worth checking out if you haven't.

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Permalink Reply by Matt Osbun on 19 November 2007 at 4:24pm

Tribute is pretty cool- I actually like their versions of "Burning For You" and "Highway to Hell" better than the originals.

Something Wicked This Way Comes is an awesome CD, as are Dark Saga (Based on the Spawn comic) and Night of the Stormrider.

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Permalink Reply by Christian Josephi on 19 November 2007 at 9:53pm

My metal-faves:

Devildriver
Opeth
Dimmu Borgir
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
Megaherz
Eisbrecher
Tenacious D
Black Bomb A
The Project Hate
In Flames
Soilwork
Engel
Riverside


But I'm not listening to metal all the time, sometimes I just need some really dark music, so I switch to Dark Ambient / Death Industrial, mostly bands from label Cold Meat Industry: Raison D'être, Coph Nia, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, Atrium Carceri, Sophia, ....
Or some nice Soundtracks: Planet Terror, 300, Memories of a Geisha, ...

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Permalink Reply by Eric Cobb on 19 November 2007 at 10:35pm

So, how exactly does Tenacious D fit in with the other groups in that list? :)

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Permalink Reply by Dana Kowalski on 20 November 2007 at 1:08am

I'm all over the place with genres, and have a pretty large collection but my usual suspects:

Hard Rock / Metal
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* Prong - anything!
* Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
* Mastodon - anything!

Space Rock / Shoegazer
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* Hum - Downward is Heavenward
* Failure - Fantastic Planet
* My Bloody Valentine
* Glifted

Indie Rock / Pop
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* Minus the Bear
* Pinback
* Isolation Years - Inland Traveller
* The Flaming Lips

Hardcore etc
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* Boy Sets Fire - After the eulogy
* hopesfall - The Satellite Years

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Permalink Reply by Matt Osbun on 20 November 2007 at 3:31am

Thought this would be a better answer. :)

I just added the iLike gadget to my profile, and then embedded a couple of my Finetune playlists. Will probably get around to uploading some of the music that I have that I usually can't find in online services.

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Permalink Reply by Dana Kowalski on 20 November 2007 at 3:25pm

I find I can't listen to a lot of metal while coding anymore. It tends to distract me from concentrating lately, could just be the onset of ADD I suppose :)

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Permalink Reply by Adam Tuttle on 5 December 2007 at 12:49pm

God, this thread makes me sad that I have been putting off restoring my backed up music that I lost in a hard drive crash. So many bands that I've kind of forgotten about, and now so many to check out.

To add a few that I've been really into lately:

As I Lay Dying
Bloodsimple
God Forbid
Devil Driver
Dog Fashion Disco -- Circus Metal! (How can you go wrong with "Pour Some Urine On Me" ? Their first album is amazing)
Dragonforce -- of course
Evergreen Terrace (hardcore punk)
The Fall of Troy (post hardcore punk? not really sure how to classify them)
Killswitch Engage
Lamb of God
Living Sacrifice (really only their first album, not a fan of their recent stuff - must be the new singer)
Mudvayne
Mushroomhead
Nevermore
Nonpoint
Norma Jean
Nothingface
Scars of Tomorrow
Thrice (all over the place from hardcore, punk, speed... love these guys)

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Permalink Reply by Gareth Arch on 5 December 2007 at 5:50pm

I'll have to check out a few of these other bands. I've been itching for some new music, but I've had difficulty finding anything that I like.

My favorites:
Pantera
Static-X
Mudvayne
Disturbed
Slipknot
Sevendust (mainly their first 2 albums...they've fallen off the wagon a bit with their newer stuff)
Korn
The Prodigy
Bosstones

My tastes are all over the place. I like the heavy stuff most of the time (mostly when driving and coding, but not at the same time :)), but definitely like to cool down with some bouncy/lighter stuff.

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