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Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:05 am
by humus
I've always liked bandnames like these best:
Chronic death
Massacra noise
Morbid death
Chemical breath
Death squad
Repugnant
[Indeed, mostly Belgian underground bands, just to get some other names in this topic]
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 1:09 pm
by Korgüll
My faves:
VOIVOD (of course)
EXUMER
BEHERIT
ARMOURED ANGEL
CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER
WEHRMACHT
LIVING DEATH
SATAN
CRUMBSUCKERS
TRIUMPH
ORDER FROM CHAOS
EXPULSER
MUTILATOR
SARCOFAGO
etc... (just about all Sth American bands have great names!)
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 1:12 pm
by otakon
Korgüll wrote:bout all Sth American bands have great names!)
hehe yeah
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:33 pm
by Noisenik
Brainbiter wrote: Necrodeath
I agree it sound very slick but the meaning is completely absent. Or at least it imposes severe conceptual problems. Dead Death: after H.P.Lovecraft I know even death can die, but still ...
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:16 am
by OmenOfSteel
BLIND GUARDIAN!!!
Skyclad
Brocas Helm
Metal Church
Omen
Liege Lord
Also I like everything with STEEL in it, hehe
Agent Steel
Steel Prophet
Virgin Steele
Steel Angel
Damascus Steel
Bishop Steel
Cold Steel
Medieval Steel
Savage Steel
Emerald Steel
Crying Steel
Faith of Steel
Steel Reign
Steel Vengeance
etc...
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:21 am
by ION BRITTON
I think we have already mentioned 95% of our favourite bands.
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:09 pm
by The Sentinel
Noisenik wrote:Dead Death: after H.P.Lovecraft I know even death can die
Another one inspired by H.P. Lovercraft: Dream Death
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 8:17 pm
by Helm
Dream Death is an amazing name.
If there's no band named Dreamwitch, somebody start it!
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:34 am
by convent guilt
I know it's been mentioned a couple of times already, but the best band name is:
JUDAS PRIEST
Honourable mentions to MERCYFUL FATE, MANILLA ROAD, DESOLATION ANGELS, CELTIC FROST...
I love one-word band names but strongly appreciate the skill involved in coming up with a great, meaningful band name of 2 words or more..
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:14 pm
by Helm
The best and most archetypal metal names have a good subversion in them (something good turned into something bad) so Judas Priest and Black Sabbath are some of the best of this type.
Single-word names remind me of single-mindedness in approach. 'Slayer' says 'we shall thrash and nothing less' to me. This is both good and bad.
two-word names that do not subvert the meaning but amplify it are very metal 'Liege Lord', 'Dark Tyrant', 'Lordian Guard' but they also mean to say 'we are interested in ONE thing only, we are not about variety'.
Though I guess in the largely secular heavy metal context, 'Lordian Guard' is a very subversive name. 'Satanic Guard' would not be.
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:59 pm
by The Erlking
I must say I totally agree with Helm's first post. I don't know why but I find most names with a "witch" in them cool. Salem's Wytch and Witchfynde are both ultra-cool names. Here is some other great names
Abigail
Angel Witch
Cloven Hoof
Dawnwatcher
Heretic
Crowley
Dark Harvest (Great!)
Gorgon
Mephistopheles
Manilla Road
Damzell
Death SS
Jurassic Jade
Hocculta
Hell
Salem's Law
Ritual
Bellzlleb
Y Diawled
Black Widow
Marquis De Sade
Coven
Sabbat
Judas Priest
Black Sabbath
Tabbasa
Bathory
Pagan Altar
Witchfinder General
Silver Mountain
Zadkiel
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:47 pm
by The Sentinel
I find "Second Hell" awesome, like one hell is not enough
Also, Machetazo is a killer bandname, although I don't know what it means
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:55 pm
by The Knell
SEMPITERNAL DEATHREIGN
dont know what it fucking means haha, but it sounds great
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:58 pm
by Mr Nuke
I don't know if someone already gave this name, but STEEL ANGEL is for sure to be counted in this list IMO!
And I'll add THY ANTICHRIST, a semi-obscure colombian band, which has the best satanic name ever IMO!
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:07 pm
by mordred
P-A-G-A-N A-LT-A-R