Women & hard rock music -- metal.
Most of the time it are men who play in hard rock and metal bands. They write the music, the lyrics and do the vocals, play guitar, bass and drum. I know Barlow Girl has only female members and for Rachel Rachel the same. Those musical ladies were

Nu Metal / Rapcore / Alternative Metal
Definitely one of my favorite genres. Here are a few favorites of mine off the top of my head. Enjoy. (The end of this song is the best thing ever.)

Is this why alot of people hate metal??
Here are a few random quotes I found on why people dont like

Porn metal
Aussie pornstar Monica mayhem has a metal band. Not my cup of tea. Just wandering what you all think of it You probably like it Eyesore since its nu metal http://www.myspace.com/sweetavenge

Metal Portugal- Forum
Está no activo um novo veículo de divulgação às bandas, eventos e tudo o que tenha a ver com o Metal na generalidade. Podem aceder ao Forum do Metal Portugal através: http://metalportugal.forumotion.com/index.htm

Weightlifting music
I know both scotts lift and maybe a few others. What music do you bring when you workout at the gym or at home?

Epic Doom Metal - Obscure Music Genre ( Really )
http://audio.tutsplus.com/articles/web-roundups/5-most-hilarious-obscure-music-genres/ Read what this moron writes about the genre known as Epic Doom Metal !

General World Metal/Music Chat
Okay, this is a thread I thought of for discussion of world metal and music only. Remember, this is for only topics and discussions about metal/music. Stay on topic please and have fun!

New book: "The Spiritual Significance of Music"
Just came out and features brief interviews with tons of secular and Christian artists about the spirituality of music. Some transcripts of the interviews available here: http://www.xtrememusic.org/metal.html There is an interview with my band TEMPL

Rate Your Music's Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums of the 1980s
Based solely on the ratings of Rate Your Music members who own the album and have applied a personal rating to it...take it with a grain of salt...it is not meant to reflect Metal as a whole nor your own personal tastes... 1 Metallica Master

Are there any country metal bands?
The only bands I can think of that has the country feel is Volbeat, Bret Michaels/Poison and Bon Jovi has had some cross over are there any others? Is there a band playing metal with a country accent, steel guitars, banjos, and fiddles?

Country Metal song?
Heard this on the radio the other day and thought it was interesting. Granted my Country music knowledge is infantile to my metal knowledge, but I don't recall anyone doing this before to this kind of degree.

Black Metal on FOX-TV's "Bones"
Dunno how many of ya happen to watch the FOX series "Bones" (starring former Buffy/Angel guy David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel, sister of Zooey, as FBI investigators) but tonight's episode was metal-themed. The pair were investigating the murde

Do you ever dance to metal music?
Today I found myself dancing around to Manowar. Who do you dance to? Or see yourself dancing to?

Rate Your Music's Top 100 Thrash Metal Albums of the 1980s
These are the Top 100 Thrash Metal Albums of the 1980s as determined by Rate Your Music's rating system. It includes any band that had Thrash Metal as either their sole genre, or as one of the genres in their description. 1 Metallica Master of