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Originally posted by Onur The Courageous:
I've forgotten to mention King Diamond. He's a legend for black metal.
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I wouldn't call King Diamond black metal, despite his make-up job. It's much more traditional power metal. I actually like his music (unlike most other power metal), but I can't stand his vocals for the life of me, so I don't listen to it all that often.
As to my own all-time favorite... tough one. Couple of years ago I'd have said Slayer for sure, and they still deserve an honorable mention of course. But nowadays I couldn't pinpoint one band which really towers above all the others in my regards (and neither can you, by the look of that humungous list of yours). Let me keep it a lot shorter: Slayer, Motörhead and Absu are on the top of my list, and my latest obsession are Korpiklaani, a Finnish folk metal outfit I've discovered only a few months ago.