In general, I like Canadian metal. That being said, it was very difficult to decide on a favorite Canadian band. Some like Slaughter did not last nearly long enough. Others like Cryptopsy soiled their reputation with some godawful releases. Still others like Kataklysm are good, but not terribly interesting. Then there's Voivod. Voivod was an excellent punk/thrash metal band in the beginning, then moved in more of a thrash direction. Then things got weird and experimental. That's when Voivod really shined the brightest though. Their spacy progressive weirdness certainly separated them from the rest of the pack. Voivod continued in more of a progressive direction and now bear little resemblance to the original band, yet they are still good. Weird indeed.
NOTABLE SCENES: Canada had a great thrash metal scene in the 1980's and also some damn good speed metal bands before that. In the late 1980's some very interesting death metal started to evolve as well.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Slaugher
Sacrifice
Razor
Exciter
Gorguts
Cryptopsy
Annihilator
Anvil
Into Eternity
Strapping Young Lad
Kataklysm
Neuraxis
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ReplyDeleteCanada is a tough one. Woods of Ypres would win for me but SYL, Gorguts, and Kataklysm would all rank pretty high as well.
ReplyDeleteI would have thought you'd pick Nadja. :)
ReplyDeleteOoh, SYL. I'm not familiar with Gorguts, but from everything I've heard about them they'd probably be something I'd like. Kataklysm didn't impress me, but then again I've only heard their newest album.
I know they're pretty new, but I think I might have to go with Mitochondrion. But SYL is a great one too.