TOOL

Isis
Pelican
Jesu
Sunn)))

not far removed from Queens Of The Stone Age, powerful fuzzed out metal rock pop or somat. I dunno I'm outa touch with the metal scene.

Don't know if it really counts as "Metal" but that's my two cents, take it or leave it. Oh, and Red Sparowes. Again, not really metal, but fit into the whole Isis and Pelican type of stuff, innit.

remains essential
Mastodon - Blood Mountain

I got a good one this year called
Disfear - Live The Storm

But anyway...

This is all thinking person's metal:

Tool
Boris
Opeth
Kyuss
Dethklok: (music from a cartoon band, it's so dumb that it's not dumb)
Rammstein

When you get on to one of these; comeback and I'll give you some more.

Kyuss
Comets on Fire
Torche
Boris
Melvins

They're pretty big and dumb, but in a delightfully intelligent and monstrous way.

Dream Theater
Ayreon
Pain Of Salvation
Symphony X
Dark Angel
Epica
Dark Moor
Akercocke
Nightwish
Dimmu Borgir

Just a list of 10 that immediately come to mind. Metal is far more interesting and technical that most people think. A lot of it is an acquired taste but once you acquire that taste, you will never look back.

Enjoy.

Megadeth and Metallica were two of the greatest thrash bands ever you turd.

Everything Metallica released up to 1986 is sheer brilliance. Justice for All is okay and the Black Album is complete and utter dogshit. Megadeth were patchier but til 1990 they still released awesome records. Peace Sells and Rust in Peace are classics of the genre. The idea of lumping in late 90's pop metal with stuff that pioneered the Genre is retarded.

Best thrash bands round at the moment are Municipal Waste and SSS.

Also whoever recommended Dream Theater needs their balls cutting off, if they haven't sold them on World of Warcraft already.

Meshuggah!

You request metal that isn't dumb, and then cite System of a Down as one of your favourite bands. *hangs head in shame*

I hate these types of threads. 'Recommend me some metal that isn't dumb.'I suggest you stick to your commercial crap and come back when you've got a clue.

What? I'm in a bad mood.

i like Tomahawk. they're heavy but not dumb.

sigur ros

bands as suggestions. I will try and look into as many as possible.

Just to clarify I don't really like much metal but I like heavy sounds.

SOAD, despite having some pretty stupid lyrics, have a musical intelligence and a sense of adventure and spontaneity that makes them very interesting to me - at least on Toxicity anyway.

If I offended anyone with the 'dumb' comment then they should probably grow up a little.

Thanks to the adults once again.

thats as close to metal as im willing to stray really.. although some thrash is quite good.

Doesn't matter, listen anyway!

(I get the feeling it isn't most popular choice around here, but Ire Works is millions of times better than anything they did before it)

earthtone9
twin zero

... and maybe some bands on the hydrahead label.

It's the only album you'll ever need.

I remember pretty much this exact same thread with exactly the same recommendations a month or two ago...

Oh and Opeth and Tool are the two you can't go far wrong with...

Meantime

new album leaked this week. Surprise surprise, it's rather good.

It came out a couple of months ago, and it's really good.

Ephel Duath
Fear Before The March Of Flames
Dog Fashion Disco

All these bands have experimental tendancies and aren't stereotypical "dumb" metal.

the locust
down i go

maybe?

It's like with hip hop, people claim they like 'intelligent' hip hop, so i presume that's hip hop that isn't about gang banging and such? That's unfair, what about Wu, or Lil' Wayne, or Clipse?

I love Weedeater, but they are all probably thick as two short planks.

But yeah... what everyone else said, really.

Sikth

I think he means 'dumb' as in 'incapable of speech'. He's asking for metal that isn't instrumental in origin (like Pelican for example). Suddenly it all makes sense.

Check out Bossk (like Pelican with vocals)

Heavy AND melodic, intelligent yet accessible. A good place to start!

SOAD are pretty dumb but can be fun...

im only getting back into metal myself but my picks would be:
isis (doom/post-metal)
pelican (post-metal)
neurosis (posthardcore/doom)
tool
jesu (doom/metalgaze)
converge
old man gloom (doom/ambient)
nadja (metalgaze/drone - not really metal but similar aesthetic)
boris (drone/doom/punk/garage)
sunn 0)))(drone/doom)
kayo dot (chamber metal)
birchville cat motel (drone/noise)
mastodon
meshuggah
melt banana (punk/noise - not really metal...)
the dead c (not really metal - no wave/noise)
lightning bolt (noise rock)
torche (doom pop)
swans (doom - not metal though)
russian circles (post-metal)

but
Russian Circles
DEVIL SOLD HIS SOUL
Architects
Genghis Tron
Winnebago Deal