Metal. Educate me.

Okay so, I’ve always liked rock music… Rolling Stones and all that jazz: But then there’s metal. Good metal’s pretty hard to find. When working on the set of a horror movie I stumbled into the effects guy’s workshop while they were listening to 3 Inches of Blood: Elegant.

Dethklok’s fun, but y’know, I wouldn’t call em a real Metal band. I own the Dethalbum, or at least, have the illegally downloaded one.

Someone brought up Dragonforce to sound cool… and a lot of people tell me “Don’t waste time with Dragonforce, it’s only big now because of Guitar Hero”.

Help me. I dress in white clothes but I like Metal. I forgot the specific term, but for instance, Iron Maiden’s grand and I’ve been listening to them since 96 (on accident, Number of the Beast was just a great song).

It’s a particular branch of metal, where they’re not afraid to use violins or have like, angels singing and crap in the background too. Rammstein’s got the sound, Maiden’s got the sound, Dethklok’s got the sound, 3 Inches of Blood has it… I just need more of it.

This was pulled offline by a moderator because they “didn’t see the question”. It’s simple: ******WHAT ARE SOME GOOD METAL BANDS SIMILAR IN STYLE TO THE ONES NAMED IN THIS QUESTION?********