Any aspies into metal? Favorite band?

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I don't think I'd ever be able to call myself a hardcore metal fan but I absolutely adore Ensiferum, and my new favorite is Maximum the Hormone. I've been listening to them nonstop. I love that their drummer is a girl. She's so amazing!

I listen to other metal bands too, but those are the only two that I like a lot of their songs. Most bands I only like one or two songs.

Nightwish
Amon Amarth
Eluveitie
Cradle of Filth
Dark Tranquility
Within Temptation
Finntroll

I listen to alot of finnish metal, mostly power or melodic metal. Alot of Sonata arctica, Kamelot, lately I've been listening to a band called Serenity out of austria. They're relatively unknown, I guess people don't like them much because their songwriter doesn't speak english very well so their music sounds cheesey sometimes.

You can't go wrong with Kamelot!

Currently, it's probably Megadeth. I'm not too much into the metal scene, but Megadeth's always been great for me, and I've played Rust in Peace to death. Still playing it, for car rides where I need a wake-up. Full volume. :] Ears ringing by the time I get to my first class.

They also had one of my favorite guitarists for the longest time, Marty Friedman, who is just an amazing musician, metal or not. Combining his beautiful soloing with Dave Mustaine's seriously heavy riffage, is pure win. In the same line-up, the bassist (David Ellefson) and the drummer (Nick Menza) were pretty amazing, too. Amazing line-up all around.

At least for me.

So that probably explains my tastes; I love 80's Thrash Metal (though it can get out of that decade, like Rust in Peace was in 1990). However, since I love classical music too, Symphonic Metal appeals to me, though I've yet to get anywhere with that. Since I like jazz and other experimental music, Progressive Metal, too. All-around, I like all types, though. Although I'm not quite partial to Black Metal.

One of my musical goals is to create some kind of Symphonic Thrash Metal genre. Speed Metal with a Symphony behind it? It's been tried before, but not with the best effort. (When Metallica played with a symphony, many of their songs weren't thrashy).

Anaal Nathrakh
Behemoth
Bolt Thrower
Circle of Dead Children
Coffins
Darkspace
Fear Factory
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Heaven & Hell
Human Mincer
Last Days of Humanity
Morbid Angel
Nevermore
Nivathe
The Ruins of Beverast
Sunn O)))
Symphony X
Triptykon
Tyranny
Weeping Birth
Wintersun

...among others.

I mainly dislike metal. Except Earth are a metal band and they are one of my favourite bands.

You cant ignore slayer, sabbath or motorhead either.

DIMMU BORGIR!! !
They're my fixation for the moment

Strapping Young Lad
Devin Townsend
Kamelot
Leaves Eyes
Within Temptation
Killing Joke (I think most of their post 80's stuff is metal)
Fear Factory

Looking for more Dimmu sounding bands (not just stuff with synth recorded in some tinny studio, I want the real deal orchestral backup)

My favorite band is Slavland.

My friend laughs at me, but I am eventually going to find someone that knows about Slavland.