I was wondering why Def Leppard aren't on this list.
For me it is Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Def Leppard
Black Sabbath

I don't like Motorhead and Lemmys warty face.

I think it is because Def Lep were a little bit more creative then the rest of their generation. They embraced good song writing over thrashing guitars. So that makes them pop rock or whatever. Bugger that they're still a great NWOBHM band if you ask me.

"The one true KING of British Heavy Metal?"

Sabbath with Dio. I liked Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Vol 4 and Sabotage a lot, but Heaven and Hell showed just how great that band could be with a singer who could actually sing. Mob Rules was a bloody great album as well, too bad that clash of the egos destroyed that dream team. Almost a decade later they reformed to create Dehumanizer(which is slow, heavy and fucking awesome), and then, the clash of the egos again, and it was all over...

and you missed the Tony Martin albums completely? They sound no different from the albums you mentioned lol.

Headless Cross is a pretty damn good album, so is The Eternal Idol and the first half of Tyr, and Cross Purposes has its moments. I could even say something positive about Forbidden, if I was in the mood.

But to say that they sound no different from the Dio-era albums? You might want to see an otorhinolaryngologist(I admit, I had to look that word up).

Never knew about that cover version -- really cool, thanks! Been listening to their new album lately, so this fits right in.

How is the new one? Ever since Jim Martin left I really haven't been able to take them.

They are all stupid.

The short answer? It's solid. Didn't blow me away, but it's been growing on me, as I kept listening to it over the past few days.

I have to add, until recently I only knew their music from a "Best Of" record of theirs, which I've owned for... what, 10+ years? Maybe my expectations were too high, based on that, since it's not entirely fair to compare a new album to a collection of all their best songs from their past releases. I'm actually not sure if this was their first new release as "Faith No More" since that Best Of? Anyhow, Patton's voice sounds different ( which makes sense, after all these years ) and the quality of the songs is a bit of a mixed bag, but of course that also comes down to personal preferences. Overall, it's not going to turn out as my favorite album of the year, but I don't regret buying it.
NO U.

They don't, they have the same vibe. The same vocal styles. The same morbid heavy tones. The only real difference is the extremely '80s production. A little too much reverb.

Iron Maiden.

edit: but I really wanna lay my hands on Cross Purposes and Forbidden again. Sadly, they seem to cost an arm and a leg these days.
Creative? They wrote songs for girls. :-)

Black Sabbath. But I'd say it's a tie with Judas Priest.

Do girls not get to be into heavy metal either? Got a laugh out of the comment assuming it is a joke because I don't get it otherwise.

Edit: Does this mean metal should be for men only? Even if a band did write some love songs, why does that mean they're not creative in anyway?! Look at Scorpions, one of the founding heavy metal bands and they practically invented the power ballad!

"Female fans are really quite fearful, that’s my theory. They see us on stage with tight trousers and we’ve got, you know, armadillos in our trousers. I mean, it’s really quite frightening, the size. They run screaming."

Classic!