[Skulhedface]

I agree with MOST of Luca's list... here's mine:

Acid Bath
Superjoint Ritual
Sabbatic Feast
Master
Six Feet Under
Jungle Rot
Cradle of Filth
Paradise Lost
Grave
Chidren of Bodom
GWAR
Soulfly
Down
My Ruin
Crowbar
Corrosion of Conformity (the EASIEST metal band to learn to play on guitar)
Despondency

Now you won't find some of them because they're underground... but other than Europe, as far as the US goes, Louisiana is to fucking metal what New Jersey was/is/claims to be for punk. If you can't go to Europe but you still want to go to local god damn GOOD metal shows, come to Louisiana.

Just steer clear of New Orleans. They belong on the Whiny Goth Board.