Manowar... Best band around.
Mudvayne... Best new-trend band.
Steve Vai... Best guitar player around. God.
Differences between Heavy Metal and Death Metal:
Death Metal is derivated from Heavy Metal through a series of derivations. Main differences can be seen in... Well, everything. The only thing they share is the "Metal" thing in their names... I guess that if you compare Morbid Angel with Iron Maiden you will get the difference, like trying to compare Korn with Deftones (same trend, totally different stuff).
Yeah, Blind Guardian are germans... And sadly, they?re losing their magic... Their first albums ruled.
Peace.