ITT: Derivative Bands You Like

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What are some derivative bands you can't get enough of? Do you like them in spite of being derivative or because they're derivative?

I'll start:
http://youtu.be//tM3p2dxggO0

Oh Metallica, how you've influenced millions with your commercially viable blend of aggressive Heavy Metal with the nascent sound of American Thrash. In their prime, Metallica inspired thousands of bands across the world to make music, some of who would rise to notoriety while others languished in obscurity. Such was the case of Syracuse-based band Support who released this one little demo before quietly disappearing.

From the little I've discovered online, the band threw in exclusively with their local Hardcore Punk scene, opening for Integrity, Against All Hope, Chokehold and Snapecase throughout the early '90s. A friend of mine amusingly refers to the surfeit of obscure, demo-only Thrash bands as Metalliclones. Back in the early '90s, it was seen as crassly anti-intellectual to perform Metal while maintaining ideologies normally associated with Punk, so bands would go great lengths to deny their obvious Metal influences. Seth Putnam and company would later lampoon this phenomenon in their song "Face It, You're a Metal Band". Despite being an avowed straight-edge vegetarian band, they never put those ideas to lyrics on this demo.

The band jams on Metallica riffs and only Metallica riffs. A cursory listen to both songs makes it abundantly clear these guys took notes from "Ride the Lightning". "Realization" opens with these moody chords before brining the thunder about a minute in. The song ends with a solo over the soft chords bookending the piece. "Pages" takes a much more aggressive turns, but sadly isn't half as memorable.