Oddly enough, Iced Earth was a gateway band for me to Opeth. I read an article once and I think it was with Jon, and he mentioned something about Opeth. So I checked it out, and it changed my perception of music forever.
OSDM bands like Death, Morbid Angel and Obituary were my gateway bands for Metallica and 80s Thrash in general, basically the same idea. Still haven't gotten into Pantera after listening to Metal for 15 years though^^
Ola I’m 61 years young and while I grew up on Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, The Who , and yes KISS , I have always had an ear open . During the 80s it was hard core punk like X , The Dead Kennedy’s , the Dickies , and Sex Pistols. The 90s brought Pantera , Slayer , Tool and Rob Zombie. 2000s was Petrucci and this Swede named Englund . Ola I love my copy of Master of the Universe and I am about to order a Solar V , when I can get a red one with a Floyd Rose on it , a little help here buddy. I’m a guitar tech and I am looking forward to getting my hands on a Solar guitar
Ughh, the Boomer meme is so cringey. I bet ol Gonzo shreds harder and has slayed more poon than your young feeble mind can comprehend... Cheers to you Mr Gonz for still rocking and if these young bucks would stop talking and start listening I'm sure they could learn a thing or two from those who came before them.
Elmo B has a right to his opinion. I have had a very fortunate life , raised by a Korean War Marine and an elementary teacher who taught me that you have to work and earn EVERYTHING THAT IS WORTH WHILE. I have 40 years working at the same General Motors plant . I have attended the Recording Workshop in Chillicothe Ohio for recording engineering. I have roadied for various bands locally and a few national acts . Been playing guitars since I sold my drum set in the late seventies to buy a Fender Dual Showman and a Heil 4-12 top box to go with my Ampeg Heavy Stud Tele copy. I took Will Gelvin’s guitar building course and started a repair shop in 2016 and Gonzo’s Guitar Garage is doing well as a startup business. When I retire from the auto industry in 3-4 years after my two youngest graduate from Michigan State University and Kendall College of Art & Design , I will be in my guitar shop full time. Maybe by then the OPS guitar that I ordered and paid for in January of 2016 will finally be done and delivered from the afore mentioned Will Gelvin, though I am beginning to have my doubts, but being a BOOMER , I am ever the optimist.
james roberts “Run To The Hills”’ blew my mind when I first heard it. Mtv had it on heavy rotation at the time, and I had never heard anything heavier than old Whitesnake up until then. Iron Maiden is still one of my favorite bands.
Chord TheSeeker same, prior to this it was Motley Crüe, Poison stuff my brothers were listening to. We didn’t have cable tv at the time, I watched MTV at my buddies place and saw the Aces High video and that was it. Literally the moment I found true heavy music. Grade 4 lunch times we were allowed to bring in music to listen to, everyone else thought AC/DC was as crazy at it got until I put on Master of Puppets. Think that lasted a minute before they made me stop the tape! Good memories though
The bands that changed my world. 6-years old: Kiss, Motley Crue 13-year old: Metallica 15-year old: Paradise Lost, Pantera 16-year old: Cynic, At the gates 19-year old: Emperor, Dissection 32-year old: Pink Floyd Those are the bands that I can look back on and remembering something changing inside me.
Floyd were good up to Animals. Beyond that heavy handed bombastic theatrics and pretty conventional electric blues to make money, with superficial political posturing (thinking of the Wall here). If you listen to Atom Heart Mother you can hear the beginnings of all of their strong stylistic musical forms for years after that. Disappointing how commercial they became.
I agree. And how is it possible a swede who lives metal, were into punk as a kid fails to mention Discharge? Some might argue it´s one of the corner stones on which Swedish Death Metal is built and grows on. One does not have to scratch much Left Hand Path to find solid d-beat, Discharge hence the name, within.
@@momouk my version of this video/list would probably include everything Michael Amott has ever done. Carcass, Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars (my personal favorite), etc.
Twisted Sister changed my life twice. First at 14 for the reasons you'd assume, then at 35 when I discovered live gigs on RU-vid from their pre-first album era.
Guns and roses, metallica, nirvana, black sabbath, pink floyd, Sepultura are probably the bands that made an impact in me the most. Remember that tour Pantera & Sepultura did together? If im not mistaken skid row was also in the bill 🧐 ... too bad i was way too young but just imagine how awesome that tour was.
Hell anything by Testament is under rated. The first metal tape I had was Practice What You Preach. Eric Peterson woke me up to wanting to learn guitar. Then a buddy of mine showed me Obituary and the leads James Murphy played hooked me to be serious about playing. When he went to my favorite band I couldn’t believe I was getting to hear Eric and James together making the most brutal music Testament ever made.
Records/Bands Slayer- Reign in Blood Metallica- Master of Puppets Anthrax- Among the Living Suffocation- Effigy of the Forgotten Black Flag- Wasted/Who's got the 10 and a Half S.O.D - Speak English or Die AC/DC- Let there be Rock Ramones- Mania
Dream Theater was one of my favorites growing up, John Petrucci changed my life guitar wise. Myself and every one of my friends had an issue with DT vocals too!
I’ve never liked DT vocals. I know it’s harsh to say but the music is unlistenable to me because of it. It’s a shame because of the sheer amount of talent the rest of the band has.
Around 13 years old Goldfinger is the band that got me into guitar. Around 15 is when I finally listenened to Master of Puppets and that album redefined how I approached guitar. I'm not big on either bands current offerings, but I'm forever indebted to how they got me into guitar almost 20 years ago. Keep on being awesome and making great videos, Ola!
My parents listened to alot of hard rock when i was young like Rammstein, metallica. So i was pretty much into metal since i was young but there is a band that changed everything for me when i was 18 years old, It was Autopsy's first album Severed survival. its such a good album that it converted me to a die hard death metal fan. Every singel album they have made is amazing and their EP: Fiend for blood, Is my favourite EP of all time next to Sodom's In the sign of evil.
Blackwater Park was a game changer for me as well. Masterpiece of an album. Soilwork's Chainheart Machine was another WOW! moment. Dimmu Borgir's Enthrone Darkness Triumphant, Sabaton's Primo Victoria, Evergrey's The Inner Circle, Pyramaze's Legend of the Bone Carver, Iced Earth's Alive in Athens, Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World, Wolfheart - Winterborn, Nightrage - Sweet Vengeance, Ozzy - No Rest For the Wicked, Black Label Society - Stronger than Death, WASP - WASP, Testament - The Gathering, Insomnium - In The Halls of Awaiting (and every single album theyve released!), Balance of Power - Perfect Balance, Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss, Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding, Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals....so many to list! Type O - Bloody Kisses, Cradle of Filth - Cruelty and the Beast and most recently FIRES IN THE DISTANCE - ECHOES FROM DEEP NOVEMBER
For me it was Metallica - Master of Puppets. Before that I always had been told metal was evil and satanic etc, but my friend at school made me borrow MoP and as I listened to the lyrics I realized metal is much deeper than what the critics said.
So awesome seeing Ola throwing out the love for Testaments "the gathering" and Cryptopsy "none so vile", both are brutal amazing albums and under rated.
For me there are many bands that changed my life at various times but as a guitar player I would put Pantera and Factory at the top because of the fact that they opened my mind to a different way of playing that drastically changed my approach to guitar and brought my playing to a whole different level. To this day Dimebag is one of my favorite guitarists and it was Christian Olde Wolbers playing on the Archetype album that inspired me to reinvent myself especially in terms of Rhythm and timing. Cheers
Slipknot was the band that got me into metal and still holds my affection. Then I found bands like Gojira, Opeth, Mastodon, At The Gates, Lamb of God, and Dillinger Escape Plan and it totally changed the way I perceived and consumed music. Recently I've been really digging Power Trip, Carcass, and Rivers if Nihil. All of these bands have shaped me and have made me fall more and more in love with this genre of music.
Gojira! They re-ignited my love for metal at a time where metal had become dumb and repetitive to me (due to overlistening bands like Nile, Behemoth, Cryptopsy and so on...). Never before had I heard a band sounding so intimate and brutal at the same time. For two years I listened to nothing else but Gojira, Techno and HipHop. Now the Metal has come back, but they are still my favorite band!
Bands that changed my life and when: 14-16 years old: Trivium, Metallica, Sum 41 16-18 years old: Pendulum, The Prodigy 26 years old: Sylosis These are the bands that helped shape my future musical tastes or changed something within myself. Trivium helped me love screaming in metal, Sum 41 satisfied the fun and less serious part of rock music. Metallica helped me to love fast aggressive meaningful music. Prodigy/Pendulum scratched the electronic itch that I have had since I was a kid (90's pop music had a huge amount of synths involved, and I grew up on that kind of stuff). Part of why I love bands such as Crossfaith who combine metalcore with electronic sounds. Sylosis changed my perception on what I define as heavy. I used to think music only sounded heavy if guitars were down-tuned, but Sylosis play in E standard and I find it really heavy. But I think bands that I don't listen to but grew up listening to are worth a mention: Queen, Meatloaf, ABBA, Elton John...I'm sure they have had an influence on my adolescent/adult music tastes.
I hadn’t heard screamed vocals until I borrowed ascendency from a friend a few weeks after it came out . Rain’s still one of my favourite Trivium songs to this day .
Growing up As a kid I was a santana fan. My dad listened to all his albums all the time. I veered off into rap in my young teens. That was early 90’s rap when it was really catching on with the world. My cousin introduced me to Metallica, megadeth and slayer when I was around 16. I already had a guitar and knew a few Santana tunes. Learning and playing metal really got me interested in guitar to where I started practicing more and more. The two main bands that took it to another level for me were Hopesfall and Poison the Well. That’s when I started going to live shows and hearing a ton of new bands that were touring with them. I could go on and on. Anyways, sorry for my life story. Thanks for sharing this with us. This is the kind of conversation I like to hear.
My favorite Metallica album. Maybe my favorite heavy metal album, elbow to elbow with MAIDEN piece of mind. I dont know why the press is always hacking on justice... I bought it again last winter when they released the remixed version. That's a good album when you dont mind buying it more than once.
The guitarist of my first Band (1975) had a used Fender Mustang, too. He took it to a luthier and this guy mounted a Seymor Duncan humbucker in the bridge position. It was a nice little guitar with a real heavy tone for this days, played over an AC 30 with a tube screamer. He played this guitar exclusive until he got his first Les Paul and sold the Mustang later. But he bought it back 10 years later and still has it until today - beneath 2 or 3 Les Paul, a Gibson Explorer and Flying V and some Strats.
Carcass-heartworks is me reference for guitar sound. Decapitated- nihility too. Cleans are from the ulver-kveldssanger. Samael- rebellion ep, sinister-bastard saints ep. So on. Cryptopsy got me into technical deathmetal. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to understand spiral architect, spawn of Possession, and necrophagist.
You may enjoy this Playlist WFD (part II I hope to finish fairly soon, it's been a freakin' chore these past few months :p): ru-vid.com/group/PL2DU3TBNutEdtiYql5HxhzIxzuFIPcXS9 Spiral Architect is one of my faves in my collection \m/.
As a little kid hearing my dad play Van Halen and Rush is what got me into rock. Killswitch Engage got me into metal around 13. Periphery is what made my head explode. As a young guitar player, hearing the riffs off P1 just opened up my mind on music and my writing style
Overkill is one of my absolute favorite bands. They're completely reliable. We get a new album every year or two, and each album has familiar elements while retaining originality and top notch songwriting.
Pantera is the most influential band for me as both a consumer and a musician, ever since i was just a young 12 years old. Always has been, and always will be! Your love for them is what brought me to your channel. Keep up the great content!!
Iron Maiden is what got me into music. Suicidal Tendencies "How Will I Laugh When I Can't Even Smile Today" is what got me wanting to pick up a guitar back when it came out. At that time I was really big into metal and punk and that crossover stuff really got me jazzed.
The band that means the most to me right now is The Dillenger Escape Plan. It mirrors my inner chaos and frenetic mind, and I love getting lost in those brutal and complex songs. There are so many time signature changes, and I feel like I just float through it all, unable to clap in time (and I'm a drummer), but always being in the middle of the river, flowing downstream.
This video is old but I just bumped into it and watched it for the first time. I learned about some new to me albums that I’m going to have to check out, which I desperately needed that since I’ve been playing the same ones over and over. Mostly Pantera, Gojira and 90s Korn. Thanks Ola!
They didnt have internet when I was young and getting into metal. I hear Kreator now, and I say, " where have you been all my life?" Kick ass metal band.
I'm only a few years older than you and yet it makes such a difference when listening to music. By the time grunge came out my friends and I were already deep into the metal scene and listening to grunge seemed like going backward, musically speaking. Of all the albums that changed my life, if I had to pick a top one, it would Bathory's Blood Fire Death. That album opened the door for me to extreme metal. Even today it still gets a lot of air play.
Yo Ola!! I really been digging your videos since i discovered them!! Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Aerosmith & Queensryche (1st concert) got me into music. It was Metallica, Testament, Slayer and Black Label Society that changed everything for me. I think Testament is one of the most underrated thrash metal bands out there. Black Album, Low, Demonic, The Gathering, Sonic Brew & Seasons In the Abyss were the Albums. The Gathering being my favorite. \m/
Great Video Ola. As a 80s and 90s long hair metal head (now known as "old school" or "classic") I think you hit the nail on the head... The best music is the music that influenced us as kids and made us what we are as people and musicians, no matter which decade that was.... Of course we can all agree that the 80s were the best.
Nevermore is mentioned far too little. Not only because of their musicality but the lyrics that really really hit the spot and keep doing so even now. Combined with Death and I became extremely conflicted and had to open my eyes to the world for what it was.
V exactly right my friend, Warrel Dane was a genius not only lyrically but also with his talent, so was Chuck, Nevermore and Death were by far in my opinion, the greatest bands of all time.
the band that changed my life was back in the 80s,dokken w george lynch on guitar,yeah there's others i like but dokken back then made me want to play and still do today
Awesome video Ola! I am about the same age and bought my first guitar last month. It's nice to see how your influences shaped you as a player. Thanks for giving us struggling old guy beginners hope!
My entry way into Metal came from my dad listening to Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, etc. But when I was 15 a friend introduced me to Iced Earth, to this day 20 years later, it is still my go-to band.
Since I think I'm a bit older than your average viewer (or at least I assume), I go back to Jeff Beck as being my original guitar HERO. "Cause We Ended As Lovers" is pretty much the song that got me interested in playing guitar. I think you are totally right about getting older and seeing the music from your time as a teen as being the best. It's a great point indeed. I like everything from Cream and Clapton to Ola Englund and Dream Theater. I'm also strongly relate to Satch and Via. Great video man.
@Ed M not inner child just wisdom & a lot of knowledge in my 60 years of life George Lynch is 64 & EVH is aslo 64 ect. I play better than I have in my whole life now Peace
5 years old: 80's rock and pop. 8-12 years old: Muse. 15 years old: Slipknot and Metallica. 17 years old: Periphery, Judas Priest, Feared, The Haunted. Now I’m 19 and still searching for more and more bands every day, Metal started with a bad heartbreak and low self esteem problems and now I can’t live without it, this is one of the best communities that can exist in the world. Thanks for so much people and Ola :').
Incessant Meme same. I was into all the epitaph and fat wreck bands in the 90s and then from there I got into Metallica and Pantera because Fletcher from PW was into Pantera.
I was born in 81, the band that changed my life was Pink Floyd, listened to them every day i got home from kindergarden and fell a sleep on the couch. Then came Nirvana, Rage Against The Machine, The Smashing Pumpkins, Alice In Chains, Primus, Pantera, Sepultura, Machine Head, Korn, Deftones, Coal Chamber, Konkhra, Autumn Leaves, Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Suffocation... The bands that still means the most to me are Pink Floyd, Pantera, Smashing Pumpkins and Rage Against The Machine..
Pretty much all the bands you mentioned of the 90s were the ones that formed my music tastes, the band that kickstarted my love for Metal and also got me playing was Anthrax, who still remain to this day as my favourite band of ALL time. The album State Of Euphoria was the very first album I ever bought after my first ever single purchase "Make Me Laugh" which absolutely blew me away. The single and the album were like nothing I had ever heard before and Joey Belladonna's vocals were just spine tingling. My mother was and still very much is a metal head and she got me listening to the likes of Metallica and Iron Maiden, so I began to listen to a lot more of their stuff along with Pantera, Testament, Sepultura, Megadeth, Xentrix, Annihilator, Overkill until the mid 90s when I really got into death metal. Bands like Sadus, Gorguts, Gorefest, Cancer, Entombed, Pestilence, Death, Carcass, Morbid Angel, Nocturnus and many others impressed me so much with their ability to produce brutal yet at times melodic music. I did however, start getting into a lot of other styles of music shortly after as I began to appreciate how difficult certain pieces of music while being completely different in their feel, could be just as technical in their ability, so I started listening to blues, punk, grunge and even the classic rock bands. Punk taught me a hell of a lot as far as bass playing was concerned, made me think more about melody as well as speed and I also began singing with these blues and punk bands. After that, I went straight back to playing metal and even took up vocals as my main focus and metal is always where my heart lies 😉🤘 loved this video Ola, so good to hear a similar story of musical discovery 🤘🤘🤘
I grew up listening to old school oldies, 60's and 70's music my parents listened to. Both sides of my family had musicians as well so I grew up listening to them either singing or playing. For me Dream Theater is The IT band for me, but previously Iron Maiden had that spot. I got into DT when I seriously wanted to develop my guitar skills, and a friend who is an amazing drummer, introduced them to me. I didn't dislike Labries vocals but found his voice just a different sound, but also saw how people could dislike it. Growing up preteens and teen years, me and my brother were into Dio, Rainbow, Pantera, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Van Halen, Helloween, U2, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Blue Oyster Cult. All the while appreciating bands like Art and Garfunkel, Bob Seger, Van Morrison, Elvis, Everly Brothers, The Supremes, Sam Cooke, Wes Montgomery, Louis Armstrong, Righteous Brothers, Patsy Cline, and so many others. Now I'm huge into jazz/fusion as well thanks to close friends and their minister father who got me more into playing it rather than just listen to it.
Finally a TAD shoutout. Killer unsung band out of Seattle. Maybe the heaviest of the scene. A bunch of great records but I would recommend inhaler as a first listen. If you like music docs I think the TAD doc is still on RU-vid. Very well done, I recommend highly.
Dont know if I have a band that's the most important to me now but Racer X was the one that melted my brain. That intro to Street Lethal "Frenzy" fucking hell.
Hey Ola, wassup dude! Twisted sister, sisters of mercy, guns n roses, black sabbath, Iron maiden, moonspell, Nirvana, metallica etc were my early bands that got me into metal in the 90's.
Kinda proud that the two canadian bands he mentioned are from Québec (the french province of Canada where I live). Recently been listening to the discography of Gorguts and I must admit with a lot of pride that Obscura and Colored Sands are extremely good.
1986, 13 years old. Had just moved to a new town when a kid on my street introduced me to Rush. Changed my life. Discovered Queensryche when Empire came out. Van Halen when 1984 came out. In high school, Alice In Chains came out with Man In the Box, bought Facelift immediately. It was so different from all the glam garbage. Dream Theater, Pull Me Under led me down the rabbit hole of progressive metal. Pearl Jam's 10, Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger were huge for me, too. Got way into grunge. Pink Floyd when they released The Wall when I was only 5. My parents had an epic record collection of all genres from the 60s, which got me into Cream and The Doors. Too many more to list here from those formative days.
James Murphy is still a huge influence in getting me to get serious about guitar. I first heard his playing when he was Obituary. Then he went to Testament and those albums are my favorite from those bands
My music interest began when I started playing guitar. Metallica was a game changer for me. Shortly after came Pantera and Children of Bodom. Then a few years later, Lamb of God, Gojira, In Flames. Opeth was another game changer. Then Tool. Then Pain of Salvation. Then Meshuggah! And then finally Prince😁 Pantera is as good as ANYTHING to me! I fucking love PANTERA!!
about 15 years ago, Symhpony X - Twilight in Olympus... literally changed my life, not just in the music sense. so happy and grateful to this day to have found that
I am 38 so we grew up in the same time. There are so many parallels with you and I. I was into 80s rock as a child then got into Nirvana and Alice In Chains but then I came across Pantera and Sepultura which opened my eyes to metal. I then discovered At the gates, Venom, Desultory and Hypocrisy which was a major game changer. Bolt Thrower, Carcass, Dismember, Entombed. Then I eventually found Black Metal which for me was a perfect fit for my new acquired tastes. The band Death though, was what changed me as a guitar player. Chucks Riffs just spoke to my soul. The first guitar I played was a Sun burst Mexican Strat and my first song was Nirvana’s “Come as you are”cause it’s super simple.🤘 That’s my life story. 😅
Opeth, Nevermore, Cryptopsy, Gorguts. all in my collection. Honestly The Haunted is one of the most important bands for me, but again honestly, only with Peter Dolving. his song writing and his voice convey so much emotion. other bands that really got me hooked on metal(/core) Caliban, Diecast, Gardenian, Hypocrisy, Illdisposed, Into Eternity, Lamb of God, Ram-Zet, Scar Symmetry, Sinai Beach, Soilwork, Stratovarius, Trivium. but the first mainstream stuff to get me into heavier music, actually my first CD, was Green Day's Nimrod album. there's some heavy stuff on it
For me Ola it would have to be Alice In Chains. I fell in love with their Doomy metallic sound as a kid and Jerry Cantrell was one of the many who influenced me to play Guitar...
Through my brother, I started listening to Sabbath, Purple, Zepellin, Maiden, Priest, etc, when I was around 8 years old. Then, as a teenager, I found out the Big 4 bands, Testament, Exodus, Kreator, Destruction, etc. And then I settled on Sanctuary and Nevermore. After that, bands like Opeth picked my interest, but it's been very hard for me to dig newer bands. Lately, I've been enjoying Jinjer.
I started with nirvana as you, when i was 13-14 yo i started to listen to In Flames and from that point i was hooked. Took many years to accept metal fully but now it's almost the only music i listen to now! Ten years has passed since that point and they're still my favorit band by far! En gång yesterhead alltid yesterhead!
Death. I was fortunate enough to see them live in SF in December of 1998. I was 18 and it completely turned my world around. Sadus opened up the show, and I distinctly remember Steve DiGiorgio on stage making faces back and forth with Chuck while he watched them from the side of the stage. I feel grateful that I was able to witness them live on their last ever tour.
Hell yes. The band that means the most to me has to be Nightwish. I first heard "Elvenpath" in an Alice In Wonderland video without knowing what it was, and just played that video over and over. I found a different Alice In Wonderland video that used "Storytime" in the background, and watched that obsessively too. Then as I got into Goth Rock and Metal when I got older, I discovered "Elan." I fell in love with the music again and rediscovered the first 2 songs. I've become obsessed with Symphonic Metal, and they've led me to love Prog, Gothic Metal, Power Metal and Folk Metal as well. Learning their songs has also vastly improved both my guitar playing and my singing.
I was at Pantera’s last show ever played in Philadelphia. I remember Phil Anselmo saying at the end of the show addressing the crowd that this was the last time we would be seeing them for awhile. You could hear the sadness in his voice like it meant more than the usual we’ll see you next tour kind of talk. I didn’t realize it at the time I was seeing the end of Pantera as a group. June 22, 2001 still have the ticket to prove it.
I listened to a lot of Def Leppard, Bon Jovi and Europe as a kid (back when rock music still got on mainstream radio). Also stuff like Guns n' Roses and Motley Crue. The Grunge era was a big time for me as a teenager. Loved Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains. Iron Maiden were my "gateway" metal band - a relative bought me No Prayer For the Dying for my 16th birthday. The same year a friend at college gave me a copy of Megadeth's Rust In Peace. So those albums got me into classic & thrash metal. A few years later (at uni) I heard a friend listening to Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime - which got me into prog metal. Discovered Dream Theater soon after that. I actually heard Opeth for the first time on a compilation CD I got with a music mag - The Drapery Falls. Bought Blackwater Park as a result. Also more recently been getting into symphonic metal - bands like Nightwish, Delain, Within Temptation etc. Aside from that I listen to power metal (Dragonforce, Firewind etc.), whatever you call bands like Avenged Sevenfold, Trivium, In Flames, Shadows Fall, Disturbed, Slipknot etc. Not a massive Pantera fan but I do like some of their songs.
Currently I love Type-o-Negative. It was one of those bands I listened some songs on youtube but just liked parts of it, but some years later I absolutely got hooked. Was the same for me with bands like Death, Pantera, Electric Wizard, Bolt Thrower, Kyuss, Slayer, Lamb of God. I love all of them in their respective ways. But currently TON hits the hardest for me. It depends a lot on mood and time of the year I guess. I usually end up listening to the same stuff in cycles again.
My first love was Pantera. My last and my everything is Devin Townsend. Devin completely changed my opinion of all music. He creates the music I only wish I could hear in my head. Such a brilliant musician/ composer that few outside of the metal circle has heard of. Anyone who isn’t familiar, listen to his album, Transcendence🤯
