And other metal/rock bands I listen the most, in no particular order:
Iron Maiden
Helloween
Sonata Artica
Pantera
KISS
Angra
Rush
Nightwish (with Tarja)
Black Label Society
Megadeth
Stratovarius
Blink-182
Green Day
The Offsping
Misfits
Masterplan
Greta Van Fleet
Blind Guardian
Hibria
There are more, for sure. I also listen to Vulpeck, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten, synthwave, deep house, EDM, lo fi... but that's off topic hahahaha If anyone knows a more recent band that I might like, given the ones I mentioned, please say it! I love to discover new songs!
Oh and @jump , I would avoid using lyrics as a comparison to what is "superior", etc. It is indeed nice to have songs about current problems, for sure! But songs can be just about anything, and what about amazing instrumental songs? Would a song against racism be better than a song about kicking everyone you see in front of you, by the lyrics alone? It's just a matter of personal liking.
Well yeah, a song about kicking people sounds rubbish ;p
I do agree about what you're saying however Anti was talking about specifically "experiences" so something that provokes thought is a more elevated (if that's the right word) experience than some background noises on a dance game he likes and it was an easier example to make. I could use a band like The Skints which shows a cross blends of genres or Gojira for their impressive technical ability to get the point across but I just chose a vid someone had already posted it the thread with it's lyrics happening to be the experience to highlight.
Also the subject of the song was about the toxic idea of masculinity which may appeal to Anti (it will probably just fly over his head like most things though) since he often complains about not fitting into the masculine male alpha type.
@Bizaster Fun fact about Dave Grohl. There's a band called Ghost* and if you don't know they are a tongue in cheek satanic band where the front man is a satanic pope and the rest of the band are "nameless ghouls" and wear masks. In the past when Ghost have played LA where Grohl lives he will become one of the nameless ghouls to play drums during the gig and it's not adverised so the entire crowd have no idea they have just seen him.
*Ghost are really fun for the people that don't know them.
Dave Grohl has legitimately earned the name the nicest guy in rock. Did anyone follow the drum battles he was having with a 10 year old girl last year? It ended up with him admitting defeating and writing a song dedicated to her lol.
Maybe it's just Rambler who keeps mentioning them (I can't be arsed to check) but I'm surprised My Bloody Valentine have been mentioned so much. I'm not complaining as they are a good band, they are just one of those bands where time moves on and they are less relevant nowadays
I'm sure I did. Anyways, I've kinda avoided mentioning the kinds of bands everyone knows in this thread a bit. Much rather turn someone onto Idles or King Gizzard than sing the praises of Radiohead or The Beatles. With that said, here's a playlist of the music I listened to the most in the 2010s. Top 100 tracks, no duplicate artists. Pretty much entirely rock:
@skywake Well some people in this thread have only just listened to Rage Against The Machine so who knows what people have been to exposed to already. A couple of years ago on the last tour before Keith Flint passed away, I was talking to someone at work and mentioned how I was going to see Prodigy that night and they said they have never heard of them which blew my mind but in hindsight they were a teenager who only listens to rap so I shouldn't be surprised.
I'm surprised you listen to Blur, they are a good band (apart from when Graham Coxon left and they tried to do EDM) and are bigger than say Slowdive but I always assumed they were only big in the UK as they are very British in a way which I thought wouldn't translate to other countries.
I should really start using Spotify more just so I can keep track to what I'm listening to but I've seen so many DIY bands I like mention how the royalties from streaming are joke so I prefer to buy the music plus I with no wi-fi on the train Spotify isn't much help for the daily commute.
@Rambler My knowledge is a little thin for Belgian bands, is Belgium big for rock? France, Germany, Sweden and some other mainland Euro countries have fairly strong scenes but apart from Millionaire I don't know any Belgian bands. Even the biggest Belgian act I know is Soulwax/2ManyDjs.
@Rambler I saw your warning about Amenra live and went straight to it lol.
Not that hanging stuff from their piercings isn't extreme but I've actually seen worse before. The Dillinger Escape Plan's frontman once took a poop on the stage and threw it at the crowd, only for someone in the crowd to pick it up and throw it back at him. Then there was another time I saw The Dwarves and the bass player who is always naked apart from his lucha mask peed on a girl in the crowd, that time annoyed me as she was about 5 feet away from me and I felt some of the splash yet I still ended up seeing them again.
@Rambler The time I saw The Dillinger Escape Plan was at Reading festival when I was a young fresh faced kid and I was expecting good clean wholesome fun only to be shocked by these rock and roll antics. I'm assuming they have did it again but took it another step up which is what you heard?
Yeah, I love The Dawrves. I've seen them a few times, the last time was 3ish years ago. They had Queen's Of The Stone Age's Nick Oliveri as part of the line up then. Before the they played Nick was just walking around the venue talking to people.
I don't know The Coughs but I've seen Converge, they were fun live.
I've just got tixs for what will be my fist gig in almost 2 years, in your face covid! 🤘
It's going to be to see the excellent Frank Turner with a decent support band in Skinny Lister too. I've seen both of them before and are really good live but Skinny Lister use to do this thing at each show of having a jug of rum and giving it to the crowd where they would then take a sip and pass to the person next to them, I'm not sure how that would work in today's covid world.
The lyrics of this song make me laugh, it's about being so drunk you think you're Rocky but then get beat up. lol
@Rambler
Dillinger were AMAZING live. No antics the three times I saw them, well, unless playing guitar upside-down hanging from the venue's pipework counts as 'antics', just blisteringly loud and tight performances. I'm gutted they've split, but respect tremendously the way they went about it.
I've heard Oathbreaker as they are/have been on the same label that put out the last Planes Mistaken For Stars album - Deathwish - right? Pretty sure I found them a tad heavy for my taste at the time, but I'll give them another listen when I'm not at work. I've a mate heavily into Amenra, he literally spends six months a year doing nothing at all but working stupid hours so he can take off and do the Euro festival circuit for the rest of it, he's seen them in some stunning venues.
@CactusMan Well even if you're vaccinated you can still be a carrier however it was more of a comment of the ideas of hygiene nowadays so that hundreds of people all drinking from the same jug is probably not a good idea.
Brazilian power metal group: Hibria
Some really good songs, got the chance to see them live when they opened for Megadeth, who in turn opened for Black Sabbath during the album 13 tour
Converge played here (Wigan) a few times when I was, oh, 18-20 (so 1995 - 1997). We had a hotel - The Grand - that used to throw Hardcore all-dayers, and Converge headlined once or twice. If I'm not mistaken, Refused were at one of them as well. Happy days.
I was thinking that most people from English speaking countries probably only really know bands from US and UK (plus Aus and NZ, of course).
I find it weird so many non-British/American bands will sing in English despite it not being their home language. There's a good few like that I think of Beatsteaks, Ghost, Volbeat, Gojira, Sabaton, Teddybears, Refused, The 5 6 7 8s etc.
For underrated album, the first one that jumps into my head is Saturday Night Wrist by Deftones. For the most part, when I see fan rankings, it's never near the top. And even the band themselves don't really like it as it was made during a super tumultuous time when they almost broke up. When I saw them live in Korea, they played exactly 0 songs from it as I recall, haha. But for me, it's one of my favorites. It's strongly in the top 3, and possibly top 2, of their discography. I get why people dislike it, but I just think the songs are really good, if a little overproduced.
EDIT: And for a future question (or maybe now if people want to answer it) one that I always find interesting is: What are some of your top "guilty pleasure" bands/albums?
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