The last few blog posts have been pretty serious and politcal so I want to do something a bit more light hearted. I love metal, I do like other genres of music as well, in fact I like most things (apart from hiphop and most r'n'b) but I think metal has to be my favourite of all time. To celebrate my love for music, here's a list of some of my favourite bands! Yay!
AC/DC
This is a band I was fortunate enough to see at Download Festival in 2010, they don't come to the UK very often. Originating from Australia, this band have been going since the 70's and are known the world over. Some of my favourites include "Highway to Hell", "A Whole Lotta Rosie" and "Rock and Roll Train". Seeing their set on their very on stage (they literally had their own stage used exclusively by them next to the main stage) was an amazing experience, they were just absolutely brilliant.
Metallica
Another band I have fortunately seen live, this time at the O2 in London in March 2009. This was also my younger cousin's first gig and I was proud to take him to this one. This is a band that have been going since the 80's and I would still say their earlier ablums were the best. They sadly lost their bass guitarist Cliff Burton 25 years ago in a traggic accident in their tour bus, but they have kept on going and are considered by many one of the greatest metal bands of all time.
Alice Cooper
Real name Vincent Furnier, not really much of a rock name is it? He is better known by his stage name and persona Alice Cooper. I saw him perform at the Camden Roundhouse at Halloween in 2010, and this has to be one of the most theatrical music performances I have ever seen. On stage he dies about 4 times by different methods and is the original shock rocker and was emulated later on by Marilyn Manson, but Alice Cooper remains the original and the best! His career has covered 4 decades and his best known song is "Poison".
System of a Down
This band is probably one of the most unique bands out there and have performed songs with some of the craziest lyrics but most actually have an underlying political message, the band originate in LA but have Armenian descent. I saw SOAD in Brixton, London in 2005, they were another great live band and there was lots of moshing! I love this band mostly for the fact that they so sound so different to other bands and really do have their own unique sound!
Avenged Sevenfold
This is the first band on my list whom I haven't actually seen live but I enjoy their music none the less. I actually listen to their second album "Waking the Fallen" before I'd heard their first album "Sounding the Seventh Trumpet", but that's because their first album was possibly their weakest. A lot of their music have a lot of biblical content when you read into, even their name is after a passage from the bible but most notably their song "The Beast and the Harlot" which is based on the Book of Revelations. My point is, this band can write a song pretty much about anything, whether it's film, religion, love, philosophy. They sadly lost their drummer in December 2009, James "The Rev" Sullivan, this was a hard time for the band but they have returned with their album "Nightmare".
Iron Maiden
This is a band I am so desperate to see live, one of my best friends is a member of the Iron Maiden fan club and she has seen them many times, I am very jealous! This band is another band whose existence spans decades, but have had a few changes in band members but still remain metal legends. They have had one UK number 1 hit and that was in January 1991 with "Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter", possibly a reaction to Cliff Richard's "Saviour's Day" being Christmas 1990 Number 1 the previous week!
Rammstein
This is a band I am going to see in February 2012 and I am extremely excited! This band sing almost exclusively in German (some lyrics have been in English and Russian etc) and have what I'd say is quite an industrial sound. If you ever translate their lyrics in English (that's if you don't already speak German) some of the words are quite shocking but still have a point to them! Their shows are known to be spectacular and from what I hear they put on a great performance, which is why I am very excited. I feel that it's actually their overall sound that makes them stand out.
That's pretty much it for now but I do have so many other bands that I enjoy listening to but these are my Super Seven (random number tbh, ah well!). I find metal that metal has some of the greatest talent and most brilliant sounds, and can express music to go with every kind of mood. Unlike X-Factor types metal artists work hard to get to the top and only the genuinely talented have careers that last.
Thank you for reading... Stay metal!!
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