The list (Pt. 1)

This is the first part of the list of the 10 14 most important bands on planet Earth.
The idea started with a list of 10 bands. Then I realized that it was impossible, so this is the first part, and I don't know how long it will be.

The list is (kind of) in order of importance and I will try also to explain why they are so important. Starting from now, this will be the one and only list to follow.

You're welcome.

1) ISIS. This is it. This is the most important band in this entire known Universe and all the parallel universes out there. They own the Music. They are the Music. Every single song is a concentrate of everything you could ask from a song. Listen to the "Grinning mouth" and shed tears of joy. Best album: everything.

2) NEUROSIS. They took the metal how it was in the '90s and mixed it with agony, pain and heavy riffs: Neurosis were born. Listen to "Stone form the sky". Isis were possible because of them. Best album: "The eye of every storm" (but my heart says "Times of grace").

3) MIKE PATTON (and all his bands, projects, ideas). Mike Patton is the crazy artist of the list. He can do whatever he wants. Mike Patton is god. Even better: if god exists, he listen to Mike Patton. Mike Patton is like 20 years ahead. Best album: impossible to say. Too many, too good.

4) TOOL. Ah, TooL: you love them or you hate them. They've created a legend with only 5 albums. Musically and technically over the top. Lyrics from another planet: to understand the meaning of "sarcasm" listen to Stinkfist (for example). Best album: "Aenima" beats for a nothing "Lateralus".

5) PINK FLOYD. Do I really need to spend words on them? I saw them live: suck this rest of the world. Best album: "The wall".

6) AMENRA. Deep, black, pure suffering. In Amenra, everything is black and dark. Amenra is suffering in music. If you want to feel the real (addictive) pain, listen them. Do not over-listen though, it could be fatal for you mood and your life. During the show, the singer usually performs body-suspension: is that enough? Best album: Mass III.

7) BURZUM. One man band of Varg Vikernes. The dude has been in jail because he murdered another dude and burned down churches in Norway (I'm not judging here, I'm just reporting the fact). Read "Lord of chaos" for the details (or watch the documentary "Until the light take us"). This is black metal. He is black metal. Best album: "Filosofem".

8) METALLICA. I grew up with Metallica and James Hetfield is like part of the family. They've changed a lot after the black album while my taste where going in other directions. But it doesn't matter what I'm doing or where I'm going: when a Metallica' song is playing it's instant love. Let's be honest here: we can judge 'tallica, we can argue the fact that they sold themselves and all this kind of bullshit, but they basically invented thrash music. So, respect. Best album: "Ride the lightning".

9) SLAYER. They complete what Metallica started. Slayer are the thrash metal. RIP Jeff. Best album: hard to say... I follow my heart and I say the live album "Decade of aggression". 

10) FLOGGING MOLLY. Irish punk. Simple like that. Nice tunes, catchy songs and great live shows. I saw them 6 times in a row. Best album: "Swagger" probably, but they are pretty much all good. Special mention for the song "Float".

11) BAD RELIGION. Good punk-rock with smart lyrics. They started in 1979 and they are still here. Best album: probably "Suffer", together with "Against the grain" and "The process of belief".

12) SEX PISTOLS. Punk's dead. Do they really need an introduction? They released only one album in 1977, and we're still here talking of them. Best album: "Never mind the bollocks".

13) BRUTAL TRUTH. "Still ugly... Still broke... Still grindcore..." is from them. Grindcore with class and without compromises. Grindcore as it supposed to be: fast, violent and furious. In all these years they've never changed attitude. Actually, they split few months ago, but they will come back like they did in the past. Best album: "Need to control".

14) GAZA. Speaking of violence. Not sure what they're playing, if is grindcore, or death, or whatever, and, honestly, who gives a fuck. They are violent as hell, and that' what matters. Unfortunately they don't exist anymore because of a bad story. Note: if you like Gaza, check Scalps* ("Serenades of abomination"). Best album: "No absolutes in human suffering".

14) IRON MAIDEN. My youth. I don't like classic heavy metal, but Maiden are the exception. My passion for music born because of them (remember?). Another band that -hopefully- don't need an introduction. They've written the history of metal. Respect. Best album: you pick one between "Piece of mind", "Powerslave", "Somewhere in time" and "Seventh son of a seventh son", because I can't really decide.



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