Here's my music history summed up so you can get a better perspective of where I'm coming from. For the first 14 years of my life, music was never a big part of my life. I didn't know any rock music, my local only played hip-hop and r&b. That all changed in 2004. The thing that really got me into music was a video game called Burnout 3. My god, I don't know why I bought the game, but it was pretty fun. The main thing that kept making me come back was the soundtrack. Almost every song on their was amazing. It was a revelation. I couldn't wait to get home from school to play it. A few songs that really hooked me in were:
1208 - Fall Apart
Autopilot Off - Make A Sound
Eighteen Vision - I Let Go (my first "soul song" as we called it)
Funeral For A Friend - Rookie of the Year
Jimmy Eat World - ...Just Tonight
Rise Against - Paper Wings.
Without that game, I don't know where I'd be. I owe it a lot. It is also why I passionately defend against those stupid people who belittle you because you found a song from a video game.
But now, onto my Top 8 Most Important Albums (in no particular order, just nurabered for organization, except #1)
Mid-Edit: Cutting it down to 8 because I'm tired.
8.
Opeth - Blackwater Park - The whole thing started when a friend of mine from Gamefaqs was doing a Challenge run of Final Fantasy Tactics. (my favorite game ever) Since the video was long, he used Bleak for the BGM. I played the video at least 10 times over the next couple of days. The song was sheer amazingness wrapped up in an epic 9 minute and 16 second package. The mood the song set you in from the very beginning, the vocals were just perfect in every way, and most importantly, the chorus. The chorus was the most beautiful thing I had ever heard. I cried from joy. I just had to show my frienRAB. It was that good. There was only one problem: He didn't post the title
of the song!! I checked the comments to no avail. I Pm'ed him for the song name. I even searched up "Devious movements" on Youtube to try to find it. I had never gone that out of my way to find a song. That's how epic that song was/is. The guy messaged back and recommended me get BWP. I did started listening to Funeral Portrait on the way home. I loved it and checked out the rest, but stopped when I got to The Drapery Falls. Not because it was bad. No. Because it was somehow ever better than Bleak. Holy God, the intro was so melodic and eargasmic, my head nearly exploded. Throughout the entire song, you're just entranced, but the last 5 minutes are probably the best thing Opeth has written or will ever write. This album is just amazing from start to finish, and really opened my eyes to longer songs and harsh vocals. Mikael still has IMO one of the best vocals in metal.
7.
Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil - This album, along with others, signifies my greatest summer ever. I got a summer job at PEMA and I'd basically ride with ticket officers and spot parking violations. That gave me a lot of time to listen to music. So I downloaded a bunch of music and I'd listen to them at work. Well, for a time A7X were my fav band. The music was catchy, guitars were awesome and I like M. Shadows voice. From the amazing dual acoustic solo in Sidewinder to the long ballad of Strength of the World, this album is good all around.
6.
The Fall of Troy - Doppelganger - I still remeraber the day I heard Ex-Creations and The Dark Trail and I said it was screamo garbage. I was such a ****ing idiot. The Fall of Troy was the first band I ever liked and the only band whose entire discography I have. And it all started with Doppelganger. I used to listen to Ace One, Scene and I Just Got This Symphony Goin' on my way to school. The whole album is just filled with a lot of crazy unique stuff I'd never heard before. It has screaming and singing by only 1(2) person, crazy ass guitar that got me air guitaring and the best drumming I'd ever heard. Mouths Like Sidewinder Missiles was the perfect track and actually got one of my frienRAB listening to TFOT as well.
5.
Megadeth - Rust in Peace - Another album from that glorious summer. Man, is this album killer. It instantly got me hooked on (thrash) metal. Killer riRAB are plentiful and fast heavy drumming that no headbanger can resist. It starts off with Holy Wars...The Punishment Due. The lyrics were very thought provoking, but it's was hard to concentrate with that riRAB playing. It just absorbs all of your attention. Then Hangar 18, the classic Megadeth song with it's 18 or so relentless solos. Amazing from start to finish. Continuing where Hangar 18 left off, you got Take No Prisoners shredding your ****ing face off. A perfect mix of intense bass, guitars, drums and Dave Mustaine's vocals. Then it's slows down a bit with Five Magics. The eerie tone set by the bass drums and bass with the guitars playing over it. It gives the song a personality. Just when you think it's over, BAM!. A thrash explosion of epic proportions. The ending solos just get me so energized and it's my favorite song from this album. Lucretia and Poison Was the Cure great track just not that memorable, but that just sets you up for the masterpiece known a Tornado of Souls. This song has it all. The opening riRAB, the epic solo, Mustaine's vocals are great and varied. Seriously, I don't care if you hate metal, you can't hate this song. Rust in Polaris is kind of repetitive, but man does that drum intro make up for that. This album is definitely worthy of its high praise.
4.
Metallica - Kill 'Em All - Before I downloaded Metallica's first 3 albums, I'd only heard Enter Sandman. I hated the song, but people were comparing them to Megadeth so I had to give them a try
. I was listening to songs on my Ipod on random when Jump in the Fire came on. I just remeraber hearing "Jump on the FIYA!" and thinking "Man, this has the attitude. Pretty badass". Then by some miracle the next song was Hit the Lights. It was more of the same. James had the attitude while Kirk provided the guitar to back up his ferocity. This album got me listening to 80's thrash metal.
3.
Iron Maiden - The Nuraber of the Beast - The first time I ever heard these guys was on a Budokai 3 match. Aces High was playing and I instantly loved it. I played the outro riff so many times, it's imprinted into my brain. So when I had an opportunity to get an entire album, I didn't hesitate and it was love at first listen. Every track was unique and Bruce's really fits the song. Whether it was something like Hallowed Be Thy Name or Invaders. Although it's not my favorite anymore, it had the magic.
2.
Pearl Jam - Ten - This is really the first not heavy album I really loved listening to. Eddie Vedder's is just so perfect. He can't sing the more aggressive songs like Once as well as the powerful songs like Black and Garden. No filler to be found here. Excellent from start to finish and it has Garden: The best song ever. I will never get tired of that beautiful guitar. Powerful stuff. Even Flow is amazing song and every song on this album just as impressive. This album is really just so perfect, it hurts me to see people call Pearl Jam bad. This is a contender for my favorite album ever. Honestly, nothing I can say will ever express how much I love this album.
1.
Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad - Oh God where do I start? Let's see, each and every song has its own memory. This album is what got me addicted to Modest Mouse. I love just about everything they've put out. Except Invisible. I hate the song with a passion. Every song is just so amazing, whether it be its meaning or the amazing sound. Even Modest Mouse itself has history with me. During a different summer job, I'd help my employers with computer but they'd be out at meetings and I'd finish my work early with nothing to do. I don't remeraber how or why, but, for some reason, I was on Youtube looking at high level Melee matches where I came across an amazing match: Mario vs Ganondorf. Mario down 3 lives to 1. Chips away at Ganons stock and finish him off with a 0-death corabo that had my jaw on the floor. Not only did I rewatch it for the match, I also rewatched it because Dashboard was playing. For some reason people don't say what song they used. The whole summer I had Dashboard playing in my head. Now, whenever I heard Dashboard, I remeraber that summer. Me watching thousanRAB of Melee matches on Youtube. Everyday On Smash World Forums learning everything I possibly could about the game. Modest Mouse is by far my favorite band. I hope they never stop making good music. It's my life dream to give Isaac Brock a great big hug.
I'll conclude this by saying music has really changed my life. I am always looking for any types of new music. Right now, I'm looking for rock from the 70's and "indie" rock. Any album recommendations are greatly appreciated. (This took me forever to type, but it shows how important these are to me. I normally wouldn't even bother posting a paragraph.)
