måndag 24 Jul 2006, 19:13

#1 Children of Bodom
They are one of my all time favorites. I can listen to them in almost every mood. Maybe that's why they're so high in my charts. But I haven't listened to them a lot during the last months. Maybe because I was disappointed by there new album.
However my Top5 are:
1 - Warheart
2 - Children Of Decadence
3 - Angels Don't Kill
4 - Mask Of Sanity
5 - Hatebreeder

#2 Kamelot
Kamelot are the first metal band that ever crossed my way. Somehow I got to their homepage where I downloaded some mp3s. I was so amazed, that I bought "Epica" and "The Black Halo". They are still one of my favorite power metal bands.
Top5 Tracks:
1 - Karma
2 - Decend Of the Archangel
3 - Forever
4 - III Ways To Epica
5 - Nothing Ever Dies

#3 Blind Guardian
An awsome band. I like nearly all of their songs. Period.
My Top5 after a lot of thinking are:
1 - And Then There Was Silence …
2 - The Bard's Song - In The Forest
3 - Punishment Divine
4 - Another Holy War
5 - Bright Eyes

#4 Finntroll
Their music is awsome for partying and a mix of dancing and moshpit. They combine very rough black metal elements with folk. A perfect trollish mixture.
My all time favorites:
1 - Försvinn Du Som Lyser
2 - Eliytres
3 - Slaget vid blodsälv
4 - Trollhammaren
5 - Grottans Barn

#5 Haggard
I have been searching for a band which combines classical music with metal for SOOOO long. And there is another awsome thing about them: They combine a female singer who sings opera style and very deep growls. I love that too. If anyone knows a band similar to Haggard, please tell me!
Oh, and I'd so love to see them live.
Top5 Tracks:
1 - Awaking The Centuries
2 - Of A Might Divine
3 - Per Aspera Ad Astra
4 - In A Pale Moon's Shadow
5 - The Final Victory

#6 Korpiklaani
Another humppa metal band and another party band. Music for a pretty similar mood as Finntroll although the music is pretty different. Not so black metal-ish, more like heavy metal with lots of humppa!
My Top5:
1 - Journey Man
2 - Cottages And Saunas
3 - Happy Little Boozer
4 - Beer Beer
5 - Wooden Pints

#7 Schandmaul
A German folk/medieaval rock band. I like them a lot but I'd never have thought I listen to them so much. I don't even have so many songs by them, I think.
My Top5 are:
1 - Die drei Prüfungen
2 - Denk an mich!
3 - Stein der Weisen
4 - Seemannsgrab
5 - Die letzte Tröte

#8 Equilibrium
Another great band who write their lyrics in German. One of my favorite pagan metal bands. Very epic, very thoughtful and a bit melancolic in some songs. Then there are other more funny songs (like "Met"). They have yet proven variety.
My Top tracks are:
1 - Nordheim
2 - Widars Hallen
3 - Wingthors Hammer
4 - Met
5 - Shingo Mutara

#9 Metallica
Oh, Metallica, yes … erm. I don't listen to them anymore. Don't know why. Maybe because I know enough better metal bands today. Sometimes I like to hear one or another track by them. But not as frequently as I used to. Still, I own the whole discography and they have some pretty ace songs.
My favorites are:
1 - One (from S&M)
2 - Master of Puppets
3 - Sanitarium (Welcome Home)
4 - For Whom The Bell Tolls (form S&M)
5 - Whiskey in the Jar

#10 Rhapsody or Rhapsody of Fire
Film score metal, huh? ;)
I think that describtion fits pretty well. Very epic and often cheesy power metal band from Italy. I need a dose of epic and cheesy power metal every now and then.
Here we go a last time with my Top5:
1 - Dawn of Victory
2 - Sacred Power Of Raging Winds
3 - Erians Mystical Rhymewords
4 - Holy Thunderforce
5 - The March of the Swordmaster

Artist connections, yes, because I think someone might find this interesting :P