22-03-2010, 18:47
Difficult to give my top 5 - I never really nailed down such a small list. But here goes...
1) DREAM THEATER - Pull Me Under: Sounded like Metallica meets Queensryche first time I heard it. Great song - great musicianship.
2) KAMELOT - Forever: Catchy and fast with ballad-esque lyrics; this song made me believe in the ability to capture great melodic vocals over incredibly fast music.
3) JUDAS PRIEST - Blood Red Skies: One of the very few JP tunes with acoustic guitar in it. Heavy and Meldodic.
4) METALLICA - Fade to Black: A great blend of heavy meets melodic guitars.
5) MANOWAR - Black Wind, Fire and Steel: Don't laugh, this is earlier Manowar and it is a great straight forward metal song - first time (3rd verse) that I heard a singer scream an entire verse and stay pitch-perfect. This song still make me push the gas pedal down!
shadowmac
1) DREAM THEATER - Pull Me Under: Sounded like Metallica meets Queensryche first time I heard it. Great song - great musicianship.
2) KAMELOT - Forever: Catchy and fast with ballad-esque lyrics; this song made me believe in the ability to capture great melodic vocals over incredibly fast music.
3) JUDAS PRIEST - Blood Red Skies: One of the very few JP tunes with acoustic guitar in it. Heavy and Meldodic.
4) METALLICA - Fade to Black: A great blend of heavy meets melodic guitars.
5) MANOWAR - Black Wind, Fire and Steel: Don't laugh, this is earlier Manowar and it is a great straight forward metal song - first time (3rd verse) that I heard a singer scream an entire verse and stay pitch-perfect. This song still make me push the gas pedal down!
shadowmac
