And I'm not necessarily referring to new bands. Rather, any band/artist that you only just "got into" in 2004.
2004 was a great year, musically, for me. I re-discovered the 'classic era' of metal. For most of the last decade, I was immersed in the new genre of European "Heavy melancholy" (Anathema, Katatonia, Opeth, My Dying Bride, etc).
This year - thanks to the BB actually - discovered the absolute GREATNESS of three bands, all of which I'd completelly overlooked in my 20 years of "metalness":
1) Motorhead - in retrospect, Motorhead may have been the BEST band on the scene between the years of 1978-1981!
2) Saxon - these guys are in league with Maiden & Priest. Period. I'm not quite sure why they never exploded in popularity (perhaps their brush with "hair metal" in the late 80s?). Anyway, this band simply rules and should be loved by any metal-head!
3) Candlemass - their first 4 records contain SO MUCH melody and 'beauty'...and some of the best vocals ever committed to tape! A MUST for fans of any genre of metal.
2004 was a great year, musically, for me. I re-discovered the 'classic era' of metal. For most of the last decade, I was immersed in the new genre of European "Heavy melancholy" (Anathema, Katatonia, Opeth, My Dying Bride, etc).
This year - thanks to the BB actually - discovered the absolute GREATNESS of three bands, all of which I'd completelly overlooked in my 20 years of "metalness":
1) Motorhead - in retrospect, Motorhead may have been the BEST band on the scene between the years of 1978-1981!
2) Saxon - these guys are in league with Maiden & Priest. Period. I'm not quite sure why they never exploded in popularity (perhaps their brush with "hair metal" in the late 80s?). Anyway, this band simply rules and should be loved by any metal-head!
3) Candlemass - their first 4 records contain SO MUCH melody and 'beauty'...and some of the best vocals ever committed to tape! A MUST for fans of any genre of metal.
