Today:
0. Band-Maid
1. Avatar
2. Trollfest
3. Insomnium
4. Whispered
5. Babymetal
6. Gloryhammer
7. Omnium Gatherum
8. Cain's Offering
9. Galneryus
10. Stratovarius
11. Devin Townsend
12. Delain
13. Alestorm
14. Skálmöld
15. Wintersun
Yes, there was a hidden number 0 band on my list, cheers for those who noticed.
Titanium and Pathfinder are out. Why? Well, I don't really count dead bands, otherwise the list would be dominated by Dio and Charon. I don't think Pathfinder will play again and Titanium probably will play again once more in the future but for now they are out. Delain is moved far as they definitely don't deserve a spot in top 10 because of how they mistreated gifts from me on Masters of Rock 2017, how they handled their live dvd cashgrab and how Martjin blocked me for absolutely no reason (and I really mean it).
We have 3 newcomers though! And the list is longer to a healthy 15. Devin Townsend fits nicely on number 11, he's a wonderful man and probably the best musician I know but for many personal reasons other bands have still a bigger impact on my life. But when we count single people, not bands then he's my number 1 definitely.
Avatar is one of the best discoveries in the last few years, holy shit Johan my boi and jesus christ man u scary fam. Ok, I'm back to writing as a human being- amazing sound, diverse as fuck, can do concept albums well which is very rare nowadays and live in my top 5 concerts in a lifetime.
Give that frontman a circus.
And my magical secret-no-more (Sonata Arctica's Blinded No More plays in the background) number 0 is a girls-only japanese hard rock band.Those girls are cute as hell and I've always been a huge sucker for japanese girls (before I was fat and into anime/manga so you can't say it was since I am a creep). They have all the right sound for me- more power than some power metal bands, fast singing in a difficult language which naturally makes me try to sing it, distinct bass guitar I can hear almost all the time, fucking cool drum patterns, guitar solos are crafted to fit and not to show off and they utilize a ton of various ideas for songs like radio vocals, shamisen, amazing song building and some punk rock attitude at times.
Definitely an unique band, I will do what I can to see them live in the future.
Also I can't pick my favourite one ;_; they are all so wonderful
