yeah for me its Turisas, whom I discovered about a year ago (give or take a month) and almost everyday since has had a heavy flow of Turisas songs....I really need to know what I filled my day with before I discovered that band.

That was Aerosmith in 1997. That was a cool turn, I wasn't listening Rock music before that time!

Gotthard and Poison a year ago...How could I live without knowing them?!

Written by Aylee_Bodom on 05.09.2007 at 17:31

Gotthard and Poison a year ago...How could I live without knowing them?!

you only found out about Poison a year ago?!....or did you just start listening to them a year ago?

Written by Doc G. on 06.09.2007 at 01:47

Written by Aylee_Bodom on 05.09.2007 at 17:31

Gotthard and Poison a year ago...How could I live without knowing them?!

you only found out about Poison a year ago?!....or did you just start listening to them a year ago?

Found about them a year ago...and obviously started listening to them too. At that time I wasn't into hard rock/glam metal...and just started finding out bands by myself, so it's not that bad after all

Written by Aylee_Bodom on 06.09.2007 at 02:19

Written by Doc G. on 06.09.2007 at 01:47

Written by Aylee_Bodom on 05.09.2007 at 17:31

Gotthard and Poison a year ago...How could I live without knowing them?!

you only found out about Poison a year ago?!....or did you just start listening to them a year ago?

Found about them a year ago...and obviously started listening to them too. At that time I wasn't into hard rock/glam metal...and just started finding out bands by myself, so it's not that bad after all

Fair enough, Ive been listening to them since I was about 7 or 8 so its just a really hard concept for me to grasp around that theres people who havnt heard of them...

Written by Doc G. on 06.09.2007 at 02:21

Written by Aylee_Bodom on 06.09.2007 at 02:19

Written by Doc G. on 06.09.2007 at 01:47

Written by Aylee_Bodom on 05.09.2007 at 17:31

Gotthard and Poison a year ago...How could I live without knowing them?!

you only found out about Poison a year ago?!....or did you just start listening to them a year ago?

Found about them a year ago...and obviously started listening to them too. At that time I wasn't into hard rock/glam metal...and just started finding out bands by myself, so it's not that bad after all

Fair enough, Ive been listening to them since I was about 7 or 8 so its just a really hard concept for me to grasp around that theres people who havnt heard of them...

Really? well, then believe me, you'd be impressed by the huge amount of people here that don't know them...they're pretty unknown here, which is a shame

Battle Flag, Serbian band I discovered just recently, and I can't believe they were here all the time, and I never even heard about them.

Well, I was killing my self to find Haggard's first 2 albums some time ago, and than I accidentally found out that I have them, and in my very room. I really dont remember where they came from.....

bands I discovered properly in the last year that I really really like (not necessarily couldn't live without though) include:

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter (thanks to Wacken, Almu and Promo)
Sabbat (thanks to Bloodstock and Marcel)
Heavenly (thanks to Hellfest and Ilham)
Testament (thanks to Bloodstock and Thryce)
Wuthering Heights (thanks to Susan)
Falconer (thanks to Bas)

theres probably some more that I have forgotten - but these are my favourites I have got into so far this year

I wonder how I lived without this thread, it has existed for a year now and I noticed it only ten minutes ago. Seriously!

As for me, the band's got to be Therion. They're not the most underground band, but somehow it took ages for me to finally discover their music. As I listened to Sirius B it was quite a revolution considering that lately I haven't been as much excited about every new band as I was about five years ago. Therion have released such an extensive discography and each album has convinced me that I should have had grown listening to this since the very beginning. Already their recent album is my personal favorite (in the metal category) of the year 2007, so this shows the band is still very strong and I highly respect that, for a band that's "supposed to have seen their best years". I just can't understand where the hell I've been before 2005.

One thing I have really been listening to a lot is Shining, the latest two albums. Since I bought those two in April, I think I have listened to at least one of the each day. (with a short pauze for about two weeks maybe, but seriously, but the other days, every day!)

I really agree with the original post. Sometimes when I listen to a new band I truly just wonder how I could have ever survived without them. But then again..soon I will find another band like that and the previous one will seem average once again like the rest of them. I must say though..a good album will never get old.

Alice in Chains got me through difficult times for years...and they still do. I can't even remember what life was like without one of their songs in my head all the time. Even though I don't listen to them as much anymore, they remain my favorite band of all time. I can honestly say that they saved my life on several occasions.

Falconer. Deffinitely how did I live wothout listening to Falconer? Onw of teh best Power Metal bands nowadays? I know, the albums without Mathias aren't that good, but he's back now... How could I live wiithout Falconer??

Also, how teh hell did I live without In Flames? Shame on me!

For me it was only 3 months ago when I heard The Scorpians. I always knew them, i mean they're one of the most famous hard rock bands ever but I never really gave them a try. Wow when i listened to the song Big City Nights, it made a lot of really good metal bands that I liked look like crap . I liked Hard Rock before i found The Scorpians, but now i LOVE the style, and i got into probably 30 other hard rock/classic rock bands because of The Scorpians.

i'd have to say pagan's mind. i'm pretty picky when it comes to power metal because of cheesy lyrics and such, but this band made me second-guess the genre. without a doubt this is my favorite band. period. i just recently found out about them (a month or so ago) and i don't think i've played anything but their cd's in my car since then.

i'm not sure how that pertains to "getting by" without knowing about them, but i had to confess my obsession with them as of late...

Written by [user id=19092] on 05.11.2007 at 00:23

For me it was only 3 months ago when I heard The Scorpians. I always knew them, i mean they're one of the most famous hard rock bands ever but I never really gave them a try. Wow when i listened to the song Big City Nights, it made a lot of really good metal bands that I liked look like crap . I liked Hard Rock before i found The Scorpians, but now i LOVE the style, and i got into probably 30 other hard rock/classic rock bands because of The Scorpians.

Scorpions

Written by Doc G. on 05.11.2007 at 07:07

Written by [user id=19092] on 05.11.2007 at 00:23

For me it was only 3 months ago when I heard The Scorpians. I always knew them, i mean they're one of the most famous hard rock bands ever but I never really gave them a try. Wow when i listened to the song Big City Nights, it made a lot of really good metal bands that I liked look like crap . I liked Hard Rock before i found The Scorpians, but now i LOVE the style, and i got into probably 30 other hard rock/classic rock bands because of The Scorpians.

Scorpions

Damn, I just wanted to post the exact same thing

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 05.11.2007 at 13:12

Written by Doc G. on 05.11.2007 at 07:07

Written by [user id=19092] on 05.11.2007 at 00:23

For me it was only 3 months ago when I heard The Scorpians. I always knew them, i mean they're one of the most famous hard rock bands ever but I never really gave them a try. Wow when i listened to the song Big City Nights, it made a lot of really good metal bands that I liked look like crap . I liked Hard Rock before i found The Scorpians, but now i LOVE the style, and i got into probably 30 other hard rock/classic rock bands because of The Scorpians.

Scorpions

Damn, I just wanted to post the exact same thing

to post

Written by Deadsoulman on 05.11.2007 at 13:15

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 05.11.2007 at 13:12

Written by Doc G. on 05.11.2007 at 07:07

Written by [user id=19092] on 05.11.2007 at 00:23

For me it was only 3 months ago when I heard The Scorpians. I always knew them, i mean they're one of the most famous hard rock bands ever but I never really gave them a try. Wow when i listened to the song Big City Nights, it made a lot of really good metal bands that I liked look like crap . I liked Hard Rock before i found The Scorpians, but now i LOVE the style, and i got into probably 30 other hard rock/classic rock bands because of The Scorpians.

Scorpions

Damn, I just wanted to post the exact same thing

to post

What the hell are you talking about?

I've been listening a lot to tool ultimately, I wasn't mature enough before to get into their music and now I really enjoy it. I really like to read their lyrics too.

i have know idea how i lived without Amon Amarth all these years.. i mean, i had listened to them for the past 4 years but not so often as in the past month.. their my fav band now and a day doesn't past by without me listening at least a half a hour to songs like Prediction Of Warfare or Cry Of The Black Birds

That "How did I get along without listening to this?" experience for me was in high school when I saw Metallica open up for Ozzy Osbourne. At the time, I was listening to the metal that was getting some airplay, such as Iron Maiden, Judas Preist, etc., but the thrash that Metallica was putting out was something totally new. I had heard of them, but had not yet heard them. That show blew me away, and the first thing I did the next day was get myself a copy of Master of Puppets (on cassette). To this day, it is among my favorite albums of all time.

Mmmm there a lot of albums that I just can't live without because the first times I heard them it was a awesome experiencie and changed me in some ways...
Opeth - My arms your hears, Morningrise
!T.O.O.H.! - Order and Punishment
Neurosis - Given to the Rising

This albums means a lot to me right now... The music is just freash and every one makes me feel especial.

awesome albums...

Probably Dark Tranquillity. they were one of my first bands with deep lyrics not all about death or hatred.

//The album Focus by Cynic. I listen to little bits everyday and i find myself loving it even more with every play. Just an incredible album by amazing musicians and cant stop playing it//

I have the f*cking obseccion to have the albums by Acid Bath
I really want them...

The music is so good, some songs have the feeling of "Man... I asure you, this song was made for me!!!"
Damm, But I know that I'll buy them somehow.

idk about bands, but just thrash in general because now i cant beleive i went 13 years w/o knowing about it!

Written by -DC-002- on 12.04.2008 at 14:04

Probably Dark Tranquillity. they were one of my first bands with deep lyrics not all about death or hatred.

Dark Tranquillity, me too, they are SO great \m//

i discovered them some years ago and i was very surprised to know the band existed for more than 10 years plus it's my most favourite kind of metal and i had never heard of them !!! but then it was good there was a lot of their music to listen to!