Venerdì 3 Apr 2015, 12:07

This is my top 365 tracks (as of January 3rd 2015, according to Last.FM charts). That means a song per day.

Day 76, (shared) 284. position: Metallica - Suicide & Redemption (from the album Death Magnetic)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnCJ3QPilD8

Instrumentals were essential part of Metallica's golden era (Ride the Lightning to ...And Justice For All). They were absent on their 90's albums, but as one of the themes on Death Magnetic was to embrace the past, they also bought back the instrumentals.

Suicide & Redemption is not as solid as Orion or The Call of Ktulu, but it's still one of DM's best songs.

Day 77, (shared) 284. position: Metallica - Broken, Beat & Scarred (from the album Death Magnetic)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJxxMDzBY4c

Groovy as hell and a great live song. I just don't get those who say that DM didn't have good songs.

Day 78, (shared) 284. position: Iron Maiden - The Evil That Men Do (from the album Seventh Son of a Seventh Son)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHvVEstT_Hk

One of Maiden's concert regular and a classic song.

Day 79, (shared) 284. position: Alice In Chains - We Die Young (from the album Facelift)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JA25BIxgtk

The sound of Jerry Cantrell's guitar and Layne Staley's vocals equals awesomeness to the max!

Day 80, (shared) 284. position: Ozzy Osbourne - I Just Want You (from the album Ozzmosis)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p95jkEd40x4

Ozzmosis was my first impression of Ozzy (atleast the first I truly remember). The album is heavy, rough and just great. When it comes to ballads, most people remember Ozzy for Mama I'm Coming Home or Goodbye to Romance. I think this song is his best slow number.

Day 81, (shared) 284. position: Alice In Chains - Man in the Box (from the album Facelift)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJsmbT3h54U

Another one from AiC's debut album. This time with an added bonus, as on this video Maynard James Keenan from Tool is featuring on vocals. Can you get more awesome than that?

Day 82, (shared) 284. position: KoRn - Here to Stay (from the album Untouchables)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8RNl64LwIo

When everybody were listening to Follow the Leader and Issues, I thought that KoRn was crap. But then I heard Here to Stay for the first time. It just blew my mind! It was pretty much the heaviest thing I had ever heard in my life at that point. It was then that I figured what KoRn was about.

There are two versions of this music video. For some reason the other one begins with the twist ending from this video, which doesn't make any sense. This version is far more effective with it's ending (which I'm not gonna spoil).