#SteppingStoneSongs is a great topic for #TuneTuesday.
Let me start with this: the bands which drew me closer to the heavy side were Papa Roach and Rammstein.
So song no. 1 would be: Papa Roach - Last Resort
https://song.link/de/i/1492001883
Cheesy, I know, but I was still very, very young.
1/n
Of course, this was followed by Linkin Park (which made the connection to one of my best friends), Alien Ant Farm, … nu metal in general.
The next of my #steppingstonesongs blew me out of the water. It was a wild mix of brilliant singing, rough and fast riffs and brutality I couldn‘t imagine before. It was Chop Suey by System of a Down:
https://lynkify.in/song/chop-suey/fBvI2lEN
2/n
After that, I was getting into mainstream metal at the time.. A little Nightwish, Blind Guardian, Metallica (I actually really enjoy St. Anger - I was angry at that time)
When I moved out for university, one of my new friends shared his music collection. I got to know Rage, Grave Digger… they fit in nicely.
The next of my #steppingstonesongs were a true epiphany. They opened the door to my favourite genre: I got my first glimpse at #melodicdeathmetal due to Skyforger by Amorphis and System by In Flames
https://lynkify.in/song/system/vBGhskaL
I mean, the artwork of Skyforger is so awesome!!
https://lynkify.in/song/skyforger/v81Ne0eg
3/n
Maybe a year ago some of the nice people at metalhead.club were talking about more progressive death metal and blackgaze.
I‘m always curious, so I followed the conversation and put Alcest, Deafheaven, White Ward and Møl on my listening list.
Fraktur by MØL was One of the #steppingstonesongs into this genre:
https://lynkify.in/song/fraktur/YNk916qw
And what can I say, all of them are regulars now.
4/n
Oh, and chronologically before this, I really started to get into more „classical“ black metal. One of the #steppingstonesongs here was definitely Bathory - One rode to ASA bay
https://lynkify.in/song/one-rode-to-asa-bay/21GCA50F
That’s it, my contributions to #TuneTuesday
5/5
SteVanDee
