Let’s talk about music

I want to share with you my personal likes and dislikes about music. I know is a tender spot, but I will do my best not to be too harsh when talking about dislikes.

My first musical revelation came 16 years ago with Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park, it shocked me so hard I practically forgot everything that I had heard before (note: my musical repertoire was very limited at that time). With this amazing musical proposal Linkin Park open my eyes to a whole new world, songs like In the End, Crawling, Paper Cut or One Step Closer marked me. I have to admit that until this day Hybrid Theory is at the very top of my favorite albums of all time.

Then 3 years later they came up with Meteora, another hit, this album had songs like Somewhere I Belong, Numb, Breaking the Habit among others that had the power to lift you up and transport you to another place. But then it happen something I could not have imagined, they released Minutes to Midnight; to be honest it felt like betrayal, they changed so much that I couldn’t recognized them, I stopped following them like before. Although, I will be forever grateful for Hybrid Theory and Meteora.

Right after my eyes opened to the wonders of music I started listening to everything I could, from country to extreme power metal, passing through hip hop, R&B, heavy metal and many other styles. This journey took me to great bands and artists that gave shape to my personal musical preferences. Bands like Nirvana, Green Day (before American Idiot), Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver, Metallica, Pearl Jam and many others walked me through my teenage stage and basically gave me the musical taste that I am so proud of.

Then out of nowhere a friend sent me a link of a song he just heard and liked it; he did not knew that he was introducing me to my second musical revelation, Tu Ausencia from the album ¿Dónde está la luz? by WarCry, an Spaniard heavy metal band, it sound was like a new beginning, like I could have a new personal favorite band. So as soon as the song ended I started looking for everything I could find about them and discovered that they already had 4 recorded albums and ¿Dónde está la luz? was their 3^rd. Gladly listen to every song they had and been listening to every released material up until now.

WarCry guided me through university; their music really helped me with big problems at that time. They also introduced me to a lot of bands from all over the world, like, Saratoga, Dream Theater, Apocalyptica, Sonata Arctica, Rata Blanca and so many more.

Until now my musical repertoire has increased a lot and I hope that it keeps getting bigger and better, music is one of my passions, it transports me to places that I’ve never been, it relaxes me and gives me peace of mind when I need it.

I am making a list of some of my personal favorite bands and artist, share if you find some of your favorites among them:

Linkin Park, Nirvana, WarCry, Sonata Arctica, Papa Roach, Metallica, Dream Theater, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rata Blanca, Velvet Revolver, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, Eric Clapton, Ozzy Osbourne, Blink 182, Jake Shimabukuro, Mr. Big, The Verve, Mumford & Sons, Oasis, No Doubt, Tracy Chapman, Foo Fighters, Mägo de Oz, Matchbox 20, Janis Joplin, Soda Stereo, 311, Audioslave, Black Label Society, Cream, Elton John, Limp Bizkit, Korn, 3 Doors Down, Dio, Disturbed, Sound Garden and The Offspring.

This is all I could think off right now, I hope we have some affinities. Don’t forget to leave a comment.

Luis Colmenares.