It's quite for me to narrow it down to five, but we'll see what I can do.
1. Metallica - I love all of their stuff...for the most part. St. Anger....well...it was ok. It's unfortunate for them that their '80s stuff was so unbelievable because they just haven't topped it. After Master of Puppets and Justice, my two fav albums from them, all their '90s stuff just seems so mediocre. And it's not to say that it's bad, it's just their '80s stuff was that good.
2. Staind - One of the bands that got me into the more hard rock genre. I own all their albums, including the tough-to-find Tormented and I've seen them twice. I love them, period.
3. Slipknot - My 2nd favorite heavy metal band of all time. I still consider Iowa to be one of the best modern heavy metal albums released in the past decade. Even though Vol. 3 was a huge departure for them and sounded more like Stone Sour, it was still damn good.
4. Trivium - My favorite current heavy metal band. Ascendancy might be the best heavy metal album released this decade while The Crusade showed they can do more than screaming, death metal-esque vocals. With how young these guys are (Matt Heafy is only 20 freakin' years old!), I full expect some pretty damn good things from them in the future.
5. And here's where I really can't choose, so I'm just going to throw a whole bunch of bands here. Sinch, Three Doors Down, Fuel, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, RHCP, Incubus, Foo Fighters, Goo Goo Dolls, Avenged Sevenfold, etc. I'd say of all these listed....I might say Sabbath is my favorite. However, Sinch also released what I consider to be the best album of the decade with their self-titled effort back in 2001. But then again, I love the Goo Goo Dolls, and Three Doors Down is one of the bands that got me into rock music. I also love Iron Maiden and am a huge fan of the Foo Fighters (I actually think Cobain's death was a blessing in disguise for Grohl). So, you can see my predicament. Narrowing it down to five is basically impossible. Hell, two through four could change on a daily basis depending on my mood, as the only one that won't be leaving it's spot any time soon is Metallica.
