Ola I’m 61 years young and while I grew up on Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, The Who , and yes KISS , I have always had an ear open . During the 80s it was hard core punk like X , The Dead Kennedy’s , the Dickies , and Sex Pistols. The 90s brought Pantera , Slayer , Tool and Rob Zombie. 2000s was Petrucci and this Swede named Englund . Ola I love my copy of Master of the Universe and I am about to order a Solar V , when I can get a red one with a Floyd Rose on it , a little help here buddy. I’m a guitar tech and I am looking forward to getting my hands on a Solar guitar
Ughh, the Boomer meme is so cringey. I bet ol Gonzo shreds harder and has slayed more poon than your young feeble mind can comprehend... Cheers to you Mr Gonz for still rocking and if these young bucks would stop talking and start listening I'm sure they could learn a thing or two from those who came before them.
Elmo B has a right to his opinion. I have had a very fortunate life , raised by a Korean War Marine and an elementary teacher who taught me that you have to work and earn EVERYTHING THAT IS WORTH WHILE. I have 40 years working at the same General Motors plant . I have attended the Recording Workshop in Chillicothe Ohio for recording engineering. I have roadied for various bands locally and a few national acts . Been playing guitars since I sold my drum set in the late seventies to buy a Fender Dual Showman and a Heil 4-12 top box to go with my Ampeg Heavy Stud Tele copy. I took Will Gelvin’s guitar building course and started a repair shop in 2016 and Gonzo’s Guitar Garage is doing well as a startup business. When I retire from the auto industry in 3-4 years after my two youngest graduate from Michigan State University and Kendall College of Art & Design , I will be in my guitar shop full time. Maybe by then the OPS guitar that I ordered and paid for in January of 2016 will finally be done and delivered from the afore mentioned Will Gelvin, though I am beginning to have my doubts, but being a BOOMER , I am ever the optimist.
Oddly enough, Iced Earth was a gateway band for me to Opeth. I read an article once and I think it was with Jon, and he mentioned something about Opeth. So I checked it out, and it changed my perception of music forever.
OSDM bands like Death, Morbid Angel and Obituary were my gateway bands for Metallica and 80s Thrash in general, basically the same idea. Still haven't gotten into Pantera after listening to Metal for 15 years though^^
james roberts “Run To The Hills”’ blew my mind when I first heard it. Mtv had it on heavy rotation at the time, and I had never heard anything heavier than old Whitesnake up until then. Iron Maiden is still one of my favorite bands.
Chord TheSeeker same, prior to this it was Motley Crüe, Poison stuff my brothers were listening to. We didn’t have cable tv at the time, I watched MTV at my buddies place and saw the Aces High video and that was it. Literally the moment I found true heavy music. Grade 4 lunch times we were allowed to bring in music to listen to, everyone else thought AC/DC was as crazy at it got until I put on Master of Puppets. Think that lasted a minute before they made me stop the tape! Good memories though
So awesome seeing Ola throwing out the love for Testaments "the gathering" and Cryptopsy "none so vile", both are brutal amazing albums and under rated.
Around 13 years old Goldfinger is the band that got me into guitar. Around 15 is when I finally listenened to Master of Puppets and that album redefined how I approached guitar. I'm not big on either bands current offerings, but I'm forever indebted to how they got me into guitar almost 20 years ago. Keep on being awesome and making great videos, Ola!
Twisted Sister changed my life twice. First at 14 for the reasons you'd assume, then at 35 when I discovered live gigs on RUclips from their pre-first album era.
The bands that changed my world. 6-years old: Kiss, Motley Crue 13-year old: Metallica 15-year old: Paradise Lost, Pantera 16-year old: Cynic, At the gates 19-year old: Emperor, Dissection 32-year old: Pink Floyd Those are the bands that I can look back on and remembering something changing inside me.
Floyd were good up to Animals. Beyond that heavy handed bombastic theatrics and pretty conventional electric blues to make money, with superficial political posturing (thinking of the Wall here). If you listen to Atom Heart Mother you can hear the beginnings of all of their strong stylistic musical forms for years after that. Disappointing how commercial they became.
Guns and roses, metallica, nirvana, black sabbath, pink floyd, Sepultura are probably the bands that made an impact in me the most. Remember that tour Pantera & Sepultura did together? If im not mistaken skid row was also in the bill 🧐 ... too bad i was way too young but just imagine how awesome that tour was.
Dream Theater was one of my favorites growing up, John Petrucci changed my life guitar wise. Myself and every one of my friends had an issue with DT vocals too!
I’ve never liked DT vocals. I know it’s harsh to say but the music is unlistenable to me because of it. It’s a shame because of the sheer amount of talent the rest of the band has.
This video is old but I just bumped into it and watched it for the first time. I learned about some new to me albums that I’m going to have to check out, which I desperately needed that since I’ve been playing the same ones over and over. Mostly Pantera, Gojira and 90s Korn. Thanks Ola!
Awesome video Ola! I am about the same age and bought my first guitar last month. It's nice to see how your influences shaped you as a player. Thanks for giving us struggling old guy beginners hope!
Carcass-heartworks is me reference for guitar sound. Decapitated- nihility too. Cleans are from the ulver-kveldssanger. Samael- rebellion ep, sinister-bastard saints ep. So on. Cryptopsy got me into technical deathmetal. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to understand spiral architect, spawn of Possession, and necrophagist.
You may enjoy this Playlist WFD (part II I hope to finish fairly soon, it's been a freakin' chore these past few months :p): ruclips.net/p/PL2DU3TBNutEdtiYql5HxhzIxzuFIPcXS9 Spiral Architect is one of my faves in my collection \m/.
Yo Ola!! I really been digging your videos since i discovered them!! Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Aerosmith & Queensryche (1st concert) got me into music. It was Metallica, Testament, Slayer and Black Label Society that changed everything for me. I think Testament is one of the most underrated thrash metal bands out there. Black Album, Low, Demonic, The Gathering, Sonic Brew & Seasons In the Abyss were the Albums. The Gathering being my favorite. \m/
Overkill is one of my absolute favorite bands. They're completely reliable. We get a new album every year or two, and each album has familiar elements while retaining originality and top notch songwriting.
Finally a TAD shoutout. Killer unsung band out of Seattle. Maybe the heaviest of the scene. A bunch of great records but I would recommend inhaler as a first listen. If you like music docs I think the TAD doc is still on RUclips. Very well done, I recommend highly.
Growing up As a kid I was a santana fan. My dad listened to all his albums all the time. I veered off into rap in my young teens. That was early 90’s rap when it was really catching on with the world. My cousin introduced me to Metallica, megadeth and slayer when I was around 16. I already had a guitar and knew a few Santana tunes. Learning and playing metal really got me interested in guitar to where I started practicing more and more. The two main bands that took it to another level for me were Hopesfall and Poison the Well. That’s when I started going to live shows and hearing a ton of new bands that were touring with them. I could go on and on. Anyways, sorry for my life story. Thanks for sharing this with us. This is the kind of conversation I like to hear.
First I wanna say great vids Ola, keep it up dude. Pantera is and always will be my favorite band. I still remember buying Cowboys From Hell cassette tape after seeing the cemetery gates video on Headbangers Ball. I was 13 years old and my first metal show was Clash of the Titans in 1991. After that I was hooked on going to concerts. I was lucky enough to see Pantera 15 times. My top 3 favorite bands... Pantera, Slayer and Type O Negative. I love me some metal!
My parents listened to alot of hard rock when i was young like Rammstein, metallica. So i was pretty much into metal since i was young but there is a band that changed everything for me when i was 18 years old, It was Autopsy's first album Severed survival. its such a good album that it converted me to a die hard death metal fan. Every singel album they have made is amazing and their EP: Fiend for blood, Is my favourite EP of all time next to Sodom's In the sign of evil.
The guitarist of my first Band (1975) had a used Fender Mustang, too. He took it to a luthier and this guy mounted a Seymor Duncan humbucker in the bridge position. It was a nice little guitar with a real heavy tone for this days, played over an AC 30 with a tube screamer. He played this guitar exclusive until he got his first Les Paul and sold the Mustang later. But he bought it back 10 years later and still has it until today - beneath 2 or 3 Les Paul, a Gibson Explorer and Flying V and some Strats.
Pantera is the most influential band for me as both a consumer and a musician, ever since i was just a young 12 years old. Always has been, and always will be! Your love for them is what brought me to your channel. Keep up the great content!!
For me there are many bands that changed my life at various times but as a guitar player I would put Pantera and Factory at the top because of the fact that they opened my mind to a different way of playing that drastically changed my approach to guitar and brought my playing to a whole different level. To this day Dimebag is one of my favorite guitarists and it was Christian Olde Wolbers playing on the Archetype album that inspired me to reinvent myself especially in terms of Rhythm and timing. Cheers
Hey Ola, wassup dude! Twisted sister, sisters of mercy, guns n roses, black sabbath, Iron maiden, moonspell, Nirvana, metallica etc were my early bands that got me into metal in the 90's.
Dont know if I have a band that's the most important to me now but Racer X was the one that melted my brain. That intro to Street Lethal "Frenzy" fucking hell.
Hell anything by Testament is under rated. The first metal tape I had was Practice What You Preach. Eric Peterson woke me up to wanting to learn guitar. Then a buddy of mine showed me Obituary and the leads James Murphy played hooked me to be serious about playing. When he went to my favorite band I couldn’t believe I was getting to hear Eric and James together making the most brutal music Testament ever made.
Thank you for your videos Ola. I owe you a lot because you inspire me to improve my guitar skills. Positive Ola! Difficult to choose the band that change my Life. But I guess that Megadeth was the first with peace sells (since 15 years old), Metallica and Pantera (16-17), Death (same), Opeth (since 19), and Alice in Chains (right now). Those bands are the most important for me
For me it was Metallica - Master of Puppets. Before that I always had been told metal was evil and satanic etc, but my friend at school made me borrow MoP and as I listened to the lyrics I realized metal is much deeper than what the critics said.
As a little kid hearing my dad play Van Halen and Rush is what got me into rock. Killswitch Engage got me into metal around 13. Periphery is what made my head explode. As a young guitar player, hearing the riffs off P1 just opened up my mind on music and my writing style
The band that means the most to me right now is The Dillenger Escape Plan. It mirrors my inner chaos and frenetic mind, and I love getting lost in those brutal and complex songs. There are so many time signature changes, and I feel like I just float through it all, unable to clap in time (and I'm a drummer), but always being in the middle of the river, flowing downstream.
Gojira! They re-ignited my love for metal at a time where metal had become dumb and repetitive to me (due to overlistening bands like Nile, Behemoth, Cryptopsy and so on...). Never before had I heard a band sounding so intimate and brutal at the same time. For two years I listened to nothing else but Gojira, Techno and HipHop. Now the Metal has come back, but they are still my favorite band!
Dear Ola, Really like your videos. I’m a regular viewer of your videos and just like you I have started with Grunge Rock, the first songs I played after I got hold of a guitar was About a girl of Nirvana and smells like teen spirit and then came to know about Sound Garden, Pearl Jam, Stp etc but later on ended up being a Metalhead and Pantera is the band for me that chugs everyday. There’s not a single day that I don’t listen to Pantera. Next up is Megadeth, Opeth and Testament. I’ve another common thing with you, I used to listen to Twisted sister and Quiet Riot a lot in my earlier days. Cheers from Bangladesh \m/
Great Video Ola. As a 80s and 90s long hair metal head (now known as "old school" or "classic") I think you hit the nail on the head... The best music is the music that influenced us as kids and made us what we are as people and musicians, no matter which decade that was.... Of course we can all agree that the 80s were the best.
Nevermore is mentioned far too little. Not only because of their musicality but the lyrics that really really hit the spot and keep doing so even now. Combined with Death and I became extremely conflicted and had to open my eyes to the world for what it was.
V exactly right my friend, Warrel Dane was a genius not only lyrically but also with his talent, so was Chuck, Nevermore and Death were by far in my opinion, the greatest bands of all time.
1986, 13 years old. Had just moved to a new town when a kid on my street introduced me to Rush. Changed my life. Discovered Queensryche when Empire came out. Van Halen when 1984 came out. In high school, Alice In Chains came out with Man In the Box, bought Facelift immediately. It was so different from all the glam garbage. Dream Theater, Pull Me Under led me down the rabbit hole of progressive metal. Pearl Jam's 10, Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger were huge for me, too. Got way into grunge. Pink Floyd when they released The Wall when I was only 5. My parents had an epic record collection of all genres from the 60s, which got me into Cream and The Doors. Too many more to list here from those formative days.
Since I think I'm a bit older than your average viewer (or at least I assume), I go back to Jeff Beck as being my original guitar HERO. "Cause We Ended As Lovers" is pretty much the song that got me interested in playing guitar. I think you are totally right about getting older and seeing the music from your time as a teen as being the best. It's a great point indeed. I like everything from Cream and Clapton to Ola Englund and Dream Theater. I'm also strongly relate to Satch and Via. Great video man.
My favorite Metallica album. Maybe my favorite heavy metal album, elbow to elbow with MAIDEN piece of mind. I dont know why the press is always hacking on justice... I bought it again last winter when they released the remixed version. That's a good album when you dont mind buying it more than once.
Iron Maiden is what got me into music. Suicidal Tendencies "How Will I Laugh When I Can't Even Smile Today" is what got me wanting to pick up a guitar back when it came out. At that time I was really big into metal and punk and that crossover stuff really got me jazzed.
I really enjoyed this video Ola! I'm 25 years old now and can totally relate with your process until your 25 years old haha Thank you for uploading this kind content!
Hi Ola, currently my favorite band and overall biggest inspiration for my guitar playing is Periphery. I love the tone, vocals, riffs, and it’s really let me expand into listening to different sub-genres of metal.
I'm only a few years older than you and yet it makes such a difference when listening to music. By the time grunge came out my friends and I were already deep into the metal scene and listening to grunge seemed like going backward, musically speaking. Of all the albums that changed my life, if I had to pick a top one, it would Bathory's Blood Fire Death. That album opened the door for me to extreme metal. Even today it still gets a lot of air play.
Ola we are brothers from another mother! War Hammer also took me to Bolt Thrower, then I found Pantera when I was 14-15. They did a ton of shows in my area, so me and my friends would follow them around from Denver to Colorado springs, to Kansas city, basically anywhere within 600 miles that we could drive to.
about 15 years ago, Symhpony X - Twilight in Olympus... literally changed my life, not just in the music sense. so happy and grateful to this day to have found that
Incessant Meme same. I was into all the epitaph and fat wreck bands in the 90s and then from there I got into Metallica and Pantera because Fletcher from PW was into Pantera.
Cool, I like this stuff, it makes you more relatable. My standout rock/metal acts over the years are (in the order that I got into them), ZZ Top, Bob Seger, AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, The Black Crowes, Metallica, Megadeth, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains Pantera, Iron Maiden, Slayer. There's more, but these are the ones that have stood the test of time for me and I still listen to on a fairly regular basis. Also, if I'm the mood for instrumental stuff, it's you, Andy Timmons, and Pete Thorn.
They didnt have internet when I was young and getting into metal. I hear Kreator now, and I say, " where have you been all my life?" Kick ass metal band.
Hell yes Opeth Blackwater Park and Pantera. Good taste comes out in your playing, mine too 😁 Same with the old Cakewalk 9, my RUclips uploaded songs from early 2000’s recorded with that software.
I started with nirvana as you, when i was 13-14 yo i started to listen to In Flames and from that point i was hooked. Took many years to accept metal fully but now it's almost the only music i listen to now! Ten years has passed since that point and they're still my favorit band by far! En gång yesterhead alltid yesterhead!
Hi Ola! Nice video. My favorite Band is WINTERSUN, I admire very much to Jary Mäenpää for his ginius to combine the melodic, Symphonyc stuff and death metal.
@Ed M not inner child just wisdom & a lot of knowledge in my 60 years of life George Lynch is 64 & EVH is aslo 64 ect. I play better than I have in my whole life now Peace
I am 38 so we grew up in the same time. There are so many parallels with you and I. I was into 80s rock as a child then got into Nirvana and Alice In Chains but then I came across Pantera and Sepultura which opened my eyes to metal. I then discovered At the gates, Venom, Desultory and Hypocrisy which was a major game changer. Bolt Thrower, Carcass, Dismember, Entombed. Then I eventually found Black Metal which for me was a perfect fit for my new acquired tastes. The band Death though, was what changed me as a guitar player. Chucks Riffs just spoke to my soul. The first guitar I played was a Sun burst Mexican Strat and my first song was Nirvana’s “Come as you are”cause it’s super simple.🤘 That’s my life story. 😅
The band that opened my mind to music would have to be PRIMUS. My dad had all there albums and I listened to them religiously. They also influenced me to be a musician. The band that got me into Metal is, of course, Pantera. But the important one that was my introduction to Death Metal: Morbid Angel. Altars of Madness album. There are many bands you mentioned that I listened to as well. Funny how that works! Great video. More story time from Ola please!
the band that changed my life was back in the 80s,dokken w george lynch on guitar,yeah there's others i like but dokken back then made me want to play and still do today
Ola, we came up around the same time and I remember those days on the Andy Sneap forum. Pantera probably influenced me more than any other band until I heard Meshuggah in 95. Amazing times for metal and I always appreciate you reminiscing on the good old albums and tones. Keep up the great work.
So much things in common about this era with skating and playing guitar...except the gigs that you went....I didnt go...1988 I ve listen a solo pass in the song genghis kahn from maiden was about 10 seconds and thats all...It wass a spell...its a bit strange that you didnt mention band from your place ....and my favourite Candlemass...
Wow! Your musical journey is very similar to mine. Grunge was the reason I gravitated to rock, then Dimebag was the reason I started playing metal guitar, and Petrucci was the reason I wanted to be good at it. But obviously you excelled way beyond my capabilities lol
Kinda proud that the two canadian bands he mentioned are from Québec (the french province of Canada where I live). Recently been listening to the discography of Gorguts and I must admit with a lot of pride that Obscura and Colored Sands are extremely good.
My entry way into Metal came from my dad listening to Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, etc. But when I was 15 a friend introduced me to Iced Earth, to this day 20 years later, it is still my go-to band.
James Murphy is still a huge influence in getting me to get serious about guitar. I first heard his playing when he was Obituary. Then he went to Testament and those albums are my favorite from those bands
Hey bro awesome video getting a look into what bands shaped u into being the bad ass u are today... u are the person who inspired me to start playing guitar so it was cool to hear what influenced u to be what u are 🤘🤘🤘 appreciate it bro
I was at Pantera’s last show ever played in Philadelphia. I remember Phil Anselmo saying at the end of the show addressing the crowd that this was the last time we would be seeing them for awhile. You could hear the sadness in his voice like it meant more than the usual we’ll see you next tour kind of talk. I didn’t realize it at the time I was seeing the end of Pantera as a group. June 22, 2001 still have the ticket to prove it.
Growing up, my big four was: Savatage, Megadeth, Type O Negative, and Pantera. Those bands inspired me to play guitar and play in bands. Oddly enough, the band that stuck with me throughout the years has always been Porcupine Tree (I also discovered Opeth through them). They inspire the songwriter in me, and the lyrics helped me feel a little less alone in the world when I was going through some dark times.
I like that you picked the best albums to display. Symphony X - Divine Wings of Tragedy.... I was a hardcore fan for maybe 5 years before I could loosen up and listen to more other stuff. Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element .... that album never got old and it's one of the few I like more now than I used to. Opeth was the kicker for me. I learnt guitar playing Rammstein and SoaD initially on a toy acoustic guitar with an action height of maybe a cm (and those strings were tight so it took a bit of muscle), then eventually I heard Demon of the Fall in art class at school and I just couldn't believe what I was hearing. I went to prog from there but never stopped listening to Opeth. The last metal I listened to was Cleric when their first album Regressions came out in 2010, then I got bored with music altogether and barely listened to anything or touch an instrument until probably the start of 2019. That changed when I got really into Babymetal. Originally I thought they were a joke band like everyone else, but then the more I listened to.... I don't know.... it just did something to me. Since then I've been bingeing on Japanese music because there really is so much cool stuff.
Ola I’m 61 years young and while I grew up on Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, The Who , and yes KISS , I have always had an ear open . During the 80s it was hard core punk like X , The Dead Kennedy’s , the Dickies , and Sex Pistols. The 90s brought Pantera , Slayer , Tool and Rob Zombie. 2000s was Petrucci and this Swede named Englund . Ola I love my copy of Master of the Universe and I am about to order a Solar V , when I can get a red one with a Floyd Rose on it , a little help here buddy. I’m a guitar tech and I am looking forward to getting my hands on a Solar guitar
Gonzo the Guitar Guy ok boomer
Ughh, the Boomer meme is so cringey. I bet ol Gonzo shreds harder and has slayed more poon than your young feeble mind can comprehend... Cheers to you Mr Gonz for still rocking and if these young bucks would stop talking and start listening I'm sure they could learn a thing or two from those who came before them.
@@Starch1b2c3d4a wrong use of the meme
Elmo B has a right to his opinion. I have had a very fortunate life , raised by a Korean War Marine and an elementary teacher who taught me that you have to work and earn EVERYTHING THAT IS WORTH WHILE. I have 40 years working at the same General Motors plant . I have attended the Recording Workshop in Chillicothe Ohio for recording engineering. I have roadied for various bands locally and a few national acts . Been playing guitars since I sold my drum set in the late seventies to buy a Fender Dual Showman and a Heil 4-12 top box to go with my Ampeg Heavy Stud Tele copy. I took Will Gelvin’s guitar building course and started a repair shop in 2016 and Gonzo’s Guitar Garage is doing well as a startup business. When I retire from the auto industry in 3-4 years after my two youngest graduate from Michigan State University and Kendall College of Art & Design , I will be in my guitar shop full time. Maybe by then the OPS guitar that I ordered and paid for in January of 2016 will finally be done and delivered from the afore mentioned Will Gelvin, though I am beginning to have my doubts, but being a BOOMER , I am ever the optimist.
Gonzo the Guitar Guy Im just playing, man. Keep rocking those AC/DC riffs all day 😈🤘
Bolt Thrower as a gateway band for Pantera is one of the weirdest ideas I’ve heard in a while. 🤣
Why? There is place in the universe for all.
Oddly enough, Iced Earth was a gateway band for me to Opeth. I read an article once and I think it was with Jon, and he mentioned something about Opeth. So I checked it out, and it changed my perception of music forever.
I was Metallica to megadeth to carcass to early meshuggah to allan holdsworth.
Tiny Tim turned me on to GG Allin
OSDM bands like Death, Morbid Angel and Obituary were my gateway bands for Metallica and 80s Thrash in general, basically the same idea.
Still haven't gotten into Pantera after listening to Metal for 15 years though^^
Death’s ‘symbolic’ literally the perfect album.
I prefer The Sound of Perseverance but I do agree.
i prefere human and itp but symbolic is cool
Paul Matthews Every Death album is perfect.
Paul Matthews every Death song and album is perfect
yep! I always thought that Symbolic is perfect in the same way that the Parthenon is perfect!!
For me, Alice in chains changed my life. Cantrell's playing is what inspired me to pick up guitar.
Aces high, Iron Maiden is the song/video that changed my life. Hands down everything before and after that musically changed.
james roberts “Run To The Hills”’ blew my mind when I first heard it. Mtv had it on heavy rotation at the time, and I had never heard anything heavier than old Whitesnake up until then. Iron Maiden is still one of my favorite bands.
Chord TheSeeker same, prior to this it was Motley Crüe, Poison stuff my brothers were listening to. We didn’t have cable tv at the time, I watched MTV at my buddies place and saw the Aces High video and that was it. Literally the moment I found true heavy music. Grade 4 lunch times we were allowed to bring in music to listen to, everyone else thought AC/DC was as crazy at it got until I put on Master of Puppets. Think that lasted a minute before they made me stop the tape! Good memories though
lmao aces high is my life changing song too
everything changed when i heard the intro to blackened of and justice.........mind blown!!!!!!
So awesome seeing Ola throwing out the love for Testaments "the gathering" and Cryptopsy "none so vile", both are brutal amazing albums and under rated.
Around 13 years old Goldfinger is the band that got me into guitar. Around 15 is when I finally listenened to Master of Puppets and that album redefined how I approached guitar. I'm not big on either bands current offerings, but I'm forever indebted to how they got me into guitar almost 20 years ago. Keep on being awesome and making great videos, Ola!
Twisted Sister changed my life twice. First at 14 for the reasons you'd assume, then at 35 when I discovered live gigs on RUclips from their pre-first album era.
Dude! Get a grip was my first CDs along with the Black Album and Tom Petty. To have seen Kyuss must have been so epic back in the day.
The bands that changed my world.
6-years old: Kiss, Motley Crue
13-year old: Metallica
15-year old: Paradise Lost, Pantera
16-year old: Cynic, At the gates
19-year old: Emperor, Dissection
32-year old: Pink Floyd
Those are the bands that I can look back on and remembering something changing inside me.
Dissection /m/,
Fun thing I'm 12 and I had this cycle for the last year
Oh dear god i hope this doesnt mean im going to start liking pink floyd in my 30s hahaha! 25 now
Isnt it weird how when we get older we realize the pure genius of Pink Floyd?
Floyd were good up to Animals. Beyond that heavy handed bombastic theatrics and pretty conventional electric blues to make money, with superficial political posturing (thinking of the Wall here). If you listen to Atom Heart Mother you can hear the beginnings of all of their strong stylistic musical forms for years after that. Disappointing how commercial they became.
Guns and roses, metallica, nirvana, black sabbath, pink floyd, Sepultura are probably the bands that made an impact in me the most. Remember that tour Pantera & Sepultura did together? If im not mistaken skid row was also in the bill 🧐 ... too bad i was way too young but just imagine how awesome that tour was.
Dream Theater was one of my favorites growing up, John Petrucci changed my life guitar wise. Myself and every one of my friends had an issue with DT vocals too!
I’ve never liked DT vocals. I know it’s harsh to say but the music is unlistenable to me because of it. It’s a shame because of the sheer amount of talent the rest of the band has.
The vocals on Awake were incredible. He had grit and balls in his voice. After that, he seemed to get really thin and fruity sounding.
This video is old but I just bumped into it and watched it for the first time. I learned about some new to me albums that I’m going to have to check out, which I desperately needed that since I’ve been playing the same ones over and over. Mostly Pantera, Gojira and 90s Korn.
Thanks Ola!
At first i thought you had said KISS when you were referring to Kyuss lol. Love both bands
Awesome video Ola! I am about the same age and bought my first guitar last month. It's nice to see how your influences shaped you as a player. Thanks for giving us struggling old guy beginners hope!
Carcass-heartworks is me reference for guitar sound. Decapitated- nihility too. Cleans are from the ulver-kveldssanger. Samael- rebellion ep, sinister-bastard saints ep. So on. Cryptopsy got me into technical deathmetal. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to understand spiral architect, spawn of Possession, and necrophagist.
Carcass are awesome \m/
You may enjoy this Playlist WFD (part II I hope to finish fairly soon, it's been a freakin' chore these past few months :p): ruclips.net/p/PL2DU3TBNutEdtiYql5HxhzIxzuFIPcXS9
Spiral Architect is one of my faves in my collection \m/.
Yo Ola!! I really been digging your videos since i discovered them!! Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Aerosmith & Queensryche (1st concert) got me into music. It was Metallica, Testament, Slayer and Black Label Society that changed everything for me. I think Testament is one of the most underrated thrash metal bands out there. Black Album, Low, Demonic, The Gathering, Sonic Brew & Seasons In the Abyss were the Albums. The Gathering being my favorite. \m/
Overkill is one of my absolute favorite bands. They're completely reliable. We get a new album every year or two, and each album has familiar elements while retaining originality and top notch songwriting.
Finally a TAD shoutout. Killer unsung band out of Seattle. Maybe the heaviest of the scene. A bunch of great records but I would recommend inhaler as a first listen. If you like music docs I think the TAD doc is still on RUclips. Very well done, I recommend highly.
Pantera was what made me pick up the guitar, specifically dimebag darrell.
R.I.P Dimebag and vinnie
Growing up As a kid I was a santana fan. My dad listened to all his albums all the time. I veered off into rap in my young teens. That was early 90’s rap when it was really catching on with the world. My cousin introduced me to Metallica, megadeth and slayer when I was around 16. I already had a guitar and knew a few Santana tunes. Learning and playing metal really got me interested in guitar to where I started practicing more and more. The two main bands that took it to another level for me were Hopesfall and Poison the Well. That’s when I started going to live shows and hearing a ton of new bands that were touring with them. I could go on and on. Anyways, sorry for my life story. Thanks for sharing this with us. This is the kind of conversation I like to hear.
As soon as you mentioned 40k, I knew Bolt Thrower was coming soon. Also, I started around '94.
First I wanna say great vids Ola, keep it up dude. Pantera is and always will be my favorite band. I still remember buying Cowboys From Hell cassette tape after seeing the cemetery gates video on Headbangers Ball. I was 13 years old and my first metal show was Clash of the Titans in 1991. After that I was hooked on going to concerts. I was lucky enough to see Pantera 15 times. My top 3 favorite bands... Pantera, Slayer and Type O Negative. I love me some metal!
My parents listened to alot of hard rock when i was young like Rammstein, metallica. So i was pretty much into metal since i was young but there is a band that changed everything for me when i was 18 years old, It was Autopsy's first album Severed survival. its such a good album that it converted me to a die hard death metal fan. Every singel album they have made is amazing and their EP: Fiend for blood, Is my favourite EP of all time next to Sodom's In the sign of evil.
triledink good taste man!!!
The guitarist of my first Band (1975) had a used Fender Mustang, too. He took it to a luthier and this guy mounted a Seymor Duncan humbucker in the bridge position. It was a nice little guitar with a real heavy tone for this days, played over an AC 30 with a tube screamer.
He played this guitar exclusive until he got his first Les Paul and sold the Mustang later. But he bought it back 10 years later and still has it until today - beneath 2 or 3 Les Paul, a Gibson Explorer and Flying V and some Strats.
Metallica was my gateway for heavy metal and also the reason I started playing guitar.
Leenuws me too 🙋🏻♂️
@@gibsonmesa00 me too
Its both of us
Me too. Still my favorites lol.
same
Pantera is the most influential band for me as both a consumer and a musician, ever since i was just a young 12 years old. Always has been, and always will be! Your love for them is what brought me to your channel. Keep up the great content!!
I feel exactly the same about way Pantera...GOAT
For me there are many bands that changed my life at various times but as a guitar player I would put Pantera and Factory at the top because of the fact that they opened my mind to a different way of playing that drastically changed my approach to guitar and brought my playing to a whole different level. To this day Dimebag is one of my favorite guitarists and it was Christian Olde Wolbers playing on the Archetype album that inspired me to reinvent myself especially in terms of Rhythm and timing. Cheers
Do something with bolt thrower like riffs or a tone video
My gateway album was Triumph of Steel by Manowar, but my all time favorite band now is Bal-Sagoth. Awesome video Ola! We love this kind of stuff.
discovered the Chug, hooked for life!
Hey Ola, wassup dude! Twisted sister, sisters of mercy, guns n roses, black sabbath, Iron maiden, moonspell, Nirvana, metallica etc were my early bands that got me into metal in the 90's.
Bolt Thrower is not the most easy-listening metal ever for a first-timer, it's interesting you enjoyed it instantly
I got super hooked on those once loyal but I cannot listen to their earlier stuff for some weird reason
@@V1CCZ3XX i think old school death metal is pretty easy listening, very chill
Dont know if I have a band that's the most important to me now but Racer X was the one that melted my brain. That intro to Street Lethal "Frenzy" fucking hell.
The Gathering is one of the most underrated metal albums of all time.
It's their best one. Period.
Agreed.
Hell anything by Testament is under rated. The first metal tape I had was Practice What You Preach. Eric Peterson woke me up to wanting to learn guitar. Then a buddy of mine showed me Obituary and the leads James Murphy played hooked me to be serious about playing. When he went to my favorite band I couldn’t believe I was getting to hear Eric and James together making the most brutal music Testament ever made.
Thank you for your videos Ola. I owe you a lot because you inspire me to improve my guitar skills. Positive Ola!
Difficult to choose the band that change my Life. But I guess that Megadeth was the first with peace sells (since 15 years old), Metallica and Pantera (16-17), Death (same), Opeth (since 19), and Alice in Chains (right now).
Those bands are the most important for me
For me it was Metallica - Master of Puppets. Before that I always had been told metal was evil and satanic etc, but my friend at school made me borrow MoP and as I listened to the lyrics I realized metal is much deeper than what the critics said.
As a little kid hearing my dad play Van Halen and Rush is what got me into rock. Killswitch Engage got me into metal around 13. Periphery is what made my head explode. As a young guitar player, hearing the riffs off P1 just opened up my mind on music and my writing style
Also I want to name 2 bands who changed my life: Fu Manchu and Monster Magnet. 25 years of psychedelic stoner goodness.
The band that means the most to me right now is The Dillenger Escape Plan. It mirrors my inner chaos and frenetic mind, and I love getting lost in those brutal and complex songs. There are so many time signature changes, and I feel like I just float through it all, unable to clap in time (and I'm a drummer), but always being in the middle of the river, flowing downstream.
Gojira! They re-ignited my love for metal at a time where metal had become dumb and repetitive to me (due to overlistening bands like Nile, Behemoth, Cryptopsy and so on...). Never before had I heard a band sounding so intimate and brutal at the same time. For two years I listened to nothing else but Gojira, Techno and HipHop. Now the Metal has come back, but they are still my favorite band!
Dear Ola, Really like your videos. I’m a regular viewer of your videos and just like you I have started with Grunge Rock, the first songs I played after I got hold of a guitar was About a girl of Nirvana and smells like teen spirit and then came to know about Sound Garden, Pearl Jam, Stp etc but later on ended up being a Metalhead and Pantera is the band for me that chugs everyday. There’s not a single day that I don’t listen to Pantera. Next up is Megadeth, Opeth and Testament. I’ve another common thing with you, I used to listen to Twisted sister and Quiet Riot a lot in my earlier days. Cheers from Bangladesh \m/
Twisted Sister - "THE BEAST" bad ass tune!!!
🤘😈🤘
Great Video Ola. As a 80s and 90s long hair metal head (now known as "old school" or "classic") I think you hit the nail on the head... The best music is the music that influenced us as kids and made us what we are as people and musicians, no matter which decade that was.... Of course we can all agree that the 80s were the best.
Nevermore and Death better be in here
He only started listening to Death a few years ago.
Nevermore is mentioned far too little. Not only because of their musicality but the lyrics that really really hit the spot and keep doing so even now. Combined with Death and I became extremely conflicted and had to open my eyes to the world for what it was.
V exactly right my friend, Warrel Dane was a genius not only lyrically but also with his talent, so was Chuck, Nevermore and Death were by far in my opinion, the greatest bands of all time.
1986, 13 years old. Had just moved to a new town when a kid on my street introduced me to Rush. Changed my life. Discovered Queensryche when Empire came out. Van Halen when 1984 came out. In high school, Alice In Chains came out with Man In the Box, bought Facelift immediately. It was so different from all the glam garbage. Dream Theater, Pull Me Under led me down the rabbit hole of progressive metal. Pearl Jam's 10, Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger were huge for me, too. Got way into grunge. Pink Floyd when they released The Wall when I was only 5. My parents had an epic record collection of all genres from the 60s, which got me into Cream and The Doors. Too many more to list here from those formative days.
Danzig III: How The Gods Kill
Or the first four?
Awesome album
Since I think I'm a bit older than your average viewer (or at least I assume), I go back to Jeff Beck as being my original guitar HERO. "Cause We Ended As Lovers" is pretty much the song that got me interested in playing guitar. I think you are totally right about getting older and seeing the music from your time as a teen as being the best. It's a great point indeed. I like everything from Cream and Clapton to Ola Englund and Dream Theater. I'm also strongly relate to Satch and Via. Great video man.
Metallica and justice for all was the album that changed everything for me
Rob Shores that’s a great album. I remember having to replace the tape a ton of times from listening to it so much lol.
Me too.
Me too.
My favorite Metallica album. Maybe my favorite heavy metal album, elbow to elbow with MAIDEN piece of mind. I dont know why the press is always hacking on justice... I bought it again last winter when they released the remixed version. That's a good album when you dont mind buying it more than once.
Iron Maiden is what got me into music. Suicidal Tendencies "How Will I Laugh When I Can't Even Smile Today" is what got me wanting to pick up a guitar back when it came out. At that time I was really big into metal and punk and that crossover stuff really got me jazzed.
Rammstein was my "gateway drug" and is my favourite band ever since.
Rammstein hold a very special place in my heart as well. LOVE their music!
Check out Laibach, Throbbing Gristle, Godflesh ...
I really enjoyed this video Ola! I'm 25 years old now and can totally relate with your process until your 25 years old haha Thank you for uploading this kind content!
Iron maiden, the number of the beast totally got me to be a metalhead
Hi Ola, currently my favorite band and overall biggest inspiration for my guitar playing is Periphery. I love the tone, vocals, riffs, and it’s really let me expand into listening to different sub-genres of metal.
The band that got me into music was Queensryche. The album was Operation Mindcrime. It is just a solid masterpiece.
I'm only a few years older than you and yet it makes such a difference when listening to music. By the time grunge came out my friends and I were already deep into the metal scene and listening to grunge seemed like going backward, musically speaking. Of all the albums that changed my life, if I had to pick a top one, it would Bathory's Blood Fire Death. That album opened the door for me to extreme metal. Even today it still gets a lot of air play.
Skating, playing guitars... I was waiting for "hanging with girls", then Warcraft came! ^^
Ola we are brothers from another mother! War Hammer also took me to Bolt Thrower, then I found Pantera when I was 14-15. They did a ton of shows in my area, so me and my friends would follow them around from Denver to Colorado springs, to Kansas city, basically anywhere within 600 miles that we could drive to.
Pantera breaked my ground
And Planet X leaded me to an endless abyss with no escape
Love Planet X.
about 15 years ago, Symhpony X - Twilight in Olympus... literally changed my life, not just in the music sense. so happy and grateful to this day to have found that
It always gets me excited when people talk about Pennywise
Honesty they are one of my favorite bands. It just sucks that u dont really hear people talk about them haha
@@fatal2urhealth36 same here. without them I would have never gotten into slayer or any of my favorite bands today.
Incessant Meme same. I was into all the epitaph and fat wreck bands in the 90s and then from there I got into Metallica and Pantera because Fletcher from PW was into Pantera.
Cool, I like this stuff, it makes you more relatable. My standout rock/metal acts over the years are (in the order that I got into them), ZZ Top, Bob Seger, AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, The Black Crowes, Metallica, Megadeth, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains Pantera, Iron Maiden, Slayer. There's more, but these are the ones that have stood the test of time for me and I still listen to on a fairly regular basis. Also, if I'm the mood for instrumental stuff, it's you, Andy Timmons, and Pete Thorn.
Metallica in the late 80's, Iron Maiden, but Kreator and Sodom are my go too's at the moment
They didnt have internet when I was young and getting into metal. I hear Kreator now, and I say, " where have you been all my life?" Kick ass metal band.
Hell yes Opeth Blackwater Park and Pantera. Good taste comes out in your playing, mine too 😁 Same with the old Cakewalk 9, my RUclips uploaded songs from early 2000’s recorded with that software.
I've mowed more lawns as a kid listening to *SLAYER* I still imagine every blade of grass as a life I will cut short.
*_Oh shit_*
SLAYYYYYEEEEEERRRRRRRRRR.
Brutal.
SSLLLLLLAAYYYYYYEEEEERRRRR!
Awesome
I started with nirvana as you, when i was 13-14 yo i started to listen to In Flames and from that point i was hooked. Took many years to accept metal fully but now it's almost the only music i listen to now!
Ten years has passed since that point and they're still my favorit band by far!
En gång yesterhead alltid yesterhead!
Rush, all day long. My musical life can be clearly divided into pre-Rush and post-Rush. Post is much better. :)
Same here 😁
Absolutely
Hi Ola! Nice video. My favorite Band is WINTERSUN, I admire very much to Jary Mäenpää for his ginius to combine the melodic, Symphonyc stuff and death metal.
Of course Vanhalen was number 1at the time for me , hell I'm a old man with a young mind
Gregg Davenport first concert I ever saw was Van Halen, amazing show!!
I am old too Gregg...but we got to see all the cool bands right?...Cheers Brother.
@Ed M not inner child just wisdom & a lot of knowledge in my 60 years of life George Lynch is 64 & EVH is aslo 64 ect. I play better than I have in my whole life now Peace
I am 38 so we grew up in the same time. There are so many parallels with you and I. I was into 80s rock as a child then got into Nirvana and Alice In Chains but then I came across Pantera and Sepultura which opened my eyes to metal. I then discovered At the gates, Venom, Desultory and Hypocrisy which was a major game changer. Bolt Thrower, Carcass, Dismember, Entombed. Then I eventually found Black Metal which for me was a perfect fit for my new acquired tastes. The band Death though, was what changed me as a guitar player. Chucks Riffs just spoke to my soul. The first guitar I played was a Sun burst Mexican Strat and my first song was Nirvana’s “Come as you are”cause it’s super simple.🤘 That’s my life story. 😅
You have the sword on your guitar rack back there? 😂
Yeah, he got it as a gift from his lovely members :)
@@lokaz6145 I remember. Just thought it was funny to see it on his guitar rack
its a cutting tool tho so fits well on the axe rack :P
The band that opened my mind to music would have to be PRIMUS. My dad had all there albums and I listened to them religiously. They also influenced me to be a musician.
The band that got me into Metal is, of course, Pantera. But the important one that was my introduction to Death Metal: Morbid Angel. Altars of Madness album.
There are many bands you mentioned that I listened to as well. Funny how that works! Great video. More story time from Ola please!
You forgot Children of Bodom Ola. Don't lie.
😂😂😂
Hahah
the band that changed my life was back in the 80s,dokken w george lynch on guitar,yeah there's others i like but dokken back then made me want to play and still do today
I imagine a segment called "bands that have change my wife"😂
The second time I went for a drive in the 'future wifes' car she had Anthrax on the stereo ... that and impressive breasts did it for me .
@@rabbiehippo no way man! Thats great🤘
Ola, we came up around the same time and I remember those days on the Andy Sneap forum. Pantera probably influenced me more than any other band until I heard Meshuggah in 95. Amazing times for metal and I always appreciate you reminiscing on the good old albums and tones. Keep up the great work.
The first band that changed my life forever is AC/DC for sure. And then Metallica with the amazing "Kill'em All" album.
So much things in common about this era with skating and playing guitar...except the gigs that you went....I didnt go...1988 I ve listen a solo pass in the song genghis kahn from maiden was about 10 seconds and thats all...It wass a spell...its a bit strange that you didnt mention band from your place ....and my favourite Candlemass...
Nirvana.....and after fates warning metallica...mystic force...psychotic waltz...titan force...
*Divine Intervention* 🤘😈🤘
dissection is the band that'll always mean the most to me, they introduced me to the world of extreme music and will always be my fav band of all time
Pantera’s Vulgar Display of power my all time fave
Wow! Your musical journey is very similar to mine. Grunge was the reason I gravitated to rock, then Dimebag was the reason I started playing metal guitar, and Petrucci was the reason I wanted to be good at it. But obviously you excelled way beyond my capabilities lol
if i had to choose only 1 band to listen till the end of my life i would choose "Katatonia" :)
@@Juhaliza they have their good days and bad days. but still they are great :)
There were some great albums in the middle...
Kinda proud that the two canadian bands he mentioned are from Québec (the french province of Canada where I live). Recently been listening to the discography of Gorguts and I must admit with a lot of pride that Obscura and Colored Sands are extremely good.
I would definitely have to say Megadeth is the most important band for me, they inspired me to pick up the guitar again.
So cool you mentioned Tad! Great band! Inhaler is one of the most underrated heavy albums of all time in my opinion
Metallica & Mötley Crüe are the band that did it for me
James Hammett same
My entry way into Metal came from my dad listening to Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, etc. But when I was 15 a friend introduced me to Iced Earth, to this day 20 years later, it is still my go-to band.
Few bands that changed my life when I was 13 are Iron Maiden, Pantera, Slayer, Metallica and Cannibal Corpse.
James Murphy is still a huge influence in getting me to get serious about guitar. I first heard his playing when he was Obituary. Then he went to Testament and those albums are my favorite from those bands
Dream theater ❤
Hey bro awesome video getting a look into what bands shaped u into being the bad ass u are today... u are the person who inspired me to start playing guitar so it was cool to hear what influenced u to be what u are 🤘🤘🤘 appreciate it bro
Bands that changed Ola's life:
Twisted Sister
Aerosmith
Nirvana
Bolt Thrower
Pantera
Dream Theater
Opeth
I was at Pantera’s last show ever played in Philadelphia. I remember Phil Anselmo saying at the end of the show addressing the crowd that this was the last time we would be seeing them for awhile. You could hear the sadness in his voice like it meant more than the usual we’ll see you next tour kind of talk. I didn’t realize it at the time I was seeing the end of Pantera as a group. June 22, 2001 still have the ticket to prove it.
The band that changed my life is Red Band. Because diabetes.
Is that some joke that folks who have diabetus should know?
@@iii978 Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe go [finish this sentence].
@@iii978 dont be so uptight
@@iii978 What's "Diabetus"?
Growing up, my big four was: Savatage, Megadeth, Type O Negative, and Pantera. Those bands inspired me to play guitar and play in bands. Oddly enough, the band that stuck with me throughout the years has always been Porcupine Tree (I also discovered Opeth through them). They inspire the songwriter in me, and the lyrics helped me feel a little less alone in the world when I was going through some dark times.
I used to be obsessed with Slipknot when they first came out. Like OBSESSED.
I like that you picked the best albums to display. Symphony X - Divine Wings of Tragedy.... I was a hardcore fan for maybe 5 years before I could loosen up and listen to more other stuff. Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element .... that album never got old and it's one of the few I like more now than I used to.
Opeth was the kicker for me. I learnt guitar playing Rammstein and SoaD initially on a toy acoustic guitar with an action height of maybe a cm (and those strings were tight so it took a bit of muscle), then eventually I heard Demon of the Fall in art class at school and I just couldn't believe what I was hearing. I went to prog from there but never stopped listening to Opeth.
The last metal I listened to was Cleric when their first album Regressions came out in 2010, then I got bored with music altogether and barely listened to anything or touch an instrument until probably the start of 2019. That changed when I got really into Babymetal. Originally I thought they were a joke band like everyone else, but then the more I listened to.... I don't know.... it just did something to me. Since then I've been bingeing on Japanese music because there really is so much cool stuff.