Your *current* top 5 bands/artists

[HOF]

Doh, I also forgot about Fernando Perdomo, who is most likely one of my 5 most listened to artists in the last few years.

[Sacul]

These days it's, in no order:

Deftones
Nine Inch Nails
Coil
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nicolas Jaar and his side projects Against All Logic and Darkside

[SoundscapeMN]

I can't really pick a definitive top 5, but here's a list of favorites from the 2010's.

[Volante99]

All time:
Ozzy (including Black Sabbath)
Metallica
Dream Theater
Opeth
Katatonia
Van Halen


Lately:
80s Rush
Ratt
Steve Vai (early material- Alcatrazz, DLR, Whitesnake, P&W)- dude was on fire 1985-1990.

[Lethean]

Katatonia
Threshold
Dream Theater
Angra
Leprous

Rush is one of my favorite bands and I still listen to them regularly but I took this list as being for bands that are still active.

[Phoenix87x]

Top 5 artists I listen to the most these days:

1. Trevor something
2. El huervo
3. Gunship
4. Com Truise
5. Hotel Pools

[jingle.boy]

I'm like Stads... no idea how I could decide on Top bands *right now*.  What's the definition of "right now"?  Today, this month, this year, past few years?

All time is easy:

1. Zeppelin
2a and 2b. Rush/DT
4. Ayreon (and related projects)
5. Avantasia

With Floyd being a very close 6th.

Nowadays, it changes from year-to-year if not month-to-month.

[MirrorMask]

I'm like Stads... no idea how I could decide on Top bands *right now*.  What's the definition of "right now"?  Today, this month, this year, past few years?

Gun to your head, fill your music device with ONLY five bands, this is all you will be allowed to listen to for the next 14 days.

Which are your picks?

(It's a good way as any to find out  )

[emtee]

No. CURRENT. Not all-time historical.

What 5 bands are tops over the last year or two.

[Evermind]

Yeah, I went with loosely "this year" and also with "what bands I always put on if I don't know what I want to listen to".

[Stadler]

I'm like Stads... no idea how I could decide on Top bands *right now*.  What's the definition of "right now"?  Today, this month, this year, past few years?

Gun to your head, fill your music device with ONLY five bands, this is all you will be allowed to listen to for the next 14 days.

Which are your picks?

(It's a good way as any to find out  )

Well, in that case I fall to my knees and cry.   

For me, in that scenario:

1. Neal Morse
2. Oasis
3. Cheap Trick (maybe Night Ranger)
4. Ozzy Osbourne
5. Pink Floyd

[hefdaddy42]

Definitely tough.

No particular order:

Dream Theater
Neal Morse
Snarky Puppy
Punch Brothers
Miles Davis

[jingle.boy]

I'm like Stads... no idea how I could decide on Top bands *right now*.  What's the definition of "right now"?  Today, this month, this year, past few years?

Gun to your head, fill your music device with ONLY five bands, this is all you will be allowed to listen to for the next 14 days.

Which are your picks?

(It's a good way as any to find out  )

Well, in that case I'd HAVE to pick UFO and MSG so that I can keep up with TAC's thread!   

I mean, I could pick any number of 50 bands to tell you the truth.  I'm always jumping around.  But for shits and giggles, since there's a gun to my head, and since they all have a release coming between now and end of year:

Teramaze
DGM
Lords of Black
Pyramaze
Fates Warning

[MirrorMask]

Lords of Black have some serious kickass songs 

[Stadler]

I'm like Stads... no idea how I could decide on Top bands *right now*.  What's the definition of "right now"?  Today, this month, this year, past few years?

Gun to your head, fill your music device with ONLY five bands, this is all you will be allowed to listen to for the next 14 days.

Which are your picks?

(It's a good way as any to find out  )

Well, in that case I'd HAVE to pick UFO and MSG so that I can keep up with TAC's thread!   

I mean, I could pick any number of 50 bands to tell you the truth.  I'm always jumping around.  But for shits and giggles, since there's a gun to my head, and since they all have a release coming between now and end of year:

Teramaze
DGM
Lords of Black
Pyramaze
Fates Warning

You recommended me Electric Castle from Ayreon; I ordered it months ago and it's been held up in Germany (thanks Obama COVID!) but I got notice it was released for shipment.  Next week "Ayreon" will likely be on my list instead of Cheap Trick or Ozzy.

[Samsara]

Current Top-5:

1. Alter Bridge
2. Fates Warning
3. Unleash the Archers
4. Armored Saint
5. Rush

Historically:

1. Queensryche (original lineup)
2. Alter Bridge
3. Fates Warning
4. Alice in Chains
5. Sevendust

[DoctorAction]

Ulver
Everything Everything
CHVRCHES
Night Flight Orchestra
Devin Townsend

[emtee]

Current Top-5:

1. Alter Bridge
2. Fates Warning
3. Unleash the Archers
4. Armored Saint
5. Rush

Historically:

1. Queensryche (original lineup)
2. Alter Bridge
3. Fates Warning
4. Alice in Chains
5. Sevendust

Never heard Unleash The Archers and I'm always game to discover something new. Give me a couple songs to check out please.

[OpenYourEyes311]

I've been stuck in a musical rut lately. Not veering from two of my favorites for quite some time.

1. Metallica - Honestly this year has been non-stop for me listening to these guys. They lost their "favorite band" status around 2003 when I discovered Dream Theater, but this might be the most I've ever listened to them. Lots of live stuff, including Metallica Mondays on youtube throughout the year, and lots of Hardwired.

2. All things Neal Morse - Dipped a bit since quarantine and Metallica Mondays started, but recently been getting back into Neal by revisiting the Morsefest releases, including this year's a couple weekends ago. Not to mention the Flying Colors live album and Sola Gratia both being released earlier this month.

Other than that, nothing gets more than one listen before it's back to one of these two artists. But this thread reminded me that Nightwish has recently come out with a new album, so I'll have to check that out.

[WildRanger]

Currently:

Kyuss
Can
Candlemass
Charles Mingus
Clutch

[Sacul]

Kyuss
Charles Mingus

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

I've been stuck in a musical rut lately. Not veering from two of my favorites for quite some time.

1. Metallica - Honestly this year has been non-stop for me listening to these guys. They lost their "favorite band" status around 2003 when I discovered Dream Theater, but this might be the most I've ever listened to them. Lots of live stuff, including Metallica Mondays on youtube throughout the year, and lots of Hardwired.

2. All things Neal Morse - Dipped a bit since quarantine and Metallica Mondays started, but recently been getting back into Neal by revisiting the Morsefest releases, including this year's a couple weekends ago. Not to mention the Flying Colors live album and Sola Gratia both being released earlier this month.

Other than that, nothing gets more than one listen before it's back to one of these two artists. But this thread reminded me that Nightwish has recently come out with a new album, so I'll have to check that out.

Sounds like you need to run a roulette 

[Stadler]

In terms of current listening habits, I would say

Haken
IQ
Odd Logic
Tom Waits
Very early and old Sub-Pop era Seattle grunge. (Green River, Mudhoney, pre-major label Soundgarden...etc)

I just got the Green River remaster, with both the expanded Rehab Doll and the expanded Dry As A Bone.    I can take or leave Mark Arm's vocals after a while, but musically.... I miss the days when the creative nucleus was Jeff and Stone.  GR, MLB, TOTD (even though there was a fair amount of Chris in that) and the first... say, two Pearl Jam records were there and on point.    Now, PJ is Eddie's (and to a lesser extent, Mike McCready's) band, and it's not the same, nor, in my mind, as good.