You favourite music decade

The 80's, all the way.

The 1780s. Mozart was a fucking rampant, unstoppable metal machine.

1980s

1st wave black metal
Thrash
Hardcore punk/ 1988-style

2nd favorite is the 70s, 3rd favorite 90s.

Dude, pratically every single musician I respected has either died or gone Full Yoko in the past seven years.

I'd hear your reasoning before gutting you.

Either the 00's or the current one. There is so much sexy sounding electronic music nowadays that was nearly impossible to have in the previous century.

Perhaps you guys have some great album release dates in mind that fit into a certain decade. For me however, I'm not sure music has gotten any worse over time. These days, music is crazy accessible for no pay and little work and research, so I'd say 2010's is the best for that alone. There have been some awesome albums in the past but many new bands have gotten really good at capturing old and tired genres and making them fresh again. It's hard to say that any decades before the current were better in that regard.

Relevant history:

In the mainstream there is literally no room for creative innovation, I think that's what shits me the most because that was not always the case. I'd agree with 40 that this is the best era for hearing whatever you want whenever you want strictly thanks to technology, but the fact that 99% of music that actually makes money is so homogenized and "a financially safe bet" just puts a filthy stench around the whole thing. That's just my view though. Who knows, maybe things will change in the coming years. I would be all for modern radio to have the variety in sound that it used to.

I know to a degree formula music has always been the big money maker, but now it's gone to a sort of extreme "make formula music or make 0 dollars, your choice" level which really just does not sit well with me as someone super passionate about music on the whole.

Very tough to pick. Each decade has great music. On one hand, I love that crusty, dirty long-haired Acid Rock stuff that littered the late 60's and early 70's. "Proto-metal" as it is sometimes called. Progressive Rock music produced some quality acts around the same time too. I mean, so many records from the 1967-1974 period were extremely creative and innovative. Lots of huge, groundbreaking genre-defining works released. Plenty of crap too, but the amount of quality there cannot be denied.

The mid to late seventies also brought us Punk and Heavy Metal. Of course Black Sabbath had been doing metal since 1970, but the various mutations and new forms it underwent around 1976 (through bands like Judas Priest and Motorhead) really paved the way for all of the great genres we have today. The whole decade did. Plus much of the music still holds up, even now. The analog production of the time is (in many cases) still miles better than many compressed, cheaply mixed digital groups of the current decade.

Then there's the 80's. It must have been so exciting to experience the extreme metal scene for the first time ever (classic Thrash, early Black Metal and Death Metal). Also, all the more accessible forms of heavy music. Like NWOBHM, Hard Rock and Power Metal. So much diversity! And the Traditional Doom Metal scene too.

I enjoy some 80's pop music as well. The synth-wave of the time was quite interesting. Dated in retrospect, but I'm occasionally a sucker for these sort of stupid, corny keyboard love songs. Lol. I find it relaxing.

The 90's had an amazing Death and Black Metal scene. Can't say I'm a fan of the rest of the decade though. The 80's had better pop and rock in my opinion. I have trouble digesting Groove Metal and Grunge, which seemed to be the "cool" hip trend of the time. Some of them are quite good, but so many are just awful. Lots of cool Thrash bands suddenly turned into passionless sellouts. I know lots of people love it though. That's fine, to each their own.

The 2000's and 2010's have some intriguing new metal bands. But certainly nowhere near as many as the old days. I also think that production has taken a nose dive for the worse in recent year, but that's another topic entirely. Hey, it was discussed on Doomworld already.

I have mixed feelings on the matter. On one hand, compression is an annoying issue. Mixing could be better in many cases as well, but there's still quality music to be found I think. It isn't all bad.

As for other genres? Can't say I care much for rap or modern rock. So I'm probably biased towards the past in this regard.

Now to pick. I'm going with the 2010's as my favorite! What?? Why? Because we get *all* of this awesome music *now* at our fingertips. In many cases, for free. And all of it can be easily heard and accessed on the computer. You can even use websites like RateYourMusic, Discogs and Ebay to track down your favorite obscure releases. Things you'd never have access to back in the day.

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But maybe that's cheating, since it technically isn't new music. In that case, I'd go with the 80's for new stuff. Too much greatness crammed into just ten years.