#ricky. i am not your strongest soldier

[hariboz]

i’m leaving this here and we’ll never speak about it again

[hayleywithadashofharry]

My Top 5 Inspirational Bands (Updated)

5. Ice Nine Kills

Favorite Song(s): Enjoy Your Slay, The Product of Hate, The American Nightmare, The People Under the Stairs, Fastest Way to a Girls Heart is Through Her Ribcage, Communion of the Cursed, The People in the Attic, Hell in the Hallways, Bloodbath & Beyond, Love Bites, Merry Axe-Mas, Stabbing in the Dark (original and acoustic), SAVAGES, A Grave Mistake, Your Number's Up, Welcome to Horrorwood, A Rash Decision, Assault and Batteries, The Shower Scene, Funeral Derangements, Rainy Day, Hip To Be Scared, Take Your Pick, The Box, F.L.Y., Wurst Vacation, Ex-Mørtis, Farewell II Flesh.

Okay, I've just gotten into this band and I think they're pretty amazing. Spencer... you're a psychopath but I love the music you and Ricky, Dan, Patrick and Joe put out. Basing everything off of the horror movies most of us Psychos grew up with, uhh... yes, thank you!

4. Halestorm

Favorite Song(s): I Am the Fire, Mz. Hyde, Freak Like Me, White Dress, Takes My Life, Apocalyptic, Dear Daughter, Rock Show, Do Not Disturb, Love/Hate Heartbreak, Back From The Dead, The Steeple.

Honestly, I love all their songs. Lzzy, you gave a whole new meaning to the word “Freak” and I’m now proud to be one. You are one of the most amazing, most beautiful, and strongest independent woman I know in music today. You have taught me that you don’t need a man, all you need is yourself.

3. Trivium

Favorite Song(s): Shogun, Throes of Perdition, This World Can’t Stop Us Now, Built to Fall, The Sin and the Sentence, Endless Night, Beyond Oblivion, In the Court of the Dragon, My Hatred, Pull Me from the Void, Rise Above the Tides, The Darkness Of My Mind, Blind Leading the Blind, Scattering the Ashes, The Defiant, The Shadow of the Abattoir, Feast of Fire.

These guys are one of the first “modern” metal bands that I listened to. There’s a lot of songs that I listed. The same with Paramore and Breaking Benjamin, Trivium helped me to realize that not being okay is okay. And the fact that they point out things that are wrong with the world in their music. Matt, you make me laugh so hard on your twitch streams. Thank you guys! In the Court of the Dragon is their new single and I love it. Keep it up.

2. Diamanté

Favorite Song(s): Had Enough, Bulletproof, Sleepwalking, Kind of Love, Bite Your Kiss, Coming in Hot, I'm Sorry, Black Heart, Haunted, American Dream, Ghost Myself, Serves You Right, Obvious, Unlovable, Wake Up Call, UnFuCk YoU, I Love Myself for Hating You, Iris (ft. Breaking Benjamin), Hopeless.

Yes, technically I did just list the entire American Dream album, but I can’t help it it’s so good. Dia, you turned your pain into art. You had a rough breakup, and your record label dropped you, but that did not stop you from giving up. You graduated college in 2021 with your second album coming out. You are truly amazing.

1. Breaking Benjamin

Favorite Song(s): Dear Agony, The Diary of Jane, Far Away, Never Again, Defeated, Failure, Had Enough, Sugarcoat, Believe, Blow Me Away, Polyamorous, Better Days, Ordinary Man, Phase, Forever, Shallow Bay, Home, Firefly, So Cold, Sooner or Later, Rain, Breakdown, Evil Angel, Until the End, Unknown Soldier, Breath, Crawl, I Will Not Bow, Give Me A Sign (look at Shaun Shine🥲🥺), Hopeless, Without You, Anthem of the Angels, Ashes of Eden, Psycho, Blood, Red Cold River, Tourniquet, Torn in Two, Down, Close Your Eyes.

Breaking Benjamin have shown me time and time again that it's okay to not be okay. Aaron Bruch, Benjamin Burnley, Jasen Rauch, Keith Wallen, Shaun Foist, thank you for letting me know that I am not alone in this world.