72_72291Long before the Battle of the Century began, it was emphasized that this was a showdown that would determine the future of music. But in the beginning, it was just a gimmick for the battle of the century, and no one could have predicted that this battle would really play a pivotal role.

First up is the rock showdown between Glory to Death and Oasis.

Objectively speaking, although both bands only began to rise after 1993, glory to death should be regarded as an old force, when "near fame" began to affect the United States, the Oasis band was just emerging. Not only that, but more importantly, Glory to Death represents the "old-fashionedness" of rock and roll thought, while Oasis represents the "innovation" of rock and roll thought.

It's hard to imagine that the word conservative would be applied to the glory of the new metal rock that pioneered the new metal rock 'n' roll, but it is.

The root of the origin of new metal rock is to abandon the complexity and complexity of rock and roll, and to get closer to fans, fans, and life. Hugo's bold proposal to ditch the guitar and introduce keyboards was almost shocking, and his simplification of the arrangement was considered to have obliterated the essence of rock 'n' roll, and many rock fanatics still scoff at glory to death.

After several years of development, new metal rock has indeed entered people's daily life, and has begun to become a part of people's lives with infinite affinity, and has also occupied a place in the mainstream market. This type of music has been constantly evolving, the melodies have become simpler and simpler, the arrangements have become more and more brutal, the lyrics have become more and more straightforward, and the emotions have become more and more superficial...... To put it simply, the entry threshold is gradually lowering, which was originally Hugo's original intention, but it has gradually developed too much.

In the case of Oasis, when they released their first album, they didn't even learn all the basic chords — they still haven't learned them all, it seems that they only need to know a few basic chords, arrange them, and then call on their friends, a bassist and a drummer, to form a band.

In fact, this is a good thing, because all ordinary people began to join the creation of rock and roll, which won a wider mass base for rock and roll. Just like in the 60s, anyone with musical dreams joined the rock bandwagon, which brought rock and roll into a world of unprecedented prosperity in the 70s. This was the case in the second half of the 90s, when rock 'n' roll was no longer arrogant, but put down its tsundere body and had fun with the people, and neo-metal rock sprung up all over the world.

Therefore, compared to the Oasis Band, the glory of always persisting in technology to death, is like a conservative force, guarding the past success and not wanting to leave.

This is the original trajectory of music, in the era in which Hugo once lived, this is how the new metal rock reached its peak step by step, and ushered in the peak at the end of the 90s, becoming the most prosperous music genre in the market.

But nothing is too much, as was the rock and punk wave after the seventies, the grunge wave after Nirvana, and the neo-metal rock wave after Oasis. Composition is getting simpler, music is becoming more direct, and performance is getting rougher...... This makes the new metal rock lose its charm of its own, no longer has a soul, just a cloud of noise.

If the trajectory continues, Oasis will lead the neo-metal rock to glory, and the genre they represent will call on more and more enthusiasts to join the band's creative scene. But after a brief peak in 1997 and 1998, the new metal rock began to plummet, and before it even entered the new century, it fell into a bottomless abyss.

Although there has been a brief resurgence of the new metal rock represented by Linkin Park since then - they are the first singer to sell more than 10 million albums since the new millennium; Although British rock represented by Coldplay and U2 has always occupied a place since then, they still have a large number of fans around the world...... But the age of rock 'n' roll is completely over, and apart from a handful of top bands, rock seems to be synonymous with non-mainstream. Even top players like Linkin Park, Coldplay, and U2 can't compete with the mainstream market.

In the 21st century, it was an era of pop, rhythm and blues, hip-hop, and dance music. There is no place for rock 'n' roll, and rock 'n' roll is like the once popular disco, grabbing the last glory and surviving.

Oasis' third album is the band's most commercially successful album, but it is also the band's worst-rated album, marking the pinnacle of neo-metal rock and hinting at the future trajectory.

But now, the trajectory of history has changed slightly, and the debut single of Oasis' third album, "You Know What I Mean", has not been a huge success - to be precise, it has been an unimaginable success, whether in the United Kingdom or the United States, Oasis has broken a series of records, and the global record of more than two million weekly sales is also very rare.

But this qiē is an additional effect of the battle of the century, and the vertical comparison is not convincing, and only the horizontal comparison can feel the defeat of the Oasis this time. The Oasis Band broke out with unprecedented super combat effectiveness, but still lost to glory to death, and it was a fiasco, whether it was the American market, the British market, including the global market, there was no room for defeat, which completely changed history.

This time, at a fork in the road in the history of music development, it was not the Oasis Band that triumphed, but glory to death.

With two albums and a single, Glory to Death proved to the world that neo-metal rock is not a simple and crude basic chord, and that real rock should be a whisper from the depths of the soul, attaching one's soul to the strings, and using musical notes to complete communication and connection with the world.

In the music of glory to death, in fact, the instruments, arrangements, and lyrics can only be said to be auxiliary means, they don't care what the instruments are used, nor do they care whether the arrangement is complicated, the only thing they care about is the music itself, that kind of persistent and crazy spirit, injected into every note of their music, showing the true essence of rock 'n' roll.

It can be said that the retro elements of Honor to Death music make people feel the energy of the instrument and the power of the arrangement, and these require strong musical knowledge as a foundation, as well as excellent musical technology. Indeed, the new metal rock has lowered the bar for rock and roll, allowing more people to join the world of rock and roll; But Glory to Death also tells people that rock is not a random arrangement and combination of a few chords, it needs many, many things, not only technology, but also the understanding of rock and roll and the precipitation of life.

This showdown between Glory to Death and the Oasis Band has definitely brought more than that, but more to the concept of rock and roll, and also to people's understanding of rock and roll.

This was followed by a musical showdown of Glory to Death, Oasis and Mariah Carey.

This is the confrontation between the rock and roll represented by Glory to Death and Oasis and the pop represented by Maria. The song "Sweetheart" itself is the mainstream of today's market — a combination of pop and rhythm and blues, and a bold attempt to incorporate hip-hop into it, a trend that emerged two or three years ago, and with the rise of neo-metal rock, pop music has begun to experiment with other genres in hopes of creating chemistry.

On the map of the world, pop is still the irreplaceable mainstream, while rhythm and blues and hip-hop are on the rise, filling the gap left by the decline of rock and disco. Maria and Whitney's dominance of the market, and the boy-boy group and the foursome who swept the singles charts are the best proof of this.

Before that, the album "Bathing in the Morning Light" had already had an impact on the mainstream market, and this time, Glory to Death joined hands with Oasis to detonate the rock war that had been absent for fifteen years, reawakened people's deep love and dedication to rock and roll, and pushed the rock and roll power of Nirvana since its birth to the peak - almost reminding people of Woodstock's feat back then.

After Woodstock in history, rock 'n' roll ushered in its heyday; So where will rock and roll go after this battle of the century?

At least judging by the outcome of the Battle of the Century, where Glory to Death defeated Maria by an absolute margin, the rock 'n' roll frenzy driven by the "Young Volcano" on a global scale is reliving the frenzy of the seventies, the first real national frenzy since the eighties.

Of course, Maria's "Sweetheart" single still achieved such a brilliant achievement with one enemy and two enemies, which in itself shows that pop is still the unshakable king of the current market; However, the double dedication of Glory to Death and Oasis also marks that the mainstream market must re-officially rock and roll forces, which is also the second signal given by the market after the big victory of rock forces at the Grammys at the beginning of this year, and the major record companies are bound to make corresponding moves in the future.

However, the current battle of the century is just a single battle, and there are too many factors for the success of "Young Volcano", such as the after-effect of "Independence Day" and the shock effect left on fans when "Bathing in the Morning Light" was released, etc., all of which laid the foundation for the success of this single. The battle for singles will continue, and it won't be long before the second wave of the three artists' battle of the century – the album wars – is approaching, and this will be the decisive battle that will really shape the future of the entire market, just like the "Independence Day" after the "Ace Correspondent".

It's just that glory to death can write miracles like "Independence Day"?

In any case, the first battle of the century has ended, and no one can predict how the future will develop, including Hugo himself, but the victory of the "young volcano" has sown a seed in the depths of people's hearts, and this seed called "rock" has been successfully sown, and the belief in rock and roll is deeply planted in the depths of people's souls, and whether it can germinate and grow in the future will be left to everyone's attention.

Hugo's seemingly impossible dream has taken an incredible first step