Growing up in Arizona, nachos was a food group. Once I hit a certain age, calories became a thing, and nachos became a forbidden pleasure. When I really want to splurge, I might eat cheesecake, but it’s just as likely that I’ll eat nachos. I’m not really talking about the stale discs and hot processed cheese product you get at movie theaters and race tracks, although that has its place too. Real nachos always have certain ingredients – corn chips, black beans, chopped tomatoes, melted cheese, guacamole. Other ingredients are optional – ground beef, black olives, sour cream. But using the same basic ingredients, every plate of nachos is different and every plate of nachos is delicious.
The music I like is like that, too. Chugging riffs, extreme vocals, blast beats. Sometimes there’s contrasting vocals, atmospheric melodies, or additional instruments like keyboards or classical strings. The ingredients are the same, but every album is different and delicious. Here is some music I like like nachos.
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