I like hard rock and metal as much as the next person. The soft stuff and the hard stuff...It seems that there is a huge dislike for ballads these days. Personally I wish bands would write more ballads. Gotthard is a band that comes to mind. They have a whole best of cd of ballads and it is awesome! Why can't more bands do this?

I am not saying the new Aerosmith is great by any means but some people are saying it sucks just because it has too many ballads. It's fine with me but other bands could write better ballads than Aerosmith if they wanted to. I have always wanted some bands to make whole cd of ballads but it will probably never happen. Firehouse is one band that comes to mind.

Hate all you want but it's just an opinion...I like some stuff like Overkill, UDO, Motorhead, etc. but there's nothing wrong with an awesome ballad in my book.

Any suggestions on bands that continue to write great ballads?