According to Winamp (yes, I still use Winamp) my music playlist clocks in at 1110 hours long, which means if I left my playlist going from first to last song it would be around 46 days of continuous music. Excellent. Let's put this bloated beast on shuffle and see which 20 songs it selects...
Clannad OST - Roaring Tides II (2004) - beautiful instrumental track
Dream Evil - By My Side (2003) - classic heavy power metal. Actually one of the first PM bands I heard and whose albums I bought. For those unfamiliar, this band is the brainchild of the guru himself Fredrik Nordstrom, who plays rhythm guitar for the band to this day
Miley Cyrus - See You Again (2007) -
the pinnacle of pop
Skyfire - Shadow Creator (2004) - Solid MDM from the mid-2000s. Skyfire resisted putting metalcore into their sound and instead went more in the COB direction of adding in keyboards. Anyway, Spectral is a cool album
Imperial Circus Dead Decadence - 腐蝕ルサンチマン、不死欲の猿楽座 (2022) - OK I don't even remember downloading this absolutey mental track, but kind of fun. @Xpyro125 this might be an interesting one for you to check out as far as Japanese MDM bands are concerned.
Freedom Call - Cradle of Angels (2016) - Meh, Freedom Call have far better songs. An OK ballad but nothing special.
Nuclear Blast Allstars - Dysfunctional Hours (2007) - I remember this one! Featuring our favourite hipster hamster on vocals. Still sounds more like Come Clarity Anders than ASOP Anders on this track. All songs for this album (Out of the Dark) were written by Peter Wichers, so we're actually technically hearing an In Flames/Soilwork collab of sorts here. My favourite track from this compilation overall is 'The Overshadowing' featuring Christian Alvestam of Scar Symmetry. Awesome song.
Iron Saviour - Titans of Our Time (2002) - energetic heavy/power metal with a ridiculously bombastic chorus. <3
Linkin Park - Runaway (2000) - well, everybody my age had a Linkin Park phase at some point
Night In Gales - Towards the Twilight (1997) - classic MDM in the vein of old school IF, ATG, DT. Criminally underrated band
Demi Lovato - Heart Attack (2013) - I mean, it's a catchy song. What?
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell (1990) - I'm not a huge Pantera fan, but this one is great.
Rod Stewart - Faith of the Heart (1998) - For the record this is the only Rod Stewart song on my playlist... from memory because it was the opening song to Star Trek: Enterprise I like it. Big Rod doing the UK proud.
Passenger - Just the Same (2003) - Some people liked Passenger, some people thought it was garbage. I thought it was a fun little project. This was one of my favourites off their one and only album. Back when Anders' clean vocals sounded somewhat natural.
Children of Bodom - Needled 24/7 (2003) - Hate Crew Deathroll is a fantastic album, probably my favourite from COB. This track is just pure melodic overdose, but one of my top COB songs
Shoji Meguro / Persona 5 - The Whims of Fate (2017) - Takes me right back to the Casino section of Persona 5. Cool, funky, jazzy track. A good game becomes a great game with an awesome soundtrack, and Persona 5's is one of the best
Dragonforce - Give Me the Night (2012) - Good old Dragonforce. From the first album after their original singer left - Marc Hudson did a fantastic job stepping into those shoes and this was actually, imo, better than anything they'd released since 2004.
Insomnium - Song of the Storm (2002) - Everyone always tells me Insomnium are the greatest, so let's listen and see. I mean... it's OK? Vocals are the weakest part of the track by some distance for me. Instrumentally it's nice enough, albeit nothing mindblowing.
Power Quest - Bound for Glory (2021) - well, if you like Power Quest, and I do, then this is great.
In Flames - Zombie Inc. (1999) - Finishing with a legendary classic from our boys, well played Winamp. "Boring" according to Slave.
Well that was fun. Pretty much sums up my music taste in all honestly. MDM/Power Metal heavy, with some instrumental anime/game OSTs and stupid pop music thrown in every so often. That's just how I like it.
Clannad OST - Roaring Tides II (2004) - beautiful instrumental track
Dream Evil - By My Side (2003) - classic heavy power metal. Actually one of the first PM bands I heard and whose albums I bought. For those unfamiliar, this band is the brainchild of the guru himself Fredrik Nordstrom, who plays rhythm guitar for the band to this day
Miley Cyrus - See You Again (2007) -
the pinnacle of popSkyfire - Shadow Creator (2004) - Solid MDM from the mid-2000s. Skyfire resisted putting metalcore into their sound and instead went more in the COB direction of adding in keyboards. Anyway, Spectral is a cool album
Imperial Circus Dead Decadence - 腐蝕ルサンチマン、不死欲の猿楽座 (2022) - OK I don't even remember downloading this
absolutey mental track, but kind of fun. @Xpyro125 this might be an interesting one for you to check out as far as Japanese MDM bands are concerned.Freedom Call - Cradle of Angels (2016) - Meh, Freedom Call have far better songs. An OK ballad but nothing special.
Nuclear Blast Allstars - Dysfunctional Hours (2007) - I remember this one! Featuring our favourite hipster hamster on vocals. Still sounds more like Come Clarity Anders than ASOP Anders on this track. All songs for this album (Out of the Dark) were written by Peter Wichers, so we're actually technically hearing an In Flames/Soilwork collab of sorts here. My favourite track from this compilation overall is 'The Overshadowing' featuring Christian Alvestam of Scar Symmetry. Awesome song.
Iron Saviour - Titans of Our Time (2002) - energetic heavy/power metal with a ridiculously bombastic chorus. <3
Linkin Park - Runaway (2000) - well, everybody my age had a Linkin Park phase at some point
Night In Gales - Towards the Twilight (1997) - classic MDM in the vein of old school IF, ATG, DT. Criminally underrated band
Demi Lovato - Heart Attack (2013) - I mean, it's a catchy song. What?
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell (1990) - I'm not a huge Pantera fan, but this one is great.
Rod Stewart - Faith of the Heart (1998) - For the record this is the only Rod Stewart song on my playlist... from memory because it was the opening song to Star Trek: Enterprise
I like it. Big Rod doing the UK proud.Passenger - Just the Same (2003) - Some people liked Passenger, some people thought it was garbage. I thought it was a fun little project. This was one of my favourites off their one and only album. Back when Anders' clean vocals sounded somewhat natural.
Children of Bodom - Needled 24/7 (2003) - Hate Crew Deathroll is a fantastic album, probably my favourite from COB. This track is just pure melodic overdose, but one of my top COB songs
Shoji Meguro / Persona 5 - The Whims of Fate (2017) - Takes me right back to the Casino section of Persona 5. Cool, funky, jazzy track. A good game becomes a great game with an awesome soundtrack, and Persona 5's is one of the best
Dragonforce - Give Me the Night (2012) - Good old Dragonforce. From the first album after their original singer left - Marc Hudson did a fantastic job stepping into those shoes and this was actually, imo, better than anything they'd released since 2004.
Insomnium - Song of the Storm (2002) - Everyone always tells me Insomnium are the greatest, so let's listen and see. I mean... it's OK? Vocals are the weakest part of the track by some distance for me. Instrumentally it's nice enough, albeit nothing mindblowing.
Power Quest - Bound for Glory (2021) - well, if you like Power Quest, and I do, then this is great.
In Flames - Zombie Inc. (1999) - Finishing with a legendary classic from our boys, well played Winamp. "Boring" according to Slave.
Well that was fun. Pretty much sums up my music taste in all honestly. MDM/Power Metal heavy, with some instrumental anime/game OSTs and stupid pop music thrown in every so often. That's just how I like it.
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