Fuck it, I'll join you guys. I'm using a playlist that a few of my friends and I made, but I'm going to skip over any songs I didn't add for obvious reasons.
1. Shinedown - "Simple Man - Acoustic" (2003): I won't lie, I haven't listened to this in forever. The vocals are far too powerful for the intent of the song they're covering, and it kinda takes me out of it. That's the only problem I have with it though, it's still pretty great.
2. Seal - "Killer" (1991): I genuinely don't remember putting this song on the playlist, but I fucking love Seal, so I won't complain.
3. Disarmonia Mundi - "Demiurgo" (2000): Phenomenal song. I don't really know what to say about it, it's just something you'd have to listen to for yourself.
4. Harakiri For the Sky - "This Life As a Dagger" (2014): I also don't remember putting this song on the playlist, but it's from my favorite album from them, so I might've just added the whole thing to it.
5. Deftones - "Digital Bath" (2000): God, this and "Knife Prty" are easily my favorite songs off of White Pony. I feel the most shoegaze influences here out of all the songs on the album, though that may just be because of the subdued nature and guitar tones.
6. Sevendust - "Silly Beast" (2015): Absolutely underrated. Most reviews I read about Kill the Flaw cited this song as being one of the weaker ones, but I completely disagree. There's something just incredible about it that I wish more people picked up on, even if it is just alt rock/hard rock.
7. Lorna Shore - "Sun//Eater" (2021): One of the only deathcore songs I actually enjoy. I haven't listened to anything else from them, but the symphonic elements really elevate the song. The typical down-tuned deathcore breakdowns are definitely the low point of the song. I just find deathcore to be the boring amalgamation of death metal and hardcore that sees bands take the worst of both subgenres. That's just me though.
8. Manes - "Endetidstegn" (2018): A really cool song from a lesser known avant-garde band. I remember seeing a comment on the video for this or another song, "Scion", that said if Ozzy stumbled into a trip hop club, this is what would happen. While I think they have some better songs on both other albums and this one, I think this album is the most consistently great out of all of them.
9. If Anything, Suspicious - "If I Ever" (2021): Well, I guess this is the only way I'll get anything IF-related onto this list. I really like this project though, it's something completely different and shows that Anders can not only display great compositional skills and musicianship, but that he can also really go out of his comfort zone and do that well. I doubt we'll ever get a second album for the project, but that's alright.
10. Blood Stain Child - "Pitch Black Room" (2007): A really cool sleeper song on Mozaiq that I wish got more love. I passed over it on my first listen without much of an impression, but it really started growing on me as I listened to it more. Sure, Ryu's clean vocals on Mozaiq are some of the worst I've ever heard, but they almost actually work for this song. Almost.
I won't lie, I got way more modern and mainstream stuff than I expected. That, and no shoegaze, which especially surprises me. I generally listen to a ton of stuff from the 90s and early 2000s, so I guess I expected to see more of that. I'm also surprised that I didn't get any melodeath aside from BSC and Disarmonia. I know that I don't listen to all of the big MDM bands (Amon Amarth, Amorphis, Omnium Gatherum), but damn. Not even IF, DT, or Soilwork here.
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the only bands I have nothing from there are Polaris and Volbeat. I kinda like Fozzy but it's kind of hard to separate Jericho's voice from the wrestling persona when I'm listening. 
