Obviously inspired by the similarly-titled thread. Discuss your favorite songs that metal bands throw onto their albums that aren't like the rest of the metal songs, but are more than just a short, instrumental interlude. I'm talking about songs that bands give the same creative focus to as they do their metal songs.
My favortie non-metal songs by metal bands include the following...
Summoning - "Dagor Bragollach" - this is one of my favorite songs off of Minas Morgul. A fantastic combination of piano, synths, drum effects and raw vocals. Sans guitars, it is the album's most epic song for sure.
Summoning - "Midrautas Vras" - marching drums, infectious brass fanfares, beastial howls, and lyrics growled in the black language of the Orcs make this one of the best songs featured on Oath Bound.
Aborym - "Tantra Bizarre" - Aborym tends to throw a couple non-metal tracks onto each of their albums, and this is my favorite. The band plays black metal with electronica/techno mixed in. So when the guitars are removed, you're left with a phrenetic, futuristic thrill-ride of fast-paced drum beats, catchy bass lines, and Yorga's hate-filled snarls.
Borknagar - "Om Hundrede Aar Er Alting Glemt" - Ivar Bjornson has composed a tragically beautiful piano interlude that really sets the mood for the album.
Kataxu - The synth-based half of Hunger of Elements - "In the Arms of the Astral World", "Nightsky" & "The Breath of Atlantis". Just listen to these songs at night, sitting under the stars with a cup of Irish coffee. It's an amazing experience.
Melechesh - "The Scribes of Kur" - You'd expect a Middle-Eastern band which plays songs about Sumerian mythology ought to throw in an instrumental done with traditional instruments. Don't ask me what these instruments are called, but its a very cool song.
My favortie non-metal songs by metal bands include the following...
Summoning - "Dagor Bragollach" - this is one of my favorite songs off of Minas Morgul. A fantastic combination of piano, synths, drum effects and raw vocals. Sans guitars, it is the album's most epic song for sure.
Summoning - "Midrautas Vras" - marching drums, infectious brass fanfares, beastial howls, and lyrics growled in the black language of the Orcs make this one of the best songs featured on Oath Bound.
Aborym - "Tantra Bizarre" - Aborym tends to throw a couple non-metal tracks onto each of their albums, and this is my favorite. The band plays black metal with electronica/techno mixed in. So when the guitars are removed, you're left with a phrenetic, futuristic thrill-ride of fast-paced drum beats, catchy bass lines, and Yorga's hate-filled snarls.
Borknagar - "Om Hundrede Aar Er Alting Glemt" - Ivar Bjornson has composed a tragically beautiful piano interlude that really sets the mood for the album.
Kataxu - The synth-based half of Hunger of Elements - "In the Arms of the Astral World", "Nightsky" & "The Breath of Atlantis". Just listen to these songs at night, sitting under the stars with a cup of Irish coffee. It's an amazing experience.
Melechesh - "The Scribes of Kur" - You'd expect a Middle-Eastern band which plays songs about Sumerian mythology ought to throw in an instrumental done with traditional instruments. Don't ask me what these instruments are called, but its a very cool song.
