Antidote - Symphony of Death
one of the more interesting '90s thrash bands, probably the only finnish band i've heard in the genre aside from stone. first minute of this is great, the right amount of technical with prominent bugged out bass and then it leads into an epic voivody opening riff i love. rest of the song doesn't quite live up to that unfortunately, loses me a bit with the ensuing chugging and the kinda bland verses, only picking up for those metroid-evoking leads in between. vocals are fine, solo's pretty good. this gets the same rating i gave the album.
7/10
A Canorous Quintet - Dream Reality
such impassioned stuff, every musician brings some desperation to their performances and the production is perfect, giving each instrument space while also giving the melodies the prominence and texture they deserve. really cool idea to end this the way they did as well, building to a kind of delirious epiphany then suddenly ending is totally in the spirit of the theme. dissection, eucharist and WFiKtBD-era at the gates are reference points so obviously i'm gonna enjoy. apparently one of the guys playing on this was in
impergium-era niden div. 187 which is news to me!
9/10
Metallica - Fade to Black
great
9/10 worthy song that i'll give
6/10 for the six seconds of thought the submitter spent on it.
Death - Denial of Life
some real revelatory choices this time, i just don't know where you guys dredge up these forgotten obscurities. but yes it's a classic (and not so egregiously obvious that i'll downrate it).
8/10
S.O.D. - Kill Yourself
not really my thing but the playlist needs a respite from the self-pity party once in a while. waiting to get to arg's pick so i can quote these lyrics.
6.5/10
Death Squad - Bless Me When I Die
this is alright but i can't say it stood out too much for me, and the overly bassy sound is kind of headache-inducing tbh, maybe it's just the upload idk. shockingly i probably liked the melodic part best.
5/10
Fear of God - Red to Grey
i can't parse whether this is on theme so i'll give it the benefit of the doubt, especially as i suspect it was submitted by the person who chose the theme (still keeping the spirit of HBB alive--rip sweet pillowfucking prince). also dawn crosby basically did kill herself not that long after, so there's that. cool weird band anyways, really hit the spot after a bunch of more traditional songs, just when it threatens to be too atmosphere-centric it brings some riffage. not that i mind an emphasis on atmosphere when it's strange and haunting like this.
8/10
Headhunter D.C. - Suicidal Soldier
second song in the last three where the production hurt my brain in a similar way haha, the opening guitar sound is so good as well but it kinda gets drowned out for a lot of it. this is still pretty fucking cool though, drummer's a nutcase. there's just an endless supply of this deranged shit from brazil isn't there?
7/10
Woods of Ypres - By The Time You Read This (I Will Already Be Dead)
i'm not sure there actually is an arg pick this time so i'll just do it now:
When you go don't make a big deal
No dramatics, don't overplay
Cause don't you know that we'll all feel
Better once you've gone away
Kill yourself, kill yourself
Why don't you kill yourself
oh, apparently he actually is dead. rip then i guess.
3/10
Deicide - Sacrificial Suicide
what can i say? they're my favourite floridian band on the playlist.
9/10
Harvey Milk - I Did Not Call Out
profound. play it for me on my fucking death bed.
10/10
Gorefest - Horrors in a Retarded Mind
fucked up bone-chilling masterpiece from a retarded, diseased mind.
9.5/10
Mayhem - Life Eternal
@Burkhard can you replace the upload with
this official one if possible please, the one on the playlist is unlistenable in places. this mixtape owned down the stretch though, nice work everyone.
9/10
p.s. come on
@EspaDa, let's show these cunts what speed really is.
