Themed Mixtape Game Mk. 2

[Bloopy]

Was that out of key beeping sound in the background starting at around 4:32 and lasting for at least half a minute actually meant to be there or is it just a production flaw?

I dunno about beeps, but there are some mp3-like glitches/stutters in the upload. Guess whoever submitted it didn't listen to the whole thing. When I listened to it a 2nd time I did so via the album upload instead.

 

[challenge_everything]

Because of the thumbnail of the clip, right?

No more the fact it's an all girl group with a shitty band name wearing wedding dresses on stage.

 

[Baroque]

Waiting on ratings from mutantllama, Slayed Necros, no country, and Vegard Pompey. I’ll likely close this one around weds-thurs

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Oh right, I'll rate tomorrow. Already heard most of this.

 

[RadicalThrasher]

 

[Baroque]

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Amon Amarth - Death in Fire
Solid opener from my favorite era of Amon Amarth.
8/10

Satan's Host - Hell Fire
In a vacuum, this is a 10/10 masterpiece with a singular, spine-chilling vocal performance but I gotta ask... is this really thematic? Seems to be about a faction calling itself Hell Fire without much relation to actual fire.
7/10

Immortalis - Burning Existence
Satanic black magic! Sick shit.
9/10

Lovebites - Set the World on Fire
Don't get why people are being so generous to this, like ok it's not a mockery of metal like your usual arg pick but it's hard to find a riff or melody here that isn't completely stock.
4/10

Chelsea Grin - Playing with Fire
Wtf is this shit, we already had one arg pick
1/10

Mythological Cold Towers - Contemplating the Brandish of the Torches
My favorite genres are metal and SNES JRPG soundtracks, so I'll forgive any amount of jank if your music sounds like those two genres thrown in a blender. What the fuck is this stupid droning sound around the 52 minute mark? Oh yeah I'm using the full album youtube because the one in the playlist sounds like ass.
9/10

Force of Darkness - Whore of the Untamed Flame
Great frantic riffing and drumming, not a fan of this barking vocal style.
7.5/10

The House of Capricorn - A Candle for the Morning Star
This is cool, seems pretty dynamic for stoner metal.
7/10

Acid - Prince of Hell and Fire
Incredible vocal performance, wish the rest of the band would do something other than play that same verse riff again and again. Also dubiously thematic since the fire just features in an epithet.
6/10

King Diamond - Burn
Can barely get into classic MF, don't need more King Diamond in my life really.
6/10

Skeletonwitch - Burned from Bone
Cool thrash/meloblack mix. Love that tremolo riff before the verses. Verses not so much. Huh, it's over already?
7/10

 

[Baroque]

Last call for ratings I’ll add them up tomorrow afternoon

 

[no country for old wainds]

if that's afternoon PDT i should be able to rate by then.

 

[challenge_everything]

if that's afternoon PDT i should be able to rate by then.

Perennially Delinquent Time?

 

[Baroque]

Past Due Trackratings

 

[CiG]

Poofter Deliberately Tarries.

 

[challenge_everything]

 

[Slayed Necros]

Amon Amarth - Death in Fire

Thought this was top notch back when it came out, dunno how I'd feel if nostalgia was removed. Decent anyway, still prefer the debut by miles 6.5/10

Satan's Host - Hell Fire

Conklin's an untamed wild beast, weird thin production somehow works, makes everything more sinister and unsettling... yeah one of the strangest trad albums I've ever heard. Never really got into it but I've always liked it 8/10

Immortalis - Burning Existence

Haven't heard this in at least 15 years. Even back in the mid 2000s this was a tough one to find on CD. Shit rules though, need to pick up the recent reissue 9/10

Lovebites - Set the World on Fire

Better than I expected, some cool riffs and impressive musicianship, but not something I'd go out of my way to listen to 6.5/10

Chelsea Grin - Playing With Fire

Get the fuck outta here 1/10

Mythological Cold Towers - Contemplating the Brandish of the Torches

Probably need to be in a certain mood or have the whole album available to appreciate this properly. Not bad though 7/10

Force of Darkness - Whore of the Untamed Flame

Manic bestial black/thrash shit with actual riffs, best band playing this style in the last 15 years 9/10

The House of Capricorn

Oh an NZ sludge band... yeah not for me but I don't dislike it 6/10

Acid - Prince of Hell and Fire

I've been meaning to check these guys out for years, never got around to it. This is great, right up my alley. Reminds me a bit of the slower, heavier tracks from Exciter's Violence and Force 8.5/10

King Diamond - Burn

Love classic MF, never really got into King's solo stuff 6/10

Skeletonwitch - Burned From Bone

I need more ferocity and violence from black/death/thrash amalgamations, this is a bit too clean and nice. Not awful or anything, not something I'm at all interested in either 6.5/10

 

[mutantllama]

I'll try to rate this afternoon when I get home.

 

[Baroque]

Ok extending this one day for the perilous pair of procrastinators

 

[no country for old wainds]

to be fair this has been open way less time than usual!

Amon Amarth - Death in Fire
i've heard multiple albums, seen them live multiple times and i still don't remember a single song or riff, just blurs together. pretty samey heavyhanded version of a sound that doesn't tend to interest me in the first place. 4/10

Satan’s Host - Hell Fire
a little too chaotic and thrown together but the slow mid-section is one of the most intense and emotionally searing in all of music, just slays me man. under our spellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll, a scream that could conjure the darkest magicks. don't really care if it's thematic as i'm not that interested in the theme taken literally, i originally submitted WG's 'burning a sinner' (with an alt of necrophobic's 'where sinners burn' just to be cute) but decided this would be more interesting. 9/10

Immortalis - Burning Existence
it's weird, back in the mid-'00s it felt like a lot of old school germanic DM was getting drooled over and these days hardly any of those bands get talked about even though some of them kick ass. this isn't top tier or anything, riffage is a little uninspired to me and it feels a bit methodical for what it's going for. vocals are enjoyably nutty though and i love the chanting part, there's enough weirdness here to differentiate it. 6.5/10

Lovebites - Set the World on Fire
doesn't really leave a big impression but definitely better than i'd expect from the overall aesthetic. 5/10

Chelsea Grin - Playing with Fire
art in its purest form. sorry, did i say art? i meant arg. 1/10

Mythological Cold Towers - Contemplating the Brandish of Torches
i find this pretty stock as well, and i'm very picky with this kind of thing in general. outside of stormcrowfleet and dol guldur and oneiricon there isn't much metal i really like with this speed and vibe. 5.5/10

Force of Darkness - Whore of Untamed Flame
reminds me of a tune from evil invaders except made chilean as fuck. chilean is an exclusively positive descriptor. doesn't stand out to me though. 6.5/10

The House of Capricorn - A Candle for the Morning Star
the sound is satisfying enough that it ameliorates my stoner groove allergy somewhat. 5.5/10

Acid - Prince of Hell and Fire
just enough sinister cool to get away with how generic it is. only just though. 6/10

King Diamond - Burn
some good stuff in here, the devil and his violin is just pure retarded showmanship and it rules, the actual solo's great and the chorus is weirdly earwormy. solo king tends to be kind of toothless and cheesy compared to the fate though, this is no exception. he also always cut 'n pasted too much even in the fate days, the messiness hurts my autism. 7/10

Skeletonwitch - Burned from Bone
was not expecting this to be my favourite song aside from mine, not that it had much competition to be honest. yeah they're probably pussy thrash but the melodies really stick and it doesn't outstay its welcome. 8/10

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Pretty harsh ratings this time around I wanted to submit "Ghosts of Monongah" but I already used it in one of the best-of-year mixtapes so I was down to my third choice. Hope we can get a theme that hasn't been done before next round.

 

[no country for old wainds]

honestly in the amount of time it takes to type "not sure if we've done this one already but" they could search for the damn word

 

[CiG]

Scornful ratings as revenge for being bullied. I knew it.