Possessed - The Exorcist
8/10
The song would score higher on its own merits, especially for that sinister tremolo melody. However, since I'm familiar with the film, I can say that it doesn't really connect much with the movie aside from sampling Tubular Bells at the beginning. Sampling movie soundtracks strikes me as a copout in terms of creating a song that captures the feel of the film. It's a small quibble, not enough to deduct heavily, but enough to keep it from the top.
Boba Fett - Zombie Holocaust
6.5/10
I like the riff introduced about 18 seconds in, but the song is basically just sophomoric fanboy gushing over a character, with that chorus of "Boba Fett he's fucking rad."
Dokken - Dream Warriors
8/10
I first heard this song this past New Year's Eve as covered by Iron Diamond. Glam metal can be well done, and this is a good example. The chorus is simple, yet anthemic.
Reverend Bizarre - Blood on Satan's Claw
8/10
This is the first I've heard tell of the movie on which this one is based, so I have zero frame of reference in that respect. It's also the first Rev Biz song I've heard feature falsettos like this, and I'm not sure how I feel about them. However, it's well put-together in general
Hexx - Sardonicus (no youtube of the song, only the EP - click the timestamp in the video info)
7/10
The layered vocals are the most noteworthy aspect of it, adding a layer of menace to what is otherwise fairly standard. It ends on a high note, though.
Crydebris - Mononoke Picture
6.5/10
It's really not that bad. Although the clean vocals fall somewhat into whiny emocore territory, they are not nearly as bad as they could have been.
Death - Evil Dead
8/10
This is solid primordial death metal, appealing in its simplicity, and the melodic lead intro is a nice touch.
Godflesh - Dream Long Dead
6/10
So I guess this is one of the big names in industrial metal. The industrial aspects are neat, but not enough to make it consistently engaging.
Satan's Host - Strongest of the Night
5.5/10
Maybe it's just the youtube for this song, but the muddled production does this no favors. It's okay, I guess, but certainly not enough to make me overlook the sound quality.
Blood Freak - Gobble Up Your Guts Part 2 Revenge Of The Turkey Monster
6/10
It delivers well for what it is, and it's pretty matches the tone for what I would expect for a film of said title.
Blood Farmers - Headless Eyes
7.5/10
Some solid, crushing, mildly impressive doom metal.
Blind Guardian - Time What Is Time
9/10
If you don't like Blind Guardian, chances are you just don't like melody in general. I've never seen Blade Runner, and this is my first time realizing that the song was based on it.
Deicide - Dead By Dawn
9/10
Early Deicide was just in a league of its own, mainly on account of Glen Benton's demonic vocals. It's cheesy, but genuinely infernal in its execution; thus it matches the comedic horror tone of Evil Dead II rather well.
Witchfinder General - Witchfinder General
7.5/10
I guess it's a good thing this song didn't get used up already by the eponymous playlist. It's a solid example of early doom, but not as memorable a song as "Burning a Sinner."
Iced Earth - Damien
9/10
Really captures the feel of the movie with the Latin chanting at the beginning, without simply lifting from the film score itself and sampling Ave Satani. What's more, ominous Latin/Greek/whatever chanting is a favored trope of mine, and it's nice that they used some real Latin this time, as opposed to just gibberish like in "Dante's Inferno", even if it's still just random words.
