Themed Mixtape Game

[Elric of Melniboné]

Aaww not Nargaroth, Blood Duster, Visigoth or Manowar?

If you picked a song, it was the Pandemonium song. That's my prediction.

I still think it's weird that you liked a blatant Manowar worship song by Visigoth but hate Manowar though.

 

[Satanstoenail]

I reckon Visigoth was yoda, aren't they his buddies or something?

 

[Sirjack]

l never said l hate Boyowar. l just see them as a bit of a fun distraction. You made me revisit some of their early stuff and to be honest..it still sucks, but l can appreciate the fan boy lust for theses warriors of metal as they were to a degree original for their time. that's not to say it's any good mind.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

l never said l hate Boyowar. l just see them as a bit of a fun distraction. You made me revisit some of their early stuff and to be honest..it still sucks, but l can appreciate the fan boy lust for theses warriors of metal as they were to a degree original for their time. that's not to say it's any good mind.

Keep dreaming, Eric Adams is one of metal's best singers, Ross Friedman is one of its finest guitarmen, Joey DeMaio one of its greatest bassists, and Scott Colombus among its most exemplary drummers, their 80's material is untouchable, and they make just about anyone look like posers in a live setting.

 

[Sirjack]

l mentioned fanboy huh

 

[Satanstoenail]

Eric Adams is the standout talent in the band imo. None of the others are remarkable in any way. Joey DeMaio plays with a pick for crying out loud. Playing bass super fast with a pick isn't anything to boast about.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

I still haven't seen any evidence of Joey DeMaio boasting about being the fastest bass player. I actually looked for it too.

 

[Satanstoenail]

I still haven't seen any evidence of Joey DeMaio boasting about being the fastest bass player. I actually looked for it too.

I read it somewhere a very long time ago, no idea where or if it's actually true. He is mentioned in a lot of 'fastest bass players' threads on forums though.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

Eric Adams is the standout talent in the band imo. None of the others are remarkable in any way. Joey DeMaio plays with a pick for crying out loud. Playing bass super fast with a pick isn't anything to boast about.

Irrespective of his speed, he's a well above average bass player. Ross Friedman is a guitar legend, he helped found The Dictators, arguably one of the top 3 protopunk acts ever, and Manowar, both to which he contributed nothing short of stellar musicianship. Scott Columbus, though far from the most technically impressive drummer, has an excellent sense of fills, and without a doubt is among the hardest striking drummers I've ever heard.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Irrespective of his speed, he's a well above average bass player. Ross Friedman is a guitar legend, he helped found The Dictators, arguably one of the top 3 protopunk acts ever, and Manowar, both to which he contributed nothing short of stellar musicianship. Scott Columbus, though far from the most technically impressive drummer, has an excellent sense of fills, and without a doubt is among the hardest striking drummers I've ever heard.

Interesting, I didn't know that about Ross the Boss. But yeah I'm still not feeling the virtuosity with any of them. Playing fast and hitting hard were things I found impressive when I was a teen, not so much now.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

Interesting, I didn't know that about Ross the Boss. But yeah I'm still not feeling the virtuosity with any of them. Playing fast and hitting hard were things I found impressive when I was a teen, not so much now.

Ross's strength isn't virtuosity, just listen to the guitar work on those classic Dictators and Manowar records. He's got a knack for really good, 1, 2 punch riffing, riffs that just whip your ass, and he's a more than competent soloist. As for Scott, I never said he was virtuosic either, in fact, I made sure to clarify that wasn't the most technically impressive when it came to drumming. He was a competent drummer, excellent at keeping a four on the floor beat, and with a knack for superb drum fills now and again. Once you have that as a drummer, hitting hard is an excellent addition to your technique and playing, not comparing the two, but look at John Bonham's strikes, the dude may as well have been using Thor's hammer instead of drum sticks. With Scott, they literally had to get him steel drum tops because by the end of a gig he'd have decimated a normal kit beyond use.

 

[Satanstoenail]

'One of metal's finest/greatest/most exemplary' - These are bold statements and considering some of the players in metal these guys would need to have something extraordinarily special going on to live up to such titles. Nothing you've said is convincing me of that. They are competent players and obviously forged their place in metal history but like I said Eric Adams is the only standout for me.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

For the record, Joey DeMaio plays a Piccolo bass, so it's different than a regular bass. I'm not sure it's even common to use your fingers on one.

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

'One of metal's finest/greatest/most exemplary' - These are bold statements and considering some of the players in metal these guys would need to have something extraordinarily special going on to live up to such titles. Nothing you've said is convincing me of that. They are competent players and obviously forged their place in metal history but like I said Eric Adams is the only standout for me.

To be honest, I don't know what you want from me that would prove it to you. They all possess a rather unique approach to their instruments, and though not always exceedingly notable on a purely technical level, demonstrate certain unique capacities on their instruments that just aren't commonplace. Ross especially is an immutably distinct guitarist, whether it be his choices in phrasing, his knack for riff composition, or the general flavor of his playing style. He's not going to pull a Malmsteen and shred Bach, but his skill lies elsewhere.

 

[Satanstoenail]

To be honest, I don't know what you want from me that would prove it to you. They all possess a rather unique approach to their instruments, and though not always exceedingly notable on a purely technical level, demonstrate certain unique capacities on their instruments that just aren't commonplace. Ross especially is an immutably distinct guitarist, whether it be his choices in phrasing, his knack for riff composition, or the general flavor of his playing style. He's not going to pull a Malmsteen and shred Bach, but his skill lies elsewhere.

Cool. I'll definitely check out some Dictators, are you familiar with their stuff? Recs?

 

[H.P. Lovecraft]

Cool. I'll definitely check out some Dictators, are you familiar with their stuff? Recs?

I'm absolutely familiar, love 'em. Bloodbrothers is a stone cold classic, so you probably wanna start there if you wanna start strong. Same for Go Girl Crazy!, their debut album. Their middle, sophomore album, Manifest Destiny is good, but not a classic like the other two. Beyond that they've got some live albums, which aren't terribly essential, but not bad listens if you honestly just want to take a look. Their fourth album, D.F.F.D., is decent, but just doesn't live up to their original three 70's records for me. Likely because it was their first studio record in 23 years, and they were past their creative prime.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Are we losing interest because we're burnt out on the game or disinterested in the this particular playlist? I think it's the latter for me. But I'll try to soldier through.

Venom - Black Metal
I respect Venom for influencing a lot of bands I love but their actual material isn't that interesting to me. This is probably one of their better songs.
7/10

Sarcofago - Deathrash
So this is where that memetic line originates from? Not really my thing but points for brevity.
6/10

Metal Church - Metal Church
7/10

Pandemonium - Heavy Metal Soldiers
8/10

Blood Duster - Metal as Fuck
Dumb shit but that verse chugging is oddly satisfying. Yeah ok I'll like this.
7/10

Crypt - Metallust Fever
I love hearing power metal with this kind of uncharacteristic harshness to it. And goddamn that last section is great.
9/10

Fates Warning - Pirates of the Underground
FW's lyrics really piss me off on some songs and this is one of them. I'm way too dumb for this, I can't relate this shit to anything. I assume it has something to do with metal just because of that one line addressing the controversy around supposed subliminal messages in metal and hard rock songs. I don't care if it's on-theme or not. Strictly musically it's still probably the least interesting song on TSW, and although I can't entirely dislike a song with a passage as beautiful as that one at around the 4-minute mark, I'm still going to downrate it for being a lazy subission from one of the most adored albums on this site.
5/10

Satan's Host - Metal from Hell
Points basically for having an awesome sound, but why can't we have one of the truly great Satan's Host songs in this game? Where was Black Stele in the Buildings round?
8/10

Cryonic Temple - Eternal Flames of Metal
Appreciate you flying the power metal flag Talos but this isn't great.
6/10

Nargaroth - Black Metal Ist Krieg
I don't understand this. Is it sincere or parody? Is it succeeding at whatever it's trying to be? Phylactery halp
5/10

Banzai - Voy a tu ciudad
Intro riff puts me in a good mood that lasts the whole song. Fun stuff, bit on the hard rock side but it is the early 80s after all.
9/10

Exmortus - Metal is King
Has a modern sound that I immediately associate with a number of not-great bands but this whole song is just pure riff and solo magic. Actually good Baroquecore?
9/10

Visigoth - Iron Brotherhood
8/10

Manowar - Gloves of Metal
Submitting Manowar for this theme is like submitting Summoning for a Tolkien theme; painfully obvious but no other band should win.
10/10

Gotta say, this playlist ended on a strong run of songs.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

I think that a deadline to rate needs to be set as it's been just under two weeks since the playlist was posted. And not a ridiculous one like the end of this week or anything like that.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

I blame the hurricane. Also, definitely a lack of interest in this theme as well as the non-metal one.

 

[Baroque]

Ok, ok I'll listen