Themed Mixtape Game

I still really don't understand how a song can lose a point for being "too obvious." The song I picked was the immediate in-crowd choice that popped into my head. I even made sure it has at least some relevance to a fucking animal before I submitted it and here I am getting good ratings..

Also, Harambe died just so you can play this fucking game. He died so you can post on these forums. Fag.
 
Talos of Atmora said:
Mostly from other people I've spoken to about the band. A lot of them didn't like their stuff.
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Speak to other people.

Dio - Lock up the Wolves
Dio is a top 10, maybe even top 5 vocalist for me but god I wish he was a better songwriter/would attach himself to better songwriters (I don't know if Dio or his band is to blame here). Kinda with HBB on this one, this is just really sluggish and dull.
3/10

Summoning - The Rotten Horse on the Deadly Ground
Amazing band, amazing lyrics, amazing song. (Shit youtube)
9/10

Slauter Xstroyes - Winter Kill
Love all of these youtube commenters that seemingly got here from some "worst metal bands" list. Amazing song, perfect for the theme.
10/10

Virgin Steele - The Raven Song
Great song from a band I need to check out. The jarring return to the chorus at the end was maybe not the best way to bring it home but it's a nitpick really. What does that ominous synth bit remind me of?
8/10

Helloween - Eagle Fly Free
The prototype for one billion cheesy euro-PM anthems. Immortal song.
Actually listenable youtube:

8/10

Forest of Harambe - I Am Harambe
Really drives home the sadness of Harambe's passing.
7/10

King's Ransom - Caged Animals
OK song I guess. Probably won't remember it 10 minutes from now. The animal cries are annoying.
4/10

Bathory - The Stallion
Haven't heard this, or much from this era of Bathory. Embarrasing blind spot, really. This is cool. Quorthon's voice sounds wimpy one moment and powerful the next. In ways, this sounds more like someone's first album than their... ninth. I guess that's part of the charm.
8/10

Skepticism - The Gallant Crow
Haven't heard this either. I imagine this works better in context. Nontheless I'm going to say it's pretty great. But I always did have a thing for unrestrained use of shitty synths.
8/10

Exodus - Piranha
I'm not that into thrash so something like Exodus is too quintessentially thrash for me. But it's good I suppose, and blatantly on theme.
6/10

Gaza - Mostly Hair and Bones Now
Don't have an inherent problem with -core but this isn't doing anything for me.
5/10

The Obsessed - Sodden Jackal
So this is where Wino got his start? Cool stuff.
7/10

Obliteration - Goat Skull Crown
This fucking obliterates in every way.
9/!0

Deströyer 666 - Unchain the Wolves
Quoth the Krow; "songs that are just giving a human the qualities of an animal are being lazy." Great song, obviously.
4/10
 
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Dio - Lock Up the Wolves
Not bad but quite lengthy and oddly paced at times. 5/10.

Summoning - The Rotten Horse on the Deadly Ground
People are strange. 9/10.

Slauter Xstroyes - Winter Kill
This is pretty dull. 4/10.

Virgin Steele - The Raven Song
Better than the above track by a smidge. 5/10.

Helloween - Eagle Fly Free
Shitty quality. I got into it a bit by the end tho. 5/10.

Forest of Harambe - I Am Harambe
Black metal recorded in a well? No thanks. 2/10.

King's Ransom - Caged Animals
Points for sound effects. 5/10.

Bathory - The Stallion
Not my favorite era but this is ight. 6/10.

Skepticism - The Gallant Crow
Well I wish there was more here. Still, great band. 5/10.

Exodus - Piranha
Yeah, this hits the spot. 8/10.

Gaza - Mostly Hair and Bones Now
That was fun. 7/10.

The Obsessed - Sodden Jackal
I like dat guitar tone. Pretty cool track. 7/10.

Obliteration - Goat Skull Crown
Those fucking vox! Sounds quite evil. Das good. 8/10.

Destroyer 666 - Unchain the Wolves
Rough opening. Finally kicks in to awesomeness. 7/10.
 
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Would like to point out that if any YouTube links are bad, you dumbasses mostly submitted your video link directly to me, except for the D666 song, that is.
 
Dio - Lock Up the Wolves
It's really not that bad. 5.5/10

Summoning - The Rotten Horse on the Deadly Ground
Grandiose wankery with terrible keyboards. Vocals aren't too bad. 4/10

Slauter Xstroyes - Winter Kill
Oh god this band again. Picks up after iffy beginning. This is much better than the other one posted. 6/10

Virgin Steele - The Raven Song
Kind of ok then really gay eh 4.5/10

Helloween - Eagle Fly Free
Eurovision metal. 3/10

Forest of Harambe - I Am Harambe (0:00-4:48 of this video ONLY)
I don't understand 2/10

King's Ransom - Caged Animals
Pretty terrible. 3/10

Bathory - The Stallion
Plods along, ok, nothing remarkable 5/10

Skepticism - The Gallant Crow
Boring 3/10

Exodus - Piranha
I'm not even that into this album but it's a breath of fresh air after everything so far. 7.5/10

Gaza - Mostly Hair and Bones Now
Absolutely crushing 10/10

The Obsessed - Sodden Jackal
This is all sorts of cool 8/10

Obliteration - Goat Skull Crown
Liking this also 7/10

Destroyer 666 - Unchain the Wolves
I don't mind some of what I've heard of this band but this is pretty shit 4/10
 
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Dio - 10 well if HBaby can do it...

Summoning - 7 this band, i always like the first 3 minutes of their songs, but then they drag it on for another 5

Slauter Xstroyes - 6 needs polish, decent.

Virgin Steele - 8 it's good. I'd like them to take a step farther in the progressive direction, and be a bit more heavy, but it's good.

Helloween - 5 annoying in an iron maiden way, the riffs are sometimes interesting

Harambe - 0 joke picks are better when they're funny

King's Ransom - 3 if you're going to have clean vocals, they better be good. same with guitar solos.

Bathory - 7.5 this is one of the in-crowd picks around here that has its moments. The Chasm is another.

Skepticism - 1 yawn

Exodus - 7 these guys are B or C-rate thrash riffwise but the vocals are interesting on this album.

Gaza - 7.5 this intensity is refreshing tbh. some nu-metal/core going on here but it's full of rage.

The Obsessed - 7 they set a consistent sort of black sabbath mood which i dig. Some element is missing, i think it's the key/riff changes Sabbath would have.

Obliteration - 8 one of the better "new-osdm" bands, but not the best.

Destroyer 666 - 7 much better when it picks up
 
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Dio - Lock Up the Wolves 6.5/10

This is perfectly fine. It's got a lot of Manowar going on in it and that main riff is fucking awesome.

Summoning - Rotting Horse on Deadly Ground 7/10

What a great fucking band. Silenius sounds like a fucking madman on this song and the layers are just wonderful. Dat melody is great too.

Slauter Xstroyes - Winter Kill 8.5/10

Chicago classic! I've seen these goofy fucks live too. Great fucking song. It's so damn goofy but awesome.

Virgin Steele - The Raven Song 7.5/10

I've actually never heard the first part of the Marriage of Heaven and Hell so this is pretty fresh. David's the fucking man and this has everything that makes Virgin Steele that awesome.

Helloween - Eagle Fly Free 6/10

Not sure if this album was actually recorded so thin or if it's just a shitty upload but I've heard better sound albums recorded with a fucking rockband microphone and audacity. The music is fine but for whatever reason I cannot get into Helloween.

Forest of Harambe - I am the Harambe 10/10

Harambe died for this. But seriously, this is actually impressive sounding. It sounds like it was recorded in some junkie's unfinished basement in some bullshit town in Norway. This is more kvlt sounding than Fullmoon. I love this.

King's Ransom - Caged Animals 7/10

What the fuck is this? Crazy obscure shit from Texas? I'm interested. Weird sounding and those fucking animal sounds are hilarious sounding, but I dig it.

Bathory - The Stallion 8/10

Fucking legendary band. Blood on the Ice never gets enough spins from me compared to Hammerheart, Under the Sign, or The Return but it's a damn fine album. You can hear Quorthon's vocals improving which helps but it loses some of the charm in the process.

Skepticism - The Gallant Crow 6/10

I'm a sucker for super huge keys in my music but I've never really been into Skepticism. This is cool though, might have to check this one out.

Exodus - Piranha 4/10

Exodus are definitely one of the worst thrash bands of the big names. Big fucking meh here.

Gaza - Mostly Hair and Bones Now 3/10

This is some of that real lame angry man/tough guy shit. Hatebreed, Lamb of God, etc. At least it's short.

The Obsessed - Sodden Jackal 9/10

It's pretty hard to believe that something this heavy was probably written in the 70s. Brilliant riffs, a nasty ass solo, and some of The Obsessed's darkest lyrics. Love it.

Obliteration - Goat Skull Crown 6.5/10

I'm still pretty disinterested in death metal these days but this is pretty damn solid stuff. I especially like when it slows down. More of that.

Destroyer 666 - Unchain the Wolves 8/10

I don't get the hate here. D666 is fucking legendary and Keith's onstage and offstage antics are fucking hilarious. There's a few better tracks on this album (Genesis to Genocide is particularly amazing) but this is a good one. Not much more to say. Fucking Unchain the Wolves!
 
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