Themed Mixtape Game
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Warning - Footprints
there are times when i consider this my favourite album - the most intense, earnest, intimate, enveloping expression of romantic and existential anguish possible. this might be its best tune, a song about the romantic compulsion to lower your elaborate defences and let someone in despite the accompanying vulnerability, fear and pain. i think of this album as a litmus test for whether someone's tastes are compatible with mine, it's concentrated ncfow-core. i could live inside this song's textures and emotions always. 10/10
Fueled by Fire - Forsaken Deity
seriously warning is so great 5/10
Rigor Mortis - Speedwhore
i thought this album was supposed to be meh but this is rather excellent. absolutely lovely discord in the opening leads, a badass destruction riff and then propulsive speed metal through to the concluding flurry. 8/10
Dark Angel - Pain's Invention, Madness
you are not wrong about that ending pompey. i freely admit i don't quite get this still, but i also sense that it could grow on me if i try to force it, so maybe i will. 6/10
Cannibal Corpse - Addicted to Vaginal Skin
disgusting music for degenerates like arg. 6/10
Dødheimsgard - The Snuff Dreams Are Made Of
people have been trying to get me to listen to this ever since it got released so yeah i should probably do that this fucking rules. oppressive and otherworldly and eccentric. 8/10
Impaled Nazarene - The Horny and the Horned
underrated album but not really getting how it's thematic. willing to be persuaded. 6/10
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
there was this uber-posh left wing vegetarian in my school who randomly loved this album and used to play this song on piano in music class and growl along to it, and my music teacher, an old-fashioned classical aficionado who hated vivaldi for being too "simplistic", absolutely hated him for it. 8/10
Johnny Touch - Black Company
was about to give up on finding a working vid of this 'til i noticed it's on bandcamp. that sparse yet complex NWOBHM riff is immediately worth the effort, absolutely fucking beautiful, and that riff develops into an equally lovely mid-song climax. the acoustic parts stand out less but remain nice and atmospheric, and then it thrashes out in that mid-paced mercyful fate style for a bit in the second half to cool effect. as always, i love the unexpectedly chilling anti-climactic fadeout as well. re: hbb's criticism of theme, i think it's implied that this is an ongoing ritual. 9/10
Grave - Obsessed
grave are reliably solid. not particularly impressed with these kinds of songs for this theme but eh. 6/10
Loudness - Clockwork Toy
the surprisingly emotive conclusion to the opening riff is all that stops the verses being a bit dull, and the willingness to maintain the tension for longer than usual is all that stops the chorus being a bit dull. i enjoy these kinds of subtle touches. then the mid-section of the song (+final minute) is cool in a less subtle way and the soloing is really lovely. not really on theme again though. 6/10
Kreator - Mental Slavery
this might be the most famous thrash album i haven't heard. actually a bit less watered down and polished than i was expecting and has a cool riff or two, but it's lacking in economy or urgency. 6/10
Acid Bath - Tranquilized
don't get the appeal of like 95% of this genre sry. 4/10
Saint Vitus - Dependence
ok so it's vitus again and the song title is the same as the round title, so thx for your submission captain obvious, BUT this is their least heard album and the ratings have been pretty harsh so w/e. i could do without the section of feedback but the verses are as gorgeously suffocating as they are simple, and they continue their tradition of being one of the best produced bands ever. 8/10
there are times when i consider this my favourite album - the most intense, earnest, intimate, enveloping expression of romantic and existential anguish possible. this might be its best tune, a song about the romantic compulsion to lower your elaborate defences and let someone in despite the accompanying vulnerability, fear and pain. i think of this album as a litmus test for whether someone's tastes are compatible with mine, it's concentrated ncfow-core. i could live inside this song's textures and emotions always. 10/10
Fueled by Fire - Forsaken Deity
seriously warning is so great 5/10
Rigor Mortis - Speedwhore
i thought this album was supposed to be meh but this is rather excellent. absolutely lovely discord in the opening leads, a badass destruction riff and then propulsive speed metal through to the concluding flurry. 8/10
Dark Angel - Pain's Invention, Madness
you are not wrong about that ending pompey. i freely admit i don't quite get this still, but i also sense that it could grow on me if i try to force it, so maybe i will. 6/10
Cannibal Corpse - Addicted to Vaginal Skin
disgusting music for degenerates like arg. 6/10
Dødheimsgard - The Snuff Dreams Are Made Of
people have been trying to get me to listen to this ever since it got released so yeah i should probably do that this fucking rules. oppressive and otherworldly and eccentric. 8/10
Impaled Nazarene - The Horny and the Horned
underrated album but not really getting how it's thematic. willing to be persuaded. 6/10
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
there was this uber-posh left wing vegetarian in my school who randomly loved this album and used to play this song on piano in music class and growl along to it, and my music teacher, an old-fashioned classical aficionado who hated vivaldi for being too "simplistic", absolutely hated him for it. 8/10
Johnny Touch - Black Company
was about to give up on finding a working vid of this 'til i noticed it's on bandcamp. that sparse yet complex NWOBHM riff is immediately worth the effort, absolutely fucking beautiful, and that riff develops into an equally lovely mid-song climax. the acoustic parts stand out less but remain nice and atmospheric, and then it thrashes out in that mid-paced mercyful fate style for a bit in the second half to cool effect. as always, i love the unexpectedly chilling anti-climactic fadeout as well. re: hbb's criticism of theme, i think it's implied that this is an ongoing ritual. 9/10
Grave - Obsessed
grave are reliably solid. not particularly impressed with these kinds of songs for this theme but eh. 6/10
Loudness - Clockwork Toy
the surprisingly emotive conclusion to the opening riff is all that stops the verses being a bit dull, and the willingness to maintain the tension for longer than usual is all that stops the chorus being a bit dull. i enjoy these kinds of subtle touches. then the mid-section of the song (+final minute) is cool in a less subtle way and the soloing is really lovely. not really on theme again though. 6/10
Kreator - Mental Slavery
this might be the most famous thrash album i haven't heard. actually a bit less watered down and polished than i was expecting and has a cool riff or two, but it's lacking in economy or urgency. 6/10
Acid Bath - Tranquilized
don't get the appeal of like 95% of this genre sry. 4/10
Saint Vitus - Dependence
ok so it's vitus again and the song title is the same as the round title, so thx for your submission captain obvious, BUT this is their least heard album and the ratings have been pretty harsh so w/e. i could do without the section of feedback but the verses are as gorgeously suffocating as they are simple, and they continue their tradition of being one of the best produced bands ever. 8/10
Baroque
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I will rate soon don't deprive me of the chance to shit all over the things you love
Phylactery
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If you shit on "Transilvanian Hunger", you'll be mocked for your obviously Jewish behaviour.
CiG
The Veils of Negative Existence
CiG
The Veils of Negative Existence
CiG
The Veils of Negative Existence
What are you talking about? Muslims love Jews buddy don't buy into the republican funded right-wing media.
Baroque
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Warning - WTF is this shit? it's like someone yawning on his guitar strings. The label for the intro should read "Warning - this crap is fucking lame". Then a doped up cat with mange shows up and starts mewling into the microphone. Someone put it out of its misery. 1/10
Fueled by Fire - 10/10 this is clearly the best ever because I submitted it
Rigor Mortis - For a song called speed whore this is pretty fucking slow to start. Even when it picks up it's not very impressive. They were like "let's write a fast song and call it speed whore!" then they realized they had zero musical training so they just threw together some mediocre power chord riffs and played them as fast as the drummer could keep up with. 3/10 for naive effort
Dark Angel - Nowhere near DA's best. This is so far from Darkness Descends. 5/10
Cannibal Corpse - Would be much better with a different vocalist. 6/10
DHG - This is some bullshit mix of nu metal industrial like Static X and -core. and then there's the gay nonsensical off key 'chanting' 1/10
Impaled Nazerene - This is why (uninformed) people say metal players have no talent. Shit like this. strum strum strum strum on one chord, drum drum drum drum on the same beat. +1 because the vocalist is mercifully non-monotone for this style. 3/10
Darkthrone - Oh god who listens to this 'melody'? The lead guitar is like something a tone deaf toddler would play and expect praise from their parents. I'm sorry but this is garbage. "The bad production is not a bug, it's a feature!" "We're such anarchists we don't even learn scales or modes!" 1/10
Black Company - These guys clearly have some sense of harmony and songwriting at least. It sounds very canned though. "We're trained musicians, let's play that style that is popular right now and act all melodramatic!" It's not bad though tbh, I was expecting worse. 7/10
Grave - Ok I've been on a big early 90's death metal kick lately so I really have nothing bad to say about this. I didn't know Grave went this far back. This is kickass. 9/10
Loudness - This is hard rock you fucking toolbags. Watch this, then watch an early Van Halen video, same exact shit. The stuff some people claim is metal. It's even written with a lame radio friendly pop rock structure. Like 5 years ago I recommended them to a friend who only listens to van halen exclusively and he liked them, that says something. These dudes were clearly trying to be trendy and capitalize on the easy money and chicks, basically copying Van Halen and Motley Crue as closely as possible. The guitar solo was not bad. 4/10
Kreator - Damnit stop posting stuff I like lol. 9/10
Acid Bath - I've seen this cover on every "worst metal covers" thread and list ever. Never listened to it. Not as bad as it looks. This is borderline metal with the subdued vocals and pentatonic licks though. Could easily be a Soundgarden song or Alice in Chains, or even like STP. 6/10
Saint Vitus - Enough, enough. I'm not even going to finish listening to this. 0/10 does not deserve to win, incredibly uncreative choice, intended to annoy.
Fueled by Fire - 10/10 this is clearly the best ever because I submitted it
Rigor Mortis - For a song called speed whore this is pretty fucking slow to start. Even when it picks up it's not very impressive. They were like "let's write a fast song and call it speed whore!" then they realized they had zero musical training so they just threw together some mediocre power chord riffs and played them as fast as the drummer could keep up with. 3/10 for naive effort
Dark Angel - Nowhere near DA's best. This is so far from Darkness Descends. 5/10
Cannibal Corpse - Would be much better with a different vocalist. 6/10
DHG - This is some bullshit mix of nu metal industrial like Static X and -core. and then there's the gay nonsensical off key 'chanting' 1/10
Impaled Nazerene - This is why (uninformed) people say metal players have no talent. Shit like this. strum strum strum strum on one chord, drum drum drum drum on the same beat. +1 because the vocalist is mercifully non-monotone for this style. 3/10
Darkthrone - Oh god who listens to this 'melody'? The lead guitar is like something a tone deaf toddler would play and expect praise from their parents. I'm sorry but this is garbage. "The bad production is not a bug, it's a feature!" "We're such anarchists we don't even learn scales or modes!" 1/10
Black Company - These guys clearly have some sense of harmony and songwriting at least. It sounds very canned though. "We're trained musicians, let's play that style that is popular right now and act all melodramatic!" It's not bad though tbh, I was expecting worse. 7/10
Grave - Ok I've been on a big early 90's death metal kick lately so I really have nothing bad to say about this. I didn't know Grave went this far back. This is kickass. 9/10
Loudness - This is hard rock you fucking toolbags. Watch this, then watch an early Van Halen video, same exact shit. The stuff some people claim is metal. It's even written with a lame radio friendly pop rock structure. Like 5 years ago I recommended them to a friend who only listens to van halen exclusively and he liked them, that says something. These dudes were clearly trying to be trendy and capitalize on the easy money and chicks, basically copying Van Halen and Motley Crue as closely as possible. The guitar solo was not bad. 4/10
Kreator - Damnit stop posting stuff I like lol. 9/10
Acid Bath - I've seen this cover on every "worst metal covers" thread and list ever. Never listened to it. Not as bad as it looks. This is borderline metal with the subdued vocals and pentatonic licks though. Could easily be a Soundgarden song or Alice in Chains, or even like STP. 6/10
Saint Vitus - Enough, enough. I'm not even going to finish listening to this. 0/10 does not deserve to win, incredibly uncreative choice, intended to annoy.
CiG
The Veils of Negative Existence
Phylactery
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The stuff you wrote about Darkthrone is rubbish and you know it. Soulside Journey proves that they're all more than technically proficient with their instruments. Transilvanian Hunger isn't about showing that off, though. That song has 3 riffs and 1 drum beat stretched over 6 minutes and still manages to be far more interesting and evocative than anything Dream Theater and their ilk ever wrote.
Also, I've always found the "rawness" of that record's production to be vastly overstated. It sounds less raw and abrasive to me than the previous 2.
Also, I've always found the "rawness" of that record's production to be vastly overstated. It sounds less raw and abrasive to me than the previous 2.
Satanstoenail
My Larpstyle determines my Derpstyle
So I was just working away, minding my own business, and all of a sudden I felt uneasy and the wind picked up and started howling... Then far away somewhere I heard what can only be described as the sound of a thousand in-crowders gasping and scoffing in disgust.
CiG
The Veils of Negative Existence
Phylactery
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I don't care if he doesn't like it, but when his criticisms are so off base, such as "We're such anarchists we don't even learn scales or modes!", then I thought I'd correct him. Soulside Journey is evidence this is false. Also, Under a Funeral Moon is the in-crowd's favourite Darkthrone, and no it isn't mine.
CiG
The Veils of Negative Existence
Phylactery is right on this, but of course these wankers are too wimpy to admit it. Darkthrone are not a product of bad musicianship, they intentionally dumbed down their playing in order to reach different goals.
At least have the balls and quality of character to admit when you're wrong.
At least have the balls and quality of character to admit when you're wrong.
Funerary_Doom
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Yep!
Baroque those are some savag ratings. I think it's interesting how differently people hear music though.
Satanstoenail
My Larpstyle determines my Derpstyle
CiG
The Veils of Negative Existence
Baroque
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I don't listen to Darkthrone so I don't know that I'm wrong. I judged based on this song alone.
Baroque
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