Themed Mixtape Game

  1. Lordian Guard – Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God: Some genuinely beautiful melodies, but not enough speed or bottom end, and clumsy transitions. Also ten minutes? Fuck you. 4/10

  2. Burzum – Jesu Dod: Obviously a supremely cool track, but not the most original pick. 8.5/10

  3. Crimson Glory – Azrael: Extremely well composed, if a little cheesy and gallop-heavy. 8/10

  4. Destroyer 666 – Fucking killer, and a more original take on the theme than selecting an existing deity. 10/10

  5. Paradox – Pray to the Godz of Wrath: Cool pick and great riffs, but -1 for the annoying use of the letter z. 9/10

  6. Symphony X – The Divine Wings of Tragedy: Love Symphony X, but the intro to this sucks, and 20 minutes? This is an EP, not a song. 2/10

  7. Adagio – Great stuff. 8/10

  8. Corrosion of Conformity – This track isn't entirely without merit, and I like the doomy parts. But the groove/hardcore influenced stuff just doesn't mix with the Sabbathy parts. 5/10

  9. Realm – Endless War: Flawless vocals, gorgeous leads, and hilarious lyrics. 10/10

  10. Atlantean Kodex – Sol Invictus: Good at times, faggy at others, and at all points bloated beyond reason: 6/10

  11. Rudra – Hymns to Thee – Pretty awesome eastern influenced blackened thrash, if a little derivative of Melechesh. 9/10

  12. Beastcraft – Burnt at His Altar: Glad to see some straight up black metal here. This gets full marks as much because of the incredible video as because of the music. 10/10

  13. Portrait – Lily: The first two and a half minutes of this are boring as fuck, but it gets better from there. -5 for the length, - 3 for matching the theme only very loosely, +1 for the King Diamond influence. 3/10
  14. Macabre Omen – A Call from Gods to God: Kvlt, great atmosphere, and bonus points for getting the word God twice into the title. 9/10
 
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1. Lordian Guard - Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God: I really liked the melodies here but the atmosphere wasn't really supported by much of a bottom end, as ID stated. Also, it was a bit plodding. 5/10

2. Burzum - Jesu Dod: Really good song choice here. However, it isn't really my favorite track on the album. 8/10

3. Crimson Glory - Azrael: One of my favorite tracks of their self-titled. Midnight's vocals were in top form here and the composition is fantastic. 9/10

4. Destroyer 666 - I Am the Wargod A really inventive track with a lot of badass riffs. No complaint about how it was written either. 9/10

5. Paradox - Pray to the Godz of Wrath: Excellent choice in terms of theme and a really enjoyable one too. Always thought that title was a bit cringy though. 9/10

6. Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy: The theme fits perfectly, the composition and instrumentation is awesome and Russell Allen's vocals are pretty excellent. As a prog fan, the length doesn't really bother me all the at much. 10/10

7. Adagio - In Nomine...: Fits the theme and sounds great. 8.5/10

8. Corrosion of Conformity - Mine Are the Eyes of God: The groove parts seem really out of place in what would probably have been a really good doom track. A lot of wasted potential here, methinks. 5.5/10

9. Realm - Endless War: This was wonderful. 9.5/10

10. Atlantean Kodex - Sol Invictus: Had some really good parts but I feel it meanders quite a bit. 6.5/10

11. Rudra - Hymns to Thee: Awesome, interesting and legitimately surprising. 9.5/10

12. Beastcraft - Burnt at His Altar: Didn't really like this one in comparison to a lot of other black metal. Felt pretty average to be honest. 5/10

13. Portrait - Lily: Rather dull at the start. It improves but then it runs into the problem of not fitting the theme as well as other tracks on this list. 4/10

14. Macabre Omen - A Call from Gods to God: Conversely, this is some good black metal. Pretty much has everything I want from this genre and does quite well 9/10
 
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Disappointed in the ratings for the opening track so far tbh. I thought it was a cool pick and an excellent intro to the list, with its narration and all.

I was also almost sure someone would submit Primordial's Gods to the Godless.
 
Phylactery said:
Disappointed in the ratings for the opening track so far tbh. I thought it was a cool pick and an excellent intro to the list, with its narration and all.

I was also almost sure someone would submit Primordial's Gods to the Godless.
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Yeah, I was surprised no one picked that either. It's good.
 
Internally Deformed said:
That song is all about the atmosphere, man. Also 02:09 on the video sent a shiver down my spine and made me laugh both at the same time, which is what the best black metal videos should strive to achieve.
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It didn't have anything to do with the video, honestly. I mean, you're speaking to someone who likes Candlemass' Bewitched video :tickled:. I just thought the song wasn't as good as a lot of other black metal.
 
I think I was getting a little fed up with listening to progressive/trad/doom stuff by that point, so that might have been a factor in my vote. If anyone had submitted an OSMB song I'd have given it a 10 for sure from pure relief. I also have a fondness for BM bands that use picked out chord progressions rather than riffs. Have you listened to any Mutiilation?
 
I did try to order the tracks in a way that avoided repeating the same genre back to back, and to be fair there is plenty of black metal here. Satanstoenail is going to hate this playlist.
 
Lordian Guard - Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
8.5/10. This is epic heavy metal magic. I'm going to have to own this in the near future.

Burzum - Jesu død
7/10. I've never been really big on Burzum, but I get it.

Crimson Glory - Azrael
9/10. Crimson Glory is always phenomenal.

Destroyer 666 - I am the Wargod
8/10.

Paradox - Pray to the Godz of Wrath
7/10. This was very cool. Anyone want to recommend me something by this band?

Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy
7.5/10. I didnt hate this at all, maybe I should try an album by the band. Gotta admit though, usually not my thing and past my attention span level.

Adagio - In Nomine...
8/10. Not sure what's up with all the cheese this round, but I'm feeling it tbh.

Corrosion of Conformity - Mine Are the Eyes of God
8/10. This song/band fits pretty awkwardly into this playlist but I do like Corrosion and the song so I'll give it a pass.

Realm - Eminence
7/10. Legendary band.

Atlantean Kodex - Sol Invinctus
7.5/10

Rudra - Hymns to Thee
3/10. Yuck. I didnt like this at all.

Beastcraft - Burnt at His Altar
3.5/10. This sounds like 10,000 other black metal bands I dont care about.The video was cooler than the song.

Portrait - Lily
3.5/10. I like Portrait, I own every album. This song is my least favorite and sucks compared to a chunk of this list.

Macabre Omen - A Call From Gods to God
5/10. I really dont like this as much as most guys do.... And I surely cant rate it as high as the Burzum song...

This list was great but fizzled a bit at the end.
 
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