Themed Mixtape Game

[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.

 

[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?

 

[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

 

[Baroque]

Venom - 4 what VP said
Sarcofago - 3 oh is this over now? boring
Metal Church - 8 the only Metal Church album i've enjoyed
Pandemonium - 5 has some 80's charm but is otherwise pbad
Blood Duster - 5 it's like a more extreme motorhead but somehow not as exciting
Crypt - 6.5 listenable. singer could be better for this style
Fates Warning - 7 average FW song. The "vocal harmony" part is awful, sounds like a bunch of cats with mange. some bright spots.
Satan's Host - 3 annoying vocally, instrumentally, the riffs, all of it. how can people enjoy this stuff and then not like thrash, this is like really shitty garage thrash.
Cryonic Temple - 4 the bad kind of power metal, but not the worst kind
Nargaroth - 2 meh
Banzai - 3 certain i wouldn't even like this if i was mexican
Exmortus - 10 practically perfect
Visigoth - 5 I was about to give this a 7 or 8 for the opening track. but the actual track submitted isn't nearly as good
Manowar - 1 gay

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Curious to know how you listened to a ~60 minute playlist in 32 minutes.

 

[Elric of Melniboné]

I'm more curious how someone can like Jag Panzer and call the vocals in Satan's Host annoying when it's the same singer singing in a similar style.

 

[Talos of Atmora]

@Vegard Pompey For fuck's sake, man! I didn't submit anything in this round.

Also, I just listened to the track and wow...that was some bog standard shit right there.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

I'm more curious how someone can like Jag Panzer and call the vocals in Satan's Host annoying when it's the same singer singing in a similar style.

The dude gave that Exmortus song a 10. How does this surprise you at all?

 

[Phylactery]

I've been really busy lately which is why I haven't rated. But yeah, I also didn't find this theme particularly interesting either.

I'm off next week so I'll should be able to submit a song for, and rate the next one.

 

[EspaDa]

I'm outta the city so feel free to rate anytime you want.

 

[arg]

sunday maybe

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Venom - Black Metal
9/10

Sarcofago - Deathtrash
8/10

Metal Church - Metal Church
7/10

Pandemonium (US) - Heavy Metal Soldiers
7/10

Blood Duster - Metal as Fuck
6.5/10

Crypt - Metallust Fever
7/10

Fates Warning - Pirates of the Underground
8/10

Satan's Host - Metal From Hell
6/10

Cryonic Temple - Eternal Flames of Metal
8/10

Nargaroth - Black Metal ist Krieg
8/10
Not too bad. It's an impressive display of stamina on the part of the drummer on the first section, although it's probably die erste instance of a drum tone that's can be called "so bad it's good." The second part ist sehr gut, although main credit should go to Strid for writing that riff.

Banzai - Voy a tu ciudad
6/10

Exmortus - Metal is King
8.5/10

Visigoth - Iron Brotherhood
8.25/10

Manowar - Gloves of Metal
9/10

Now that I've finally gotten around to rating this, I have enough credibility to hassle people to rate my playlist over in the non-metal game.

 

[Vilden]

Nargaroth - Black Metal ist Krieg
8/10
Not too bad. It's an impressive display of stamina on the part of the drummer on the first section, although it's probably die erste instance of a drum tone that's can be called "so bad it's good." The second part ist sehr gut, although main credit should go to Strid for writing that riff.

Everyone rips off Strid. Most influental bm band confirmed.

 

[arg]

Venom - Black Metal - 5
muddy af

Sarcofago - Deathtrash - 3
shitty af

Metal Church - Metal Church - 5
old af

Pandemonium (US) - Heavy Metal Soldiers - 4
un-metal af

Blood Duster - Metal as Fuck - 4
dumb af

Crypt - Metallust Fever - 7
least bad af so far

Fates Warning - Pirates of the Underground - 7
intro: this is gonna be 8-9 af, enter vocals: ok 7 af

Satan's Host - Metal From Hell - 3
annoying af

Cryonic Temple - Eternal Flames of Metal - 8
couldve been epic af if vocals had more balls

Nargaroth - Black Metal ist Krieg - 2
unlistenable af

Banzai - Voy a tu ciudad - 7
fun af

Exmortus - Metal is King - 8
good af tho riffs a bit too happy for vocals

Visigoth - Iron Brotherhood - 8
decent af. other songs in the album are better

Manowar - Gloves of Metal - 6
gay af

 

[Talos of Atmora]

Fates Warning - Pirates of the Underground - 7
intro: this is gonna be 8-9 af, enter vocals: ok 7 af

His vocals on Awaken the Guardian are a drastic improvement but I still thought he was good in The Spectre Within.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

His vocals are no better on Awaken the Guardian. Cease this blasphemy.