My Current Metal Playlist
what's in my iPod right now. i'd appreciate some recs along the same lines.
Ya know. Or not. Whatever. |
| 1 | | Afgrund
Svarta Dagar
Pretty solid Swedish grind similar to Nasum and Rotten Sound |
| 2 |  | Annihilator
Alice in Hell
Classic technical speed metal. Not my favorite Annihilator but still great. |
| 3 |  | Blind Guardian
Somewhere Far Beyond
Can't decide if I did this one or not. More speed metal than power metal and I dig
Hansi's voice, but it doesn't get stuck in your head like 'Imaginations...' |
| 4 |  | Circle II Circle
Burden of Truth
Disappointing, and I heard it was their best album. I'd rather listen to bottom shelf
Savatage than this... |
| 5 |  | Deathspell Omega
Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum
Extremely imaginative and experiemental black metal. I dig it. Blends cult black
metal, grind, ambient, a lot of genre confusion going on to great effect. |
| 6 |  | Defeated Sanity
Chapters of Repugnance
Impressive technical death metal, especially the bass-lines and drumming. Riffs are
too metalcore sometimes. Great example of something good that would be great
with a big fat guitar solo wailing through the middle of it. |
| 7 |  | Deivos
Emanation from Below
Overall I think I prefer their second album, but this one has a load of creative ideas
and the songwriting is better on this one. |
| 8 |  | Edge of Sanity
Crimson
needs no explanation. |
| 9 |  | Goatwhore
Carving Out the Eyes of God
My first exposure to this band. This album gives me blue balls. Tons of potential
but you'll wait a long, long time if you think it's every going to finally deliver. |
| 10 |  | Gorefest
Erase
Solid early death n' roll. |
| 11 |  | Grotesque
In The Embrace of Evil
thanks for the rec. |
| 12 |  | Immortal
Damned in Black
Bridges the gap nicely between their grittier early sound and their epic later sound.
a little too polished on the production, but solid. It's Immortal. |
| 13 |  | Integrity
To Die For
Not a big hardcore fan, but I dig these guys for the dark vibe and the thrashy solos. |
| 14 |  | Kingdom of Sorrow
Kingdom of Sorrow
Weird blend of hardcore and doom/thrash. This band could develop into something
good if they focus more on writing songs than on sounding like the reject pile from
Down's first album. Kirt Weindstein and Jamey Jasta. I won't hold that against
them too much though. |
| 15 |  | Kreator
Flag of Hate
needs no explanation. |
| 16 | | Mastodon
Leviathon
Way better than their first record. It took me a decade to give them a second try
after sitting through that stroke fest. |
| 17 |  | Moonsorrow
Kivenkantaja
Not my fav Moonsorrow. This album is a little too mellow and undirected. Love this
band, though. |
| 18 |  | Nails
Unsilent Death
Awesome grind/metalcore hybrid. Album feels a little undercooked, but I dig the
sound. |
| 19 |  | Novembers Doom
The Novella Reservoir
One of the few doom/death bands I can stand. First half of this album is amazing.
Second half is the reason I don't get into doom/death very much. |
| 20 |  | Revocation
Chaos of Forms
Technical thrash on the verge of being death metal. Awesome proggy lead work.
It works a lot better than it sounds like it would. |
| 21 |  | Sarcofago
I.N.R.I.
needs no explanation. |
| 22 |  | Skeletonwitch
Beyond the Permafrost
fun album that remingds me of everything that went wrong with melodic death
metal. not enough here to justify the length. thinks a little melody can make up for
bad songwriting, which is pretty much the definition of shitty pop music. |
| 23 |  | Suffocation
Effigy of the Forgotten
duh |
| 24 | | While Heaven Wept
Vast Oceans Lacrymose
Blends prog, power metal, doom and Floyd. I dig it. |
| 25 |  | Anaal Nathrakh
In the Constellation of the Black Widow
Possibly my favorite black metal band ... not their best album, though ... |
| 26 |  | Demilich
Nespithe
I can think of a billion reasons why I should love the shit out of this, but it still
leaves me feeling a little dissatisfied, like they took me right to the edge but
couldn't push me over. |
| 27 |  | Insect Warfare
World Extermination
grindy goodness. |
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