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Emeritus
Reviews 199
Approval 96%
Soundoffs 33
News Articles 41
Band Edits + Tags 35
Album Edits 279
Album Ratings 1668
Objectivity 86%
Last Active 10-29-22 11:48 am
Joined 11-26-06
Review Comments 17,624
| Most Beautiful Metal Songs
Pretty self-explanatory. Songs which scream emotion even when there aren't any lyrics. | | 1 | Dark Tranquillity
The Mind's Eye
Personally, my favorite instrumental of all time. The acoustics at the beginning are heartfelt and sorrowful. Thundering drums and somber electric guitars kick in about halfway through, the riffs they play are simply mind-blowing. | | 2 | Ulver
Utreise
Fantastic. The acoustic guitar riff opening the song is the best acoustic riff I've ever heard. Bar none. Lonely and depressing, it's nearly impossible to create anything more emotional. Couple that with Garm's haunting vocals and you have one of Ulver's best songs of their impressive career. | | 3 | Swallow The Sun
Hope
Crushing and heavy, the thunderous drumming and progressively more melodic guitar riffing drill this song into your brain. The smooth clean vocals and brutal death metal growls combine into a title track worth it's name. | | 4 | Dissection
Where Dead Angels Lie
Easily Dissection's finest moment, this is one of their most widely known songs, and for damn good reason. Poetic lyrics, Black Metal screeches, and a drumming onslaught worth it's title of "Battery", this song scores in all aspects. A classic song from a legendary album. | | 5 | Dark Tranquillity
Lethe
There is a reason that my license plate on my car says 'Lethe'. Mikael Stanne's most emotional vocal performance ever, the slow acoustic intro misguides the listener, and from there on he is pummeled with a depressing, hateful song. It's like being punched in the stomach. | | 6 | Agalloch
In The Shadow Of Our Pale Compainion
Epic in every sense of the word, Agalloch's 15-minute monster is one of serenity and beauty. The clean vocals rock, the guitars are slow and mournful, and that awesome sweep pick is sure to put a smile on anyone's face. | | 7 | In Flames
December Flower
Back when In Flames was actually good, they released a little album called 'The Jester Race'. This track is extremely melodic and catchy, but Anders' vocals are harsh and furious, a classic In Flames song, also one of their best. | | 8 | Insomnium
The Gale
It's hard to believe that the opening instrumental of an album as good as 'Above The Weeping World' would be probably one of the strongest tracks on the album. Soft acoustic guitars play amidst the falling rain, before a sweeping guitar riffs and pounding drums take it away, with an ominous voice saying "When it rains, it pours like hell...." This song never ceases to send shivers down my spine. | | 9 | Into Eternity
Morose Seclusion
Simple acoustic riffing and epic, awesome clean vocals take this track from a simple closing ballad to a surreal beauty of a song. This song is grossly overlooked, not sure why, but I love this. | | 10 | Kalmah
Moon Of My Nights
Combining Kalmah's unique high-pitched vocals with piano interludes and some really good lyrics, this track is second only to their best song, 'Heroes To Us', on their album 'Swampsong'. The sadness throughout this song is really noticeable. As always, the keyboards and guitar riffs are insane. | | 11 | Katatonia
Burn The Remembrance | | 12 | Nightwish
Nemo | | 13 | Dark Tranquillity
Insanity's Crescendo | | 14 | Nokturnal Mortum
Goat Horns | | 15 | Opeth
The Drapery Falls | | 16 | Paysage d'Hiver
Welt Aus Eis | | 17 | Vinterland
Our Dawn Of Glory | | 18 | Amorphis
Black Winter Day | | 19 | Bathory
A Fine Day To Die | | 20 | Beyond The Embrace
Rapture | | 21 | Burzum
Key To The Gate | | 22 | Dark Tranquillity
Alone | | 23 | Deathspell Omega
Carnal Malefactor | | 24 | Diecast
The Coldest Rain | | 25 | Emperor
I Am The Black Wizards | | 26 | Ensiferum
Into The Battle | | 27 | Insomnium
In The Halls Of Awaiting | | 28 | Opeth
Benighted | | 29 | Agalloch
She Painted Fire Across The Skyline Part 1 | | 30 | Heaven Shall Burn
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Crysis
09.23.07 | God dammit I forgot explanations didn't come up for just songs. I just spent over a half hour typing explanations for nothing. Oh well. | Yazz_Flute
09.23.07 | That sucks =/
Well, I've always had a very similar taste in metal as you, and likewise, I'd have to say that I love just abut everything on this list. Especially 6, that's got to be one of the best songs ever recorded, I love it so fucking much. | south_of_heaven 11
09.23.07 | Lists fails because it doesn't have "Hallowed Be Thy Name", or any other epics by Maiden. | Crysis
09.23.07 | Fuck I forgot that song lol | LifeInABox
09.23.07 | lol Diecast | ironman4444
09.23.07 | When I read the list name I thought about "Key to the Gate". | Zoo
09.23.07 | I guess you haven't listened to EToS yet, otherwise one or more of their songs would definitely be on here.
I agree with 3, 8, 10, 12, and 27. | jrowa001
09.23.07 | great list man, i think some novembers doom could be on this list | Crysis
09.23.07 | Strangely I've never heard November's Doom before... I have listened to EToS but I don't think their songs would make it up on this list. | chimera908
09.23.07 | How could you not include Kayo Dot, maudlin of the Well, Cynic or Death on this list? Some decent songs here otherwise eh. | Crysis
09.23.07 | I've never really heard any of those bands except Death, so I can't say if any songs from them would make this list. | Confessed2005
09.23.07 | The Agalloch and Opeth inclusions are awesome. | BallsToTheWall
09.23.07 | Yes to 12. where's The Mundane and the magic? | Bfhurricane
09.24.07 | Shamandalie by Sonata Arctica
Memento Mori by Kamelot
off the top of my head |
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