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| Willie's Five Star Songs
I rate all the songs I have on Apple Music. There are a few reasons I do that, one is so that only the four star (and above) songs get downloaded to my phone, and also so I can have a five star playlist for when I feel like just listening to my favorites. Since it is slow at work, I decided to put the five star playlist on shuffle and just talk about whatever songs come up. | 1 | | Bad Religion Suffer
Song: What Can You Do? -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osmGWSjL0Io
The catchiest song on one of the definitive Southern California punk releases. Even as catchy as it is, Greg Graffin still tries to make sure you know the world is going to shit, and there's nothing you can do (I don't know if that song is supposed to be literal or sarcastic... but whatever). | 2 | | Nightwish End Of An Era
Song: Nemo -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww2f4PPprSc
I love the Nightwish live albums. They sound so much better than the studio releases. They're more guitar driven, and the cheesiest orchestral parts seem to be toned down. Also, the vocals are always better on the live albums -- Nemo is no exception. It's always funny / sad to know Tarja was singing her heart out here, and she was about to be canned. This was the closest the band ever had to an actual single until Amaranthe years later (but Amaranthe sucks). Great chorus, great simple riffs, great bass tone, and keyboard parts that are epic, but not over done. | 3 | | Hoobastank Hoobastank
Song: Crawling in the Dark -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOHxtOLfvIo
If you're going to copy Incubus, it should be their crazy experimental debut not the most mainstream elements... but Hoobastank never got the message. Despite that, "Crawling in the Dark" in a great second-gen radio-ready alternative rock track. It doesn't break any ground, and Incubus was doing it better overall, but this was a rare win for Hoobastank. | 4 | | Tiamat A Deeper Kind of Slumber
Song: A Deeper Kind of Slumber -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjQsX0Fvbwk
Doom/death band Tiamat finish their transition to gothy Pink Floyd worshipers. The title track is a great atmospheric song that takes a simple programmed beat, waves of synth, a cyclical clean guitar melody, and Johan's vocals to simply lull you into a trance. Unfortunately, this album's sound was a one-off before they went into terrible gothic rock for the rest of their career. | 5 | | Epica Omega
Song: The Skeleton Key -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWZmpZTDtkU
Easily the best song on Omega. The playful interplay between the keyboard and Simone's vocals is a highlight, but it also has an excellent chorus, subtle but effective symphonic elements, aggressive death vocals, and a cool choir interlude in the middle. A great track to introduce people to the band and/or Symphonic Metal, in general. | 6 | | Tech N9ne Planet
Song: Don't Nobody Want None -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl-LSOpkO38
Tech N9ne has some great songs, and some terrible songs. This one, though, is awesome. It's a straight-up homage to 80s hip-hop / dance given the Tech N9ne treatment courtesy of his rapid-fire style. Fun and catchy as hell. | 7 | | Agua de Annique Air
Song: Witnesses -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHIBhP8w5do
The woman that started my love affair with female-fronted metal. This is her first solo release (I believe), and appears to be railing against Jehovah's Witnesses, and possibly organized religion in general. I love the energy, the rhythmic marching sound and drums, the fuzzy guitar sound and riffs, and of course Anneke Van Giersbergen. Songs like this proved that Anneke could step outside The Gathering and do her own thing with her own sound. | 8 | | Meshuggah Destroy Erase Improve
Song: Future Breed Machine -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7urbhWr7oc
This song (and the album as a whole, really) is special. It's a transitional release where the band haven't totally abandoned their thrash roots, and it makes for a more exciting and dynamic collection of songs. Of course, the centerpiece of the album (and really the band's entire discography) is Future Breed Machine. Every time I hear this song it makes me wish they would bring back some thrash, and maybe make the vocals a little more varied and dynamic like they were here. Having said that, there are plenty of other songs that come close to this such as Bleed, the opening three tracks of Chaosphere, Spasm, I etc. | 9 | | Ne Obliviscaris Portal of I
Song: And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNuVdsx7qJY
Honestly, the nasally clean singing almost drops this into four territory, but there's too much else going on to not totally enjoy this. The opening few minutes with the acoustic guitars, rhythmic percussion, and violin solo is excellent; as is the transition to the metal section. I also appreciate the clean singing and death growl 'harmonization' that they use throughout a lot of this song. Also, the bass lines and guitar solos on this song are so smooth. The Live in Colorado version that I linked to above is probably the definitive version of this song. | 10 | | Chapterhouse Blood Music
Song: Confusion Trip -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrdCVVNVbIU
Shoegaze meets electronic rock from England. I always loved this whole album because each song sounds so different while still sticking to a uniform sound. That might sound weird, but it's true. Some songs are super shoegazy, some are dominated by electro beats, and songs like this are more like a euphoric British rock kind of sound. An underappreciated gem of the 90s Shoegaze era. | 11 | | NOFX The Decline
Song: The Decline -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnFVMkTWaBw
If there was going to be a punk band willing to release an 18-minute song, I would have assumed it would be Bad Religion. Way (way....) lower down that list would be NOFX. Their brand of snotty skate-punk and overall 'fuck it, it's good enough' mentality seemed like two very large barriers to something this ambitious. I was absolutely wrong, though. Not only that, but it's so damn good and never gets tiring or repetitious despite the length. | 12 | | Electric Callboy TEKKNO
Song: Pump It -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnzkhQsmSag
Yep, this song is a five. From the length, to the effortless blend of techno, pop, and metalcore -- this song is flawless. It also a lot of fun and full of energy... and that's not even getting into the video. Five star songs don't have to genre-changing, mind blowing, tracks that change the musical landscape... sometimes they just have to be exactly what they set out to be, and (even more important) exactly what you want to hear without a single compromise. | 13 | | Love Spirals Downwards Ardor
Song: Write in Water -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A8imfl-vu8
Just an excellent ethereal goth song. In case you're wondering, ethereal goth is really just shoegaze that, generally speaking, has a more morose and/or depressing kind of demeanor. This song, though, is actually kind of uplifting despite the mellow vibe and delicate female vocals. Great chorus, as well. | 14 | | Iced Earth Burnt Offerings
Song: Dante's Inferno -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgaV7aTNvO4
First, it needs to be said that this is the remastered version of the song (and album as a whole). The remastered version is much better than the original. Also, this album is really the only Iced Earth album worth owning, IMO. Just about every song is flawless, and "Dante's Inferno" is the obvious centerpiece. It's nearly sixteen minutes of old school thrash featuring their best vocalist, Matt Barlow. Music to tour the White House to. | 15 | | Pennywise Pennywise
Song: The Secret -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxGPpgdGYIs
A lot of the same justifications I used for Electric Callboy apply here. Five star songs don't have to genre-changing, mind blowing, tracks that change the musical landscape... sometimes they just have to be exactly what they set out to be, and (even more important) exactly what you want to hear without a single compromise. This is a great old school, no-frills, Southern California punk song. Part of the soundtrack to my youth growing up in San Diego, skating to the beach to go surfing. | 16 | | Faith No More The Real Thing
Song: Surprise You're Dead! -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG4AawcYdSE
There are better Faith No More songs than this. There are also plenty of more experimental and interesting Faith No More songs than this... that doesn't mean this can't be a five-star track regardless. Easily the heaviest thing they ever did, and an excellent showcase of the under-appreciated Jim Martin on guitar. Super cool riff, great manic vocals from Mike Patton, and the song is over before it wears out its welcome. | 17 | | Machines of Loving Grace Concentration
Song: Lilith/Eve -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgjRb43Cx20
While lesser industrial rock bands were making it big, Machines of Loving Grace toiled away in relative obscurity despite being one of the better bands out there. "Lilith/Eve" is almost entirely electronic besides the guitar part, and it features an excellent rhythmic beat, layers of electronics, just enough guitar to keep it from being straight up electronic rock, and just enough vocals to make it memorable. | 18 | | Pain of Salvation Remedy Lane Re:mixed
Song: A Trace of Blood -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4iljF0TVE4
This fucking depressing track. I often don't like Pain of Salvation, but this song is so good, It's also one I don't often listen to because it is pretty damn depressing. However, the music is some of the band's best, as are the vocals here. As you may have guessed, I prefer the remixed version of this album over the original. The guitar is more powerful and clearer, as well. There's also more bottom end. | 19 | | The Sundays Blind
Song: Wild Horses -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7GE90n6XX8
Easily their most famous song, and for good reason. This is dream pop that doesn't forget about the pop. Of course,the fact that it's also a cover song originally done by The Rolling Stones doesn't hurt, but this is much better. Also, Harriet Wheeler has such an expressive and delicate vocal style full of nineties-era echo effect and she's the reason this song is so great. | 20 | | Paradise Lost Icon
Song: Dying Freedom -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lmBjm7VjYw
I originally wrote about how Icon was a transitional album for the band, and then I started wondering which PL album isn't transitional? There are a few that kind of do the same thing as their predecessor, but a majority of Paradise Lost albums are pretty different from each other. Anyway, Icon was the band's transition away from the doom/death sound to a more mainstream metal style, and "Dying Freedom" exemplifies that perfectly. There's the cyclical doom guitar lead from previous albums, but there's also more energy and the vocals have dropped the death influence for a more gritty James Hetfield approach. Icon is one of Paradise Lost's best releases. Check it out. | 21 | | Samael Eternal
Song: The Cross -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ3WGIBA2tI
This isn't a good album. Eternal was the band trying to figure out how to do the industrial metal thing while not pissing off all their black metal fans and failing at all of it. Having said that, there are maybe two good tracks and then this exceptional one. It's probably the closest to their previous release, Passage. It has a great thunderous beat, a cool guitar riff and lead, excellent use of piano and electronics, and it's catchy. Once again, find the remastered version because the original is weak as hell. | 22 | | Strapping Young Lad City
Song: Home Nucleonics -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6l0LEDdqDE
This is one of three five-star songs produced by City (the other two being "Oh My Fucking God" and "Underneath the Waves"). Featuring Devin Townsend at his most manic and angry, a wall of double bass courtesy of Gene Hoglan, and just mindless aggression with an industrial edge. | 23 | | My Dying Bride The Light at the End of the World
Song: Sear Me IIII -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QmI2bd7pR4
The band's comeback release after the disastrous 34% Complete Bullshit experimental failure. "Sear Me III" is the closing song to the album, and it is one of the best songs on the album. Featuring a great guitar melody that shifts and flows through the entire song, along with subtle keyboard accompaniment, and Aaron Stainthorpe's love-them-or-hate-them clean vocals. | 24 | | Fates Warning Parallels
Song: Point of View -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRe7MTZ_Ucg
Fates Warning's best line-up at the height of their popularity, firing on all cylinders looking like they were about to break into the mainstream along with Queensryche and Dream Theater. Well, this line-up started breaking apart soon after this and the band never broke into the mainstream... but we still have great songs like "Point of View" that manages to be super catchy while still representing the progressive metal genre by never forgetting to make the song first and the showmanship second. Excellent performances by the rhythm section, in particular. Joe Dibiase and Mark Zonder were a great pair. | 25 | | Theatre Of Tragedy Aégis
Song: Venus -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOQS--sF9xY
The beginning of the end for the band as Liv Kristine took them further and further away from their doom/death roots. While not being at the same level as its predecessor, Aegis was still good thanks to songs like "Venus". "Venus" is probably the closest song to the band's previous releases and it benefits greatly from it. Liv Kristine vocals were in great shape here, and the increased use of keyboards and electronic elements was a welcome addition. Even the male vocals are good here (when they kind of leave a lot left to be desired elsewhere on the album). | 26 | | Queensryche Operation: Livecrime
Song: I Don't Believe in Love -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb6XGyfI7gQ
Operation: Mindcrime is almost disputably seen as the best Queensryche album, as well as one of the best concept albums... and for good reason. This album (and "I Don't Believe in Love" by extension) has some of Chris Degarmo's best and most dynamic songwriting. Also, it shows the band all at the top of their game, especially Geoff Tate. This particular song was the commercial track for MTV and it shows, but it's also flawlessly done. Anyway, in my opinion, the best way to enjoy the songs of Mindcrime is on the Livecrime video or at least the audio rip. The entire sound is bigger and more powerful. The bass guitar and drums, in particular, hit so much harder. | 27 | | Nightwish Showtime, Storytime
Song: She Is My Sin -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EKgcVSX4ss
I love the Nightwish live albums. They sound so much better than the studio releases. They're more guitar driven, and the cheesiest orchestral parts seem to be toned down. Also, the vocals are always better on the live albums -- especially on the Wacken 2013 concert (or Showtime, Storytime as the album ended up being called). This album is Floor Jansen trying to prove she belongs on stage with Nightwish, and the rest of the band getting to belt out the metal like they hadn't since Annette had joined. This particular song is okay on the studio album, but it positively slays here. The more powerful drums and super dynamic vocals make this an easy five. I love the chorus, as well. | 28 | | blink-182 Blink-182
Song: I Miss You -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY
Blink-182 at their most dynamic and experimental. At the time, this album was pretty ground breaking, even if these days it doesn't really sound all that out of the ordinary. This song, in particular, was a big departure for the band as well as the pop punk genre, in general. Of course, it's driven by the always entertaining percussive arrangement of Travis Barker, but the vocal dynamics, feel, replay-ability obviously help, too. | 29 | | The Gathering if_then_else
Song: Shot to Pieces -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cterK3Xqeq8
This album was the band pulling back from the expansive experimentation of How to Measure a Planet, and trying to possibly appease fans of Mandylion and Nighttime Birds. Of course, they eventually said 'fuck it' and went off the deep end after this, but in the meantime they delivered songs such as the rocking "Shot to Pieces". Anneke, as usual, is the star of this show, but it doesn't hurt that "Shot to Pieces" is one of the band's more energetic songs and one of the last throwbacks to their metal past. | 30 | | Heaven Shall Burn Of Truth and Sacrifice
Song: La Resistance -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCyXEz0DfHY
I checked and this is the only Heaven Shall Burn song that I've given five stars. Funny because it doesn't sound like Heaven Shall Burn. This is an industrial metal song with a driving programmed beat and tons of electronics. Of course there are guitars here that sound similar to what HSB does, and the vocals are easily recognizable, but this still isn't typical HSB, and for that I love it. It's epic and rhythmic and aggressive, and my favorite HSB song. | 31 | | Yellowcard Ocean Avenue
Song: Breathing -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SucBpQiwYZU
Oh shit. Look Sowing, it's Yellowcard ;) One of my favorite pop punk releases, and hands down my favorite Yellowcard release. The first eight songs are flawless tracks (including this and Miles Apart sitting at five stars) thanks to great percussion, strong choruses, punk attitude and energy, pop punk accessibility, and the standout violin playing that augments every song. | 32 | | Nevermore Dreaming Neon Black
Song: I Am the Dog -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqmi_mpxgqk
Darker, heavier, and more progressive than any Nevermore album before it, and I Am the Dog is one of the standout tracks (along with another five star track "The Death of Passion"). I Am the Dog is heavy and aggressive featuring a super thrashy chorus riff combined with a bouncy Queensryche-on-steroids verse riff. Warrel Dane's harsh, yet still somehow mostly traditional prog, are a standout feature, as is the phenomenal playing of Jeff Loomis. | 33 | | Skinny Puppy Rabies
Song: Worlock -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axsrOmLZOUA
Probably Skinny Puppy's most iconic song, and easily their catchiest. I love the processed vocals and additional keyboard melodies in the chorus, but the cyclical beat and synth that moves through the entire song is cool, too. I also like the ranting, off-kilter vocal delivery of Ogre. His vocal delivery and the songwriting duo of Cevin Key and Dwayne Goettle was lightening in a bottle. | 34 | | Aurora (NOR) All My Demons Greeting Me As a Friend
Song: Murder Song (Acoustic) -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttNz7eB3f-Y
The original song is intense and haunting enough, but when it's just Aurora's voice with a simple acoustic guitar backing her, it takes on a whole other level of dramatic. Especially at the end when she reminds everyone why we love her unique vocal acrobatics. | 35 | | Atheist Jupiter
Song: Fictitious Glide -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5odSY5HaIo
Maybe not the best Atheist album, but this is still one of their best songs. It has the chaos of "Unquestionable Presence" and the swing of "Elements", but with a modern production. It also doesn't hurt that the monstrous drumming of Steve Flynn was back for this album. | 36 | | Amorphis Queen of Time
Song: Wrong Direction -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz9uAOM4DHo
Queen of Time is one of my favorite modern Amorphis releases, and Wrong Direction is one of my favorite tracks from it. I like the hyper lead guitar melody that is very reminiscent of the opening track on Tuonela, but this is catchier, and with better vocals and songwriting. | 37 | | The Cure Disintegration
Song; The Same Deep Water as You -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V35cxutR7gc
To me, "The Same Deep Water as You" is the pinnacle track of a flawless album. I love how brooding and moody it is. I love the ambience created by its lethargic forward movement. I love the sheer amount of emotion put into the vocals. One of my favorite songs of all time, really. On this album, though, it shares time with other five star tracks such as "Pictures of You", "Love Song", and "Last Dance" -- but no song is anything less than exceptional. | 38 | | Metallica ...And Justice for All
Song: Blackened -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUZVXtDVrc0
Easily my favorite Metallica album. I love the guitar tone, James' vocals, the drum patterns and sound, Kirk's solos. I literally have every song but "Harvester of Sorrow" and "To Live is to Die" rated five-stars. "Blackened" is the perfect way to open this album and goes to show that Jason had more to offer than simply show-stealing backing vocals and passion. | 39 | | Lagwagon Trashed (Remastered)
Song: Rust -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVPyp_OkSv8
One of my favorite punk albums. It is the perfect mix of serious and stupid. Also, there's some sneaky musicianship here that you might not catch if you're just grooving to the music. The drummer (RIP) is underrated, as is the busy bass playing, and start/stop rhythms and changes. "Rust" is just one of many great songs on the album including other five star tracks such as "Lazy" and "Whipping Boy". | 40 | | Thought Industry Songs for Insects
Song: The Chalice Vermillion -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyiyUld1eNI
Yes, this is raw and often falls victim to its own inexperience and ambition, but that doesn't change the fact that it's an awesome, sadly unknown, and original album within the confines of progressive metal (especially nineties prog). This particular song goes from punky bass-driven parts, to the keyboard-driven dark chorus, to a full on Primus style bass solo.This and Mods Carve The Pig are albums that should be heard. | 41 | | Pixies Trompe Le Monde
Song: Trompe Le Monde -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp7NgLIWCiE
1:43 seconds of greatness. Featuring feedback, random sloppy solos, punk grit, but soft vocals... I don't know how to explain it but this and Alec Eiffel are both fives in my book. | 42 | | Sepultura Arise
Song: Dead Embryonic Cells -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Z8Ww1EmMk
The greatest Sepultura ever were. This album might be considered thrash, but it still had a death metal spirit. Frantic percussion, great guitar tone and melodies, nice atonal solo that is still pretty cool, and the 'breakdown' near the end with the doomy guitar lead over the top seals the deal. | 43 | | PVRIS All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell
Song: Heaven -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJiRx6PTpyw
Remember when PVRIS was good? Pepperidge Farms remembers. Sorry, I'm off work now so suffice it to say this is a five star song. | |
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07.13.23 | Well, this passed an entire dead shift... I'll take it. | garas
07.13.23 | Great choice from Samael, and quite surprising one from 'Queen of Time' (especially since you brought up 'Tuonela', which is my favourite Amorphis album). | JohnnyoftheWell
07.13.23 | Lol those Gathering and Nevermore picks are likely my least fav tracks on their respective albums
If_Then_Else is a weird one - feels like a consolidation of the transition they made on Planet without really looking back at their gothic metal stuff. Guess it's quite a conservative album compared to the rest of the Mandy-Home run in that sense, but it still covers so much ground that it's hard to call it out as such | pizzamachine
07.13.23 | Nightwish’s symphonic stuff is massive live though, I don’t believe that can be disputed. Aside from that heck yeh symphonic metal | Voivod
07.13.23 | 29 is my favourite from that album as well. | Storm In A Teacup
07.13.23 | Awesome idea. | Storm In A Teacup
07.13.23 | Need to check that HeavenSB song | Willie
07.13.23 | That's the thing, this is just my five-star playlist on Shuffle. If there is more than one five star song on an album it's possible Apple Music shuffled to one other than my most favorite.
On If_Than_Else, "Amity" is my favorite by a long shot. On Dreaming Neon Black, my favorite is "The Death of Passion" by quite a bit. As far as the actual If_Than_Else album, I like it but I always felt like it was them rolling back on almost everything they were trying on How to Measure a Planet and going back to a more conservative rock/metal approach... especially in relation to the other Anneke albums (except for Nighttime Birds, which feels kind of like a slight backwards sidestep compared to Mandylion).
@Pizza: I agree. The Nightwish live stuff is massive... which is why it's always better than the studio stuff.
@ Storm: I'm not the biggest Heaven Shall Burn fan, but I enjoy their stuff... but that song is such an awesome departure for them. | IsisScript80
07.13.23 | Great Skinny Puppy and MDB picks! | ThyCrossAwaits
07.13.23 | I didn’t pay enough attention to that Heaven Shall Burn album when it came out
This song is like, “Hey! Remember we’re super German??” | Sowing
07.13.23 | I love this idea.
Aside from the fact that there's a lot of stuff here I've never heard and would like to try, it was cool to see Nightwish (my personal favorite is Bye Bye Beautiful which never fails to get my adrenaline going, although I've heard a very limited number of songs by the band). Your blink-182 pick would have been (one of) mine too. Always cool to see Yellowcard on a predominantly metal list ;-) I know you have a ton more 5 star Metallica songs...mine would be Fade to Black. | JohnnyoftheWell
07.13.23 | "(except for Nighttime Birds, which feels kind of like a slight backwards sidestep compared to Mandylion)."
as per the still v salient criticisms in your Mandylion rev, I think that one was cobbled together awkwardly enough to demand another chance at doing that sound properly (i.e. with songwriting that actually catered to the vocalist in the band lol) - Nighttime is very much the record Mandylion was supposed to be in my headcanon
I guess If_Then_Else was a good transition into Souvenirs thanks to Amity (100% the best there fr), but yeah basically an album's worth of Probably Built in the Fifties/Rescue Me/Illuminating reprise. I ain't complaining | Kompys2000
07.13.23 | Hell yeah Surprise You're Dead rocks, ez pick for top 10 FNM | ConcubinaryCode
07.14.23 | Hm, you've convinced me to check out live nightwish.
Edit: Tarja kills it. Gutted she left. | bellovddd
07.14.23 | WOW crawling in the dark. you just brought me back there. going to listen to it now. | Jasdevi087
07.14.23 | 90s alt rock bands that repurposed their music > the rolling stones | Emim
07.14.23 | Was not expecting Hoobastank, but I agree completely.
Great picks for Faith No More and Yellowcard too | Dewinged
07.14.23 | Great list Willie, Nemo is definitely my favorite NW song and that live version is so good, the end part just wrecks me every time. | Poet
07.14.23 | I also prefer the live versions of Nemo over the Once version, but they've actually made the ending much better since around December 2015. Troy's always been hit and miss for me at times, but his addition to the end of this song is amazing. They basically switched from playing only the orchestral track to Troy playing over it by using an ebow on the guitar. When I saw them live in 2018 I literally said "holy shit" during this part. | TheNotrap
07.14.23 | I Don't Believe in Love and Blackened are my favorites from your list. I wasn't expecting to see Dead Embryonic Cells here ;) | Willie
07.14.23 | @ThyCrossAwaits: Throw in a couple jokes and some pop choruses and it's Electric Callboy ;)
@Sowing: Bye Bye Beautiful is a great song, too. It's got a super catchy chorus and driving beat. If I could get you to listen to one album from this list it would be Chapterhouse - Blood Music (or at least "She's a Vision" through "Love Forever". It's four five-star songs in a row).
@Johnny: I never looked at Nighttime Birds that way, but that makes sense. It's not a bad album, just not my favorite. I love the opening song, Kevin's Telescope, and Nighttime Birds.
@ConcubinaryCode: Nightwish and Epica are both so much better on their live albums.
@Jasdevi087: For that one song, at least.
@Emim: yeah, when Hoobastank popped up I was surprised because I had totally forgotten about them. They have a few gems, for sure.
@Dewinged and Poet: I agree with both of you. I'm actually looking forward to the new Nightwish release. I'm not sure what to expect, but for some reason I'm kind of excited.
@TheNotrap: Why were you not expecting Dead Embryonic Cells?
| TheNotrap
07.14.23 | I don't know, didn't think of you as a Sepultura fan, I was obviously wrong hahah great track btw | parksungjoon
07.15.23 | woah i was just thinking about 4's album the other day | Willie
07.15.23 | There were a few that popped up that I hadn't heard in forever. Tiamat was one of them.
@TheNotrap: Arise is a classic of the genre. I love that whole album. I'm also a huge fan of Beneath the Remains. Chaos A.D. has some bangers and some duds, and then I'm kind of just a lukewarm fan after that. | parksungjoon
07.15.23 | venus is a nice pick too i need to listen to that band more | Willie
07.15.23 | I get so hooked on new releases that sometimes I totally forget about those awesome classics. | Hyperion1001
07.15.23 | dreaming neon black is a full 5 star album!
great list of course. | botb
07.15.23 | People really sleep on those first few sepultura albums even still today, some of the best thrash records of all time | Willie
07.15.23 | Well, the earliest two were re-recorded and released yesterday. I haven't listened to them yet, but I am curious how they sound.
@ Hyperion: I can't say I love Dreaming Neon Black as much as you do. I feel like it loses steam in places, but I love the overall dark and melancholic feel of the album. | aydross121
07.15.23 | The Gathering is goated though shot to pieces is like the only song I don't like from the album lol.
Rollercoaster did the metal thing better imo | ThyCrossAwaits
07.15.23 | I’d like to nominate this:
https://youtu.be/G1SwN70b0bw |
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