The Playlist of a Thousand Pwns

Everything Else Part 1

2010-12-11T12:34:00.003Z

Since this is an IMO list there are probably not going to be enough Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Experimaental Metal, Metalcore and Deathcore songs etc to have their own lists so im going to be posting all other genres not covered in the other posts here.

1. Wormed - Undeciphering The Inquantificability

2. The Agony Scene - My Dark Desire

3. Nachtmystium - Then Fires

4. The Agony Scene - The Darkest Red

5. Immolation - Majesty and Decay

6. Wormed - Uncoloured Plasma Orifices Transported

7. Nachtmystium - Assassins

8. The Agony Scene - Prey

9. Nachtmystium - Ghosts of Grace

10. The Agony Scene - Scapegoat

Ambient/Atmospheric/Depressive Black Metal Part 3

2010-12-10T18:24:00.005Z

1. Imperium Dekadenz - Reich der fahlen Seelen

2. Paysage d'Hiver - Finsternis...

3. Urfaust - Der Zauberer

4. Drudkh - Eternal Turn of the Wheel

5. Wolves in the Throne Room - Ahrimanic Trance

6. Urfaust - Vom Gesicht und Rätsel

7. Weakling - This Entire Fucking Battlefield

8. Wolves in the Throne Room - Wanderer Above The Sea Of Fog

9. Urfaust - Ein leeres Zauberspiel

10. Wolves in the Throne Room - Queen of the Borrowed Light

Doom/Funeral/Stoner/Drone Metal Part 3

2010-11-22T13:30:00.006Z

2010 was a good year for Doom with a new Electric Wizard album and an Acid Witch album and EP. They all had excellent songs so this post is going to be a bit Electric Wizard and Acid Witch heavy.

1. Electric Wizard - Black Mass

2 Acid Witch - Midnight Mass (Intro to 2:18)

3. Boris - Flood 3

4. Acid Witch - Stoned To The Grave

5. Electric Wizard - Venus in Furs

6. Acid Witch - Metal Movie Marijuana Massacre Meltdown

7. Electric Wizard - Scorpio Curse

8. Acid Witch - Sabbath of the Undead

9. Jex Thoth - Seperated at Birth

10. Acid Witch - Swamp Spells

11. Electric Wizard - Patterns of Evil

Dimmu Borgir - Gateways Review

2010-08-24T16:51:00.003+01:00

As this is just a single song I’m going to keep this short. It's obvious after a few listens that the departure/firing of Vortex and Mustis has had a profound effect on Dimmu's sound and I really like what I’m hearing. When I first heard the song I really didn't enjoy it. It sounded mediocre and the female vocals sounded like a confused gypsy witch that had wandered into the studio by accident. After a few more listens I started to understand what they were going for and if the rest of Abrahadabra is of the same quality as this song (hopefully higher since this song is still not perfect) then it definitely heralds a return to form for Dimmu Borgir, although the sound is not a return to their roots. The new sound is like In Sorte Diaboli minus all the cheesy wankery and false, insincere orchestration, mixed with Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia with the added depth of a full live orchestra. The song lost 10 points for the length (it was too short for my liking) and an extra 10 points for leaning too heavily on the orchestra at times and therefore the quality of the riffs suffer.

Score: 80%

Blood of Kingu - Sun in the House of the Scorpion Review

2010-08-24T16:48:00.003+01:00

De Occulta Philosophia was an excellent piece of Black Metal that provided an excellent atmosphere and imagery. I was looking forward to more of the same when Sun In The House... was released but what I got was so much more. I would first like to mention the cover art used. It’s a creepy piece by Zdzislaw Beksinski (Leviathan has also used some of his artwork) called Wolf Walker and I think it fits the sound of the album perfectly.

As soon as the first full length track starts the first thing you notice is the difference in production. This album has a much cleaner, better produced sound. Much better than any Hate Forest or Drudkh release. The next thing you will notice is the vocals. While De Occulta predominately used shamanic droning vocals, Sun In The House continues with the shamanic vocals but also uses a lot more of the harsh vocals reminiscent of Hate Forest. It makes for a much more varied listening experience and I think the inclusion of his vocal style from Hate Forest and Drudkh was a great move.

The album is overall a more aggressive black metal album than De Occulta was. Where De Occulta had instrumental interludes between most of the songs which gave it a more atmospheric style, this album just has an Intro and an Outro (which are longer than the instrumentals on De Occulta), which I much prefer to the many instrumentals on the previous album. I don’t think that many instrumental interludes wouldn’t have worked well on this album. The songs tend to get straight into the thick of things and that many breaks would have interrupted the excellent flow of the album. The better production on this album gives it a much richer sound (which is very welcome as the thick sound of the previous album made it hard to listen to sometimes) and the guitar and drum work is much more technical than the slightly repetitive and simplistic sound, very like Drudkh, they had on De Occulta. The drums are also much more predominant.

This is one of the best albums of 2010, and one of Roman Saenko’s best pieces of work to date. I hope the new Drudkh will take a lot of the improvements that Blood of Kingu have added to their music. It has an excellent production, rich sound and catchy riffs that aren’t repeated throughout the album. It ends with a really cool cover of Beherits Gate of Nanna. It’s not a song I ever enjoyed before listening to this cover but the inclusion of droning shamanic vocals to the song makes it much more enjoyable. I recommend this album to every fan of black metal as it is an excellent solid album with bags of replay value.

Score: 95%

Drudkh - Handful of Stars Review

2010-08-24T16:44:00.006+01:00

Since ive found myself submitting quite a few reviews for Metal Archives i thought i might as well post them here as well.

As soon as I saw the cover art for this album it became one of my “Most Looked Forward to Albums Of 2010”. The artwork has a really cool astral theme and this coupled with the name “Handful of Stars”, I was expecting something completely different for this album. At the least, I was sure the lyrics would be about space or astronomical themes, or more fantastical because of the Elf/Wizard like character on the cover. This is the main reason I didn’t immediately warm to this album. It was so different to what I was expecting that I was initially disappointed. But like many progressive albums, after 10 listens it grew on me immensely.

The first thing you will notice about the album is that the production is so much better than any other Drudkh release. It is clean and smooth and all the deliberate rawness is gone. The guitars and vocals are clearly audible which is a nice change from previous albums and the guitars are also less aggressive. The second thing you will notice is the music itself. It’s no longer straight up Atmospheric Black Metal. The template that has been used up until now for Drudkh has honestly been used to death by them. The change that subtly began with Microcosmos has come to fruition on Handful of Stars. The sound is a subtle amalgamation of post rock and black metal but it is still very recognisably Drudkh, with a bit of Dopamine (china) mixed in.

The post rock sounds may come as a shock to some but this album really grew on me. Enough to buy the leather book edition and rank it as my favourite Drudkh album so far. This is also an excellent album for people trying to get into the band that aren’t big fans of their rawer work. I dropped this album 5 points because the art didn’t match the music so it gave a false first impression and the lyrics also don’t match the art. It’s also a bit short at under 45 minutes although this is standard for a Drudkh album and hopefully the Slavonic Chronicles cd coming with the leather book edition will make up for this. So in conclusion, this album sounds like Drudkh has bought a fancy suit and had sex with post rock. And post rock was hot.

Score: 95%

Ambient/Atmospheric/Depressive Black Metal Part 2

2010-08-19T12:12:00.003+01:00

1. Leviathan - VI XI VI

2. Lunar Aurora - Der Pakt

3. Wodensthrone - Heofungtid

4. Imperium Dekadenz - A Million Moons

5. Darkspace - 3.17

6. Winterfylleth - A Valley Thick With Oaks

7. Leviathan - Recieve The World

8. Imperium Dekadenz - Ego Universalis

9. Xasthur - Oration of Ruin

10. Winterfylleth - To Find Solace...Where Security Stands 9 The Wayfarer Part III)

Symphonic/Melodic Black Metal Part 3

2010-08-04T12:08:00.004+01:00

1. Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast (MMV)

2. Catamenia - The Last Day Before

3. Dimmu Borgir - Mourning Palace

4. Cradle of Filth - Darkness Incarnate

5. Limbonic Art - Crypt of Bereavement

6. Nazxul - Stain of Harrow

7. Old Man's Child - Towards Eternity

8. Emperor - With Strength I Burn

9. Dimmu Borgir - Dodsferd (MMV)

10. Nazxul - Oath Fides Resurrection

1/10th of the way through!

Melodic/Viking/Pagan/Folk Death Metal Part 2

2010-08-03T09:43:00.005+01:00

1. Wintersun - Beyond The Dark Sun

2. Amon Amarth - Tattered Banners and Bloody Flags

3. In Flames - December Flower

4. Agalloch - Limbs

5. Equilibrium - Die Prophezeiung

6. Amon Amarth - Hermods Ride To Hel

7. In Flames - Resin

8. At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul

9. Wintersun - Winter Madness

10. Equilibrium - Blut Im Auge

Doom/Funeral/Stoner/Drone Metal Part 2

2010-08-02T13:51:00.005+01:00

1. Boris - Farewell

2. Weedeater - Dirt Merchant

3. Jex Thoth - Son of Yule

4. Acid Witch - Broomstick Bitch

5. Electric Wizard - Satanic Rites of Drugula

6. Doomraiser - Another Black Day Under The Dead Sun

7. Acid Witch - October 31st

8. Jex Thoth - Nothing Left To Die

9. Cathedral - North Berwick Witch Trials

10. Unwom - Level 2: northern Entrance

Symphonic/Melodic Black Metal Part 2

2010-08-02T10:28:00.002+01:00

1. Nazxul - Dragon Dispitous

2. Limbonic Art - Funeral of Death

3. Dimmu Borgir - Når Sjelen Hentes Til Helvete

4. Emperor - Thus Spake the Nightspirit

5. Lyfthrasyr - Visions of Hope and Despair

6. Catamenia - Gallery of Fear

7. Arcanorum Astrum - The Path To Myself

8. Dark Fortress - Baphomet

9. Old Man's Child - In Defiance of Existence

10. Cradle of Filth - Tragic Kingdom

Black Metal Part 2

2010-08-01T12:37:00.007+01:00

1. Blood of Kingu - Those That Wander Amidst The Stars

2. Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Ewigkeit

3. Twilight - Convulsions In Wells Of Fever

4. Gorgoroth - Prosperity and Beauty

5. Blood of Kingu - Black Spectral Wings of Shaman

6. Hate Forest - The Immortal Ones

7. Dissection - The Somberlain

8. Dark Funeral - Feed On The Mortals

9. Keep of Kalessin - I Choose To Suffer

10. Taake - Nattestid... part I

11. Hate Forest - Desert of Ice

12. Endless Blizzard - Cultivated By Darkness

13. Lightning Swords of Death - Let This Knife Lead You To Us

14. The Ruins of Beverast - Soils of the Incestuous

Doom/Funeral/Stoner/Drone Metal Part 1

2010-04-30T12:31:00.004+01:00

1. Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis

2. Esoteric - Blood of the Eyes

3. Grand Magus - Iron Will

4. Shrinebuilder - Pyramid of the Moon

5. Warning - Footprints

6. Sleep - Holy Mountain

7. Sunn O))) - Hunting and Gathering

8. Shrinebuilder - Solar Benediction

10. Grand Magus - Silver Into Steel

11. Dopethrone - Wizards Sleeve

12. The Lamp of Thoth - I Love the Lamp

13. Acid Witch - The Black Witch

14. Warning - Watching From A Distance

15. Electric Wizard - Return Trip

Excellent Free Drone Metal Album

2010-01-23T11:50:00.002Z

Unwom's Phase 1: Inner Earth Dimension is free to download from the bands website, probably until a label is found to release it on cd. Its an excellent release and since its free theres no reason not to check it out:

http://www.unwom.com/

It sounds kind of like a more intense sequel to Sunn O)))'s Black One. Its definately drone of Sunn O))) quality but with a unique twist.

Ambient/Atmospheric/Depressive Black Metal Part 1

2009-10-06T12:30:00.010+01:00

1. Burzum - Jesu død

2. Vinterriket - Das Winterreich

3. Nychts - Zwischen Leere u=Und Nichts

4. Selvhat - Selvhat Et Liv Til Grunne

5. Paysage D'Hiver - Moloch

6.Smorzando - Lied 5

7. Darkspace- Dark 1.4

8. Xasthur - Prison Of Mirrors

9. Leviathan - At The Door To The Tenth Sub Level Of Suicide

10. Paysage D'Hiver - Welt Aus Eis

11. Darkspace - Dark 1.7

Black Metal Part 1

2009-07-04T11:35:00.008+01:00

edit: I was originally going to have TNBM as a seperate genre but decided to merge it with Black Metal, so this first post is TNBM orientated but all further posts will be a mix of all Black Metal.

True Norwegian Black Metal isnt my strong point but i think i chose a good selection of some of the best songs of the genre. There ended up being so much that i wanted to add to this update that i made it a bit longer than the other instalments. I still didnt get to add other big bands like Carpathian Forest, Hades and Idjarn so they will feature in the next update:

1. Ulver - Hmyn VIII: Of Wolf and the Night

2. Gorgoroth - Carving a Giant

3. 1349 - Legion

4. Immortal - In my Kingdom Cold

5. Gorgoroth - Profeens Aapenbaring

6. Mayhem - Anti

7. Darkthrone - Slottet I Det Fjerne

8. Immortal - Battles in the North

9. Satyricon - Hvite Krists Dod

10. Mayhem - Freezing Moon

11. Burzum - Dunkelheit

12. Darkthrone - Kathaarian Life Code

13. Satyricon - Walk The Path Of Sorrow

14. Gorgoroth - The Rite of Infernal Invocation

15. Ulver - Hymn VI: Of Wolf and Passion

Symphonic/Melodic Black Metal Part 1

2009-06-22T14:18:00.005+01:00

Time for the next part of the list! Symphonic Black Metal!!

SBM is probably my favourite genre of music and its the genre that got me into black metal in the first place. So expect a lot more SBM in the list.

1. Darkwoods My Betrothed - Without Ceremy and Bell Toll

2. Old Mans Child - Born of the Flickering (Rerecorded)

3. Emperor - Curse You All Men!

4. Limbonic Art - In Embers of Infernal Greed

5. Dimmu Borgir - Kings of the Carnival Creation

6. Old Man's Child - The Millenium King

7. Emperor - In The Wordless Chamber

8. Limbonic Art - Under Burdens Of Life's Holocaust

9. Abigail Williams - Empyrean: Into The Cold Wastes

10. Darkwoods My betrothed - Witch Hunters

Melodic/Viking/Pagan/Folk Death Metal Part 1

2009-05-20T11:39:00.016+01:00

After writing up only a 5th of the list so far i have enough to start posting it. I will post it in sections according to Genre. So this post is going to be a Melodic Death Metal update to the list and maybe next i will do a Symphonic Black Metal update. Note that these arent all the MDM songs on the list. There will be several updates for each Genre on the list. MDM is probably going to get a lot of attention since Amon Amarth, In Flames and Dark Tranquillity are so awesome. I will try and spread the best songs out between different updates. Now to get started, and theres no better way to start a list of the greatest metal songs than with Only For The Weak. Enjoy:

1. In Flames - Only For The Weak ~ video
2. Amon Amarth - The Last With Pagan Blood ~ video
3. At The Gates - Blinded By Fear ~ video
4. The Duskfall - Deep in Your World ~ video
5. Gates of Ishtar - Battles to Come ~ video
6. In Flames - Take This Life ~ video
7. Dark Tranquillity - Empty Me ~ video
8. Amon Amarth - Runes To My Memory ~ video
9. The Duskfall - Shadows and Cancer ~ video
10. Amon Amarth - Death In Fire ~ video

Description of MDM from Wikipedia, although i have no idea where the NWOBHM part came from. As far as im concerned NWOBHM has nothing to do with the far superior MDM:

Melodic death metal is a subgenre of death metal which combines the melody of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) with the intensity of death metal. The genre is also known as Gothenburg metal, a reference to the city in Sweden where it originated. Originally the genre combined the harmony style and groove melodies of heavy metal with the harsh thrashing sound and vocals of death metal. Later the genre evolved due to many different influences, a notable evolution in the genre being the addition of keyboards. Melodic death metal contains more melodic guitar riffs, melodic solos, and acoustic guitar work than traditional death metal. It also contains more comprehensible lyrics with traditional death growl and screaming vocal input.

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Welcome To The Best Playlist You Will Ever Find

2009-05-01T13:03:00.016+01:00

From the banner you get the basic idea of what this is all about. An epic Playlist filled with 1000 of the best songs in metal (from a Black Metal fan's point of view) from a massive range of metal genres. From Raw Black Metal to Operatic Metal to Instrumentals, it will all be covered.

Before i actually get into posting the list i need to actually finish it lol. Ive been asking for suggestions on the Ultimate Metal Forum - http://tinyurl.com/ctmycr - and i would like to hear peoples opinions on whats been suggested and to suggest recommendations of their own.

Heres a small taster of the list thats to come.

1. In Flames - Only For The Weak video
2. Lord Belial - Devilish Enlightment video
3. Dimmu Borgir - Kings of the Carnival Creation video
4. Nightwish - Dark Chest of Wonders video
5. Equilibrium - Unbesiegt Video