So Metal Hammer made a 50 years of Metal Playlist and it inspired me to make one of my own. Note that theirs starts at 1969 and goes to 2018, mine starts at 1970 and goes to 2019. Anyway, I'm wondering what people would include in their own playlist. Rule is exactly one song for each year in whatever span you use, the span must be 50 consecutive years, each song has to be considered metal by some standard (hard rock is okay for the early years, though I really don't get why Metal Hammer thinks Coven is metal), and no band can appear more than once. Anyone else down for it?

One song a year, I can't even decide my favorite albums of the year. Definitely a fun idea though. I'd need to have like nine honorable mentions at least for every one song I chose.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 23.10.2019 at 06:32

One song a year, I can't even decide my favorite albums of the year. Definitely a fun idea though. I'd need to have like nine honorable mentions at least for every one song I chose.

I started with the albums, and then selected a song from each album, otherwise my picks would have been at least slightly different. Yeah, it took some time to do, and some of the years were very hard to settle a pick on. If doing the whole thing is too much work, you could just look at the existing lists and yell at the entries you most violently disagree with.

List them in the thread here, or make a proper list on the list function?

Rough list, went through my mp3 list sorted by year.
1970 : Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots
71:Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
72: Elf - Buckingham Blues
73:Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird (closest thing to metal left in that year)
74:Deep Purple - Burn
75:ZZ top - Backdoor Medley
76:Rainbow - Stargazer
77:Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell (closest thing to metal left in that year)
78:Judas Priest - Evil Fantasies or Exciter
79:Motorhead - Limb From Limb
1980: Samson - Walking Out On You
81:Girlschool - C'mon Let's Go
82:Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
83:Mercyful Fate - Satan's Fall
84:Metalica - Am I Evil?
85:Dokken - In My Dreams
86: Candlemass - A Sorcerer's Pledge
87: King Diamond - A Mansion In Darkness
88: Queensryche - Suite Sister Mary
89:Holy Moses - Locky Popster
1990:Gamma Ray - Heading For Tomorrow
91:Bathory - Under The Runes
92: if it counts, Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod, otherwise Darkthrone - In The Shadow Of The Horns
93:Tarot - The Chosen
94:if it counts, Burzum - Tomhet, otherwise pretty much anything from Saviour Machine II
95:Immortal - Blashyrkh (Mighty Ravendark)
96:if it counts, Therion -The Siren Of the Wood, otherwise Ancient - Cainian Chronicle, Pt. 2: Lilith's Embrace
97:Devin Townsend - The Death Of Music
98:Cradle Of Filth - Bathory Aria
99:Opeth - The Moor or Summoning - A Distant Flame Before The Sun
2000:Sinergy - Gallowmere (really hard choice, this year)
01:Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness
02:Agalloch - In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion
03: The Project Hate MCMXCIX - Burn
04:Nightwish - Ghost Love Score
05:Draconian - Death, Come Near Me
06:Celtic Frost - Triptych: Synagoga Satanae
07:Primordial - Gallows Hymn
08:Equilibrium - Mana
09:Delain - Nothing Left
2010: Triptykon - My Pain
11:Ancient Bards - Souless Child or Blood Stain Child - Electricity
12:Devin Townsend Project - Kingdom
13:A Sound Of Thunder - Hello Nurse
14:Clouds - You Went So Silent
15:Midnight Odyssey - From a Frozen Wasteland
16: Caladan Brood - Farewell
17:Battle Beast - Far From Heaven
18:Mesarthim - Coma Wall
2019:Beast In Black - Oceandeep

My best attempt without repeating bands and not spending more than 10 minutes on it:

1969 - King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
1970 - Deep Purple - Child In Time
1971 - Black Sabbath - Children Of The Grave
1972 - Blue Öyster Cult - Then Came The Last Days Of May
1973 - Budgie - Breadfan
1974 - KISS - Strutter
1975 - Rainbow - Man On The Silver Mountain
1976 - Judas Priest - Dreamer Deceiver
1977 - AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
1978 - Van Halen - Ain't Talking 'Bout Love (can't pick Judas Priest again, otherwise Van Halen wouldn't stand a chance)
1979 - Motörhead - Bomber
1980 - Ozzy Osbourne - Revelation
1981 - Saxon - Princess Of The Night
1982 - Accept - Restless And Wild
1983 - Dio - Rainbow In The Dark
1984 - Metallica - Ride The Sky
1985 - Helloween - Ride The Lightning
1986 - Candlemass - Demon's Gate
1987 - Sanctuary - Die For My Sins
1988 - Megadeth - In My Darkest Hour
1989 - Helstar - Baptized In Blood
1990 - Entombed - Revel In Flesh
1991 - Fear Of God - Diseased
1992 - Iced Earth - Pure Evil
1993 - Katatonia - Velvet Thorns
1994 - Dream Theater - Space Dye Vest
1995 - Skepticism - The Gallant Crow
1996 - Edge Of Sanity - Crimson (is that cheating? haha)
1997 - Alchemist - Chinese Whispers
1998 - Opeth - When
1999 - Immortal - At The Heart Of Winter
2000 - Symphony X - Rediscovery
2001 - Neurosis - The Tide
2002 - Nile - Unas
2003 - Blut Aus Nord - Procession Of The Dead Clowns
2004 - Disillusion - ...And The Mirror Cracked
2005 - Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness or Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
2006 - Ahab - Below The Sun
2007 - Wolves In The Throne Room - Vastness And Sorrow
2008 - Esoteric - Circle
2009 - Mastodon - Crack The Skye
2010 - Yakuza - Be That As It May
2011 - Oathbreaker - Glimpse Of The Unseen or Primordial - The Puritan's Hand
2012 - Enslaved - Roots Of The Mountain
2013 - Station Dysthymia - A Concrete Wall or Oranssi Pazuzu - Uraanisula
2014 - Darkspace - Dark 4.19 or Alkerdeel - Dyodyo Asema
2015 - Chaos Echoes - Senses Of The Nonexistent
2016 - Gorguts - Pleiades' Dust
2017 - Venenum - Trance Of Death
2018 - Urfaust - Trail of the Conscience of the Dead

Written by Zap on 27.10.2019 at 16:42

1973 - Budgie - Breadfan
1989 - Helstar - Baptized In Blood
2003 - Blut Aus Nord - Procession Of The Dead Clowns
2018 - Urfaust - Trail of the Conscience of the Dead

You are now officially among my favourite users list
Btw, Ride The Lightning and Ride The Sky need to swap years with each other

Written by M C Vice on 27.10.2019 at 12:55

1970 : Black Sabbath - Fairies Wear Boots
71:Black Sabbath - Lord Of This World

Pretty sure the rules forbade having more songs from the same artist

No fucking way I can choose just one song from each year, I could barely choose ten

Written by nikarg on 28.10.2019 at 10:44

You are now officially among my favourite users list

Wait, so I wasn't before? No, seriously, you made my day

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Btw, Ride The Lightning and Ride The Sky need to swap years with each other

Haha, that was just to check if anyone bothered to actually read someone else's list. It got spotted sooner than I'd anticipated

Written by RaduP on 28.10.2019 at 11:13

Pretty sure the rules forbade having more songs from the same artist

Yeah, it clearly says "and no band can appear more than once". Otherwise, Black Sabbath would have at least five appearances only in the '70s.

Written by nikarg on 28.10.2019 at 20:17

Written by RaduP on 28.10.2019 at 11:13

Pretty sure the rules forbade having more songs from the same artist

Yeah, it clearly says "and no band can appear more than once". Otherwise, Black Sabbath would have at least five appearances only in the '70s.

Ok, missed that rule. Edited the list. Left notes on 4 years cause I don't have any other options for them (from my collection).

Written by Ganondox on 23.10.2019 at 06:08

though I really don't get why Metal Hammer thinks Coven is metal), and no band can appear more than once. Anyone else down for it

album concept was kind of about satanic/cult/ritualistic stuff
so technically can be called a metal thing

but in this case it can also be called Metal

Nothing metal aboput Coven whatsoever. Metal certainly isn't about satanism, metal is a MUSIC genre not a lyrical genre

Sponsor of this ultra quick list is MS-Top 20 (this midnight vibe)

Written by nikarg on 28.10.2019 at 20:17

Written by RaduP on 28.10.2019 at 11:13

Pretty sure the rules forbade having more songs from the same artist

Yeah, it clearly says "and no band can appear more than once". Otherwise, Black Sabbath would have at least five appearances only in the '70s.

got ya !

kinda tribute list for unpop songs
1969 : Black Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown
1970 - Black Sunday - Fairies Wear Boots
1971 - Black Sabbath - Children Of The Grave
1972 - Uriah Heep - Easy Livin'
1973 - Thin Lizzy - The Rocker !AMA ROCKA
1974 - UFO - and Paul Baloff like aaaaaaargh!!1 ROCK BOOOTTTOOOM Rock Bottom !! \m/
1975 - AC/DC - It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n Roll) SAD BUT TRUE
1976 - Thicc Lizzy - Jailbreak / Judas Priest - Victim Of Changes 2 in 1?? BREAK THE LAW !!!!!
1977 - Scorpions - Sails Of Charon shuld i repeat?! AC/DC - Let There Be Rock LOUDER! i have nothing to lose! i got.. Fatboy Lizzy - Bad Reputation ! \m/
1978 - Rainbow - Kill The King
1979 - Motorhead - Damage Case
1980 - Diamondhead - It's Electric
1981 - Heaven&Hell - Slipping Away
1982 - Accept - Demon's Night
1983 - Mercyful Fate - Evil
1984 - AlcoholicA - Trapped Under Ice
1985 - Exodus - Bonded By Blood
1986 - haha fuck this year xD underground choose Flotsam And Jetsam - Hammerhead/Iron Tears
1987 - King Diamond - Abigail
1988 - Razor - The Marshall (Thrash em'all)
1989 - Sodom - Magic Dragon
1990 - haha fuck this year xD Megadeth - Hallowed Point (cool blastbeat tho)
1991 - Sepultura - Arise / Carcass - Incarnated Solvent Abuse dude you can't choose two songs stop it! 3.. 2.. 1.. FUUUUCK OFFFFF!
1992 - haha another fucking year - underground choose Malevolent Creation - Eve Of The Apocalypse/Slaughter Of Innocence
1993 - Death - The yoda
1994 - Acid Bath - The Red
1995 - Zero Tolerance - Where Down Angels Hails to The Leaf (IQover666)
1996 - Pantera - 13 Steps To Nowhere
1997 - Rammstein - gimme du gimme Hast gimme that which I desire, ooh!
1998 - Life - Bite The Pain
1999 - TestAmenT - Down For Life
2000 - Iron Maiden - Blood Brothers
2001 - Slipknot - PPL - SHIT
2002 - Immortal - One By One [fucking sick riff]
2003 - Type O Negative - I Don't Wanna Be Me
2004 - AC/EX - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Bon Souza)
2005 - Bolt Thrower - The KillChain Love? (tricky)
2006 - everything since 2006 is not metal. or am i just tired
BONUS : 2019 - SlipSour - Red flag or Spiders very cool sweet band highly recommended

This sounds fun! 1 per band is tough, really kills all those early years from which Black Sabbath is the only thing I'm really fond of.

1969 - absolutely nothing
1970 - Deep Purple - Child In Time
1971 - Black Sabbath - After Forever
1972 - nowt
1973 - Budgie - Breadfan
1974 - King Crimson - Red (only appealing thing I could find listed for that year on this website, don't even know if it counts)
1975 - nowt
1976 - Rainbow - Rising
1977 - nowt
1978 - Judas Priest - Beyond The Realms Of Death
1979 - Motorhead - Overkill
1980 - Diamond Head - The Prince
1981 - Ozzy - Over The Mountain
1982 - Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
1983 - Dio - Rainbow In The Dark
1984 - Mercyful Fate - The Oath
1985 - Megadeth - Looking Down The Cross
1986 - Metallica - Orion
1987 - King Diamond - Black Horsemen
1988 - Sabbat - A Cautionary Tale
1989 - Faith No More - The Real Thing
1990 - Alice In Chains - We Die Young
1991 - Atheist - Mother Man
1992 - Dream Theater - Learning To Live
1993 - Cynic - How Could I
1994 - Amorphis - Black Winter Day
1995 - Down - Rehab
1996 - Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood
1997 - In Flames - Gyroscope
1998 - Nightwish - Gethsemane
1999 - Opeth - The Moor
2000 - Pain Of Salvation - In The Flesh
2001 - Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness
2002 - Agalloch - In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion (god this year was hard)
2003 - Riverside - The Same River
2004 - Mastodon - Hearts Alive
2005 - Primordial - The Coffin Ships
2006 - Tool - Rosetta Stoned
2007 - Between The Buried And Me - White Walls
2008 - Protest The Hero - Wretch
2009 - Karnivool - Change
2010 - Mar De Grises - The Bell And The Solar Gust
2011 - Sylosis - A Serpents Tongue
2012 - Be'Lakor - In Parting
2013 - Cult Of Luna - In Awe Of
2014 - Monuments - The Alchemist
2015 - Enslaved - Thurisaz Dreaming
2016 - Moonsorrow - Ruttolehto Incl. Päivättömän Päivän Kansa
2017 - Heretoir - The White
2018 - Rolo Tomassi - A Flood Of Light
2019 - Periphery - Reptile

Written by musclassia on 31.10.2019 at 19:09

This sounds fun! 1 per band is tough, really kills all those early years from which Black Sabbath is the only thing I'm really fond of.

Yeah the hardest part for me was choosing which year from the 70's I would use for Black Sabbath and Judas Priest haha.

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1978 - Judas Priest - Beyond The Realms Of Death
1985 - Megadeth - Looking Down The Cross
1996 - Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood
1999 - Opeth - The Moor
2001 - Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness
2005 - Primordial - The Coffin Ships
2015 - Enslaved - Thurisaz Dreaming

Awesome picks. In fact, they all came up while I was doing mine, but narrowing it down to one song is pretty impossible, haha. (I can't even pick my favourite song from The Gathering Wilderness, let alone from that year)

70s is a weak spot for me, but a fun waste of time nevertheless

1970 - Deep Purple - Child In Time
1971 - Pink Floyd - Echoes
1972 - Black Sabbath - Tomorrow's Dream
1973 -
1974 -
1975 - Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
1976 -
1977 -
1978 - Judas Priest - Exciter
1979 - Motörhead - Overkill
1980 - AC/DC - Hells Bells
1981 - Iron Maiden - Wrathchild
1982 - Mercyful Fate - A Corpse Without Soul
1983 - Hellhammer - Maniac
1984 - Celtic Frost - Into The Crypts Of Rays
1985 - Helloween - Ride The Sky
1986 - Metallica - Master Of Puppets
1987 - Bathory - Call From The Grave
1988 - Blind Guardian - Guardian Of The Blind
1989 - Morbid Angel - Chapel Of Ghouls
1990 - Megadeth - Hangar 18
1991 - Master's Hammer - Jáma Pekel
1992 - My Dying Bride - The Return Of The Beautiful
1993 - Immortal - As The Eternity Opens
1994 - Burzum - Det Som En Gang Var
1995 - Dissection - Unhallowed
1996 - Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
1997 - Aeternus - To Enter The Realm Of Legend
1998 - Falkenbach - ...When Gjallarhorn Will Sound
1999 - Paysage d'Hiver - Der Weg
2000 - Kataxu - My Name From The Forest
2001 - Wyrd - Heathen
2002 - Negură Bunget - III
2003 - Windir - Fagning
2004 - Lunar Aurora - Der Abend
2005 - 1349 - Hellfire
2006 - Agalloch - Not Unlike The Waves
2007 - Primordial - No Nation On This Earth
2008 - Darkspace - Dark 3.17
2009 - Katharsis - So Nail The Hearts
2010 - Urfaust - Der Zauberer
2011 - Midnight Odyssey - Against The Moonlight
2012 - Blut Aus Nord - Epitome XVII
2013 - Algor - Lesovik
2014 - Teitanblood - Burning In Damnation Fires
2015 - Abyssal - Veil Of Transcendence
2016 - Ustalost - V
2017 - Nargaroth - The Agony Of A Dying Phoenix
2018 - Behemoth - Ecclesia Diabolica Catholica
2019 - Deathspell Omega - 1523

Yay lists are fun! Too many holes in my experience of the 70s and mid-80s to feel great about my picks there but came up with some names regardless.

2019 - Cult Of Luna - Nightwalkers
2018 - Skeletonwitch - Devouring Radiant Light
2017 - Chrch - Temples
2016 - Graves At Sea - The Ashes Make Her Beautiful
2015 - Mourning Beloveth - Godether
2014 - An Abstract Illusion - The Sun Will Bleach All Bones
2013 - Amiensus - Dawn Of Release
2012 - Eternal Deformity - The Sun
2011 - Colosseum - Dilapidation And Death
2010 - Darkthrone - Circle The Wagons
2009 - Funeral Mist - Blessed Curse
2008 - Skepticism - Oars In The Dusk
2007 - Amorphis - Shaman
2006 - Rage - No Regrets
2005 - Timeless Miracle - Memories
2004 - Before The Dawn - The Black
2003 - HIM - The Funeral Of Hearts
2002 - Opeth - Wreath
2001 - Gamma Ray - Lake Of Tears
2000 - Ayreon - House On Mars
1999 - In The Woods ? - Generally More Worried Than Married
1998 - Apocalyptica - Inquisition Symphony
1997 - Savatage - The Wake Of Magellan
1996 - In Flames - Moonshield
1995 - Blind Guardian - Another Holy War
1994 - Queensryche - Promised Land
1993 - Death - Mentally Blind
1992 - Dream Theater - Metropolis - Part I "The Miracle And The Sleeper"
1991 - Asphyx - The Sickening Dwell
1990 - Pantera - The Sleep
1989 - Godflesh - Dream Long Dead
1988 - Metallica - One
1987 - Whitesnake - Here I Go Again
1986 - Megadeth - Peace Sells
1985 - Accept - Teach Us To Survive
1984 - Iron Maiden - The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
1983 - Dio - Rainbow in the Dark
1982 - Venom - Buried Alive
1981 - Raven - Hell Patrol
1980 - Bleak House - Rainbow Warrior
1979 - Motorhead - Overkill
1978 - Judas Priest - Stained Class
1977 - Scorpions - Sails Of Charon
1976 - Rainbow - Stargazer
1975 - Rush - Fly By Night
1974 - Blue Oyster Cult - Flaming Telepaths
1973 - Budgie - Breadfan
1972 - Alice Cooper - School's Out
1971 - Black Sabbath - Children Of The Grave
1970 - Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song

Written by Zap on 31.10.2019 at 23:39

Written by musclassia on 31.10.2019 at 19:09

This sounds fun! 1 per band is tough, really kills all those early years from which Black Sabbath is the only thing I'm really fond of.

Yeah the hardest part for me was choosing which year from the 70's I would use for Black Sabbath and Judas Priest haha.

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1978 - Judas Priest - Beyond The Realms Of Death
1985 - Megadeth - Looking Down The Cross
1996 - Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood
1999 - Opeth - The Moor
2001 - Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness
2005 - Primordial - The Coffin Ships
2015 - Enslaved - Thurisaz Dreaming

Awesome picks. In fact, they all came up while I was doing mine, but narrowing it down to one song is pretty impossible, haha. (I can't even pick my favourite song from The Gathering Wilderness, let alone from that year)

Yeah those early years are a bit rough, Sabbath, Priest and Dio projects aside (I couldve probably used Rush but wasn't sure whether they qualified).

And yeah I was torn between using Primordial and BTBAM in 2005 or 2007, very tough - feel bad leaving out As Rome Burns, but most songs from The Gathrring Wilderness are worthy. Almost out The Golden Spiral, but Coffin Ships was my 'breakthrough' song for Primordial so it does have a special place in my heart.

Written by M0rkeleb on 01.11.2019 at 04:41


2019 - Cult Of Luna - Nightwalkers
2013 - Amiensus - Dawn Of Release
2007 - Amorphis - Shaman
2002 - Opeth - Wreath
2000 - Ayreon - House On Mars
1996 - In Flames - Moonshield
1995 - Blind Guardian - Another Holy War

Enjoyed these picks a lot, that Amiensus song is great and I've always liked House on Mars more than anything else by Ayreon

Written by M C Vice on 27.10.2019 at 11:10

List them in the thread here, or make a proper list on the list function?

Do whatever you want. I did the songs as a playlist on YouTube, but I based it off an albums list I did here.

http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5871

Written by TarannonFalastur on 01.11.2019 at 15:55

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The reason for the one-per-band rule is because it's not strictly a list of the best songs for each year, it's a sample of metal over time and how it evolved. Without it there is a lot of the same.

Written by musclassia on 02.11.2019 at 21:55

Yeah those early years are a bit rough, Sabbath, Priest and Dio projects aside (I couldve probably used Rush but wasn't sure whether they qualified).

And yeah I was torn between using Primordial and BTBAM in 2005 or 2007, very tough - feel bad leaving out As Rome Burns, but most songs from The Gathrring Wilderness are worthy. Almost out The Golden Spiral, but Coffin Ships was my 'breakthrough' song for Primordial so it does have a special place in my heart.

Be as liberal with the definition of metal as you want. As I said, hard rock is fine for the early years, and that includes Rush.

Written by musclassia on 02.11.2019 at 21:55

Yeah those early years are a bit rough, Sabbath, Priest and Dio projects aside (I couldve probably used Rush but wasn't sure whether they qualified).

And yeah I was torn between using Primordial and BTBAM in 2005 or 2007, very tough - feel bad leaving out As Rome Burns, but most songs from The Gathrring Wilderness are worthy. Almost out The Golden Spiral, but Coffin Ships was my 'breakthrough' song for Primordial so it does have a special place in my heart.

Be as liberal with the definition of metal as you want. As I said, hard rock is fine for the early years, and that includes Rush.

Written by Ganondox on 02.11.2019 at 22:58

Be as liberal with the definition of metal as you want. As I said, hard rock is fine for the early years, and that includes Rush.

I think mine is very liberal with some of the 70s ones.

Written by TarannonFalastur on 03.11.2019 at 13:43

Written by Ganondox on 02.11.2019 at 22:52

The reason for the one-per-band rule is because it's not strictly a list of the best songs for each year, it's a sample of metal over time and how it evolved. Without it there is a lot of the same.

Can't really consider an evolution jumping from Deep Purple to Budgie or early Rush, who are marginally metal at best. The songs listed are as close to heavy metal as heavy metal was during the early 70s. Also, the list is basically my picks for the best songs of those years, not necessarily the most metal ones. Or an evolution of metal, otherwise, if it were so, we should have stopped with the evolution around the mid to late 90s. I think that the 1 song per band is kind of a stretch. I would consider it if we had to make more mentions per year, one song per band, but one song per band per year is much better in this case. Also, just because I list more songs from a single band, doesn't mean it is the same music. For example, the 3 Ministry songs I mentioned are very different in terms of style and heaviness. Ditto for the SYL and DT songs.

This is just my opinion, but I think when making such lists, nit-picking is not a really a good idea. If we are to make a list that we can relate to.

Even if they weren't more metal, it shows there was more going on in the scene at the time than just the Unholy Trinity. Budgie is considered by many to be the heaviest band of their day though, their influence on speed metal is critical, so I fundamentally don't agree with your claim. The 70s may be hard to find stuff, but that does not apply later on. There is no reason to have seven different Devin Townsend songs unless you're strictly doing what you find to be the best songs for each year, but that's not what the challenge is. As good as he is it really doesn't make for an interesting list, as diverse as he is it's still one man. Two bands being featured a couple times is passable, but from looking at how you ended filling out your list I think I'm justified in placing that rule.

Metal has evolved a lot since the 90s. Most forms of metalcore including melodic metalcore and deathcore didn't form until then, and djent and blackgaze also didn't come onto the scene yet. You don't need to include any bands from any specific subgenres, but if metal wasn't still evolving there would be no point in doing a 50 years of metal playlist.

Written by M C Vice on 03.11.2019 at 04:43

Written by Ganondox on 02.11.2019 at 22:58

Be as liberal with the definition of metal as you want. As I said, hard rock is fine for the early years, and that includes Rush.

I think mine is very liberal with some of the 70s ones.

Yeah, but at least it's heavier than Coven.

Decided to swap out "I Dream of Lines" with "Scattered Sprites".

Written by TarannonFalastur on 04.11.2019 at 11:35

,,,

Nitpicking would be complaining about the people who couldn't find a unique thing for ever year in the 70s, while you didn't even try to follow the rule because you found it stupid without even considering why I included it in the first place. I was just using the same format Metal Hammer used, you're the one trying to bend it to accommodate numerous instances of the same band, and for multiple bands as well. Regarding DT specifically, his range is wide, yes, but he also kinda blends all his influences together. It's all clearly Devin Townsend, no matter what flavor it is. The evolution of DT hardly represents the evolution of metal in general.

No one wants to read another stupid rant about metalcore and every other ongoing trend, it just makes you sound like a pretentious old fart. If you don't like it, don't include it, you found plenty of other bands to include even if you did repeat a few. Regardless, the idea of devolution is completely nonsensical, just because you don't like doesn't mean it wasn't innovative, and plenty of people disagree with you. By your same reasoning, I could argue thrash and death metal were devolutions by replacing vocal melody with speed and distortion, and are just garbage genres for edgelords. It's not like you actually could make djent with older technology either as it's dependent on modern production techniques, though I'd argue you very much could record extreme metal with 70s recording technology as the production is less essential to the genre.

The notion that technology hasn't improved is blatantly wrong, it's just the most the innovations have been with software rather than hardware, and information networks have also changed the scene. It's not like hardware hasn't been improving though, it's just that with the raise of digital audio software is much more important. Not that improving technology was ever a necessity for artistic advancement, people can come up with new ideas for existing technology. With generalized digital audio there is a ton of room to explore. There is more experimentation in metal now than ever, it's objectively more diverse than it was in the late 80s and early 90s. You're just suffering from hindsight bias and dismissing everything that doesn't conform to the tastes that you had already developed.

This thread is for the challenge. You are under no obligation to participate, but if you aren't, then why even bother replying? If you're going to have a shitty attitude when I explain why it is the way that it is, then you can just leave. Frankly, people who complain about hipsters despite acting like hipsters themselves and feel the need to litter their comments with juvenile name-calling are the worst. It's not funny, it's not insightful, it's just obnoxious. Metal Hammer is lowest common denominator trash, but people like you do far more to give metal a bad name.