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Sometimes, samples can improve the atmosphere of a song just as much as the instruments (or even more). This is a compilationn of some of my favorite samples in metal. I'm trying to keep it one album per band but exceptions are just fine. Oh yeah, I forgot something: I'm not gonna be too specific about where these samples are. It's way more interesting to discover them on your own!

Recommendations are welcome! Just don't get upset if I don't like them. D:
Please write band AND album.

Rec's awaiting evaluation:
N.K.V.D. - Vlast
Will Haven - Voir Dire
The Monolith Deathcult - Trivmvirate
Necrophagia - Deathtrip 69
Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre
Ævangelist - De Masticatione Mortuorum In Tumulis
Fantômas - Delirium Cordia
Metallica - Ride The Lightning, Master Of Puppets, ...And Justice For All
Deicide - Legion
Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre
Tool - Lateralus, Ænima
Impaled - Mondo Medicale
Queens Of The Stone Age - Queens Of The Stone Age
Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness
Heathen - Victims Of Deception
Fear Factory - Demanufacture
White Zombie
Strapping Young Lad - City
Static-X - Wisconsin Death Trip
Nailbomb - Point Blank
Impetigo - Horror Of The Zombies
Lamb Of God - Ashes Of The Wake
Buzz*Oven - ...At A Loss
Toxik - Think This
Hell - Human Remains
Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
Bolt Thrower - Mercenary
The Ruins Of Beverast - Unlock The Shrine, Foulest Semen Of A Sheltered Elite
Agalloch - Faustian Echoes
Alrakis - Alpha Eri
Blacklodge - Solarkult

Created by: X-Ray Rod | 22.12.2013


1. Aborted - Goremageddon: The Saw And The Carnage Done
"The doctor... is in". Very cheesy line but it works just fine as an opening to this brutal album (and one of their best songs).
2. Abruptum - Potestates Apocalypsis
Distant chants, hopeless patriotic songs, scraping iron, the sound of bullets and tanks tearing apart the earth, and the desolate wind that is left after everything is dead.
3. Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
Clockwork Orange couldn't be more appropiate for the last song of this insane album.
4. Agalloch - The Mantle
Samples from the classic "The Seventh Seal" and the cult "Fando y Lis". I just love how it turned out to be samples in both swedish and spanish. Made for me!
5. Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea
The sound of thunder and the deranged cries of the captain.
6. Anaal Nathrakh - Domine Non Es Dignus
When you think the music can't crush you any further... 1984 comes along.
7. Brujeria - Raza Odiada
Some obligatory non-serious example.The intro is more effective if you are familiar with south american culture and spanish. Tongue in cheek stuff. Don't mess with the satanic narcos!
8. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Cheesy as hell but so ridicuously epic and classic that I can't exclude "Demon's Gate"'s intro.
9. Chaos Moon - Languor Into Echoes, Beyond
Bringing down the futility of everything like few others with that sample from "Memento".
10. Dark Lunacy - The Diarist
The melancholic russian chants, the sirens, the writing machine, the discourses, the distressing sounds of war and various forms of human suffering certainly give extra power to this concept album about the siege of Leningrad. The children choir at the end is heartbreaking.
11. Diapsiquir - Virus STN
Adding insanity into this satanic trip through shitty streets with the sounds of crying babies, cheerful childhood songs, random vomit here and there.
12. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
From ridiculous "save your childrens from metal" tv shows to misanthropic comments from a movie(?) which name I can't find.
13. Esoteric - The Pernicious Enigma
Displaying the desperation from one of my favorite movies of all time (Scent of a woman).
14. Eyehategod - Take As Needed For Pain
SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION TO DRUGS, DRUGS, DRUGS, DRUGS, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, ALCOHOL, ALCOHOL...
15. Funeral Mist - Salvation
Creepy barking dogs, choirs, prayers and music from an old film. if you know the name of the movie (ending of the last song btw), please let me know.
16. Fungoid Stream - Oceanus
These guys basically one-up'd Ahab by making a song around a real whale song.
17. Gnaw Their Tongues - An Epiphanic Vomiting Of Blood
No list about samples would be complete without an example of Mories brilliant work. I love the insane (and real) interrogation sample. Terrifying.
18. Godflesh - Streetcleaner
While we are already talking about interrogations. Here's another one brought to you by Henry Lee Lucas!
19. Igorrr - Moisissure
Impossible to choose just one from this artist, but if I must... I think I'll go with the altered version of an old 20's song on "Brutal Swing".
20. Immolation - Close To A World Below
"Didn't you say Jesus was coming?"... After that, Immolation send him right back to hell.
21. Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
I never use samples, but when I do... I choose a great one from Shining!
22. Life Of Agony - River Runs Red
A great concept based only on samples scattered throughout the album. A rather frustrating listening from a dysfunctional home.
23. Lifelover - Pulver
Just like Diapsiquir, we get a handful of low-life sounds together with children songs, girls having sex and one of the most cheerful moments at the end fo the album.
24. Lurker Of Chalice - Lurker Of Chalice
Oh my, this is it... Where to start with this one: Distressing crows, a chilling sample from the Omen, and let's not even start with "This Blood Falls As Mortal, Pt. 3"... Simply overwhelming.
25. Ministry - Rio Grande Blood
The manipulated samples from George W. Bush just crack me up every single time.
26. Murmuüre - Murmuüre
Due to the extremely organic feeling of this album. Catching up specific sounds is a hard task but the constant sound of insects will forever stay with you.
27. Neurosis - Enemy Of The Sun
"Are you lost?" "...Yes" A great way to start the album, discussing the feeling of limitless time in our lifes.
28. Panopticon - Kentucky
A call to arms to better working conditions for the miners. Simple words from simple people. Stay together and you will defeat them all!
29. Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
Do you really know what "sorry" means? Because judging by "Forever Failure", Charles Manson doesn't know what it means.
30. Peste Noire - L'Ordure A L'Etat Pur
A big part of the joy I get from this album is from the (mostly) ridiculous samples. Wolves, crazy chickes, silly sword fights, cheesy loading of guns, and what appears to be a porno(?).
31. Pig Destroyer - Prowler In The Yard
"No. No. No. This is beautiful. This is art."
32. Shining - IV - The Eerie Cold
The ending with the American Psycho sample is great and all... But the telling of a life backwards in the title track is simply amazing.
33. The Amenta - n0n
The girl talking in "Skin" sounds as hot as she sounds dirty and disturbing... Maybe there's something wrong with me . D:
34. Theatre Of Tragedy - Velvet Darkness They Fear
Easily in my top 5 of best samples EVER. These guys really knew how to use the samples from "The Masque of the Red Death" in the song "And When He Falleth". Many bands just put the sample on top without thinking too much about it but here you can hear how the music was written around the dialogue, making the message stronger.
35. Today Is The Day - Temple Of The Morning Star
Because we need more samples of girls talking about their lesbian experiences.
36. Torsofuck - Erotic Diarrhea Fantasy
"Raped By Elephants"... Seriously, there's nothing more to say about this album. Hilarious shit (no pun intended).
37. Type O Negative - World Coming Down
Sinus, Liver, and Lung. Those three interludes display three different ways to die due to a certain addiction. Quite a shivering listen.
38. Woburn House - Message To Ourselves Outside The Dreaming Machine
Post metal band from Germany. The album starts with "River" and sets the mood perfectly with a sample from the movie "Waking Life" with a man discussing the dissapointing state of humanity due to our fear and laziness.
39. Woburn House - Monstrous Manoeuvres In The Mushroom Maze
I just had to make another slot for this album. The song Oil perfectly uses the famous speech from the mad Tv guy from the classic movie "Network".
40. Wormrot - Abuse
Because FUCK pigs...


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26.02.2015 - 00:58
Ilham
Giant robot
I've been hearing the Blade Runner one "quite an experience to live in fear isn't it? that's what it is to be a slave" around a few times in the past weeks, came here to see if it were in your list, hoping it could tell me where I heard it, and now I'm all disappoint.
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26.02.2015 - 01:15
Fearmeister
Account deleted
I like my 2001 HAL samples

Nom and Nom

Also, Crumbling Insanity by Hooded Menace is delicious as well.
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26.02.2015 - 08:18
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
Thank you two for posting and reminding myself that this is in dire need of an update.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass

Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.

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26.02.2015 - 17:38
Vombatus
Potorro
How about The Meads ? Damascus Steel and Planet Genocide have awesome use of political speeches. Plus all the hilarious stuff they use like the gospel mass at the end of Aborted Stygian Foetus. Also love the religious samples on the Jihad split.
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26.02.2015 - 18:54
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
Damn right you are. I recently got the two last albums and I also own Damascus Steel... I should relisten to them to pick up a favorite. I prefer to keep it one album per band but I've done one or two exceptions I believe.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass

Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.

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04.03.2015 - 01:11
Vombatus
Potorro
Written by X-Ray Rod on 26.02.2015 at 18:54

Damn right you are. I recently got the two last albums and I also own Damascus Steel... I should relisten to them to pick up a favorite.

Well, The Muder of Jesus doesn't have any sample I think (except middle part of Addicted to God?), though Sonderkommando has some nasty ones evoking the camps and Adolf.
Though for samples I'd pick DamascusSteel+PlanetGenocide (since both are tied and have the craziest of intros/outros).
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05.03.2015 - 06:27
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Coming back to this today and I can't believe you don't have any White Zombie on here man
Some of the kings of samples for sure.
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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05.03.2015 - 08:00
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
Written by Auntie Sahar on 05.03.2015 at 06:27

Coming back to this today and I can't believe you don't have any White Zombie on here man
Some of the kings of samples for sure.

Would you believe that I actually never listened to White Zombie? Maybe some tracks here and there but never really checked them out.
I should fix that considering my current "Mason revival" state.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass

Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.

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05.03.2015 - 14:53
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Written by X-Ray Rod on 05.03.2015 at 08:00

Would you believe that I actually never listened to White Zombie? Maybe some tracks here and there but never really checked them out.
I should fix that considering my current "Mason revival" state.

Was that a typo and you meant *Manson revival state? Because old Manson and old White Zombie are definitely awesome. You'll find more sample use in the latter though, of course, because, you know, the whole fascination with B horror films and shit. Someone should actually make it a task to watch every film sampled on Astro Creep and La Sexorcisto
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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05.03.2015 - 17:23
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
Written by Auntie Sahar on 05.03.2015 at 14:53

Written by X-Ray Rod on 05.03.2015 at 08:00

Would you believe that I actually never listened to White Zombie? Maybe some tracks here and there but never really checked them out.
I should fix that considering my current "Mason revival" state.

Was that a typo and you meant *Manson revival state? Because old Manson and old White Zombie are definitely awesome. You'll find more sample use in the latter though, of course, because, you know, the whole fascination with B horror films and shit. Someone should actually make it a task to watch every film sampled on Astro Creep and La Sexorcisto

Ah yeah, I meant Manson. I even got MM's debut recently from a second hand store and still haven't given it a spin.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass

Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.

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05.03.2015 - 17:45
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Written by X-Ray Rod on 05.03.2015 at 17:23

Ah yeah, I meant Manson. I even got MM's debut recently from a second hand store and still haven't given it a spin.

Yeah man, get on that when you get the chance. I don't want to sound like the typical "Manson sucks nao, old school iz best" guy, but his early material really is just so good.
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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05.03.2015 - 17:51
Lit.
Account deleted
Written by Auntie Sahar on 05.03.2015 at 17:45

Yeah man, get on that when you get the chance. I don't want to sound like the typical "Manson sucks nao, old school iz best" guy, but his early material really is just so good.

Normally, I'd agree, but I thought Pale Emperor was a lot better than most of his stuff. Can't remember if there are any samples in it, though.
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05.03.2015 - 18:02
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Written by [user id=101272] on 05.03.2015 at 17:51

Normally, I'd agree, but I thought Pale Emperor was a lot better than most of his stuff. Can't remember if there are any samples in it, though.

Oh no, I don't deny that he's had a bit of a return to form with Born Villain and this new album.... I'm just saying that the first three albums are still better
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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19.10.2015 - 00:48
Paz
777
Elite
"Hate And Heartache" by MOTA has an epic sample, one of my all-time best.

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25.10.2017 - 00:45
VIG
Account deleted
I was actually kind of scared when I first heard World Coming Down. I was young, and they were my first metal band. The reason I was "scared" wasn't so much the music, but those sample tracks. My little 12-year old mind was thinking "What the fuck is this". I immediately fell in love, though They led me to Celtic Frost, Opeth, etc.

Also, you should update this list.
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25.10.2017 - 01:27
Paz
777
Elite
So yeah, nobody gives a shit about my recs but I'll add yet another one. Polish Eerie in their debut album used some cool excerpts from True Detective (Season 1). Sample at 6:26.

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25.10.2017 - 17:09
VIG
Account deleted
Written by Paz on 25.10.2017 at 01:27

So yeah, nobody gives a shit about my recs

You got that right

Seriously, though, I have become a big fan of that show I will check that out.
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21.01.2018 - 19:07
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Goremageddon's opening line is actually "The doctor... is in."
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS
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21.01.2018 - 19:11
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
Written by Boxcar Willy on 21.01.2018 at 19:07

Goremageddon's opening line is actually "The doctor... is in."

Hah, weird ass Mandela effect. There's probably another sample that goes the other way because it was so stuck in my head for some reason. In any case, you made me listen to the song again. So thanks for that!
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass

Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.

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02.02.2018 - 13:28
Alakazam
spendin' cheese
Awesome, inspiring list you have. Jooe reccomended me this list after it dawned on me after listening to Exuvia again that TRoB have really consistent, effective uses of samples and this current one is no different featuring a line about werewolves from the X Files episode Shapes. Monument from the previous album featured the line from The Omen quoted by the worried priest.

EDIT: Coming back to glance over this, oh yeah that final Lifelover quote, ...don't listen to it when you have disssapointed yourself. Meanwhile the album after is a gunshot after playful music. Dragged Into Sunlight's Totem Of Skulls, say no more.
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20.02.2018 - 02:41
Alakazam
spendin' cheese
Ooo also in Alkerdeels song Luizig they make perfect harrowing raw atmosphere sampling Audition in one of the most effective sample usages I've ever heard.
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21.02.2018 - 00:22
BitterCOld
The Ancient One
Admin
If you like samples/movie clips tossed into records, check out Tort and II. My Spanish sucks and I find 'em hilarious. I'd avoid drinking while listening lest you spittake all over your lappy.

HORRIBLE PROCESSION!
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get the fuck off my lawn.

Beer Bug Virus Spotify Playlist crafted by Nikarg and I. Feel free to tune in and add some pertinent metal tunes!
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21.02.2018 - 18:25
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
Written by Alakazam on 20.02.2018 at 02:41
Ooo also in Alkerdeels song Luizig they make perfect harrowing raw atmosphere sampling Audition in one of the most effective sample usages I've ever heard.

The Japanese Audition? Man, i should really see that movie. It's still in my list. Really like the band as well.
Thanks a lot for the compliments! Joe recommending my list is also high praise haha. And yeah, I'm deeply invested in my Lifelover fanboyism haha most likely because I speak swedish.

Written by BitterCOld on 21.02.2018 at 00:22

If you like samples/movie clips tossed into records, check out Tort and II. My Spanish sucks and I find 'em hilarious. I'd avoid drinking while listening lest you spittake all over your lappy.
HORRIBLE PROCESSION!

Yeah man! I still have their debut on my computer. I should give it more listenings because I do remember some awkward D-movie samples! Man, this list surely needs an update.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass

Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.

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25.12.2018 - 18:51
Maco
Pvt Funderground
If you dig Wormphlegm, check Senthil's demo called Crypticorifislit. It has a really nice sample in the middle of the only song.
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30.09.2020 - 00:12
RaduP
CertifiedHipster
Staff
First one that comes to mind is The Wicker Man sample in Agalloch's The White.
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Do you think if the heart keeps on shrinking
One day there will be no heart at all?
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19.01.2022 - 08:18
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
I really like the audio samples in many songs on Summoning's Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame. "Ash nazg gimbatul"..."follow me into the darkness"...." and in the darkness - bind them!", to only name a few examples
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19.01.2022 - 10:11
RaduP
CertifiedHipster
Staff
Few things come close to this song's intro:
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Do you think if the heart keeps on shrinking
One day there will be no heart at all?
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