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#38 Dimmu Borgir- Kings of Carnival Creation I began typing a writeup for this song with it playing in the background and Vortex began to sing. I became utterly distracted. As far as black metal goes, this is so very and incredibly close to as good as it gets. Shagrath with his distinct growls, Nick Barker hammering away those blast beats perfectly in time, Vortex with his unmistakably amazing and powerful voice, and a well balanced guitar and synth attack make this a masterpiece. I wonder if the Ozzfest crowd had any idea what they were in for when Dimmu took the main stage. I have to imagine less than 25% of them knew who they were. I bet more than a few Kvultists were born right here!

#39 Eluveitie- A Rose for Epona Eluveitie comes in 2 forms. There's the one where they make some excellent folk inspired MDM, and the other where they make awe inspiring celtic folk metal power ballads. Anna Murphy's voice is incredible and fits so perfectly in with the sound they are trying to make. Really my favorite songs by Eluveitie are also the ones where she has writing credits. Damn shame they couldn't work it out to figure a way to keep making songs like this. While they still make great music, the quality they had with Anna Murphy will never be repeated.

@Hammerfestus I have also heard that kids taste like veal.

#40 Slipknot- Before I Forget Slipknot has been a guilty pleasure for me all this time. I couldn't deny enjoying the energy and rhythms they give off, as well as the blatant aggression and heaviness. Plus the main tom groove here made me a believer in Joey Jordison and knew he was more than just hype.

#41 Primal Fear- Chainbreaker This song channels Painkiller era Judas Priest so much that the first time I heard it, I checked Pandora to see which Judas Priest song it was! Ralf Scheepers is such a Rob Halford sound alike it's kinda scary. To my understanding, he was actually a finalist to replace Halford in JP until the band went with Ripper Owens. Considering Painkiller is among my favorite metal albums of all time(foreshadow...), having a song of such quality that feels like it belongs right on it will make shoot right up my list of favorites. Yes, I compared Primal Fear to Judas Priest. That's how good they are.

#42 Eterna- Goodbye My Dear Ophelia Eterna is a very very good power metal band out of Brazil. They are ever so slightly proggy and not afraid to be creative, like writing songs about Shakespeare plays. This was another blind album purchase I made and was another big winner. Newbury Comics was the shit back in the early 00s with the great metal they kept in stock. This is another song that belongs on any good power metal playlist.

Triple H. I like it! He plays the game too. Sorry @T-Pac for hijacking the thread!

He does like some pussy...

Looks more like a feline Hugh Hefner

#43 Therion- Enter Vril-ya There isn't much out there like Therion. They certainly vary in style from album to album while staying symphonic overall, but Deggial is an album unlike anything else I know of. They did away with the concept of lead vocals and instead went with a choir. Now choirs in metal isn't unheard of, but usually as an accent or backing vocals. It's very interesting and has grown on me over the years, especially this catchy little tune. The best way I would describe this and the rest of the Deggial album would be a heavy metal baroque era catholic mass with each song representing a hymn or the Kyrie Elieson. Take that for what you will. I'm not sure how this style works, but it does and it works very well.

I'm hardly an artist, but knowing nothing about the game, I saw a jack-o-lantern blueberry for some reason.

These always impress me every year and thank you for doing them! My request this year is one of the Ice Hockey player sprites. The RBI baseball pitcher you did a few years back was adorable and Id love to see your take on some more generic athlete sprites!

#44 After Forever- Beyond Me After Forever, especially their early works, is a little blend of progressive and Gothic metal with symphonic elements. Their main shtick was the frequent use of the "Beauty and the Beast" vocals that was big among those types of bands of the day. Here we find the debut of the great Floor Jansen spinning a duet with the also great Sharon Den Atel, and it feels like the end credits of a demonic horror movie. Many members of After Forever have gone on to be major players in Symphonic Metal. This band, and this album is where a lot of it not necessarily began, but certainly kicked off.

Awesome. I've missed my chance to see them too many times. Stupid life..

#45 Eternal Tears of Sorrow- The River Flows Frozen I am always fascinated by bands that seems to tweak their sound with every album. EToS is certainly a band of that nature, beginning as a Black metal band, and moving into melodic death and Gothic metal. The Virgin and a Whore album was a nice blend of the latter. They hung up the blast beats and went right for the groove. This started as a blind album purchase, and ended up being one of the best ones I've ever made. Great tune, great album, great band, though its membership changed quite frequently.

I really don't know a lot about horror, or even enjoy it much for that matter. That said, I look forward to the list and I'm sure there are a few good ideas of things to watch here!

#46 Corrosion of Conformity- Clean my Wounds I do love a good bit of groove and blues mixed into my metal. Loud music can be so down and chill at the same time and being energetic. Corrosion of Conformity is a band like only a couple others that really pull this style off, and I love it when it's done well!

What can I say? Some pleasures are guilty. Others are straight up filthy!

I haven't played a lot of the heavies for Playstation, but I have played a bunch of RPGs. My list is going to reflect that, which is why there is no SOTN or MGS on there. In no paticular order: 1. Final Fantasy 7 2. Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey 3. Chrono Cross 4. Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5. Lunar: Silver Star Story 6. Star Ocean:The Second Story 7. Crash Bandicoot 8. Crash Team Racing 9. Wwf Smackdown2 10. Lunar 2: Eternal Blue. Twisted metal was really fun having deathmatches with my friends, as well as Coolboarders was real fun too, but I don't really remember a lot about them to make the list. N64 is much easier for me to make. No thinking involved. Also in no paticular order. 1. Ocarina of Time 2. Mario Kart 64 3. Diddy Kong Racing 4. Goldeneye 5. WaveMaker 64 6. 1080 7. Cruisn USA 8. No Mercy 9. Conkers Bad Fur Day 10. Mario 64

#47 Dragonforce- Through the Fire and Flames Next up on the list of songs I like more than Katatonia @Brickman we have the most famous song that was featured in Guitar Hero. There's a theme here of metal songs that I originally discovered there, isn't there. I will say that I don't find the song amazing, I do find it to be extremely fun. It's the prototypical party song. It's nothing serious but just a gas to listen to. And I think that is worth some points all on its own.

I cant unsee that

Congrats on acquiring your holy grail! I've never heard of this system before, but kudos to you for finishing it! Now we just wait for a famous youtuber to feature this system and you are rich!

#48 Mors Principium Est- Destroyer of All One of the biggest sins I have committed is not having heard of these guys until last year. They are so on point with their MDM skills and seamless blending of piano and synths. I've been looking for this kind of music my whole life. If I were to rewrite this list of bands 2 years from now, a song from Mors Principium Est may well end up in my top 20. They are that good.

#49 Gorjira- Silvera We all knew Gorjira was going to be on here somewhere. They are simply one of the best groups to form in the last 25 years. Everything they make and do is precise, artful, and spectacular. I chose "Silvera" as it just spoke to me the moment I heard it and it stands as another one of those songs to help you grind through a really tough year. So thank you to this group of Frenchmen for existing! On a side note, there is very little quality metal coming out of France. I guess Gorjia owns all the talent in the country!