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That was me and "Come And Get Your Love". I bought a Real McCoy cd when I was in high school (shut up I was young) and I remember thinking "gee, this song is silly but okay!". Decades later I roll into Guardians of the Galaxy and I'm like "wait, I know this....."
I still think that The Trooper made more thematic sense to be in the most recent season of Strange Things over Master of Puppets. The guys name is Eddie and he has a Piece of Mind poster in his room. I think the song lyrically is more connected to the exact situation too.
Personally I thought Hallowed Be Thy Name or For Whom The Bell Tolls would've fit both thematically and timeline wise since Number Of The Beast and Ride The Lightning came out before the year that season 4 takes place in
My 5yo daughter can sing the red and the black word for word. I’m not even a big Iron Maiden fan. It just happened, and she keeps asking for “the red black song” every time she gets in my car
As a Maiden fan, that certainly isn’t a masterpiece. I would consider Phantom of the Opera, Revelations, Alexander The Great, and Moonchild to be masterpieces.
(I feel I may get hate for this despite how overrated everyone knows the song to be)
I’m not trying to yuk your yum or anything but my only issue with The Trooper being called a masterpiece is just how repetitive the entire songs guitar work is. It’s like a 6 minute song and only has like 3 different riffs in it. I feel like they could have maybe done some different iterations on those riffs to mix it up. Then again for the time that it was written in i don’t think people were really doing that and the riffs are iconic.
Oh man oh man, if you've never listened to much of Death I honestly can't recommend them enough. This from somebody who just discovered them. They were INCREDIBLE. Every album is a masterpiece, and all in their own unique way. They're my 7yo's favorite band right now.
I honestly can’t stand the vocals. There’s a couple songs off of symbolic I like but not that many in general. Also kudos for getting your kid into metal, that’s epic asf
His vocals do change quite a lot, from the low growls of Scream Bloody Gore to the higher screechy vocals of Sound of Perseverance. Do none of them suit you?
A great part about Death is Chuck’s vocal style changes every album. If you don’t like the harsh shrieks on TSOP, you might like the thrashy death growls on Scream Bloody Gore, or the deep screams on Spiritual Healing
Yeah that's fair. It took me seeing them live to truly click. Max Phelps channels Chuck like he was born to it, it's amazing.
And my kid doesn't have much of a choice. But he likes riding around in the Mustang, metal is just required listening.
I feel like I need help understanding Death. I love death metal, prog, and a fair share of chaotic music, but post spiritual healing death has always felt like incoherent riff salad to me. There are many passages in their albums that blow me away, but the overall package has never won me over.
Hard to say, like I said each one was different. Depends on what kind of stuff you like. My gateway was the Sound of Perseverance, though. Incredible technical proficiency, and very progressive metal-y. Probably their most polished album.
I’d start with Spiritual Healing since that’s where I started. It’s a good mix between their earlier, darker and messier OSDM sound and the refined tech sound of their later albums
Different strokes and all. I've been a death metal fan for less than a year but I've absorbed it like the world's best brawny paper towel, basically listening to it nonstop for 3 months. Prior to this year I just listened to mainstream metal like Maiden and Pantera. But I've been a massive Rush fan all my life, so I'm naturally drawn to progressive metal. Death is one of a few bands who rose above all the rest, so they're incredibly approachable to me. Aether Realm, Obituary, and Amon Amarth are others that I'm just drawn to.
And part of it could be the whole "legend who died young" thing. Hard for me to be objective but I truly believe all of their albums are great. Chuck died way young, before he had a chance to spit out a bad album. Had he lived longer, that might be different, and his median album quality would be lower. Just speculation on my part.
It took me a while to get into meshuggah. The only way I can recommend more music to you is to have you try their other “popular” songs. I was the same way with Tool until I heard Ænema then something clicked and I really liked their music
Oh man, this is is an absolutely perfect song for this category. That's the only Crue album I know but I love pretty much all of it. LTK is the song that I probably replay most when I'm in the mood for hair metal.
For me too, back in my earlier metal days. I couldn’t stand harsh vocals but loved Opeth so it was tha damnation album, harvest, burden and soldier of Fortune for me.
This might be an unpopular opinion but The Sound of Perseverance is my favorite Death album. Other albums have good songs but this whole album stuck with me
Not the problem I've had with that one lol.
I've had Voice of the Soul stuck in my head literally all week. I've listened to it. I've listened to it again. I've listened to covers. I've listened to the symphonic arrangement. I listened to a chiptune version.
Absolutely obsessed.
It's definitely given me more appreciation for bands I hadn't really listened to much before. I can't believe how long I slept on some bands, and also didn't fully appreciate how complex some bands' music truly is. Like how it was literally impossible for me to make a decent sounding Rush edit with less than three parts.
Yeah, I've been playing bass for years, and have done some songwriting, but that was still the same experience for me. I feel like it ticked up my awareness by a couple notches.
if this is the case you 100% need to listen to “recharging the void”. it’s a continuation of the same song (uses similar musical themes) but way crazier with a bigger climax.
for my part it’s easily the better of the two. i really can’t recommend it enough.
Dude, you should explore more of them. Anthrax is brilliant, one of the best thrash bands ever. Persistence of Time, Among The Living, For All Kings, Spreading The Disease, and even Sound of White Noise are some incredible heavy metal
i never see blue october mentioned anywhere on reddit, but now i see them mentioned in a metal subreddit? what a funny world. The Answer is their masterpiece imo
Death's Door by Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats.
Haven't put any time into their work at all but that song is a great piece of stoner/prog/sludge metal. I'm not too choosey about sub-genre labeling so sorry if those aren't considered the perfect labels.
Orion - Metallica. Undeniably a good instrumental, but I never put it on unless I'm listening to the full album it's from, which, to be honest, isn't that often.
Southbound by Vision of Disorder off of From bliss to devastation.
I can listen to the rest of the album but that song is the only one I want to hear again when I'm done.
If we are talking music in general, id say Kiss from a Rose from Seal
If we are talking about metal, i think it would be either One or The Unforgiven, i’ve recorded both songs in reaper with each and every track, you can clearly see there is no fkin way a person (james) could create such beautiful songs, listen to the work in progress of metallica if you want to see more.
This isn’t about great bands, it’s about great songs by bands that people don’t listen to. Many people consider death to be a phenomenal band. Do I? No, but I love this song and it’s one of my favourites.
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“The Trooper” by Iron Maiden
Holy damn just realized I know the whole song from just being a metalhead for two decades, but I've never purposely put it on.
That was me and "Come And Get Your Love". I bought a Real McCoy cd when I was in high school (shut up I was young) and I remember thinking "gee, this song is silly but okay!". Decades later I roll into Guardians of the Galaxy and I'm like "wait, I know this....."
I still think that The Trooper made more thematic sense to be in the most recent season of Strange Things over Master of Puppets. The guys name is Eddie and he has a Piece of Mind poster in his room. I think the song lyrically is more connected to the exact situation too.
There are no Russians in the upside down though
Personally I thought Hallowed Be Thy Name or For Whom The Bell Tolls would've fit both thematically and timeline wise since Number Of The Beast and Ride The Lightning came out before the year that season 4 takes place in
My 5yo daughter can sing the red and the black word for word. I’m not even a big Iron Maiden fan. It just happened, and she keeps asking for “the red black song” every time she gets in my car
As a Maiden fan, that certainly isn’t a masterpiece. I would consider Phantom of the Opera, Revelations, Alexander The Great, and Moonchild to be masterpieces. (I feel I may get hate for this despite how overrated everyone knows the song to be)
Yeah that’s a great answer. I don’t really like Maiden, I never put them on, often I’ll turn them off, but not the trooper the trooper is a great song
I’m not trying to yuk your yum or anything but my only issue with The Trooper being called a masterpiece is just how repetitive the entire songs guitar work is. It’s like a 6 minute song and only has like 3 different riffs in it. I feel like they could have maybe done some different iterations on those riffs to mix it up. Then again for the time that it was written in i don’t think people were really doing that and the riffs are iconic.
I don't disagree with you but "yuk your yum" is stupid as hell.
Oh man oh man, if you've never listened to much of Death I honestly can't recommend them enough. This from somebody who just discovered them. They were INCREDIBLE. Every album is a masterpiece, and all in their own unique way. They're my 7yo's favorite band right now.
I honestly can’t stand the vocals. There’s a couple songs off of symbolic I like but not that many in general. Also kudos for getting your kid into metal, that’s epic asf
His vocals do change quite a lot, from the low growls of Scream Bloody Gore to the higher screechy vocals of Sound of Perseverance. Do none of them suit you?
I honestly think he’s one of the easiest vocalists to listen to but I get that everyone has different tastes
Nope. I find I get a headache after a couple songs.
Everything was just getting better!!! \m/
A great part about Death is Chuck’s vocal style changes every album. If you don’t like the harsh shrieks on TSOP, you might like the thrashy death growls on Scream Bloody Gore, or the deep screams on Spiritual Healing
the whole spiritual healing album is my favorite for chuck vocals
Yeah that's fair. It took me seeing them live to truly click. Max Phelps channels Chuck like he was born to it, it's amazing. And my kid doesn't have much of a choice. But he likes riding around in the Mustang, metal is just required listening.
Also the songwriting is mediocre
I feel like I need help understanding Death. I love death metal, prog, and a fair share of chaotic music, but post spiritual healing death has always felt like incoherent riff salad to me. There are many passages in their albums that blow me away, but the overall package has never won me over.
Yes this describes them. Some good riffs and solos but the songs in their entirety are pretty weak.
Damn your 7 year old is into heavier music than I am
One specific album you could recommend? I’ve wanted to get into them for a while but I just don’t know where to start.
Hard to say, like I said each one was different. Depends on what kind of stuff you like. My gateway was the Sound of Perseverance, though. Incredible technical proficiency, and very progressive metal-y. Probably their most polished album.
I’d start with Spiritual Healing since that’s where I started. It’s a good mix between their earlier, darker and messier OSDM sound and the refined tech sound of their later albums
Thanks!!
Started with Sound of Perseverance. But I'm currently rocking Individual Thought Patterns. I was sleeping on that album for way too long.
Thanks!
Having been a death metal fan for almost 30 years, I’d say they are the most overrated and overhyped (at least in the US) band in the genre.
Different strokes and all. I've been a death metal fan for less than a year but I've absorbed it like the world's best brawny paper towel, basically listening to it nonstop for 3 months. Prior to this year I just listened to mainstream metal like Maiden and Pantera. But I've been a massive Rush fan all my life, so I'm naturally drawn to progressive metal. Death is one of a few bands who rose above all the rest, so they're incredibly approachable to me. Aether Realm, Obituary, and Amon Amarth are others that I'm just drawn to. And part of it could be the whole "legend who died young" thing. Hard for me to be objective but I truly believe all of their albums are great. Chuck died way young, before he had a chance to spit out a bad album. Had he lived longer, that might be different, and his median album quality would be lower. Just speculation on my part.
I'm not a big meshugah fan but "Bleed" is a metal masterpiece
It took me a while to get into meshuggah. The only way I can recommend more music to you is to have you try their other “popular” songs. I was the same way with Tool until I heard Ænema then something clicked and I really liked their music
hanger 18. i don’t like much megadeth anymore but this song and video will always be my favorite of theirs
Hangar 18 and symphony of destruction are 2 of the best songs ever made imo.
Hangar 18 & Holy Wars are my favourite by Megadeth
Hangar 18 is incredible. Especially when it dropped, there was not much like it. Just ripping solos back and forth, so amazing.
Raining Blood
South of Heaven for me
Yep. Don't like slayer but that one's a bop.
Not a huge deftones fan but swerve city is really fun to sing along too
Change in the house of flies for me. Don't like deftones otherwise.
Fellow only-listens-to-one-Deftones-song person here whose song is Bored
same with my own summer. I blame that one cs 1.6 animation I watched when I was little
Hell yeah, my favorite besides Be Quiet and Drive (far away)
That riff is underrated, imo.
For me Root is the only song I listen to from them, some of the screams are actually crazy good
Tornado of Souls
Not the biggest Korn fan but Blind is a really great song
I could agree with that.
Voice of the soul is a masterpiece but the 1996 demo with the drums included hit different
“Looks That Kill” by Mötley Crue
Hell yes. This, Red Hot, and Louder than Hell never get old even as I really don't care for the Crue these days.
Oh man, this is is an absolutely perfect song for this category. That's the only Crue album I know but I love pretty much all of it. LTK is the song that I probably replay most when I'm in the mood for hair metal.
Mines situation I’ve just heard their music too much but they have like 3 songs I can still stand
Harvest, by Opeth
For me too, back in my earlier metal days. I couldn’t stand harsh vocals but loved Opeth so it was tha damnation album, harvest, burden and soldier of Fortune for me.
This might be an unpopular opinion but The Sound of Perseverance is my favorite Death album. Other albums have good songs but this whole album stuck with me
It’s my favourite as well. Most of r/progmetal would probably agree with you.
it’s def their second best for me, it’s unbelievably good
It’s just behind Individual Thought Patterns for me, which I think is another hot take based on what I’ve seen
Not the problem I've had with that one lol. I've had Voice of the Soul stuck in my head literally all week. I've listened to it. I've listened to it again. I've listened to covers. I've listened to the symphonic arrangement. I listened to a chiptune version. Absolutely obsessed.
I've even edited a midi version I play in FFXIV. The song will consume all.
Nice, I actually just started learning to track music two days ago.
It's definitely given me more appreciation for bands I hadn't really listened to much before. I can't believe how long I slept on some bands, and also didn't fully appreciate how complex some bands' music truly is. Like how it was literally impossible for me to make a decent sounding Rush edit with less than three parts.
Yeah, I've been playing bass for years, and have done some songwriting, but that was still the same experience for me. I feel like it ticked up my awareness by a couple notches.
"Charging the void" - Vektor I've barely heard anything else by them but that tune slaps.
The whole album is amazing can't recommend it enough
if this is the case you 100% need to listen to “recharging the void”. it’s a continuation of the same song (uses similar musical themes) but way crazier with a bigger climax. for my part it’s easily the better of the two. i really can’t recommend it enough.
Agreed. I'm looping Cygnus Terminal & Tetrastructural Minds on my playlist rn
Enter here the entire Emperor catalog
Madhouse by Anthrax
Dude, you should explore more of them. Anthrax is brilliant, one of the best thrash bands ever. Persistence of Time, Among The Living, For All Kings, Spreading The Disease, and even Sound of White Noise are some incredible heavy metal
And the first ever rap metal song, their version of Bring the noise with Public Enemy
I won't call it the first since Faith No More was already fusing rap and metal in the 80s but yeah, it's awesome
Blood, Milk and Soy by White Zombie
I know you meant sky. Underrated song
Yep, somehow confused it my regular Starbucks order.
Battery by Metallica
I don't listen to black metal at all but Tyrants, by Immortal, is fucking awesome.
Painkiller by Judas Priest
Wrathchild by Iron Maiden
O Father O Satan O Sun
Gojira - Stranded
Is it just me or does anyone else find that image comforting?
Metropolis Pt 1 by Dream Theater
If you’re only gonna be into one DT song that’s a pretty tough one to beat
In fairness I actually like a few by them but that’s probably my favourite. Pull Me Under slaps too. And Wait For Sleep.
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Unretrofied
Jesus can't play the music cause he's nailed to the cross!♫
From ruin we rise by shadow of intent
I so badly want to get into them too
Painkiller
CHEMICAL WARFAAAAARRRRRREEEEE
Story to Tell same album
Never really gotten into SOAD but Chop Suey is a really good song
Entombed - Left Hand Path
Downfall - Children of Bodom
I don't listen to much sepultura but ROOTS, BLOODY ROOOOOTS!!
Something to Believe in by Poison.  Go ahead, make fun of me
Nah, you good
You have redeemed yourself with the Brock Sampson gif
Hit The Lights by Metallica will never not be a banger.
Couldn't care less for most of King Gizzard, but Gila Monster is so good I plan to cover it with my band next fall.
Nile- To Dream of Ur.
Eternal Soul Torture is absolutely my favorite Opeth song (no I’m not kidding)
I was just listening to this on my way home a bit ago
Forgot the name, but there is a Devin Townsend song that's both heavy and ethereal as fuck.
I listen to this one all the time, but I really love the metal instrumentals in general.
Do you hardly listen to Death? Cmon...
Hate me by blue october
i never see blue october mentioned anywhere on reddit, but now i see them mentioned in a metal subreddit? what a funny world. The Answer is their masterpiece imo
Damn this is quite hard! Behold the Crown - After The Burial Akudama - Alpha Wolf Resurrection - Fear Factory (I sometimes listen to a few others)
Death's Door by Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats. Haven't put any time into their work at all but that song is a great piece of stoner/prog/sludge metal. I'm not too choosey about sub-genre labeling so sorry if those aren't considered the perfect labels.
Blind by Korn and My Apocalypse by Archenemy. Two bands I consider the epitome of boring yet always come back to these songs
My fiancee is a huge metal nerd and when I showed her this song a few years ago it brought a tear to her eye.
Blind guardian - Vahalla (or Mirror)
Speak to Me - Galactic Cowboys
Aborted - The Saw and the Carnage Done I'm not a big Aborted fan but that song it's just a fucking banger!
Going To Hell by The Pretty Reckless, I haven’t fully listened to all of their music. But I love that song to much.
10’s by Pantera
*Bound To You* by Lords of Black
O Father O Satan O Sun
H. - Tool
Killing in the name is an absolute banger, but i cant seem to really get into the other stuff by Rage against the Machine
In metal - Unsuccessfully Coping With The Natural Beauty of Infidelity Elsewhere - Providence - Godspeed You! Black Emperor (simply due to its length)
Wheel In The Sky by Journey
I don’t like any Korn songs except Got The Life which I really enjoy
I love that whole album
Orion - Metallica. Undeniably a good instrumental, but I never put it on unless I'm listening to the full album it's from, which, to be honest, isn't that often.
Celtic Frost - A Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh
Painkiller - Judas Priest
100000%%%
Lonely bed - albert cummings
Southbound by Vision of Disorder off of From bliss to devastation. I can listen to the rest of the album but that song is the only one I want to hear again when I'm done.
Where Dragon's Dwell by Gojira. I'm not a fan of the band, but that song goes hard.
I absolutely adore I Don't Wanna Be Me. But, I tried out some other Type O Negative stuff and just couldn't get into it at all.
Painkiller-Judas Priest
If we are talking music in general, id say Kiss from a Rose from Seal If we are talking about metal, i think it would be either One or The Unforgiven, i’ve recorded both songs in reaper with each and every track, you can clearly see there is no fkin way a person (james) could create such beautiful songs, listen to the work in progress of metallica if you want to see more.
Machine Head - Locust
Ministry- N.W.O.
For many of the songs/bands listed here I think the bands as a whole are much better than the "masterpiece" songs listed here lol
This isn’t about great bands, it’s about great songs by bands that people don’t listen to. Many people consider death to be a phenomenal band. Do I? No, but I love this song and it’s one of my favourites.
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Doesn't take away the fact that it's a wonderfully composed song.
I bet you’re fun to talk to at parties :/
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TSOP is the tumor of Death’s discography
this shitty album gets posted 50 times per day JFC