Metal Academy Radio Playlist Suggestions - The Pit Edition

My suggestions for May's playlist:

Megadeth - Into the Lungs of Hell (3:22) from So Far, So Good, So What.. (1988)
Protector - Holocaust (3:46) - Misanthropy EP (1987)
Sepultura - Nomad (4:59) from Chaos AD (1993)
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare (6:11) from Eternal Nightmare (1988)
SSS - 3:06 (0:56) from The Dividing Line (2008)
Municipal Waste - The Thrashin' of the Christ (2:30) -from Hazardous Mutation (2005)
Razor - Behind Bars (2:14) from Violent Restitution (1988)

Total Runtime: 23:58

Next month we'll be extending the monthly submission limit to 30 minutes per clan member for The Pit as Ben has opted not to contribute.

June-

Killer Be Killed - Curb Crusher from Killer Be Killed 2014 03:31

Inculter - Open The Tombs from Fatal Visions 2019 04:02

Cryptosis - Game of Souls from Bionic Swarm 2021 04:30

Havok - Interface With The Infinite from V 2020 04:02

Infant Death - Troops of Dead  from Violent Rites 2016 03:30

Evoke - Demons of War from Seeds of Death 2020 04:12

Nuclear Assault - Something Wicked from Something Wicked 1993 04:42

Total run time = 28:29

My picks for June's Pit playlist:

Hydra Vein - Rabid (4:39) from Rather Death Than False of Faith (1988)
Indestroy - U.S.S.A. (3:41) from Indestroy (1988)
Sacred Reich - Death Squad (4:21) from Ignorance (1987)
Num Skull - Turn of a Screw (4:13) from Ritually Abused (1988)
Evile - The Thing (1982) (4:54) from Hell Unleashed (2021)
Lich King - Combat Mosh (4:39) from Born of the Bomb (2012)
Skeletonwitch - Vengeance Will Be Mine (3:08) from Beyond the Permafrost (2007)

Total runtime: 29:35

Sonny, we included Sacred Reich's "Death Squad" in our April playlist on Vinny submission. Do you want to swap that one out?

Will do - I'll get back to you on that. Sorry, I should have paid more attention!

Hey Daniel, I would like to replace Sacred Reich's Death Squad with a track from this month's feature - Grip Inc's track Scream at the Sky from Nemesis (4:46) which I calculate takes my runtime to exactly 30:00 minutes!

July:

High Command - Inexorable Darkness from Beyond the Wall of Desolation (2019) 04:57

Traitor - Mad Dictator from Knee-deep in the Dead (2018) 04:27

Desaster - Learn to Love the Void from Churches Without Saints (2021) 03:58

Nekromantheon - The Visions of Trigmegistos from The Visions of Trigmegistos (2021) 04:48

Demiser - Through The Gate Eternal from Through The Gate Eternal (2021) 03:58

Usurper -  Kill For Metal from Cryptobeast (2005) 05:32

Total = 27:40

Daniel, are we still on 30 minutes each for July?

Yes

August

Xentrix For Whose Advantage? from For Whose Advantage? (1990) 06:22

Terrifier Reanimator from Weapons of Thrash Destruction (2017) 05:24

Hexen Gas Chamber from State of Insurgency (2008) 04:10

Hyades Buried In Blood from And The Worst Is Yet To Come (2007) 04:27

Toxik Heart Attack from World Circus (1987) 03:48

Sarcofago Screeches from the Silence from The Laws of Scourge (1991) 03:49

Total = 28:00

Suggestions for August:

Bathory - Sacrifice (3:16) from Bathory (1984)
Possessed - Satan's Curse (4:14) from Seven Churches (1985)
Anthrax - Lone Justice (4:36) from Spreading the Disease (1985)
Whiplash - Power Thrashing Death (4:12) from Power and Pain (1986)
Critical Defiance - Punished Existence (5:06) from Misconception (2019)
Antiverse - Black Waves of Sorcery (5:03) from Under the Regolith (2018)
Witchery - Unholy Wars (3:12) from Symphony for the Devil (2001)
Total runtime - 29:39

My September suggestions:

Vreid - Shadows of Aurora (5:20) from Wild North West (2021)
Nekromantheon - Zealot Reign (4:43) from Visions of Trismegistos (2021)
Anthrax - Imitation of Life (4:21) from Among the Living (1987)
Kreator - Under A Total Blackened Sky (4:28)  from Enemy of God (2005)
Testament - The Haunting (4:14) from The Legacy (1987)

Total runtime: 23:08

I know the Vreid album isn't in the Pit but I think this track is thrashy enough to get a run out here. If you disagree Daniel by all means feel free to exclude it.

September   

Feared - Your Black is My White from Svart (2017) 03:15 - groove metal

Ritual Carnage  - Escape from the Light from Every Nerve Alive (2000) 05:42

Metallica - Harvester of Sorrow from …And Justice For All (1988) 05:44

Hirax - Flesh and Blood from El Rostro De La Muerte (2009) 05:42

Slayer - Skeletons of Society from Seasons In The Abyss (1990) 04:40

Sadus - The Wake from Swallowed in Black (1990) 04:21

Total = 29:24

October (all US thrash bands only with a track from each year 1983 through 1990)

Slayer -The Antichrist from Show No Mercy 1983 02:49

Znöwhite - Bringing The Hammer Down from All Hail to Thee 1984 02:46

Corrosion of Conformity - Consumed from Animosity 1985 02:52

Cryptic Slaughter - Hypocrite from Convicted 1986 03:02

Blood Feast - Kill for Pleasure from Kill for Pleasure 1987 03:12

Powermad - Terminator from The Madness Begins 1988 04:23

Rigor Mortis - The Haunted from Freaks 1989 04:58

Intruder - Cold-Blooded Killer from Escape from Pain EP 1990 05:25

Total = 29:27

I'm late I know. As I haven't listened to much thrash this month - only the playlist and a couple of Anthrax albums - I only have a single nomination, which is Anthrax's The Enemy from Spreading the Disease. <Insert *must try harder* here>.

I'm late I know. As I haven't listened to much thrash this month - only the playlist and a couple of Anthrax albums - I only have a single nomination, which is Anthrax's The Enemy from Spreading the Disease. .

It's all good Sonny. I actually programmed the playlist for The Pit this morning so you've just got in in the nick of time. Great track too of course.

For the record, I don't want any of our clan members to feel pressured to submit tracks every month if they don't want to. It really doesn't make much difference to the process of compiling the playlists (in fact it adds a little bit of complexity if anything) & I wouldn't want people to think of it as a chore. It's just a fun way to participate in the site & the community for those that want to. :)

Eternal Evil - Bestial Fornication from The Warriors Awakening Brings The Unholy Slaughter 2021, 02:20

Nervosa - Under Ruins from Perpetual Chaos 2021, 03:58

Fuelled By Fire - Thrash Is Back from Spread the Fire 2007, 05:14

Merciless Death - Slaughter Lord from Evil in the Night 2007, 03:04

Strike Master - Inflexible Steel from Vicious Nightmare 2009, 05:47

Devastation - Deliver the Suffering from Idolatory 1991, 06:23

Gammacide - Shock Treatment from Victims of Science 1989, 02:52

Run time = 29:38

My playlist suggestions for November:

Dark Angel - Black Prophecies (8:27) from Darkness Descends (1986)
Bewitcher - The Widow's Blade (5:20) from Cursed Be Thy Kingdom (2021)
Onslaught - Metal Forces (6:38) from The Force (1986)
Sabbat - I for an Eye (5:24) from History of a Time to Come (1988)
Testament - First Strike Is Deadly (3:41) from The Legacy (1987)

Total runtime: 29:50

Artillery - "Into The Universe" (from "Fear Of Tomorrow", 1985)

Kreator - "Betrayer" (from "Extreme Aggression", 1989)

Allegiance - "Torn Between Two Worlds" (from "D.e.s.t.i.t.u.t.i.o.n., 1994)

Death Angel - "Dethroned" (from "Killing Season", 2008)

Dew-Scented - "Arise From Decay" (from "Invocation", 2010)

Total Annihilation - "...On Chains Of Doom" (from "...On Chains Of Doom", 2020)

Total runtime: 28:28

I'm very excited to announce that Vinny will be taking over the programming & management of the monthly Metal Academy Radio "The Pit" Spotify playlist moving forwards (starting with the November list). I think this will be a real win for the site as it was always hard to me to ensure the highest quality standards when programming nine two-hour playlists every month. I'm very excited to see what Vinny will pump out each month too as our tastes are pretty well aligned & he's consistently shown himself to have his finger on the pulse as far as underground releases go.

I'm very excited to announce that Vinny will be taking over the programming & management of the monthly Metal Academy Radio "The Pit" Spotify playlist moving forwards (starting with the November list). I think this will be a real win for the site as it was always hard to me to ensure the highest quality standards when programming nine two-hour playlists every month. I'm very excited to see what Vinny will pump out each month too as our tastes are pretty well aligned & he's consistently shown himself to have his finger on the pulse as far as underground releases go.

This is a great move and this collaborative approach, which has already proved popular with the monthly feature releases, is a really exciting direction for the site to take. Good luck to Vinny and Andi and I'm really looking forward to what those guys come up with on the playlists going forward. Speaking for myself, I hugely enjoyed putting November's Fallen playlist together and hope that it ticks the right boxes with everyone. It is a task I have approached very seriously as I feel the playlists are one of the major external faces of the site and I'm sure I speak for all involved in saying I hope we can provide a positive face and help to grow Metal Academy in the future with our efforts. Also many thanks and much respect to Daniel for what I now realise must have been his many hours of dedication in putting together NINE playlists every month solely for the enjoyment of other metalheads.

I'm very excited to announce that Vinny will be taking over the programming & management of the monthly Metal Academy Radio "The Pit" Spotify playlist moving forwards (starting with the November list). I think this will be a real win for the site as it was always hard to me to ensure the highest quality standards when programming nine two-hour playlists every month. I'm very excited to see what Vinny will pump out each month too as our tastes are pretty well aligned & he's consistently shown himself to have his finger on the pulse as far as underground releases go.

This is a great move and this collaborative approach, which has already proved popular with the monthly feature releases, is a really exciting direction for the site to take. Good luck to Vinny and Andi and I'm really looking forward to what those guys come up with on the playlists going forward. Speaking for myself, I hugely enjoyed putting November's Fallen playlist together and hope that it ticks the right boxes with everyone. It is a task I have approached very seriously as I feel the playlists are one of the major external faces of the site and I'm sure I speak for all involved in saying I hope we can provide a positive face and help to grow Metal Academy in the future with our efforts. Also many thanks and much respect to Daniel for what I now realise must have been his many hours of dedication in putting together NINE playlists every month solely for the enjoyment of other metalheads.

I would echo, this.  I really needed something to focus my mind on metal after a few hectic and miserable weeks with work and then me having two new kittens to integrate this past fortnight.  To do this for 9 playlists must be a monumental effort as I have listened through the Pit playlist about ten times to try and get the flow and mix of styles right.  Shows the dedication to the site of Daniel alongside the great work that Ben does as well and makes me appreciate this place all the more.

I'm very excited to announce that Vinny will be taking over the programming & management of the monthly Metal Academy Radio "The Pit" Spotify playlist moving forwards (starting with the November list). I think this will be a real win for the site as it was always hard to me to ensure the highest quality standards when programming nine two-hour playlists every month. I'm very excited to see what Vinny will pump out each month too as our tastes are pretty well aligned & he's consistently shown himself to have his finger on the pulse as far as underground releases go.

This is a great move and this collaborative approach, which has already proved popular with the monthly feature releases, is a really exciting direction for the site to take. Good luck to Vinny and Andi and I'm really looking forward to what those guys come up with on the playlists going forward. Speaking for myself, I hugely enjoyed putting November's Fallen playlist together and hope that it ticks the right boxes with everyone. It is a task I have approached very seriously as I feel the playlists are one of the major external faces of the site and I'm sure I speak for all involved in saying I hope we can provide a positive face and help to grow Metal Academy in the future with our efforts. Also many thanks and much respect to Daniel for what I now realise must have been his many hours of dedication in putting together NINE playlists every month solely for the enjoyment of other metalheads.

I would echo, this.  I really needed something to focus my mind on metal after a few hectic and miserable weeks with work and then me having two new kittens to integrate this past fortnight.  To do this for 9 playlists must be a monumental effort as I have listened through the Pit playlist about ten times to try and get the flow and mix of styles right.  Shows the dedication to the site of Daniel alongside the great work that Ben does as well and makes me appreciate this place all the more.

I absolutely agree with you guys. The site and its activities continue to grow thanks to the great work of Ben & Daniel and all of our help, and collaborative ideas like this are quite fun when you’re up for it and can produce high-quality results. Here’s to us and the help and support Metal Academy shall have!