Metal Academy Radio Playlist Suggestions - The Fallen Edition

Here you go Sonny...

• Tzompantli - Yaotiacahuanetzli off Tlazcaltiliztli (2022)
• Unholy - For the Unknown One off Rapture (1998)
• Solitude Aeturnus - Tomorrows Dead off Alone (2006)

Thanks!

Here you go Sonny...

• Tzompantli - Yaotiacahuanetzli off Tlazcaltiliztli (2022)
• Unholy - For the Unknown One off Rapture (1998)
• Solitude Aeturnus - Tomorrows Dead off Alone (2006)

Thanks!

Thanks Ben.

Type O Negative - "Creepy Green Light" (from "World Coming Down", 1999)

Candlemass - "Tears" (from "Tales of Creation", 1989)

Esoteric - "Sinistrous" (from "The Pernicious Enigma", 1997)

Mastodon - "Crusher Destroyer" (from "Remission", 2002)

Any suggestions for September Ben?

Any suggestions for September Ben?

When I first discovered Funeral Doom Metal in the early 2000s, I instantly fell in love with it. As is my tendency for any new discovery, I immediately threw myself into it and listened to pretty much every example of the genre to that point. There were some incredible finds (Shape of Despair, Esoteric, Skepticism etc.), but there were quite a few amateurish failed attempts too.

Then there was Until Death Overtakes Me's album Prelude to Monolith. This is a release for which the ingredients are not of a high quality, but the end result is somehow hypnotic and captivating. I go back to it every few months, and always enjoy the listen, so here's my choice for this month...

• Until Death Overtakes Me - Missing off Prelude to Monolith (2003)

Thanks Sonny.

Thanks Ben. I agree wholeheartedly with your comments about funeral doom. It is one of my absolute favourite styles of metal and has some utterly sublime practitioners. But because it is based on fairly simple principles there are some very amateurish-sounding attempts at it. I think the true skill with funeral doom is taking these simple basics and producing music that feels profound and speaks to something deep inside the listener. I understand that it's not going to be for everyone, but I personally think it is one of the most affecting and personal of all metal genres. 

I haven't listened to Until Death Overtakes Me before, so I'm looking forward to hearing this one.

Here are my track submissions for the October playlist Sonny:

Lord Vigo - "Memento Mori" (from "Danse de Noir", 2020)

Sore Throat - "Phase I" (from "Inde$troy", 1989)

Dystopia - "Control All Delete" (from "Dystopia", 2008)

Hi Ben. Have you any suggestions for October's Fallen playlist?

I'm sorry Sonny. It has been one of those months. I assume you've completed the playlist by now, but if not...

• Solstice - Death's Crown Is Victory off Death's Crown Is Victory (2013)
• Slow - Déluge off V - Oceans (2017)

If you've already completed this months, these can be for next month.

Thanks!

I'm sorry Sonny. It has been one of those months. I assume you've completed the playlist by now, but if not...

• Solstice - Death's Crown Is Victory off Death's Crown Is Victory (2013)
• Slow - Déluge off V - Oceans (2017)

If you've already completed this months, these can be for next month.

Thanks!

As it happens Ben, the stars have aligned in such a way that I haven't yet finished the playlist for October yet, so I will add these to it.

Here are my submissions for the November playlist Sonny:

Solitude Aeturnus - "Upon Within" (from "Alone", 2006)

Eyehategod - "Anxiety Hangover" (from "Dopesick", 1996)

Here are my November selections...

• Trouble - Psalm 9 off Psalm 9 (1984)
• The Gathering - Strange Machines off Mandylion (1995)
• Isole - Shadowstone off Bliss of Solitude (2008)

And know that I have been listening to and enjoying The Fallen playlists each month. Sorry for not commenting much. I generally listen while doing other things and note the tracks that are grabbing my interest.

Here are my November selections...

• Trouble - Psalm 9 off Psalm 9 (1984)
• The Gathering - Strange Machines off Mandylion (1995)
• Isole - Shadowstone off Bliss of Solitude (2008)

And know that I have been listening to and enjoying The Fallen playlists each month. Sorry for not commenting much. I generally listen while doing other things and note the tracks that are grabbing my interest.

Thanks Ben. I find myself that the playlists are great for when you are doing something else. I tend to listen when I am out with the dog or working in the garden. I actually find them really enjoyable to listen to because I don't feel the need to listen to them as intensely as the monthly features or review drafts where I need to make comment upon those releases. I do usually listen to the playlists from all my three clans at least once during the month though and quite often additional ones from the Horde, Guardians and Infinite.

I usually listen to the playlists while exercising & for very much the same reasons as Sonny has listed above. If I have the opportunity to actively focus on music then I'll usually do that with something I want to properly review but if I'm not given that opportunity then the playlists are where I turn.

Here's my submission for the December playlist Sonny:

Elder - "Gemini" (from "Dead Roots Stirring", 2011)

Ben, do you have any suggestions for December's playlist?

Ben, do you have any suggestions for December's playlist?

Last call for December's playlist suggestions Ben.

If I'm not too late...

• Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard - Valmasque off Y proffwyd dwyll (2016)
• Candlemass - Solitude off Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986)
• Daylight Dies - Dismantling Devotion off Dismantling Devotion (2006)

If I'm not too late...

• Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard - Valmasque off Y proffwyd dwyll (2016)
• Candlemass - Solitude off Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (1986)
• Daylight Dies - Dismantling Devotion off Dismantling Devotion (2006)

No, I'll add them into the playlist when I complete it this week.

Here are my January playlist submissions Sonny:

Cavurn - "II" (from "Reheasal" E.P., 2017)

My Dying Bride - "Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium" (from "Trinity", 1995)

The Ocean - "Benthic: The Origin Of Our Wishes" (from "Pelagial", 2013)

Have you anything for January, Ben?

Yes please Sonny...

• Mortiferum - Incubus of Bloodstained Visions off Preserved in Torment (2021)
• Procession - To Reap Heavens Apart off To Reap Heavens Apart (2013)
• Rapture - This Is Where I Am off Futile (1999) - I'm pretty chuffed that this is finally on Spotify
  

Cheers!

Here are my submissions for the February playlist Sonny:

Void of Silence - "Opus VIII: Universal Separation" (from "Criteria ov 666", 2002)

Admiral Angry - "The Illusion of Strength" (from "Buster", 2009)

Paradise Lost - "Frozen Illusion - Frozen Illusion Demo 1989" (from "Drown In Darkness - The Early Demos", 2009)

Ben, do you have any suggestions for February?