Metal Academy Radio Playlist Suggestions - The Fallen Edition
How about October Noir - Burn?
Can you provide the album and year for any suggestions please Morpheus.
It's from their 2019 album, Thirteen.
It's from their 2019 album, Thirteen.
Cheers.
Here are my submissions for the December playlist Sonny:
Black Sabbath - "Black Sabbath" (from "Black Sabbath", 1970)
Plateau Sigma - "Maira & the Archangel" (from "White Wings of Nightmares", 2013)
Sir Lord Baltimore - "Kingdom Come" (from "Kingdom Come", 1970)
For December please:
Candlemass - "Dark Are the Veils of Death" (from "Nightfall", 1987)
KEN mode - "A Reluctance of Being" (from "VOID", 2023)
Here are my submissions for the December playlist Sonny:
Black Sabbath - "Black Sabbath" (from "Black Sabbath", 1970)
Plateau Sigma - "Maira & the Archangel" (from "White Wings of Nightmares", 2013)
Sir Lord Baltimore - "Kingdom Come" (from "Kingdom Come", 1970)
As neither Sabbath's debut nor Kingdom Come are actually in The Fallen, do you think they are suitable for inclusion in a playlist designed to showcase that clan's output, Daniel. If so, then fine, but I myself have doubts about that being the way forward for the playlist.
It's an interesting question Sonny. Personally, I see no problem with selecting one-off tracks that I feel fall comfortably into different clans than the album they're drawn from. In this case I feel that our The Fallen members are the most likely to enjoy them so it makes sense to me. I mean, what's the point of including them in a The Guardians playlist when they'll sound a bit out of place & are better suited to another clan? If you disagree that these tracks are traditional doom metal & stoner metal respectively then you're free to omit them. I've always left it up to the playlist owners to make the final call uncontested on these things.
For the record though, I firmly believe that the "Black Sabbath" album is better suited to The Fallen than The Guardians anyway. There's currently a Hall of Judgement poll running for it.
It's an interesting question Sonny. Personally, I see no problem with selecting one-off tracks that I feel fall comfortably into different clans than the album they're drawn from. In this case I feel that our The Fallen members are the most likely to enjoy them so it makes sense to me. I mean, what's the point of including them in a The Guardians playlist when they'll sound a bit out of place & are better suited to another clan? If you disagree that these tracks are traditional doom metal & stoner metal respectively then you're free to omit them. I've always left it up to the playlist owners to make the final call uncontested on these things.
For the record though, I firmly believe that the "Black Sabbath" album is better suited to The Fallen than The Guardians anyway. There's currently a Hall of Judgement poll running for it.
OK fair enough. I just thought it was a point worth making.
I actually took a similar position to yourself on this topic to begin with Sonny. It wasn't until Vinny submitted a couple of tracks from releases taken from outside the designated clans that I started to question myself. I think they might have been thrash tracks from death metal releases from memory. Upon listening to the tracks in question I found myself struggling to disagree with him that they fit nicely on the relevant playlist & I thought it a shame not to include them given that they wouldn't fit comfortably on their own clan's playlists so would essentially be ineligible for inclusion on ANY playlist. So I decided to relax my position on the topic & these days I have much more of a problem with the occasional incident where people select a track from a The Fallen album that very clearly doesn't sound like The Fallen so will essentially dilute the playlist. I think that's much more of a problem personally.
There is a danger here in that we're opening things up to people incorrectly requesting tracks that shouldn't be there. I would have thought that it would be better to restrict selections by album clan, rather than individual tracks, which is purely subjective.
As there is a bit of a difference in opinion between the two of you on this subject, is there any chance of a definitive directive, or shall I just include or exclude suggestions as I see fit at the risk of upsetting the submitter of any questionable tracks.
By the way, if anyone feels that I have included tracks that don't belong on a Fallen playlist, please speak up, so that I know what people expect to hear.
I spoke to Ben about it this afternoon & we're comfortable for you to follow whatever direction you'd like on this topic as long as you're consistent Sonny.
I spoke to Ben about it this afternoon & we're comfortable for you to follow whatever direction you'd like on this topic as long as you're consistent Sonny.
OK, similar to the Nile track last month, I will include them, but I would rather submissions from albums not in the actual clan in question were a rare occurrence rather than a regular thing if that's all right.
Fair enough. FYI I had two other tracks listed as potential for December but I didn't feel that they were quite as strong as the Black Sabbath & Sir Lord Baltimore songs so they didn't make the cut. Feel free to swap those out with either (or both) of these if you'd prefer to go that way:
Trouble - "A Sinner's Fame" (from "Trouble", 1990) [Stoner metal]
Darkthrone - "Forest of Darkness" (from "Frostland Tapes", 2008) [Death doom metal]
Hey Ben, have you any suggestions for next month's playlist?
Yes please.
Dream Unending - If Not Now When off Starpath split with Worm (2023)
Mother of Graves - Of Solitude and Stone off Where the Shadows Adorn (2022)
Thanks Sonny!
January please:
Obscure Sphinx - "Nothing Left" (from "Epitaphs", 2016)
Hexvessel - "Ring" (from "Polar Veil", 2023)
Here's my January submissions Sonny:
Cathedral - "Ebony Tears" (from "In Memoriam" demo, 1990)
diSEMBOWELMENT - "Extracted Nails" (from "Mourning September" demo, 1990) [Can be found on the 2005 "diSEMBOWELMENT" compilation]
My suggestions for the next playlist:
Lord Vigo - Eternal Saviour (off Blackbourne Souls)
Ningen-Isu - 鬼 (off 修羅囃子)
My suggestions for the next playlist:
Lord Vigo - Eternal Saviour (off Blackbourne Souls)
Ningen-Isu - 鬼 (off 修羅囃子)
The Ningen-Isu album is in The Guardians and not The Fallen, so I cannot accept that suggestion, Morpheus, but the Lord Vigo has been added.
My suggestions for the next playlist:
Lord Vigo - Eternal Saviour (off Blackbourne Souls)
Ningen-Isu - 鬼 (off 修羅囃子)The Ningen-Isu album is in The Guardians and not The Fallen, so I cannot accept that suggestion, Morpheus, but the Lord Vigo has been added.
Hasn't this argument already happened? It's a Fallen track from a generally Fallen band.
Morpheus, Ben & I decided that we'd leave it up to the playlist owner to decide on which way they'd go with that argument. Sonny elected not to consider material from releases that don't reside in The Fallen. Other playlist owners have gone another way with their respective clans which is ok too.
Ben, do you have any suggestions for January's playlist?
Yes please!
Remina - The Endless City off Strata (2022)
Convocation - Procession off No Dawn for the Caliginous Night (2023)
Thanks as always Sonny.