Metal Academy Radio Playlist Suggestions - The Gateway Edition

April 02, 2022 10:41 AM

Here's my May submission:

Manes - "Diving With Your Hands Bound" (from "Vilosophe", 2003)

April 02, 2022 04:02 PM

For May I would like to throw in:

Bad Omens - "What do you want from me?" (from "The Death of Peace of Mind", 2022)

April 08, 2022 10:40 AM

Here are my submissions for the May Gateway playlist:

36 Crazyfists - "Wars to Walk Away From" (3:44) from Lanterns (2017)

Atreyu - "Warrior" (2:45) from Baptize (2021)

Avenged Sevenfold - "Almost Easy" (3:55) from Avenged Sevenfold (2007)

Bad Wolves - "Remember When" (3:29) from Disobey (2018)

Dead by April - "Anything at All" (4:06) from Anything at All (2021)

Katatonia - "Inside the City of Glass" (4:08) from Viva Emptiness (2003)

Linkin Park - "Rebellion" (3:44) from The Hunting Party (2014)

Spiritbox - "Yellowjacket" (3:18) from Eternal Blue (2021)

Total length: 29:09

April 30, 2022 08:44 PM

Here's my June playlist submission Saxy:


Evanescence - "Better Without You" (from "The Bitter Truth", 2021)

May 03, 2022 11:50 AM

Here are my submissions for the June Gateway playlist:

Breaking Benjamin - "Breakdown" (3:36) from We Are Not Alone (2004)

Coldrain - "Runaway" (3:46) from Vena (2015)

Dir En Grey - "Agitated Screams of Maggots" (2:57) from The Marrow of a Bone (2007)

Five Finger Death Punch - "Under and Over It" (3:38) from American Capitalist (2011)

In Flames - "Where the Dead Ships Dwell" (4:27) from Sounds of a Playground Fading (2011)

Lacuna Coil - "Within Me" (3:39) from Karmacode (2006)

Linkin Park - "Somewhere I Belong" (3:33) from Meteora (2003)

Machinae Supremacy - "Anthem Apocalyptica" (3:25) from Origin (2002)

Total length: 29:01

May 31, 2022 10:26 PM

My submission for the July playlist is:

System Of A Down - "Lost In Hollywood" (from "Mezmerize", 2005)

June 02, 2022 11:36 PM

Here are my submissions for the July Gateway playlist:

Avatar - "Bloody Angel" (6:04) from Hail the Apocalypse (2014) (this album has the alternative metal genre and conventional subgenre, but The Gateway clan is missing from view, plus the song sounds close enough to alt-metal that I personally think would qualify)

Bloodsimple - "Blood in Blood Out" (2:20) from A Cruel World (2005)

Disturbed - "Intoxication" (3:14) from Believe (2002)

Embodyment - "Pendulum" (3:39) from The Narrow Scope of Things (2000)

Evanescence - "Everybody's Fool" (3:16) from Fallen (2003)

Nekrogoblikon - "This Is It" (4:00) from The Fundamental Slimes and Humours (2022)

New Years Day - "Crawling" (3:21) from Diary of a Creep (2018)

Treyarch Sound - "115" (3:48) from Call of Duty: Black Ops - Zombies Soundtrack (2011)

Total length: 29:42

June 03, 2022 12:03 AM


Avatar - "Bloody Angel" (6:04) from Hail the Apocalypse (2014) (this album has the alternative metal genre and conventional subgenre, but The Gateway clan is missing from view, plus the song sounds close enough to alt-metal that I personally think would qualify)

Quoted Shadowdoom9 (Andi)

Looks like a data-entry error Andi. I've just fixed that up & it's now showing under The Gateway.

June 03, 2022 12:10 AM

Thanks, Daniel!

June 30, 2022 08:43 PM

Here's my submission for the August playlist Saxy:


Floodgate - "Running With Sodden Legs" (from "Penalty", 1996)

July 03, 2022 11:50 PM

Here are my submissions for the August Gateway playlist:

36 Crazyfists - "Where Revenge Ends" (2:29) from Lanterns (2017)

Dir En Grey - "Beautiful Dirt" (2:33) from Withering to Death (2005)

Evanescence - "Sweet Sacrifice" (3:05) from The Open Door (2006)

Five Finger Death Punch - "Got Your Six" (2:58) from Got Your Six (2015)

Katatonia - "Buildings" (3:28) from Dead End Kings (2012)

Memphis May Fire - "Misery" (3:12) from Remade in Misery (2022)

Motionless in White - "Scoring the End of the World" (3:48) from Scoring the End of the World (2022)

Nekrogoblikon - "Bones" (4:11) from The Fundamental Slimes and Humours (2022)

While She Sleeps - "Call of the Void" (4:11) from Sleeps Society (2021)

Total length: 29:51

August 01, 2022 08:46 AM

Thornhill - "The Hellfire Club" (from "Heroine", 2022)

August 02, 2022 02:37 AM

Here are my submissions for the September Gateway playlist:

A Day to Remember - "Miracle" (4:04) from Miracle (2022)

Beartooth - "Riptide" (3:31) from Riptide (2022)

Coldrain - "Help Me Help You" (3:43) from Nonnegative (2022)

Dir En Grey - "Ningen Wo Kaburu" (3:44) from The Insulated World (2018)

Disturbed - "This Moment" (3:05) from The Lost Children (2011)

Escape the Fate - "The Aftermath (G3)" (5:34) from Escape the Fate (2010)

Mushroomhead - "Rumor Has It" (3:39) from The Righteous & the Butterfly (2014)

Total length: 27:20

August 31, 2022 07:42 PM

Here's my submission for the October playlist Saxy:


Northlane - "Carbonized" (from "Obsidian", 2022)

September 02, 2022 12:35 AM

Here are my submissions for the October Gateway playlist:

Attila - "Shots for the Boys" (2:41) from About That Life (2013)

Bad Wolves - "Run for Your Life" (3:32) from Disobey (2018)

Chevelle - "Open" (2:01) from Point No. 1 (1999)

Coldrain - "Gone" (4:12) from Vena (2015)

Dead by April - "Freeze Frame" (3:58) from Let the World Know (2014)

Dir En Grey - "The Deeper Vileness" (3:46) from The Marrow of a Bone (2007)

Machinae Supremacy - "The Greatest Show on Earth" (3:31) from A View from the End of the World (2010)

Parkway Drive - "The Greatest Fear" (5:28) from Darker Still (2022)

Total length: 29:09

October 02, 2022 12:40 AM

For the November Gateway playlist, I decided that I would go for songs from this year including two singles and two epics. So here are my suggestions:

Carpenter Brut - "Imaginary Fire" (4:21) from Imaginary Fire (2022)

Cave In - "Wavering Angel" (12:08) from Heavy Pendulum (2022)

Disturbed - "Hey You" (4:28) from Hey You (2022)

Parkway Drive - "Darker Still" (6:50) from Darker Still (2022)

Total length: 27:47

October 28, 2022 05:54 PM

After one full year of compiling these monthly playlists for both the Gateway and Infinite clans, I must say that this has been an overwhelming success. I appreciate all of the assistance from fellow Metal Academy users in helping to buff up these playlists every month and have been fortunate to find some really good songs that I would never have found on my own.

So with all of the gushing out of the way, it's time for the December challenge. All of my playlists up to this point have been set in a free-for-all format with no restrictions on playlist quality, quantity, timeframe or style. For December, let's put together a list of the best moments that these clans had to offer in 2022. Only songs that were released as a single or as part of an album in 2022 will be counted; anything older will be discounted.

Reposts are acceptable within reason, but only one song per artist.

October 28, 2022 11:30 PM

I should've saved my 2022 submissions for December, but I think they're already in the November playlist that has been submitted, so it's too late to change that. I'm up for this challenge in the Gateway and Infinite playlists, and I got some good 2022 track suggestions coming soon...

October 31, 2022 09:09 AM

Here's my submission for the December playlist Saxy:


Coldrain - "Boys & Girls" (from "Nonnegative", 2022)

November 01, 2022 11:10 PM

Here are my submissions for the December Best of 2022 Gateway playlist:

Architects - "Burn Down My House" (4:19) from The Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit

Cave In - "Blood Spiller" (4:01) from Heavy Pendulum

Dir En Grey - "The Perfume of Sins" (4:18) from Phalaris

I Prevail - "Bad Things" (3:48) from True Power

Memphis May Fire - "Only Human" (3:02) from Remade in Misery

Motionless in White - "Masterpiece" (3:26) from Scoring the End of the World

Northlane - "Is This a Test?" (3:30) from Obsidian

Parkway Drive - "Soul Bleach" (3:31) from Darker Still

Total length: 29:55

December 01, 2022 02:03 AM

Here's my submission for the January playlist Saxy:


Primus - "Jerry Was A Race Car Driver" (from "Sailing The Seas Of Cheese", 1991)

December 01, 2022 11:17 PM

Here are my submissions for the January Gateway playlist:

Bring Me the Horizon - "Itch for the Cure (When Will We Be Free?)" (1:26) from Post Human: Survival Horror (2020)

Bullet for My Valentine - "Coma" (3:33) from Gravity (2018)

Disturbed - "Liberate" (3:30) from Believe (2002)

Fight the Fury - "Still Burning" (4:05) from Still Breathing (2018)

I Prevail - "Lifelines" (3:21) from Lifelines (2016)

Katatonia - "Consternation" (3:51) from The Great Cold Distance (2006)

Saint Asonia - "Break the Mold" (3:00) from Extrovert (2022)

The Raven Age - "The Day the World Stood Still" (5:25) from Conspiracy (2019)

Total length: 28:11

December 31, 2022 08:28 PM

Here's my submission for the February playlist Saxy:


Parkway Drive - "Glitch" (from "Darker Still", 2022)

January 02, 2023 11:24 AM

Here are my submissions for the February Gateway playlist:

Atreyu - "Untouchable" (3:05) from Baptize (2021)

Breaking Benjamin - "Blood" (3:09) from Ember (2018)

Candiria - "Down" (3:31) from What Doesn't Kill You... (2004)

Demon Hunter - "Heaven Don't Cry" (4:25) from Exile (2022)

Disturbed - "Won't Back Down" (2:52) from Divisive (2022)

I Prevail - "There’s Fear in Letting Go" (3:54) from True Power (2022)

Twelve Foot Ninja - "Oxygen" (4:24) from Outlier (2016)

Within Temptation - "The Reckoning" (4:11) from Resist (2019)

Total length: 29:31