Metal Academy Radio Playlist Suggestions - The Guardians Edition

January

Eternal Champion - "Skullseeker" - Ravening Iron (2020)

Falconer - "Rapture" - From A Dying Ember (2020)

The Lightbringer of Sweden - "Skeletor" - Rise of the Beast (2020)

Here are my suggestions for February's playlist. Daniel, please choose these songs:

Avantasia - "Another Angel Down" (from The Scarecrow, 2008)

Blind Guardian - "Lost in the Twilight Hall" (from Tales from the Twilight World, 1990)

Lord - "United (Welcome Back)" (from Fallen Idols, 2019)

Here are my suggestions for March's playlist. Daniel, please choose these songs:

Angra - "Evil Warning" (from Angels Cry, 1993)

Blind Guardian - "Sacred Worlds" (from At the Edge of Time, 2010)

Machinae Supremacy - "All of My Angels" (from Rise of a Digital Nation, 2012)

Accept - Stampede from Blind Rage (2014)

Visigoth - Blades in the Night from Conqueror’s Oath (2018)

Metal Church - The Dark from The Dark (1986)

March

Nightwish - "Sahara" - Dark Passion Play

Allen Lande - "The Artist" - The Showdown

Galneryus - "End of the Line" - Into The Purgatory

Hi everyone. At this point I'd like to expand our clan member involvement in the monthly The Guardians playlists a bit by giving our three regular playlist contributors (Andi, Xephyr & Vinny) the chance to submit a couple more tracks each month. Therefore, the monthly limit for The Guardians will be five track submissions each clan member moving forwards from 1st March 2021. If we get additional contributors then I'll have to reduce the limit again to cater for them.

Here are my suggestions for April's playlist, following the 5 tracks in 30 minutes rule that I've applied to when I'm submitting for my 4 clans:

DragonForce - "Revolution Deathsquad" (7:51) from Inhuman Rampage (2006)

Edguy - "Key to My Fate" (4:34) from The Savage Poetry (2000)

HammerFall - "Heeding the Call" (4:30) from Legacy of Kings (1998)

Nightwish - "Harvest" (5:13) from Hvman. :||: Natvre (2020)

Stratovarius - "Hunting High and Low" (4:08) from Infinite (2000)

Total length: 26:16

Ozzy Osbourne - Fool Like You from The Ultimate Sin (1986)

Judas Priest - Love You To Death from Ram It Down (1988)

Crimson Glory - Lady of Winter from Transendence (1988)

Persuader - Judas Immortal from When Eden Burns (2006)

Midnight - You Can't Stop Steel from Satanic Royalty (2011)

April

Todd La Torre - "Hellbound and Down" - Rejoice in the Suffering (2021)

Crystal Viper - "Whispers From Beyond" - The Cult (2021)

Epica - "Code of Life" - Omega (2021)

Avantasia - "The Final Sacrifice" - The Metal Opera Pt. II (2002)

Orden Ogan - "Come With Me to the Other Side" - Gunmen (2017)

This month's criteria for The Guardians playlist submissions is as follows: 30 min each clan member, no track limits

For May -

Ram - The Usurper from Svbversvm 2015 - 05:14

Striker - Head First  from Play to Win 2019 - 04:02

Cauldron - Nitebreaker  from Tomorrow's Lost 2012 - 03:57

Axxion - Back in Time  from Back in Time 2016 - 04:35

Loanshark  - Fast, Heavy, Loud N Proud from Fast, Heavy, Loud N Proud 2020 - 04:31

Hitten  - Take It All  from Twist of Fate 2018 - 04:27

Here are my suggestions for May's Guardians playlist:

HammerFall - "The Dragon Lies Bleeding" (4:22) from Glory to the Brave (1997)

Nightwish - "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" (5:07) from Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)

Riot - "Out in the Fields" (4:03) from The Brethren of the Long House (1995)

Running Wild - "Bad to the Bone" (4:46) from Death or Glory (1989)

Sonata Arctica - "Don't Say a Word" (5:48) from Reckoning Night (2004)

Within Temptation - "Jillian (I'd Give My Heart)" (4:47) from The Silent Force (2004)

Total length: 28:53

May

Traveler - "Starbreaker" - Traveler (2019) (5:41)

Týr - "Empire of the North" - Hel (2019) (5:11)

Steel Prophet - "Lucifer / The Devil Inside" - The God Machine (2019) (3:37)

Kamelot - "The Black Halo" - The Black Halo (2005) (3:43)

Firewind - "Land of Eternity" - Forged By Fire (2005) (5:50)

DragonForce - "Seasons" - The Power Within (2012) (5:05)

June - 

U.D.O - Man and Machine from Man and Machine 2002 05:40

Sabire - Rise To The Top from Gates Ajar 2018 03:55

W.A.S.P. - Chainsaw Charlie (Murders in the New Morgue) from The Crimson Idol 1992 08:43

Dokken - It's Not Love from Under Lock and Key 1985 04:59

Viper - A Cry From The Edge from Theatre of Fate 1989 05:11

Total = 28:28

Here are my suggestions for June's Guardians playlist:

Angra - "Nothing to Say" (6:22) from Holy Land (1996)

Edenbridge - "Evermore" (3:48) from The Grand Design (2006)

Epica - "Storm the Sorrow" (5:12) from Requiem for the Indifferent (2012)

MaYaN - "Bite the Bullet" (5:19) from Quarterpast (2011)

Nevermore - "What Tomorrow Knows" (5:11) from Nevermore (1995)

Riot - "Thundersteel" (3:49) from Thundersteel (1988)

Total length: 29:41

June

Herzel - "Le Dernier Rempart" + "Berceau de Cendre" - Le Dernier Rempart

Grand Magus - "The Shadow Knows" - Iron Will

Númenor - "Make the Stand" + "Arkenstone" - Draconian Age

Warrior Path - "The Mad King" - The Mad King

Cirith Ungol - "The Frost Monstreme" - Forever Black

~28 Minutes

Hammer of the North isn't on Spotify, unless it is in other countries. 

Replace it with Jorn - "Stormcrow" - The Duke I guess. Is there going to be a better way to deal with "duplicate" songs moving forward Daniel? In my opinion it's going to be mildly annoying when we get to month 16+ of this and getting push-back because some good/popular song was chosen on October of 2019 or something. 

Yeah it's funny you mention it Xephyr as I discussed this in another clan forum only a couple of days ago.

These are the questions as I see it:

1. Do we care if there are repeated tracks included in a single clan's playlists?

2. If so, is there a period for which we consider it an issue or would it be a blanket rule going back to the start of our playlists?

3. It's starting to happen more regularly (i.e. once or twice every month now) so if we're going to make a no-repeat rule then we'd have to give everyone a way to see if their chosen tracks have been used before. Otherwise it will get pretty slow & painful if I have to highlight them & wait for a replacement.

Personally, I think it's an issue if we've included the exact same track within the last three months but it's not such a big deal if it was further back than that. Plus, I like to encourage people to contribute & I don't think it promotes that if we nit-pick about it too much. I could easily start a thread in each clan where I list every playlist tracklisting going back to the beginning so that people could use CTRL-F to search it for their chosen tracks. It's not ideal but it's workable. Anyone got any better ideas? Anyone have a different opinion on any of this?