Shadowdoom9 (Andi)'s Forum Replies

May 2025

1. Ice Nine Kills - "The American Nightmare" from The Silver Scream (2018)

2. Morning Again - "Turning Over" from The Cleanest War (1996) (based on Hand of the Martyr compilation (2002)) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

3. Dawn of Orion - "As the Blood Red Moon Rises" from For the Lust of Prophecies Undone (1999) (based on A Celestial Ballad compilation (2023))

4. Avenged Sevenfold - "Chapter Four" from Waking the Fallen (2003)

5. Lamb of God - "Laid to Rest" from Ashes of the Wake (2004)

6. Enter Shikari - "Juggernauts" from Common Dreads (2009) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

7. The Wise Man's Fear - "Carry On" from What Slept Beneath Tarvos (2024)

8. Defamed - "Silhouette" from Silhouette (2025)

9. Whitechapel - "Hymns in Dissonance" from Hymns in Dissonance (2025)

10. The Last Ten Seconds of Life - "The Violent Sound" from The Violent Sound (2016)

11. In Hearts Wake - "Healer" from Earthwalker (2014) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

12. Silent Planet - "Anunnaki" from Superbloom (2023) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

13. Bleed From Within - "A Hope in Hell" from Zenith (2025)

14. Memory of a Melody - "Ultraviolence" from Things That Make You Scream (2011)

15. Undying - "For Liberation" from This Day All Gods Die (1999)

16. ERRA - "Crawl Backwards Out of Heaven" from CURE (2024)

17. Killswitch Engage - "This Fire" from As Daylight Dies (2006)

18. Livealie - "Casting Shadows" from Living in the Static (2024)

19. LEVELS - "REALIGN" from PULSE (2024)

20. Termina - "Spiraling" from Spiraling (2025)

21. Cane Hill - "Scumbag" from Too Far Gone (2018)

22. Candiria - "Remove Yourself" from What Doesn't Kill You... (2004) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

23. Parkway Drive - "Leviathan I" from Deep Blue (2010) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

24. The Number Twelve Looks Like You - "Cradle in the Crater" from Mongrel (2007)

25. Daughters - "And Then the C.H.U.D.S Came" from Canada Songs (2003)

26. Car Bomb - "Cielo Drive" from Centralia (2007)

27. Frontierer - "Heartless 101" from Unloved (2018)

28. The Autumn Offering - "Homecoming" from Revelations of the Unsung (2004) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

29. Living Sacrifice - "Reject" from Reborn (1997)

30. Norma Jean - "Disconnecktie: The Faithful Vampire" from O God, the Aftermath (2005)

31. Trivium - "Leaving This World Behind" from In Waves (2011)

May 2025

1. Blind Guardian - "The Ninth Wave" from Beyond the Red Mirror (2015)

2. Iron Maiden - "2 Minutes to Midnight" from Powerslave (1984)

3. Venom - "Black Metal" from Black Metal (1982)

4. Metallica - "Enter Sandman" from Metallica (1991)

5. Avenged Sevenfold - "Shepherd of Fire" from Hail to the King (2013)

6. Volbeat - "Still Counting" from Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood (2008)

7. Ozzy Osbourne - "Mr. Crowley" from Blizzard of Ozz (1980)

8. Black Sabbath - "N.I.B." from Black Sabbath (1970)

9. Judas Priest - "Screaming for Vengeance" from Screaming for Vengeance (1982)

10. Quiet Riot - "Metal Health" from Metal Health (1983)

11. Queensryche - "Nocturnal Light" from Digital Noise Alliance (2023)

12. Saxon - "Hell, Fire, and Damnation" from Hell, Fire, and Damnation (2024)

13. Battle Beast - "Russian Roulette" from Circus of Doom (2022)

14. DragonForce - "Heroes of Our Time" from Ultra Beatdown (2008)

15. Warkings - "Armageddon" from Armageddon (2025)

16. Alestorm - "Shipwrecked" from Back Through Time (2011)

17. Warmen - "Invisible Power" from Accept the Fact (2005)

18. Cacophony - "Concerto" from Speed Metal Symphony (1987)

19. Andre Matos - "Endeavour" from Time to Be Free (2007)

20. Neurotech - "The Ophidian Symphony" from Symphonies (2016) [Suggested by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

Here's my sneak peek submission for the June Guardians playlist:

Mechina - "Bellum Interruptum" (from Bellum Interruptum, 2025)

Update for June:

THE FALLEN: VINNY, Sonny

THE GATEWAY: ANDI, Saxy

THE GUARDIANS: KARL, Andi, Sonny

THE HORDE: SONNY, Karl, Vinny

THE INFINITE: SAXY, Andi

THE NORTH: VINNY, Sonny, Karl

THE PIT: SONNY, Vinny

THE REVOLUTION: ANDI

THE SPHERE: ANDI

One of the most sh*tty covers I've heard in all metal:

Did I mention how much I enjoy covers in which the band metalizes the original song with their own sound? This is one of only a couple tracks I like from that poor Stahlhammer album:

Why did they have to f*** up the best tracks of each Fear of Domination album with sh*tty remixes?! This one is the worst:

Yet another powerful highlight of industrial melodeath:

Guitar/keyboard melodies reach an intense height in this epic standout:

Another steaming hot plate of industrial melodeath that would taste good for generations:

Another unique blend of extreme and melodic in both the music and vocals:

The keyboards are more subtle, allowing the guitars and drums to shine in the album's best song in the melodeath side:

An awesome start to this industrial melodeath album in what can be the band's own theme song:

Although early The Amity Affliction has more of a post-hardcore sound than metalcore, the final track of their debut has similar vibes to Memphis May Fire and Imminence:

Everyone in the band's talent shines the best in this heavy/melodic blend that makes one of the best tracks in the album:

A groove metal epic that shows the band at their most atmospheric and progressive (this Audiosurf video would have to do):

This popular modern melodeath highlight should've been in the standard edition as a regular track:

One of the best tracks I've heard from this band and the groove/melodeath realms:

Some of the best vocals and lyrics ever shouted by the late Azge. RIP

A great highlight with lots of heavy riffing, maybe heavier than even Fear Factory:

Here's my submission for the June Pit playlist:

Warbringer - "The Sword and the Cross" (from Wrath and Ruin, 2025)

The grand end of Underoath's newest journey:

One of the band's most industrial highlights yet, including a dark heavy bridge featuring Troy Sanders of Mastodon:

Although the "Eternity Suite" deserves great mentioning, its 3rd and final movement summarizes it all very well:

A sludgy anthemic highlight with occasional clean singing by guitarist D'Andre Tyre as well as guest vocals by Mark Poida (ex-Aversions Crown):

Ben, please add the new Psyclon Nine album And Then Oblivion.

An absolutely insane 6-minute epic with great drumming flow from Anthony Dipietro, and vocal alternation between future Lorna Shore vocalist Will Ramos' growls and the screams of guest vocalist Dickie Allen (Infant Annihilator, later Nekrogoblikon):

Glad to hear you're ok, and sorry to hear about all that happened, Zach. I wish you and your family the best on the path of perseverance.

April 2025 (actual tracklisting)

1. Amen – Slave (1994)

2. Any Given Sin – Rest for the Wicked (2025)

3. Demon Hunter – Freedom is Dead (2022)

4. Design19 – FFWD (2002)

5. Emil Bulls – Lava (2003)

6. Falling in Reverse – Prequel (2024)

7. Five Finger Death Punch – A Little Bit Off (2020)

8. Fudge Tunnel – Hot Salad (1993)

9. Godsmack – Good Day To Die (2010)

10. Hamlet – Antes y Después (2001)

11. In This Moments – Adrenalize (2012)

12. Jynx – G.O.A.T. (2018)

13. Lacuna Coil – I Wish You Were Dead (2025)

14. Life of Agony – River Runs Red (1993)

15. Living Colour – Out of Mind (2009)

16. Petit Brabancon – Miserable (2023)

17. Pop Evil – Silence & Scars (2013)

18. Shootyz Groove – In The Ocean (1994)

19. Spiritbox – Perfect Soul (2025)

20. Swallow the Sun – What Have I Become (2024)

21. Vision of Disorder – Heart of Darkness (2015)

Epic blackened deathcore fire in this gigantically packed 7 and a half minute finale:

Absolutely insane instrumentation in this rifftastic highlight:

The more deathcore part of this title suite with enough technicality to make this like a more brutal Within the Ruins:

The more deathly part of this title suite with some neoclassical shredding:

Killer new single from these San Francisco-based progressive/tech-death metallers:

Brutal hellfire with incredible strength and speed:

The most f***ing brutal way to start for this band and their earlier era:

Perhaps the strongest epic deathcore album ending track:

Ben, please add the new Underoath album The Place After This One. It qualifies as Alternative Metal within the RYM 2:1 ratio: FOR - 7, AGAINST - 3.

A dark heavy groove track featuring guest narration and vocals by Lamb of God's Randy Blythe:

The vocal power of Lewis Raharuhi de Jong help make this track an epic highlight:

Nothing I can say can do this perfect song justice:

I wrote a similar comment on a Reddit post that has this song, and it automatically got turned into a haiku. Cool, right?

Here they are:

Two Guardians albums from when I was in the power/symphonic metal zone as a young teen nearly a decade ago. The Stratovarius album is a twilight zone kind of release in which it marks the entrance of their longest-standing current member Timo Kotipelto while also being the last album with drummer Tuomo Lassila, their remaining member from when the band formed in 1984 under the name Black Water. The Trans-Siberian Orchestra album is a classical-music-goes-metal concept album, and I'm sure the title gives away what the story is about.

A playlist I've made based on the above list: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2xLSlZirGiyc1Diexck5p1

Here are my top 20 favorite tracks from melodic metalcore band All That Remains:

1. My Curse - As Daylight Dies (2006)

2. My Last Serenade - Alive or Just Breathing (2002)

3. Breathe Life - The End of Heartache (2004)

4. In a Dead World - Killswitch Engage (2009)

5. Collusion - This Consequence (2025)

6. Eye of the Storm - As Daylight Dies (2006)

7. Temple from the Within - Killswitch Engage (2000)

8. Embrace the Journey... Upraised - Incarnate (2016)

9. The Crownless King - Atonement (2019)

10. In Due Time - Disarm the Descent (2013)

11. Irreversal - Killswitch Engage (2000)

12. My Life for Yours - The End of Heartache (2004)

13. Let the Bridges Burn - As Daylight Dies (2006)

14. Self Revolution - Alive or Just Breathing (2002)

15. Always - Disarm the Descent (2013)

16. The Signal Fire - Atonement (2019)

17. A Light in a Darkened World - Killswitch Engage (2009)

18. Hollow Convictions - Atonement II B​-​Sides for Charity (2020)

19. Loyalty - Incarnate (2016)

20. Blood Stains - Disarm the Descent (2013)

And now for another one of melodic metalcore's leading forces (including their live album to stand by my 10-album motive):

Killswitch Engage

1. Killswitch Engage (2000)

2. Alive or Just Breathing

3. Live at the Palladium

4. Atonement

5. Disarm the Descent

6. This Consequence

7. As Daylight Dies

8. The End of Heartache

9. Incarnate

10. Killswitch Engage (2009)

One of the band's most brutally awesome songs to date in their new album:

3 highlights from this special Killswitch Engage livestream show, one per album:

I've done my review, here's its summary:

It's not often a live album gets a perfect score, at least one from me. But the two-CD offering is so awesome, I don't need to get the Blu-ray version. It's basically two of the best Killswitch Engage albums and an encore in a high-quality livestream concert. The technical production here impresses me more than most other live albums. Apparently, there's something going on in the intermission, but I won't spoil the fun of just the CD edition by checking it out. Just listening to the songs make this a pure live experience in the comfort of my own home. With this awesome two-album setlist, it might just blow away their weakest but still amazing releases like The End of Heartache and KSE V. It once again proves that while Howard Jones is still one of the greatest vocalists around, Jesse Leach has the throne with his name engraved in stone!

5/5

Recommended tracks: "The Signal Fire", "The Crownless King", "As Sure as the Sun Will Rise", "Take Control", "I Can’t Be the Only One", "Temple from the Within", "Irreversal", "Rusted Embrace", "In the Unblind", "Just Barely Breathing"

For fans of: Light the Torch, Shadows Fall, Trivium

A powerful highlight despite fitting better outside of Atonement due to its sludgy pace: