Shadowdoom9 (Andi)'s Forum Replies

June 2025

1. ERRA - "Cure" from CURE (2024)

2. Architects - "Elegy" from The Sky, the Earth & All Between (2025) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

3. Like Moths to Flames - "Real Talk" from Sweet Talker (2010)

4. Undying - "Echoes" from The Whispered Lies of Angels (2000)

5. God Forbid - "Nothing" from Determination (2001) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

6. The Autumn Offering - "Embrace the Gutter" from Embrace the Gutter (2006)

7. Shadows Fall - "Souls Devoured" from Souls Devoured (2025)

8. Trivium - "Throes of Perdition" from Shogun (2008) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

9. Bleeding Through - "Dead But So Alive" from Nine (2025) [submitted by Saxy S]

10. Shadow of Intent - "Feeding the Meatgrinder" from Feeding the Meatgrinder (2025)

11. Parkway Drive - "Sacred" from Sacred (2025)

12. Carnifex - "Dead but Dreaming" from Until I Feel Nothing (2011) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

13. Imminence - "Death Shall Have No Dominion" from The Return of the Black (2025) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

14. 7 Angels 7 Plagues - "Silent Deaths, Crowded Lives" from Jhazmyne's Lullaby (2001)

15. LEVELS - "BREED" from PULSE (2024)

16. Invent Animate - "Forest Haven" from Everchanger (2014)

17. Spiritbox - "No Loss, No Love" from Tsunami Sea (2025)

18. I Prevail - "Violent Nature" from Violent Nature (2025)

19. Born of Osiris - "Through Shadows" from Through Shadows (2025)

20. Out of Vision - "Dissolve" from Deceiving Lights (2024)

21. Daughters - "Nurse, Would You Please Prep the Patient for Sexual Doctor?" from Canada Songs (2003)

22. Converge - "This is Mine" from The Poacher Diaries (1999)

23. The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza - "The Lost & Damned" from Danza III: The Series of Unfortunate Events (2010)

24. The Chariot - "Forgive Me Nashville" from The Fiancee (2007)

25. Rolo Tomassi - "Party Wounds" from Cosmology (2010) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

26. Car Bomb - "M6" from Centralia (2007)

27. The Ghost Inside - "Shiner" from Fury and the Fallen Ones (2008)

28. Allt - "The Orphan Breed" from From the New World (2024)

29. Aerial - "Foresight" from Foresight (2016)

30. Graphic Nature - "The Downpour" from A Mind Waiting to Die (2023)

31. Worm Shepherd - "Winter Sun" from Ritual Hymns (2022)

32. The Amity Affliction - "Stairway to Hell" from Severed Ties (2008) [submitted by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

June 2025

1. Apocalyptica - "Worlds Collide" from Worlds Collide (2007)

2. Nightwish - "Wishmaster" from Wishmaster (2000)

3. Volbeat - "The Human Instrument" from Rock the Rebel / Metal the Devil (2007)

4. Serpent Rider - "Radiant" from The Ichor of Chimaera (2025) [Suggested by Sonny]

5. Iron Maiden - "The Evil That Men Do" from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)

6. Black Sabbath - "Iron Man" from Paranoid (1970)

7. Ozzy Osbourne - "Flying High Again" from Diary of a Madman (1981)

8. Megadeth - "Symphony of Destruction" from Countdown to Extinction (1992)

9. Metallica - "Moth Into Flame" from Hardwired...to Self-Destruct (2016)

10. Queensryche - "Neue Regel" from Rage of Order (1986)

11. Rainbow - "Gates of Babylon" from Long Live Rock N Roll (1978)

12. Brainstorm - "Your Soul That Lingers in Me" from Plague of Rats (2025)

13. HammerFall - "The Dragon Lies Bleeding" from Glory to the Brave (1997)

14. Battle Beast - "Out of Control" from Battle Beast (2013)

15. DragonForce - "Tomorrow's Kings" from Maximum Overload (2014)

16. Mob Rules - "Future Loom" from Future Loom (2025)

17. Unleash the Archers - "Crypt" from Time Stands Still (2015)

18. Masterplan - "Heroes" from Masterplan (2003)

19. Blind Guardian - "Ashes to Ashes" from Somewhere Far Beyond (Revisited) (2024)

20. Mechina - "Bellum Interruptum" from Bellum Interruptum (2025) [Suggested by Shadowdoom9 (Andi)]

21. Time Requiem - "Attar of Roses" from The Inner Circle of Reality (2004)

22. Warmen - "Return of Salieri" from Accept the Fact (2005)

23. Orden Ogan - "The Long Darkness" from The Order of Fear (2024)

Here's my review summary:

One of the albums that marked a defining landmark in industrial metal is Godflesh's Streetcleaner. The torch would be shared with other different bands of this genre and era. Jagd is a bleak heavy continuation of Godflesh's sound in Streetcleaner, albeit by a much lesser-known band. Guitars are the key, and so are the d*mn destructive drums! They're often slow and sludgy with not much speed. All just repetitive yet mighty rhythms. The guitars are pretty much rhythmic all the way through. There aren't any harmonics that are as slashing as the cover art (see what I mean!?). Those riff chords have an apocalyptic vibe and perfectly fit well with the bass and drums. As a result, the tone is filled with menacing power. Honestly, I love old-school industrial metal when it has that mechanical rage going on, unlike the more dance-y sh*t from some bands. You can't give the machine any impact to make it stop. The impact that happens is what the machine gives you. You don't have time to relax in any peaceful moment before the bleak industrial riffing crashes in and crushes anything its path in mechanical greatness. You can also hear some lovely synths later on. The harsh vocals fit greatly with the lyrics. Jagd might just be my favorite industrial metal album from 1990 or earlier that isn't Godflesh. A true recommendation!

4.5/5

Recommended tracks: "Saturation", "Tortured (Dub)", "Ritual", "Symptom", "Glory"

For fans of: Fear Factory's slower but heavier tracks, Godflesh, early 90s Pitchshifter

Here's my review summary, which I've copied from an earlier post:

Roadrunner Records is one of the most famous and diverse metal/hard rock record labels of all time. Famous and infamous bands signed to the label like Slipknot, Trivium, Fear Factory, and Machine Head have made the label as big as it is. And the then-core members of each of those 4 bands were chosen for ambitious project conceived by ex-vice president of the label Monte Conner. He wanted to do a special thing for Roadrunner's 25th anniversary. He wanted 4 members of different bands band together to make an album dedicated to the label. But then he decided to upgrade his idea into something more ambitious... The 4 chosen ones, ex-Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison (RIP), Trivium frontman Matt Heafy, Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares, and Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn were tasked in each recording 4 songs (though one captain would have a bonus 5th) and choose any member of a Roadrunner-signed band past or present to record with them. The end result is a massive 18-song 77-minute album featuring 57 artists from 45 bands! Here's to another impressive project like this in the future, hopefully in Roadrunner's 50th year, 2030.

4/5

Recommended tracks: "The Dagger", "The Enemy", "In the Fire", "The End", "Tired 'n Lonely", "Baptized in the Redemption", "Blood and Flames", "I Don't Wanna Be (A Superhero)", "Army of the Sun"

For fans of: Fear Factory, Machine Head, Slipknot, Trivium, and pretty much every band whose members were involved here

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

Xerath - "Veil Part 2" (from Xerath III, 2014)

Update for July:

THE FALLEN: SONNY, Vinny

THE GATEWAY: SAXY, Andi

THE GUARDIANS: ANDI, Sonny, Karl

THE HORDE: KARL, Vinny, Sonny

THE INFINITE: ANDI, Saxy

THE NORTH: SONNY, Karl, Vinny

THE PIT: VINNY, Sonny

THE REVOLUTION: ANDI

THE SPHERE: ANDI

That's good to hear, Daniel. Hope things will continue working out well and you can stay healthy.

Ben, please add Wolves at the Gate's 2014 album VXV. It's considered melodic metalcore in RYM alongside post-hardcore. And please add their 2016 album Types & Shadows, to bridge the gap.

Sorry to hear, Sonny. Hope your wife can recover soon.

Ben, please add Disparaged.

Incredible speed in this epic deathcore highlight, only slowing down at the end for one of the darkest breakdowns of the year:

After sharing those two new singles by the master bands of epic deathcore (Shadow of Intent and Lorna Shore), I realized that I haven't shared this other single from Shadow of Intent's upcoming album Imperium Delirium. This one's so f***ing brutal and even includes guest vocals by none other than Corpsegrinder from Cannibal Corpse. This is also a sneak peek for next week's June Revolution playlist:

New I Prevail single, and it's violently heavy and killer as f***:

If you listen closely to the "na-na na-na, na-na na-na" hook throughout this Falling in Reverse song, do you hear anything familiar?

It's "Elmo's World"! I swear I can hear Elmo singing "Elmo's World" in my mind every time that hook comes on. That's gotta be a coincidence! See the first 30 seconds of this video:

Small fact about me that I once thought was embarrassing but I now have the guts to say here: When I was a small kid 20 years ago, singing along to that show's theme song, I kept singing "Elmo's Squirrel" instead of "Elmo's World". My parents were a little confused, thinking "Elmo has a pet squirrel?!"

A private plane crash occurred before dawn last Thursday in San Diego, California. Sadly, all 6 people onboard didn't make it, one of them being former The Devil Wears Prada drummer Daniel Williams. His work in the band was quite phenomenal in the albums he was in. This is one of my favorite tracks from his time with the band. RIP

A true atmospheric black/melodeath highlight in which Skirge's emotion in his growls and screams help out the song's modern epicness:

I enjoy the vocals that give this song its Dark Tranquillity/In Vain vibe:

While the rest of this Shylmagoghnar album isn't progressive enough for The Infinite, this opening highlight alone certainly is, as everything shines in beautiful melancholy:

A perfect exploration through the more progressive side of the industrial/groove metal sound:

This highlight sounds nicely like a sequel to the title track of Mechina's "The Assembly of Tyrants", also having a Xerath-esque blend of symphonics and groove elements:

Ben, please add the new Sold Soul album Just Like That, I Disappear Entirely.

One of the heaviest most apocalyptic tracks of djenty deathcore:

A dark complex blend of brutal dissonance and accessible melody:

Thanks, Daniel.

The worst track of this f***ing tech-deathcore fiasco is like a badly-designed attempt at a tech-death Korn, probably worse:

A far better blend of brutality of dissonance, tearing down the walls the way technical deathcore is meant to:

One of only a couple songs in The Unspoken King that are deathly and enjoyable:

Although we're not up to splitting subgenres at the moment, I actually agree here, Rex. Tech-death is, like most other death metal subgenres, kind of an iffy genre for me to explore. It can either be the brutal side with bands like Suffocation, Cryptopsy, Nile, and Dying Fetus, or the melodic/progressive side (the side that I prefer) with bands like Allegaeon, Fallujah, Job for a Cowboy (2010s and later), and Obscura. I would call the former sound brutal tech-death and the latter sound progressive tech-death. I wouldn't be up to naming a sub-subgenre after a band though. That really makes it sound like a band of that style sounds similar to the band who pioneered the sound and really decreases its uniqueness. And that kind of thing has been done to death on social media.

Here's my top 10, though they're all just crossing over between The Horde and other clans, and I only include deathcore if a release of that subgenre is in The Horde as well:

1. Persefone - Core (progressive death metal) (more suitable for The Infinite than The Horde, but I'm adding it anyway)

2. Embodyment - Embrace the Eternal (death metal/deathcore)

3. The Red Chord - Fused Together in Revolving Doors (deathgrind/deathcore)

4. Trail of Tears - Bloodstained Endurance (melodic death/gothic metal)

5. Ryujin - Ryujin (melodic death/power metal)

6. Becoming the Archetype - The Physics of Fire (melodic death/progressive metal)

7. The Amenta - Flesh is Heir (industrial death metal)

8. 7 Horns 7 Eyes - Throes of Absolution (progressive/technical death metal)

9. Shadow of Intent - Melancholy (symphonic/melodic death metal/deathcore)

10. Cypecore - The Alliance (melodic death/groove metal)

Edge of Sanity and Septicflesh can also make some honorable mentions, but it's been a long time since I've last been in touch with most of their material.

Ben, please add Conflиct.

Deadguy is not dead! A few years after reforming, these legends of old-school metalcore/mathcore will unleash their first new music in nearly 3 decades next month with their second full-length album Near-Death Travel Services. Here's a single that can provide you a sneak peek of the album and what to expect:

Update: As soon as I made this post, my dad showed me the poster for the upcoming DreamWorks film The Bad Guys 2. In my mind, I thought "D*mn, that song can actually fit well for that movie, not just because of the band name sounding a bit similar."

Two brutally glorious new singles from the upcoming albums of these two master bands of epic deathcore:

Here are some bands and releases that have the melodic death metal tag, but the melodic side is overshadowed by the deathly side:

Allegaeon (technical/melodic death metal but their 2010s material and earlier is less melodic)

Becoming the Archetype's 2010s material (much less melodic than their surrounding works)

Dethklok (melodic death metal yet focused less on melody in many songs, especially in Dethalbum IV)

Obscura (technical/melodic death metal but their 2010s material and earlier is less melodic)

Stortregn - Finitude (technical/melodic death metal in the same ratio as the 2010s material of Allegaeon and Obscura)

Vicious new single by these NSW-based masters of melodic metalcore/alt-metal:

Two kick-A metalhead YouTubers unite with former Crystal Lake vocalist Ryo Kinoshita to make a modern alt-metal anthem:

Highlights like this one don't need to have a lot to sound awesome:

An intense progressive instrumental that should be remembered:

An odd yet cool track that's one of my favorites in Kong's debut:

Radio Free Innsmouth... I haven't heard of that channel before but might check it out as well. Thanks for the rec!

I might check out the Terminus and Bunsen Burner podcasts someday. Thanks, Miles!

I've been watching a lot of metal YouTube channels lately, and I even like the funny ones like Bradley Hall. If you're looking for something cool and serious with only a slight tolerable bit of humor, here's a channel I would recommend if you haven't heard of them yet, Thralls of Metal: https://youtube.com/channel/UC8VqWeeSTw2nwksWKUArTvA

The best saved for last that shall leave listeners wanting more of its brutality and emotion:

Hyper nu metalcore rage not for the faint of heart:

Leaves' Eyes keyboardist/harsh vocalist Alex Krull's vocal contrast with Andy B. Franck is far too much of a stretch. And the guitar solo is barely memorable. All of that make an epic f***ing fail.

One of only two standouts in the new Brainstorm album, thanks to the impressive singing of Leaves' Eyes clean vocalist Elina Siirala:

Another climatic story-ending melodeath epic:

The melodeath/metalcore sound is blended with the progressiveness of Extol and the symphonics of Xerath in this glorious highlight:

The climatic end of this conceptual journey, with all of the previous tracks' characters involved:

One of the best and most brutal songs in the band's one-off exploration into standard death metal/deathcore:

The one track I strongly dislike from this band and album, a disappoint mellow electronica interlude sounding like a sh*tty leftover from Celestial Progression:

Another paid-off attempt at making a long 3-part epic, with epic technicality and Jason's vocals of wrath: