1. Annihilator – King Of The Kill (#6, Annihilator, 1994)
2. Hypocrisy – Total Eclipse (#7, Into The Abyss, 2000)
3. Agathodaimon – Tristetea Vehementa (Part 1) (#5, Carpe Noctem, 1996)
4. Avulsed – Compulsive Hater (#4, Stabwound Orgasm, 1999)
5. David Bowie – Lightening Frightening (#10, The Man Who Sold The World, 1970)
6. Cake – Never There (#3, Prolonging The Magic, 1998)
7. Eisregen – Des Heilands Haut (#1, Leichenlager, 2000)
8. Megadriver – Push Start Button (The Revenge Of The Shinobi) (#1, Action Metal, 2004)
9. Caliban – Partisan (#5, The Split Program, 2000)
10. Dio – Sacred Heart (#2, Sacred Heart, 1985)

From 4 to 5 there’s an interesting transition in what’s considered edgy. I can’t wait to see the stuff my kids’ll listen to. It’ll probably sound just like The Monkees.

1. Paradise Lost – Look At Me Now (#4, Believe in Nothing, 2001)
2. David Bowie – Can You Hear Me (#7, Young Americans, 1975)
3. Blut Aus Nord – II (#2, Decorporation Split, 2004)
4. Ozzy Osbourne – Pictures Of Matchstick Men (With Typo O Negative) (#4, Prince Of Darkness, 2005)
5. Aborted – Archetype (#7, Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture, 2007)
6. Judas Priest – Victim Of Changes (#10, Live Defenders, 1984)
7. Gory Blister – Shader (#11, Skymorphosis, 2006)
8. Transmetal – Enviado Del Infierno (#1, Amanecer En El Mausoleo, 1992)
9. Joseph Hadyn – Concerto in F, Hob. XVIII/3: I. Allegro (#1, Complete Harpsichord Concertos (Ton Koopman), 1995)
10. Annihilator – Fire Power (#9, Waking The Fury, 2002)

I’m pleased.

1. Vader – Damien (intro) (#1, Live In Japan, 1999)
2. Children Of Bodom – Kunckleduster (#11, Bodom Covers, 2007)
3. Dark Tranquillity – Sacred Reich (#13, The Gallery, 1995)
4. Angra – Unholy Wars (#1, Rebirth World Tour: Live in São Paulo, 2002)
5. Taproot – Believed (#6, Gift, 2000)
6. Heaven Shall Burn – A Dying Ember (#6, Iconoclast, 2008)
7. Anata – Any Kind Of Magic Or Miracle (#10, Under A Stone With No Inscription, 2004)
8. Finntroll – Aldhissla (#12, Jaktens Tid, 2001)
9. Tool – Sober (#3, Undertow, 1993)
10. Rhapsody – Rain Of A Thousand Flames (#1, Rain Of A Thousand Flames, 2001)

Let’s see how much of this day I can devote to playing music before I have to hang.

1. Neurosis & Jarboe – Taker (#3, Neurosis & Jarboe, 2003)
2. Tristania – World Of Glass (#8, World Of Glass, 2001)
3. Loudness – The Night Is Still Young (#7, Biosphere, 2002)
4. Mors Principium Est – Finality (#4, Liberation = Termination, 2007)
5. Architecture In Helsinki – In Case We Die (#8, The Cemetery, 2005)
6. Hierosonic – Our Own (#3, Circuits And Wires EP, 2007)
7. Primordial – The Soul Must Sleep (#3, Spirit The Earth Aflame, 2000)
8. Sentenced – Keep My Grave Open (#5, Down, 1996)
9. Venom – Black Metal (#1, Black Metal, 1982)
10. Dark Tranquillity – Still Moving Sinews (#8, The Mind’s I, 1997)

I’m rarely punctual with this meme, but it does bring me into closer contact with my music collection. I haven’t listened to old-school Gothenburg metal in far too long.

Do yourself a favor and check out Hierosonic.

1. Threshold – Slipstream (#7, Into The Light, 2007)
2. Anthrax – Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind (#2, State Of Euphoria, 1988)
3. Angra – Crossing (#1, Holy Land, 1996)
4. Kreator – Awakening Of The Gods (#5, Out Of The Dark…, 1988)
5. Death – Crystal Mountain (#7, Symbolic, 1995)
6. Tank – Power Of The Hunter (#7, The Return Of The Filth Hounds, 1998)
7. Bathory – Nordland (#2, Bathory, 2002)
8. They Might Be Giants – I’m Having A Heart Attack, (#35, Apollo 18, 1992)
9. Judas Priest – When The Night Comes Down (live), (#11, Ram It Down, 1988)
10. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (#10, Rain Dogs, 1985)

I actually downgraded to Amarok 1.4.10 halfway through this, because I was sick of lack the of scrobz.

1. Behemoth – Conquer All (#3, Demigod, 2005)
2. Pan.Thy.Monium – I (#1, Dream II, 1991)
3. Venom – The Chanting Of The Priests (#12, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, 1986)
4. Marduk – Holy Blood, Holy Grail (#7, Plague Angel, 2005)
5. Battlelore – Touch Of Green And Gold (#11, Third Age Of The Sun, 2005)
6. Ascaris – Spiritual Everyday Life (#10, Storm Of Dilemmas, 2001)
7. Ozzy Osbourne – You’re No Different (#13, Prince Of Darkness, 2005)
8. My Dying Bride – Roads (#9, Meisterwerk 2, 2001)
9. Jucifer – Pinned In Glass (#3, I Name You Destroyer, 2002)
10. Jade Bridge – The Moon Reflected At Second Springs (#10, Ambush From All Sides, 1997)

By far one of the best lists ever, and it gets kicked off with Behemoth! I remember I used the solo from “Conquer All” as a ringtone for a long time a few years back.

1. Dissection – Frozen (#5, Live Legacy, 2003)
2. Unleashed – I Have Returned (#10, Warrior, 1997)
3. Forbidden – Kanaworms (#7, Green, 1997)
4. Iced Earth – Life And Death (#5, Iced Earth, 1990)
5. Disturbed – Down With The Sickness (#4, The Sickness, 2000)
6. Slipknot – Liberate (#10, Slipknot, 1999)
7. Rainbow – Tearin’ Out My Heart (#5, Straight Between The Eyes, 1982)
8. Axxis – A Life For A Life (#10, Voodoo Vibes, 1997)
9. Fredrik Thordendal’s Special Defects – In Reality All Is Void (#12, Sol Niger Within, 1997)
10. Blind Guardian – Thorn (#15, Nightfall In Middle Earth, 1998)

I feel track 9 and 10 were my saving grace here.

Sincerely,

A recovering nü metal addict

1. Unleashed – Long Live The Beast (#14, Sworn Allegiance, 2004)
2. Pestilence – Phileas (#10, Spheres, 1993)
3. Ozzy Osbourne – Won’t Be Coming Home (S.I.N.) (Demo) (#10, Prince Of Darkness, 2005)
4. Napalm Death – The Crucifixion Of Possessions (#1, Punk Is A Rotting Corpse, 1982)
5. AC/DC – Nervous Shakedown (#4, Flick Of The Switch, 1983)
6. Böhse Onkelz – Narben (#2, Dopamin, 2002)
7. Elliott Smith – King’s Crossing (#7, From A Basement On The Hill, 2004)
8. Symphony X – The Divine Wings Of Tragedy (#8, The Divine Wings Of Tragedy, 1997)
9. Pitchshifter – Landfill (#1, Industrial, 1991)
10. MC 900 Ft Jesus – Real Black Angel (#2, Hell With The Lid Off, 1989)

Would’ve been swell to’ve gotten some metal in there, but hey. Also: all AC/DC songs sound the same.

1. Loudness – R.I.P. (#2, Crazy Samurai EP, 2004)
2. The Sword – Under The Boughs (#8, Gods Of The Earth, 2008)
3. Legion Of The Damned – Warbeast (#7, Feel The Blade, 2008)
4. Megadriver – Old Map (#4, Metal Axe – The Golden Axe Remix Project, 2004)
5. Protest The Hero – The Dissentience (#2, Fortress, 2008)
6. Morbid Angel – Secured Limitations (#8, Gateways To Annihilation, 2000)
7. Symphony X – Pharaoh (#5, The Divine Wings Of Tragedy, 1997)
8. Fantômas – 4/28/05 Thursday (#28, Suspended Animation, 2005)
9. Muse – The Small Point (#11, Absolution, 2003)
10. Moonspell – Everything Invaded (#3, The Antidote, 2003)

Nothing before 1997? Damn.

1. Raintime – Rainbringer (#4, Flies & Lies, 2007)
2. Judas Priest – Abductors (#3, Live Meltdown, 1998)
3. Nightmare – Temple Of Fears (#1, The Dominion Gate, 2005)
4. Agalloch – In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion (#2, The Mantle, 2005)
5. Cryptopsy – Back To The Worms (#8, And Then You’ll Beg, 2000)
6. Аркона – Брате славяне (#7, Возрождение, 2004)
7. Flametal – P’alla Al Inferno Vas (#5, The Elder, 2005)
8. Racer X – Give It To Me (#12, Technical Difficulties, 1999)
9. Candlemass – Aftermath (#6, Chapter VI, 1995)
10. Satyricon – The Rite Of Our Cross (#5, Now, Diabolical, 2006)

Remember, kids: God is not dead.

1. Tool – Rosetta Stoned (#8, 10,000 Days, 2006)
2. Loudness – Crazy Samurai (#1, Crazy Samurai EP, 2004)
3. Evergrey – State Of Paralysis (#4, In Search Of Truth, 2001)
4. Placebo – Ask For Answers (#4, Without You I’m Nothing, 1998)
5. Mitch Hedberg – Frogs and Bears (#19, Strategic Grill Locations, 2002)
6. Aeternus – Sentinels Of Darkness (#4, Beyond The Wandering Moon, 1997)
7. Anthrax – What Doesn’t Die (#1, Music Of Mass Destruction, 2004)
8. Threshold – Goodbye Mother Earth (#7, Clone, 1998)
9. Flogging Molly – The Likes Of You Again (#7, Swagger, 2000)
10. Napalm Death – Unchallenged Hate (#7, Noise For Musik’s Sake, 2003)

I’m going to use timezone misalignment as my excuse for this not landing squarely on an actual Friday.

1. Evergrey – The Corey Curse (#9, Solitude • Dominance • Tragedy, 2004)
2. Thyrfing – Jag Spår Fördärv (#2, Farsotider, 2005)
3. Obituary – Threatening Skies (#1, Back From The Dead, 1997)
4. Racer X – B.R.O. (#10, Technical Difficulties, 1999)
5. Anathema – Temporary Peace (#9, A Fine Day To Exit, 2001)
6. Red – Breathe Into Me (#2, End Of Silence, 2007)
7. Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke – Pilgrimage Of Lost Children (#6, Duality, 1998)
8. Van Halen – Hot For Teacher (#6, 1984, 1984)
9. King Diamond – Introductions (#18, Deadly Lullabyes, 2004)
10. Doomsword – Woden’s Reign (#3, Let Battle Commence, 2003)

Yes, Van Halen. And also, for the record, Red are a really great radio rock band if you’re into Breaking Benjamin and Chevelle and that whole scene. Which I’m not.

1. Cradle Of Filth – Tortured Soul Asylum (#10, Midian, 2000)
2. Dark Tranquillity – Nothing To No One (#1, Fiction, 2007)
3. Paradise Lost – Illumination (#5, Believe In Nothing, 2001)
4. Ozzy Osbourne – Good Times (#9, Under Cover, 2005)
5. In The Woods… – Omnio (Pre) (#11, Live At The Caledonian Hall [Disc 1], 2003)
6. Soilwork – Brickwalker (#8, Figure Number Five, 2003)
7. Exhumed – Totally Fucking Dead (#16, Platters Of Splatter [Disc 1], 2004)
8. The Rolling Stones – Under My Thumb (#2, Still Life (American Concert 1981) 1982)
9. Steve Reich – The Desert Music: III. Part 2: Moderate (#8, Tehillim & The Desert Music (Alarm Will Sound), 2002)
10. The Blues Brothers – Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (#2, Best Of The Blues Brothers, 1981)

I’m calling this one the “What a beautiful beginning!” list.