Windir – Dauden
Conorach – The Oaken Shield
Andras – Pagan Path
Black Messiah – The Hunt of the Fenrizwolf
Seawolves – Raid of Lindisfarne
Falchion – Immortal Heroes
Aktarum – Fight To Death
Wulfgar – Cleansed By Fire
Claim The Throne – Set Sail On Ale
Windrider – To New Lands… (Part I)
These are the top 10 melodic death metal and folk metal bands in my opinion…
enjoy!
Track List:
Opening song “Mirror Mirror”(Blind Guardian) integrated with a scream of “Battle Song”(Ensiferum)
#10 Blut Im Auge
#9 Mortal Share
#8 Holmgard and Beyond
#7 Death Unlimited
#6 The IXth Legion
#5 Beyond the Dark Sun
#4 Inis Mona
#3 Fate of Norns
#2 Iron
#1 Hades
This videos original auidio is removed by WMG(Warner Music Group) since Manowar band is belong to this list. At the 5:49 of this video, a music sample of Manowar band is used and WMG silenced the audio of the video.
Soon I will upload the original video without Manowar,
Ps: Do not use any music sample from a band if it belongs to WMG.
These are the top 10 Metal Bands in my opinion…
Give a couple of minutes and enjoy the great music……
GENRES INCLUDED:
Heavy Metal
Power Metal
Melodic Death Metal
Folk Metal
Viking Metal
Celtic Metal
NWOBHM
Progressive Metal
Pagan Metal
SONGS INCLUDED:
Opening song: Hollow heart (played by KALMAH)
You can watch my tribute to great KALMAH here:
#10: Bir
#9: Vicarious
#8: Winter madness
#7: Your gaulish war
#6: Lai lai hei
#5: One from the stands
#4: Breaking the law
#3: Transylvania
#2: Warriors of the world united
#1: The trooper
And those bands are the runner-ups of this top 10 list:
Megadeth
Dream Theater
Dark Tranquillity
Haggard
Metallica(before 1992)
SOAD
Amon Amarth
Blind Guardian
Insomnium
Suidakra
10 kataklysm – in the arms of devastation
9 turisas – battle metal
8 marduk – christraping black metal
7 draconian – the burning halo
6 nile – annihilation of the wicked
5 slayer – reign in blood
4 equilibrium – sagas
3 belphegor – pestapokalypse VI
2 primordial – to the nameless dead
1 svartsot – ravnenes saga
this was made for entertainment, i do not own these bands or this music
This might be the last one for a little while since the exams are coming up:
1) Capricorn – Claws Of The Mad (Inferno) (Power/Heavy Metal)
2) Scariot – Clear Mind (Strange To Numbers) (Power/Prog/Thrash Metal) (Communic’s vocalist delivers the goods here, and Steve DiGiorgio again on the bass)
3) Crown of Glory – The Prophecy (Deep Breath of Life) (Power Metal)
4) Dawnrider – The Final Trial (Fate Is Calling) (Power Metal) (this is Majesty’s vocalist’s sideproject)
5) Artch – To Be Or Not To Be (For The Sake Of Mankind) (Power/Heavy Metal)
Also, go check the following forums (or fora, your choice) out:
Awesome forums (or fora again) to talk about Metal or just every day stuff.
Enjoy!!
Other great channels for Metal:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ForcesOfValour
http://www.youtube.com/user/MelodeathAddict
http://www.youtube.com/user/Blackbeast123
http://www.youtube.com/user/Antihumanity187
http://www.youtube.com/user/PunksDeadEmoK1dsN3xt
http://www.youtube.com/user/mibsteve
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheThunderBane
http://www.youtube.com/user/Powermetalmaniak
http://www.youtube.com/user/wzbzbz
http://www.youtube.com/user/SoulflySox
http://www.youtube.com/user/Volta4401
(I do not own any of these bands or anything, just spreading the music to get them more exposure. If it’s required, this video will be put down, but I hope it won’t because I’m just trying to get these bands more exposure.)
This countdown is my opinion of course.
Other albums I considered are (I should note that some may be considered sludge or stoner metal):
My Dying Bride – As the Flower Withers (1992) and The Angel and the Dark River (1995)
Anathema – Serenades (1993)
Paradise Lost – Lost Paradise (1990) and Gothic (1991)
Tiamat – The Astral Sleep (1991) and Clouds (1992)
Saint Vitus – Children of Doom (1993) and Die Healing (1995)
The Obsessed – Lunar Womb (1991)
Trouble – Trouble (1990)
Bethlehem – Dictius Te Necare (1996)
Barathrum – Eerie (1995) and Infernal (1997)
Electric Wizard – Electric Wizard (1995)
Esoteric – Epistemological Despondency (1994), The Pernicious Enigma (1997) and Metamorphogenesis (1999)
Sleep – Holy Mountain (1993)
Paramaecium – Exhumed of the Earth (1993)
Pentagram – Be Forewarned (1994)
Septic Flesh – Mystic Places of Dawn (1994) and Esoptron (1995)
Solitude Aeturnus – Into the Depths of Sorrow (1991) and Through the Darkest Hour (1994)
Solstice – Lamentations (1994)
Pagan Altar – Volume 1 (1998)
Thergothon – Stream from the Heavens (1994)
Skepticism – Stormcrowfleet (1995) and Lead and Aether (1998)
Funeral – Tragedies (1995)
Crowbar – Crowbar (1993)
Cathedral – Forest of Equilibrium (1991) and The Ethereal Mirror (1993)
Novembers Doom – Amid its Hallowed Mirth (1995)
Autopsy – Mental Funeral (1991)
Acid Bath – When the Kite String Pops (1994)
Down – Nola (1995)
Asphyx – The Rack (1991) and Last one on Earth (1992)
Amorphis – The Karelian Isthmus (1992)
Candlemass – Chapter VI (1992)
Nightfall – Parade Into Centuries (1992) and Macabre Sunsets (1993)
I know that the video is badly made, but it was made a long time ago. My taste in music has also changed a bit. Nowadays a band like Scar Symmetry would definitely have been in my top 10. Nightrage probably wouldn’t.
Oh well, more than 500.000 views, that’s insane! Thx a lot.
Songs used in the video:
#10: Wintersun – Winter Madness
#9: Kalmah – They Will Return
#8: Skyfire – Shivering Shade
#7: Nightrage – Frozen
#6: Mors Principium Est – Life in Black
#5: Norther – Wasted Years
#4: In Flames – Colony
#3: Children of Bodom – Children of Decadence
#2: Dark Tranquillity – Cathode Ray Sunshine
#1: Amon Amarth – Cry of the Black Birds
1) Timelord – Slaves (Regeneration) (Power/Thrash/Speed Metal)
2) Thunderhead – 35 Minutes (Ugly Side) (Heavy/Traditional Metal)
3) Kaledon – Mighty Son of the Great Lord (Chapter 3) (Power Metal)
4) Anguish Force – Into the Arena of Blood (Invincible Imperium Italicum) (Heavy/Speed Metal)
5) Deadly Blessing – Search and Destroy (Ascend from the Cauldron) (Power/Thrash Metal)
Also, go check the following forums (or fora, your choice) out:
Awesome forums (or fora again) to talk about Metal or just every day stuff.
Enjoy!!
Other great channels for Metal:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ForcesOfValour
http://www.youtube.com/user/MelodeathAddict
http://www.youtube.com/user/Blackbeast123
http://www.youtube.com/user/Antihumanity187
http://www.youtube.com/user/PunksDeadEmoK1dsN3xt
http://www.youtube.com/user/mibsteve
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheThunderBane
http://www.youtube.com/user/Powermetalmaniak
http://www.youtube.com/user/wzbzbz
http://www.youtube.com/user/SoulflySox
(I do not own any of these bands or anything, just spreading the music to get them more exposure. If it’s required, this video will be put down, but I hope it won’t because I’m just trying to get these bands more exposure.)
Awesome forums (or fora again) to talk about Metal or just every day stuff.
Enjoy!!
Other great channels for Metal:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ForcesOfValour
http://www.youtube.com/user/MelodeathAddict
http://www.youtube.com/user/Blackbeast123
http://www.youtube.com/user/Antihumanity187
http://www.youtube.com/user/PunksDeadEmoK1dsN3xt
http://www.youtube.com/user/mibsteve
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheThunderBane
http://www.youtube.com/user/Powermetalmaniak
http://www.youtube.com/user/wzbzbz
http://www.youtube.com/user/SoulflySox
(I do not own any of these bands or anything, just spreading the music to get them more exposure. If it’s required, this video will be put down, but I hope it won’t because I’m just trying to get these bands more exposure.)