I mean it depends on what you personally want in it. Like I know you hate nu metal but my first thought at least as far as stuff that was influential to the genre as a whole would be some Korn and Deftones. As far as keeping in with the established list so far, I loved your Motörhead picks but imo they dropped an all time gem in 2004. The Inferno album kicks fucking ass and is a top 3 favorite for me, specifically the first 3 songs off the record Terminal Show, Killers & In The Name Of Tragedy would fit well with what you have. I actually love the playlist overall and like/know 95% of it. Idk how much feed back you want from ME specifically because you already have the thrash stuff I’m a slut for and you know I’m a nu metal slut personally but here’s some stuff you can sort through and decide on your own I guess. 2011’s Worship Music from Anthrax is phenomenal and my favorite record from them and the 2016 track Blood Eagle Wings from them is also magnificent (I do also really enjoy the For All Kings record from which that song is taken from but Worship Music is better).
As far as “newer” stuff, I will eternally schill for GFM. They had an E.P. In 2020 called Opeartion: Takeover and it’s amazing, the song Bones being the chalk pick for me there. Im also really digging Fire From The Gods. Their 2016 record Narrative isn’t the best from them but the song In Spite Of Doubt rips. I personally like their 2022 record Soul Revolution the best from them, but they lean more nu-Metalish so if you don’t like In Spite Of Doubt you can just skip them. I’d throw some Dethklok in the list and The Hu is a newer band that’s pretty rad, specifically 2019’s The Gereg. Since we’re on foreign bands (The Hu is Mongolian) I’ll just give you another one in the Japanese group Maximum The Hormone who are essentially a Japanese SOAD but better. I don’t speak a word of Japanese but I know 2007’s Bu-Ikikaesu word for word, that record slaps. I’d throw some KSE on it, too. Mudvayne gets lumped into the nu-Metal crowd but they have some crazy shit, I think you’d like the debut record LD.50 if anything. Unless I missed it, some Suicidal Tendencies representation is needed too. That’s all I could recommend without the obvious stuff that you’d hate like P.O.D or Sevendust or something lol
Best 3 songs on Worship Music?
Best 5 KSE songs?
Shit really tough but top 3 best on Worship Music I’d go Fight Em’ Til You Can’t, I’m Alive and The Constant for me personally.
Top 5 KSE is insanely tough for me so I’m just gonna give you 5 that I’m vibing the fuck out of right now. Signal Fire, My Last Serenade, Still Beats Your Name, Declaration and The Crownless King
Top 5 KSE:
Beyond The Flame, No End In Sight, Rose Of Sharyn, Reject Yourself, My Last Serenade
If you like Mr Bungle, Dog Fashion Disco and Polkadot Cadaver are musts
I actually am very familiar with both bands. I saw Dog Fashion Disco open for System of a Down at a club show many years ago
My brother turned me on to them. He's traditionally a folk and power metal guy, but got into the entire Razor To Wrist label catalog a few years ago, and DFD and Polkadot Cadaver have become his favorite bands. I've seen them a few times with him now, and they're so good.
It's insane to me they've been around for decades, had Serj Tankian feature on a track, and used to tour with SOAD, and they're still just playing dive bars to 20 people
I saw a lot of nu metal bands that were kinda on the back burner opening for much larger acts. DFD were among them. American Head Charge, Sinisstar, Glassjaw, Puya, The Urge, etc. Going back further to the Korn club tours there was Grotus, Die Cheerleader, Orange 9mm, Downset…
I bailed after Countdown, but I hear the later stuff is ok. I try to imagine that the late 90s didn’t happen to most thrash bands🫣
Back In The Day (2004’s The System Has Failed) 44 Minutes (2009’s Endgame) United Abominations (2007, title track) Washington Is Next! (2007’s United Abominations) Dystopia (2016, title track)
I added Annihilator, some of the Megadeth and some of the KSE to the playlist today. Put the rest into my spreadsheet to add in tomorrow. The list has 1274 songs on it now and it takes time to put in older stuff in its correct spot cuz I have to drag it. I wish I could just cut and paste songs
Yeah the main difference in all the remasters of the classic albums is that they turn his vocals up in the mix. I fucking hate it. His voice is Megadeth’s Achilles heel
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Beyond The Flame, No End In Sight, Rose Of Sharyn, Reject Yourself, My Last Serenade
Temple From The Within, Soilborn, Self Revolution, Life to Lifeless, The Call
Death Angel: The Ultraviolence, Evil Priest, Mistresses of Pain, Humancide
Flotsam and Jetsam: Hammerhead, Suffer the Masses, No Place For Disgrace, Escape From Within, Doomsday For The Deceiver
It's insane to me they've been around for decades, had Serj Tankian feature on a track, and used to tour with SOAD, and they're still just playing dive bars to 20 people
44 Minutes (2009’s Endgame)
United Abominations (2007, title track)
Washington Is Next! (2007’s United Abominations)
Dystopia (2016, title track)