Metal Compilation

[_deemy_]

I have a friend who wants me to burn him a CD with metal tracks on it to try and get him into the genre. I've been looking through my collection and can't really find any 'beginner' metal to put on it.

I was hoping that someone here might be able to help me. I'm looking for metal songs that aren't overly heavy, and nothing screamo. Also length is a concern because he has a rather short attention span lol.

 

If anyone has any suggestions for songs that would be nice, especially the people from the Album Review thread.

[Friðbjörn]

lol

I think someone like Yackie is more suited for that than say, me Matt Toxic and Jeezy

a guy that actually listens a lot to metal.

 

but I mean...you could try playing him the shorter Megadeth songs. I was gonna suggest old Metallica, but they're mostly too long for your friend I guess...

 

get the metalheads on here though, I haven't gotten that much into metal, yet.

[_deemy_]

WEll you seem to know a lot about music either way, so any help is appreciated.

[Stllmn8j]

The Showdown-Six Feet Under (Kind of a 80's style)

[xXMelancholiaXx]

Slayer - Angel of Death

Metallica - Enter Sandman

Dark Funeral - God Hate

Annal Nathrakh - Do Not Speak

Behemoth - As Above, So Below

Arch Enemy - End of the Line

Children of Bodom - Mask of Sanity

Lacuna Coil - Heaven's A Lie

Cradle of Filth - Nymphetamine

Dimmu Borgir - Mourning Palace

Within Temptation - Stand My Ground

Trivium - Entrance of The Conflagration

Forever Slave - Reminiscences

Deadstar Assembly - Dejected

Dir en grey - Marmalade Chainsaw

 

Those are all songs I can think of off hand. I tried to give a some what diverse list so that your friend can see what he might like.

[Vash_the_Stampede]

Going more in depth with the Japanese thing like xXMelancholiaXx's list, throw in some Sex Machineguns, Girugameshu, NIGHTMARE, Phantasmagoria, D'espairsRay, or X Japan.

[waiting4thesun]

i'm gonna agree with most of what's on xXMelancholiaXx's list, those are mostly good "beginner" metal songs, as you put it. try to get your friend in to Opeth too, it's really good progressive death metal, with breaks of acoustic beautifulness.

[xXMelancholiaXx]

Going more in depth with the Japanese thing like xXMelancholiaXx's list, throw in some Sex Machineguns, Girugameshu, NIGHTMARE, Phantasmagoria, D'espairsRay, or X Japan.

I don't listen to too much Japanese Metal. I just recommended a Dir en grey song because they're the best and most accessable one I know of. I've heard of some of the bands you listed some I have listened to and some I haven't. From the bands I've heard these are the songs I'd recommend on the list.

 

D'espairs Ray - Born

X- Japan - Silent Jealousy, Dahlia, Art of Life

Phantasmagoria - Incomplete and Guilt, Pixey False

 

another good Japanese band is SADS.

[Vash_the_Stampede]

I don't listen to too much Japanese Metal. I just recommended a Dir en grey song because they're the best and most accessable one I know of. I've heard of some of the bands you listed some I have listened to and some I haven't. From the bands I've heard these are the songs I'd recommend on the list.

 

D'espairs Ray - Born

X- Japan - Silent Jealousy, Dahlia, Art of Life

Phantasmagoria - Incomplete and Guilt, Pixey False

 

another good Japanese band is SADS.

 

Well, for D'espairs, I would recommend anything from MIRROR

 

Sex Machineguns: Aijin28, HUNGRY EYES, panda chan, Iron Cross, ONIGUNSHOW

Girugameshu: Volcano, Zero, Goku, or anything from 13's Reborn

NIGHTMARE: anything from Anima or Ultimate Circus

Going more in to Dir en grey: anything from Vulgar, Withering to Death, or Marrow of a Bone, Filth, Mitsu no Batsu, Mask

[Friðbjörn]

Hate me! - Children of Bodom

she-wolf - megadeth

http://rokk.is/mp3/s/shogun_near_death_experience.mp3

 

come to mind

[Hybrid Soldier]

Gotta start with some led zepp, sabbath, and metallica of course. Then try some stuff more like slayer, hatebreed, and trivium. IF you stay within those bands, you cant go wrong.

[Stllmn8j]

Gotta start with some led zepp, sabbath, and metallica of course. Then try some stuff more like slayer, hatebreed, and trivium. IF you stay within those bands, you cant go wrong.

 

Definently throw Entrance Of The Conflageration or something off The Crusade on there

[Hybrid Soldier]

Definently throw Entrance Of The Conflageration or something off The Crusade on there

Most def, but I kinda wonder how a metal n00b would take trivium.

[Yackiestinger]

- Metallica: Battery, Master of Puppets, The four Horsemen..

- Megadeth: Syphony of destruction, Holy wars

- Machine head: Davidian, Imperium, Aesthetics of hate, Battery (Metallica cover -> even better IMO)

- Pantera: Cowboys from hell, Domination, Mouth for war, Fuckin Hostile, Yesterday don't mean shit

- Ensiferum - Victory songs

- Wintersun - Death and the healing, beyond the dark sun, Starchild

- Anthrax - Deathrider, Metal thrashing mad, A.I.R., Indians, caught in a mosh, N.F.L., Be all end all, In my world

- Opeth - When, Grand conjuration

- Disturbed - Stricken, Forgiven, Hell, I'm alive, Prayer

- Porcupine tree - Anesthetize (it's 17 minutes long tho )

- Sepultura - Innerself, Slaves of pain, Roots

- Slayer - Angel of death, raining blood, South of heaven, Mandatory suicide, eyes of the insane

- Kreator - Impossible brutallity

- In flames - Jotun, The hive, Artifacts of the black rain, Everdying

- Dark tranquility - Punish my heaven, monocromatic stain, The new build, Lost to Apathy

- Ceremonial oath - The day I buried, Dreamsong

- Children of bodom - anything from Something Wild album

- Killswitch engage - Numbered days, self revolution, Rose of sharyn

- Unearth - Zombie autopilot

 

don't know..missed alot of songs..but my brain is stuck now

[_deemy_]

Wow thanks heaps for all that. Everyone.

There are a few songs/bands I haven't checked out myself yet, so I'll chase up a few of them before I decide on something.

I'll try and compile something soon and show you what I come up with.

[littleblackstone]

i'm gonna agree with most of what's on xXMelancholiaXx's list, those are mostly good "beginner" metal songs, as you put it. try to get your friend in to Opeth too, it's really good progressive death metal, with breaks of acoustic beautifulness.

 

Man, Opeth fucking kick ass!! Ma 2nd fav band.. BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!]:->

[Yackiestinger]

Opeth is like god to lot of this metal bands.