The Greatest Metal Song Cup - Part II, Round 4, Matches 82-87

[Detective Beauregard]

I’ve been trying to think of something witty to say, but yeah… I’ve got nothing. That’s fucked up on all levels.

 

[Diesel 11]

I’m a little late to the party, but what’s NSBM?

To be specific the initials stand for National Socialist Black Metal, “Nazi” of course being derived from “national socialism”.

 

[Detective Beauregard]

To be specific the initials stand for National Socialist Black Metal, “Nazi” of course being derived from “national socialism”.

Appreciate the info. I guess this makes me appreciate regular non-Nazi black metal more, as I take comfort in knowing that the forest-dwelling, face-painted creatures behind every screech and pot bang are… not Nazis.

 

[Saapanael]

"Mr. Incredible Becoming Uncanny at BLACK METAL"

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

It has finally happened. King Diamond faces off against a vocalist that sounds even worse, even more ridiculous than him. Overkill is absolute trash thanks to the vocals. King manages to sound decent throughout this song, which also has music I far prefer.

Manowar suck and this song is no exception. Horrible guitar solo, too. Children of the Sun is fine enough to beat those dorks.

Over the Mountain is so ridiculously cheesy. Beyond the awesome drum intro and main riff it’s just a clusterfuck of noises - horrible vibraphone keyboards, random guitar solos, and a big shiny pop chorus. It’s catchy, I guess? Speticflesh has a lot more to like for me, but the clean vocals are not good and there’s nothing catchy about it. Ugh. Ozzy.

Bathory sounds like something that heavily inspired the first Opeth album, so for that reason, it’s alright. A bit too much of the same for such a long track, but decent black metal with not horrific production values. Lorelai is so damn monotonous, I turned it off after three minutes and the 18th chorus repetition.

The only good thing about Raining Blood is that riff. Gangland is more enjoyable throughout.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahshshahshshshshshdhdidnsh DIO.

 

[Diesel 11]

The only good thing about Raining Blood is that riff. Gangland is more enjoyable throughout.

You're on fuckin' shrooms. I expect this from Jer. I expect this from Kalata. I did not expect this from You. What a catastrophe this game has been. Et tu, Brute? These knives hurt my soul more than they hurt my skin. The only blood that rains must be my own, sliced clean open to tear my trust right out from under these coarse and cracked ribs. Oh King, save me! what has this world left for me now? All these prayers become like dust, mingling in the sewers where tears are drawn from. What bitter oaths we shared in the Symphony X thread are left in tatters, words float into the gutter like some sort of sacrilegious testament to our triumphs and tragedies. Somebody kill me now before I see the utter horrors that lay in store for me. Merciful Heaven, when will you remove all the pain from my soul? This burden of always having the right opinions has left me a wretch in a world full of Knicks and Beaus, who blind my eyes and give me woes, and tell me black is really white and rain is worse than gangland's fright... oh it's Heaven and Hell indeed.

 

[Mosh]

Rainbow in the Dark is one of the dumbest songs to appear in this game by a serious artist. So plodding, so repetitive, like a song Dio farted out because his record company wanted a big single. Easy vote for Love Bites there.

 

[Jer]

I expect this from Jer. I expect this from Kalata.

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

You're on fuckin' shrooms. I expect this from Jer. I expect this from Kalata. I did not expect this from You. What a catastrophe this game has been. Et tu, Brute? These knives hurt my soul more than they hurt my skin. The only blood that rains must be my own, sliced clean open to tear my trust right out from under these coarse and cracked ribs. Oh King, save me! what has this world left for me now? All these prayers become like dust, mingling in the sewers where tears are drawn from. What bitter oaths we shared in the Symphony X thread are left in tatters, words float into the gutter like some sort of sacrilegious testament to our triumphs and tragedies. Somebody kill me now before I see the utter horrors that lay in store for me. Merciful Heaven, when will you remove all the pain from my soul? This burden of always having the right opinions has left me a wretch in a world full of Knicks and Beaus, who blind my eyes and give me woes, and tell me black is really white and rain is worse than gangland's fright... oh it's Heaven and Hell indeed.

It is what it is, innit?

 

[Shmoolikipod]

Rainbow in the Dark is one of the dumbest songs to appear in this game by a serious artist. So plodding, so repetitive, like a song Dio farted out because his record company wanted a big single. Easy vote for Love Bites there.

Honestly! I thought it was some dumb Jump clone.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

Nah, that’s the best song of Dio's solo career. Also pretty much the song that got me into 80s heavy metal.

 

[MindRuler]

Is it blasphemy to say the Holy Diver album pisses all over the other stuff Dio did? (Included his work with Sabbath)

 

[TheMercenary]

Is it blasphemy to say the Holy Diver album pisses all over the other stuff Dio did? (Included his work with Sabbath)

'Heaven And Hell' and 'Rising' are very great albums by Black Sabbath and Rainbow including Dio as the singer. So, yeah, it would be a blasphemy, imho. But, you can say that towards records by Elf, for example, that were shitty.

 

[Poto]

Is it blasphemy to say the Holy Diver album pisses all over the other stuff Dio did? (Included his work with Sabbath)

Pisses all over is maybe going a bit too far, but Holy Diver is a classic up there with albums like The Number of the Beast. Rising is my favorite album with Dio on vocals though.

 

[Kalata]

Nah, that’s the best song of Dio's solo career.

For me, ''Rainbow In The Dark'', ''Holy Diver'', ''The Last In Line'', ''Don't Talk To Strangers'' and ''We Rock'' - are all untouchable.

Is it blasphemy to say the Holy Diver album pisses all over the other stuff Dio did? (Included his work with Sabbath)

I think his first 2 solo albums are stronger as a whole piece than all of his other work. Part of the big classics in metal!

Edit: Sacred Heart and Dream Evil are not that far off.

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

Heaven and Hell, Rising, and Holy Diver are all perfect albums.

Last In Line, Mob Rules, and both other Rainbow albums are almost as good.

 

[Detective Beauregard]

Nah, that’s the best song of Dio's solo career.

My favorite is Last in Line, but I do like Rainbow in the Dark. Oddly, though, Dio always hated it.

Why Ronnie James Dio wanted to destroy "Rainbow In The Dark" song

The reason why Ronnie James Dio wanted to destroy the hit "Rainbow In the Dark" released on Dio's debut album "Holy Diver" in 1983.

rockandrollgarage.com

 

[DJ James]

For whatever reason I've never been too particularly struck by Dio's solo work, although I do quite like Lock Up the Wolves. I do agree with Knickerbocker in that Heaven and Hell is a pretty perfect album.

 

[Confeos]

Is it blasphemy to say the Holy Diver album pisses all over the other stuff Dio did? (Included his work with Sabbath)

Almost. My take: Dio's (the band) overall output is very, very good, and Holy Diver is probably the best of the bunch, but it's still not quite as good as any of the albums he did with Rainbow or Sabbath. Yes, that includes Dehumanizer.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

Yes, that includes Dehumanizer

My list of favorite Dio albums certainly includes Dehumanizer too. Actually it's in my top 3 with Rising and Dream Evil.