Metal Reviews

I'm quite surprised that this hasn't been posted here already...

Name your favorite(s)...

Song
Album
Band
Riff
Opening
Chorus
Ending
Solo
Genre
Composer
Lyrics
Singer
Guitarist
Bassist
Drummer
Keyboardist
Album cover art
Cover

Song: Impossible
Album: Less impossible, maybe Ecliptica
Band: Sonata Arctica
Riff: O_O no idea, so many great ones
Opening: the wierd volume increasing whipping up to Weballergy
Chorus: Anything by SA
Ending: The End Of This Chapters piano/singing fade out
Solo: ZOMG Crazy Train, Fullmoon
Genre: Power Metal, then Folk and Viking
Composer: Classically probably Beethoven
Lyrics: Tony Kakkos lyrics are great.
SInger: Tony Kakko
Guitarist: Randy Rhoads, Zakk Wylde, Jani Liimatainen
Bassist: Uhm... Don't know any that well...
Drummer: Flo Mounier
Keyboardist: SA keyboards on Silence, Henkka Klingenberg
Album cover art: To Mega Therion, artwork by HR Giger
Cover: Still Loving You covered by SA

Song:
Avantasia - The Seven Angels

Album:

Band:
Nightwish
Lost Horizon

Riff:
Grave Digger - Rebellion
Running Wild - Black Hand Inn
(more to come)

Opening:
Dark Moor - Silver Lake
Freedom Call - Hymn To The Brave
Mago de Oz - Creo

Chorus:
Rhapsody - Emerald Sword
Gamma Ray - Heaven Can Wait
Savatage - Believe

Ending:
Avantasia - The Seven Angels
Dragonforce - Valley of the Damned
Nightwish - Know Why The Nightingale Sings

Solo:
Megadeth - Tornado of Souls
Savatage - Gutter Ballet
Edenbridge - Forever Shine On
Dragonforce - Valley of the Damned (the entire solo section in the middle!)
X-Japan - Dahlia

Genre:
Power Metal

Composer: (I hope they mean songwriter here...)
Tobias Sammet
Tuomas Holopainen
Wojtek Lisicki
Kai Hansen

Lyrics:
Don't know really

Singer:
Tarja Turunen
Daniel Heiman

Guitarist:
Adrian Smith
Albert Maroto
Jeff Loomis
Gus G
Luca Turilli
Ritchie Blackmore

Bassist:
I don't know shit about bass playing but.....um...
Steve Harris
Markus Grosskopf

Drummer:
Dan Zimmermann
Jörg Michael
Mike Terrana

Keyboardist:
Jens Johansson

Album cover art:
Edenbridge - Sunrise in Eden

Cover:
Nightwish - Over the Hills and Far Away

all of these change a lot =\

Song: Converge - Last Light
Album: The Postman Syndrome - Terraforming
Band: Converge
Riff: King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man
Opening: King Crimson - Conundrum from Vrooom Vrooom (srsly, it's epic)
Chorus: EXOSKELETAL, JUDGEMENT AT THE RAILORD TODAY
Ending: The little drum thing at the end of Volume Fact XII
Solo: Meshuggah - I (around six minutes), or the jazzy section of Mars Volta - Take The Veil Cerpin Taxt, or the little flute thing at the start of Cassandra Gemini
Genre: progressive rock/metal
Composer: eh...
Lyrics: Jacob Bannon (Converge)
Singer: Cedric Bixler (Mars Volta)
Guitarist: Jon Cobbett (Hammers of Misfortune, Ludicra, Slough Feg)
Bassist: Juan De La Pena (Mars Volta)
Drummer: Chris Pennie (Dillinger Escape Plan)
Keyboardist: Eww.
Album cover art: Neurosis - The Eye of Every Storm
Cover: I like Niacin's cover of Red a lot right now.

Song - Autumn Leaves by Miles Davis
Album - Hmm, Kind of Blue I guess
Band - I have new favourite bands all the time, Bruce Springsteen right now though
Riff -
Opening -
Chorus - Devin Townsend - Earth Day
Ending - Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Solo - The saxophone solo building up to the climactic end of Born to Run
Genre - Jazz
Composer -
Lyrics -
Singer - Freddie Mercury
Guitarist
Bassist - John Entwistle
Drummer -
Keyboardist -
Album cover art -
Cover -

Well that was harder than I thought it would be

Song -
Savatage - Hall of The Mountain King

Album -
Savatage - Poets & Madmen
Savatage - Hall of The Mountain King
Nightwish - Oceanborn
Blind Guardian - A Night At The Opera
Dio - Holy Diver

Band -
Savatage
Nightwish

Riff -
Savatage - Holocaust
Savatage - Hall of The Mountain King
Bruce Dickinson - Trumpets of Jericho
Iced Earth - My Own Savior

Opening -
Nightwish - Dark Chest of Wonders

Chorus -
Gamma Ray - Gardens of The Sinner
Rush - Hand Over Fist

Ending -
Savatage - When The Crowds Are Gone
Demons & Wizards - Fiddler On The Green

Solo -
Rush - YYZ
Saga - Back To The Shadows
Testament - Return To Serenity

Genre -
Heavy/Power Metal

Composer -
Jon Oliva

Lyrics

Singer -
Jon Oliva
Tarja
Hansi Kursch
David Defeis

Guitarist -
Alex Lifeson
Chris Caffery
Criss Oliva
Gus G

Bassist -
Geddy Lee
Flea

Drummer -
Neil Peart

Keyboardist -
Tuomos
Jon Oliva

Album cover art -
Demons & Wizards - S/T
Dio - Holy Diver
Savatage - Poets & Madmen
Testament - Return To The Apocalyptic City
Iron Maiden - Brave New World
Dream Evil - DragonSlayer
Nightwish - Oceanborn

Cover -
Nightwish - Over The Hills And Far Away
Dream Theater - Tears
Norther - Smash
Elvenking - Penny Dreadful
Nevermore - The Sound of Silence
Therion - Crazy Nights

This was really hard, too many choices for alot of them and not many choices at all for some.

Song - Magic (King Diamond-The Puppet Master)
Album - Powerslave (Iron Maiden)
Band - Iron Maiden
Riff - Seek and Destroy (Metallica)
Opening - Reptile (Dimmu Borgir)
Chorus - Born in a Mourning Hall (Blind Guardian)
Ending - And Then There was Silence (Blind Guardian)
Solo - Northern Comfort (COB)
Genre - Metal?
Composer - Steve Harris
Lyrics - Deffinitely not Cradle of Filth
Singer - Bruce Dickinson
Guitarist - Dave Mustaine
Bassist - Steve Harris
Drummer - Nick Barker
Keyboardist - Warmen
Album cover art - Wolfheart (Moonspell)
Cover - Summer Night City (Therion)

Song:Impossible
Album:Tool-Lateralus
Band:Tool
Riff:Burzum-Det Som En Gang Var (about 5 minutes in, I think)
Opening:Metallica-Battery
Chorus:Manowar-Fighting The World
Ending:Rush-YYZ
Genre-Progressive, followed closely by Black
Composer: Varg Vikernes
lyrics:Tool-Lateralus
Singer:Maynard James Keenan
Guitarist-John Petrucci
Bassist:Geddy Lee
Drummer:Gene Hoglan
Keyboardist: erm...
Album Cover Art: To Mega Therion
Cover: I generally hate cover versions, but I am quite partial to A Perfect Circle's version of Imagine
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Song - Black Spell of Destruction - Burzum
Album - Burzum - Filosofem
Band - Burzum
Riff - Blood Red Fog - Frozen
Opening - vagina?
Chorus - Flight of Icarus
Ending - Destruction Ritual - Krieg (Still Waters Shall Remain Their Tombs)
Solo - Children of bodom - the self titled song
Genre - Black metal (mostly the pagan/nature oriented stuff, or suicidal/depressive usbm)
Composer - Ihsahn
Lyrics - Any lyrics by Dead (RIP)
Singer - Garm
Guitarist - Grutle Kjellson/Arve Isdal (enslvaed)
Bassist - Wrest
Drummer - Frost
Keyboardist - Mirai (sigh), OR STeinard Sverd Johnson (Arcturus)
Album cover art - Katatonia - Discouraged Ones
Cover - Draconian - On Sunday They Will Kill The World

Holy Balls. This is one post that's gonna get re-edited to fuck. This is a mixture of currents and all times-

Song When- Opeth
Album - Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
Band - Slayer
Riff - Just One Fix - Ministry
Opening - South of Heaven - Slayer
Chorus - Stinkfist - Tool
Ending - Seabeast - Mastodon
Solo - Hangar 18 - Megadeth
Genre - Thrash Metal
Composer - Mikael Akerfeldt - Opeth
Lyrics - 'Excuse me while I kiss the sky' - Jimi Hendrix
Singer - Frank Black
Guitarist - Alexi Laiho - Children of Bodom
Bassist - Fieldy - Korn
Drummer - Dave Lombardo - Slayer
Keyboardist - Beethoven
Album cover art - Reign In Blood - Slayer

This is bound to change by Monday!

Song: A few favorites are...(too many to list really)
Dream Theater--Metropolis Pt. 1
Megadeth--Holy Wars
Wintersun--Beyond the Dark Sun
Edguy--Out of Control

Album:
Basically anything by Dream Theater
Megadeth--Rust in Peace
Death--The Sound of Perseverance
Children of Bodom--Hatebreeder

Band:
Dream Theater
Megadeth
...many others

Riff:
Judas Priest--Painkiller
Iron Maiden--The Trooper
Megadeth--Lucretia
At the Gates--Under A Serpent Sun

Opening:
Slayer--Raining Blood
Wintersun--Beyond the Dark Sun
Nevermore--We Disintegrate

Chorus:
I don't know

Ending:
Dream Theater--Pull Me Under
Can't think of any other good ones

Solo:
Anything by John Petrucci
Megadeth--Five Magics
Symphony X--Sea of Lies
Wintersun--Winter Madness

Genre:
Prog, power, thrash, melodeath...not really much I don't like

Composer:
?

Lyrics:
Warrel Dane (Nevermore)
Dream Theater (mostly because of Scenes from a Memory)

Singer:
John K (Biomechanical)
Warrel Dane (Nevermore)
Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)

Guitarist:
John Petrucci (DT)
Marty Friedman (Megadeth, Cacophony)
Alexi Laiho (CoB)
Jari Mäenpää (Wintersun)
Chuck Schuldiner (Death)

Bassist:
I dunno

Drummer:
Mike Portnoy (DT)
Richard Christy (Death)

Keyboardist:
Warmen (CoB, Warmen)

Album cover art:
Death--The Sound of Perseverance
Dream Theater--Scenes from a Memory, Train of Thought
Dark Tranquillity--Character

Cover:
Death--Painkiller
...ha, I don't know

There it goes:

Song: Kamelot - Karma (changes on a weekly/monthly basis though)
Album: Kamelot - Epica
Band: Iron Maiden
Riff: Megadeth has the greatest riffs ever. Rust In Peace - Polaris.
Opening: Children of Bodom - Downfall
Chorus: Kamelot - Karma
Ending: Lost Horizon - Highlander The One (the fast part ... godlike!)
Solo: No doubt here : Iron Maiden - Alexander The Great
Genre: Power and Thrash metal
Composer: John Williams and Nobuo Uematsu
Lyrics: Don't care that much about lyrics. Dave Mustaine.
SInger: Daniel Heinman from Lost Horizon (now Heed)
Guitarist: Eddie Van Halen, Satriani, Laiho, Tolkki
Bassist: Hmmm ... Steve Harris?
Drummer: Dave Lombardo and Igor Cavalera
Keyboardist: Janne Warmen
Album cover art: Megadeth - Youthanasia
Cover: Still Loving You covered by SA (same as frigid)

Song - Communion & the Oracle (Symphony X)
Album - The Dark Ride (Helloween)
Band - Ayreon/Symphony X/Helloween
Riff - Take to the Sky (Jag Panzer)
Opening - The Grand Design (Symphony X)
Chorus - Human Metal (Rage)
Ending - Silent Rain (Helloween)
Solo - Communion & the Oracle - 2nd guitar solo (Symphony X)
Genre - Progressive/Power Metal
Composer - Michael Romeo (Symphony X)
Lyrics - Lord of Light (Iron Maiden)
Singer - Hansi Kürsch / Bruce Dickinson
Guitarist - Michael Romeo (Symphony X)
Bassist - Tomas Miller (ex-Symphony X)
Drummer - Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
Keyboardist - Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Ayeron)
Album cover art - Dream Theater - Train of Thought
Cover - Perfect Strangers covered by Dream Theater

Song - Iced Earth - A Question Of Heaven

Album - Alive In Athens + Appetite For Destruction

Band - Iced Earth, but atm Shpongle, Lost Horizon and Astral Projection

Riff - This one's to hard

Opening - A Question Of Heaven, The bit with the clock before Birth Of The Wicked, Burning Times, Token Of Time

Chorus - Full Moon, Easy Lover (Phill Collins) , Club Tropicana (no i'm not taking the piss), Pleasure Drone

Ending - Travel In Stygian

Solo - Midnight Madness - Sinergy

Genre - Power metal and Psytrance, depends what mood i'm in really

Composer - Super Jon

Lyrics - Mary Jane have some cool lyrics, and Belle And Sabastian

Singer - Daniel Heiman

Guitarist - Don't really have one but if i had to say someone it would be Alexi from bodom

Bassist - Don't have one

Drummer - Don't have one

Keyboardist - Jeff Bjorck

Album cover art - Original cover for Night Of The Storm Rider

Cover - Iced Earth - Screeming For Vengence

Forgot about that one...that is definitely an awesome opening (and song)

Song - The Journey - (Pyramaze)
Album - The Glorious Burden - (Iced Earth)
Band - Iced Earth
Riff - Holy Diver - (Dio)
Opening - Bat Out of Hell (Meat Loaf)
Chorus - The Journey - (Pyramaze)
Ending - The Storm Still Rages On - (Orphaned Land)
Solo - Painkiller - (Judas Priest)
Genre - Power/Heavy Metal
Composer - Jon Shaffer (Iced Earth)
Lyrics - A Question Of Heaven - (Iced Earth)
Singer - Tim Owens (Iced Earth)
Guitarist - Glen Tipton (Judas Priest)
Bassist - Jimmy Bain (Dio)
Drummer - Bill Ward (Black Sabbath)
Keyboardist - Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Ayeron)
Album cover art - Heaven And Hell (Black Sabbath)
Cover - Who Wants To Live Forever - (Arjen Anthony Lucassen)

Song: Moonshield
Album: Operation Mindcrime
Band: Iron Maiden
Riff: Black Water Park
Opening: Suicide Nation
Chorus: Vain Glory Opera
Ending: Omerta
Solo: Holy Wars...Punishment Due
Genre: cant choose a sub genre...
Composer: Tobias Sammet
Lyrics: "I'm not a man, I'm a fucking beast"
Singer: Kahn
Guitarist: Laiho
Bassist: Harris
Drummer: Frost
Keyboardist: Warman
Album cover art: None so Vile

Man, this is really hard, but here I go:

Song: Judas Priest- Painkiller

Album:
Blind Guardian- Imaginations From the Other Side
Kreator- Coma of Souls
Manticora- Hyperion
Judas Priest- Stained Class

Band: Judas Priest

Riff:
Kreator- Material World Paranoia- "Promise of a better future is a lie!" part
Judas Priest- Painkiller

Opening:
Iron Maiden- Hallowed be Thy Name
Shadows Fall- A Fire in Babylon

Chorus: Blind Guardian- Valhalla

Ending: Demons & Wizards- Fiddler on the Green

Solo
Heathen- Heathen's Song
Judas Priest- Freewheel Burning/Painkiller
Manticora- Cantos
Satan- Break Free

Genre: Thrash metal

Composer: Is this classical only? If so, Beethoven

Lyrics: Holy Terror- Damnd by Judges- Combination of very well written lyrics and an incredible delivery

Singer:
Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
Hansi Kursch (Blind Guardian

Guitarist: Glenn Tipton/KK Downing (Judas Priest)

Bassist: D.D. Verni (Overkill)

Drummer: Gene Hoglan (Dark Angel)

Keyboardist: David Defeis (Virgin Steele)

Album cover art: Manticora- 8 Deadly Sins

Cover: Judas Priest- Diamonds and Rust (Unleashed in the East version)
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Song:
Mercenary - 11 Dreams

Album:
Mercenary - 11 Dreams
Ensiferum - Ensiferum

Band:
Mercenary, Ensiferum, Finntroll, Sonata Arctica etc.......

Riff:
Ensiferum - Windrider
Avantasia - The Final Sacrifice
Jon Oliva's Pain - Maniacal Renderings

Opening:
Therion - The Rise Of Sodom And Gomorrah
Finntroll - Vindfard/Manniskopesten

Chorus:
Masterplan - Falling Sparow
Evergrey - Darkest Hour
Jorn - Vision Eyes

Ending:
huh?

Solo:
Mercenary - 11 Dreams
Evergrey - More Than Ever
Throne Of Chaos - Fistfucking & Alienseed
all on Twilightning's Plague-House Puppet Show

Genre:
mostly Power metal

Composer:
........

Lyrics:
Jorn Lande
Tom Englund
whoever writes the lyrics in Mercenary

Singer:
Jorn Lande
Tom Englund
Mikkel Sandager
Nils K. Rue
Marco Hietala

Guitarist:
Henrik Danhage
Roland Grapow
Jorn Viggo Lofstad
Michael Romeo

Bassist:
Michael Hakansson

Drummer:
Mike Terrana
Uli Kusch

Keyboardist:
Henri Sorvali(Trollhorn)

Album cover art:
Helloween - Better Than Raw
Thyrfing - Thyrfing

Cover:
Tarot - Generation Clash
Beseech - Gimme Gimme Gimme

Song:

Danger Danger - Naughty Naughty

Album:

Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime (VVI's s/t @ #3)

Band:

Iron Maiden

Riff:

Ouch...uhm, let's see...(can't narrow down to one, have to name a bunch)

Fear Factory - Self Bias Resistor (after second chorus)
Scanner - The Law (opening riff)
Vio-lence - Subterfuge (opening riff)
Saxon - Dogs of War (verse riff)
Mercyful Fate - Into the Coven (verse riff)
Judas Priest - Painkiller (after second chorus)
Vinnie Vincent Invasion - Animal (after second chorus)
Mötley Crüe - Live Wire (opening riff)
Megadeth - Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (opening riff of "The Punishment Due" part)

Opening (couldn't bring myself to picking either of these):

Stratovarius - Hunting High and Low
Loudness - Crazy Nights (kinda simple and typical, but absolutely insane in general "hook" factor)

Chorus:

Running Wild - Bad to the Bone

Ending:

Extreme - When I'm President (never thought of this category before, but I've always dug this one ending)

Solo:

Iron Maiden - Aces High (also used to be my favorite song for many years until I discovered *points to top of this post*)
+ honorable mention of Hibria - Millennium Quest, Scanner - Touch the Light and Bon Jovi - I'd Die for You.

Genre:

80's/early 90's hard rock, hair metal, glam rock, buttrock, call it whatever you want, you get the idea.

Composer:

Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)

Lyrics:

Vio-lence - Kill on Command

Singer:

Bruce Dickinson or Jon Bon Jovi, too close to call.

Guitarist:

Like with my favorite guitar riffs, here it is also too hard to narrow it down to just one...

Vinnie Vincent (most famous for his work in KISS, but put on here for his work in Vinnie Vincent Invasion)
Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi)
Rolf Kasparek (Running Wild)
Wolf Hoffmann (Accept)
Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)
Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)
Akira Takasaki (Loudness)
Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden)
Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme)
Alex Skolnick (Testament)
Jeff Waters (Annihilator)
Roland Grapow (Helloween)
Phil Demmel (Vio-lence)
Henny Wolter (was in Primal Fear for a couple of albums, fucking underrated)
Diego Kasper and Abel Camargo (of Hibria, also underrated)

Bassist:

Not too much into bass playing.

Drummer:

Raymond Herrera (Fear Factory)
+ honorable mention to Gene Hoglan (Dark Angel), Uli Kusch (Helloween) and Tico Torres (Bon Jovi, badly underrated).

Keyboardist:

Eh...certainly have nothing against keyboards, but never really given any thought into who's actually the best player. I think I'll pick Jens Johansson of Stratovarius though, for some really nice solo's and for that opening riff of Hunting High and Low.

Album cover art:

Not much into art...but some I nonetheless enjoy are:

At Vance - Only Human
Poison - Look What the Cat Dragged In (hey it's honest and to-the-point)
Primal Fear - Black Sun & Devil's Ground
Quiet Riot - Condition Critical
Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Warrant - Cherry Pie

Cover:

Metallica - Blitzkrieg (of course it had to be a cover I'd heard before the original, this one has always have been Metallica's song to me)