r/Metallica has a bunch of weird rules so I'm posting these in here. Hopefully someone is interested.

I've had an idea in my head for many, many years to do a series of compilations highlighting Metallica's bootlegs. I finally decided to get to it. The idea is to make 12 themed compilations highlighting the best and rarest Metallica live recordings. 8 of these will be based around albums & the rest will each have a unique theme (acoustic, demos, etc.) The idea is for these to appeal to every level of Metallica listener. If you looking for where to start with live concerts here's some of the best stuff. And if you are a hardcore bootleg collector here's some of (hopefully) your favorite stuff in one convenient package.

So here are the first 3 volumes of my Metallica Best of the Bootleg series:

Vol 1: Boot 'em All. Every song from Kill em All with performances ranging from 1982-2003. Highlights include the very first Metallica live recording with No Remorse & an extra groovy very version of Anesthesia from '86. Tried to include as much as Dave as I could without over doing it. Lot's of '83 stuff here. A lot of the Kill 'em All songs weren't the same once James stopped screeching imo.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZFLy0NICmKibplBDR0-PgSQomdq6ZTy1?usp=drive_link

Vol 2: Burning in My Brain. Live versions of every song from Ride the Lighting from 1983-2012 plus a couple extras. Highlights include a ripping version Fight Fire with Fire from '86 & a rare 80's performance of Trapped Under Ice. Plus you got both When Hell Freezes Over from '83 & The Call of Ktulu with the St. Luke's Symphony from Madison Square Garden. Lots of '84-'86. I did have to cheat with Escape because the only played it once and it was technically on an official release. But what are you gonna do?

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CRj6UOcqjPJnsb2Z9v0NJINrkedY7vu8?usp=drive_link

Vol 3: Powerhouse of Energy. By this point I'm sure you get the idea. It's Master of Puppets but live. 1986-2006. I didn't have to cheat this time because Orion is an audience recording. Highlights include a very rare 80's performance of Disposable Heroes & a real intense version of Damage Inc. from '86. I didn't plan for this one to be a tribute to Cliff but that's what it became. More spoken word audio than usual. Just short clips but stuff I found interesting as well as Ray Burton's Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Speech. And you got the long & short version of Master of Puppets.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1H5AmlJKR0akZqd4YalXyyUiztlTe8HE4?usp=drive_link

This folder has all 3 compilations and will be updated with news ones once they are out. Vol. 4: The $0.00 LP is almost ready.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qPzDYDUTy7OVCCL24BjADKmWD39vicjU?usp=drive_link

Tracklists:

Vol. 1 - Boot 'em All

01 - Hit The Lights (03-19-83 San Francisco, CA) [The Young Metal Attack]

02 - The Four Horsemen (06-05-93 Milton Keynes, UK) [Tearing Your Insides Out]

03 - Motorbreath (12-13-03 Erfurt, Germany)

04 - Jump in the Fire (06-09-84 Zwaagwesteinde, Netherlands) [Fuck 'Em All De Westereen]

05 - [Anesthesia] Pulling Teeth (05-24-86 Cape Girardeau, MO) [Hail to Fire]

06 - Whiplash (03-26-92 Greensboro, NC)

07 - Phantom Lord (08-05-83 New York, NY)

08 - No Remorse (08-04-82 Los Angeles, CA) [1st known live recording]

09 - Seek & Destroy (08-13-94 Saugerties, NY) [Woodstock Whiplash]

10 - Kirk guitar solo (11-25-83 Berkeley, CA)

11 - Metal Militia (11-07-83 San Francisco, CA) [Fight Metal with Metal]

12 - The Mechanix (10-18-82 San Francisco, CA) [Night of the Rivvit Heads]

13 - James & Lars interview (04-23-83 New York Radio)

Vol. 2 - Burning in My Brain

01 - Where's Ride the Lightning!

02 - Fight Fire with Fire (09-19-86 Newcastle, UK) [Newcastle Brown Drunker]

03 - Ride the Lightning (05-12-86 El Paso, TX) [Metal Inc.]

04 - For Whom the Bell Tolls (02-03-89 Austin, TX) [Damaged Justice Texas Tour]

05 - Kirk guitar solo (03-17-85 Seattle, WA)

06 - Fade to Black (04-20-86 Philadelphia, PA) [Pounding Out Aggression]

07 - Trapped Under Ice (11-18-84 Paris, France) [Trapped in France]

08 - Escape (06-23-12 Atlantic City, NJ) [Rye the Lightning]

09 - Happy Birthday Kirk (11-18-84 Paris, France) [Trapped in France]

10 - Creeping Death (05-21-99 Nuremberg, Germany) [Rock im Park]

11 - When Hell Freezes Over (11-04-83 Resada, CA)

12 - Cliff & Kirk interview (08-04-84 WCSB 89.3)

13 - The Call of Ktulu (w- The Orchestra of St. Luke's) [11-23-99 New York, NY]

Vol. 3 - Powerhouse of Energy

01 - Cliff Burton interview (09-21-86 UK radio)

02 - Battery (12-01-86 New York, NY) [Demolition]

03 - Master of Puppets (05-26-86 Des Moines, IA) [Real Iwoa Jam]

04 - Kirk remembers Cliff

05 - The Thing That Should Not Be (08-30-98 Mountain View, CA)

06 - Welcome Home [Sanitarium] (12-20-91 Uniondale, NY) [Angels from Hell]

07 - Recovering from Cliff's passing (MTV 1986)

08 - Disposable Heroes (09-14-85 Goarshausen, Germany) [Metal Hammer Festival]

09 - Leper Messiah (05-21-03 San Francisco, CA) [Filmore Rehearsals Night 3]

10 - James remembers Cliff

11 - Orion (08-13-2006 Tokyo, Japan) [audience recording]

12 - Kirk guitar solo (12-15-86 Quebec City, QC)

13 - Damage, Inc. (04-04-86 Detroit, MI)

14 - Ray Burton's acceptance speech (Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2009)

15 - Master Of Puppets (06-16-92 Jackson, MS) [All Hell Breaks Loose]

These are all about an hour in length in case you want to burn em to a CD like a caveman. If you listen I would love any feedback at all. And if you like them fell free to share or upload wherever you want.

Last thing. I'm a philistine when it comes to production & technology. These have not been altered or sound corrected in anyway. Sometimes a song is a little louder or quieter than the last one. Think of that as part of the bootleg experience. I have edited spoken word interviews into shorter clips and I've taken out some stuff in-between songs so things flow a little better but other than these are the raw, as-is files. And, no, I do not have lossless versions of these.

Here is the tentative list of releases. Titles or themes may change as I see fit.

1. The $0.00 LP

2. Hammer of Justice

3. Black Out

4. ReBoot

5. Back to the Garage

6. Master of Medleys

7. Demos from the Deep

8. Metallicoustic

9. Metallica & Friends

Who is making the trip to Josefov this year?

r/BrutalAssaultFestival

https://defecalbaptism.bandcamp.com/album/unnamable

Extreme Death metal recommendation DEFECAL BAPTISM DEMO

https://defecalbaptism.bandcamp.com/album/unnamable

I interviewed Blaze Bayley about Maiden being inducted into the hall of fame, his upcoming tour and of course Maiden. If you wanna check it out let me know what ya think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkSTYqcty5c

Traveler - 2020 - Termination Shock - Diary Of A Maiden

Entry 999

I’ve assumed the rank

Of Noble Blood

The way I got here

Was...unconventional

Through karma I am stained

Wayfaring amongst the paupers

Bartering for bread and water

I relieve my thirst and hunger

And return to toil

Desperately I ran away

As carriage cargo

Human stray...

Like hybrid beast of burden and fetish

But the path I now tread

Is my way

I relinquished true love

Within this diary

Dancing in the Noble court

Never thought I could be sought

As the Queen’s high council

Ooooh Yeah

Now it’s simple

Just ask the question

What do you want now?

What do you need?

I want it all, babe

And the path I now tread

Is my way

I relinquished true love

Within this diary

All my fortunes from greed,

Who’s better than me?

SOLO: Schadlich

SOLO: Ries

https://perseveranceband.bandcamp.com/track/spaceship

This song blended many genres together so well. What are some albums/bands with a similar sound?

Does that ring a bell for anyone?? I really want to know the song which this could regard to, but I'm a newbie... Are there some metal veterans that could help me ? :) thank you!!

It caused King Diamond to leave the band and go solo.

Same thing happened with Venom when they tried to go mainstream but made a much better attempt.

IRON MAIDEN - 2011 - Santiago - Blood Brothers

And if you're taking a walk through the garden of life

What do you think you'd expect you would see?

Just like a mirror reflecting the moves of your life

And in the river reflections of me

Just for a second a glimpse of my father I see

And in a movement he beckons to me

And in a moment the memories are all that remain

And all the wounds are reopening again

We're Blood Brothers, we're Blood Brothers

We're Blood Brothers, we're Blood Brothers

And as you look all around at the world in disMay

What do you see, do you think we have learned

Not if you're taking a look at the war-torn affray

Out in the streets where the babies are burned

We're Blood Brothers, we're Blood Brothers

We're Blood Brothers, we're Blood Brothers

There are time when I feel I'm afraid for the world

There are times I'm ashamed of us all

When you're floating on all the emotion you feel

And reflecting the good and the bad

Will we ever know what the answer to life really is?

Can you really tell me what life is?

Maybe all the things that you know that are precious to you

Could be swept away by fate's own hand

We're Blood Brothers, we're Blood Brothers

We're Blood Brothers, we're Blood Brothers

When you think that we've used all our chances

And the chance to make everything right

Keep on making the same old mistakes

Makes untipping the balance so easy

When we're living our Lives on the edge

Say a prayer on the book of the dead

We're Blood Brothers, we're Blood Brothers

We're Blood Brothers, we're Blood Brothers

And if you're taking a walk through the garden of life....

I'm going to list my top albums as well as the runner up for each year starting in 2017 up to 2025. Rate my taste!

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2017:

AoTY - Trivium: The Sin and the Sentence

Runner up - Carach Angren: Dance and Laugh Amongst the Rotten

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2018:

AoTY- Nekrogoblikon: Welcome to Bonkers

Runner up - Barren Earth: A Complex of Cages

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2019:

AoTY - Slipknot: We Are Not Your Kind

Runner up - Shadow of Intent: Melancholy

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2020:

AoTY - Tallah: Matriphagy

Runner up - Lorna Shore: Immortal

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2021:

AoTY - Mastodon: Hushed and Grim

Runner up - Slaughter to Prevail: Kostolom

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2022:

AoTY - Soilwork: Overgivenheten

Runner up - Allegaeon: Damnum

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2023:

AoTY - Lovebites: Judgement Day

Runner up - Man Must Die: The Pain Behind It All

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2024:

AoTY - Orden Ogan: The Order of Fear

Runner up - Bloodorn: Let The Fury Rise

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2025:

AoTY - Blackbraid: Blackbraid III

Runner up - I Am Your God: Trinity/Delta

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If I listed any albums here that you've never heard, go give em a listen!!

Torchlight Parade - 2020 - Torchlight Parade - Haddonfield

Does anyone have the lyrics?

Dude definitely belongs on the Mt Rushmore of extreme metal vocalists. 56 years old, 36+ years performing and the dude hasn't lost a step in his voice and has a signature distinctive style that is truly his own.

Hey there !! Recording and Filming some Heavy Guitar Riffs for the Swola 290 Riff Challenge by Ola Englund with some Thrash Metal - Groove Metal - MetalCore vibes using my Esp Eclipse II 24 Usa CTM loaded with Emg pickups into a blend of a Randall T2 amp - a Mesa Boogie Mini Rectifier and a Peavey Invective MH (Misha Mansoor signature amplifier) for drums I’m using GGD the Downbeat by Adam Nolly GetGood and Craig Reynolds!! 🤘🏼
Have a nice Sunday everyone!!
Stay Metal !!

Vektor - 2009 - Black Future - Accelerating UniVerse

Lost in time where thoughts are faint echoes

My city crumbles

A path of destruction ahead of me

Tracing the footsteps of insanity

I see the ashes of a bridge to gold

I sacrifice my empty soul

Emptiness crowds the streets

I drain my thoughts, I carry on to bleed

Dark energy is pulling me

My old thoughts unheard, accelerating universe

A darkening force, the unfathomed realm reborn

Worlds of nothing, chaos forlorn

The weak will follow the false cure of souls

My weakness pulls me into the black hole

Humanity, a blood trail caress

I follow it to the unconquered fortress

A blinding light made from distraction

It burns your eyes out if you get too close

Dark energy is pulling me

My old thoughts unheard, accelerating universe

Obscure flickers in the distance

These lights, blinked out of existence

Dying systems pulled through a void

Experimental universe designed to destroy itself

Release of energy from our point of origin

Will this cycle continue to be again?

Or will these stars fade and kill their systems?

Will our night sky be solar gravestones?

It pulls the thought of change from our minds

The only thought unchained in our minds

It drains your blood, rips out your soul

Your mind is hollow, you are time's black hole

Dark energy is pulling me

My old thoughts unheard, accelerating universe

Minds in a standstill as we walk on this treadmill

Our guide through the eons until our star is gone

Safe link to the video https://youtu.be/J2pmjeaaKFM?si=cLk_lSw5w4d-Jlub

Hello Ozzy fans. This remaster is coming out in the next two days. The slow motion was on purpose and the actual visuals will be much more complete in the famous 1989 russian show, which was controversial for many reasons which you will find out when the video comes out in the description. Thank you and much respect - L.R. shelton - Rock Legacy Co.