Let’s keep it simple today, because it’s hard for me to choose.

The “Superjudge” album is probably my favorite Monster Magnet album — I could listen to it endlessly. “Cage Around the Sun” is such a cool song. But if there’s any song that I think sums up Dave Wyndorf’s drug-induced lyrical voyages, it’s “Face Down”

“I’m sucking up more karma than I need, so have a supernova on me” it just one of those cool lines that you’ll never top.

But the other Monster Magnet song I find myself always coming back to is “Bummer”

There are so many people that go to bed with Lucifer, then cry cry cry when they don’t greet the day with God.

Oh this one is easy for me.

Sure, “Institutionalized” is an institution.

“War Inside My Head” is such a great anthem (and who’s that young kid on bass in this video?)

“Don’t Give Me Your Nothin'” has such a great groove.

There really are so many favorites.

But without question, my #1 Suicidal track is “You Can’t Bring Me Down”

The whole song, but especially the rant at the end:

Just ’cause you don’t understand what’s going on don’t mean it don’t make no sense.
And just ’cause you don’t like it don’t mean it ain’t no good.
And let me tell you something… before you talking a walk in my world, you better take a look at the real world, ’cause this ain’t no Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.
Can you say “feel like shit”?
Yeah, maybe sometimes I do feel like shit. I ain’t happy about it, but I’d rather feel like shit than be full of shit.
And if I offended you? Oh I’m sorry, but maybe you needed to be offended.
Well, here’s my apology, and one more thing: FUCK YOU!
‘Cause you can’t bring me down.

 

Of course any favorite Sepultura is Sepultura that still has Max and Igor in the band. Sorry guys, but they were Sepultura.

“Inner Self” is one of those songs that I prefer a live version over the album version. I had a copy of their “Live in Barcelona” VHS, and I cannot listen to the song without hearing in my head Max’s command to Barcelona to “destroy dis fucking place”.

Certainly “Arise” was a breakthrough album for them.

But the crazy thing is… while I don’t like the whole album, I love “Roots Bloody Roots”. The rhythm, the primal screaming, the groove. I mean, play this song live and watch the crowd go into a frenzy. It’s just that kind of song.

How many albums does Overkill have now?

I realized the other day that while some albums are stronger than others, every album is Overkill. It felt like AC/DC… you know when you buy an AC/DC album, you know what you’re going to get. No radical shifts in formula here, just balls-to-the-wall neck-wrecking thrash.

“Bring Me the Night” stands out because it just comes at such a break-neck pace. It’s the song that made me go back and rediscover Overkill.

“Necroshine” is so cool. It’s an Overkill song but has this different vibe to it. Another song I could listen to over and over and not get tired of it.

But for me, without question my favorite Overkill song is “I Hate”. A song whose lyrics were an anthem of my youth, and still ride with me today.

I still hate people who make you feel small. Still hate having my back against the wall. Still hate being talked down too.  But I don’t care what you say… FUCK YOU! 😉

Back in my teenage years, I loved the “Practice What You Preach” album, but as I got more familiar with Testment’s discography I find that it’s a good album but really not that great. Maybe it’s the production? Alex’s getting more progressive in his playing, I don’t know. “Practice” is still a great tune, but I guess I think they have stronger albums.

Their most recent, “Dark Roots of Earth” I think is a strong offering, with the first half of the album being so solid.

But if there’s any Testament album that gets more plays in my iTunes library, it’s “The Gathering”. And while there’s killer tracks like “D.N.R.”, “Eyes of Wrath”, “Riding the Snake”… the one track I have to crank to 11 every single time I listen to it is “Three Days in Darkness”

“Fabulous Disaster” holds a strong place in my teenage metal years. I  wore that tape out and had to buy it again.

I know it wasn’t the “hit” song, but the lyrics are just too awesome in “Verbal Razors” that it’s one of my all-time favorite Exodus songs.

I mean… “you’re a plastic motherfucker, all you do is pose” is an awesome lyric. 🙂

While there are a lot of great Pantera songs, let’s just cut through the bullshit. Because you know… you can’t be something you’re not.

Be yourself

By yourself

Stay away from me.

A lesson learned in life, known from the dawn of time.

RE

SPECT

WALK

What did you say?

Are you talking to me?

Walk on home, boy.

Small tangent.

While searching for videos for the “My Favorite” series, found this cool video of Slayer and Machine Head covering Venom’s “Witching Hour”

Rounding out “The Big 4”, SLAYER!!!!11!111!!!

One song… if I could only listen to one Slayer song for the rest of my life, which would it be?

I mean… there’s “The Antichrist” — sooooo evil (in an 80’s cartoon metal way), especially with Tom’s high-pitched wails.

Or if you want to talk Tom’s high-pitched screams, you can’t top “Angel of Death” and the opening scream.

I gravitate to “Disciple” (God Hates Us All) a lot, because like Tom said… “God doesn’t hate, but it’s a great fucking title”. Plus there’s a lot of lyrical depth here.

I love the speed, aggression, and again Tom’s over-the-top vocals at the end of “Psychopathy Red”

But I guess if there had to be one song….

WAAAAARRRRRRRRR!!!!

Continuing my favorites with another from “The Big 4”, Anthrax.

Anthrax was one of the first thrash bands I was introduced to. Bryan played “I’m The Man” for me and I was hooked.

And that sense of humor made “Attack of the Killer ‘B’s” a favorite album.  Their cover of “Bring the Noise” was awesome.

But getting away from the novelty stuff towards their thrash stuff, I think “Persistence of Time” was a great album. It was focused and I think they really found their groove on this album.

“In My World” is a constant favorite.

Nothing touches me… I’m a walking razorblade.