Metal Evening 12-19-09

[mika]

So the last metal evening of this year is over. All in all people were satisfied with the playlist. One out of nine complained about the fact that there were no Metallica song.

However let's concentrate on the happier things. As already mentioned Glenfiddich whisky and some cognac was on the serve. About some food there was meatballs, frankfurters and potato salad on the serve as well. Naturally there was coffee too, meat pies, cookies, cake etc. Potato chips and nuts were the little salty pieces.

The playlist was as follow:
(beginning songs were:
Moon' Doc - Welcome To The Show
Anvil - Metal On Metal)
01 Accept - London Leatherboys (live, Access All Areas - Worldwide)
02 Accept - Breaker (live, Staying A Life)
03 AC/DC - Back In Black
04 Def Leppard - Another Hit And Run
05 Bullet - Bite The Bullet
06 Q5 - Missing In Action
07 Krokus - Headhunter
08 Gary Moore - Devil In Her Heart
09 Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
10 Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
11 Blaze - Ten Seconds (Juho's suggestion)
12 Herman Frank - Welcome To Hell
13 Megadeth - Symphony Of Destruction
14 Angel Dust - Cross Of Hatred (this song was on album that one of the guests spoke highly of couple of months ago, so naturally I put this song also on the list. Virpi also likes the singer's voice)
15 Gamma Ray - Empress
16 Saidian - Pale Moon Rider
17 Axxis - Underworld
18 Mötley Crüe - Looks That Kill
19 W.A.S.P. - Take Me Up
20 W.A.S.P. - Wild Child
21 Blaze Bayley - Smile Back At Death (Metalwarrior's suggestion)
22 Samael - Rain
23 Manowar - Warriors Of The World United
24 U.D.O. - Warrior
25 Teräsbetoni - Paha sanoo (I knew that Metalwarrior likes this song especially)
26 Kotiteollisuus - Ukonhauta
27 Nickelback - Never Again (Virpi's choice)
28 Blaze - Will To Win (Juho's choice)
29 Ensiferum - Twilight Tavern
30 Running Wild - White Masque
31 Helloween - I Want Out
32 Whitesnake - Wings Of The Storm
33 Sonata Arctica - Don't Say A Word (Tomcat's suggestion)
34 Stratovarius - The Kiss Of Judas
35 Candlemass - Lucifer's Rising
36 Cathedral - Autumn Twilight
37 Thunderstone - Counting Hours (Virpi's choice)
38 Abdullah - Guided By The Spirit
39 Lechery - Come Alive (Tomcat's suggestion)
40 Iron Savior - Starchaser
41 Grave Digger - The Dark Of The Sun
42 Warlock - Vorwärts, All Right
43 Saxon - Rockin' Again
44 Dio - We Rock
45 Accept - Feelings
46 Deathlike Silence - Dagon
47 Judas Priest - Turbo Lover
48 Judas Priest - The Sentinel
49 Zero Nine - To The Mountain
50 Gringos Locos - Sweet Little Sisters
51 Scorpions - The Zoo
52 ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed man (Virpi's choice)
53 Iron Maiden - The Pilgrim ( I happened to know Metalwarrior likes this one. I like that song too. )
54 X Wild - Heads Held High
55 Pretty Maids - Back To Back
56 Vanize - Break Down The Walls
57 Sabaton - Union (Slopes of St. Benedict)
58 U.D.O. - Stillness Of Time
59 Dream Evil - Take The World
60 Loudness - Crazy Nights
61 Blaze - Tenth Dimension (Juho's choice)
62 Iron Maiden - Wasted Years (maybe my all time favourite from Maiden)
63 Metalforce - Thunder And Lightning
64 Zero Nine - White Lines
65 Running Wild - Under Jolly Roger
66 Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon
67 Running Wild - Conquistadores
68 Rob Rock - I'm A Warrior
69 Astral Doors - Easy Rider
70 Krokus - Walking In The Spirit
71 Impellitteri - Rat Race
72 Sinner - Born To Rock
73 Twisted Sister - Shoot 'Em Down ...during this song we headed for down town.
Songs we didn't have time to listen to were for example these:
Metallica - Sad But True (so Metallica song was so close )
Running Wild - Firebreather
Vengeance - That's The Way The Story Goes
Lullacry - Don't Touch The Flame
Deep Purple - Highway Star
Anvil - School Love

The ideal situation would however be that there would be songs on the hard disc and people would choose a song from there. Problem is that I do not have so much capacity plus I haven't joined this computer to the amplifier.

It's always a hard task to choose the songs. This time I had some help from my friends in advance.

The main theme for me when I was planning this playlist was to choose some metal or hard rock classics from the 80's. I also added some forgotten jewels, i.e. songs that I think should have been classics, for example Feelings by Accept is one of that kind of songs. And in order to avoid too much nostalgy, I also chose some modern stuff there as well.

So this time the metal evening was some kind of mixture of 80's stuff and modern stuff. It was nice to notice on the Finnish discussion section that people liked the metal evening. However it is not only the music that makes the metal evening succesful: one of the main things are the nice people who attend at this kind of happenings.

[John]

d**n, i wish i was there. i'd like to be able to make one of these metal nights someday!

[Tomcat]

That could be a killer night! Other tunes that should be Tomcat's suggestion are:

- Accept - Breaker (live, Staying A Life)
- Krokus - Headhunter
- Gamma Ray - Empress
- Manowar - Warriors of the World (United)
- Whitesnake - Wings of the Storm
- Stratovarius - The Kiss of Judas
- Accept - Feelings

And another one that should be Luna's choice: Scorpions - The Zoo

[mika]

Dec 21, 2009 4:22:11 GMT -5 Tomcat said:

That could be a killer night! Other tunes that should be Tomcat's suggestion are:

- Accept - Breaker (live, Staying A Life)
- Krokus - Headhunter
- Gamma Ray - Empress
- Manowar - Warriors of the World (United)
- Whitesnake - Wings of the Storm
- Stratovarius - The Kiss of Judas
- Accept - Feelings

And another one that should be Luna's choice: Scorpions - The Zoo

Wow! So you would have enjoyed it as well.

[Tomcat]

Of course we would But music wouldn't be the only reason

[metalheart2]

It sure was one relaxing and energy filled evening. We ended up partying all the way to 3-4am at this local rock oriented pub.

[darren]

GOOD FRIENDS,HEAVY METAL MUSIC,EATING FOOD..........MMMMMMMMM,SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD TIME TO ME

[mika]

I've just keep wondering and wondering what is the song in the next metal evening (April, 17th) that I should start the evening with. I was thinking about some David T. Chastain instrumental stuff, but I think it is...how to put it...too artistic in a way. The purpose of metal evening isn't to be artistic that much (!). The main thing is to have rocking stuff which is full of energy.

[John]

Mar 12, 2010 14:28:57 GMT -5 mika said:

I've just keep wondering and wondering what is the song in the next metal evening (April, 17th) that I should start the evening with. The main thing is to have rocking stuff which is full of energy.

Vykyng - Steel Is Hard

that's what i would start with.

[mika]

Mar 12, 2010 15:41:14 GMT -5 John said:

Mar 12, 2010 14:28:57 GMT -5 mika said:

I've just keep wondering and wondering what is the song in the next metal evening (April, 17th) that I should start the evening with. The main thing is to have rocking stuff which is full of energy.

Vykyng - Steel Is Hard

that's what i would start with.

There is gonna be a Vykyng song there in the song list. That's obvious. However what I thought as an opening track has an intro and a song following that.

[John]

well, you can use the Vykyng intro as well as steel is hard!

[mika]

Mar 12, 2010 16:22:04 GMT -5 John said:

well, you can use the Vykyng intro as well as steel is hard!

;D

[John]

you should hear the intro bart came up with for the new album!! oh man, i just can't wait to come out to that intro!!!! very intense and heavy!

[Tomcat]

Mar 12, 2010 16:06:26 GMT -5 mika said:

However what I thought as an opening track has an intro and a song following that.

What about The Brave and Scotland United by Grave Digger?

[mika]

Mar 14, 2010 12:07:30 GMT -5 Tomcat said:

Mar 12, 2010 16:06:26 GMT -5 mika said:

However what I thought as an opening track has an intro and a song following that.

What about The Brave and Scotland United by Grave Digger?

Good choices. Scotland United is out of the question, because that song has been on the songlist for couple of times. Blah, blah...BTW...this time there are two songs from Wisdom and also Lechery tune(s).