Wolfking's Nevermore top 25 v. Now this is just getting silly

[wolfking]

9. Beyond Within

I love this song.  It's such a brutal way to kick off this amazing album.  The main riffs are asskicking!!!  Loomis kicks ass again! BEYOND WITHIN!!!  Love it.


8. The Heart Collector

Nevermore's best ballad.  The chorus is perfect, absolute bliss.  Loomis' soloing again is a highlight, he perfectly portrays the mood and feel of the song, this man really knows how to make his guitar sing!  Love the key change in the last chorus.


7. The River Dragon Has Come

Love the clam intro, really portrays the title of the song well IMO.  The riff of course is crushing.  Love the doom like feel in the verses.  Loomis' diminished sweeping patterns in the solo gives the perfect imagery.  Then when he harmonizes it my head explodes.  The second part of course kick ass.


6. I Am the Dog

A bit of a controversial choice here, but I love this song.  Loomis' theme solo is magic, I love this man!!  Warrel of course gives an emotionally charged performance, with confusing, troubling lyrics.  You can really feel his pain about his loss when he is singing this, you can tell he is upset, confused and disturbed.  Amazing song!!!!!!


5. Narcosynthesis

Amazing opener.  I love the groove through the entire song especially in the verses with the staccato riffing.  The chorus is so majestic and haunting.  The solo of course flawless.  That riff at 1:54 is possibly one of the best riffs ever, I just wished that used it a lot longer.


4. Engines of Hate

BRUTAL!!!  Love the pure venom and hatred in this song, it's so underrated.  The riffs just kick me ass.  Loomis again!!!!  The solo is just bliss, this man knows how to shred tastefully.  his chromatic ascend at the end of his solo is just mind blowing.  Love the structure in the second half too.  Just when you though Dane couldn't be any more pissed, LOL.  "I shit the truth , into the engines of hate!!"

[wolfking]

Here's my top 3 (not that anyone gives a shit!)


3. Enemies of Reality

What a kick ass track.  Love that riff, it just kicks you right in the gut.  This has Nevermore's second best chorus ever IMO, it's just epic, absolutely epic.  One of Loomis' best solos and the second main solo with Loomis' stretched diminished descends is just one of the best shred metal moments ever!!!


2. Born

Nevermore's best chorus, and really one of the best chourus' ever created, I love it so much.  An amazing album opener, again Loomis, my God!

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1. This Godless Endeavor

By far Nevermore's best track.  This song is an encyclopedia of amazing riffs, one after another.  This is also just epic, from the start all the way through the 9 minutes it just builds and builds, every section you feel the intensity rise, a perfect epic.  The middle section is by far some of the best riffs I've ever heard.  Loomis' Jason Becker inspired sweeping towards the later half is just awe-inspiring.  Amazing lyrics that really make you think and question things, Warrel does an amazing job.  How the song ends is just perfect IMO, a perfect song.

[Ultimetalhead]

I stand by my opinions. TGE is definitely around the #5 area.

[MykeHavoc]

I don't know. TGE hasn't penetrated nearly that high in my list.

So who is next? I'll go if no one else wants to.

[Vahvahenki]

TGE at #1 as it deserves to be. I'm glad to see 'I Am The Dog' that high, absolutely loved the version on Year Of The Voyager.

I might try a top 25 list sometime, could be finished by the time MykeHavoc finishes his.

[wolfking]

I don't know. TGE hasn't penetrated nearly that high in my list.

So who is next? I'll go if no one else wants to.

You handed me Iced Earth, I shall hand you Nevermore.  The way our IE tastes differ I'd love to see your Nevermore rankings.

[wolfking]

TGE at #1 as it deserves to be. I'm glad to see 'I Am The Dog' that high, absolutely loved the version on Year Of The Voyager.

I might try a top 25 list sometime, could be finished by the time MykeHavoc finishes his.

Yes, great version there, glad they played that one, a real underrated gem.

[lateralus88]

So I assume it's time for another title change, huh?

[MykeHavoc]

If you are ready to do yours now, by all means. I hadn't even really started a hypothetical list yet.

[Vahvahenki]

Not at all ready, the thread is yours as far as I'm concerned.

[MykeHavoc]

No commentary, just listing my top 30:

30. Matricide
29. She Comes in Colors
28. In Memory
27. Psalm of Lydia
26. Moonrise
25. Bittersweet Feast
24. The Sanity Assassin
23. Final Product
22. Obsidian Conspiracy
21. Who Decides
20. Born
19. Believe in Nothing
18. The River Dragon Has Come
17. The Heart Collector
16. We Disintegrate
15. The Politics of Ecstasy
14. What Tomorrow Knows
13. The Lotus Eaters
12. Inside Four Walls
11. Seed Awakening
10. Seven Tongues of God
09. Dreaming Neon Black
08. The Passenger
07. Beyond Within
06. Dead Heart in a Dead World
05. Enemies of Reality
04. Forever
03. I, Voyager
02. Sentient 6
01. Narcosynthesis

[lateralus88]

*Scans list*
Hm...no This Godless Endeavor? That can't be right.

*scans list again*
Seriously, am I just blind or something. It has to be in here.

*vigorously checks list*
Where the fuck?

*ctrl-f "This Godless Endeavor"*

WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!??!?!?!?!?!?!?

[Ultimetalhead]

Hey, at least he got the top spot right.

[MykeHavoc]

Sorry dude. Song just doesn't do it for me. Maybe in time, but as of right now it just doesn't really grab me. I'm ready for the gallows my friend.

[lateralus88]

I'm about to strap you down into a chair, a la Clockwork Orange, and make you listen to TGE continuously until it is your favourite song.



Or...to each his own. One or the other.

[MykeHavoc]

Haha if really wanna torture me, Funny Games on repeat is the way to do it

[Zook]

I don't see what's so great about Narcosynthesis. It's ok, but definitely not #1 material.

[MykeHavoc]

It's got everything that is great. It's crushing, chunky, melodic, has great riffs, great lyrics, great melody lines etc.
It's all there. Not saying that isn't there with other songs, but it is head and shoulders above a lot others for me.