The Greatest Ever: music edition

[Eldritch]

Inspired by this thread.

I'm going to allow you more choices than in Psy's thread, though: one composer/artist/group, one album/recording and one live performance (preferably one you've been to yourself, but a recording will do too) per genre, per century.

Any questions?

[Psychonaut]

Inspired by this thread.

I'm going top allow you more choices than in Psy thread, though: one composer/artist/group, one album/recording and one live performance (preferably one you've been to yourself, but a recording will do too) per genre, per century.

Any questions?

Wow, that's a lot of choices!

21st century

1. Post Rock
   
   • Artist: Mono (the Japanese one)
   • Album: Sigur Rós' untitled 2002 album
2. Metal
   
   • Artist: Agalloch
   • Album: Black Cascade by Wolves in the Throne Room
3. Neofolk
   
   • Artist: Forseti
   • Album: In Gowan Ring's Hazel Steps Through a Weathered Home
4. Electronic
   
   • Artist: Gridlock
   • Album: Ulver's Shadows of the Sun
5. Rock
   
   • Artist: Muse
   • Album: It might be early, but I'll say Arcade Fire's The Suburbs

20th century

1. Post Rock
   
   • Artist: Godspeed You! Black Emperor
   • Album: F♯A♯∞ by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
2. Metal
   
   • Artist: Burzum
   • Album: Enslaved's Eld
3. Neofolk
   
   • Artist: Current 93
   • Album: Current 93's Of Ruin or Some Blazing Star
4. Electronic
   
   • Artist: VNV Nation
   • Album: Skinny Puppy's The Process
5. Rock
   
   • Artist: Led Zeppelin
   • Album: Hawkwind's Live Chronicles

Romantic

• Composer: Richard Wagner
• Composition: Schubert's Death and the Maiden

Classical

• Composer: Beethoven
• Composition: Mozart's Requiem Mass

Baroque

• Composer: Brahms
• Composition: Pachelbel's Musikalische Ergötzung

Renaissance

• Composer: Josquin des Prez
• Composition: Ockeghem's Requiem Mass

[Baron Samedi]

Anything made by black musicians.

This includes hip-hop.

[Grumpy Cat]

Favorite song of all time. I want this played at my funeral.

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And as much as many metalheads have bad things to say about Metallica now, I'd still crawl over broken glass to see them live.

[Óttar]

Corvus Corax

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Black Sabbath

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Rammstein
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Tanzwut
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Corvus Corax is my favourite, followed by Rammstein, and Tanzwut (a side project of CC). My favourite Anglosphere band is Black Sabbath.

[Nodens]

Rudely introducing my own tangential sub-category: Greatest Album Art

Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time



Iron Maiden - Stranger in a Strange Land

[Baron Samedi]

I'm stealing Psychonaut's structure, even though I don't give a shit about Classical/Chamber faggotry.



1. Post Rock
* Artist: Thrice (though they used to be more post-punk)
* Album: Thrice "The Alchemy Index" (all four)
2. Metal
* Artist: Celtic Frost
* Album: Celtic Frost's "Monotheist"
3. Neofolk
* Artist: Tenhi
* Album: Agalloch's "White EP"
4. Electronic
* Artist: Skinny Puppy
* Album: Ulver's "Perdition City"
5. Rock
* Artist: The Darkness (I'm serious)
* Album: ?????

[Lithium]

Female Fronted Metal/Rock: Leaves' Eyes, Epica, Lacuna Coil, Evanescence, Lyriel, In this Moment, Theathre of Tragedy, Nightwish

Albums: Njord, Design your Universe,, The Open Door

Neofolk/Paganfolk/Celtic folk : Artesia, Omnia, Elane, Hagalaz' Runedance, Loreena McKennit, Faun, Snow White Winter Tale, Lavender, Eliwagar, Njordfoto, Corvus Corax, Narsilion

Albums: L'hiver est la, Chants d'automne, Mirrormask

Folk Metal : Eluveitie, Kivimetsan Druidi, Ensiferum, Korpiklaani, Stribog, Hildr Valkyrie, Folkearth, Folklodia

Albums: Slania, Justice Betrayal Revenge, When the Valkiries Came

Alternative : Florence and the Machine, P!nk, No doubt, Amanda Palmer, Dresden Dolls

Albums: Rock Steady, A lot of love A lot of Blood, Lungs

Electro/Industrial/Goth : Emilie Autumn, Angelspit, Shiny Toy Guns, The Soho dolls

Albums: The Enchant era , Opheliac, Nurse Granade

Polish punk/metal : Blade loki, Proletaryat

Albums: Proletaryat's Discography

Psychobilly/Rockabilly/Cabaret : The Creepshow, The Horrorpops, Kamikaze Queens

Albums: Hell Yeah, Bring it on

Darkwave/Gothic/Experimental : Dargaard, Aythis, All my Faith Lost, The Moon Whispers, Syrenn, Autumn Tears, Nebelhexe

Albums: earlier Dargaard and Autumn Tears

Doom/Gothic/Metal : Draconian, The Sins of thy Beloved, Rain fell within

Albums: The Burning Halo, Where lovers Mourn

[anonymaus]

I'm not doing a homework assignment, professor! Here are a few categories based on what's still actually on my playlist, and not just in a dusty box somewhere:

Girl power:
The Runaways - Wasted

Proto-punk:
New York Dolls - Chatterbox

Punk:
Anti-Nowhere League - So What

Metal:
Metallica - The Shortest Straw

Rock:
Aerosmith - Nobody's Fault

The Clash (they're their own category, because they're The Clash.)
The Clash - English Civil War

Instrumental:
Joe Satriani - Surfing With the Alien

Industrial:
Nine Inch Nails - Last

Pop:
The Swingers - Counting the Beat

[Eldritch]

I'm not doing a homework assignment, professor! Here are a few categories based on what's still actually on my playlist, ...

Those were just guidelines to structure your reply around.