Concert Preparations: Compiling the Perfect Playlist

With the first in our concert trilogy fast approaching (2 days out as of post), I need to kick into prep mode. There are certain things I make sure are set- rides, tickets, and homework, among other things. Entertainment it key as well, namely the music for the ride up and back. Last thing we need is a boring ride up, or the driver falling asleep from Thrash Deprivation. I sat down about 3 hours ago and meticulously crafted a playlist based heavily around bands we will be seeing, along with bands that are sonically comparable. Here it is.

(a * denotes a band on the bill for any of the 3 shows currently on the radar)

Accept- Balls to the Wall
Airbourne- Running Wild
Alice in Chains- Dirt, Facelift
Amon Amarth- Discography
Annihilator- Alice in Hell, Never Neverland, Metal, The Best of: Annihilator
Anthrax- Spreading the Disease, Among the Living, State of Euphoria, Persistence of Time
Anvil- Metal on Metal
Arch Enemy- Wages of Sin, Anthems of Rebellion, Rise of the Tyrant, Doomsday Machine
*As I Lay Dying- Discography
Atheist- Discography
At The Gates- Slaughter of the Soul
Austrian Death Machine- Discography
Bathory- Bathory, Under the Sign, The Return..., Blood Fire Death, Nordland I & II, Octagon
Behemoth- Demigod, Satanica, Thelma 66.6, Zos Kia Cultos
*Belphegor- Blutsabbath, Bondage Goat Zombie, Goatreich-Fleshcult, Lucifer Incestus,
Black Sabbath- Paranoid, Heaven and Hell, The Mob Rules, Dehumanizer
Blind Guardian- A Twist in the Myth
Bloodbath- Discography
Blue Oyster Cult- Agents of Fortune, The Revolution By Night
Bolt Thrower- Warmaster
Bootsy Collins- Back in the Day: The Best of Bootsy
Buckethead- Crime Slunk Scene, Buckethead and Friends: Enter the Chicken, Decoding the Tomb of the Bansheebot, Population Override
Celtic Frost- Morbid Tales
Chrome Division- Discography
Dark Angel- Time Does Not Heal, Darkness Descends
Dark Tranquility- The Gallery, Damage Done, Haven
Death- Human, Individual Thought Patterns, Scream Bloody Gore, The Sound of Perserverance
Death Angel- Killing Season
Deep Purple- Shades (Disc 2)
Demolition Hammer- Tortured Existence
Demons & Wizards- Discography
Destruction- D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N, The Antichrist,
Dethklok- The Dethalbum (Special Edition)
Dio- Holy Diver, Last In Line
Dragonlord- Discography
Dublin Death Patrol- D.D.P 4 Life
Ensiferum- Discography
*Epicurean- A Consequence of Design, V.II R.VI
*Exodus- Bonded by Blood, Shovel Headed Kill Machine
Evile- Enter the Grave
Faith No More- The Real Thing
Fastway- Fastway
Finntroll- Nattfodd
*God Forbid- IV: Constitution of Treason
Gojira- The Way of All Flesh
The Haunted- the Haunted Made Me Do It, Versus
Headhunter- Parasite of Society
High on Fire- Discography
Iced Earth- Framing Armageddon: Something Wicked Part 1, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Tribute To The Gods, The Glorious Burden
In Flames- Colony, Clayman, Jester Race/Black Ash Inheritance
Iron Maiden- Number of the Beast, Powerslave, Piece of Mind
Judas Preist- British Steel, Screaming for Vengeance, Painkiller, Jugulator
Kalmah- Discography
Kamelot- Dominion, Eternity, The Fourth Legacy, Karma, Seige Perilous
Kataklysm- In the Arms of Devestation, Prevail, Sorcery/Mystical Gate
King Diamond- Abigail, Them, Voodoo
*Kreator- Coma of Souls, Endless Pain, Enemy of God, Extreme Aggression, Hordes of Chaos, Pleasure to Kill, Terrible Certainty
Lacuna Coil- Comalies, Karmacode, Unleashed Memories
*Lamb of God/Burn the Priest- Discography
*Lazarus A.D.- The Onslaught
Led Zeppelin- Early/Latter Days, Led Zeppelin II
Lordi- Deadache, The Arockalypse
Marilyn Manson- Antichrist Superstar
Megadeth- Countdown to Extinction, Hidden Treasures, Killing is My Business... And Business Is Good!, Peace Sells... But Who's Buyin'?, Rust in Peace, So Far, So Good... So What?, United Abomination, Youthanasia
Mercenary- 11 Dreams
Mercyful Fate- Melissa, Don't Break the Oath, The Beginning
Metallica- Kill 'Em All, Ride The Lightning, Master of Puppets, ...And Justice For All
Michael Schenker Group- Michael Schenker Group
Morbid Angel- Alters of Madness, Blessed Are The Sick, Covenant, Domination
*Municipal Waste- Discography
Nailbomb- Point Blank
Necrophagist- Discography
Obituary- Slowly We Rot, The End Complete, Xecutioner's Return, World Demise
Paul Gilbert- Solo Discography
Possessed- Seven Churces
Primus- They Can't All Be Zingers
Rainbow- Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Rising, Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
Riot- Thundersteel
Sabbat- History of a Time to Come, Dreamweavers
Scar Symmetry- Discography
Sepultura- Roots, Chaos A.D., Arise, Beneath the Remains, Schizophrenia
Shadows Fall- The War Within
Sigh- Hangman's Hymn
Slayer- Hell Awaits, Reign in Blood, South of Heaven, Seasons in the Abyss
Sodom- Agent Orange, Code Red, M-16, Persecution Mania, Masqeurade in Blood
Strapping Young Lad- Alien, City, The New Black
*Testament- Discography
*Unearth- The March
Venom- Black Metal
*Warbringer- War Without End
Wintersun- Winter Madness
Zimmer's Hole- Discography

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