My "Epic" Playlist

[Elek]

So today I went through and created a "playlist of epic proportions" Maybe not an "epic" in the standard sense, but simply songs that are longer than normal (maybe not by Opeth's standards...) and really create a strong atmosphere and don't feel rushed. It seems like far too often artists feel the need to shorten songs down, when really playing that badass rift a few more times might have been better for the song. All of these I feel really take their time to say what they want to say, (so to speak) and are just very powerful songs in their own right.

1. Agalloch - In The Shadow Of Our Pale Companion (14:44)
2. Ayreon - Isis And Osiris (11:11)
3. Dream Theater - A Changes Of Seasons (23:09)
4. Dream Theater - Home (12:51)
5. Dream Theater - Stream Of Consciousness (11:16)
6. Falkenbach - The Heathenish Foray (8:00)
7. Falkenbach - When Gjallarhorn Will Sound (8:29)
8. Iced Earth - Dantes Inferno (16:26)
9. Iced Earth - The Coming Curse (9:33)
10. Iced Earth - The Phantom Opera Ghost (8:41)
11. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird (9:07)
12. Metallica - ...And Justice For All (9:45)
13. Metallica - Creeping Death (6:34)
14. Metallica - Frayed Ends Of Sanity (7:44)
15. Metallica - Master Of Puppets (8:34)
16. Metallica - One (7:27)
17. Metallica - Orion (8:27)
18. Metallica - Sanitarium (6:25)
19. Metallica - The Call Of Ktulu (8:53)
20. Metallica - The Four Horsemen (7:12)
21. Metallica - To Live Is To Die (9:48)
22. Nile - Unas Slayer of the Gods (11:43)
23. Nile - Wrought (8:44)
24. Opeth - A Fair Judgement (10:23)
25. Opeth - Atonement (9:38)
26. Opeth - Beneath The Mire (12:39)
27. Opeth - Black Rose Immortal (20:14)
28. Opeth - Blackwater Park (12:05)
29. Opeth - Deliverance (13:35)
30. Opeth - Godhead's Lament (9:46)
31. Opeth - Reverie/Harlequin Forest (18:34)
32. Opeth - The Baying Of The Hounds (16:48)
33. Opeth - The Drapery Falls (10:53)
34. Opeth - The Funeral Portrait (8:44)
35. Opeth - The Leper Affinity (10:23)
36. Opeth - The Moor (11:26)
37. Opeth - Windowpane (7:43)
38. Opeth - Wreath (11:10)
39. Orbital - Halcyon (9:25)
40. Paco De Lucia - Mediterranean Sundance (11:28)
41. Pelican - Australasia (10:48)
42. Pelican - Autumn Into Summer (10:44)
43. Pelican - Last Day Of Winter (9:36)
44. Pelican - March To The Sea (11:37)
45. Pink Floyd - Welcome To The Machine (7:31)
46. Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize (17:42)
47. Porcupine Tree - Burning Sky (11:07)
48. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (9:46)
49. Porcupine Tree - Strip The Soul (7:21)
50. Prodigy - Claustrophobic Sting (7:13)
51. Rush - 2112 (19:10)
52. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss (6:36)
53. Tool - Lateralus (9:23)
54. Tool - Parabola (6:02)
55. Tool - Reflection (11:07)
56. Tool - The Grudge (8:35)
57. Wagner - Ride Of The Valkyries (10:07)

[Detric]

make him admin. NOW!

[Satan is My Stewardess]

And we care, why?

[Frosties]

Originally Posted by Elek

It seems like far too often artists feel the need to shorten songs down, when really playing that badass rift a few more times might have been better for the song.

I completely disagree - I actually find it the other way. Too many songs are forced to sound longer than they really should be. It takes skill to know when to stop writing a song.

[Satan is My Stewardess]

You're arguing symptoms, not causes. The problem is that too many bands and songs are simply not good.

[Guttmann]

Originally Posted by Satan is My Stewardess

The problem is that too many bands and songs are simply not good.

Im building a shrine for that sentence. (and im not being sarcastic.)(Well, tbh, im not building a shrine, i just agree.)

[Frosties]

Originally Posted by Satan is My Stewardess

You're arguing symptoms, not causes. The problem is that too many bands and songs are simply not good.

Yeah, I'm sorry, but I just don't understand what this sentence has to do with what I posted. Would you like to explain please?

[Jeff-Loomis-fan]

Originally Posted by Detric

make him admin. NOW! :

or just not

[Lothlorien]

no Russia on Ice by Porcupine Tree? fail.

[soundave]

You have to have Iron Maiden on that list for it to be taken seriously.

[wwallinga]

Here are my additions to your list. I stayed away from Opeth because you could put most of their songs on this list (you missed a bunch, btw - Advent, TNATSW, Ghost of Perdition...) I limited it to songs that are over 7 minutes that I think are "epic".


Black Sabbath - War Pigs (7:58)
Dream Theater - In The Presence of Enemies (25:39)
Dream Theater - Learning to Live (11:30)
Dream Theater - Metropolis (9:32)
Dream Theater - Octavarium (24:00)
Dream Theater - Under a Glass Moon (7:03)
Flotsam and Jetsam - Doomsday for the Deceiver (9:12)
Guns N Roses - Coma (10:14)
Guns N Roses - Estranged (9:24)
Guns N Roses - November Rain (8:58)
Iron Maiden - Alexander the Great (8:36)
Iron Maiden - Powerslave (7:35)
Iron Maiden - Phantom of the Opera (7:09)
Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner (13:41)
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (9:54)
Metallica - Mercyful Fate (11:12)
Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond (26:12)
Pink Floyd - Time (7:07)
Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here (12:02)
Porcupine Tree - Even Less (7:11)
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (7:28)
Porcupine Tree - Hatesong (8:26)
Porcupine Tree - Don't Hate Me (8:31)
Porcupine Tree - Russia on Ice (13:04)
Rush - By-Tor and the Snow Dog (8:39)
Rush - Cygnus X-1 (10:26)
Rush - Cygnus X-1 Book II (18:08)
Rush - Jacob's Ladder (7:31)
Rush - La Villa Strangiato (9:36)
Rush - Natural Science (9:17)
Rush - The Camera Eye (10:59)
Rush - The Fountain of Lamneth (20:00)
Rush - The Necromancer (12:33)
Rush - Xanadu (11:12)
Rush - Working Man (7:11)