Spotify's Top 2010's Metal Songs

[@NikNocturnal]

*mEtAL*

[@BlazedOnYoutube]

mEtAL

[@WilbanksUSMC]

This playlist has gained 110k likes since you recorded and uploaded. They owe you money

[@AaditMunjal]

EAL

[@Architecht23]

Bro, i agree Lift Me Up wasn't the best, but 5FDP is a decent band and they do deserve at least being up there

[@jcgmusic16]

Bury Tomorrow's Black Flame mix was just as good as ADTR entire last album's mix.

[@patricioaroncastrillonross8372]

2010-2016 and 2016-2019 feel like completely different decades

[@kodyepidemic]

Facts

[@gannonpatton2858]

Vague and yet oddly specifically understood.

[@ThrillHouse666]

I question your knowledge of the word decade.

[@mynameislove1704]

Why?

[@CustardCream515]

Big time, I don't recognise like half of these and I blame the fact I never got spotify

[@jawadrahman5454]

My man Nik avoids copyright strikes like I avoid practicing guitar.

[@maulanabp8307]

how could he?

[@guidobassohernandez6410]

The personal attacks were delivered

[@MvsicAdd7ct]

Omg, but not as much as I do. I can't even call myself a beginner yet 😔

[@danielmegow966]

Nik casually rolling past Lost in the Static made my heart hurt

[@josephalvarez8142]

Honestly 😣

[@MuhFknReptar]

bro, literally this

[@clay2822]

Pain

[@christianhackl474]

Dude, same! 🙁

[@jakeorel3406]

Same w LoG

[@Terron35]

My disappointment when it wasn't Nightmare at the top. Went and saw A7X when they were supporting that album and it was so good. Some of my favorite memories because my dad took me to see them because Disturbed was headlining and he really wanted to see them. Halestorm opened and absolutely killed it.

[@MlleSophietr]

I saw a similar line up at the time, Disturbed, A7X but it was Stonesour who did the opening. One of the best show I ever went to!

[@Terron35]

@@MlleSophietr Stone Sour was at this one too. Halestorm, Stone Sour, A7X, and then Disturbed. I unfortunately didn't know many Stone Sour songs at the time but still enjoyed them

[@MlleSophietr]

@@Terron35 I just google it and Halestorm was at the show too. I don't remember see them, but I know there were a band before Stonesour. I discovert Halestorm a few years afeter the show. Also, I think we miss the bigenning of Halestorm to go buy shirt, but I'm not sure.

[@mobafan3713]

I love A7X, Nightmare is one of their best songs ever, and I really hoped to be there! But the moment I saw HTTK being number one I wanted to get my eyeballs out and throw them away!

[@Terron35]

@@mobafan3713 HTTK is borderline butt rock and just isn't nearly as good as their other top songs

[@samuelantunes6864]

A few Honourable mentions from the early 2010s: Motionless In White - Abigail Memphis May Fire - The Sinner Asking Alexandria - Not The American Average Blessthefall - Promised Ones

[@TheBanana93]

I am amazed there was not more AA on their they proper kick started the 2010s metalcore... the sinner was a banger as well. Not even Hollow bodies?

[@Sholps]

Good selections man, gaddamn! I'm surprised there also isn't more The Flood era OM&M, Attack Attack!, or Woe Is Me

[@RodHxC]

Love those bands as they raised the popularity of metalcore. I think it would have been better if Spotify split the playlist into 2 categories, one for Metal 2010s and the other for Metalcore/Post-Hardcore 2010s.

[@BrunoLogerfo]

Stand up and scream is from 2009

[@samuelantunes6864]

@@BrunoLogerfo You’re right, my mistake! Ruthless & Relentless came out in 2011

[@AnaN-gy1cf]

Where did all the other metal genres dissappear? This list seems so USA - centric, almost all is djent & metal core. They are missing some huge ass bands in this list like Rammstein, Sabaton, Powerwolf, Nightwish, Epica, Behemoth, Arch Enemy, Amorphis... And these are just at the top of my mind. I m pretty sure most of those mentioned sell out stadiums in the rest of the world. It s such a weird list, feels so incomplete.

[@Smonserratm]

Vektor!!! They're from the USA but they pretty much 'reinvented' thrash

[@pedrogarciarobleto]

Certainly! Rammstein's homonimous album was amazing.

[@dq7860]

Because Djent and Metalcore is the new Mallcore

[@matthansen7935]

So for reference, this is a circumstantial playlist that bases itself on 2010s tracks based on bands you listen to and similar artists. This playlist will be different for every Spotify user.

[@rogueparadox5447]

Nightwish is one of my favorite bands, however compare their streams to something like Avenged Sevenfold and it's not even close

[@colinhawks2469]

Your Betrayal might honestly be the most quintessential 2010 metalcore song ever lol like, it is just pure 2010 vibes and it’s awesome haha

[@LuLeBe]

That whole Album though tbh. Fever, The last fight, Pretty on the outside etc are all like that. Probably my favorite bullet album

[@j0hny00s]

Saw Bullet my freshman year in high school right after Fever dropped and it’s hands down one of the best shows I’ve ever been to.

[@aritrasom9536]

Harakiri For The Sky was a pleasant surprise!

[@EsEhKa]

I was missing Behemoth and a bit more of European bands, too. This was just a list of singles from US Metalcore... ... When I open the playlist today, it actually solved my complaints. There is much more variety in the location and style of bands. That's odd...

[@res0nance197]

I'm not big on Ghost, but I don't think any comprehensive 2010's metal playlist would be complete without them. That being said, I looked through the rest of the playlist, and there were MUCH for questionable picks than Square Hammer.

[@_Willow_666]

@Dragon Ball fans can't read and it fucking slaps

[@joeb2]

Cirice is better than Square Hammer in my opinion. It is heavy, yet so much groove.

[@timsmith618]

@@joeb2 Faith or From the Pinnacle to the Pit as well I feel would be better for this playlist, Square Hammer is very much an arena rock song.

[@VeilSideZ32]

@Dragon Ball fans can't read “ I did not listen to opus eponymous by ghost and it shows”

[@Trve_Kvlt]

@@VeilSideZ32 As my taste in music changed Opus Eponymous remained the only Ghost album I actually like. It could be heavy bias because I discovered Ghost when Opus came out

[@dustinsterling3248]

the Hail to the King reveal was great lol

[@perma4702]

Spotify's definition of metal: is it in any way or form core? yes? put it on.

[@cowmark67]

I'm surprised that Harakiri for the Sky got on this playlist. Sure they are probably the most well known post-black metal band, and one of my favorite all time bands, but I didn't think they were well know/streamed enough to get on a decade playlist on Spotify.

[@seasonsfate4151]

They are such a good band though, defo deserve way more love

[@le_unclebear]

I love them so much and glad to see them getting recognition.

[@Wollestar]

I was surprised as well. Don't know how they slipped in there? But awesome they did and hopefully they get more exposure because of it.

[@harryaladzhyan4339]

I feel you but they truly deserve it personally for me I think they could have at least 3 songs that make top 50 in the decade

[@friderikosj]

Spotify actually recommended me that song from them like a month ago and I really liked them. Listened to a couple of their albums, definitely need to listen more

[@O_C293]

I remember hitting that playlist a while ago. Sure it was nostalgic, but there are a ton more bangers from the 10s. That's why you should also follow fan made playlists from that era

[@goldenhate6649]

This is what happens when you give the world of people who have never listened to metal access to the genre for 'free'. You get weird shiznit that doesn't make sense. Plus I think we misnomering bangers with stuff thats easy to listening to. The top 5 were all easy listens. Now Vengeful one and Hail got their spots due to hype on their release, and they got played to death. Your betrayal tows the line, but theres other songs off that album I like much better.

[@clintbeastwood5116]

Attack Attack's self titled was 2010. Classic album. And ADTR not being here at all is a travesty.

[@hamm8934]

Agree to both

[@Petethenewfie25]

The reaction to hail to the king PRICELESS 😂

[@mapleranger420]

Great reaction but literally any track off Nightmare or The Stage wouldve been better than seeing Hail to the King imo.

[@adityapillai2157]

@@mapleranger420 Natural Born Killer belonged there

[@thursdayfivenine3106]

Hail to the king is better.

[@Petethenewfie25]

Nightmare, god hates us, natural born killer. All killer tracks that should have been there

[@jordyreformerassalaam8851]

@@Petethenewfie25 1000% agree man. i mean how does hail to the K is above afterlife & unholy 😂

[@Synyster3]

Interersting to see Harakiri for the sky on the list. They are a nice band from my home country Austria

[@killuazoldyck6452]

his reaction was atracious tbh I mean I can justify him not knowing HFTS but that reaction? nah thats straight up disrespect.

[@Attention80]

Please do your personal top 50 2010's that would be awesome :D

[@metalcorehardcorepost-hard3649]

most of them would probably be Deathcore or just typical Djent salat lol

[@Attention80]

@@metalcorehardcorepost-hard3649 So what? 😂

[@nikoraasu6929]

@@metalcorehardcorepost-hard3649 what? He is literally a metalcore fanboy, why would it be deathcore if it's not his main genre?

[@metalcorehardcorepost-hard3649]

@@nikoraasu6929 Well it seems he prefers Deathcore now because in his last video he literally said that "Metalcore is limited" (as if Metalcore bands didn't evolve at all) and he said that Deathcore is so much "more interesting" because of "new innovations" and "trying new things"... (as if Metalcore doesn't have any innovations either, ridiculous)... He even argued that because Deathcore is more popular on fucking TIKTOK so it must be more interesting than Metalcore... Oof cringe. Yes, it is true that Deathcore evolved and grew a lot in the recent years, especially "Progressive Deathcore" ("Shrine of Malice - Carnal Beast") which has become one of my most favorites. But then again, the same is also true for Metalcore as well (Progressive Metalcore, Melodic Metalcore, Electronicore, Symphonic Metalcore, R&B Metalcore, Nu-Metalcore, "Ambient" Metalcore).... Just because Deathcore is currently more popular on TikTopk (and it's only 1 song from LORNA SHORE) really means nothing, This app and its entire communty is total cancer to begin with. I bet Metalcore can also be popular on TikTok if it's marketed on the app (afterall music is only a matter of exposure, the more it gets exposed to the people, the more popular it will be) A perfect example is Caliban's song "Paralyzed" (Metalcore) it was very unpopular without marketing before, only a few 100k views, but then it was suddenly aired on Netflix in 2016 where millions of people saw it, and the view count of the song exploded to over 2.6 millions views instantly, because the average people fell in love with this METALCORE song and looked it up on youtube! This proves that Metalcore is just as interesting to the public as Deathcore is. Again it's only a matter what gets more exposed. If the mainstream media only played Nazi music, then the people would only listen to Nazi music... the average people don't give a fuck what it is, as long as it gets marketed and played in the media, so they can listen to it. Doesn't even matter what it is. The average people are simple as sheep, they take whatever they get. Anyway, popularity has never been a good standard to judge whether something is good or not, if that was the case to value something (like this dude is arguing) then Pop would be better than Metal, since Pop is literally the most overplayed Music in the world.... So is Pop really better than Metal? You tell me! This entire argument is complete bullshit! Metalcore is overall much more versatile and more diverse than Deathcore. There are so many more possibilities and different styles in Metalcore than there are in Deathcore. Just the clean singing alone already makes Metalcore more versatile and interesting, because you have both styles at the same time combined (screams/growling + clean emotional singing) which is much more interesting than just screaming alone (which is very abrasive and without any change, so it will get boring much quicker)

[@kelving420]

Surprised 7empest or Fear Innoculum wasn’t here, I remember people talking about how taylor swift fans were fuming about “getting beat” by “some other” band with 15 minute songs and stuff like that

[@charlesblasini2134]

Nah that album sucked

[@kelving420]

@@charlesblasini2134 first person ive ever seen saying something like that. You can think the album sucked but it did make a lot of repercussion at the time, and I thought that would be enough for sporify to put it on top 50 because of that (since I don't think the list is made by a human, is it?)

[@charlesblasini2134]

@@kelving420 it made repercussion because it sucked. I love Tool to death and i have a lot of appreciation to give to their other albums as they have been very influential to me. But Fear was a major disappointment. A bunch of drummed up hype for an album of mediocre B-side tier tracks. Something inside of me died the day that album came out.

[@kelving420]

@@charlesblasini2134 damn, that's sad to hear, but it's nice to get some insight on the negative side (i love that album but I can see why people wouldn't like it)

[@charlesblasini2134]

@@kelving420 i really wanted to like it. I love all of Maynard's work. Lateralus and Mer de Noms are in my top albums of all time. And the title track Fear Inoculum itself is quite good! It's just the rest of it doesn't do it for me. It's in the same category as Eat the Elephant for me. It's not what i wanted, it's not what anyone asked for.

[@jorge0358]

I’m not really surprised that it was mostly -Core songs, but there should have been way more songs from different subgenres then that

[@mitochondriaman4798]

Harakiri For the Sky is one of the bands that got me into metal, and I missed their concert couple months ago cause I was working. Perfect 🙃

[@ArkaeaFCL3]

l'enfant sauvage is probably my family album by Gojira. The title song is even my ringtone lol. 🤘🤘

[@Gary_a_normal_human_being]

It shows

[@Wernershnitzl]

It’s a good one, but gotta day for me The Way of All Flesh is probably my favorite album of all time, and then From Mars to Sirius and Le’nfant Sauvage are interchangeable at 2/3

[@the_Rade]

The Link

[@metallic4888]

Woaf is literally one of my top 10 albums ever. Of any genre.

[@yourfavoritetrex]

Dude Dark Skies really was such a big album for FFAK Everyone likes to claim that deathgrip was their best album but i personally think dark skies is the one that really put them on the map

[@xgormo9805]

Being their best and putting them on the map are two entirely different concepts, so you shouldn’t even try to compare.

[@yourfavoritetrex]

@@xgormo9805 who asked?

[@NASCAR_Junk]

They actually put one of The Raven Age’s songs on there. Nice

[@kylexile87]

I don’t know why everyone hates FFDP so much. That Lift Me Up song is great and the guys are just cool dudes. When I was in the Marine Corps they’d come play paintball with the Marines every time they’d come do concerts in Jacksonville near Camp Lejeune. And they also bring a ton of energy live.

[@nicosilberpfeil104]

Well, I think politically these guys are anything but "cool dudes", but hey

[@maxsmith8196]

@@nicosilberpfeil104 are they overly political at all? Aren’t they just average neo conservatives with emphasis on the troops or whatever? Nothing that offensive lol. I guess Ivan Moody did punch some people though, so i’d put that as worse

[@nicosilberpfeil104]

@@maxsmith8196 Some music video clearly showed that they are supporting conspiracy theories (don't remember which one exactly, came out in 2020 or early 2021 i believe). Also members of the band were part of the White House Attack. Whether or not that is a reason to not listen to their songs, you gotta consider yourself, but for me it definitely was a reason to stop doing so.

[@maxsmith8196]

@@nicosilberpfeil104 oh my, I had not heard of that, deary me Edit: i can’t really find much looking into it, but they might have had some criticism of mask wearing apparently? Though they’ve also publicly denied that so idrk. But yeah, probably not the brightest bunch

[@Leeroy2304]

i would consider myself a "die hard" A7X fan, and still i 100% feel that reaction to hail to the king.. HTTK just felt lack luster compared to Nightmare album.

[@CardSharky]

Yeah but try Sounding the Seventh trumpet.

[@Leeroy2304]

@@CardSharky i have a physical copy of that album. but in this vid were talking about 2010+ era, so ye.

[@kelvinzaragoza6349]

@@CardSharky talking 2010s here bud

[@toxicink72]

Hail to the King had some great songs, but the title track just got overplayed. Requiem, Heretic, Planets and Acid Rain were great tracks tho

[@Robert1211995]

@@toxicink72 agreed

[@helinayirgu6959]

After the Burial’s “Pendulum” is my favorite by far from them. That song should have been included.

[@Cowsablanca]

Trivium definitely got amazing at Shogun. In Waves was a WONDERFUL set to see live!!!

[@blairbird8022]

Jinjer - Pisces Reactions are my favourite genre of KZbin video.

[@Henrique-nt2vx]

Yes. It’s ducking amazing.

[@JustinL13]

But only if the person reacting has never heard metal in their life.

[@matthansen7935]

Just FYI this playlist is different for every Spotify user as it bases the artists on your listening patterns.

[@thegoatfromiowa8948]

My favorite 2010’s album is Nightmare A7X

[@cm9334]

The random ZG in WoW reference, lol great stuff my man

[@obijointkenobi2060]

to be fair, i think they pick not only great metal songs rated by majority of metalheads but of course the most popular metal songs from the decade. thats why hail to the king is no. 1, plus they have to include all the big bands even though their music hasn't been good since 2000s (disturbed)

[@svartkonst666]

Very surprised to see Harakiri For The Sky. One of the best post-black metal bands in my opinion. You should definitely give them a listen. I recommend their album Aokigahara.

[@brandonleisure9999]

Im surprised outlander was on there instead of cloud factory, but pisces is a no brainer. And a certified banger but we all knew that

[@thefreshquinceofficial]

I was so glad to see Volbeat in third and shocked there was only one Ghost song in the whole list

[@DeathMachineJoe]

Spotify definitely goes more by song popularity than fan favorites. I mean, I like Volbeat, but they have much better stuff in the 2010s than just Devil’s Bleeding Crown. Same with Avenged Sevenfold. I understand that Hail to the King (the song) is one of their biggest hits, but anything off of Nightmare or The Stage would’ve been a better pick. Hell, even Shepherd of Fire off of the Hail to the King album would’ve been a much better pick. I know core kids (most of Nik’s fanbase) aren’t really into Ghost, but it definitely wouldn’t make sense to not include them. Again, I get that Square Hammer is their biggest song, but Cirice would’ve faired much better. I mean, they won a Grammy for that song, so it makes perfect sense.

[@jweezy15able]

That top 10 was a kick in the balls. Shame on people for not streaming Nightmare more......and whoever kept volbeat in the top 10.

[@Itsbruhhhh]

Trivium, bullet for my valentine, breaking Benjamin, KSE, Five finger death punch. And one singular Crossfade album, We’re with me then, and still with me now every time I drive

[@FranciscoJavierRueda]

Arson from Harakiri for the Sky is a very good album. And the band is the band that is different from all the others in that list. Almost all the list is metalcore.

[@MartinezMKD1]

I can't believe I disliked Doomsday when it came out. I was sort of new into Architects, went bananas over AOGHAU and was excited to see a new song come out, and I thought it was weak. It's now in my top 10 songs of all time, of all of music and basically the first song I think of when I think of Architects.

[@oceangilboa-way4163]

Tbh holy hell is my favourite architects album, they can do no wrong in my head

[@TheBanana93]

It was the first album written without Tom but he had half written the songs already so they were still bangers a mix of both.... everything since Doomsday has just been.... meh. Doesn't hit the same. HOWEVER I am glad they are getting their message out to more people.

[@oceangilboa-way4163]

@@TheBanana93 it's fair enough that you don't like the new stuff, in my opinion it's good but not my favourite. But, I mean, it's their band and they decide what happens in their music. No one else.

[@Eledusk16]

The fact that Deutschland isn't even in the whole damn playlist should be considered a war crime

[@thursdayfivenine3106]

That's electronic music

[@oneblacksun]

@@thursdayfivenine3106 It's not. What, every metal band with a keyboardist is considered electronic now?

[@harperroy5687]

@@oneblacksun no, but deutchland sounds like Dance With the Dead

[@oneblacksun]

@@harperroy5687 So?

[@DigitalBath306]

cause its mid af

[@GS-el8ll]

this list is suprisingly goated for mainstream stuff, even stuff i kinda forgot about

[@TheJj45308]

I don't listen to any genre specifically but just started watching some of your vides. Pretty entertaining. Fun fact, my mom graduated with the drummer from Miss May I and the highschool still has some of their posters in the office and councilors offices.

[@thedaily9373]

I’m just glad that silvera made it top 10. Definitely my favorite gojira song

[@BBRBGR]

How can Nick casually suggest KSE haven't released a recent banger? Signal Fire!

[@jamesrea8314]

As someone who grew up loving A7X I have to say hail to the king that entire album is some of the most overplayed least satisfying avenged ever. Afterlife, anything city of evil and back was great but please stop playing their attempt at a hard rock filler album feel bs 🤣

[@guintar6661]

Totally agree. A7X got me into metal, but Hail to the King is their worst album

[@andralea2144]

For real. Nightmare is literally right there. It came first. Hell even The Stage is better with the prog metal elements, The Stage is actually what got me into them. Hail to the King just kind of feels like all the same. Like have you listened to a FFDP compilation and skipped from one song to the next and they literally have the same riff? HTTK has that vibe.

[@vantablackmamba9232]

I absolutely love every album they have put out, including Hail to the King, but I do agree. Everytime i go to their spotify page and see HtTK, Im like how the fuck?

[@jamesrea8314]

@@vantablackmamba9232 I 100% agree if hail to the King or anything from that album comes on I know it I sing it I appreciate it to an extent but if I was stuck on an island and can only hear one CD of music for the rest of my life and I chose avenged sevenfold it would be city of evil it just has such a different creative sound that the stage counter brought back just doing weird s***.

[@jamesrea8314]

@@andralea2144 it's funny you say that because I'm x Navy and when I was stationed in Japan I got to see five finger death Punch live they put on a great show but you're not wrong as I've learned more and more of their music I love it it's great to work out to but you could put on 10 songs that have the same double bass hit and the same driving beat lol

[@rogueparadox5447]

I like how every A7X fan agrees putting Hail to the King above nightmare IN ANY POSITIVE CONTEXT is pure sacrilege

[@luisangel538]

lowkey sad no Asking Alexandria, the devil wears prada, the amity affliction, blessthefall from the early 10's - 2014

[@jayd3music]

I'm so fucking surprised they didnt have Not The American Average on this list

[@matvejkap]

@@jayd3music NTAA was released in 2009. They should've put Closure or Run Free

[@luisangel538]

exaxtly man. id go with closure honestly. & i just remembered. Not one song from We Came As Romans like To Plant A Seed

[@mynameislove1704]

God damn it their album Reckless & Relentless was a banger back in the day, no skip until the end🔥🤘

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Tbh the 2010’s had too many good songs that it’d be impossible to fairly choose, but this list is just completely off man. It’s like Spotify put a bunch of random songs on a board and played darts, and whichever one they’d hit, they’d put on the list.

[@airwaIks]

I never knew you were such a metalhead :)

[@BlackiJ11]

@@airwaIks By "you" you mean 1 of the dozen ppl that run the account right?

[@Jens_Roadster]

Not you again. 😡

[@foxinsocks4693]

@@BlackiJ11 I’m happy with one of them being a metalhead

[@BlackiJ11]

@@foxinsocks4693 Yes, absolutely xd

[@zesozemesmo7444]

Wait a minute. No POWER Metal? Really? Are you saying to me that the last decade didn't have a single POWER Metal banger?

[@nanangadiw]

People are crazy bro. Power metal is legit metal legend. But people, I can't even see some on the list as a metal band

[@harperroy5687]

Example?

[@V2ULTRAKill]

@@harperroy5687 unleash the archers: Tonight We Ride, Awakening, Apex, The Matriarch Sabaton: Carolus Rex, Got Mitt Uns, To Hell and Back, Night Witches Pentakill: Lightbringer Beast in Black: Blood of a Lion, Berzerker, Blind and Frozen, Zodd the Immortal, Die by the Blade, From Hell With Love Powerwolf: Die Die Crucified, Sanctified With Dynamite, Murder at Midnight, Night of the Werewolves

[@Euronymous3721]

Power metal sucks thats why :x

[@killuazoldyck6452]

@@V2ULTRAKill excuse me but am I blind or I just cant see blind guardian there? HERETIC! (I mean 10s wasnt the best for BG but come tf on bg is bg

[@MisterBolticus]

The collective eyeroll when we hit number 1, The stage came out in 2016 and Nightmare actually dropped in 2010, get it together algibrithm

[@christopherwatkins66]

I never heard of BMTH until just a few years ago. I didn't know they used to be a metal band.

[@Twoblocksdown-1]

They still kinda. Nu metal/alt metal/alt rock

[@kodyepidemic]

Welcome to the cult

[@foop2954]

I mean their most recent EP was definitely metal

[@mynameislove1704]

They used to be a deathcore bands back in the day

[@christinas9676]

5:50 6:35 What’s bad about fiver finger death punch and what’s bad about Volbeat.

[@BerserkEnjoyer636]

Idk I love volbeat.

[@mashrafi157]

Too much core in this list. Deftones - Rosemary Asking Alexandria - Not the American Average Any Meshuggah, Amon Amarth or Fear Factory. Rammstein - Deutchland Sabaton - Carolus Rex Judas Priest - Lightning Strike Alter Bridge - Fortress There is so much more but here what I think should make the list

[@nowhereweareagain]

I enjoy Nik's channel in part becuase stuff like this reminds that as much I thought I was a core kid in the early 2010's, I was not at all a real core kid.

[@OpticHamster69]

You'd think it would be Shepard of Fire cause of everyone streaming the shit out of it because of CoD Zombies Origins intro, but it's pretty insulting that's not Nightmare

[@brunopragosa9308]

You need to listen to Harakiri for the Sky!! Maere and III: Trauma are my favourites albuns from them

[@octi3291]

harakiri for the sky is post black metal, like Alcest, Deafhaven & Lantlos

[@Raijin-RyuX24]

Alcest has a lot of shoegaze elements too. But they are so good.

[@mynameislove1704]

Kind of like the mix of post black,atmospheric, dsbm,etc

[@brennangulka9793]

Yeah nightmare should have been on there and tbh megadeths album since it won the fucking Grammy

[@demirie385]

Someone in chat said “Hardwired?” And I felt that lol

[@EligosIV]

P2, A Voice Within (Intervals), and Elite (Within the Ruins) helped me through my first semester lmao

[@mueesli4745]

I missed Dragonforce and Arch Enemy for example. Pretty sure 2020s version of this playlist will feature songs of Electric Callboy 😅

[@Umakiang]

Nik consciously avoiding anything with Machine Head's "Is there anybody out there" killed me LMAO

[@Deadfistx12]

I've clicked on it like 3 times nows and it shuffles new stuff in there so don't take the #1 to heart mine right now is showing Ghost- Mary on a cross.

[@jackasmaracas4362]

Magma is such a quality album.

[@Ketamaniac199]

Thank you for this Nik it changed my life

[@victorthemusicman7243]

Nice pfp

[@FlabbyPigLegs]

Pretty funny how Nik is talking about all these bands and I didn’t know like half of em until he got to Harakiri for the Sky

[@ShadowSlayerSD5]

When you got to five finger death punch I was like how dare you when you made that face lol

[@pligman1]

I love your face when the FFDP song came up! Lol

[@adoramay9410]

I love Square Hammer, but if you are only going to have one Ghost song on your list, it better be Cirice.

[@TheRealJoeNathan]

I was not expecting Harakiri for the Sky. Fire Walk with Me is my favorite song from them. I'm pretty sure they're Depressive Suicidal Black Metal, but I just found out some people are calling them post-black metal as well. Also at 3:08, P2 was 2012, why'd you correct yourself? You were right the first time, lol.

[@svartkonst666]

Well, they're overlapping between post-black and depressive black. Both suit them well. Very good band either way.

[@apfelmistnutte]

You have to listen to Harakiri For The Sky. It's absolute magic.

[@joerivandevyver7868]

This is the first time I see a Spotify playlist you "review" where the picks aren't a shame but actually decent picks.

[@Spacenugget9]

Funny you say Low is "the architects song" when Shadows Inside is almost exactly the same riff as In Due Time (which copied an Arch Enemy riff if I remember correctly). Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and all that.

[@randomuser3209]

I FINALLY found a band that I know but Nik didn't! :D Harakiri For The Sky is an Austrian Black Metal Band, pretty well known over here (as far as BM past Norway in the 90s can go, lol)

[@Danlikescheesteaks]

Disturbed’s one definitely should’ve been Asylum, but The Vengeful One did slap

[@ThatRedHusky]

Didn't even see a single Fear Inoculum song on there, what even is this list. Like every single song on that album has over 20M views/plays. Pneuma has freaking 64 MILLION. Ain't no way it's getting beaten out by freaking 5FDP.

[@nosequeponergaming]

deutschland by rammstein has 460M and isn't here

[@stig0]

After 10 years of fanboying..finally going to see Slipknot live tomorrow and Jinjer is the warm up band..dreams do come true

[@eddiegloria9671]

It's crazy that The Human Abstract's Digital Veil didn't get enough attention. One of the most underrated albums of all time.

[@antonio46n24]

Anything from Fear Inoculum? Whole this album is such a banger

[@somekid7]

No hate towards -core genres but I'd like to see an extreme metal playlist (death metal, black metal, doom, thrash) Mgła's Exercises In Futility IV would definitely be top 3

[@svartkonst666]

Agreed. I'm surprised not even Deafheaven was not there, I mean, there was Harakiri and I thought Deafheaven was quite big with Sunbather.

[@mr_dave]

I like that now this top is different, like completely, even top-3 is different

[@94pierffurlan]

Harakiri For The Sky is a fucking good austrian post-black metal band, should take a listen to them

[@Repeaterbeater]

I call it "Elephant Sausage" 0:53

[@GalaxyBrainGamer]

I felt that pain too when they picked Hail to the King, Save Me and Exist are A7X's best 2010 songs

[@GaffAttack09]

Its a damn shame there isn't any ADTR on here. Also where is the Signal Fire by Killswitch. That song was pure fire.

[@rangafromtonga6975]

bro i was a lil kid during most of these bangers, thanks for bringing them all back

[@implayingsomebass4753]

I thought we were going to hear some Ten After Two based on the thumbnail... That album is a good, there are some crazy heavy moments on that one.

[@crazyrice82513]

Hail to the king from A7X has grown on me but I will agree that it needed to be something from Nightmare. Shocked it wasn't BMTH also.

[@alexandervelichko249]

REALLY enjoyed this video

[@ximioo1340]

So glad to start morning with listening to my favorite youtuber (and some metal but I mean)

[@YaBoyJRock42069]

The 2010s for me was hella Within The Ruins, After The Burial (so much ATB), The Ghost Inside and Stick To Your Guns. Also Born Of Osiris - The Discovery for like 3 years straight 😆

[@parkersmith9821]

Aw dude my favorite album from my favorite band. The amananensisis. I mean the amaniensissor. I mean the amalgamation. I mean the-

[@mrseaweed88]

I haven't seen the number 1 spot yet but I'm guessing its hail to the king or can you feel my heart

[@christrypticon]

Not surprised to see Jinjer on the list, let alone Pisces, but Outlander as well? Don’t get me wrong I love that song, (Cloud Factory as a whole really. Easily my favorite band as well) just would’ve thought something off Micro or King of Everything would be on their instead. Pretty cool to see regardless. Didn’t know Outlander was that popular.

[@zokora3656]

Really you like cloud factory that much? it aint bad but in terms of lyrics its barely decent i wont lie. everything that came afterwards was a banger tho

[@christrypticon]

@@zokora3656 Well I'm extremely biased. I genuinely don't think they've released a single bad song, but I'm probably one of the few who think that. Cloud definitely isn't my favorite, (maybe least favorite right after Inhale, not sure) but I still love it for what it is. Again, super biased opinion I know lol but there ya go.

[@zokora3656]

@@christrypticon oh I don't either think they have an actual bad song (maybe "A plus and a minus" just my least liked song from them) I'm just saying cloud factory compared to the rest they put out is barely decent Edit: tbh tho they grew with each album

[@paranoidrodent]

Yeah, I'd have expected Teacher, Teacher (Micro) or I Speak Astronomy (King of Everything) rather than Outlander. Home Back (Macro) perhaps?

[@rileykinsey1287]

Honestly though, those top 3 are what Segwayed me into bands like (Old) Parkway Drive and BFMV. so, even though they definitely should not be there. I can't complain as I owe a lot to those three songs and those three bands

[@Euank]

I’m surprised happy song and can you feel my heart weren’t in there

[@gemcitysnowoppfreeirishmob9777]

Sorry the reaction on your face when you seen Hail to the King was priceless