Mammal’s 21-Year Hit Parade: 2012, #3 – #1

A couple of the songs that top my list for 2013 are rather long. They’re worth it, says Dark Metal Cat. Aeon Zen’s song is my ideal of what a prog metal song should be. Of course it leans strongly towards the prog quarter. The Wintersun song embodies just about everything I love about harder melodic metal. It’s one of the best songs I’ve heard in the last 64 years, 9 months and 5 days.

The shorter number by Diablo Swing Orchestra is so… out there… that it sets the bar for many types of experimental metal.

 

2012, #3: Aeon Zen – Turned To Ash

Album: Enigma
Country: UK
Genre: Progressive Metal

 

2012, #2: Diablo Swing Orchestra – Exit Strategy Of A Wrecking Ball

Album: Pandora’s Piñata
Country: Sweden
Genre: Experimental Metal

 

2012, #1: Wintersun – Sons Of Winter And Stars

Album: Time I
Country: Finland
Genre: Melodic Death Metal