The Music You Should Listen To

[DrVonstool]

This topic is to get it all out. Post your favorite song to listen to while killing the dead. Provide setlists, recommendations, and other various artifacts that would make our experience with the dead more than the gun. 

 

Updated list with more artists:

 

Anthrax:

- Deathrider - Metal Thrashing Mad - A.I.R. - Medusa - Among the Living - Caught in a Mosh - I Am the Law - Skeleton in the Closet - Imitation of Life - Schism - Fight 'Em Til You Can't - Earth On Hell - Judas Priest -

 

Iron Maiden:

- Be Quick or Be Dead - Where Eagles Dare - Aces High - Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Moonchild - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Only the Good Die Young - Transylvania -

 

Judas Priest:

- Judas Rising - Demonizer - Hellrider - Freewheel Burning - Painkiller - Hell Patrol - All Guns Blazing - Leather Rebel - Metal Meltdown - Between the Hammer & the Anvil - Battle Hymn/One Shot at Glory - Metalizer -

Let us Pray/Call for the Priest - Dissident Aggressor - Exciter - Sinner - Starbreaker - Dreamer Deceiver - Riding on the Wind - Screaming for Vengeance - Devil's Child - Ram it down - Hard as Iron - Dragonaut - Halls of Valhalla - Sword of Damocles - Secrets of the Dead - Battle Cry - 

 

Megadeth*:

- Wake Up Dead - The Conjuring - Devil's Island - Good Mourning/Black Friday - Bad Omen - My Last Words - Last Rites/Loved to Death - Killing is my Business... And Business is Good! - The Skull Beneath the Skin - Rattlehead - Looking Down the Cross - These Boots - Take No Prisoners - Five Magics - Poison Was the Cure - Tornado of Souls - Rust in Peace... Polaris - Hook in Mouth - Blackmail the Universe - Kick the Chair - Sleepwalker - This Day We Fight! - Headcrusher - 

 

Death:

- Crystal Mountain - 1,000 Eyes - Zombie Ritual - Evil Dead - Scavenger of Human Sorrow - The Flesh and The Power it Holds - To Forgive is To Suffer - 

 

D.R.I.:

- Thrash Hard - Enemy Within - Suit and Tie Guy - 

 

Austrian Death Machine**:

- You Have Just Been Erased - If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It - I Need Your Clothes, Your Boots, and Your Motorcycle - See You at the Party, Richter - Come On, Do It, Do It, Come On, Come On, Kill Me, Do It Now - I'll Be Back - It's Turbo Time - 

 

Running Wild:

- Soldiers of Fortune - Victim of States Power - 

 

Motorhead:

- Heartbreaker - Coup de Grace - End of Time - Death Machine - Overkill - See Me Burning - Wake the Dead - 

 

Slayer:

- War Ensemble - Seasons in the Abyss - Dissident Aggressor -  

 

Sabaton:

- Night Witches - The Lion from the North - The Carolean's Prayer - Ruina Imperii - Coat of Arms - Midway - White Death - Metal Ripper - Thundergods - Hellrider - Metalizer - Burn Your Crosses - Thunderstorm - Dream Destroyer - Sun Tzu Says/Ghost Division - The Art of War - Firestorm - Reign of Terror - Panzer Battalion - Counterstrike - Stalingrad - Into the Fire - Metal Machine - 

 

This set list should be enough for a solid 50 round game on exo zombies. Maybe even longer if you find yourself still playing. 

 

*All the Megadeth songs must be heard from the original record. The remastered versions have been destroyed by the born-again christian Dave Mustaine. All that cool satanic stuff has pretty much been edited from history.

 

**Austrian Death Machine is more of a comedy band based off the quotes of Arnold Schwarzenegger. The lyrics are not to be payed too much attention to or else your gameplay experience may become more funny than Brutal. I only recommend Austrian Death Machine to well trained veterans.

Edited February 12, 2015 by DrVonstool

[Chopper]

That list of band names in the OP truly and utterley disturbs me. Most of th he songs too.

Glorification of death is just too cool for me.

[BennetsGreen]

i think all the death/thrash/hardcore metal they put in the maps is all pretty lame... in my opinion the best song is on motd, sound garden song rusty cage covered by johnny cash. i like the way it suited the map and time era.. thats what id like to see, a variety of music suiting each map. maybe some queens of the stone age, maybe some good punk bands.... i dunno i just want to see them change it up

[DrVonstool]

I feel the emotion in that what I'm sensing is a musical composition that fits the mood, not just the shattering of the undead. Songs like Sign of the Southern Cross by Black Sabbath or even as simple as When the Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin. However, I contest that punk rock should be ousted from any type of involvement. I say this because punk rock is what I like to call "Watered down metal". Please, take offense. I also contest the emotion style songs becoming more frequent in the music, I'm not contesting the music just the involvement in zombies. It's one thing to apply the music to the story and the lyrics to the story but it's another when slow music is attempting to compliment thousands of undead flowing in like water. It's eerie, it's theatrical, but it's not the mood. When the water is flowing and you don't have paddles, you would want Judas Priest on your side motivating you to keep fighting. 

 

My conclusion brings about two things, the first of which involves your opinion and the second involves mine. First I do think a variety of music would help the zombie scene. That's why I advocate classical compositions over modern day music, that is if the proper piece is being played to compliment the chaos. However, to say that punk rock deserves a place in zombies is to say that Coldplay should play at the Big Four of Thrash. Second, I think metal, hardcore metal, thrash metal, speed metal, heavy metal, death metal, fantasy metal, gay metal, bent metal, straight metal, hard metal, shiny metal, cold metal, hot metal, whatever the fuck you call it, it has earned its place in zombies as the tone setter and the chaos creator. I would've assumed that we all have great memories of slaughtering many zombies to Beauty of Annihilation and 115 from the Moon map. The point is, metal has its place. That's that. I'm glad you like punk rock, I'm glad you think Black Sabbath's Fluff would make a good Zombie tune, let's keep it as opinions and nobody has to get hurt. Especially me, because handing out idle threats is not a means of danger.

 

To keep it on track, you are supposed to post your songs of choice, not judge the playlist provided in the OP. Again, above everything I have just said and all the hate towards everyone and their opinion, you are supposed to post your songs not judge mine.

[Chopper]

My comment was a little lazy I suppose, but it's exactly as I felt when I read the list.

 

What I would like in zombies is similar to what Bennets said.  Some punkier stuff, make each map sound unique.  Even stuff like Arctic Monkeys. Kaiser Chiefs, Oasis - could all be awesome in zombies.

Some orchestral rock would work.

 

Please no more death or trash metal, whatever it's called.  That noise.

[BennetsGreen]

i don't know who you are or what your knowledge of music is vonstool, but i have studied everything from punk through to jazz... punk rock has influenced everyone from lemmy, to flea, to jack white. watered down metal my ass..... thats the reason why metal bands are so sad... they think they are better than everyone else... when all it is a double kick, dropped tuned guitar and a dude screaming about being butt hurt... look into the history of punk and you will see they do more with less, and make something from nothing.

[DrVonstool]

@BennetsGreen I'm going to PM you and we will have a long discussion about this separate topic which is completely unrelated to this forum topic.

 

@Chopper You seem to have failed. I'm sorry. You didn't understand the original post. It was a suggestion/example playlist for those who enjoy metal with their zombies. If you don't enjoy metal then post your own playlist and keep your bullshit to yourself. You know what, though? I also failed. I failed to see that I clearly focused too heavily on my anger towards both of your comments to really get you to understand that this Posting Purpose is to spread around music for all to hear. To be an outgoing person is to list the music then maybe go into detail about why you chose the music and why you think it fits. That should clear the TranZit fog. <-- Not confirmed

[Undead]

If it's too loud, you're too old, @Chopper

 

I've got a playlist burned on to my Xbox for every map and the music choices progress in intensity as the rounds do and really adds to the effect and feeling of the intensity that starts to pile on while playing Zombies. A lot of it is actually just soundtrack stuff from other games/movies that really fit the environment of the map. For example, I start off my Moon playlist with a couple tracks from the Dead Space soundtrack. And my SNN playlist starts with  this sort of eerie Asian music haha. Then to finish it all off, each playlist ends with the maps actual EE song.

 

If I can dig one up, I'd be happy to share.

 

EDIT: 

 

I'm not sure how you guys do it, but I just create a playlist via iTunes, then burn the playlist on to a blank disc and rip it onto my Xbox. Here's my SNN playlist. If you decide to give it a go, let me know how it worked for you!

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdpzv-M-uUw

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chwADnoFDng

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt-cUWUrpEE

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFpQSkyGHmI

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkM3jc_SbSI

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqCQnTXa3FI

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM1zAVXKdXg

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB4m8J482Zw

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwRl59m0gos

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAEhUkY-1W8

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5HcE0pJve0

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFEZuQYOoj0