What's In Ray's Head? - THE BEST OF 2014...SO FAR

Here's a quick list of 2014 albums 

blowin me the fuck away now!  

 

What's in Ray's Head? Part 2

This week we return to drop the hammer on your heads with part 2 of What's in Ray's Head, the playlists. That's right, we pick the brain of a major metal head and pull from his list some of the best classic and current albums around. But first let's learn about Ray with our new bio feature. Every week we'll highlight one of our contributors from the past and present to tell us about their Metal history.

Name: 

Ray Vakalis

Age?

 31

When did you start listening to Heavy Metal?

I started listening to metal when i was around 14 or 15.

First Metal Album, CD or Cassette?
My first metal cassette was Megadeth, Rust In Peace. 

First show?

God i cant remember what my first show was. I have been to a lot. I guess going to 2pi, seeing bands like As The Sun Sets, Indifference, and Anoxia was the beginning of getting into under the radar metal bands.

Form your ultimate metal band with musicians living or deceased?

Hellhammer on drums, Jimi Hendrix on guitar, Cliff Burton on bass, Jon Lord on the hammond, Peter Steele on vocals.

The name of that ultimate metal band and genre?

The genre would be considered Heavy Psychedelic Black Doom!

Favorite Horror Movie?

The Killer Clowns From Outerspace.

Favorite Alcoholic Beverage?

How bout a nice cold Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.

What's in Ray's Head Playlist - Part 2

Doomsday Cauldron - Darkness Is Falling Cant You See
Falkenbach - Asa
Tuatha De Danann - Tingaralatingadun
Menhir - Thuringia

Marty Friedman - Inferno Trepalium
Sympathy - Arcane Path
Thorns, Virus - Carheart
Ved Buenes Ende - Written In Waters 

Age Of Silence - Acceleration 
Vintersorg - The Focusing Blur 
Borknager - Archaic Course
Vuvr - Pilgrimage 

Satyricon - Volcano
Tyr - How Far To Asgaard, 
Morbus Chron - Sleepers In The Rift

What's in Ray's Head? Part 1

 

What's in Ray's Head? Metal!

This week we take a look at what Ray's been listening to and what you should be too. Delve into the brutality and beef up your own collection with a mix of new and old classics straight from the brain of a diehard who's consistently on point. Turn it up loud and give your neighbors another reason to hate ya…hahahahaha

(Listed below is just part 1 of What's in Ray's Head? recent picks ... next week we'll hit ya with part 2)

Bal Sagoth - Black Moon Broods Over Lemuria (Symphonic Black Metal)
Beltane - Expressionists (Black Metal)
Svafnir - The Heathen Chapters (Pagan Metal)
Syg:Ar:Tyr - Beyond The North Winds (Pagan Metal)
Slough Feg - Digital Resistance (Heavy Metal)
Taunusheim - Nebelkampfe (Viking Metal)
Frostmoon - Tordenkrig ("Frost"/Viking Metal)
Negura Bunget - Virstele Pamintului (Black Metal (early), Progressive/Folk/Atmospheric Black Metal)
Tormentor - Anno Domini (Black Metal (early), Experimental Rock (later))
Mayhem - Esoteric Warfare (Norwegian black metal)
Enslaved - Mardraum (Norwegian Progressive Black Metal)
Einherjer - Blot(Norwegian Black/Viking Metal)
Absu - Abzu (American Black Metal)
Tartaros - The Grand Psychotic Castle (Norwegian symphonic black metal)
Creeping - Funeral Crawl (Doom/Black Metal)
Darkthrone - Darkthrones And Black Flags (Death Metal (early), Black Metal (mid), Punk/Black/Heavy Metal (later))
Death - Leprosy (Death Metal (early), Death/Progressive Metal (later))Dodheimsgard - 666 International (Black Metal (early), Avant-garde/Black/Industrial Metal (later))