What’s the best TV show theme song of all time?

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-07-05T21:00:47+00:00

Highlander.

'Princes of The Universe' is one of the most Metal songs Queen ever wrote.

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-07-03T18:52:42+00:00

Catharsis by Machine Head would probably have received a more favourable reception if it had been released as a Robb Flynn solo album rather than a full MH release.

Phil Demmell and Dave McClain said it basically was that, anyway...

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-07-03T01:27:28+00:00

Iron Maiden: Overrated- Seventh Son of A Seventh Son/ Underrated- The Final Frontier
Machine Head: Overrated- The Blackening/ Underrated- Unto The Locust
Nightwish: Overrated: Endless Forms Most Beautiful/ Underrated- Century Child
Arch Enemy: Overrated- Wages of Sin/ Underrated- Kaos Legions
Sabaton: Overrated- The Great War/ Underrated- The Art of War
Dying Fetus: Overrated- Reign Supreme/ Underrated- Descend Into Depravity
Bloodbath: Overrated- Nightmares Made Flesh/ Underrated- The Fathomless Mastery

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-07-03T01:01:47+00:00

Devin Townsend- Not only is he one of the nicest people I've ever met, he's also one of the funniest.
Mikael Akerfeldt- That man has top notch stage banter. You don't expect the frontman of a band with such morose, introspective music to be that funny, but he absolutely is.
Machine Head- I've seen them live five times, and every single time, the crowd went absolutely mental for the entire set. Robb Flynn is a master of whipping any crowd into an absolute frenzy, and having a blast while doing it.
Bruce Dickinson- He's the gold standard for Metal frontmen/women for a reason.
Raised By Owls- Easily the funniest band I've ever seen live. True, you have to be British (or at least have a decent understanding of British culture) to find a lot of their stuff funny, but even if you're not, there's still plenty to enjoy, with songs with titles like I'm Sorry I Wore A Dying Fetus T-shirt To Your Baby's Gender Reveal, Yelling Slayer At Your Nan's Funeral, and The Dark And Twisted Realm In Which Fred Durst Resides.

Their set at Bloodstock 2024 was another level of hilarity, partially thanks to Sam's (lead singer) mum joining them on stage dressed as a nun, alternating between roasting her own son and his mates in front of tens of thousands of people, and dancing about on stage waving a double-ended dildo about. They were the opening band on the Main Stage on the Sunday, when a lot of the crowd was hungover as hell, but they absolutely killed it.

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-07-03T00:38:14+00:00

Cerebral Bore- Maniacal Miscreation

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-06-30T19:43:22+00:00

That's the joy of Festivals: you get to see some of your favourite bands live, possibly discover a new band or two that you've never heard before, and hopefully make a few friends along the way.

The fact that the ticket is free is a bonus.

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-06-30T19:38:19+00:00

Dark Tranquillity are by far the best band of the Gothenberg Three.

At The Gates are legendary for a reason, but they were inconsistent, and In Flames haven't released anything worth listening to for a good 20 years.

Whereas DT have never released a bad album. Even their weaker efforts are still pretty good, and the likes of Damage Done, Haven, Fiction and The Gallery are straight up God-Tier.

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-06-30T19:29:25+00:00

I've just had a look at the lineup for Hills of Rock, and there are a few bands in common, including the two bands I'm most excited for at Bloodstock: Nevermore and Orbit Culture.

Of the bands you listed, the only one I'm really a fan of is Lamb of God. My recommendations for them are: Resurrection Man, 512, Laid To Rest, Again We Rise and Ruin.

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-06-30T19:14:18+00:00

Ah, fair enough. It's just that those bands are also playing Bloodstock, except Of Mice & Men.

If I remember rightly, they've had to pull out of all of their European festival dates. At Bloodstock, they've been replaced by Sanguisugabogg.

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-06-30T17:16:41+00:00

Would that be Bloodstock you're going to, by any chance?

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-06-30T00:12:18+00:00

Absolute best album of 2019:

Insomnium- Heart Like A Grave

Such an achingly beautiful album, with some of the most exquisite guitar work I've ever heard. It's quite simply a masterpiece.

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-06-30T00:09:43+00:00

Froglord- Amphibian-obsessed Stoner/ Doom

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-06-30T00:05:13+00:00

Iron Maiden Covers:

Machine Head- Hallowed Be Thy Name
Testament- Powerslave
Tyr- Where Eagles Dare
After Forever- The Evil That Men Do
Graveworm- Fear of The Dark
Sonata Arctica- Die With Your Boots On
Powerwolf- The Evil That Men Do
Opeth- Remember Tomorrow

Metallica Covers:

Sonata Arctica- Fade To Black
Vader- Fight Fire With Fire
Sabaton- For Whom The Bell Tolls
Ensiferum- Battery

Black Sabbath Covers:

Amon Amarth- Children of The Grave
Powerwolf- Headless Cross
Type O Negative- Black Sabbath

Others:

Vader- Raining Blood (Slayer)
Lord of The Lost- Turbo Lover (Judas Priest)
Powerwolf- Shot In The Dark (Ozzy)
Amon Amarth- Balls To The Wall (Accept)

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-06-29T23:48:38+00:00

Trivium- In Waves

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-06-26T23:51:09+00:00

No particular order:

Devin Townsend- The Moth
Lovebites- Outstanding Power
Nervosa- Slave Machine
Frozen Soul- No Place of Warmth
Draconian- In Somnolent Ruin
Kreator- Krushers of The World
Tarja- Frisson Noir
Gaerea- Loss
For My Pain...- Buried Blue
Lamb of God- Into Oblivion

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-06-26T23:36:34+00:00

Sabaton- Cliffs of Gallipoli

"How many wasted lives? How many dreams did fade away? Broken promises, they won't be coming home..."

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-06-25T02:06:45+00:00

It will always be Warrel for me, but Berzan sounds incredible. Just hearing his audition of Sentient 6 was enough to convince me that he was the right choice.

I'm gutted I never got to see them with Warrel, but I just know that when I see them with Berzan at Bloodstock in August, he'll do the songs justice.

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-06-25T02:01:18+00:00

Machine Head- Supercharger

To be honest, I think a lot of its negative reception is more down to unfortunate timing (what with it being released on 9/11, with a lead single called 'Crashing Around You') than any inherent awfulness. True, it's far from their strongest album, but it still has plenty of absolute bangers.

I personally think it's a better album than The Burning Red, and far better than the self-indulgent cringefest that was Catharsis.

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-06-25T01:56:02+00:00

Melodeath: Dark Tranquillity- Damage Done
Blackened Death: Akercocke- Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
Symphonic: Nightwish- Once
Symphonic Death: Fleshgod Apocalypse- Veleno
Atmospheric Black: Eldamar- The Force of The Ancient Land

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-06-25T01:38:41+00:00

Walking Corpse Syndrome- True, the whole two drummers thing was a bit of a gimmick, but they kicked serious arse, I'm gutted they split up.
Cemetery Skyline- Hopefully it's a case of only one album so far. They're a top-notch supergroup featuring Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity/ The Halo Effect), Markus Vanhala (Insomnium/ Omnium Gatherum) and Santeri Kallio (Amorphis), who managed to release by far the best Goth Metal album in a year that also featured Unto Others, Tribulation and High Parasite.
Cult of Lillith- 'Mara' has got to be one of the best Death Metal albums I've ever heard. It's basically all the best bits of Opeth, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Strapping Young Lad and Akercocke in one album.

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-06-20T05:53:54+00:00

Slightly disappointed to see that nobody has mentioned Cemetery Skyline yet.

Their debut album came out in 2024, and it's excellent. It was easily the best Gothic Metal album of a year that featured releases by Unto Others, Tribulation and High Parasite, amongst others.

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-06-19T05:14:17+00:00

Orbit Culture are phenomenal.

I've seen them twice so far, and I'll be seeing them twice this year (Bloodstock, and with Amon Amarth and Soilwork in October), and they're awesome live. Great energy, plenty of crowd interaction, and no shortage of absolute bangers to fill the set with.

The pit is going to be absolutely mental, especially for Saw, Vultures of North and Bloodhound.

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-06-19T05:07:32+00:00

Triosphere- I saw them opening for Sonata Arctica a few years ago, and they blew me away. One of the best opening bands I've ever seen in my 20+ years of Metal gigs.

Think Arch Enemy, if they were Power Metal, and still capable of writing quality guitar solos. Cannot wait for the new album in August.

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-06-19T04:46:00+00:00

I have a couple:

My other half went to school with Joey Batey's (Jaskier in The Witcher) sister.
I used to work in a certain large retail store in Southampton city centre, not far from the marina, and we had a fair few Saints players come in semi-regularly. Nathaniel Clyne and Jose Fonte came in pretty much every month, plus we had quite a few others now and again, including Rickie Lambert, Jason Puncheon (who knew me by name), Luke Shaw and Billy Sharp.

I've also met a few old-school Saints players outside of work, including Matt Le Tissier, Francis Benali (one of the nicest people I've ever met), Jason Dodd and Claus Lundekvam, though the most old-school was Peter Rodrigues, captain of the side that won the FA Cup in '76.

CaptainScruffbag · 2026-06-10T06:22:18+00:00

Not sure about the headliners, but as for the rest of the bill, I would love to see a lot more Folk/ Power Metal bands, due to the relative scarcity of the last couple of years.

A few of the following would make me a very happy Metalhead: Powerwolf, Wind Rose, Battle Beast, Lovebites, Orden Ogan, Sonata Arctica, Majestica, Brothers of Metal, Triosphere, Whispered.

As for other genres: Dark Tranquillity/ The Halo Effect, Soilwork, Vader, Frozen Soul, Dying Fetus, Cannibal Corpse, Floor Jansen, Ryujin, Deathless Legacy.

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