Sonata Arctica – “It Won’t Fade”
From the album: Unia

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Why this song doesn’t suck:
Unbeknown to me, Sonata Arctica’s album Unia holds some kind of strange psychic hold on the part of my brain that enjoys music. I’ve listened to this album dozens upon dozens of times, and for some strange reason, I never manage to grow sick of it. From the album-opener “Black & White” to the closing track and everything in between, I find Sonata’s style of heavy power metal to some of the best the genre has to offer.

Mors Principium Est – “The Glass Womb”
From the album: The Unborn

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Why this song most certainly doesn’t suck:

I sometime find my favorite track on an album is somewhat of a mystery, even to myself. The majority of Mors Principium Est’s 2005 album, The Unborn, is primarily comprised of a pretty standard (though by no means inferior) selection of melodic death metal. From album’s title track “The Unborn” to “The Harmony Remains” to one of my personal favorite melodeath songs, the album-opener “Pure”, I find the entire album to be a non-stop shredfest of moshtacular proportions. It’s heavy. It’s intricate. It’s almost a perfect blend of aggression and melody. To put it very simply… it’s plain damn good.