Aug 28, 2026 · 1 hr 40 min · 14 segments
For our sixty-fifth episode, we discuss our most-listened to albums of all time! Of course, we also talk about the incredible new releases from the past two weeks! We close out the show with an…
Justin CorbettHost
Christian RennerHost
My first pick is the band Sarof, S-A-R-O-F. I'm gonna assume that's how you say it, Sarof.
The track that I picked is The Pit, because if there's a song on there called The Pit, I'm gonna have to-
And I have to start out with just saying this is, without a doubt, one of the best balanced melodeath albums I've heard in quite a while.
It, that being said, [clicks tongue] I, I do have kind of a little bit of a question.
Well, when do you think melodeath crosses the line and becomes simply melodic metal with harsh vocals?
I feel like bands like At the Gates, In Flames, Halo Effect, those are melodic death metal bands.
There's also melodeath, which I think this is maybe a, a little bit closer to, where the melody and the cleans are almost just as prominent as the death metal pieces.
The breaking point, I think, i- is really just, like, how aggressive the songs are, and, and whether or not you include clean vocals and how much of your vocals are cleans on where that break occurs, for me at least.
My first pick is the band Sarof, S-A-R-O-F. I'm gonna assume that's how you say it, Sarof.
The track that I picked is The Pit, because if there's a song on there called The Pit, I'm gonna have to-
And I have to start out with just saying this is, without a doubt, one of the best balanced melodeath albums I've heard in quite a while.
It, that being said, [clicks tongue] I, I do have kind of a little bit of a question.
Well, when do you think melodeath crosses the line and becomes simply melodic metal with harsh vocals?
I feel like bands like At the Gates, In Flames, Halo Effect, those are melodic death metal bands.
There's also melodeath, which I think this is maybe a, a little bit closer to, where the melody and the cleans are almost just as prominent as the death metal pieces.
The breaking point, I think, i- is really just, like, how aggressive the songs are, and, and whether or not you include clean vocals and how much of your vocals are cleans on where that break occurs, for me at least.
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