Death Is Just the Beginning, Vol. 5

Artist: Various Artists Label: Nuclear Blast Americ Category: Music Average customer rating: Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 2 UPC: 727361634827 EAN: 0727361634827 ASIN: B00000IN5K Release Date: 1999-05-04

Listmania:

1. Dimmu Borgir: Compilation Contributions Part 1
2. Best Metal/Gothic compilations and DVDs
3. Good/Already Classic HEAVY METAL Compilations

Tracks:

1. Chariots Of Thunder - Covenant
2. Beyond The Unholy Grave - Dismember
3. Aggressive Measures - Sinister
4. Deadfall - Benediction
5. Raise The Devil - Raise Hell
6. Masses For A New Messiah - Dimmu Borgir
7. Time Warp - Hypocrisy
8. Ribbens/Requiem 99 - Agathodaimon
9. Children Of Bodom - Children Of Bodom
10. Destroyer - Gorgoroth
11. Ungodly - Reaper
12. Spirit Crusher - Death
13. Death In Black - Godgory
14. Nemesis Divina (Clean Vision Mix) - Satyricon
15. Embody The Invisible - In Flames
16. Deserted - Gardenian
17. Evil Is In - S.O.D.

Tracks:

1. Save A Prayer - Primal Fear
2. Rebellion - Hollow
3. Legacy Of Kings - Hammerfall
4. Can't Get Enough Of You - Narnia
5. It's O.K. - Piogenesis
6. Calm Before The Storm - Sinner
7. Mentag - Steel Prophet
8. Demons Of Earth - New Eden
9. The Rise Of Sodom And Gomorrah - Therion
10. Feind Heart Hit - Stahlhammer
11. All Little Devils - Dismal Euphony
12. Gift - Am I Blood
13. I Never Die - Crematory
14. The Mouth Licking What You've Bled - Meshuggah
15. Apache Warrior - Pegazus
16. Beware The Heavens - Sinergy
17. Schaender - Drecksau

Similar Items:

1. Death Is Just The Beginning 2
2. Blackend, Vol. 4

Customer Reviews:

Something For Everybody.......2003-08-20

Disc 1
5 / 5

1. The Covenant "Chariots of Thunder" 4 / 5

I for one have always liked The Covenant's mix of electronica and pseudo black metal. A cool track with some great music.

2. Dismember "Beyond the Unholy Grave" 5 / 5

A godlike track, I actually does Death justice! Why was this cover unreleased before?

3. Sinister "Aggressive Measures '99" 4.5 / 5

Another great track aby Sinister. Too bad after they left Nuclear Blast they have yet to release an above average album. But I personally like the original version better.

4. Benediction "Deadfall" 4 / 5

A solid metal track, goes off in a strange direction mid song, very original.

5. Raise Hell "Raise the Devil" 3 / 5

Average black / death metal. Nothing realyl spellbinding, but a solid listen none-the-less.

6. Dimmu Borgir "Masses for a New Messiah" 5 / 5

Wow! The one of the only good songs they have released since 'Stormblast'! Too bad they normally don't sound like this.

7. Hypocracy "Time Warp" 2.5 / 5

Melodic heavy metal. Hypocracy has done a lot better, definitely one of their weaker tracks.

8. Agathodaimon "Ribbons / Requiem" 4 / 5

Basically it sounds like Cradle of Filth if they were not such a boring band. Very interesting keyboard driven black metal.

9. Children of Bodom "Children of Bodom" 5 / 5

Children of Bodom do a good job once again. They are one of the few bands that has never let me down.

10. Gorgoroth "Destroyer" 5 / 5

Norwegian black metal at its best, thank God that Gorgoroth has always been pure!

11. Reaper "Ungodly" 4 / 5

Now known as Soul Reaper these metalheads know exactly what they are doing in the field of technical metal.

12. Death "Spirit Crusher" 5 / 5

One of the best Death songs. Enough said.

13. Godgory "Death in Black" 4.5 / 5

A great song by this eclectic blacken gothic symphonic metal type band (sorry, it's just kind of hard to describe).

14. Satyricon "Nemesis Divina (Clean Vision Mix)" 5 / 5

Prime black metal. Too bad it was Satyricon's last great album.

15. In Flames "Embody the Invisible" 4.5 / 5

One of my personal favorite In Flames tracks. A great melodic death metal song.

16. Gardenian "Deserted" 5 / 5

Probably the best Gothenberg band since At the Gates. An astounding track, probably the best on the album.

17. S.O.D. "Evil is In" 3 / 5

Never have been a huge fan of S.O.D., but what can I say, they right a helluva heavy tune.

Disc 2
3 / 5

1. Primal Fear "Save a Prayer" 1.5 / 5

Barely listenable. Still sounds like a terrible cover band of modern day Judas Priests (and that's a real bad thing).

2. Hollow "Rebellion" 2.5 / 5

A so-so sounding sound. Nothing really worth listening to.

3. Hammerfall "Legacy of Kings" 3.5 / 5

I have always liked this cheesey power metal outfit. Just a solid track.

4. Narnia "Can't Get Enough of You" 2.5 / 5

See track 2.

5. Pyogenesis "It's O.K." 3 / 5

See song title.

6. Sinner "Calm Before the Storm" 2 / 5

Yawn, we are still getting nowhere with this second disc.

7. Steel Prophet "Montag" 2 / 5

See above.

8. New Eden "Demons of Earth" 4 / 5

Finally, so really good music. An out and out great goth metal track.

9. Therion "Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah" 5 / 5

Yes! Though not as good as they were when they were a death metal band, Therion's neo-classical music is brilliant.

10. Stahlhammer "Feind Hoert Mit" 5 / 5

One of the best tracks on the compilation. Excellent German industrial. Think Rammstein and Eisheilg.

11. Dismal Euphony "All Little Devils" 4.5 / 5

A great mix of goth and doom metal. Fantastic job!

12. Am I Blood "Gift" 4 / 5

A solid Finnish metal track.

14. Crematory "I Never Die" 4 / 5

A very strange track that goes from a death metal type sound to a more or less Type O Negative approach to the chorus. Very interesting!

15. Meshuggah "Mouth Licking What You've Bled" 5 / 5

One of the best Meshuggah has ever done! Though I would have liked to see an unreleased track of theirs on this compilation, this works just fine!

16. Pegazus "Apache Warrior" 2.5 / 5

80's influenced melodic metal. Not bad...but not that good either.

17. Sinergy "Beware the Heavens" 1 / 5

This is the worst track on the album. This sounds like 80s cheese bands like Heart! Even with Mika, they still are a terrible band.

18. Dreksau "Schaender" 4 / 5

A good song to end on. Very nice German vocals.

Well their you have it, a break down of this great compilation. If you are new to the metal genre I think that you should definitely pick this up, and if not it has enough unreleased material to keep you happy*.

*Most of the "unreleased" material was demos for an upcoming album i.e. In Flames and Soul Reaper.

Another world.........2000-03-25

an unrelenting assault on the ears-mtv viewers take heed!.......2000-03-13

A mixed bag, but a lot metal for the money........2000-02-17

As for quality, it will depend on your tastes. The first CD is comprised primarily of black and death metal. When it comes to the latter, it's mostly of the moody and melodic kind, as opposed to the intense, technical kind. That's not bad or good. It just depends on your tastes.

The second disc features primarily power metallers, like Hammerfall, Sinergy, and Primal Fear. For power metal, the music is quite good. But not being a fan of that genre, I wasn't particulary intrigued by it.

Though the package is primarily aimed at giving new listeners a dose of Nuclear Blast's lineup, it also features some previously released tracks as well as a few tracks that are no longer available. Therefore, those who are already fans of some of the bands might want to give this collection a look.

Overall, I was a little disappointed in DIJTB V. I'm not really a black metal fan, nor a power metal fan, nor a melodic death metal fan. And therefore, the collection rarely intrigued me, and it certainly hasn't spurred me to buy a CD from any of the bands. Of course, I already owned the latest releases from Death, Meshuggah, Hyprocrisy, and SOD before buying DIJTB V, so that last statement could be viewed as somewhat misleading.

All in all I'm still glad I bought this collection because it gave me a taste of several bands and styles that I was previously unfamiliar with. If you're looking for other samplers, check out Identify Five from Century Media. Though only a 1-CD set, ID5 is also a good bargain for around $5, and overall I enjoyed the bands and songs on that collection more than those on DIJTB V. But both are definitely worth checking out.

Excellent death metal cd!.......2000-01-09

Music CD:

1. On the Road ~ Deep Purple
2. Something Wicked ~ Nuclear Assault
3. Inspiration ~ Yngwie Malmsteen
4. Hell on Stage Live ~ Manowar
5. Groundhog Night...Groundhog Live ~ The Groundhogs
6. Infinity Divine ~ Pagan's Mind
7. In Mourning's Symphony ~ Em Sinfonia
8. Difference ~ Dreamtale
9. Swords & Axes ~ Overdrive
10. 3744 James Road: The Htd Anthology ~ Groundhogs

Music CD

Music CD

Music CD

Bad Daze ~ Hophead

Demons and Wizards ~ Uriah Heep

Decade of Brazen Abbot ~ Brazen Abbot

En Passant ~ Jean-Jacques Goldman

Niger: Epopees Zarma Et Songhay ~ Jibo Baje

Fotosintesi ~ Pino Beccaria

Let's Go Scare Al ~ Gear Daddies

Videodrome: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ~ Howard Shore

Ao No Mamade/Tenkuu Danzai Skelter Heaven Ost ~ Original Game Soundtrack

Amsterdam ~ Luka Bloom