Since gaming began oh so many years ago, music has been something that players have used to compliment the gaming experience. Today, World of Warcraft has many, "What are you listening to?" threads popping up here and there and it has become something of an obsession of mine. I like the thought of listening to Nine Inch Nails or Metallica playing whilst I'm owning Alliance in Warsong Gultch. It just... fits.
I thought I'd share with your my top 10 PvP songs. What you do with this information is up to you. Perhaps you can tell me how badly my taste in music sucks or you could go and listen to these songs to see if they are as good as I make them out to be.
10: Nine Inch Nails - Every Day is Exactly the Same
About a year ago now I was looking through a few Warcraft fan sites and one site had a, "WoW Number One," competition of sorts to see what was the most listened to song out of everyone song WoW players listen to. A few thousand people voted and this (just) came out on top. I can't remember the name of the site but I thought it was an interesting idea. Having never listened to this song previously (despite being a massive Nine Inch Nails fan) I stuck it on and proceeded to Arathi Basin and discovered that this song made that 4 minutes it was on so much more fun than they would have been.
9: Muse - Thoughts of a Dying Atheist
This one crops up by chance. It's a fast song with a time signature that makes you want to run around during the chorus. The lyrics however, frighten me a little because I am an aetheist and as such, I believe that life is the be all and end all and that when I die, there is nothing else. That said however, If I die in WoW, I just res. This song doesn't really suite the slow PvE nature of AV and it isn't heavy enough to psych you up for a 7 hour honor grinding session which is why it isn't higher up. That said, it is a brilliant song to WSG or AB to, especially when the guitar solo comes in.
8: Rammstein - Sonne
Now it's debatable but I think that almost any Rammstein song is good for PvP. Sonne however, stands out from the rest. It's heavy but not too heavy and that German voice does kind of psych you up with the strong lyrical undertones. I don't have a clue what he is saying but it must have something to do with Mind Blasting Night Elf Rogues, right? It's good to put on after you've had a few fast-pased hardcore metal tunes on too cool you down a little so you don't do yourself harm but at the same time, it keeps an acceptable level of psych so you can cool down, whilst killing. It's brilliant!
7: SOiL - Breaking Me Down
There are only two SOiL songs in existence that don't burst my eardrums and Breaking Me Down is only played when I'm in EotS. I don't know why but the fractured, floating pieces of rock hovering around with Nether Energy surging between them suit this song. In fact, it's fast pased and compliments the environment. I could imagine a song about Eye of the Storm sounding just like this one. Wierd? Don't get me wrong. It suits AB, WSG and AV ok but it is an amazing tune to play in EotS... especially when he says, "Breaking me down through the ground, sweet baby," and you fall of the edge.
6: Nightwish - Nemo
I don't usually like goth-operatic metal or whatever the hell they are calling themselves but Nemo is just a good tune. It's slow but it has enough power to just keep you going through every kill and death alike. Her voice is soft enough not to annoy the hell out of you and it actually serves to carm you when you would otherwise be prepared to take your monitor and throw it out of the indow.
5: Drowning Pool - Let The Bodies Hit The Floor
The lyrics say it all. "Let the bodies hit the floor." Yes! This song just has win written all over it. I'm surprised DP didn't write it specifically for PvPing to. It's amazing when you kill some just as he screams out those legendary words! I mean... come on? Who doesn't want to thave him scream those words just as some *** of a Warrior... hits the floor?!
4: Arch Enemy - Dead Eyes See No Future
Again - win! Arch Enemy are probably one of the finest heavy metal bands of my generation and Dead Eyes See No Future is an especially good song to PvP to. The lyrics don't matter. Half the time, I can't understand what she is saying anyway. It's the feeling behind it. There's fury in that song and fury is what you need when some Drenai Shaman has locked out your only damage tree (*cough* buff Shadow *cough*). Arch Enemy have some great songs and I vowed to only include one song per artist but We Will Rise and Nemesis deserves to be in at least anyones top 20!
3: Static X - Push It
We're getting in to the big boys now. Static X aren't exactly the most technical of bands but there is something about there music. I guess, like Marilyn Manson, they just rock! Push It isn't their best song but it is the best one to PvP to. Otsegolectric would probably be in the top 20 as well simply because it is a brilliant tune. The lead singer does that high pitched screaming thing that he does so well and it is entertaining whilst killing Night Elfs to listen to those rash vocals.
2: Sonata Artica - Black Sheep
I don't know why but ever since I started playing WoW this tune has cropped up at least three times a day, which is more than most others. It's fast pased and the band are technically quite entertaining. Listening to some of the vocals and guitar playing can be quite distracting at time but the art of a great PvP song is that it lets the time fly by without you knowing where it went. I mean, I've been listening to these songs as I've wrote about them. At one point in this particular tune, a rash guitar solo kicks in and you can't bu thelp get lost in it. I tend to go into autodrie and my hands kill things independent of my mind.
1: System of a Down - IEAIAIO
This is one of my most like tunes of all time. The vocals are madly fast in typical SoaD fashion and the guitaring is simple but furious. I ALWAYS sing along when he starts going I-E-A-I-A-I-O because you are compelled to - it's one of those things. It is probably the most entertaining song to PvP to. It's comical in a really odd way again, in typical SoaD fashion and it also makes dropping Nelfs for the 40,00o time in one day, entertaining again. It brings a whole new meaning to PvP for 3.08 minutes. It makes my PvP world seem that mush richer.
