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Topic	Johnbobb ranks 113 User-nominated Villain Songs [TOP 10]
Johnbobb 08/17/20 5:32:39 PM #35:	10. Dead Skin Mask Source: Slayer Villain: Ed Gein Nominator: Snake5555555555 Favorite lyric: Empty eyes enslave the creations / Of placid faces and lifeless pageants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNFglDcW7dQ Villainy: 10 Characterization: 9 Melody: 5 Total: 24/30 The first to drop from the top 10 does so almost entirely for the music itself rather than the lyrics and villainy, and really this is because of my feelings toward Slayer more than anything. Slayer's always been hit or miss for me. I've ultimately just never cared for Tom Araya's voice much, despite definitely having respect for the band's talents. While I can definitely headbang to this song as good as any other, the lack of vocal variety from verse to verse just kept it from being all that it could be. As a villain song itself though, Dead Skin Mask nails it. It's one of the few songs nominated to take on a real villain instead of a fictional character, singing the song through the perspective of killer and body snatcher Ed Gein. I have to give Slayer props here, because lyrically they don't hold back, intimately tackling everything; Ed's obsession with corpses, his collapsing sanity, and his kidnapping and murders. Just in case it wasn't evil enough already, the song culminates with one of his victim's pleading to be released, with Gein/Araya drowning her out. There's not much on the list able to match the pure grisliness of that. --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:943499900] in Johnbobb r... [t:78917259]...</cite> <quote> 10. Dead Skin Mask Source: Slayer Villain: Ed Gein Nominator: Snake5555555555 Favorite lyric: Empty eyes enslave the creations / Of placid faces and lifeless pageants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNFglDcW7dQ Villainy: 10 Characterization: 9 Melody: 5 Total: 24/30 The first to drop from the top 10 does so almost entirely for the music itself rather than the lyrics and villainy, and really this is because of my feelings toward Slayer more than anything. Slayer's always been hit or miss for me. I've ultimately just never cared for Tom Araya's voice much, despite definitely having respect for the band's talents. While I can definitely headbang to this song as good as any other, the lack of vocal variety from verse to verse just kept it from being all that it could be. As a villain song itself though, Dead Skin Mask nails it. It's one of the few songs nominated to take on a real villain instead of a fictional character, singing the song through the perspective of killer and body snatcher Ed Gein. I have to give Slayer props here, because lyrically they don't hold back, intimately tackling everything; Ed's obsession with corpses, his collapsing sanity, and his kidnapping and murders. Just in case it wasn't evil enough already, the song culminates with one of his victim's pleading to be released, with Gein/Araya drowning her out. There's not much on the list able to match the pure grisliness of that. --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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