Best is Iron Maiden, for any situation, whether virtual or real life.

Whenever San Sebastian by Sonata Arctica starts playing, my combos do slightly more damage ;)

Indigo_Dingo:
Best is Iron Maiden, for any situation, whether virtual or real life.

You are my new best friend.

Soil are pretty badass to listen to.
But i always find that chidlish music has the best feeling when taking a hammer to someones face, Manhunt whilst listening to Gabby La La is equalled by nothing.

Metal. Thrash, Power or otherwise. Not Nu Metal. Ick.

Also, southern rock. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Charlie Daniel's band and The Outlaws are some obvious good choices here.

Indigo_Dingo:
Best is Iron Maiden, for any situation, whether virtual or real life.

QFMFT.IMO, the best band ever, followed by Rush.

i think it depends on the situation and the game being played, tho i do tend to agree that metal can get good for killing and driving and by metal i mean anything that's not nu-metal, the real stuff like maiden, priest, slayer, gwar, basically any thing that makes you want to drink beer, beat up on your friends in the pit, fuck on the floor and say a big fuck you to the world

tho i have found that playing hootie and the blowfish at loud volumes can be really distracting to other players and get them angry at you so they don't play as well and make mistakes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x7VvFy4BYQ

Thunderhorse:
Metal. Thrash, Power or otherwise. Not Nu Metal. Ick.

Also, southern rock. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Charlie Daniel's band and The Outlaws are some obvious good choices here.

Indeed. Any Keith Urban album before he turned outrageously mainsteam ('Blue Jeans'? WTF!?) can also be a great selection of generic grinding tunes.

Racing, Fighting-something fast like run to the hills or 2 minute to midnight.
Shooting-something moderately paced with the occasional fast part like I wanna rock.
Large battles w/ swords - something grand and regal like Carmina Burana.

It really comes down to what type of game you are playing.

Calm/Stealthy = Classical, a bit of Bach, Motzart or Claude DeBussey.
Driving/Extreme Sports = Ska, Reggae, Punk, Jazz and Funk.
Ass-Kickery = Hard and fast, but paced. Year Zero is my current headshot soundtrack.

While playing a...

Rogue in arena/Spy: Pink Panther theme is absolutely classic here, but I also like a bit of Franz Ferdinand or Muse for some reason.

Sport: I can't play sport games for shite, probably because playing real sport kinda puts a damper on it.

Shooters: Rage Against The Machine is brilliant, nothing like heavy bass for headshots or chainsawing down suckers in GoW.

Fire Daemon:

Indigo_Dingo:
Best is Iron Maiden, for any situation, whether virtual or real life.

You are my new best friend.

Dude, you're lonely.

thebobmaster:

Indigo_Dingo:
Best is Iron Maiden, for any situation, whether virtual or real life.

QFMFT.IMO, the best band ever, followed by Rush.

I say nothing!

Surggical_Scar:

Ass-Kickery = Hard and fast, but paced. Year Zero is my current headshot soundtrack.

nails has gone downhill since the fragile, the year zero remixes are great but the year zero album sux compared to a lot of the older stuff

listen to pretty hate machine or broken, he's become way too maistream and lost his edge

Hmm..the best killing-people music I've ever used has got to be Turkish March by Mozart.

Works best with games like Hitman and Saints Row since there is alot of people to slay at any given time.

Vortal Combat by Kelly Bailey - look it up on youtube.

If I want to think, I put on Gatti.

If I want to pwn some n00bs, I put on metal (bitch)

If I want to think while killing people (i.e. Fire Emblem), I put on The Police. Wierd?

Apologies to anyone confused by this comment. I'm not sure I understand myself.

I dunno really... Only thing i listen to is metal so i aint that fussed

RPG's i put on some Power metal. (Sonata Arctica and Blind Guardian/Demons and Wizards seem to do the trick)

FPS's I put on Faster/Heavier stuff. (Strapping Young Lad, Hatebreed, Slayer, Dethklok or Amon Amarth seem to do it for that one)

if not any of them its just Turisas and Fear Factory. xD

During Dead Rising, I prefer Don't Stop Me Now by Queen.

For me, I prefer to listen to the ingame music (I dunno, it's just how always I've been), but I suppose that I'd be listening to anything I have in my library, or on my Ipod, at the time.

The Who /thread over.

Nothing like a bit of Purple Rain playing in the background to confuse the hell outa everyone on your team in COD4...

It depends on the game, for fast paced shooters, i listen to hardstyle and for slower paced games, it usually something a little slower.

I like Rap or 80's rock... Mainly only listen to it for racing/flying games, or when playing co-op though.

Disturbed or System of a Down. But mainly Disturbed.

Any game its all about Metallica, Disturbed and P!atD. Then maybe a bit of Dragonforce if there isnt anything left after Ive wasted through all of the songs on my computer...

The 1812 overture combined with a rocket launcher is absolute win.

This thread is obsolete anyway because the best band ever is blatantly Rage Against the Machine, and the best experience ever is charging round on CoD listening to Vietnow.
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Yakety Sax

Anything by Joe satriani is pretty versatile enough for most gaming moments.
but Yngwie's "beethovens 5th" is a pretty good song I use on my Ipod while Pwning in CS(yes, I still play it)
Then there's dragonforces "through the fire and the flames" for team assault games
And,as others have said, Rage is good for getting me pumped for most games("ashes in the fall", "down rodeo")