Maldraxxus is METAL - List of Metal References found in Maldraxxus

Posted 2020/12/26 at 12:20 PM by DiscordianKitty

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Tapani Nightwish - Marco Tapani Hietala from Nightwish

Osbourne Black - Ozzy Osbourne from Black Sabbath

Odious Gwor - Oderus Urungus from GWAR

Slayer Araya - Tom Araya from Slayer

Taiya Tacere - Taija Riihimäki from Tacere

Mortis Elfsen - Håvard Ellefsen from Mortiis (Tbh I overthinked this one big time: I was first thinking David Ellefson from Megadeth)

Valuator Simmons, Sharpeye Stanley, Erak Steelsinger and Trainee Thayer - Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer from KISS (these guys are standing together near training dummies)

Mellisa Fate - Melissa, an album by Mercyful Fate

Arkadia Moa & Su Zettai - Moametal & Sumetal from Babymetal, credits to /u/Dropolis for this one!

These were pretty clear, I'm moving on to more speculative ones:

Lyra Hailstorm - A bit so so, but Lzzy Hale from Halestorm

Edrich Adebo - Eric Adams from Manowar, maybe?

Chiara Coil - Cristina Scabbia from Lacuna Coil (Bear in mind Chiara is a real-life italian name, and Lacuna Coil was an italian band)

Bonus: Madeleine Roux... well, Madeleine Roux? (The author or Warcraft novel Shadows Rising)

OpethAmarth

In addition there are some references scattered around Shadowlands, all of the above NPC's are located in Necrolord covenant sanctum, the ones below are not:

Synder Sixfold - Synyster Gates from Avenged Sevenfold, credits to /u/GedtheSwiftSparrow!

Theater of Pain - Theatre of Pain is an album by Mötley Crüe, as pointed out by /u/EduardoPlanas!

Opeth & Amarth - Opeth and Amon Amarth, credits to /u/Tintar!

Dusk No. 1 - Various Maldraxxian vendors sell this item, Black No. 1 is a song by Type O Negative

Team SpiritFlask of Team Spirit

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Comment by KookiebiskitGoregrind is an entire subgenre!Comment by Erunehtar🤘Comment by RavenheartOther reddit users started commenting, and found a few more references, including Opeth and Amarth from The Necrotic Wake.

Have you seen any metal or musical references in the Shadowlands? Let us know below!Comment by YvaelleThere's also a ton of 80's music references in Ardenweald!

Many are quest titles too.Comment by KarldinTheatre of Pain is also a song by Blind Guardian, from the album Somewhere Far Beyond released in 1992Comment by MorpHzzNo Metallica reference? Me sad.Comment by BraynessIt's in the Maw, but there is a quest called Drowned And Torn Asunder which is a Trivium song
Also, one of the early Maldraxxus quests is Through The Fire And FlamesComment by alloinThrough the Fire and Flames refers to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jgrCKhxE1s&ab_channel=DragonForceComment by CreepdeathIf I remember correctly, the story campaign in MoP where you had to awaken all the Klaxxi paragons, were all metal themed. I have tried looking this up on wowhead, but can't find it.Comment by Thor88If I remember correctly, the story campaign in MoP where you had to awaken all the Klaxxi paragons, were all metal themed. I have tried looking this up on wowhead, but can't find it.Comment by SneakattakkIf I remember correctly, the story campaign in MoP where you had to awaken all the Klaxxi paragons, were all metal themed. I have tried looking this up on wowhead, but can't find it.Comment by radicarlWoW's had a number of Iron Maiden references, but a lot of them are sort of speculative, because like 2/3rds of Iron Maiden's songs are based on famous literature or film. So any reference to Iron Maiden is often simultaneously a reference to something else.Comment by cacophonicDon't forget Judas Sneap, named in honor of Judas Priest's newest guitarist Andy Sneap, replacing the legendary Glenn Tipton.Comment by LukhienThe Stabbing Wastes and quest Stabbing Wasteward are a reference to the band Stabbing Westward.Comment by WalocialThrough the Fire and Flames refers to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jgrCKhxE1s&ab_channel=DragonForceAbove the Winter MoonlightInside the Winter StormWings of LibertyHeart of a DragonFury of the StormWhere Dragons RuleCry Thunder!Comment by LukhienHarvester of Sorrow achieve if you manage to the pull the sword Sorrowbane in Theater of Pain.Comment by AnyninLacuna Coil STILL is an Italian band. They are still an active band and they are still Italian, don't know why article says "was".Comment by NullKore35Don't forget the quest Peace by Piece from the Necrolord Campaign,reference to the song by Slayer Piece By Piece!Comment by misternoxxnoxxOther reddit users started commenting, and found a few more references, including Opeth and Amarth from The Necrotic Wake.

Have you seen any metal or musical references in the Shadowlands? Let us know below!Comment by LockKnight🤘

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