Hah, no shit, it's rare when people around here think Metal Island sounds like an enjoyable idea! Stick around, because I will unleash it at some point. I'm just not totally happy with it yet, so I'm not using it this time around. I don't want it to become my DI Chinese Democracy though. It'll be interesting to see how the forum responds, because it starts fairly tame (Alcest, Psychotic Waltz, Devin Townsend) and builds up to Norwegians shrieking while they throw a drumkit down a stairwell (i.e. Immortal and early Ulver). Judging by past experience, I'll lose everybody around about Borknagar.
As for this time, I hope you like Kyuss, because that's the only out-and-out metal I'm using. There is Amesoeurs as well, but I consider them post-punk more than anything.
i actually have not heard kyuss or amesoeurs, so i am looking forward to it. new music is good and new metal is better (not to be confused with nu-metal, which is probably not better.)
immortal and ulver, i approve. not super into either of them but i have heard them of course. sure don't know borknagar though. seems like you could introduce me to a lot of stuff i havent heard yet. and i think for most people the big hurdle to overcome with metal is the vocals. most people can tolerate some rocking out with clean vocals, but once the vocals get heavy it becomes unlistenable until you get used to it. i know it took awhile for me to become accustomed to it, but it was so worth it. now at least half of what i listen to on average has mostly screaming vocals.
i will not reveal the artists on my list, and it is a work in progress, but genres represented include symphonic black metal, post-metal, doom metal, stoner metal, progressive metal, folk metal, and metalcore (i know, i know, if you're a purist you probably don't consider anything 'core' to be metal, but i love the stuff when it's done right).
my list has plenty of indie and whatnot too though, so people not named axver need not dispair.
also i have a question to all participants, and especially those who have done this before. um... 160 minutes is a really long time. what's the best way to approach this? i'm kind of a nerd and like to make playlists that flow really well and whatnot. but i don't really feel like i can make a 160 playlist that feels cohesive, not with the variety i want to use anyway. do most people split it up into seperate playlists or is it more common to just have it be one thing?
i had four seperate "albums" if you like, roughly 40 mins each, with a side A and side B, so it's not a big deal. 
Awesome, I can't wait for this!
yes i am looking forward to seeing what others come up with. i'm getting sick of my music collection. i need moooore
