Best Metal Album
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Living Sacrifice - The Hammering Process.
They were playing the music that is todays generic metalcore. Only they did it over 10 years ago. And it was way heavier than todays metal.
The album cant really be classified beyond "metal". It has elements of death, hardcore, metalcore, thrash, speed etc... All rolled into a blisteringly magnificent album.
They were playing the music that is todays generic metalcore. Only they did it over 10 years ago. And it was way heavier than todays metal.
The album cant really be classified beyond "metal". It has elements of death, hardcore, metalcore, thrash, speed etc... All rolled into a blisteringly magnificent album.
Well it depends on the metal genre and there are so many.
Thrash:
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Metallica - Ride the lightning
General Metal:
Down - NOLA
Tool - Undertow
Corrosion of Conformity - Deliverance
Black Metal:
Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
Emperor - Anthem to the Welkins at Dusk
Deathmetal:
Gorefest - Mindloss
Carcass - Necroticism
At the Gates - Terminal Spirit Disease
Doom Metal:
Evoken - Antethesis of Light
diSEMBOWELMENT - Transcendence Into The Peripheral
My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans
I'm sure I'm missing a bunch but these stand out.
Thrash:
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Metallica - Ride the lightning
General Metal:
Down - NOLA
Tool - Undertow
Corrosion of Conformity - Deliverance
Black Metal:
Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger
Emperor - Anthem to the Welkins at Dusk
Deathmetal:
Gorefest - Mindloss
Carcass - Necroticism
At the Gates - Terminal Spirit Disease
Doom Metal:
Evoken - Antethesis of Light
diSEMBOWELMENT - Transcendence Into The Peripheral
My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans
I'm sure I'm missing a bunch but these stand out.
All my favourites have already been voiced by other people, I'll just add one more here;
Eluveitie - Everything remains(as it never was)
And
Eluveitie - Slania
They aren't a purely metal band, but that is where their focus is. They're a "Folkmetal" band. Bagpipes, flutes etc together with your classic drums, guitar and growling. Ace.
Look up in particular; Thousandfold, Grey Sublime Archon, Inis Mona and Everything remains(as it never was). All found on youtube.
Eluveitie - Everything remains(as it never was)
And
Eluveitie - Slania
They aren't a purely metal band, but that is where their focus is. They're a "Folkmetal" band. Bagpipes, flutes etc together with your classic drums, guitar and growling. Ace.
Look up in particular; Thousandfold, Grey Sublime Archon, Inis Mona and Everything remains(as it never was). All found on youtube.
Let's see...
Ascendancy - Trivium
The Jester Race - In Flames
Blooddrunk - Children of Bodom
We Are The Void/Fiction - Dark Tranquillity
Love some metal!
Ascendancy - Trivium
The Jester Race - In Flames
Blooddrunk - Children of Bodom
We Are The Void/Fiction - Dark Tranquillity
Love some metal!
There are no "bests," only what you love. I'm not much of a Metallica fan anymore but I'm still listing Master of Puppets in my list because it was influential to so many people, including myself. I'm also not listing anything by Black Sabbath, I think that's a given for any self-respecting Metalhead. I'm definitely in the old-school camp here too but there are a few newer bands listed that really stand out to me... my taste in Metal runs the whole gamut pretty much.
NWoBHM:
Saxon - "The Eagle Has Landed"
Iron Maiden - "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son"
Savage - "Hyperactive"
Running Wild - "Victory"
Judas Priest - "Screaming for Vengeance"
Power Metal:
Helloween - "Keeper of the Seven Keys part II"
Gamma Ray - "Land of the Free"
Metalium - "Millenium Metal - Chapter One"
Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force - (Self-titled debut)
Sonata Arctica - "Winterheart's Guild"
Nocturnal Rites - "Grand Illusion"
Steel Prophet - "Dark Hallucinations"
Progressive Metal:
Queensryche - "Operation: Mindcrime"
Fates Warning - "Night on Brocken"
Dream Theater - "When Dream and Day Unite"
Shadow Gallery - "Tyranny"
Exhibition - "The Sign of Tomorrow"
Rock/Metal Opera
Savatage - "Hall of the Mountain King"
Symphony X - "The Odyssey"
"True" Metal:
Manowar - "Kings of Metal"
HammerFall - "Renegade"
Sacred Steel - "Wargods of Metal"
Shock Rock/Metal:
W.A.S.P. - "The Crimson Idol"
Lizzy Borden - "Visual Lies"
Alice Cooper - "Constrictor"
Glam/Hair Metal:
Motley Crue - "Shout at the Devil"
Stryper - "To Hell With the Devil"
Bon Jovi - "7800 degrees Fahrenheit"
TNT - "Everyone's a Star"
Poison - "Look What the Cat Dragged In"
Whitesnake - "Whitesnake" (Self-titled)
Lita Ford - "Lita"
Thrash/Speed Metal:
Megadeth - "Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?"
Anthrax - "Among the Living"
Metallica - "Master of Puppets"
Armored Saint - "Symbol of Salvation"
Metal Church - "Metal Church" (self-titled)
Sanctuary - "Refuge Denied"
Agent Steel - "Skeptics Apocalypse"
Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"
General Heavy Metal:
Dio - "Holy Diver"
Quiet Riot - "Metal Health"
Def Leppard - "Pyromania"
Dirty Looks - "Cool From the Wire"
Aldo Nova - "Aldo Nova" (self-titled)
Twisted Sister - "Stay Hungry"
Guns N'Roses - "Appetite for Destruction"
Melidian - "Lost in the Wild"
Bloodgood - "Detonation"
Girlschool - "Running Wild"
Warlock - "Triumph & Agony"
Grim Reaper - "See You In Hell"
Doom/Black Metal
Danzig - "Danzig" (self-titled)
Samhain - "November Coming Fire"
I'll stop there before this list gets out of hand any further. Honorable mention to Led Zeppelin for being a defining influence on many later Metal styles.
NWoBHM:
Saxon - "The Eagle Has Landed"
Iron Maiden - "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son"
Savage - "Hyperactive"
Running Wild - "Victory"
Judas Priest - "Screaming for Vengeance"
Power Metal:
Helloween - "Keeper of the Seven Keys part II"
Gamma Ray - "Land of the Free"
Metalium - "Millenium Metal - Chapter One"
Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force - (Self-titled debut)
Sonata Arctica - "Winterheart's Guild"
Nocturnal Rites - "Grand Illusion"
Steel Prophet - "Dark Hallucinations"
Progressive Metal:
Queensryche - "Operation: Mindcrime"
Fates Warning - "Night on Brocken"
Dream Theater - "When Dream and Day Unite"
Shadow Gallery - "Tyranny"
Exhibition - "The Sign of Tomorrow"
Rock/Metal Opera
Savatage - "Hall of the Mountain King"
Symphony X - "The Odyssey"
"True" Metal:
Manowar - "Kings of Metal"
HammerFall - "Renegade"
Sacred Steel - "Wargods of Metal"
Shock Rock/Metal:
W.A.S.P. - "The Crimson Idol"
Lizzy Borden - "Visual Lies"
Alice Cooper - "Constrictor"
Glam/Hair Metal:
Motley Crue - "Shout at the Devil"
Stryper - "To Hell With the Devil"
Bon Jovi - "7800 degrees Fahrenheit"
TNT - "Everyone's a Star"
Poison - "Look What the Cat Dragged In"
Whitesnake - "Whitesnake" (Self-titled)
Lita Ford - "Lita"
Thrash/Speed Metal:
Megadeth - "Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?"
Anthrax - "Among the Living"
Metallica - "Master of Puppets"
Armored Saint - "Symbol of Salvation"
Metal Church - "Metal Church" (self-titled)
Sanctuary - "Refuge Denied"
Agent Steel - "Skeptics Apocalypse"
Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"
General Heavy Metal:
Dio - "Holy Diver"
Quiet Riot - "Metal Health"
Def Leppard - "Pyromania"
Dirty Looks - "Cool From the Wire"
Aldo Nova - "Aldo Nova" (self-titled)
Twisted Sister - "Stay Hungry"
Guns N'Roses - "Appetite for Destruction"
Melidian - "Lost in the Wild"
Bloodgood - "Detonation"
Girlschool - "Running Wild"
Warlock - "Triumph & Agony"
Grim Reaper - "See You In Hell"
Doom/Black Metal
Danzig - "Danzig" (self-titled)
Samhain - "November Coming Fire"
I'll stop there before this list gets out of hand any further. Honorable mention to Led Zeppelin for being a defining influence on many later Metal styles.
Bonded By Blood - Exodus
Master Of Puppets/Ride The Lightning - Metallica
Cowboys From Hell/Vulgar Display of Power - Pantera
Rust In Peace/Endgame - Megadeth
The Blackening - Machine Head
The Legacy/The Ritual - Testament
Blizzard Of Ozz- Ozzy Osborne
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Systematic Chaos - Dream Theater
I'm probably forget some really good ones but oh well. \m/
EDIT: How could I for get
Show No Mercy/Reign In Blood - Slayer
Master Of Puppets/Ride The Lightning - Metallica
Cowboys From Hell/Vulgar Display of Power - Pantera
Rust In Peace/Endgame - Megadeth
The Blackening - Machine Head
The Legacy/The Ritual - Testament
Blizzard Of Ozz- Ozzy Osborne
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Systematic Chaos - Dream Theater
I'm probably forget some really good ones but oh well. \m/
EDIT: How could I for get
Show No Mercy/Reign In Blood - Slayer
This is my favourite metal album, but, I know a lot of people would disagree, so, here's some more. I'm not gonna name the obvious Slayer/Slipknot/'tallica ones, so here's some obscure ones to check out.Willwillwritehiswill said:This, just this. They are amazingly captivating live and this album tells a great story.
Electric Wizard: Dopethrone (Stoner Doom)
Every Time I Die: The Big Dirty (Hardcore)
Burzum: Filosofem (Black Metal)
Sleep: Sleep's Holy Mountain (Stoner Metal)
Rammstein: Reise, Reise (Industrial Metal)
Lamb Of God: Sacrament (Very underrated. Melodic death/groove metal)
Mastodon: ...everything this band has done is amazing. So, yeah, just go get their back catalogue. (Sludge/Progressive Metal)
Melvins: Houdini (another underrated band. Stoner/Sludge metal)
Fear Factory: Demanufacture/Mechanize (latter only came out this year, but it slays. Industrial/Speed metal)
Karnivool: Themata (Apparently like an Aussie Tool. I don't listen to Tool, so, I'll take the press's word for it. Progressive metal)
Gama Bomb: Tales From The Grave In Space (Kick-ass underrated Irish thrash band. Only released last year, but still awesome. Classic thrash/speed metal)
Heavy metal
Paranoid - Black Sabbath (Can anyone say the most influential metal album ever?)
Thrash metal
...And Justice for All - Metallica
Ride the Lightning - Metallica
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Math metal
Colors - Between the Buried and Me
Jazz-fusion metal? (Not quite sure what these guys are, but they're awesome)
Carving Desert Canyons - Scale the Summit
I know it seems like I'm a huge Metallica fan, but I'm a bigger fan of BTBAM and Scale the Summit, to be honest. Anything with an odd time signature and I'm sold.
Paranoid - Black Sabbath (Can anyone say the most influential metal album ever?)
Thrash metal
...And Justice for All - Metallica
Ride the Lightning - Metallica
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Math metal
Colors - Between the Buried and Me
Jazz-fusion metal? (Not quite sure what these guys are, but they're awesome)
Carving Desert Canyons - Scale the Summit
I know it seems like I'm a huge Metallica fan, but I'm a bigger fan of BTBAM and Scale the Summit, to be honest. Anything with an odd time signature and I'm sold.
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Lateralus - Tool
Demanufacture - Fear Factory
From Mars to Sirius - Gojira
As the Palaces Burn - Lamb of God
Leviathan - Mastodon
Don't make me choose between them.
Lateralus - Tool
Demanufacture - Fear Factory
From Mars to Sirius - Gojira
As the Palaces Burn - Lamb of God
Leviathan - Mastodon
Don't make me choose between them.
Oh wow, you're the first person I've ever run into online [small](that was not posting on a page specifically about Octavia Sperati)[/small] that has ever indicated they'd heard of them, let alone put the sublime Grace Submerged on a best album list. Kudos!riskroWe said:Octavia Sperati - Grace Submerged
I take issue with that massive list full of quite a few bands I like, because it includes no Ayreon! Seriously, how could somebody with your apparently vast knowledge of and appreciation for metal leave say... The Human Equation out of the Rock/Metal Opera section? Fie on thee!robinkom said:
[small]If you genuinely do not know about Ayreon, you should really remedy that ASAP.[/small]
A resounding "Hell yes!" to all of those, though I think I like one of Elvenking's other albums a tad bit more than Heathenreel (not entirely certain on that point though, I shall have to go re-listen to them and check).dfphetteplace said:
On Topic: Oh man, I couldn't even begin to pick a "best metal album", I like way too many, so as a cop-out I'll just go with the best metal album of 2010, which I think The Never Ending Way of ORwarriOR by Orphaned Land is a shoe-in for.
