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Your Top 10 Metal Albums of All-Time |
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siLLy puPPy 
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MikeEnRegalia
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First of all for any genre discussion to make any sense at all, we would have to do it at least on the release level, since many of the iconic rock/metal bands changed their style over the years. I think the key to understanding this is the realization that "Heavy Metal" is a subgenre of "Rock", and out of "Heavy Metal" eventually the NWOBHM arose. IMHO both Heavy Metal and NWOBHM are still rooted in Rock. Then in the 80s bands continued along that path and, through Thrash Metal, eventually arrived at a musical pattern that was radically different from the Rock roots. That is I think when "Metal", as something really distinct from "Rock", arose. Using this definition, it is obvious that Black Sabbath were "Heavy Metal" on their early records. From the perspective of the 1980s "Metal" bands this 70s music is a form of "Proto Metal" - hierarchically, it is the parent genre of NWOBHM and all of the metal that ensued. Musically, it's (still) much closer to Rock than any 1980+ "Metal" band. |
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David_D
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Posted: July 15 2023 at 12:22 |
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But if we're talking about a Metal definition which doesn't include Black Sabbath, it may be difficult for me to understand it.
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quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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David_D
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Posted: July 15 2023 at 11:51 |
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I'd say it depends on whether we're using a historical or retrospective definition, and when we want to use which one. In this case, when talking all-time, I find it best to use a retrospective one, and thus not to include Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. |
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quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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Van Halen - Van Halen
Black Sabbath - Sabotage Rainbow - Rainbow Rising I can't think of any more!
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The first 7 Maiden albums and then Motorhead (some compilation), Metallica (The Black Album) and Def Leppard (High n Dry) would get me to a 10 then I'm struggling to care tbh.
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Posted: July 15 2023 at 07:27 |
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1 album per band, in no particular order (other than alphabetical)...
Arcturus - Sham Mirrors Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell Circus Maximus - Isolate Dream Theater - I&W or Awake Epica - Design Your Universe Kamelot - Black Halo Symphony X - V Therion - Theli or Vovin Threshold - March Of Progress Vanden Plas - Christ.0 |
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Agreed but I'm personally not changing my definition that includes the unholy trinity Purp/Zep/Sab Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - July 15 2023 at 06:51 |
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: July 15 2023 at 06:25 |
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Has been discussed in other threads as well, but I still think that these days "metal" means something different than the early "heavy metal" bands.
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Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath were known as the unholy trinity of British Hard Rock and Heavy Metal in the seventies, but to me, Black Sabbath are the only bona fide Heavy Metal band of the three, although don't take my word for it because I still believe that Faeries Wear Boots.  Edited by Psychedelic Paul - July 15 2023 at 06:19 |
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I can tell that I've made some changes to my list, being more clarified about what to consider Metal.  |
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Wow! Lots of bands and albums I've never even heard of! I didn't even know people considered Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Led Zeppelin, Allice in Chains, Taal, and Riverside as metal!
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Oops! Sorry, David! When I did my search through PA's forum history I only used "Top 10" in my search--cuz that's what the category suggests, right? Oh, well. It's been two years since yours. Let's see what/who's new/different! |
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Posted: July 14 2023 at 18:56 |
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Nice lists, Brendan! I even know about 1/3 of those albums (which surprises me very much.) |
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Posted: July 14 2023 at 17:50 |
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Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Rainbow - Rising Deep Purple - Machine Head Alamaailman Vasarat - Huuro Kolkko Behold... The Arctopus - Hapeleptic Overtrove Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend Diablo Swing Orchestra - Sing Along Songs for the Damned and Delirious Motorhead - Overkill AC/DC - Powerage Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - July 14 2023 at 17:52 |
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Posted: July 14 2023 at 17:10 |
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Lots of great choices there! I love the Vektor and Blood Incantation albums you singled out
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Roughly in order from most to least preferred, and with no double artists:
Black Sabbath - Paranoid Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss Metallica - Kill 'Em All Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny Anthrax - Among The Living Overkill - Horrorscope Megadeth - Rust In Peace King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Infest The Rats' Nest Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind Sodom - Agent Orange It does get a little difficult for some albums to classify whether they fall into metal or not. Paranoid is kind of an edge case, and I'm never quite sure if I count Rainbow Rising, thought it wouldn't quite make it in my top 10 anyway. Led Zep and Deep Purple definitely don't count. To me, Sad Wings of Destiny kind of announced the proper arrival of metal, and even then, it took until the 80's for most metal to finally settle on what I'd really call metal.
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Posted: July 14 2023 at 16:16 |
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same list from a similar thread
Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time Death Angel - Act III King Diamond - Abigail Testament - Practice What You Preach Kreator - Terrible Certainty Warlord - And The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun Annihilator - Never Neverland Dio - Last in Line Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny Legend - From The Fjords Lake of Tears - Forever Autumn Helstar - A Distant Thunder Solitude Aeturnus - Into The Depths Of Sorrow Paradise lost - Icon |
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All right, here're my favourites again and more than 10, as it's too difficult for me too to choose only 10: Black Sabbath (UK) - Master of Reality (1971) (I'm more fond of Paranoid but I see it more as Hard Rock than HM) Judas Priest (UK) - Sad Wings Of Destiny (1976) Diamond Head (UK) - Lightning To The Nations (1980) Mercyful Fate (DK) - Melissa (1983) Black Flag (US) - My War (1983) Iron Maiden (UK) - Powerslave (1984) Fates Warning (US) - The Spectre Within (1985) Metallica (US) - Master Of Puppets (1986) Celtic Frost (CH) - “Into The Pandemonium” (1987) Psychotic Waltz (US) - Into the Everflow (1992) Tool (US) - Undertow (1993) Kyuss (US) - Sky Valley (1994) Taal (F) - Skymind (2002) Indukti (PL) - S.U.S.A.R. (2004) Riverside (PL) - Second Life Syndrome (2005) Isis (US) - In The Absence Of Truth (2006) |
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Well that's tough but here we go. I'm going to do one album per artist, otherwise Boris would have like 4 albums here, and Orphaned Land 2 or 3. I'm unsure if Om counts as metal or not, so I have 11 in case that one isn't "metal enough.": 1.) Through Silver in Blood, Neurosis (1996) [California, USA] 2.) Lysol, Melvins (1992) [Washington state, USA] 3.) Amplifier Worship, Boris (1998) [Japan] 4.) Advaitic Songs, Om (2012) [California, USA] 5.) Transcendence into the Peripheral, disEMBOWELMENT (1993) [Australia] 6.) El Norra Alila, Orphaned Land (1996) [Israel] 7.) The Art of Life, X Japan (1993) [Japan] 8.) Slaves for Life, Amaseffer (2008) [Israel] 9.) In a Flesh Aquarium, Unexpect (2006) [Quebec, Canada] 10.) Hidden History of the Human Race, Blood Incantation (2019) [Colorado, USA] 11.) 殯――死へ耽る想いは戮辱すら喰らい、彼方の生を愛する為に命を讃える――。, Imperial Circus Dead Decadence (2022) [Japan] Honorable mentions: Strangers, Scardust (2020) [Israel] V: The New Mythology Suite, Symphony X (2000) [New Jersey, USA] In Forgotten Sleep, Lör (2017) [Pennsylvania, USA] Feathers and Flesh, Avatar (2016) [Sweden] Mental Funeral, Autopsy (1990) [California, USA] In the Name of Suffering, Eyehategod (1992) [Louisiana, USA] קדיש Kaddish, Salem (1994) [Israel] Magma, Gojira (2016) [France/Pennsylvania, USA] Morningrise, Opeth (1996) [Sweden] Obscura, Gorguts (1998) [Quebec, Canada] The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull, Earth (2008) [Washington state, USA] {if this one counts as "metal enough," otherwise Earth 2 (1992) would be here, instead} Fishing for an Apparition, Iomair (2022) [Ontario, Canada] The Dot Above the Eye, Venus in Fear (2018) [Israel] {this one requires some getting used to, but it's so worth it} Dopesmoker, Sleep (2003) [California, USA] Foreverglade, Worm (2021) [Florida, USA] The Years of Decay, Overkill (1989) [New Jersey, USA] Saint Vitus, Saint Vitus (1984) [California, USA] Bellum I, Aquilus (2021) [Australia]
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