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Posted: July 21 2023 at 06:40

quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond

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Posted: July 21 2023 at 08:56

Okay Drew, if you now would like to see our pre-'80s Hard Rock favourites, here're mine:

Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond (1972)

Alice Cooper - School's Out (1972)

Deep Purple - s/t, In Rock, Fireball

Golden Earring - Moontan (1973)

Groundhogs - Split (1971)

Led Zeppelin - II, IV, Houses of the Holy

Scorpions - Lonesome Crow (1972)

The Stooges - Fun House (1970)

Uriah Heep - Look at Yourself (1971)

The Who - Quadrophenia (1973)

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Posted: July 21 2023 at 10:38

10, off the top of my head:

Ayreon - The Human Equation
Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Dream Theater - Images And Words
Cellar Darling - The Spell
Metallica - ….And Justice For All
Devin Townsend - Empath
Avantasia - Ghostlights
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt 2
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
King’s X - Out Of The Silent Planet

I’m not sure if King’s X are considered heavy metal but this album is heavier then some mentioned in this thread and it’s awesome….

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Posted: July 21 2023 at 10:48

BrufordFreak wrote:

Guess I'm seeing that any lists generated by my OP could/should be relegated into two separate categories: "Heavy Metal" (1966-1981) and "Metal" (1980-to-present).

Quite a problem with this distinction is that not so little of the '80s Metal is widely labelled as Heavy Metal, while much of pre-'80s Metal has been defined as NWOBHM.

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With this in mind, here is my list for my favorite "Hard Rock" or "Heavy Metal" albums:

And does that mean you won't for the years 1966-1981 distinguish between Hard Rock and Heavy Metal?

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Posted: July 21 2023 at 11:34

My Top 10 is probably an odd list, here's what comes to mind without spending a lot of thought on ordering...

Devin Townsend Project: Deconstruction

Pin-Up Went Down: 2Unlimited

Luca Turilli: Infinite Wonders of Creation

Leprous: Coal

Diablo Swing Orchestra: Pandora's Pinata

Oxxo Xoox: Namidae

Orphaned Land: All is One

Stolen Babies: There Be Squabbles Ahead

Sleepytime Gorilla Musem: Of Natural History

Unexpect: Fables of the Sleepless Empire

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Posted: July 21 2023 at 16:02

So for heavy rock-based "traditional heavy metal," I'm not really a big fan of this style, to be honest. My taste in metal really begins to pick up in the late 80s with the development of sludge, death, and progressive metal, peaking in the mid-90s at the height of these genres, imo.

Nevertheless for pre-NWoBHM traditional heavy metal, for me it'd be:

1.) Queen, Queen (1973) [England, UK] {I much prefer Queen 2, but this is more progressive rock imo than traditional heavy metal}

2.) Never Turn Your Back on a Friend, Budgie (1973) [Wales, UK] {this one is also very prog rock-oriented, their eponymous debut is also great if this one doesn't count}

3.) Machine Head, Deep Purple (1972), [England, UK]

4.) Stained Class, Judas Priest (1978) [England, UK]

5.) Master of Reality, Black Sabbath (1971) [England, UK] {this doesn't mean that I don't still think that Black Sabbath is one of the most overrated bands in history; there's just not a lot from which to choose, here, and again I'm going to express my opinion that this band has no place whatsoever on the progarchives}

6.) Caress of Steel, Rush (1975) [Ontario, Canada] {this one is very borderline with both hard rock and prog rock, and the closest thing to straight up heavy metal that Rush ever did}

7.) Sea Shanties, High Tide (1969) [England, UK]

8.) Volcanic Rock, Buffalo (1973) [Australia]

9.) Kingdom Come, Sir Lord Baltimore (1970) [New York, USA]

That's pretty much all I can include, right now but for 10, I'll add an honorable mention:

10.) Vincebus Eruptum, Blue Cheer (1968) [California, USA] {Very proto-metal, maybe being the earliest album to breach into true heavy metal territory, but this is a hard/blues rock/heavy psych album, really, and the production job here is terrible, even by 1968 standards}

Edited by bardberic - July 21 2023 at 16:13

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Posted: July 31 2023 at 08:00

essexboyinwales wrote:

10, off the top of my head:

Ayreon - The Human Equation
Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Dream Theater - Images And Words
Cellar Darling - The Spell
Metallica - ….And Justice For All
Devin Townsend - Empath
Avantasia - Ghostlights
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt 2
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
King’s X - Out Of The Silent Planet

I’m not sure if King’s X are considered heavy metal but this album is heavier then some mentioned in this thread and it’s awesome….

Can’t believe I forgot Ghost😳Prequelle HAS to be on my list….but which to remove?….probably Powerslave….

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Posted: July 31 2023 at 09:51

So here's an attemt at a trad. Heavy Metal/Heavy Rock/Heavy Psych/Heavy Prog/Hard Rock, or my...

...vintage Prefix-Metal top 15:

Led Zeppelin - IV (1971)

Black Sabbath - Master of Reality (1971)

Rainbow - Rising (1976)

Flower Travellin' Band - Satori (1971)

Blue Öyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)

Warlord - Deliver Us (long EP) (1983)

High Tide - Sea Shanties (1969)

Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds of the Western World (1973)

Jerusalem - St (1972)

Judas Priest - Stained Glass (1978)

Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast (1982)

Manowar - Battle Hymns (1982)

Icecross - Icecross (1973)
Truth and Janey - No Rest for the Wicked (1976)

November - En ny tid är här... (1970)

Saperlipopette! wrote:

I'm not taking early heavy rock or heavy prog bands into consideration. Because although I acknowledge they are an essential part of metal history, I don’t personally think of them as metal as such.

Metallica - Master of Puppets (1986)
Slayer - South of Heaven (1988)
Аспид [Aspid] - Кровоизлияние (1992)
Sadus - Illusions (1988)
Death - Leprosy (1988)
Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal (2005)
Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious (1991)
Vektor - Black Future (2009)
Atvm - Famine, Putrid and f**king Endless (2021)
Sepultura - Beneath the Remains (1989)
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath (1984)
Demoniac - So it Goes (2020)
KVIST - For Kunsten Maa Vi Evig Vike (1996)
Morbid Angel - Covenant (1993)
Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race (2019)