[Closed] Favourite Metal albums

[i]Death Magnetic[/i] is surprisingly good compared to the preceding albums. In fact, that's my afternoon tunes sorted!

Master of Puppets
Burn My Eyes
Chaos AD (keeelarrrr reeeeeefs)
Demanufacture
Broken

That's all you need really! Couldn't pick one Maiden album.

Oh OK. Significant Other 😳

Ratt - Invasion of your Privacy
Dokken - Under Lock & Key
TNT - Tell no Tails
White Lion - Pride

Death Magnetic is surprisingly good compared to the preceding albums. In fact, that's my afternoon tunes sorted!

Hmm. Death Magnetic is probably slightly less atrocious than the three preceding albums. The production is appalling. Metallica completely lost it after the black album. I went to see them at the MEN on the Poor Touring Me tour in about 1996 and they've got progressively worse ever since.

Anthrax were one of my all time favourites but I think that they were at their best with John Bush doing the vocals. Taking Joey Belladona back on was a massive retrograde step.

Slayer - South of Heaven has to be their all time best. Diabolus in Musica was probably the most pretentious but I have to admit to liking God Hates us All and The Christ Illusion.

Slipknot - Iowa was probably their best effort. All Hope is Gone is so-so but not the greatest.

Metallica – Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets
Megadeth – So Far, So Good...So What? And Countdown to Extinction
Slayer – Seasons in the Abyss
Anthrax – Sound of White Noise
Testament – The Gathering
Paradise Lost – Draconian Times
Sepultura – Arise and Chaos AD
Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power and Far Beyond Driven
Fear Factory – Demanufacture
Strapping Young Lad - City
Iron Maiden – Powerslave
Bruce Dickinson – Chemical Wedding
Dimmu Borgir – Spiritual Black Dimensions and Puritanical Misanthropic Euphoria
Black Sabbath – first four albums!
Carcass – Heartwork
Entombed – Wolverine Blues
White Zombie – La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol 1 and Astrocreep 2000 Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head (think that was the full title?)
Machine Head – Burn My Eyes and The More Things Change...
Kill II This - Deviate
Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing
Obituary - World Demise

Anthrax were one of my all time favourites but I think that they were at their best with John Bush doing the vocals. Taking Joey Belladona back on was a massive retrograde step.

IT'S NOT JUST ME WHO THINKS THAT! \o/

Entombed - 'To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth'
Neurosis - 'Given to the Rising'
The Abominable Iron Sloth - 'The Abominable Iron Sloth'
Superjoint Ritual - 'Use Once and Destroy'
A Storm of Light - 'As the Valley of Death Becomes Us, Our Silver Memories Fade'
Burn the Priest - 'Burn the Priest'
Everytime I Die - 'The Big Dirty'
Church of Misery - 'Houses of the Unholy'
Mastodon - 'Crack the Skye'
Tool - '10,000 Days'
Misery Signals - 'Of Malice and the Magnum Heart'

From the top 20 most played on my MP3 player.

Most of the above 8) 🙂 plus..

Never turn your back on a friend - Budgie

Probably because its got "Breadfan" and "In the Grip of a Tyrefitter's Hand" on it.

Anthrax were way better with John Bush FACT

Any album by Anthrax, or the Maiden.

Also

Master of Puppets
Restless and Wild - Accept

Off to dig out the vinyl and annoy the neighbours now 😈

EDIT - How could I forget Megadeth - So far, So Good, So What!!!!!

I like the Ratt mentioned ^^^

and Accept is a great choice...

Fast as a shark, he'll cut out of the dark... he's a killer... on the Attack!

The names of some/most of these bands cracks me up!

Not a genre that I get on with particularly, but I love to be surprised by something that challenges my dearly held prejudices 😀

Lateralis is a superb album, love the ambition and the melodic, heavy, groove. Yes, that's right, groove.

I'll just copy and paste Mrs Toasts selections and add Therapy? Troublegum

Metallica – Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets
Megadeth – So Far, So Good...So What? And Countdown to Extinction
Slayer – Seasons in the Abyss
Anthrax – Sound of White Noise
Testament – The Gathering
Paradise Lost – Draconian Times
Sepultura – Arise and Chaos AD
Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power and Far Beyond Driven
Fear Factory – Demanufacture
Strapping Young Lad - City
Iron Maiden – Powerslave
Bruce Dickinson – Chemical Wedding
Dimmu Borgir – Spiritual Black Dimensions and Puritanical Misanthropic Euphoria
Black Sabbath – first four albums!
Carcass – Heartwork
Entombed – Wolverine Blues
White Zombie – La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol 1 and Astrocreep 2000 Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head (think that was the full title?)
Machine Head – Burn My Eyes and The More Things Change...
Kill II This - Deviate
Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing
Obituary - World Demise

Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath - Sabotage
AC/DC - Back in Black
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Judas Priest - British Steel

Slipknot - Iowa was probably their best effort.

Haha I remember this! That's the album with "People = ****" as the second track. Genius. Weirdly, my enduring memory of Leeds in 2001 was watching Slipknot on a stage and this kid walks past wearing massive boots and huge baggy jeans... complaining to his accompanying mother about the mud getting on them. Good times 😆

I think one of my parents bought me "Seventh Son" on cassette when I was 7 years old. Memories are hazy, is that worth a (re-)listen??

Master of Puppets.

So far Master of Puppets is the fave, followed by Ride the lightning and Reign in Blood, hard to argue with that.

slayer - riegn in blood
metallica - puppets.
Anthrax - spreading the disease

all the above were the best albums those bands did and anything after these where poor in comparision. All Slayer did was slow done riegn in blood and release it as south of heaven.

And
Tankard - anything

Tigertailz - Young & Crazy

mikey74 - Member

Obituary - End Complete
Slayer - God Hates us all ANGRY ANGRY ANGRY!

You favour that Obituary over Cause of death and Slowly we Rot? Wow.

... and God Hates us All is your favourite Slayer album?

I dont have to justify myself to anyone.

Calm down, it's only a light-hearted thread.

South of Heaven - Slayer

My favourite album of all time! about half the album makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up when I hear it.

other fav's for me,

Ride the lightening/Metallica
Killers/Maiden
Operation Mindcrime/Queensryche
Led Zepp' 3/Led Zeppelin
2112/Rush

mikey74 - Member

I dont have to justify myself to anyone.

Calm down, it's only a light-hearted thread.

I really liked St Anger. I also have a soft spot for Fear of the Dark as it was my first metal album.
Less controversial, Master of Puppets.

Operation Mindcrime/Queensryche
Led Zepp' 3/Led Zeppelin

Rusty Shackleford - Member

The names of some/most of these bands cracks me up!

Wot no Lawnmower Deth? I 'met' them at a record shop signing as a young impressioable teenager, slightly deflated to hear Qualcast Mutilator addressing Mr Flymo as "Kev".

I love Rust In Peace, especially the bit that sounds like the beginning of the Fools and Horses Music.
Also Master Of Puppets and, err, And Justice For All.

just some
the headless children/crimson idol w.a.s.p

downward spiral nin

any iron maiden album (especially early stuff)

raining blood slayer

chaos ad sepultura

cowboys from hell/far beyond driven/a vulger display of power pantera

dirt alice in chains

badmotorfinger/superunknown soundgarden

master of puppets/the black album metallica

some of these i haven't heard for years (i sold all my albums in a moment of stupidity years ago 🙁

My fave albums in about '87 were:

Operation Mindcrime/Queensryche
Hysteria / Def Leppard
1987 / Whitesnake
Mechanical Resonance / Tesla
Back in Black / AC-DC
Signals / Rush
Number of the Beast / Iron Maiden

+ Machine Head- The Blackening. Awesome, and they managed to stretch about half a dozen tours out of it! A highlight was seeing them in the round on the Death Magnetic Tour.

Incidentally, someone hit the nail on the head with Death Magnetic - it's actually a great album ruined by horrendous production.

Great thread though

\m/

Also..
Giant - Last of the Runaways

Led Zepp' 3/Led Zeppelin

Wowzers that Giant album is the biz. A better AOR album doesn't exist. Saw them touring it at the Marquee many moons ago.

"Arise" by Sepultura is still sooooooooooo good 💡

Oooo how could I forget to add Crack the Skye by Mastodon: A sheer masterpiece.

A few more...

Neurosis - A Sun That Never Sets
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Anthrax - Among the Living
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavour
The Secret - Agnus Dei

Here's another.. Be prepared for a bit of..
Loudness - Thunder in the East

Here's the vid,
Loudness

Woohoo...

Rok Out ( Ratt, Lay it Down )

Fast as a shark, he'll cut out of the dark... he's a killer... on the Attack!

Hi de hi do hi da, hi de hi do, hey da .......... 😆

Slayer - Reign in Blood, South of Heaven
Pantera - Cowboys from Hell, Vulgar Display of Power
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden, Piece of Mind
Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
Venom - Black Metal
Sabaton - Primo Victoria
Within Temptation - Ice Queen, Unforgiven
Nightwish - Wishmaster
Biohazard - State of the World Address
System of a Down - All of them!

O..M..G..

This thread brings some memories back., thanks chaps..

More Ratt ( Your in Love )

pantera, vulgar display of power, cfh
sepultura, chaos AD, roots
metallica, any of the first 5 albums
machinehead, burn my eyes
fear factory, demanufacture
white zombie, astro creep, la sexocisto
biohazard, urban discipline
marylin manson, portrait of an american family, antichrist superstar
nailbomb, proud to commit comercial suicide
nin, downward spiral, broken
ministry, psalm 69, land of rape and honey
tool, aenemia, 10000 days
AIC, dirt,
ratm, ratm, battle for la
various, judgement night
slayer, south of heaven, reign in blood
korn, korn, issues
kyus, welcome to sky valley
faith no more, angel dust
led zep, everything!
therapy, troublegum

another few to add

carcass - heartwork
downset- downset
testament - the ritual
testament - low
type o negative - october rust
mastodon - leviathan

this is a very welcome trip down memory lane!

Tool -aenemia
High on Fire- Death is the Communion
My Dying Bride- light at the end of the world
Paradise Lost -Gothic
Extreme Noise Terror- holocaust in you head
Discharge- hear nothing, say nothing,see nothing
Napalm death- Harmony corruption
Cradle of Filth- Damnation and a day
Godflesh- Pure
Pitchsifter- Submit
Anathema- serenades
Death Angel- Act III
Fear Factory -Fear is the mind killer EP
Optimum Wound Profile- Silver or Lead
and ahem (secret shame)
Faster Pussycat- wake me when it's over
LA guns -cocked and loaded.

strapping young lad - alien/syl
will haven - WHVN
iron monkey - our problem
neurosis - a sun that nevers sets
faith no more - king for a day fool for a lifetime
therapy? - troublegum
nile - black seeds of vengeance
meshuggah - chaosphere
wolves in the throne room - two hunters
the abonimable iron sloth - self-titled
anaal nathrakh - codex necro
kill 2 this - deviate

Has anybody said Exodus -Bonded by Blood? A benchmark album that was recorded at the same time as Kill em All but not released until 85 and missed the bus. They should've been part of the Big 5.

Iron Monkey - good choice. I saw them in Bradford and you could see looks of confusion on people's faces.

Okay - this has just become a boring ****athon naming the most obscure albums hasn't it?