Energetic Disassembly editionThis thread is dedicated to the discussion of traditional heavy metal and anything else that’s related to it. More info: https://pastebin.com/2zSVxdrVCHARTShttps://pastebin.com/sTSZzdLpUSEFUL LINKShttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1luaLZfavSeXui9RkO1PZ3U5gAE1XHfkH?usp=drive_link - Giant archive of old metal & rock magazines.https://www.furia.com/em/all1987.html - Scrapes Metal Archives/Metallum for every release by year, genre, etc.https://www.metal-archives.com/ - Search for your favorite bands and look under the “similar artists” tab.https://en.metal-tracker.com/ - Bittorrent tracker from Russia, in order to use it you need to have a registered account. https://www.progarchives.com/ - Same deal as Metal Archives but for progressive rock, metal, and everything else under the prog umbrella. https://rateyourmusic.com/ - Search for albums, charts and lists here. (Some early trad albums have metal as a secondary rather than primary; so when looking for music from the early-mid ‘70s make sure you include heavy metal as a secondary in your filter as well.)https://rutracker.org/forum/index.php?c=22 - Russian tracker, requires you to register an account.https://www.slsknet.org/news/node/1 - P2P application for downloading albums. It is your best friend!Previous thread: >>129219366
1992's chart has begun! Reply to this post with your nominations!1 vote = low priority2 votes = higher priority3+ votes = automatic inclusionBlind Guardian - Somewhere in TimeKyuss - Blues for the Red SunSleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain Trouble - Manic Frustration
>>129310869Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far BeyondDemolition Hammer - Epidemic of ViolenceIron Maiden - Fear of the DarkMotörhead - March or DieRunning Wild - Pile of SkullsSodom - Tapping the Vein
>>129310876>Sodom - Tapping the VeinVetoing this one, counting the rest
>>129310885That's fine, I kind of suspected that.
>>129310869Black Sabbath · DehumanizerHelmet · MeantimeIron Maiden · Fear of the DarkKyuss · Blues for the Red SunW.A.S.P. · The Crimson Idol>>129310876Epidemic of Violence kicks ass but it's way too extreme
>>129310869This will be interesting. 90 and 91 were very much spillover years from the 80s, but now we're really moving into the 90s when trad and thrash domination ends and we see the rise of other genres like prog, death, black etc.
>>129310869>>129310876the pickings are only going to get worse as the decade goes on
>>129310957Not necessarily. The 90s are definitely overhated, and there's a lot of great stuff if you know where to look. We'll probably see much more power and prog metal than true traditional metal, though.
>>129310869>Blind Guardian - Somewhere in Time*Somewhere Far Beyond>>129310912Counted your votes>Epidemic of Violence kicks ass but it's way too extremeI don't recall any actual death metal songs on that one (unlike Tapping the Vein) but I do remember it being very fucking heavy. I'll mark it as a ? for now.>>129310949>but now we're really moving into the 90s when trad and thrash domination ends and we see the rise of other genres like prog, death, black etc.Yeah, I wrote down 50~ albums to check out for this chart, and I can pretty safely say that there's not a lot of thrash nor trad. What I'm really excited to see, is stoner metal creep onto these charts and doom become more common. Besides USPM, those two are my two favorites.
>>129310869My picks:Alice in Chains - Dirt (might be too Alt)Aversion - Fit to Be TiedBlind Guardian - Somewhere Far BeyondCro-Mags - III: Alpha OmegaGladiator - DesignationGWAR - America Must Be Destroyed Helmet - Meantime Sleep - Sleep's Holy MountainKyuss - Blues for the Red SunMegadeth - Countdown to ExtinctionMinistry - ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ [Psalm 69] (might be too extreme)Saber Tiger - InvasionJeff Scheetz - Warp SpeedSkyclad - A Burnt Offering for the Bone IdolSodom - Tapping the VeinW.A.S.P. - The Crimson IdolWhite Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1
BLASTAN?
>>129311035>Alice in Chains - Dirt (might be too Alt)Maybe. >Ministry - ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ [Psalm 69] (might be too extreme)>Industrial metalNope. Counted the rest besides Sodom.
>>129310869Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far BeyondDream Theater - Images & WordsBlack Sabbath - DehumanizerRunning Wild - Pile of SkullsSkyclad - A Burnt Offering for the Bone IdolRunning Wild - Pile of SkullsRage - Trapped!Elegy - Labyrinth of DreamsStratovarius - Twilight TimeRoyal Hunt - Land of Broken HeartsShadow Gallery - Shadow Gallery WASP - The Crimson Idol
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>>129310869>Blind Guardian - Somewhere in TimelmaoMy favorite albums from Blind Guardian, Gamma Ray and Iron Maiden all begin with Somewhere...
>>129311137That was quick. Good stuff already>lmaoFor some reason I always remember it as Somewhere in Time, probably my brain mixing it and Traveler in Time together :p
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjrhukAsi9Ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8rs55NqXHo
>>129311065Yes to DirtAlso:Countdown to ExtinctionVulgar Display of PowerFear of the Dark
>>129311493>Yes to DirtI'm on track 4 and so far this album just sounds like an amalgamation of stoner, sludge, trad, and alt metal. I'll accept it. (forgot how good Down in a Hole is too damn)
>>129311536Sleep's Holy Mountain
>>129311849Based, it's on the chart now
>>129311055Seconding, amazing album.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtpgj9CQvJohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E17hqs4Un-khttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olNNVEYiP20
>>129311035>GWAR - America Must Be Destroyedfuck me, how did i think this was '91? even MA and Wiki have it right. Seconding
>>129312039not metal
>>129311055The opener is sort of lame and Metal Frenzy's a pointless instrumental but the rest was pretty damn good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9JOcjF9czMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vC2I-Mum3g
>mid riffs>Ass vocals> Not heavy enough to justify lack of melody.>Songs too longWhy do people rate this band so highly? Why are they known as one of the essentials? I fucking hate them.
>129312952You can do better than posting something off the catalog.
>>129313019He posted it in /metal/ first lel
>>129313033
>>129312884The Hands of Time is still one of my favorite songs by them.
>>129313152EASILY my favorite off of that album. I really, really like the melody and the lead guitarwork, but the highlight for me was the harmonized solo at 3:41. Incredible stuff.
>>129311055Nasty record with a lot of great riffs, and the Into the Void cover is one of the coolest things I've heard in a while. They do that classic some fucking justice. Nominating. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lGN2Q6ZH_lmlk1LBObQc4-XGC0_iZ7ROg
2nd>>129311035DirtHelmetGwarMegadethSkycladWhite Zombie>>129311074Dream TheatherSabbathRunning WildStratovarius
>someone posts a butt in the last thread >i ask for more pics of the butt >i get banned for asking for butt pics >person who posted butt not banned what the fuck is wrong with the people that mod this site ?
>>129314330Go back to /metal/.
>>129314348sorry it was such a nice butt i cant get it out of my head
>>129314321>Dirt>MegadethDidn't you already second these two? I counted the rest
>>129314384Only 1 of those albums is worth listening to
>>129314389At least three.
>>129314393Nah sorry
>>129314384um no this was my first post in the thread
>>129314409Alright then. Megadeth's on the chart now.
seconding Cro-Mags
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TR2m4IfqPIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhaiAEvEiFIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGWrO2KTBwAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhQpEmG0mMohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zuqDt-KlkMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_yZXsO-3Mghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7q0NKIST-ghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWDJ6R1nTnIBlues for the Red Sun is sooooo fucking good.>>129314580Wrote your vote down
>>129313550I'mma second this.
>>129310869Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far BeyondDream Theater - Images and WordsElegy - Labyrinth of DreamsRunning Wild - Pile of SkullsStratovarius - Twilight TimeW.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol
>>129315154We're already over halfway done lol
Gonna head out, any suggestions over the course of the night I'll write down when I wake up. Night broshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oESFvqpmuk
>>129311074>Rage - Trapped!this was cool, i'll second
>>129315240Pantera - Vulgar Display of PowerManowar - The Triumph of SteelJohn Norum - Face the Truth
>>129315170>WE"RE ALL METAL MERCHANTS AND THIER AINT NO FUCKING STARS
>>129311055https://youtu.be/5FRA7UXlGu8?si=boLkl2rzgjwTcNy6https://youtu.be/f_X5A-BYjO8?si=oFeBhZpKARziZa9shttps://youtu.be/X8DO4EKAztM?si=uWglANIpU3zBSmCwhttps://youtu.be/8pXLQF7Tdkc?si=tmfJWgqv_k4f0Czrhttps://youtu.be/ZIHuF8WvdFk?si=-1zM8-gojmRiCsNn
>>129311055>>129315697>>129316163Votes counted!
>>129318912Don't forget:Exhorder - The Law>>129313550>>129315110
>>129318922Taken care of, but thank you for the reminder - sometimes I forget stuff in the chain
>>129318951One of the few thrash albums I have physically
Elegy is a great and somewhat overlooked band. I hope to see all their albums on these charts. Can't really go wrong with any of them.
>>129318983Album art's reminiscent of Heavy Load, I like it>Elegy is a great and somewhat overlooked band.Never heard of them before this chart desu
>>129319473Decent record.
>>129311055Really good power/prog, lot of classic Queensryche DNA here and besides a slightly hollow drum sound, I had no issues. Seconding!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81DK-_Hl_4chttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INjJtXg_0Y4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcaI7by7E00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8HycPHjIKA (Amazing song)
>>129311055What's the best Maiden album? Piece of Mind isn't often cited, but I think a strong case could be made for it.
>>1293201492-way split between Powerslave and Somewhere in Time. They have far, far better songwriting.
>>129320149Probably Powerslave>>129320163I've never really gotten into Somewhere in Time
>>129320412Same, not sure what it is that's stopping me from really enjoying it. PoM is appealing to me because it's a great balance between the Di'Anno and Dickinson eras in sound, enjoyable from both perspectives.
>>129320149Somewhere in Time.
>>129319815Check out Royal Hunt too. They also made their debut in 1992, but they got much better later.
>>1293108201992 is such slim pickings for trad.I'll go with Anthem - Domestic Booty if it counts.
>>129310869>>129320821Meant 2 reply to this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3sESUVreFkThe first power metal song
>>129310869Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far BeyondRunning Wild - Pile of SkullsManowar - The Triumph of SteelRage - Trapped
https://youtu.be/BzqEfXrsE-Y?t=22This is amazingly heavy for 1983
>>129321118>Amazingly heavyNot really, Show No Mercy and Hellhammer’s demo tape are much, much heavier and they’re both from 1983. Venom’s first two records easily outclass that song, too.
>>129310820Black Sabbath-DehumanizerIron Maiden-Fear of the DarkAnd I will overplay my hand and nominate Pretty Maids' Sin-Decade just for one song, Running Out, which is an all-time banger.
Banging
>>129312952>Why are they known as one of the essentials?It's really only Bonded by Blood, nothing after that is essential
>>129320821>>129321000>>129321471Votes counted>>129322076This used to be one of my favorite albums. Not strong on the JP cover, but outside of that I still really like it. Title track is an all-timer.
>>1293201497th Son with PoM second
>>129320770Eventually, I have their debut written down. Right now I'm checking out Count Raven's second record.
>>129311055Starts off sort of slow, the first two songs aren't anything special - but everything from the 3rd track to the end is some solid doom. Nominating.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgtvGkabBTgjfrH4YgIjX1S879rd6JFnU
>>129312952>Why do people rate this band so highly? Why are they known as one of the essentials?The debut's good and they have "OG cred". I also think a lot of their praise comes from the fact that they had a very solid comeback in the 2000s. But yeah to me they were always an undisputably B-tier band. They certainly don't deserve to be in the Big 4 like some people love claiming. Their songwriting never really beyond their first album. I mean their sophomore was an absolute fucking slump (compare that to evolution of bands like Metallica and Slayer from 1st to 2nd album, the difference is night and day). Also they kept changing vocalists, and all of them aren't particularly good. I hold similar sentiments with other bands like Overkill and Testament. They're 'classics' but kinda overrated at the same time, some of their work is highly enjoyable in their own right but they can't hold a candle to the greats. Basically everyone takes the piss out of Anthrax and says these bands should replace them in the Big 4, and I may have agreed before, but now I honestly believe that's bullshit. They may not have been as 'heavy' but I feel like they just stuck to their own lane and did their own thing, and as a result their stuff is far more memorable. I recently revisited their early stuff, Spreading the Disease and Among the Living are excellent albums. Yes I'm one of the 4 people who defend Anthrax lol
>>129311035>>129315194>>129322622>Coundown to ExtinctionThere are like 2 passable songs on that album. Get that shit out of there
>>129323740>Get that shit out of thereIt got the right amount of votes so it stays. I don't personally agree with it being there, though.
>>129323740>>129323760Rust in peace or peace sells are better albums even youthanasia
>>129325106Those can't be on the chart though
>>129311055https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfcLesynJrc
>>129323690Oh I always dug Anthrax. Time is one of my most favourite thrash metal songs, Spreading the Disease is one of my all-time favourite albums and I even have Fistful of Metal on tape which even though it may not be thrash metal is a great metal album
>>129326882I think I have three vinyl copies of this. Apparently they can go for up to $500 these days.
>>129311035>>129322622Other potential picks for 1992:Danzig - III: How the Gods Killhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k0phnVsjgl444aFKDLz00gV4xRbA_0g24Depressive Age - First Depressionhttps://youtu.be/I8vdr1JUrrQDespair - Beyond All Reason:https://youtu.be/ms_DQgVtFmwForté - Stranger Than Fiction:https://youtu.be/Pg_rzOR49HQPsychotic Waltz - Into the Everflowhttps://psychoticwaltz.bandcamp.com/album/into-the-everflowRoot - The Temple in the Underworld (Might be too extreme but worth a shot):https://youtu.be/YL69FrPwqUEThought Industry - Songs for Insects (Might be too wacky but worth a shot):https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m3h0sLOr78WptCvcjRnAVZwCgy6rVNmdU人間椅子 [Ningen Isu] - 黄金の夜明け [Ōgon no yoake]https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k6mfQBGmhGdwIUgDywOM4EPWA9U16cC-Y
>>129328627>Root - The Temple in the Underworld (Might be too extreme but worth a shot):I'll go check it out. Counted the rest of your votes.
>>129311055Pretty good epic metal. Definitely blackened, but not by much; and pretty much all of the riffing is rooted in traditional heavy metal. I'll probably give this one a few more listens, because the atmosphere is excellent.
>>129311055I love pub metal so much
>>129321186This is speed metal, it doesn't explicitly try to be extreme. For trad metal it is heavy considering the bar at the time was heavy and nwobhm.
>>129329242>For trad metal it is heavy considering the bar at the time was heavy and nwobhm.Yeah, fair enough.
>>129320884 The song this anon posted was "Pictures Of Home" by Deep Purple. Their video link is broken.Here's an alternate link:https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=gNYkE37tfRY
>>129320884I usually call Pictures of Home a prototype of power metal. It has a few elements but lacks much of the speed and melody I'd expect in power metal. In my opinion it starts with Stargazer / A Light in the Black.
anyone listen to all of this album? its from 1982:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Blade
>>129329388Yeah, it's fantastic. Under the Blade is one of my favorite songs from 1982, and Sin after Sin and Destroyer are great deep cuts from the band.
This song's also pretty fuckin' tense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBpBPKi_-uw
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=cDBxiuLrfSA
The first 3 Twisted Sister albums all kick ass, those are mandatory US heavy metal albums.
dave's RtL is way worse than the original
>>129311055Wino's newest band. Has some nice, fittingly eerie female vocals; and the riffs are pretty good. Solid release, though I hope that for their next LP they do some longer, more epic stuff. Most of these songs end just as you start to get in the groove. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNR3GP8GVIghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNO2nJBEsQUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ5DITwwvRs
>>129311055This band is so fucking good.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06TmD8Q85ZU
I find Screaming for Vengeance a very uneven record. Some songs are great, others are pretty weak. The title track I don't find that appealing, it's just Rob Halford literally screaming and they've done faster songs before (Exciter). Bloodstone is an underrated gem. And the guitar tone on Electric Eye is awesome.
>>129329324To me your link is broken. Must be a region thing.>>129329384I can see Blackmore's hand all over that opening melody, to the point that I was searching Rainbow's catalogue for it. Aside from the melody it also has that driving riff that's kind of USPM-ish, and the melodic vocals.
>>129330152Pain and Pleasure has one of my personal least favorite choruses in any metal song. Devil's Child is sort of annoying, too.
>>129330178>I can see Blackmore's hand all over that opening melody, to the point that I was searching Rainbow's catalogue for it.It's an outlier for sure. Only song from the MK II I can think of that's similar is Bloodsucker; and that's purely for the fantastical lyrics. >Aside from the melody it also has that driving riff that's kind of USPM-ish, and the melodic vocals.I can see it. Crank up the distortion and make the riff faster, and you have something that wouldn't sound out of place in an Omen song.
>>129325322I don't care if it's not Bruce singing. This is the best live performance in Iron Maiden's history and he only has himself to blame for going on sabbatical to produce that gay Skid Row tier shit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epYKVcHrVr0
>>129311055This is my favorite album of 2026 so far. John Arch era Fates Warning + Candlemass; with cavernous, blackened production and some really, really fucking good songwriting. Highly recommended.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyDLYehUJWs
>>129310820Whats like Watchtower but more doom? Aside from Confessor ofc.
>>129330152I find most of their discography to be uneven. Even Painkiller's first half isn't all that great, except for the title track.
>>129330352>I don't care if it's not Bruce singing. This is the best live performance in Iron Maiden's history and he only has himself to blame for going on sabbatical to produce that gay Skid Row tier shit.What are you referring to with bruce?
>>129330352At 1:55, why did they add Bruce's voice after he says "you" to let the audience sing it? I've seen other recordings of this and he does not sing there himself. That was the whole point.
>>129322622I vote for Testament - The Ritual
>>129330352also skid row was a good band:https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ9dnWoNdLk
>>129330714>I find most of their discography to be uneven. Even Painkiller's first half isn't all that great, except for the title track.I have to disagree, Leather Rebel is incredible.The other's are nice too.
>>129310820That's not trad that's prog
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>>129329196awesome album
>>129323690Anthrax is way overhated
>>129311055>>129331988I gotchu
>>129322622>DirtBased. I was reluctant to vote for Facelift because the influences on that album are much more eclectic but Dirt is very heavy and doomy
>>129337612>but Dirt is very heavy and doomyYeah I had no qualms putting it on the chart. It's clearly metal, and not even that alternative outside of Layne's vocal melodies.
>>129311035Might as well post the albums that are less known. No point in posting the stuff that's already well known or already added to the chart.Aversion: https://youtu.be/V4i4Nr6jaIYCro-Mags: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL34D8B4AE9C165B68Gladiator: https://youtu.be/j2GmNef0N10Saber Tiger: https://youtu.be/LKOVWprz0lkJeff Scheetz: https://youtu.be/fLhFbLe4h_M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJkeqJqlbWUWhat a great song and album (Warlord - Deliver Us). I love this more melodic, medieval, fantasy inspired heavy metal over the "yeah I'm so cool, I'm such a rock n roll biker" pentatonic kind that people seem to like.Any more in the same vein?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEMaOp8qdg8
>>129337825>I love this more melodic, medieval, fantasy inspired heavy metal over the "yeah I'm so cool, I'm such a rock n roll biker" pentatonic kind that people seem to like.>that people seem to likeBecause heavy metal comes directly from hard rock.>Any more in the same vein?Attack - Return of the EvilEurope - EuropeFates Warning - The Spectre Within Heavy Load - Death or GloryHeavy Load - Stronger Than EvilMetal Church - Metal ChurchQueensryche - QueensrycheQueensryche - The Warning
>>129337896I hate hard rock (and heavy metal that tries to be hard rock) but I like heavy metal
>>129337929>(and heavy metal that tries to be hard rock)>tries to be
>>129337825Just listen to power metal.
>>129337681>GladiatorWhat a cool band from my humble little home country. Shame they disbanded after 1993 but at least they didn't go on to make some shitty sellout pop slop
>>129338014Such as?
>>129338046>Shame they disbanded after 1993 but at least they didn't go on to make some shitty sellout pop slopVery funny, but they did. I take it you're already familiar with their work after 1994.
>>129338102>I take it you're already familiar with their work after 1994.Yeah, it's huge here. They completely disowned their metal roots. Their attempt at grunge was also interesting but honestly going from deathrash to grunge is already an insane sellout in itself. Now that I think about it, it's like what Def Leppard did but 100x worse lmaoI guess since we're on the topic of Slovak bands, Tublatanka is a classic. It has a bit of that Heir Apparent-style USPM touch. Kinda wish they sang in English tho.https://youtu.be/7ip9S67-kxk?si=icXOXrpLcMaw2jqq
>>129311055Fantastic release. Melodic, soaring metal in the same vein as Rainbow and with vocal melodies very reminiscent of Heavy Load. Loved the guitarwork. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6JtQD0FYvw
Listening to Images and Words for the first time in my life these days. I watched Pull Me Under from a live performance and I still remembered the chorus.Why did it take them 3 years to release a second album?
>>129340270>watched Pull Me Under from a live performance and I still remembered the chorus.Like 20 years ago I mean
Scorpions - Evening Wind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl7vwNHff_8
>>129311055The only reasons I'm not seconding are because of the boring 3~ minute long jam tacked onto the end of Changes (which was a fuckin' ripper of a tune outside of it), and a bit of inconsistency earlier on in the album. Otherwise this was very fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBfoVR2091shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7j8tE1W-Pkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbvTKXqlYKk
>>129342395I saw that while browsing new releases. Is it any good?
>>129342414I really like it. It's probably not anything you haven't heard before but it's catchy, fast, and has that shitty demo production that I love
Is listening to Running Wild past The Rivalry worth it?
>>129311055find a flaw
>>129310820Someone please listen to this album. I'm tired of being its only fan. If you like early Queensryche's slower heavy metal style you might like it too. 1985 Seattle band.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmVF0Orv2DYSkip the first track though.
Any fellow fans of this album? It's like Led Zeppelin I 2.0.
>>129343395There's some decent stuff on Victory and Brotherhood, but no, not really.
>>129338815>first song in>cowbell during the chorus
>>129344180Damn, I thought I was the only person in these threads that have actually listened to that album. Doesn't pop up often. >Led Zeppelin I 2.0.Apt description, but I'd also say Kingdom Come is better than anything I've heard from those guys. Title track is so, so fucking good and Hard Rain Fallin' is proto-speed.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65KPiHdyY-shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m9ZSYyMBSEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoqiORcYhmAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNFkjMV0oY4
>>129344180>>129345267It was shared here a while back but I still haven't listened to it. At least I assume it was from here based on the folder I downloaded it to.
>>129345538Yeah, I was the one that posted it lol. >but I still haven't listened to it.It's a great album. They're the earliest American metal band and were one of Pentagram's primary influences, and you can really hear it when listening to the slower, sludgier songs on the record. If you ask me it's an essential listen for the early '70s.
>>129310820more like thisthe epicer, the betterhttps://youtu.be/omu1wqRwETI?si=20mlxUoHNqfeKmSM
>>129345647Try this >>129330470 and listen to these:Cirith Ungol - King of the Dead (not epic doom, but definitely epic heavy)Bathory - HammerheartBathory - Twilight of the GodsManowar - Into Glory RideSolitude Aeturnus' first two albums
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtG5bXF0DZMWhat a great song. Great Dune-inspired song, before any movie about it came out.
70s Rush are cool.
>>129330152Bloodstone is great. Riding on the Wind is one of my favorites. I love that whole album.
>>129330714Have to disagree there, first half of Painkiller is pretty awesome. Hell Patrol, Leather Rebel, Metal Meltdown, All guns blazing are all solid songs. Defenders of the Faith is also solid from start to finish. Screaming though I find really uneven, like it wants to be a commercial album at many points. Painkiller and Defenders say "fuck it" and just want to be metal records.
>>129347985>Defenders of the Faith is also solid from start to finish. Screaming though I find really uneven, like it wants to be a commercial album at many points. Painkiller and Defenders say "fuck it" and just want to be metal records.Very well out, I agree. They tried to walk the edge with commercialism in Screaming and it sounds so formulaic, in a bad way. Besides Screaming for Vengeance which I love, the album I never really took to. But Defenders is pure Priest 80s magnificense.
>>129344180>>129345267their self titled is pretty good too, chicago lives has an awesome solo
WE ARE SCREAMINGSCREAMING FOR VENGEANCETHE WORLD IS A MANACLED PLACESCREAMINGSCREAMING FOR VENGEANCEYOUR MOM HAS MY JIZZ ON HER FACE
>>129348356I thought it was a good album but a downgrade from the first. Woman Tamer's a hell of a song, though. Sounds like a predecessor to stoner rock.
How is the 1992 chart coming along? I want to nominate Shadow Gallery's s/t.
>>129349993>How is the 1992 chart coming along?Slow. I should probably get to listening to some more stuff. >I want to nominate Shadow Gallery's s/t.You got it.
>>129347985For me, it's the title track and A Touch of Evil. Leather Rebel, Metal Meltdown, Night Crawler and Between the Hammer & the Anvil are my other favorites from that album. I just found Hell Patrol and All Guns Blazing underwhelming especially after the title track bludgeons you with its intensity. Painkiller is a great album but it has to be enjoyed in a certain sequence.
>>129348392wouldn't it be >YOUR DADinstead?
can you post the vote totals OP i need something to listen to
>>129356659Yah here you go
Images and Words is good musicianship but let's face it, it's technical wankery with a bit of song underneath.>>129351340Kek, cheeky
>>129311055Good album but not amazing, and the Genesis cover isn't that great. Highlights are the bookending tracks.
>>129356932my favorite song from that album is genuinely wait for sleep
BALLS TO THE WALLS!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBj--TGzCXI
>>129359387>THE WALLS!
>>129310869Reminds me of that tragic Summer event...
>>129356709thx. seconding Trouble
>>129360614Based, counted the vote
>>129362044This was my first RW album. I bought it exclusively because Treasure Island was on it.
>>129360595Yeah... what a shame.
Speaking of Running Wild, I've never seen a band mimic a band's sound so faithfully as Blazon Stone did with Running Wild. Their albums are of the same quality as prime Running Wild.https://youtube.com/watch?v=5QEg1wcbCNkhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=RxHGFOqoaDQ
>>129364424Must be a bit embarrassing for Rolf that this guy does Running Wild better than he has for the last 26 years.
>>129364424>>129364570This guy also has, or had, several other projects mimicking the style of certain bands during their peak, like this album in the style of Somewhere/Imaginations era Blind Guardian.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wrEkQbOouM
>>129311055Good album but gets into a creative rut by the end (with exception to Pain in the World, great tune).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkoFImDpx_Mhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elLQNOGi4ZAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnwfNGQJ6UU
>>129364353I think it's my favourite Running Wild album.
>>129364610Which of them are worth listening to?
>>129311055Shocked this hasn't been nominated for the chart yet, this was really good doom. Nominating.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHeVA7Z372A
Hysteria may suck but the title track is great imo
>>129369268It’s like the only good song on that album lol
>>129369268Nah Hysteria is good
>>129367923Honestly, I think Parallel Corners is their best. When picks for 1994 come up, I'll nominate that one.
>>129310820What are your top 10 Tech Thrash albums?Me:Voïvod - Killing TechnologyBeliever - DimensionsCoroner - No More ColorDeathrow - Deception IgnoredHellwitch - Syzygial MiscreancyMekong Delta - The Music of Erich ZannObliveon - From This Day ForwardRealm - Endless WarSadus - Illusions (Chemical Exposure)Watchtower - Control and Resistance
>>129370350I haven't listened to enough tech thrash yet to have a top 10Annihilator - Never, NeverlandCoroner - No More ColorHelstar - Nosferatu (sounded like tech thrash when I listened to it)Mekong Delta - The Music of Erich ZannNasty Savage - IndulgenceVoivod - Killing TechnologyWatchtower - Energetic Disassembly
>>129370394Distilling it all to a top 10 is difficult as each albums resonate with me at different times. Sometimes, I grow colder on certain albums I initially was very fond of. Relationships with music always ebb and flow, so it's folly for me to assume distilling tastes into a digestible reference list will stay true overtime. I could go on, but I prefer Tech Thrash to Tech Death. The latter feels so dull and sterile.
>>129370428>I could go on, but I prefer Tech Thrash to Tech Death. The latter feels so dull and sterile.I have listened to zero tech death. All of the death I've listened to is OSDM and some death doom.
>>129370500This ain't the thread for it, but Death Doom is superior to Tech Death by miles.
>>129311055Only version that's up on YouTube is the compilation that contains both the original EP + bonus trackshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HjieJngulU
>>129311055https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLciKXGeGyI3YrhMvHNLq_csyJ1Q3TGj2w
Didn't like this very much.
>>129370686Bill Ward from Sabbath is on this album
>>129371954Yeah, that was one of the reasons why I checked it out. He does some pretty good work on it, though his style's less swinging than it was in Sabbath.
>>129311055This was a great listen, seconding!https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL316bvx1NxMZLFQCkI-MDzNNcKV9a9lZ2
>>129370686that last track is fun
>>129311055https://youtu.be/qxn9KzCF3ss?si=M-fOWej1mBOeWIoqGreat song, even if some of the vocals sound quirky (I'm no expert but he sounds really out of tune at multiple points)Also the album cover is cool as hell
>>129376740I fucking love that album>even if some of the vocals sound quirky (I'm no expert but he sounds really out of tune at multiple points)That's John Arch's thing, his vocals are weird but if you can get into them they're really cool
>>129376801I can definitely get into them, quirky singers are my favoriteAll hail Jon Oliva
>>129376740Arch / Matheos is fantastic if you like Fates Warning, both members are from Fates Warning.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4fZMXSZj80
>>129376821In that case you need to listen to Awaken the Guardian ASAP. Those two Arch albums are two of my favorite metal records period.
>>129311055https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvAyoNx6tDfP1JMP6UULyJvd4G6oqfxK4
I really don't understand how John Arch is an acquired taste. Just listen to this. Unironically one of the greatest metal vocalists of all time.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVW12YuNmYE
>>129378489True. This is one of the best metal vocal performances.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmDgdDXH944
>>129378617And he absolutely nailed it on those 30th anniversary show 10 years ago.I really hoped they would do something for the 40th anniversary of either of the albums.
This reminds me of JPhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGAkTuZ6C3I
>>129378814Lyrics and chorus in that one do sound like something off of British Steel or SfV, yeah.
>>129311055Probably the first Canadian metal album, released in 1978. Imagine a more consistently heavy Moxy with much better songs and some epic leanings.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lIOrIH5yngdWXNmCsBzEDQvkzxk_lcqp0
The fucking groove on this songhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wp7FArCsDI
>>129379032That's interesting. I've never really thought about what the first metal album from different countries was. I wonder what the first one from Norway was.
>>129380307>I wonder what the first one from Norway was.Either Straw Dogs' or Rex Begonia's debut EP, they're both from 1982.
>>129311055One of the first Norwegian metal albums. I was expecting something similar to Heavy Load (the closer is pretty reminiscent of their stuff though) or Europe's S/T, but instead this is quite rooted in late '70s-early '80s Judas Priest and Scorpions. Some Thin Lizzy with the vocal melodies here, too. Good stuff, but nothing outstanding. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znRiG_szNYEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NB7GD88znUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVMNQoxWSgEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C_3VLldiFY
>>129310869At The Gates - The Red In The Sky Is Ours
>>129383116Not trad at all lol Good album thoughbeit
Caught Somewhere in Time is the greatest album opener of all time
>>129383116>Death metalNo.
>>129311055More bluesy and less heavy than its successor but it's still a pretty good record. Bean Stew and Dead Forever seriously rock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa3ofJNQh50https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdwXn0ZOZF8
>>129383931Yeah I think I saw your comment in that Licks of the Beast video
>>129379032>Probably the first Canadian metal album, released in 1978.Bro
It seems we are in a bit of a runt for the 1992 chart
>>129386140This was always going to be an issue. We have more than enough albums nominated, so I say put everything with two votes on the chart and then see how many spots are left.
>>129386164With the 2 votes added there's no slots left.
>>129386222Looks good to me. Can't think of anything essential missing.
>>129383931It's up there for sure. There are way too many excellent album openers for me to have definite favorite. And some album openers are a little too good, as the rest of the album can't live up to it. Ram It Down comes to mind.
>>129386454Same here desu, I'll go finalize it
1992's chart is done! We'll be starting 1993 next thread.
>>129387979Great album. It has such a distinctly "warm" tone that I can't quite put my finger on
>>129386945Wait, how is Cro-Mags /trad/?
>>129388451Crossover thrash
watchtower rules
>>129386164I think 1994 will be the hardest chart to fill. I can only think of a handful of really good albums from that year. From then it will just get easier, at least for me, because of the massive surge in power metal releases.
>>129389119>From then it will just get easier, at least for me, because of the massive surge in power metal releases.For me it'll be stoner and doom metal. In fact, all of the metal I've listened to from 1994-1997 is just those two genres now that I think about it.
>>129389625For me pretty much everything from now on is non-trad.
>>129389670Most of the albums that I've written down for 1993 aren't traditional heavy metal, yeah. It's quite a bit of power, some doom and prog, and a sprinkling of thrash. There's even less heavy than there was for 1992.
>>129389773I should have said "not fit for /trad/".Most of my library from now on is black and death with a bit of thrash.
>>129389836Ah. Yeah that makes sense lol
Just realized we didn't get this on the 91 chart. Bummer.
Some of my favorites from 93. Well, most of them. In case you need a reminder of what came out that year.
>>129390077There were a few of these I forgot to write down, thanks.
anyone listen to this?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fragile_Art_of_Existence
>>129391728Pretty sure I downloaded this 6 months ago. haven't listened to it yet though.
>>129391728This album is what death's TSoP was meant to be. It's very good
>>129390077I love edge of thorns
>>129391728Of course. It's banging. I prefer it to most of Death's discography.
Am I the only one who thinks Grim Reaper kinda sucks?
>>129395266No, you're right. It's the definition of butt metal. And the screeching vocals are so annoying.
>>129311055Damn Robert Lowe is pretty good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJxz-JzSj4Ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QAzLrFaUlw
>>129395495>>129395266Huh? See you in Hell is an awesome song.
>>129395266It’s hard to say they suck when they were barely around. They’ve got a few good songs, but that’s it.
>>129396411It's extremely simple and kinda annoying imo.
>>129377691Late response but yeah, I did listen to Awaken the Guardian as well. Both albums during the same workout in fact.That album is also fantastic. "Guardian" especially is such an amazing song.
>>129396833Guardian's fantastic but my favorite off of that record is Exodus. That chorus, man. It's so good.
>>129395266I think we all have those classic bands we just can't get into. I have several, like Omen, Cirith Ungol and Wtichfinder General. I respect the hell out of them and wish I enjoyed them, but I just don't.
>>129311055Title track sucks, rest of the album's good; if inconsistent. I really liked Cry of the Nature and Gates to Eden, but outside of that I don't think I'd go back to this one.
>>129311055Really fucking good, check it out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwzVCAyJr8o
Good morning fags.
>>129311055>>129403038good morning
>>129404493Based.
>>129404914Might actually be my favorite RW album as of this moment. Like, the weakest songs here (Raw Ride, Beggar's Night) are still really fucking cool.
>>129404945It's up there for me as well.
>>129404959Haven't listened to Port Royal in a hot minute, but here's what my RW rank would look like1. Under Jolly Roger2. Death or Glory3. Gates to Purgatory4. Port RoyalAnd Branded and Exiled I just don't remember.
>>129404999You don't like Pile of Skulls? Or you haven't listened to it? It's one of my favourites.
>>129405028>Or you haven't listened to it?No, I haven't. I still have to listen to Blazon Stone (which I'm putting on right now) before I get to that one.
>>129311055This is a very good album but it's not up to par with Death or Glory, in part due to the closer which just doesn't stack up to the rest of the record. Title track and Little Big Horn are some of the band's best, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwn1UPU8DpMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw2nhNGYsYIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w1k3sFwSI0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLlIWuzc810
>>129405590Make sure to also listen to Black Hand Inn, Masquerade and The Rivalry, but stop there.
>>129405630>Make sure to also listen to Black Hand Inn, Masquerade and The RivalryBlack Hand Inn is already in my library but I gotta go fetch those other two. >but stop there.I've heard how subpar RW's post 90s output is, and I have no intention of wasting my time with it. But I might check out Blazon Stone's first album later this week.
>>129405681>Blazon StoneI listened to their first two albums and they were pretty good, I'll probably listen to more by them. I prefer Running Wild though.
>>129405724>I listened to their first two albums and they were pretty good, I'll probably listen to more by them.Noted, I just put on Pile of Skulls and right off the bat I really like the production. Blazon Stone had a bit of a glossy sound to it, but this sounds much more raw and what I'd expect from RW.>I prefer Running Wild though.I wouldn't expect an imitation/homage band to ever overtake the original, but if they can even reach 80% of the way there that's still damn good.
Fallout by Liege Lord is probably my favorite album closer full stop
>>129406039I can't pick an absolute favorite, here's a handful of mineAccept - Princess of the DawnDef Leppard - OvertureFates Warning - ExodusManilla Road - Dreams of EschatonManowar - Battle HymnsOverkill - OverkillRainbow - A Light in the BlackSaint Vitus - Burial at SeaTrouble - Psalm 9
>>129393303>>129395142It feels more proggy than even 'the sound of perseverance". its kinda interesting listening to this album and realizing TSOP also could have sounded like a power metal album if it had the same singer.
>>129311055Production's crunchier, better riffs, more engaging songwriting - just an all-around improvement over Blazon Stone, and it's bookended (unless you count the unlisted intro as the first song) by two of the best songs in the genre.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOU0PuBTmOIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6LvnrxrTwshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-NP411X0Vkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzDglcSjLBwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs0TL9EWrHo
>>129406039For me, it's probably Somewhere Far Beyond.
>>129406425Treasure Island is a personal favorite.
>>129406264Most, if not all the music on TSoP is just recycled Control Denied material, altered and released under the Death name because the label wanted one more album. Worst death album imo
>>129406952Same. I thought it was the best off of the album.
>>129386945Extremely based. Thanks for the votes, guys.
>>129409143I ended up changing the background from that noise texture (it just wouldn't scale properly with the canvas size so big) to just plain white, you'll see it in the next OP's pastebin.
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