Psalm 9 editionThis thread is dedicated to the discussion of traditional heavy metal and anything else that’s related to it. More info: https://pastebin.com/rpAh9xqdCHARTShttps://pastebin.com/Ut12MqrWUSEFUL 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: >>129803321
Four slots left on the 1995 chart, reply to this post with what you want added
>>129864742Rage - Black in MindGrave Digger - Heart of DarknessShadow Gallery - Carved in Stone
>>129865009added rage and grave digger, i'm gonna go finalize it now
Psalm 9 has such a sick riff
>>129865129for me it's that short groovy riff after the solo in the fall of lucifer and then the stomping one afterwards, sounds so fucking cool
>>129865152I also like the one where they quote alice cooper's unfinished sweet, really badass and unlike alice they repeat it more, which was the right callhttps://youtu.be/oqNR-_nHZwQ?t=74https://youtu.be/K5ZlHl80zck?t=101
>>129865291>and unlike alice they repeat it more, which was the right callagreed, the version in assassin has more time to sink in. by the time i was starting to get into the cooper riff it was already onto the next one.
1995's chart is complete! 1996 will start sometime tomorrow.
>>129864742Black Sabbath - Forbidden
>>129864723like a decade later and I'm still seething that a sick Psalm 9 longsleeve I bought got lost in the mail and the guy who was making them dropped off the earthpushing it with this one as far as "trad metal" but whatever they covered Trouble and I've been listening to it a lot
>>129865659>like a decade later and I'm still seething that a sick Psalm 9 longsleeve I bought got lost in the mail and the guy who was making them dropped off the earthdo you still have any photos of what it was supposed to look like?
>>129865676pretty sure it was this (though admittedly I find the back a lil ugly now)
>>129865732yeah that looks pretty cool>(though admittedly I find the back a lil ugly now)i think the band photo is fine, it's the other elements that look sort of off. like you have this stylized logo on the front, then a generic typeface for all the text on the back.
>tfw no Realm - Endless War on the 1988 chart'88 was fucking stacked, but this album is sorely missedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhsAQ5mWOmk
BLASTING
>>129864742
>>129866806the chart's done, no more additions
lizzy borden - no time to lose https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdvACIeyygg
>>129864723>christcuck editioncringe
>>129866338
>the 90s trying to kill /trad/ just like it tried to kill trad irlpoetic
>>12987284500's will be beyond grim
can we start the '96 chart? might inject some life into the thread
>>129874612i won't be able to count any votes for a bit but sure
the 1996 chart has begun, reply to this post with your nominations
>>129874756The Lord Weird Slough Feg - s/tTherion - Theli
>>129874756Angra - Holy LandHelloween - The Time of the OathIced Earth - The Dark SagaSlough Feg - The Lord Weird Slough FegStratovarius - EpisodeSymphony X - The Divine Wings of TragedyVirgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Part TwoX Japan - Dahlia
>>129866806Only once I saw a videoclip by those guys and it sounded like noise.
When Ozzy died, I cried for months...
>>129874868>>129874882votes have been counted
>>129874756Angra - Holy LandHelloween - The Time of the OathImpellitteri - Screaming SymphonyAxel Rudi Pell - Black Moon PyramidRiot - The Brethren of the Long HouseStratovarius - Episode
>>129876759>Riot - The Brethren of the Long House1995 release and it already made that chart, counted the rest
>>129876771Damn, I forgot.Some of I think has to do with some of those end of year releases being released earlier somewhere else compared to the rest of the world...Gonna add another vote for The Divine Wings of Tragedy then (originally I thought it came out in 1997 - but no, it came out in 1996 in Japan and therefore counts as a '96 album).
>>129876798>Some of I think has to do with some of those end of year releases being released earlier somewhere else compared to the rest of the world...yeah i'm pretty sure that's it, the same year discrepancy popped up for savatage - gutter ballet too. >Gonna add another vote for The Divine Wings of Tragedy thensounds good, counted. listening to that helloween album btw, started off sort of decent but it's rapidly climbing in quality. so far i like it much more than master of the rings.
>>129866338great album. there's a bit of inconsistency towards the middle, but aside from that all of my issues are pretty fucking minor. seconding.
>>129874756Lemur Voice - InsightsManowar - Louder Than HellPantera - The Great Southern TrendkillPsychotic Waltz - Bleeding>>129874882>>129874882>Angra - Holy Land>Helloween - The Time of the Oath>Iced Earth - The Dark Saga>Stratovarius - Episode>Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy>Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Part TwoSeconded>>129876759>Impellitteri - Screaming Symphony>Axel Rudi Pell - Black Moon PyramidSeconded
The Foreigner effect:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hByGwgm_vRshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y0MlyNgGHshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuFkavneS60https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n-WptnlqDohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afonD5eFsu8
>>129874756great melodic progressive heavy metal
>>129877869i second Psychotic Waltz
>>129874756Helloween - The Time of the OathMotorhead - Overnight SensationKing Diamond - The Graveyard
>>129877869>>Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Part Twothis also made it onto the '95 chart and won't be accepted for this one. >>129880542>>129880997votes counted
>>129880528came out in 1997, will accept for that year's chart when we get there
>>129866338best morgana lefay album i've listened to, it's very long but the songs are all great. nominating.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcQfM4LCpP5o2wJ-3n59ZXsh9Yrv4VwVJ
>>129883081It was originally released in 1996 by Dominion Records in the US (even reissued the same year). It was released in Europe in 1997 by Noise Records.
>>129884456verified myself and yup, forgot to look in additional releases. counting it
>>129882024>this also made it onto the '95 chart and won't be accepted for this one.Didn't have the time to double check whatever I seconded
Why are you diapertards make so many cringe charts?
>>129882024Good to see that my four favorites already made it in. A few more:Morgana Lefay - Maleficium Heavens Gate - Planet E. Iced Earth - The Dark SagaGrave Digger - Tunes of WarNevermore - The Politics of Ecstasy Rough Silk - Circle of Pain...Mercyful Fate - Into The UnknownKing Diamond - The GraveyardMotorhead - Overnight SensationAxel Rudi Pell - Black Moon Pyramid
>>129887538counted your votes, here are the new additions>Morgana Lefay - Maleficium this was really good. i wasn't expecting it to be such a surge in quality from the secret doctrine, but the songwriting and atmosphere's fucking stellar.
>>129866338advocating for this to get some votes. idk much about symphonic metal but this is fun stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxibDN4aB2ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNh5JyZdMn4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG5iHhnqTl4
so, trad metal for women?
>>129866338very good prog that's of the same vein as late 80s fates warning. seconding, this was a fun listen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWE9IuXbDvo
>>129888704thirding
>>129887883Early Photoshop album covers were something else.
>>129884512Yeah, i don't get why discogs don't show the first release on top (unless it's some promo or something).>>129888704Hell yeah! It is a hidden gem imo.
Aposeursaysbump?
bump
>>129866338https://youtu.be/2lvs2FzF64o?si=Dbd9GS6Q0XXIv3mfhttps://youtu.be/kfTcE89sBXU?si=m99BlXvJZuyGZyaDhttps://youtu.be/RVMvART9kb8?si=7MqSu1OQ1EsjSRf8https://youtu.be/tMDFv5m18Pw?si=LK2b3jydOXuMKtFHhttps://youtu.be/g1v9d-3-pqI?si=iIYAgn6eAU9eRqEp
>>129889851yeah it's a funny cover. doesn't really fit the music, i thought it was gonna be black metal or something
>>129892712i have done nothing to you, why are you mad at me
>>129874756Already added but why not second a vote?Helloween - The Time of the OathSymphony X - The Divine Wings of TragedyVirgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Part TwoMy picks:Almafuerte - Del entornoBathory - Blood on IceBlind Guardian - The Forgotten TalesEmpirium - A Wintersunset...The Exploited - Beat the BastardsGrave Digger - Tunes of WarMeliah Rage - Death Valley DreamMemory Garden - TidesMetalucifer - Heavy Metal DrillPantera - The Great Southern TrendkillPsychotic Waltz - BleedingRoot - KärgeräsSeikima-II - メフィストフェレスの肖像 (Mephistopheles No Shouzou)Skyclad - Irrational AnthemsSkyclad - Oui avant-garde á chanceType O Negative - October RustMight be too hot:Bound for Glory - Behold the Iron CrossBuldok - ScrewfaceCentaurus - Apokalypse BRDExcalibur - ApokalypsaShutdown - Pray for WarWarlord - An Old and Angry God Awakes
>>129893438>Empirium - A Wintersunset...maybe>Type O Negative - October Rustno, counted the rest>Might be too hot:as long as the music is /trad/ and you're nominating them based on the actual songwriting/quality of the album, i don't really give a shit
>>129892712HAAHA,poser
>>129894007rocked a lot harder than i expected it to, chocolate piano was a real highlighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv0RWFvNhF4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oEvS4Z7hc4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsEOxaFlBZYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h8wDcd7rCo
>>129894428i'll take it as a complimentthank you
>>129880119What is the Foreigner effect?
Shat myself listening to Manowar. Gonna ask the doctor to prescribe me some diapers. It has happened a lot lately.
>>129895629Bands who tried, often quite successfully, sound like Foreigner. A powerful Lou Gramm-type vocalist were required to pull it of of course.
+1 to Morgana Lefay, Grave Digger
>>129897423and one for Impellitteri as well
>>129897423>>129897945added all three, the lastfm image for maleficium is fucked up so i'll replace the cover when it's time to actually make the chart
>>129893523Bound for Glory:https://youtu.be/N0RSw8FhkR0Buldok:https://youtu.be/DvtyJxoJJ7IShutdown:https://youtu.be/bTonQDHiIk0Warlord:https://rumble.com/v3xt5og-warlord-an-old-and-angry-god-awakes-full-album.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MykD8zgHuy8
I'm surprised Slough Feg wasn't an instant inclusion. They carried traditional heavy metal in the late 90s to 2000s.
>>129866338I need more TON-like bands
>>129903810To be specific, I'm looking for metal bands that just use keyboards really well.
Sorry, what was that? What am I blasting, you ask? Why, The Dungeons Are Calling Extended Play by Savatage. Currently Visions is playing.
>>129897140Intredasting>>129893523I know it's Ninepee, but why not Type O?
>>129904042>I know it's Ninepee, but why not Type O?gothic metal. admittedly i'm not terribly familiar with the genre, but from what i've heard it doesn't sound rooted in trad, at least not enough to make it onto the yearly charts. same reason why melvins - houdini got the axe on 1993's.
>>129903562they aren't good
>>129866338great album, seconding. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nUC-73Dst678YxGCdEUn8MjhfwnxmS6ps
Metallica's cover of 'Blitzkrieg' is way better than the original. Nobody will convince me otherwise
>>129905159thirded
airwolf - legion of doom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pN0qN1Zacsairwolf - victory bells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHDFr5QXhnw
The percussion overdubs on Children of the Grave are distracting. They over-do it. It would've been better if they'd put them in a couple of sections of the song instead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdWOH1b60Gg
>>129903837>>129903837Not really metal, but still heavy as fuck and has an awesome keyboard solo.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbwsSTgJLFA
>>129866338weird fucking album but a very good listen, especially the second half which is where the band gets more experimental. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12ATtdrmtKY
It's getting a bit embarrassing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-BcGcuYviM&t=4s
>>129915857>I love (((extreme metal)))
>>129874756Impelliteri - Screaming SymphonyX Japan - DahliaMorgana Lefay - MaleficiumStratovarius - EpisodeDungeon - DemolitionJoe Stump - Supersonic Shred Machine (damn do I wish JS had better album covers though)
Everybody was always raving about Witchfinder General. They were fucking right. Blasting Death Penalty right now.
>>129920473Just avgn bros
current vote totals:>>129918755counted>(damn do I wish JS had better album covers though)album art does not get better than that
>>129920697Sorry, what?
>>129866338https://youtu.be/06-k6QCbGCU?is=y6BOqAYOMdqQMqahWas reminded how much of a banger this song is
>>129920809I was referencing the string of avgn videos where he mentions witchfinder general for some reason
>>129922574Like a movie from the 70s or the band?
I've been blocked from posting by a fucking rangeban. This is on top of this ridiculous captcha. It's like this site is trying to tell its userbase to fuck off.What a killer song. Pretty much the only good one on the whole album (other than previously recorded ones like Am I Evil). I can see how it apparently inspired Seek and Destroy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsxvxnSSv5sAlthough atonal intro giving way to a chugging pedal tone riff, where have I heard that before:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDE18d56MKIBlitzkrieg - "A time of changes" is also a damn good album.
>>129874756Stratovarius - EpisodeSymphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy
>>129922984>this ridiculous captchaEasily the easiest captcha 4chan has ever had
/trad/ UP YOUR CATALOGUE
>>129925207/trad/ up your ass
>>129921824very good tune, but i'm partial to this onehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tplakA42fQk
I miss the 80s
>>129921824>>129926628It's funny reading the earliest Kerrang and see how Def Leppard saw themselves and how fans and critics saw them. And the fact that they plainly said that they didn't think that High N' Dry got a good reception because Saxon's Denim and Leather was released around the same time and was so undeniably heavy metal.
>>129923261No, the ones where you had to write a word were. Going through 5 pattern matching captchas is annoying. You must be getting the easy set, there is another one that's totally different.
>>129927320Make sure you post a lot for a day or two and you'll get easy captchas
dave's happiest interview in 2008https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtBAFIqjRMI
>>129874756Can't believe I forgot The Lord Weird Slough Feg's debut. The production is kinda poor, but the songs are awesome.
>>129930555added, we're halfway done now
>>129927320>5 pattern matching captchas is annoyingWhat? It's 3 images for me, pick the odd one out. Once.
>>129866338this was excellent prog/thrash, nominating this onehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-mgCVio7TM
>>129866338https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bXf9ANeSSwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cd4hHjj2wg
I fucking can't stop listening to Death Penalty.
made an essential Sabbath chart
>>129935198lol'd
>>129920778+1 for Motorhead
>>129935414added it
>>129935433that's a very 90s album cover
>>129935550not a fan of it, doesn't fit the band imo
>>129920778voting for Rough Silk. too long but it's good music
>>129874756Is tormented too alt to be nominated? https://staind.bandcamp.com/album/tormentedWas released in 1996Some tracks are more traditional:https://staind.bandcamp.com/track/questionSome less sohttps://staind.bandcamp.com/track/tolerate
>>129864742Saber Tiger - Timystery
>>129874756Mystère de Notre Dame - S/Thttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzpsZiAuyGI
>>129866338>>129874756Colombian thrash (obviously influenced by Sepultura). I would maybe recommend this since it was released in 1996, it was however self-released and didn't get a label release until 2016.It is a good album overall, and in Spanish.
>>129866338https://youtu.be/i-LVJ1HOAtg?si=GptvXFc6QHTudymYhttps://youtu.be/vfpgpf6QVnI?si=dYdBX6t2cJZ80H_Xhttps://youtu.be/5FRA7UXlGu8?si=pSUXi8PXegZHWKnFhttps://youtu.be/g1v9d-3-pqI?si=2a0D26TOzEdbBCVrhttps://youtu.be/CD-E-LDc384?si=qJct5iZtupZyZQmf
>>129938956seconding
>>129866338LOOKING DOWN FROM ETHEREAL SKIESSILENT CRYSTALLINE TEARS I CRYFOR ALL MUST SAY THEIR LAST GOODBYETO PARADISE
>>129920778adding votes for:Dungeon - this sounds like it came out in the 80sHeavens GateLemur Voice
not gonna mass reply so here's the updated vote count>>129939531>Death/Thrashhmm, i'll give this one a listen soon.
>>129938751forgot this one. seeing a lot of mentions of nu metal when looking up the band, and they're not on metallum at all. i'll give it a shot because discogs says alt/heavy but i have doubts
>>129945807Anon you replied to is being a fool. It's 100% nu-metal. One of those that got "big" during the numetal nonsense trash bands when that was a thing.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVQpfoqsY8QOne of the horrible songs that made them famous.
>>129945990not only do i not hear any traditional metal in this song, i don't even hear any plain ol' rock in here, either. just sounds like bad grunge.
>>129946104Would you say they are on the outside?I will show myself out, thank you.
>>129946151that pun was so bad it staind my monitor
>>129866338A band that would have done better in the 80s i think. Has killer vocals, very gritty and kinda unique for heavy metal.>>129946184Well well well, don't let the door hit you on the way out.
>>129946279>Well well well, don't let the door hit you on the way out.what if i just bypass the door entirely by walking past it
the structures of these choruses are weirdly similarhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGPfiQeSnikhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP7oYEvUV8k
>>129945756+1 to Tragedy Divine
>>129945807In regards to what genre the first album is, perhaps groove/thrash on some songs. Not really sure. You could probably call stuff on their second album nu metal, but that wouldn’t describe much on their first album.The albums after the debut album are definitely less metal and also not as aggressive or heavy. Though traces remain. It could be that metal archives didn’t accept them or it could be that no one submitted them. I don’t know which is the case. The first album only had 4000 copies released, so it may be somewhat obscure. Or just overshadowed by their non metal albums. >>129945990>>129946104>>129946151>>129946184Outside is one of several ballads from their 3rd album, which is significantly different from their first album (and even their second to some extent). If their first album was like that, I wouldn’t have submitted it.
>>129950699Alright, i will be honest and say that i have never heard their first album, so i will give it a go.This better be decent or else...>>129946385Or you know, just kick down the door and jump through the window. It's what Reb Brown would have done.
>>129951909Awesome band. Very underrated.
>>129952001Indeed. How do their other albums hold up? (past the first two). I haven't really bothered.
>>129952010They switch genres to be more power metal. I personally love it. Here's an example.https://youtube.com/watch?v=0QaGKZSYrGU
>>129950699>>129951877Ok, i have listened to most of the Tormented record. And you must either be trolling or be fucking retarded. This is 100% nu-metal, it even has that shitty numetal beat in every single song like all other numetal bands. At best it's badly played stoner rockSurf rock and old hardcore punk is more metal sounding than this.>>129952024Cheers, i trust you anon. Will put this album on after i'm done with Deathrow.
>>129874756I’ll nominate angry machines by Dio.Probably won’t get in,due to being pretty different from his usual fare (even compared to strange highways), but it’s a good album.
>>129952010One of very few bands where every album is great.
>>129952167What sort of beat are you referring to? There’s no way it’s 100% nu metal. The last 2 songs aren’t even hard rock.Maybe you could call it some weird mix of stuff, but I feel like some songs are too fast to be typical nu-metal. Would it count as alt metal? Anyways I don’t think it’s gonna get on the chart.
>>129954391https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV_RPVsbz1YAt around 1:50 ish, the one beat featured in every single numetal band, everyone is doing it.But anyway, not gonna shit on you anymore over this. We can't help what we enjoy listen to i guess. As long as you are unapologetic about it, you are fine in my book.>>129954300Got two anons word on this so i'm gonna do a deep dive into the other Angel Dust albums.
>>129954900>Got two anons word on this so i'm gonna do a deep dive into the other Angel Dust albums.Good choice, and there's only four more albums after the 80s, so it's not like it's a big task.
Lemur Voice has to be the funniest band name.
riothttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMPv5IOuxg0
>>129864723Are there any modern guitar wankers out there on par with the OGs, be it Friedman, Becker, Yngwie, Gilbert etc.
Honestly the only somewhat modern band I've listened that nailed a lot of that early 80s Rainbow feeling. Jorn kills it on vocals of course.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbgvs-Kduy8
>>129955185>Good choice, and there's only four more albums after the 80s, so it's not like it's a big task.Nah true. Kinda went down the same route with Helstar, didn't bother with the albums after the 80s albums. More albums and a bit hit and miss.
>>129955933Michael Angelo batio? Not familiar with him though.
Thoughts on Gary Moore?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlZvGW-CWUw
>>129955924johnny bros... we are so back
>>129956457Heard the name but not his shredding. Thanks.
>>129956828he's basedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtkM4d8zqQghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsKpazeA5L8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqsSx5HUixQ
>>129956457>>129956963Oh nevermind, i know exactly who this guy is lmaohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb5QaCfm7bg
>>129954900> At around 1:50 ish, the one beat featured in every single numetal band, everyone is doing it.I hear what you mean. I don’t know if there’s a name for that type of riff but it’s similar to the riff in blind by korn. That’s probably the most nu-metal song on the first album. (and strangely Iirc one of the few with solos).
>>129956828His 80s albums are fantastic. But he should've used a real drummer on Wild Frontier. The album version is good but the live version sounds amazinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wQYdsF2vKY
>>129948615>>129953993votes added >>129954391>Anyways I don’t think it’s gonna get on the chart.nah, ain't gonna make the cut.
>>129866338gonna give this a shot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3LqcK7YyPQ
>>129874756Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other StoriesMetallica - LoadPantera - The Great Southern TrendkillSepultura - Roots
>>129964267>Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories>Metallica - LoadWTF HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>129964267Isn't roots nu-metal? I like the album, but it probably doesn't count as traditional metal..
>>129964267>Metallica - Loadno lol, waste of a slot>Sepultura - Rootsnah, that's when they went nu
Turns out Larry Howe from Vicious Rumors is a MAGA-chud and they got cancelled in Europe due to their chuddery. Based. Heavy Metal is no place for fascist pricks.
Candlemass finally clicked
>>129954900>At around 1:50 ish, the one beat featured in every single numetal band, everyone is doing it.Are you sure that all the songs on there have it, or were you exaggerating for effect? For instance, the song after it, "Painful", seems rather different.>>129957492>>129964267Fun fact: you can hear something very similar to the blind riff on at least 2 songs on Roots.Around the start on this song:https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=TfK6lWlz-SoTowards the end on this one:https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=G7OQYx_W-BU For reference, "Blind" by korn:https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=x81SMw8qUh0>>129966955Are there any standout songs from Load? I never listened to most of it.Aside from that, if you liked Chaos AD, it's worth checking Roots out in any case. While it's not exactly traditional metal (and wouldn't really fit on the chart), It's not a total departure from Sepultura's previous album.
>>129969281>Are there any standout songs from Load? I never listened to most of it.no idea, haven't listened to it beyond a few (bad) songs.>Aside from that, if you liked Chaos AD, it's worth checking Roots out in any case. While it's not exactly traditional metal (and wouldn't really fit on the chart), It's not a total departure from Sepultura's previous album.noted. the one time i listened to chaos AD i fucking hated it and thought it was a monumental step down from arise.
road - road https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yagEA63zKc
>>129945756i'll vote for X Japanalso Timystery is a '95 release
>>129972353>i'll vote for X Japanadded>also Timystery is a '95 releasegood catch, thanks
>>129866338Pretty cool Dutch NWOBHM album, but a complete retarded band name, obviously taken from the Jimi Hendrix song, but it's just dumb as a band name in my opinion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgeYhAQaykw
HOLY MOTHER OF KINOWhat else is like this?
>>129974787>Dutch NWOBHM
>>129975622Yeah. Pic related is French NWOBHM. Pretty good. Don't know why they had to produce the vocals like shit though.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlRuswGxaok
>>129866338both heavier and much better than i expected it to be. much of this sounds like the heavier deep purple songs from the time and there's some parallels to early rainbow and uriah heep, too.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sNRnE7JtKQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScNc5dpoHPIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NTd6puSXC0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6iBiujoUn0
>>129964267>Metallica - Load Ma que cazzo?
>>129866338stumbles with the second song but otherwise really fucking good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlyyJS_iNsQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SmI6NU9Pv4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT3qmIAB9aEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zau-okpFssg
uriah heep - july morning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rZ_BkbbfRg
Demons & Wizards is one of the best albums ever. Not metal but I figured I'd make the announcement anyway
>>129979971>Demons & Wizards is one of the best albums ever. i wouldn't go THAT far, but it is one of my favorite records from the early 70s.
>>129980735kek maybe I was being hyperbolic. It is based though
>>129980747i will say, i think the highs off look at yourself are much stronger than a lot of the stuff off d&w. look at yourself, shadows of grief and especially july morning imo are heep's best work. only song off demons that i think is up to that standard is rainbow demon (and maybe the spell, but i haven't listened to that one in a while)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzHvg7keARI
>>129980783D&W as a whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The individual tracks are all very good of course, but the way they flow together and compliment one another to create an overall experience is what puts the record in the upper echelon for me. It's a masterpiece in album crafting.Top track for me is probably The Wizard
>>129964267>Metallica - Load>Sepultura - RootsI nominate these for the essential albums to avoid chart.
>>129980870>The individual tracks are all very good of course, but the way they flow together and compliment one another to create an overall experience is what puts the record in the upper echelon for me. i'd say easy livin' kind of doesn't fit with the rest of the album, at least thematically - but otherwise i agree.
basedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09TEK7-CnTM
>>129864723I fucking live these fucking riffs. Metal is the only thing that brings me joy bros... its just those kick ass riffs. https://youtu.be/3rdt2yVhcP0?t=102
>>129982279speed metal bro listen to thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVOTmh5XTJA
>>129982367Ive heard that one before and its good. I do love the more rock 'n roll feel you get in speed metal over the more aggression you see in thrash metal. I guess its why i like speed metal more, youve got good energy but with less anger in the music
>>129982453>I do love the more rock 'n roll feel you get in speed metal over the more aggression you see in thrash metal.for me it's how exhilarating it sounds, thrash sounds like being repeatedly being bashed over the head with a hammer while speed metal sounds like being taken on a fucking amusement park ride
>>129866338https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFgqTxsEOSY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOz_dLmpT9A
>>129972374adding a vote for Irrational Anthems
>>129986028counted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6M741Jby80
The title is Bootliggers but they can't fool me. He definitely sings another thing in several of the choruses and I approve of the message.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sLVpgMNd58
I think Gary Barden has a great voice, but it's not an exceptional one. He's not a Division 1 vocalist. For a vocalist to reach Division 1 I think they have to have an an exceptional and unique voice like Dio, Coverdale, Dickinson, Halford, Tate etc etc. Something that is instantly recognizable.Anyways, good album.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPB_KgdDSNw
>>129866338I was blasting this on the treadmill yesterday. Imagine what would happen if Slayer kept playing like they did on Show No Mercy. The guitars are even tuned to the same key:https://youtu.be/P7BioPlBpJY
>>129866338I was also blasting this bit of Soviet Metal yesterday. Maгнит is what I would call the Russian Malmsteen:https://youtu.be/odYq_KM5MwI
>>129989714He was in Praying Mantis for a minutehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUJ3ljWY8II
>>129982367>>129982279I looked into that band again and the based boomer vocalist is still selling wild dogs albums and merch on his ebay store for fair prices. He runs a label for his music projects and runs a yt channel where he makes ai slop music videos
nazareth - changin' times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC0rrGPHNDQ
bumper cars
>band re-records their own song>it's goodhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNmwBDUBpSsany other examples?
>>129998956the version off blitzkrieg off a time of changes is imo much better than the one on the 1980 demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb_DGSk7CTI
>>129998956Saxon's Heavy Metal Thunder album is only re-recordings.Martin Popoff's giving tons of examples in this episode toohttps://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-h242d-16317305
>>130001250Caelid 25 years before Elden Ring
>>130001633highly recommend that album to any fans of rainbow and anthem, terra rosa's style is pretty much those two bands melded together and with some extra progressive flourishes throughouthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6unBeOtcoyIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1y2bIBVb-ghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGbLetFmmks
>>130002462looks like a black metal cover
>>130002524it does, i'm checking warning out for the first time since most of the doom i'm familiar with is the traditional style (e.g. saint vitus), been looking to get into the more depressing, crushing style like this and pallbearer.
Gonna throw in some votes for a few more 1996 releases:Ayreon - Actual FantasyBlitzkrieg - TenSeasons of the Wolf - Seasons of the WolfPatrick Rondat - AmphibiaTragedy Divine - Visions of PowerWardog - Scorched Earth
>>130003318counted your votes, and tragedy divine is on the chart now. great to see it here, that album was really cool.
scorpions - make it real https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VncG0KAug2o
You guys like the Tony Martin albums?
>>130005078They're the best Black Sabbath albums together with Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules.
>>130005078headless cross is excellent, but i haven't listened to any others yet
>>130005078yes of course. even Forbidden isn't bad now after the 2024 remix
>>129866338https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlSOcjJMH3Yone of the best riffs of the 70s
>>130007989I don't understand this opinion. The songs are to 99% the same. They were great songs before and are still great songs, no matter remix or not. A mix doesn't make or break an album.
>>129866338had this in my library for a while, excited to check it out since i've heard they play similarly to early fates warning
Crazy that most of the music i listen to is trad metal over 40 years old now. I'm only 30, I dont recognize anything i hear people listening to even the rock bands. im a 30 year old boomer
>Crazy that most of the music i listen to is trad metal over 40 years old now. I'm only 30, I dont recognize anything i hear people listening to even the rock bands. im a 30 year old boomer
>>130010045the mixing on the original was bad enough to where even the good songwriting was simply unpleasant to listen to. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is my fav album of all time but if it sounded like it was recorded underwater, i would never listen to it
>>130011248You cant get into funk metal or death metal? At least move the needle one decade further
>>130012963Why the fuck would anyone wanna get into (((death))) metal?
>>130013018riffs
>>130012963>>130013018>>130013060most post 80s death metal has no good riffs. also the overproduced fake sounding triggered bass drums just make me want to throw up, that really his the worst thing to happen to metal, the multi million dollar studios to produce the most artifical sounding drums and guitars
>>130013018Some of its good
>>130013018usually more interesting riffs than thrash, and it just sounds cool. not something i listen to often but i like it when i do.
>>129866338bretty gud, no real complaints aside from the mix having less grit than i'd like for uspm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcXrETtn22shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKPwMjNUwJMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEkkLzjKwDkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr_5JsEkPgc
>>130014895this album cover is so based
>>130012101>the mixing on the original was bad enough to where even the good songwriting was simply unpleasant to listen toNever felt that way personally. I thought the original mix is perfectly fine.
>>129866338This isn't bad but it's WAY too overproduced.
Okay, I'm gonna rant now. How the fuck can a band made up of literal legends who were part of some of the best albums in metal sound so shit? Despite having Andy LaRocque, Mikkey Dee and Nils K. Rue they sound so washed and lifeless jesus christ.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QhmkfLI1bAMeanwhile a bunch of fucking nobody Italians managed to nail both sound and production of Merciful Fate/King Diamond both bands were supposedly going for.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44xvkvuc7jUJust compare the two lmao.Idk, if it is the curse of mid-level bands who fall into the trap of modern shit production because it is the "industry standard", meanwhile smaller bands don't give a shit and know what they actually want in their sound. But I'm so fucking disappointed.
>>130017499lol, night and day difference.has there ever been one of these dream team bands that were actually any good?
>>130010045I found that Riot's Fire Down Under US mix is punchier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPhdiOJ6N7E
>>130011044It's awesome USPM. You might also wanna check these Russians out. >>129990344
>>130017813I wasn't aware that they were different mixes of that>The album was re-issued on CD in 1997 by the German-based High Vaultage label, utilizing a new, controversial remix by former Riot producer Steve Loeb, and in 1999 by Metal Blade Records in the U.S., this time featuring the original Elektra mix. The album was reissued in 2014 courtesy of Varèse Sarabande. All three versions contain various bonus tracks recorded for the original Capitol Records version of Fire Down Under which the band were unhappy with. Capitol dropped the band for being "too heavy" after hearing the final version subsequently released by Elektra Records.. In 2018 the album was reissued, remastered and with six bonus tracks, by Rock Candy Records.Shit like this almost makes me never want to listen to the album again.
>>130020357>I wasn't aware that they were different mixes of thatyeah, the elektra mix is generally more raw and sounds less produced. though i feel that it has way too much bass. the guitars get sucked up by it on a few songs, namely outlaw and don't hold back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dajbRrjQp5Uhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJkT_PwYDjUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec3Isa1fgyshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5dmUMrWSLM
>>130003451Wrap this up by adding the 2 votes before the next thread?
>>130020755we're one short of being able to fill it fully with 2 votes so i'll add a 1
>>130020854List of nominations?
>>130020357>Capitol dropped the band for being "too heavy"Sounds like bullshit, didn't they sign Megadeth?
>>130020908many, the only one of these i've listened to is tides and i thought it was good but nothing outstanding.
>>130020919I'll throw in a vote for Bathory and Mercyful Fate. Surprised they only got one.
>>130020937alright, i'll go finalize it. >Surprised they only got one.same here, i thought at least the bathory release would've gotten more.
That Mercyful Fate album is so generic, I feel like it's only included because it's Mercyful Fate.
>>130020919If there's a spot left, I want to nominate Therion - Theli.
>>130021097based
>>130021097i just finished the chart, but since you cast your vote while i was working on it i'll put it on in lieu of bathory
1996's chart is DONE! we'll be starting 1997's in the next thread.
With 1997 coming up, here's my chart that can act as a reminder of what came out that year. Mostly power metal, and another huge year for the genre, with several big bands like Hammerfall, Nightwish, Edguy, Primal Fear and Iron Savior releasing their debuts. I expect Gamma Ray to be an automatic inclusion.
>>129866338Obscure but good power metal.
>>130021443there were a few of these i didn't know about, thanks>I expect Gamma Ray to be an automatic inclusion.listening to that next, i loved the highs off the previous album so i'm pretty fuckin' excited
>>130021443Absolutely, so many good albums that year.
holy fucking shit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWYjYMu-4vE
>>130022559That's my favorite Gamma Ray song of all time.
>>130022573i see why, that was one of the best things i've heard in a while and EASILY clears any other song i've heard from the band. kind of bummed that cosmic chaos couldn't keep up that momentum, though. everything up to that point besides pray was damn near flawless.
>>130022605*lost in the futuregot the two mixed up lol
>>130022605It's one of the few Gamma Ray songs not written by Kai Hansen, that's why it sounds so unique.
>>130022695makes sense, that song (and specifically its use of the keyboard and the way it duels with the guitar) doesn't sound like something i'd hear from helloween or gamma ray. the only comparison i can come up with off the top of my head is a light in the black by rainbow.
>>130022573For me, it's Shine On from the same album.
Going to submit one vote for each of my top ten /trad/ releases for 1997:Concerto Moon - Fragments of the MoonGamma Ray - Somewhere Out in SpaceHammerfall - Glory to the BraveHanker - The Dead RingerIron Savior - Iron SaviorAxel Rudi Pell - MagicRiot - InishmoreRoyal Hunt - ParadoxSkullview - Legends of ValorStratovarius - Visions
>>130024332>>130025029>Hanker - The Dead RingerNever heard of this before. Cool artwork!
>>130025191it's a lot proggier than i expected. i'm on track 4 and it's pretty good so far, opening track was fantastic but nothing else has been on that tier yet.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPVIC15dC8A
>>129998956>Riot does a song>it's goodit's as simple as that
new thread: >>130026109
