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    Default 100 greatest metal albums of all time!



    Hey North, looks like Rolling Stone is trolling you...

    https://getpocket.com/explore/item/t...=pocket-newtab

    It's actually from 2017, but I wanted to see if you think it's trash, utter trash, or surprisingly ok.
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    "You know cos I just lost my parents--both my parents died in the same year...to this day, people come up to me and say 'my dad died and that album really meant a lot to me,' which is very nourishing {pats heart} for a songwriter to hear that your songs have a utility beyond just their own solace, that it actually helps other people."

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    I can't comment since I've heard at least one song on most of the albums on that list, but have only heard 1/10th of the albums on that list in their entirety. Wrestling introduced me to metal in 1983 when the Road Warriors came down to Iron Man. I don't listen to metal religiously but I don't turn it off when it's on either. I will say that from my VERY limited experience, Evanescence's Fallen (#99) is my favorite of all time. Black Sabbath's Paranoid (#1 on the list) is my #2. Ace of Spades is #3 but I noticed that album isn't on the list.

    And one question. Is Guns N Roses considered metal or Harder than Hard Rock? Teach me the ways, Hawgdriver & Northman!

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    While there are a handful of non metal releases on there the list isnt horrible although i probably would disagree with the rankings and some of the album choices for some of them. As to Driver's question GNR is hard rock in terms of classification but in the past has been categorized as metal like other bands during the 80's that actually were not metal. The problem with these kinds of lists so many times is they only ever glance the surface of the metal genre to create their lists instead of actually digging deeper within it to find the true gems.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Northman View Post
    The problem with these kinds of lists so many times is they only ever glance the surface of the metal genre to create their lists instead of actually digging deeper within it to find the true gems.
    That's where I come down on it as well. I hadn't actually went through it until after I posted. But then I went through it and was generally receptive to it. But like you say, it has a superficial feel to it, as though they certainly missed 'true gems'. But you would be a better arbiter of that imo, so I won't go there.

    DS, I'd called GNR hard rock, but I'm pretty forgiving to a critic that wants to use (slightly) off-the-mark labels. I think North is more demanding and exacting in this regard, and his reasoning makes sense, but I tend to throw my hands up in the air when those distinctions become the major point of contention.

    Having said all that, here is why I like what RS did:

    1. Paranoid <-- I think it's correct for the same reasons I think classical music aficionados who rank Bach and Chopin as the #1 and #2 most influential composers of all time are correct--they were the true creative geniuses who completely reshaped what the world knew about music, who made something that hadn't been so fully realized up to that point in human history.

    2. Master of Puppets <-- Lines up with my own preferences

    17. Mercyful Fate, Melissa <-- I don't know this album that well, but it seems like an OG kind of pick (I know the album enough to think this is the kind of pick that makes this kind of list more legitimate)

    25. Metallica, 'Metallica' <-- on the one hand I don't care for this album, on the other hand, ... fine. It says as much about the list as it does the reviewer. They didn't put this super commercially successful album higher on the list--that's something. On the other hand, they didn't eschew it completely, putting it below ...And Justice. So I kind of respect that I guess.

    49. Neurosis, 'Through Silver in Blood' <-- maybe not a 'hidden gem' but to be that high on the list means they are taking some chances.

    62. Sleep, 'Jerusalem' <-- interesting

    Some other interesting choices mixed among some more commercially successful choices. It's not a bad list to give to a kid and say, 'hey, check these out'.
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    This list is a pile of shit. Some of these bands aren't even 'metal'. Metcyful Fate only at 15, not having King Diamond on it for Them or Abigail is downright awful.
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    Ive actually started compiling my own top 100 metal records but it might take me some time to think it through. And even though some bands have more than 1 great album im going to limit the list to one per band. Should be fun but time consuming. Lol

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    I'm sure your list will be much better north
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shazam! View Post
    This list is a pile of shit. Some of these bands aren't even 'metal'. Metcyful Fate only at 15, not having King Diamond on it for Them or Abigail is downright awful.
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    "You know cos I just lost my parents--both my parents died in the same year...to this day, people come up to me and say 'my dad died and that album really meant a lot to me,' which is very nourishing {pats heart} for a songwriter to hear that your songs have a utility beyond just their own solace, that it actually helps other people."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawgdriver View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Shazam! View Post
    This list is a pile of shit. Some of these bands aren't even 'metal'. Metcyful Fate only at 15, not having King Diamond on it for Them or Abigail is downright awful.
    If I'm wrong tell me. Tool? VH? Living Colour? Please stop. Iron Maiden has multiple albums listed... But not Somewhere in Time? Epic fail.

    No King Diamond either? No Manowar? Only one Anthrax? No Helloween? C'mon.
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    Actually i think they did have Manowar in there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shazam! View Post
    If I'm wrong tell me. Tool? VH? Living Colour? Please stop. Iron Maiden has multiple albums listed... But not Somewhere in Time? Epic fail.

    No King Diamond either? No Manowar? Only one Anthrax? No Helloween? C'mon.
    There was manowar...just sayin

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sting
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawgdriver View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Shazam! View Post
    If I'm wrong tell me. Tool? VH? Living Colour? Please stop. Iron Maiden has multiple albums listed... But not Somewhere in Time? Epic fail.

    No King Diamond either? No Manowar? Only one Anthrax? No Helloween? C'mon.
    There was manowar...just sayin

    Edit-Dj anubis all over it
    Ok I forgot Manowar was listed. Still an inexcusable pathetic list

    They left out a ton of great material from many great artists. Megadeth CtE shouldn't be on any list unless it's the worst
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    F me that took some time and i still probably missed some records. The way this list works is i chose ONE album from each band even though there are a handful of bands here with multiple great records. There is no particular order here just my top 100 favs followed by the best of the rest after that. Enjoy!


    1. Judas Priest- Painkiller
    2. Death- Human
    3. Strapping Young Lad- Alien
    4. King Diamond- Them
    5. Laaz Rockit- Annihilation Principle
    6. Pantera- Cowboys From Hell
    7. Morbid Angel- Blessed are the Sick
    8. Obituary- Slowly We Rot
    9. Entombed- Left Hand Path
    10. Carcass- Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious
    11. Napalm Death- Harmony Corruption
    12. Overkill- The Years of Decay
    13. Slayer- Seasons in the Abyss
    14. Metallica- Master of Puppets
    15. Sanctuary- Refuge Denied
    16. Type O Negative- October Rust
    17. Black Anvil- As Was
    18. Niviane- The Druid King
    19. Abrahma- Reflections in the Bowels of a Bird
    20. Stallion- Slaves of Time


    21. Anthrax- State of Euphoria
    22. Savatage- Hall of the Mountain King
    23. No/Mas- Raiz Del Mal
    24. Enslaved- RiiTiir
    25. Imperium Dekadenz- Meadows of Nostalgia
    26. Weedpecker- II
    27. Crimson Glory- Transcendence
    28. Fear Factory- Demanufacture
    29. Sepultura- Beneath the Remains
    30. Dimmu Borgir- Enthroned, Darkness, Triumphant
    31. Prong- Beg to Differ
    32. Megadeth- Rust in Peace
    33. Gallowbraid- Ashen Eidolon
    34. Shrapnel- The Virus Conspires
    35. Cynic- Focus
    36. Nocturnus- The Key
    37. Flotsam & Jetsam- No Place for Disgrace
    38. Metal Church- The Dark
    39. Dismember- Like an Everflowing Stream
    40. Atrophy- Violent by Nature


    41. Cryptopsy- Blasphemy Made Flesh
    42. Nailbomb- Point Blank
    43. The Ruins of Beverast- Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite
    44. Ozzy Osbourne- No Rest for the Wicked
    45. Forbidden- Twisted into Form
    46. Suffocation- Effigy of the Forgotten
    47. Winterfylleth- The Divination of Antiquity
    48. Testament- The New Order
    49. Fusion Bomb- Concrete Jungle
    50. Vader- Solitude in Madness
    51. Cnoc An Tursa- The Forty Five
    52. Talanas- The Waspkeeper
    53. Stormlord- Mare Nostrum
    54. Encircle- Into the Dreamstate
    55. Cattle Decapitation- The Anthropocene Extinction
    56. Fortid- 9
    57. The Vision Bleak- Witching Hour
    58. Celtic Frost- Morbid Tales
    59. Sojourner- Empires of Ash
    60. Westering- Help a Body


    61. Duskmourn- Legends
    62. Kylesa- The Exhausting Fire
    63. Mystic Prophecy- Fireangel
    64. Chemicaust- Unleashed Upon this World
    65. Wormwitch- Heaven That Dwells Within
    66. Skeletal Remains- Devouring Mortality
    67. Fen- Carrion Skies
    68. Huntress- Static
    69. Morbid Saint- Spectum of Death
    70. Belenos- Yen Sonn Gardis
    71. Necrodeath- Phylogenesis
    72. Windhand- Soma
    73. Salqiu- The Blackenss Within
    74. Intronaut- The Direction of Last Things
    75. Agalloch- Marrow of the Spirit
    76. Drudkh- Autumn Aurora
    77. Tempestuous Fall- The Stars Would Not Awake You
    78. Akercocke- Words that Go Unspoken, Deeds that Go Undone
    79. Black Autumn- Ghosts at Our Windows
    80. Mar De Grises- Streams Inwards


    81. Northern Oak- Of Roots and Flesh
    82. Diaspora- Beyond the Black Sun
    83. Mastodon- Blood Mountain
    84. Hoth- Oathbreaker
    85. Summoning- Stronghold
    86. Pig Destroyer- Phantom Limb
    87. Falkenbach- Asa
    88. Legend of the Damned- Ravenous Plague
    89. Sahg- Black Unicorn
    90. Anciients- Heart of Oak
    91. Rannoch- Between Two Worlds
    92. Suicidal Tendencies- The Art of Rebellion
    93. Farsot- Insects
    94. Dying Fetus- Reign Supreme
    95. Moth- Endlessly in Motion
    96. Astolat- The Winning Tragedy
    97. Equilibrium- Erdentempel
    98. Massacre- Back from Beyond
    99. The Great Old Ones- Tekeli-Li
    100. Kampfar- Djevelmakt


    Best of the Rest:

    Augury- Illusive Golden Age
    Helstar- Glory of Chaos
    Novembers Doom- Bled White
    Zeugen Der Leere- Seelenwanderer
    Culted- Oblique to All Paths
    Alcest- Les Voyages De L'Ame
    Necrophagia- Whiteworm Cathedral
    Stilla- Till Stilla Falla
    Atomic Werewolf- S/T
    Nightcreepers- Hreidd
    Cannibal Corpse- Torture
    Vredehammer- Mintaka
    Entrenched- Endless Occupation
    Body Count- S/T
    Pedophile Priests- Dark Transgression of the Soul
    Deafheaven- New Bermuda
    Seeds of Ibliss- Anti Quran Rituals
    Factory of Dreams- Melotronical
    Condescension- Wrath of the Skies
    Wrong- Pessimistic Outcomes
    Saille- Ritu
    Amiensus- Ascension
    Impalers- God From the Machine
    Darkend- Grand Guignol/Book I
    Mithras- On Strange Loops
    Inanimate Existence- Calling From a Dream
    Defeated Sanity- Disposal of the Dead/Dharmata
    Denominate- The Who Beheld the End
    Witherscape- The Northern Sanctuary
    Death Angel- The Evil Divide
    Grave Miasma- Endless Pilgrimage
    Aborted- Retrogore
    No One Gets Out Alive- Severe Cold
    Moonsorrow- Jumalten Aika
    Destroyers of All- Bleak Fragments
    Angerseed- The Proclamation
    Myrkur- S/T
    Dies Ater- Hunger for Life
    The Advent Equation- Limitless Life Reflections
    Lycus- Chasms
    Wolves of the Throne Room- Thrice Woven
    Beneath- Ephemeris
    Rings of Saturn- Ultu Ulla
    Eoront- Another Realm
    Anthriel- Transcendence
    Iced Earth- Incorruptible
    Merrimack- Omegaphilia
    Shadow Realm- War of the Archons
    Analepsy- Atrocities from Beyond
    Nox Vorago- Al Chem
    Nasty Surgeons- Exhumation Requiem
    Anaal Nathrakh- Vanitas
    Gorephilia- Severed Monolith
    Hideous Divinity- Adveniens
    Gruesome- Fragments of Psyche
    Appalachian Winter- The Epochs that Built the Mountains
    Dragobrath- Whisperherbs
    Arkona- Word
    Sea of Skies- S/T
    Unleashed- The Hunt for White Christ
    Evoken- Hypnagogia
    Decline of the I- Escape
    Snipers of Babel- Redemption
    Akhenaten- Golden Serpent God
    Ectoplasma- Cavern of Foul Beings
    Demononancy- Poisoned Atonement
    Infallible- Aeterna Veritas
    October Noir- Thirteen
    Dayum- Ghost of Sparta
    Dekadent- The Nemean Ordeal
    Consumed by Vultures- Pseudobiblion
    Gohrgone- In Oculis
    Eluveitie- Ategnatos
    Heart Compass- Artificial Life and Death
    Assassin- Bestia Immundis
    Lucifuge- The One Great Curse
    Dawn of Ouroboros- The Art of Morphology
    Dorblack- Deep Waters Still Run
    Witches- The Fates
    Invictus- The Catacombs of Fear
    Black Curse- Endless Wound
    Putrid Pile- Revel in Lunacy
    Sonus Mortis- Hold This Mortal Coil
    Jelusia- Atmosphere
    Jarle H. Olsen- Quadrasonic
    Trollfest- En Kvest For Den Hellige Gral
    Brymir- Breathe Fire to the Sun
    Dissimulated- Exogenesis
    Funeral Tears- Your Life My Death
    Divine Element- S/T
    The Crown- Doomsday King
    Crystalic- Persistence
    Twilight- Monument to Time End
    Abnomality- Sociopathic Constructs
    One Man Army and the Undead Quartet- The Dark Epic
    Thurisaz- The Cimmerian Years
    Veneficum- The Enigma Prognosis

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    Rather than start a new thread I'll drop this here.

    Dude says these 20 albums are 10/10. I'm giving them a listen and I'll post if I agree. I also have a link to a Spotify playlist of all 20 if anyone does that.



    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/10...c12c2b61984ec9
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    First up is Megadeth Rust in Peace. I've maybe listened to this one once or twice. I've heard Megadeth, any kid growing up in the 80's/early 90's did. I was more into Metallica. I never owned a Megadeth album, I figured I'd get around to it sometime.

    Anyways, I just listened and it 10's, it maybe even 11's.
    Quote Originally Posted by Sting
    "You know cos I just lost my parents--both my parents died in the same year...to this day, people come up to me and say 'my dad died and that album really meant a lot to me,' which is very nourishing {pats heart} for a songwriter to hear that your songs have a utility beyond just their own solace, that it actually helps other people."

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