[KJ869]

Another thread had mentioning about mainstream crap, so lets write up some good Metal records, any genre (no genre arguements please), mainstream and UG, what ever makes you happy, but some comments why its good in your opinion.



At The Gates - Slaughter of The Soul, DM/thrash, Sweden, 1995/2002 re-release

Band that created so cursefull term as göteborg DM.
This album was their last and finest piece of work.
Recording quality is amazinly good, re-release has 6 bonus tracks.

Ulver - Themes From William Blake's The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell, Industrial metal, Norway, 1999

Record that started Ulver's walk from BM to Tri-hop.
Great idea to use Blake's Heaven & Hell as lyrics.

Amorphis - Karelian Isthmus, Primitive BM, Finland, 1993

Good Idea, good performance, not so good recording quality.

 

[DarkAngel]

Here is my latest list of best dark metal from "darkest desire" thread:

Top 30 Melodic Dark Metal 4/2003
In order of preference, one listing per group

1)Opeth - Morningrise (all Cds are essential except Damnation)

-I stated in another thread Opeth was the greatest metal band and were the highest eveolution of metal to date, best of the best.

2)Cradle of Filth - Dusk & Her Embrace (most Cds are great)

-Danni's hell bitch screech vocals are an acquired taste, but great dark metal here.

3)Dimmu Bogir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant (also PEM and Stromblast)

-Pinnacle of Dimmus creative output, all cylinders clicking here melodic and savage/brutal combine for a dark metal masterpiece.

4)Nockturnal Mortum - Lunar Poetry (also Goathorn)

5)Tristania - Beyond the Veil (also Widow Weeds)

6)Vinterland - Welcome My last Chapter

7)Therion - Theli (also Vovin, Deggial, Secret of Runes)

8)In Flames - Jester Race/Black Ash Inheritance (also Whoralce, Colony, Clayman and Lunar Strain/Subterrian)

9)Naglfar - Vittra (also Sheol)

10)Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder (also Something Wild, Follow Reaper)

11)Dissection - Storm in Lights Bane

12)Immortal - Sons of Nothern Darkness (also Heart of Winter)

13)Old Man's Child - Ill Natured Spiritual Invasion (also Pagan Prosperity, Born of Flickering)

14)Satyricon - Shadowthrone (also Dark Medievil Times, Nemisis Divinia)

15)Carpathian Forest - Black Shining Leather

16)Katatonia - Brave Murder Day (also December Souls)

17)Dark Tranquility - Damage Done (also Gallery, Haven)

18)Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja (also Voimasta Ja Kunniasta)

19)Abigor - Nachtynmen (also Invoke the Dark Age)

20)Summoning - Minas Morgul (also Stronghold, Dol Guldur)

21)Enslaved - Frost (also Eld)

22)Emperor - Anthems to Welkin (also Nightside eclipse)

23)Septic Flesh - Revolution DNA (also Sumerian Daemons)

24)Witchery - Symphony for the Devil

25)Agathodaimon - Chapter III (also Blacken Angel, Rebellion)

26)Amorphis - Tales of 1,000 Lakes

27)Amon Amarth - Versus the world

28)Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin

29)Graveworm - Source of Malice (also Angels Beauty)

30)Mithotyn - Distant Forest (also Raven)


When I get more time have to list best metal from other catagories that more people here have, I have huge metal collection.

 

[KJ869]

If you understand finnish i would also recomend "Suden Uni" from moonsorrow, Pakanajuhla has so nice lyrics in finnish, the english translation on the site is crappy.
Edit: I will make "new" translation of pakanajuhla tomorrow.

 

[DarkAngel]

Quote:

Originally posted by KJ869 If you understand finnish i would also recomend "Suden Uni" from moonsorrow, Pakanajuhla has so nice lyrics in finnish, the english translation on the site is crappy.

KJ
I do have that one also, but don't want to throw too many names out there.......also similar to MOONSORROW and maybe just as good is WINDIR, if I updated list I would put one of their albums in there.

 

[Nacher]

Moonsorrow lyrics are always great, though they do lose a lot in the translations. The one who translated "Sankari" into "Warrior" should be ashamed.

 

[KR...]

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Originally posted by DarkAngel KJ I do have that one also, but don't want to throw too many names out there.......also similar to MOONSORROW and maybe just as good is WINDIR, if I updated list I would put one of their albums in there.

There are lots of lesser known bands that peopel know nothing about. That said I don't think that anyone who doesn't listen to metal is going to read this thread and start buying CDs.

I am too lazy to name reasons, but here's a list of some good bands, this just a small list, I am not going to list every single good metal band out there, there just are too many :

Anathema
At The Gates
Artrosis
Abigor
Avrigus
Agalloch
Arckanum
Arcturus
Abyssos
Bal-Sagoth
Bathory
Borknagar
Black Sabbath
Brujeria
Burzum
Candlemass
Celtic Frost
Cradle of Filth
CutThroat
Carpathian Forest
Danzig
DarkThrone
Dimmu Borgir
Dream Theater
Funeral
Finntroll
Fullmoon
Graveworm
Graveland
Hecate Enthroned
Iron Maiden
Kyuss
Lost Horizon
Love History
Mayhem
Mistigo Varggoth Darkestra
Moonspell
Moonblood
Mortiis
My Dying Bride
Nargaroth
Nokturnal Mortum
Opeth
Paradise Lost
Samhain
Satanic Warmaster
Shining
Sunn O)))
Satyricon
Saturnus
Sarcofago
Sigh
Shape of Despair
Skepticism
Sleep
Thergothon
Twilight Ophera
Ulver
Vlad Tepes
Yngwie J. Malmsteem’s Rising Force

 

[Mr.PD]

Cradle of Filth
Carpathian Forest
Darkthrone
Motley Crue
Judas Preist
Anthrax
Slayer

Just a short list of some the metal bands I have hanging around.
The darker stuff is already well represented by previous posters.

 

[DarkAngel]

Best Metal of the 1980's
-one album per group

1)Metallica - Kill em all (every track rips)

2)Megadeth - Rust in Peace (Mustaine eclipses former group)

3)Slayer - Show No mercy (less speed, more melody)

4)Judas Priest - Painkiller (Halford's swan song album shreds)

5)Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast (Dickenson's impressive debut)

6)Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction (classic)

7)WASP - WASP (Blackie can rock, **** like a beast)

8)Accept - Metal Heart (germans can rock too)

9)Mercyful Fate - Mellissa (world meets King Diamond)

10)Candlemass - Nightfall (sabbath doomsters of the 1980's)

11)Celtic Frost - Mega Therion (dark, swiss (not chocolate))

12)Ozzy - Diary of Madman (Randy Rhoades \m/ )

13)Dio - Holy Diver (Dio debuts on his own)

14)LA Guns - Cocked and Loaded

15)Metal Church - Metal Church I

16)Helloween - Keeper of Seven Keys

17)Motorhead - Ace of Spades (lemmy kicks out the jams)

18)Possessed - Seven Churches

19)Death Angel - Act III

20)Exodus - Bonded by Blood (more SF metal heads)

21)Overkill - Years of Decay

22)Testamant - New Order

23)Twisted Sister - Under the Blade (Dee really rocked early on)

24)Armored Saint - March of the Saint

25)Venom - Black Metal (ground zero black metal)

26)Kix - Blow my Fuse

27)Krokus - Headhunter (swiss metal heads)

28)Onslaught - the Force

29)Savatage - Hall of Mountain King

30)Ratt - Out of the Cellar

31)Motely Crue - Shout at Devil (Crue rocked early on)


Ok, who else has some before my 1970's list goes up?

 

[Odi_et_Amo]

Not a single mention of King Diamond?

I haven't heard anything by him in more than a decade, but I would put Abigail on my list of "Good Metal."

 

[HighwayStar]

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Originally posted by Odi_et_Amo Not a single mention of King Diamond?

Check #9 on DarkAngel's list...

 

[MadDog]

I thought <Tourniquet> was excellent but they are Christain death metal band. What an odd combination! Their latest album <Where Moth And Rust Destroy> featues the Marty Friedman of Megadeath and Bruce Fraklin of Trouble.

 

[Odi_et_Amo]

Quote:

Originally posted by HighwayStar Check #9 on DarkAngel's list...

Check the two posts' posting times. Dark Angel beat me to the punch by seconds. I like (liked?) King Diamond's solo work more than the Merciful Fate work.

 

[HighwayStar]

Quote:

Originally posted by Odi_et_Amo Check the two posts' posting times. Dark Angel beat me to the punch by seconds. I like (liked?) King Diamond's solo work more than the Merciful Fate work.

LOL, you're right, sorry 'bout that. I know I've got some, gotta dig it up... ygpm...

 

[KR...]

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Originally posted by DarkAngel Best Metal of the 1980's Ok, who else has some before my 1970's list goes up?

Hey, how about these great 80's bands? :

Bathory
Death
Napam Death
Fates Warning
Extreme Noise Terror
Anthrax
Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Scorpions
Diamond Head
Obituary
Hellhammer
Dark Angel (the band not you)
Exodus
Samhain
Nuclear Assault
Kreator
Atrocity
Death Angel
Queensryche

 

[stereth]

Some great metal bands in my collection, and one album each:

Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth. Epic, grandiose power metal. This one's a concept album based on one of Tolkien's books. It seemed silly and overdone to me at first, but I'm really growing to like this album.

Falconer - Falconer. Heavy power metal with a guy who can sing. He's got a biting, cynical edge on some tracks as well.

Iced Earth - Horror Show. Smooth and refined metal, but still heavy and aggressive. Each track is based on a famous monster/villain ("Jack", "Wolf", "Frankenstein"). I was really expecting to not like this album because of those themes, but it blew me away.

Iron Maiden - Powerslave. Eight tracks, worth every penny. Traditional metal; the dual lead guitars just pull me in.

Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction. Rough and unrefined, but still a great album, great band. Aggressive thrash metal and nothing else.

Metallica - the black album. Yes, I know, I need to get their older stuff. It's still the best Metallica metal I have. Also serves as my bass test CD for the deep bass on "The Struggle Within" and "Of Wolf and Man."

Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime. The best concept album I've heard. Lighter than the rest of the stuff here. Revolutionary-themed prog metal.

Skyclad - Folkemon. Thrash/folk metal. Cynical and lighthearted. Track titles like "The Disenchanted Forest" and "The Great Brain Robbery"...and they pull it off.