Best Metal Album of all time

[Beware the Beast Man]

Ok evilDUers, time to decide...which is the best metal album of all time?

My vote goes to "Reign in Blood" by Slayer. This disc is just freakin' sick- 10 songs in less than 30 minutes. Greatest thrash album ever!

[vi5]

1. I would have to agree. It would be hard to top that....

Other albums may be more evil, or faster, or heavier. But that album combines all of them in one big ball of molten metal.

Other contendors in my opinion are:

Iron Maiden: Number of the Beast
Judas Priest: British Steel
Metallica: Ride The Lightning or Master of Puppets
Mercyful Fate: Melissa
Napalm Death: Scum (this may be more thrash or crossover than pure metal, but still).
Megadeth: Killing Is My Business

[smada]

7. Oh, I forgot

Judas Priest - any
Anthrax - Fistful of Metal
Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying (still one of the greatest bass lines ever recorded).
Grim Reaper - See You in Hell

[Mistress Quickly]

9. Quiet Riot!!!!!

They rock!!!


C'mon feel the noise, girls rock your boys.
And get wild wild wild
Wild wild wild.

Really, have there ever been better lyrics?


No seriously, Metallica, Master of Puppets.

[proud patriot]

Oh good you were joking

:spank:

[jus_the_facts]

2. My personal favorite.....Kill 'em All~Metallica

:headbang: :loveya: :headbang:

[qb]

3. Ride the Lightning

[smada]

4. It's up there

I still remember when I first bought "Reign in Blood". I knew enough to hide it from my mom. When the sound first came through my speakers, I thought "Holy crap, this is heavy stuff".

Others on my list

Metallica - Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Ozzy - Blizzard of Ozz (with the late, great Randy Rhodes)
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast (Bruce Dickenson's voice!)

[SEAburb]

5. Vulgar Display of Power - Pantara

Somewhere in Time - Iron Maidens

[vi5]

14. How does anyone take Pantera seriously?

Especially because of but not limited to, their ridiculous hair metal past which they try to completely cover up.

[DS1]

22. They more than made up for it n/t

[vi5]

25. Hey, to each their own....

I have liked and listened to any and all forms of heavy/fast music for the past 20 years. But Pantera has always been, even in their revisionist days, completely laughable to me. I guess I just never "got it" because I know a lot of people with otherwise impeccable taste who like that band.

For my money Sheer Terror mined the same metal/punk/neanderthal hybrid in a much better and much wittier way.

[Loonman]

6. Peace Sells, but Who's Buying?

Megadeth

[DS1]

8. asking me to name my favorite child

well, that analogy clearly doesn't work for me personally but you get the idea.

In order:

Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power (it was downhill after that)
Megadeth Peace Sells but who's buying? Rust In Peace
Metallica - Master of Puppets

[proud patriot]

12. That's exactly how I feel

:-(

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

10. Let there Be Rock - AC/DC

True old school metal.

[proud patriot]

11. Dang ...okay I'll pick

Kill'em All already was picked
Peace sells was already picked
so I'll go with Ozzy
with Randi Rhodes "Blizzerd of Oz"

with honorable mentions to
Deep Purple "Machine Head"
Iron Maiden "Peace Of Mind"
Tool "Anima"
and
QueensRyche "The Warning"

[EarlG]

13. Greatest thrash album ever

is certainly "Speak English or Die" by Stormtroopers of Death.

Very funny it is too. Written in one day, recorded the next day, mixed the third day. 22 songs in 29 minutes.

Fist Banging Mania!

[Zomby Woof]

54. holy s**t!!

You just brought me back to 1987 or so, when a metalhead friend of mine in college played that for me. I remember laughing my ass off to their cover of 'Diamonds & Rust', and originals like 'Fuck The Middle East'...

Wow, that was a flashback.

[ACK]

15. Sold my Soul to Rock and Roll by Black Sabbath

What is metal man?

Listen to this ... It answers that question perfectly.

_

[JCMach1]

67. Black Sabbath-- PARANOID

has to be...

[phillybri]

16. "Operation:Mindcrime" by Queensryche

IMHO

[Commendatori]

20. Concur in spades, friend.

No metal album approaches Mindcrime.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

21. Thought you'd say "Imaginos".....................

POOP! I'm sorry, but that album is shite.

[Commendatori]

27. I don't dislike it, but

BOC has certainly put out many better ones.

Mind you, if we're talking about any album, including collections, then I pick "Workshop of Telescopes."

The post in which I answered "Imaginos" was a certain timeframe, and was limited to metal albums during a time so bad for metal that some people answered "Bon Jovi."

[CrownPrinceBandar]

30. Whew!!!!!!

I thought I'd lost you in Sandy Pearlman's fever-dream. I once, to another BÖC devotee buddy of mine, compared "Imaginos" to a really bad Dio album. And that's not saying alot.

[Commendatori]

32. No, no, no...

...but compared to the rest of the drivel that was being released at the time, "Imaginos" looked good. Christ, just having "Siege and Investiture..." on the album made it better than the overwhelming majority of the "metal" albums released within a year either way. Remember, a whole lot of crap came out back then.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

34. Don't remind me.................

Lets take a trip in the wayback machine, shall we?

1988

-Good:
Daydream Nation, Sonic Youth
It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enemy
Surfer Rosa, The Pixies
Soundgarden, Ultramega OK
Hairway to Steven, Butthole Surfers

-Bad:
Tour de France 1988, John Tesh
Faith, George Michael
Appetite for Destruction, Guns -n- Roses
Kick, INXS (What happened, they used to be good)
Tiffany, Tiffany

I guess your right. Compared to the bad, "Imaginos" does'nt sound near as bad.

[proud patriot]

23. Yep that's a great Disk

I had operation mindcrime in my car last week :evilgrin:

But my Rock against bush CD just came yesterday , so now
I'm listening to that .

[GOPBasher]

72. Yeah!

I just saw them not too long ago at a fairly small place and we had seats that literally touched the stage. To make it all the better, they played tons of Mindcrime material; Annie May was there singing with them. It was AWESOME! :toast:

[CrownPrinceBandar]

17. "Angel Dust" by Faith No More........................................eom

[He loved Big Brother]

77. I can agree with that

:bounce:

[Whitacre D_WI]

18. Michael Bolton

[proud patriot]

24. Blasphemy

:puke:

[Whitacre D_WI]

26. Bolton's hair is WAY bigger than Geoff Tate's.

It's a damn shame he stopped making horrible metal records and started making horrible "adult-pop" records.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

33. Its not the size of the hair................

its how much the music sucks. I think I read that in a fortune cookie somewhere. :shrug:

[Whitacre D_WI]

40. Okay, fine.

Michael Bolton sucks even more that Geoff Tate!

[CrownPrinceBandar]

41. Sorry....................

I hate to break it to you. Michael Bolton has reached the nadir of music, populated by cretins such as Richard Marx, Eric Carmen and John Waite. But don't feel too bad, Geoff Tate isn't much better.

I'll light a candle for your sorrow, and then ignite a few farts with it.

[Whitacre D_WI]

43. Uh...

...that's what I SAID!

[CrownPrinceBandar]

44. Its OK man.................

here's Michael to sing you a song to make you feel better........


Now, i'm going back to lighting farts!

[Whitacre D_WI]

46. AAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't EVER do that again!

At least I had the decency to post a horrible Lou Gramm-wannabe Bolton. You went with the Otis Redding-wannabe.

That's just WRONG.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

47. Oooooo..................Lou Gramm. I forgot about him!

Here ya go!


He's a biggun' now!

[Whitacre D_WI]

49. He wants to know what love is.

He wants you to show him.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

53. Thats good.................

Cuz he definitely knows what a cheeseburger is! Oh, thats mean.

[crimson333]

61. I thought he gained weight from a brain tumor and medicine?

.

[Bertha Venation]

19. Oxymoron.

JMO

[DS1]

28. Incorrect use of the word

Good metal, IYO wouldn't work, but since 'best' is relative the oxymoron classification doesn't work. The best crap can be the crap that stinks the least, right?

Just thought I'd point that out :hi:

[Bertha Venation]

29. no, no, no, I meant "Oxymoron" is the best metal album

:looksaroundtoseeifanyoneisbuyingit:

[DS1]

45. oooh right, by eviscerated cow dung!

:headbang:

[Bertha Venation]

55. uh... yeah. Yeah!

:eyes: <= at self :7

[-..__...]

31. Back in Black - AC/DC

VanHalen - I
Led Zeppelin - IV
Metallica - And Justice For All
Quiet Riot - Metal Health
Judas Priest - British Steel
Motorhead - No Remorse

(On edit: I just noticed that this is post #666!) :headbang: :headbang:
:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

[Kat45]

42. You beat me to it. Definitely "Back in Black"

[sasquatch]

35. "Master of Puppets" by Metallica

Kick ass album throughout:yourock:

[LastKnight]

36. Tool - Lateralus

i may get flamed because some people think thier not agressive to be classified as 'metal' but thier close enough for me, i never really got into the whole arpeggio solos and tapping and hair band stuff. i like tool's style more...

-LK

[neverborn]

38. Nu-metal :P There's your obligatory flame.

[LastKnight]

48. bah tool doesnt fit in with the run-of-the mill nu-metal...

hes not like the nu-metal cockrock crap that kid rock and limp bizkit put out... how dare you say such a thing :D

-LK

[DS1]

52. Correct, it's as much nu-metal as Elton John is rap

In fact, I'm personally insulted by this flagrant nu-metal tag, off with your head!

Even the new 'metal' is weak, Damage Plan, hailed as the second coming puts out a laaame first track because they know they have to sucker the watered down masses in to get sales.

[NecessaryOnslaught]

60. Lateralus is great but..

it didn't kick my ass up and down the block like AEnima did. "fuck smiley gladhands with hidden agendas". Greatest-album-ever.

[southpaw]

37. Metallica...

The Black Album...

Could also be referred to as "Metallica Grows Up"

Or that Megadeth album; "Damn, I Wish I Was As Good As Metallica"

...wait, that's ALL Megadeth albums.

[tom_paine]

39. Iron Maiden: Piece of mind

Am I showing my age?

I always thought it quite ironic (and I don't think I'm betraying military secrets here...I've been out for almost 2 decades now)

that my SECRET PASSWORD to the NUCLEAR AREA of the base was "IronMaiden".

It was kind of a fun act of Secret Rebellion of the kind that was so pleasant in the Days of the Old Republic where REAL REBELLION was a "Red Dawn Fantasy" instead of the frightening option the Busheviks are slowly forcing us into today...

I didn't know of MegaDeth back then (they may not have existed yet) or THEY would have been my passowrd after hearing "Launch the Polaris"

By the Bye...honorable mention--Best Metal Album of all Time...

Megadeth's "Rust in Peace"

[GOPBasher]

74. Fellow Maiden fan.

:hi:

[jmowreader]

50. Iron Maiden--Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

It's much better than Piece of Mind, and Piece of Mind kicks ass.

[GOPBasher]

73. Fellow Maiden fan.

:hi:

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

51. Tie between Zoso and Are You Experienced.

This is real early metal, yes, but I think Zoso is more metallic.

[Zomby Woof]

56. Here's 11

(In honor of Spinal Tap of course)

1. Metallica - "...And Justice For All". That was the peak of a brilliant string of albums beginning with the debut - after that, they sucked royal starting with the sell-out 'black album' (speaking of Spinal Tap).

2. Morbid Angel - "Blessed Are The Sick". The BEST death metal album ever, period. This album changed my life for the better.

3. Slayer - "Reign In Blood". Unlike Metallisoft, these guys never sold out and their current stuff holds up well without a whiff of compromise. This turned some bangin' heads in the mid-80's.

4. Black Sabbath - "Paranoid". This is where some serious seeds were planted, and no collection should be without it.

5. Sepultura - "Beneath The Remains". Brazil's finest export came out with this masterful effort at the end of the 80's, a prime time for underground metal subgenres.

6. Mercyful Fate - "Melissa". King Diamond's operatic range shames Freddie Mercury. Plus, the music isn't pretentious and overbearing. You can scare fundies away by cranking "Black Funeral".

7. Ozzy Osbourne - "Diary Of A Madman". His first two solo albums came close to eclipsing much of his Sabbath work. Had Randy lived......

8. Judas Priest - "Screaming For Vengeance". One of the very best metal bands to emerge from Sabbath's long shadow in the 70's and 80's. This is flawless.

9. Iron Maiden - "The Number of the Beast". Like Priest and Ozzy, in their prime in the early 80's. This is majestic and bold, with great chops all around.

10. Van Halen - "Fair Warning". Again with the early 80's classic albums. The last classic by VH, and although not purely metal, they influenced half the bands on this list, and rightfully so.

11. AC/DC - "Highway To Hell". The best example of how Chuck Berry really invented metal after all.

[Forkboy]

57. A three way tie for me

Slayer-Reign in Blood
Sepultura-Beneath the Remains
Wargasm-Why Play Around

contenders;
Kreator-Terrible Certainty
Testament-The Legacy

[LostInAnomie]

58. La Sexorcisto by White Zombie

That could also work for greatest album of all time... dammit!

[Taverner]

59. Zebra - No Tellin Lies

[NightTrain]

62. Personally, I prefer vinyl albums.

Metal albums have a way of destroying my needles!

[EV1Ltimm]

63. metallica - ride the lightning

i first picked that one up when i was twelve. i've bought the cd 4 times over the past 12 years because i keep f'ing it up.

2nd in line is hatebreed - Perseverance... i've never heard motivational music that goddamned heavy before...

[Tummler]

64. At the moment, I would say "Hostmorke" by Isengard

...totally raw, bleak, and underground black metal with strong folk elements. The track "Thornspawn Chalice" is the single best black metal song ever. Isengard is a side project of one of the guys from Darkthrone (hailing from Norway, of course).

Nevertheless, depending on my mood and the position of the planets, I might instead choose any of the following essential albums that would round out my top 10:

At The Gates "Terminal Spirit Disease" (death metal, Sweden)
Dark Tranquillity "The Mind's I" (death metal, Sweden)
Dissection "The Somberlain" (black/death metal, Sweden)
Entombed "Clandestine" (death metal, Sweden)
Gorgoroth "Under the Sign of Hell" (black metal, Norway)
Macabre "Sinister Slaughter" (death/thrash metal, U.S.A.)
Paradise Lost "Gothic" (doom metal, U.K.)
Samael "Blood Ritual" (black metal, Switzerland)
Samael "Ceremony of Opposites" (black metal, Switzerland)

...or even one of the albums that would round out my top 20:

Cradle of Filth "The Principle of Evil Made Flesh" (black metal, U.K.)
Dark Tranquillity "The Gallery" (death metal, Sweden)
Dismember "Pieces" (death metal, Sweden)
Gorgoroth "Antichrist" (black metal, Norway)
Grave "Soulless" (death metal, Sweden)
Hypocrisy "Osculum Obscenum" (death metal, Sweden)
Impaled Nazarene "Ugra Karma" (black metal, Finland)
Septic Flesh "Ophidian Wheel" (death metal, Greece)
Slayer "Reign in Blood" (thrash metal?, U.S.A.)
Ulver "Nattens Madrigal" (black metal, Norway)

I could list dozens of other "honorable mention" albums, but since so few DUers (none, other than myself?) are seriously into black metal or death metal, I won't waste my time or yours.

[mitchum]

65. "Ace Of Spades" Motorhead

[gold_bug]

66. Mercyful Fate

"Melissa"

[JCMach1]

68. Deep Purple-- Machine Head

:)

[FlyByNight]

69. It's hard to disagree with Reign In Blood...

as best metal album. I love South of Heaven, Undisputed Attitude and God Hates Us All too.

Fuckin' Slayer!

:headbang:

[Mike Niendorff]

70. "No Exit", by Fates Warning

The musical equivalent of the color black.


MDN

[bushwakker]

71. Zeppelin I - metal before there was metal*

[GOPBasher]

75. Anything by Iron Maiden. Also a Rush fan, but they're not really metal.

Huge Iron Maiden fan here. :beer:

On edit:
Throw in the first couple solo Ozzy records, Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman.

[slaveplanet]

76. Lights Out

UFO...nobody has perfected the buzz bomb riff quite like Michael Schenker does on the song Lights Out...:nuke:

[FrankBooth]

78. UFO "Strangers in the Night"

My favorite metal album ever.

[HEyHEY]

79. "Cold on the shoulder" - Gordon Lightfoot

:-)