Joseph's Top 50 Albums!!

[ReaperKK]

The only album I've heard out of that was AAL and it was pretty meh to me.

[JosephAOI]

The only album I've heard out of that was AAL and it was pretty meh to me.

Really? Why?

[ReaperKK]

There were some great ideas there but it hard time keeping my interest. To be fair to the album though it's not really in the realm of what I listen to.

[Dr. DTVT]

I think that's the house where Attack! Attack! recorded that god awful video.

[JosephAOI]

I think that's the house where Attack! Attack! recorded that god awful video.

Please don't ruin this album for me.

[JosephAOI]

27. The Mars Volta- Frances The Mute

This album has some of the best vocals I've ever heard on it. Cedric Bixler-Zavala has the most incredible voice and range and it works so perfectly with Omar Rodríguez-López's weird guitarwork. I know a lot of people actually don't like this album but I really don't see why. The only beef i have with this album is all the super long intros and outros.

Favorite Songs: Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus, The Widow


26. Dream Theater- Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

OMG! A Dream Theater album?! On DTF?!?!?! Yeah, I'm that kid that joined a forum for a band that he wasn't too into but thought the people were cool. Then I got into Dream Theater. I don't think I really need to talk about this album though cause you all know it.

Favorite Songs: Fatal Tragedy, Beyond This Life, Home


25. Veil Of Maya- [id]

This album is crazy. Veil Of Maya is the band that really threw in my face the idea of mind-boggling syncopation and what 1 guitarist can do with a pitch sifter and looper. This album is full of great riffing and some really interesting phrasing that really tugs at your ear the firt time or two you hear it.

Favorite Songs: Mowgli, Namaste, Codex


24. The Number Twelve Looks Like You- Mongrel

This album is an incredibly difficult album for a lot of people to grasp; Especially non-musicians. The way TNTLLY use time signature and syncopation and unusual intrumentation is so hard for me to wrap my head around sometimes. It's not really just Math Metal/Rock, but theres a lot of Jazz and Funk and even Salsa. I don't really get how they had the idea to write something like this. But it's incredible.

Favorite Songs: Sleeping With The Fishes, See?; Grandfather


23. System Of A Down- Steal This Album!

This is probably System Of A Down's best album. Why do I say that? Because the song structure is incredible and the riffs and vocals are SO incredibly well done. This is unfortunately probably their least-known for some reason but it includes some of their best-written songs.

Favorite Songs: Mr. Jack, Innervision, Highway Song, Roulette


22. Born Of Osiris- The New Reign

This album is one of my "Top 10 best debut albums" because it came out and was so well written and there is such great musicianship in every song that no one could believe these guys were only about 18 when it was recorded. This album also gets a bad rep because they were considered Deathcore but they were definitely more Progressive than any Deathcore band at the time.

Favorite Songs: Empires Erased, Abstract Art, Bow Down

DISCUSS. MOAR.

[Zantera]

Steal This Album! is my favorite SOAD-album as well.
I know we are in the minority, but I really do hold it as their best.

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

Steal This Album! is my favorite SOAD-album as well.
I know we are in the minority, but I really do hold it as their best.

Same here! Love that album to death.

[JosephAOI]

I'm conflicted with that one and another thats gonna be in my next update. My #27-18 are all about the same in terms of which I like better so it's just really where it fell that this album is higher up than STA! but 2 of my 4 favorite SOAD songs are on here: Mr. Jack and Roulette.

[Obfuscation]

Where have I been??? This is probably the best top 50 albums thread I have read in this site. At least I will follow the rest of this. 

[Dark Castle]

I really love Born of Osiris's new album, The Discovery, but not much else of their stuff.

[JosephAOI]

UPDATE:


21. Opeth- Blackwater Park

Everyone already knows what's amazing about this album and how truly great it is so I'm gonna bother with a write-up.

Favorite Songs: THE DRAPERY FALLS, Dirge For November, Blackwater Park


20. Meshuggah- Nothing

Meshuggah is the band that practically invented groove. This album perfectly illustrates that (although not quite as well as Catch Thirty-Three) but this album has some of the coolest songs and grooves on it.

Favorite Songs: Stengah, Straws Pulled At Random, Spasm


19. System Of A Down- Mezmerize

I hate how I can never really decide which album I like more between this and STA! They both have 2 of my favorite 4 system songs and both are excruciatingly well-written. My two on here are B.Y.O.B. and Solider Side (Although the full song is technically on Hypnotize) and my two from STA! (if you were wondering) are Mr. Jack and Roulette.

Favorite Songs: B.Y.O.B., Violent Pornography, Sad Statue


18. As I Lay Dying- The Powerless Rise

This is a really cool album to listen to for people who know AILD's background in their music. Because they were one of the 'leaders' of the metalcore scene, and they realized how it all sounded the same, they started trying to branch out a little bit and bit a little more different. There are some really fun, cool riff and grooves on here that everyone should be able to enjoy.

Favorite Songs: Parallels, Anger And Apathy, The Blinding Of False Light



17. Scale The Summit- The Collective

Letters, this is the band I was talking about that took a lot of influence from Cynic in a way. Their another intrumental band but they keep things so interesting and fun that you don't even realize it. The motto that they have is "Their strings are voices" and it really sounds like it when you listen to them. Definitely my favorite instrumental band and worth a listen from ever single person on here.

Favorite Songs: Whales, The Levitated, Apenglow, Gallows


16. Coheed And Cambria- In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3

Again with this album, everyone already knows why it's so great so I don't really need to ay anything about it here.

Favorite Songs: Blood Red Summer, A Favor House Atlantic, The Light & The Glass

[zxlkho]

BWP + Nothing + IKS = win.

[JosephAOI]

BWP + Nothing + IKS = win.

You need to check out Scale The Summit

[Zantera]

Scale the Summit has been on my list for a long time, especially the album that came out this year (?) which I remember got some really good reviews.

Oh well, some other good albums as well, guess I should check them out finally.

[Arch Benemy]

Cool to see a more metal top 50 list. Love that Born of Osiris album like it was my child, Veil of Maya pretty sweet too. Prefer Carving Desert Canyons to The Collective, but it's still good. But old SOAD = best SOAD

[JosephAOI]

Cool to see a more metal top 50 list. Love that Born of Osiris album like it was my child, Veil of Maya pretty sweet too. Prefer Carving Desert Canyons to The Collective, but it's still good. But old SOAD = best SOAD

You're going to LOVE the rest of my list. And Old SOAD for energy, New SOAD for songwriting.

[Gadough]

That update is filled to the brim with pure, concentrated awesomesauce.

[Heretic]

Amazing update, especially BWP, The Powerless Rise, IKS, and the Collective.

[Elite]

First saying that Steal This Album! is 'probably SOADs best album' and throwing another SOAD in the next update isn't really convincing..
Still, I'm interested to see what you have in store for the last albums.

[JosephAOI]

First saying that Steal This Album! is 'probably SOADs best album' and throwing another SOAD in the next update isn't really convincing..
Still, I'm interested to see what you have in store for the last albums.

Ah, but this is my favorite albums, not the bands that I like's best albums.

UPDATE:


15. Circles- The Compass

Circles is one of those band's that's another part of the whole 'Djent' scene going on right now, but they're one of the more original ones I think. The 'formula' they use in songwriting is similar to most other 'djent' bands but somehow, they make things work in their own way, mixing ambient syncopated low-tuned guitars and incredible vocals.

Favorite Songs: Clouds Are Gathering, Ruins


14. The Number Twelve Looks Like You- Put On Your Rosy Red Glasses

This album is insane and I mean that in the truest sense of the word. It's impossible for me to describe anything about this album without you hearing it so, go listen to it and understand.

Favorite Songs: If These Bullets Could Talk, Civeta Dei


13. Protest The Hero- Kezia

Kezia is probably my favorite concept album (along with Still Life) becaue not only does it have a great story, but it has incredible music to back it up. Kezia is filled with crazy guitar hooks and great vocals (Like Protest always does) and is structured really different than a lot of their stuff with songs like 'Turn Soonest To The Sea'

Favorite Songs: Blindfolds Aside, She Who Mars The Skin Of Gods, A Plateful Of Our Dead


12. Coheed And Cambria- Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 1

Again, you all know what's so awesome about this album so I really don't need to say it.

Favorite Songs: The Suffering, The Willing Well: I, II, III, IV


11. Opeth- Ghost Reveries

Ghost Reveries (In a low voice). You know, I honestly really didn't like this album for a long time. It was only when I had listened to BWP about 50 times that I decided to give this a whole-hearted listen and I loved it. The riffs and cleans on here stick in my head for so long and are so sing-songy that it's undenyably my favorite Opeth album.

Favorite Songs: Ghost Of Perdition, Harlequin Forest, Hours Of Wealth

TOP 10 NEXT!!!!!!!!!!

[jingle.boy]

Not quite up my musical alley, but decent updates.

And just so you know, not "everyone" knows how awesome these albums are.  For those of us with different musical interests, it's nice to know why others think and feel the way they do about their favorite albums.  If they are part of your favorite 20 albums ever, I'd think you would have something specific to say about why.

Just sayin

[Kosmo]

yay coheed 

[Dr. DTVT]

And just so you know, not "everyone" knows how awesome these albums are.  For those of us with different musical interests, it's nice to know why others think and feel the way they do about their favorite albums.  If they are part of your favorite 20 albums ever, I'd think you would have something specific to say about why.

Just sayin

This.  Your write-ups are woefully insufficient to attract attention to bands people aren't familiar with.  Just being honest.

[JosephAOI]

And just so you know, not "everyone" knows how awesome these albums are.  For those of us with different musical interests, it's nice to know why others think and feel the way they do about their favorite albums.  If they are part of your favorite 20 albums ever, I'd think you would have something specific to say about why.

Just sayin

This.  Your write-ups are woefully insufficient to attract attention to bands people aren't familiar with.  Just being honest.

I know. I suck at describing music that people are unfamiliar with. My top 50 is just for the hell of it and for people who share a lot of the similar music who'll listen to a few of these albums regardless of my shitty write-ups.

[Dr. DTVT]

Between my several hundred CD's and the ones I already know I want to try out, I need convincing arguements unless it's from someone whose opinion I trust.  I'm not trying to be a dick, just trying to help you.

[jingle.boy]

Between my several hundred CD's and the ones I already know I want to try out, I need convincing arguements unless it's from someone whose opinion I trust.  I'm not trying to be a dick, just trying to help you.

What he said.

[Obfuscation]

I agree with them as well but I know mist of these bands that you just listed right now and have to say even though they wouldn't make my top 50 besides the Opeth one, they are really good albums.  Your top 10 I can't wait to see.

[JosephAOI]

TOP 10!


10. Guthrie Govan- Erotic Cakes

I don't really know where to start with this album. Guthrie's skills in any song he's ever written or performed has always completely blown my mind. He's an absolutely fantastic player and one of the greatest guitarists to have ever lived. (The thing about using that expression is that it's a cliche obviously, but this is a case where it can truly be applied) Anyone who can appreciate an instrumental blues-fusion-shred album would almost definitely agree. The absolute coolest thing about Guthrie though is that when he writes a song, it has maybe 3 or 4 set riffs. The entire rest of the song is improvised every time he plays it. Just go listen to a couple different versions of "Waves" or "Wonderful Slippery Thing" live.

Favorite Songs: Waves, Wonderful Slippery Thing, Fives


9. Red Seas Fire- Red Seas Fire

It's hard a lot of times, to find great music in a scene filled with copycats. Right now the big trend in Metal (More specificly, Progressive Metal) is Djent. Originated by Meshuggah and propelled to fame by Periphery, it's been popping up in Progressive Metal forums and such a lot in recent years. Red Seas Fire manages to do an album that is fresh, but still holding to the style and making it great. Guitarist Nolly grooves through these songs like no other and offers some incredible clean ambient parts such as on The Recovery and some great solos like on Timeframes. On top of the amazing instruments, you get an absolutely mind-blowing vocalist with a voice that changes the music into something completely different and evokes incredible emotion.

Favorite Songs: Epinephrine, The Recovery, Cipher

That's all for now! Hope you liked these write-ups a little better! 

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

Guthrie is awesome.

[Dark Castle]

I thought you can't use EP's?  I mean I like Red Sea Fire,

[JosephAOI]

I thought you can't use EP's?  I mean I like Red Sea Fire,

It's longer than Born Of Osiris' TNR and that's considered an album. At least, I do

[Dark Castle]

Gridlink's newest album Orphan is 12 songs but clocks just over 12 minutes.
Its not really length that defines what's an LP or EP really.
But don't get me wrong, I like Red Sea Fire.

[Arch Benemy]

Nobody said you can't use EPs, that was a choice a couple of people in the other lists used. Guthrie  I'll check out Red Seas

[Dr. DTVT]

I thought you can't use EP's?  I mean I like Red Sea Fire,

There's no official rules to these lists, only Nick's quasi-official album of the year thread.  I don't see the harm in including an EP.  EP's make up about 1% of the music market, it's not like including them will cause the Sun to collapse or anything.