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Hey guys, how's it going? Last year I attempted to have my own Top 50 that I had to stop due to school, and I feel like my Top 50's changed enough to just start over, ARE YOU GUYS READY?
There'll be some that are familiar, but there will be a lot of new, more diverse entries. I guess it'll still be heavy on the Metal, but there's a lot more than just that, that I'm looking forward to sharing.
So without further ado, let's get this started!
50. Daft Punk - Discovery (2001)
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Daft Punk start off the list with their fantastic album 'Discovery', an album that holds many fond memories of mine and an album that still wows me to this day. I first heard this album as a freshman in highschool, I'd just discovered I was a metalhead and I was just starting to explore that realm when my best friend at the time showed me Daft Punk. He showed me "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" and "Around The World", I knew that I had to find an album, and I found this album. The first listen through pretty much sealed the deal for me, and I went on to overplay the hell out of my cd, to the point where it now fucks up on "Heroes" non stop. I hear a lot of people telling me "DUDE, HOW IS HOMEWORK NOT YOUR FAVORITE?" And the answer is, Discovery was there for a lot of moments, my first camping trip with an old girlfriend, there for my breakup with said old girlfriend, and many late night drives. For that, and the wonderful music that makes up the album, I will always cherish it.
Favorite Tracks: Digital Love, Harder Better Faster Stronger, Heroes, Face to Face
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Following with supreme interest, and that Daft Punk album is amazing. I'm not sure what's my favourite, actually, but it's not Homework, either, so consider yourself in good company, I suppose. :P
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49. Anathema - Weather Systems (2012)
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Around October 2011, the first girl I could say with certainty that I loved and could spend the rest of my life with parted ways with me after being together for some time, and it crushed me. I pretended to get over it, just so I wasn't the mopey guy nobody liked hanging around with, but I felt hollow. I felt like the colour had left everything. A bit dramatic I suppose, but hey I'm that kind of person I guess, even if I don't show people that side of me much :P Where Weather Systems came in, I had started walking around the town where I attended University, aimless, thinking about life, and in South Dakota, Winter stretches it's lovely bleakness well into May most years, so it got pretty bleak at times heh. I'd seen everybody posting about them here, and had friends who were big fans so I picked up Weather Systems. Man, the emotions flowed out. "Untouchable Pt.1 & 2" hit me in the heart, and the following songs did as well. The incredibly emotional lyrics and vocals synced in with me, and this album was kind of my therapy, to get back into world as a truly happy person. This album helped me mend bridges with the lass, and she's now one of my best friends and I feel blessed to have such an incredible person as her as a friend. This album means so much to me, and it's comprised of fantastic music. Whenever I'm feeling down, or it's a stormy day, which there's no shortage of in Florida, I like to pop it in and just soak in the emotions.
Favorite Tracks: Untouchable Part I & II, Lightning Song, Internal Landscapes
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Love love love Weather Systems!
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Weather Systems is one of my favorite albums. It's incredible.
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never really given Daft Punk much of a chance, I'll give a listen to some of those tracks you mentioned.
Weather Systems is awesome.
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48. Metric - Fantasies (2009)
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I went to see Scott Pilgrim with my best friends when it came out, and I absolutely adored the song "Black Sheep" so I went and found out who actually wrote it, and that's how I found Metric. I found the album "Live It Out" first, and was instantly hooked. This album is chock full of dark tunes that pack a punch that all the while manage to sound dazzling, which is why it's my favorite. Emily Haines has a distinct voice that I've always thought dazzled the most on this album. Songs such as "Gold Gun Girls" pummel along with the electronic embellishes that they'd use much more expansively on their newest record 'Synthetica' while songs such as "Sick Muse" showcase Metric's chops for quirky songs with a dark edge.No stories about this album impacted me or anything of the nature. It's just a damned brilliant indie rock album from a band that continue to evolve and play around with their sound.
Favorite Tracks: Help I'm Alive, Sick Muse, Gold Guns Girls, Gimme Sympathy
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I bought Fantasies a few years ago and listened to it a bunch of times. I really liked it but I pretty much completely forgot about it. I'll have to give it a listen again soon.
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47. Blood Stain Child - Epsilon (2011)
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Remember this one? Blood Stain Child from Japan blend electronic/rave and melodic death metal in a radular combination that's unrivaled. This was an band I discovered thanks to Decibel, which as of late I fell out of reading, which was more due to Barnes & Noble decided to drop rather than getting bored with it, anyways... Sophia has a wonderful voice that is accompanied by a competent harsh vocalist, leading to a nice mix of vocal styles. The guitars are probably my favorite thing about the album though, they seem kind of hidden in the mix, and not in the way that you can't hear them, but they don't draw all attention to themselves and are absolutely amazing when they do force themselves to dazzle. And dazzle they do during solos. Not overly flashy, but damned solid and memorable, the solos wow, all the while still not commanding complete attention. This album has served me as great music for studying, road trips, and on dates :hat
If you're into melodic death metal, and like bands experimenting, Blood Stain Child don't disappoint one bit. I also find it very cool that one of the guitarists is transgender and busts out bitchin guitar solos to the dismay of homophobics/idiots/insulting term to people that are ignorant.
Favorite Tracks: Forever Free, Stargazer, Dedicated To Violator
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I've heard about Epsilon but I dismissed it as being too sugaryweird for me. I know their early stuff was basically Japanese Children Of Bodom.
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46. Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder (1999)
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Mcleodgaming Forums, freshman in highschool, that's where I was in life when I heard of Children of Bodom. Before that, I'd ditched country fully about a year before that, and was into Ozzy, Metallica, and Motley Crue, pretty much whatever my dad played on roadtrips and what was on Guitar Hero. On MGF, I had a friend with similar musical tastes and one night he sent me a link asking me if I thought the band was nu-metal, as some idiots as he put it told him they were. So I open up the link and boom "In Your Face" comes up and I'm blown away. I didn't know what to think at first, as at that point I still maintained I didn't like Harsh Vocals, but I absolutely loved them and wanted more. Over the next few months I collected all of their albums at that point at the local F.Y.E. and my first album that I acquired was 'Hatebreeder'. It's an amazing sophomore alone considering there's a common term in the musical business called "The Sophomore Slump", but even considering that, it's a classic in my eyes. Flawlessly fusing Power Metal frills with Black Metal/Melodic Death temper, Hatebreeder pushed the genre forward. Alexi Laiho is an incredibly talented guitarist and the rest of the group are damned talented as well. Songs lay it on thick with a ill, sinister, mood that drips from the album. Keyboards are laced in with surgeon precision and further pushes the setting. This album was my early highschool obsession, I was the kid sitting in the back at Theatre rehearsals waiting for the Director, sitting in my own little Lake Bodom. To me, this is their Masterpiece, and while I think they've continued to release great albums, this one will sit at the top for sentimental reasons, and the fact that it kicks ass and doesn't apologize for it.
Favorite Tracks: Bed of Razors, Towards Dead End, Black Widow, Children of Bodom, Downfall
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Perfect disc, best COB album ever, and exactly the correct top tracks. Bed of Razors and Black Widow, especially, are some of my favourite Bodom tracks.
I give this update three thumbs up. :tup :tup :tup
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Hatebreeder was one of my favorite COB albums when I was still a fan of them :tup
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<3 Anathema, and I may have to get hold of Blood Stain Child. It sounds wierd enough for me.
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45. Overkill - Ironbound (2011)
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A band that's often overlooked in the books of Thrash, Overkill come in at 45, and it's with an album that made a large splash in 2011. Ironbound pumps me up so much it's just ridiculous. The breakneck drumming, the ripping riffage, and Bobby Blitz howling over the top gets my blood coursing and ready for a biking session that pushes me to the limit. If I'm being honest, Overkill's earlier albums were hit and miss for me, it just didn't seem to gel, but over these last few years they've been on fire and have released a handful of thrash gems. Not only that, but they sound completely unique in my opinion from the other thrash giants and that never hurts. If I could kick Megadeth and Anthrax out I'd gladly put Exodus and Overkill in the big 4, as they obviously deserve, and continue to outshine their "bigger" contemporaries. If you're looking for some workout music or get the fuck pumped up music, or even some background music for hanging out, you really can't go wrong with this album or their last few and newest as well.
Favorite Tracks: The Green and Black, Ironbound, The Goal is Your Soal
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Overkill :metal
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44. The Strokes - Angles (2011)
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Last year, my best friend got the game Rock Smith(the one where you plug an actual guitar in and essentially learn how to actually play the songs) and that became his big obsession. Through that he found The Strokes, and after awhile finally got an album, and he forced me to play it over whatever metal cd I purchased that day, and I'm glad he did, as Angles is an incredible album. It's like an explosion of the 80's pop/electronic/rock sound and it's done gloriously. Everytime I listen, I'm singing along, as the songs just swell up inside and burst with energy. Guitars are layered and harmonized to perfection and make me want to air guitar non stop. This album is a sorely needed breath of fun and nostalgia and I can thank a videogame for showing my friend this wonderful band and compelling him to actually spend money for once.
I haven't explored their past catalog much, but this record and Comedown Machine are absolutely radular and I implore you to jam out and have some fun
Favorite Tracks: Machu Picchu, Under Cover of Darkness, Two Kinds of Happiness, Call Me Back
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^Yeah, that's a pretty fun one. Probably my favorite Strokes album.
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43. Indian - Guiltless (2011)
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Relentless, Punishing, Unforgiving, these are some adjectives that correctly associate themselves to Indian, a "black metal with a bit of sludge" band who hail from Chicago. I first listened to these guys on the toilet at work :hat, and man I made sure I bought this album after hearing "No Grace". This album is insane, it's intense and I worry for the instruments that are obviously taking physical abuse. Just listening to the drummer beat the shit out his kit makes me ache a bit, and the vocals command attention, berating you with pure unadulterated hate. "Supplicants" is the only song that gives the listener a break, a small 2:27 break at that compared to the others songs running times, which are double or triple that. And that last part is where Indian truly succeed. The song lengths are absolutely warranted and I couldn't imagine taking anything out of the songs, they're perfectly constructed beatdowns that I love to take.
Favorite Tracks: No Grace, Guiltless, Supplicants, Banality
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Weather Systems is good :tup.
I used to like Children of Bodom, but I can't stomach Laiho's voice nowadays.
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Discovery and Weather Systems are awesome. Never listened to the rest though...
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I'm going to laugh when the albums I bought from your last list aren't on this one :lol
Oh well, I still have liked everything you've recommended me.
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42. Born of Osiris - The Discovery(2011)
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Probably one of the biggest surprises of 2011, Born of Osiris shocked metal fans everywhere with this stunner, including myself. I'd never been a big fan, they just hadn't caught my interest, but from the first song "Follow The Signs" I was hooked. The album features some absolutely stunning guitar work, dropping my jaw to the floor at many points. The band utilizes two vocalists, one who gets the deeper growls, while the other tackles the higher howls, which I'm very glad, as it would have gotten boring if they'd only stuck to one dynamic in the vocal department. The genre would fall under djent metal, but don't let that stop you if you're not the usual fan of djent, this album is definitely worth checking out, and I feel like Born of Osiris aren't done surprising people.
Favorite Tracks: Follow The Signs, Recreate, Behold
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41. Soilwork - The Living Infinite(2013)
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Just a quick note before the writeup:You're going to see some recent albums, just know that I can hear an album once and can consider it amongst my favorites. This isn't the only one, in fact some are quite high, but I earnestly believe they deserve their rankings, any who, back to the write up!
Coming off of "The Panic Broadcast" and personnel changes, Soilwork faced a daunting task to top The Panic Broadcast and keep the train rolling. Not only did they laugh at the challenge by exhaling pure confidence, they also announced "The Living Infinite" would be a double album. Well, at least to me they destroyed any expectations and released their best album(s) yet. Chock full of memorable songs that go through a wide spectrum of emotions, Soilwork spent the month of March and April dominating my car stereo, and now that I've got the record on vinyl, the home invasion shall begin. There is no filler, and considering there's 20 songs, that's fucking extraordinary. I can't wait to see how they plan on topping this, because, they just might have to do a triple album to even begin topping this masterpiece!
Favorite Tracks:Spectrum of Eternity, This Momentary Bliss, The Living Infinite I, The Windswept Mercy, Long Live the Misanthrope, The Living Infinite II, Parasite Blues, Owls Predict, Oracles Stand Guard
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TLI is already one of my top 5 melodeath albums. Great pick :tup
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that is the second 2013 album to be mentioned in a top 50 list so far (Sketchy - Steven Wilson/The Raven)
Just a quick note before the writeup:You're going to see some recent albums
ha, I was about to mention that so far this list includes:
1999 - 1
2001 - 1
2009 - 1
the 2010s - 7!
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40. Parkway Drive - Deep Blue (2010)
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Extremely underrated, and rad as fuck, Parkway Drive close out the 40's. Hailing from Australia, these guys have every right to feel pissed off about life, I mean everything's trying to kill them and they're plagued with Vegemite. All seriousness though, this is a heavy, heartfelt record that is about searching for truth in a world devoid of it. One of the first bands I got into after being obsessed with Children of Bodom, the music is pummeling metalcore that masterfully deploys parts that most band waste or don't know how to use properly. The biggest example being breakdowns, where as many bands use breakdowns as a crutch for songwriting, Parkway Drive use them to further enhance a song, and by that I mean it's not them going into a minute long breakdown, but rather using the breakdown to further enhance the song. I guess I can't explain it very well, but if you listen, you'll see what I mean. The lyrics and vocal delivery also wowed me, the lyrics them self reminded me of my relationship with my biological father, one line from the song "Unrest" "You can win the ratrace, but you're still, nothing but a fucking rat" just made me think of how obsessed my bio dad is with making a pyramid scheme business work, and how much I've come to distance myself from him when back in the past when he focused on his trucking and getting a dream gig of driving a tour bus and how that all had shattered when he found out I didn't want to do what he wanted to do, even if I didn't end up being a wealthy person.
If you're a fan of bands like Killswitch Engage, I get the feeling you'll like these guys.
Favorite Tracks: Unrest, Sleepwalker, Karma, Home Is For The Heartless
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Never heard of them, but it sounds intriguing. I'll check it out.
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39. Skeletonwitch - Breathing The Fire (2009)
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The band who I bought my first pair of booty shorts from, Skeletonwitch are one of my favorite bands, and their brand of blackened thrash annihilates all competition, and theirs a lot of great blackened thrash bands out there. I discovered them the day of my friends play, and before heading to school to go see the play I went out and bought this album and "Beyond the Permafrost". It took me awhile to truly appreciate "Breathing the Fire" though, for awhile I considered Beyond the Permafrost to be the better album, but eventually BtF's cold atmosphere came around and made me blush like a schoolgirl saying "onee-chan". Chance's raspy vocals are fucking perfect, on album and live. They're commanding, understandable, and vicious. Guitars are calculated insanity, which I like a lot, as well as the solos, which they take time to write and make them the best they can be. Songs are concise, punches to the stomach that never feel to short, and never linger, these guys truly have writing songs down to a tee. Last of all, their guitarist Scott Hendricks endorsement of the booty shorts is warranted, they are indeed very comfy.
Favorite Tracks: Submit to the Suffering, Released From the Catacombs, Crushed Beyond Dust, Blinding Black Rage, Gorge Upon My Soul, Repulsive Salvation
38. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
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By just a hair my favorite Pantera album Cowboys From Hell, barely nudging out Vulgar Display Of Power, places in at 38. This was the second album with Phil Anselmo, and by the time this album was recorded, his underground extreme metal tastes and influences had started to seep into the band. A HUGE step from Power Metal, Cowboys From Hell is an album chock full of classic tracks, and favorites of mine. Phil Anselmo was recruited for his Halford-esque wails, but brought a gruff, tough vocal style to the band, and he employs both all over this album, Halford-esque rising up especially in Cemetery Gates, and Cowboys From Hell employing his growls that I love. Dimebag Darrell had one of the best tones in Metal and it still is one of the best tones ever, and he really dazzles on this album, from album opener Cowboys From Hell to the beautiful playing and solo of The Sleep. His tone was almost indescribable, but it was like a drill, boring into your ear, leaving a permanent reminder of how awesome it was. Vinnie Paul isn't really extraordinary, and I don't really like him as a person, but his drumming is like Lars Ulrich, it gets the job done and works for the band. Something that sets this from the rest of their albums in my opinion is that while it set them in the direction they went onto in the 90's, there's still flashbacks to their glam metal days, but instead of being groanworthy glam, they meld it flawlessly with their new style and the songs just work. I know for a lot, either Vulgar Display of Power and Far Beyond Driven are considered their best, and while I love them, Cowboys From Hell just has something that the others don't to me.
Favorite Tracks: Cowboys From Hell, Cemetary Gates, The Sleep, Primal Concrete Sledge
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37.Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV Volume I: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness(2005)
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It took a couple of years to really check these guys out, but after hearing "Welcome Home" I wanted to hear more. And when I finally picked this album up I was not disappointed. This album held my car stereo hostage for the longest time last Summer, and I played it over and over and over. Top notch songwriting coupled with talented musicianship, this slice of proggy rock/metal is a wonderful album to spend time with. There's so many things you don't hear the last time you listened that pop out, an example being the guitar solo in "Welcome Home", it took a few spins until I noticed the second guitar completely wigging out behind the main solo and I absolutely love it.
Favorite Tracks: Always and Never, Welcome Home, Ten Speed(Of God's Blood and Burial), The Willing Well
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No fan of Coheed - Claudio's voice just isn't my cup of tea, and even then, I don't find the music that interesting, but Cowboys from Hell is amazing. Not sure how I missed that one. :metal :metal
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Claudio's voice just isn't my cup of tea
It is a peculiar voice, so I can see how it would be hit or miss. I'm just glad it's hit me.
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Scorp, I'd recommend you give Coheed another try. I hated Claudio's voice the first time I heard it, but now Afterman is one of my favorite albums.
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good point ^^
I too had a lukewarm response when I first started listening to their stuff.
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36. Cephalic Carnage - Mislead by Certainty(2010)
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Calculated insanity, Cephalic Carnage take your brain, violently shake it for awhile, and put it back in your head, leaving you to try and make out what the fuck just happened. One of my first ventures into grindcore, Cephalic Carnage excel at proggesive grind, and it's their best album yet. While they were a gateway for me into more extreme metal, I still consider them one of the best extreme metal bands out there. Songs like the opener "The Incorrigible Flame" stun, showing off amazing musicianship and technical skill, while other songs like "Pure Horse's" grind the fuck out and leave you rattled. If you're looking for some music that will challenge you, then you can't do much better than these guys.
Also, closing track "Aeyeucgh!" is so accurately titled it's ridiculous.
Favorite Tracks: The Incorrigible Flame, Abraxas of Filth, Raped by an Orb, Ohrwurm, Repangaea, Aeyeucgh!
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Thread title is a little behind :lol
Skeletonwitch :metal. Thanks for introducing me to them last list.
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35. IRONHIDE - Create/Collapse/Repeat (2011)
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Hailing from the land down under, IRONHIDE forge a path through a mixture of metalcore and mathcore. I discovered the guys through Metalsucks.net's "Unsigned and Unholy" which featured cool unsigned bands. But these guys aren't just cool, they're god damned radular. It's an intense listen that I listen to most often when I work way to early in the morning and need to stay awake on the commute down. Song's will take abrupt changes, but for me it works, it keeps you on your feet only to knock you down. The band makes me think of a world where Dillinger Escape Plan and Converge set to making babies, they've still got some rough edges to work out, but I see these guys going places, as they've definitely got the talent.
Favorite Tracks: Mechanism, Daydreams of Chaos, Soiree
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34. A Life Once Lost - Hunter(2005)
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One of the heaviest bands to ever exist, (The recently split up :'() A Life Once Lost make their first appearance with their fantastic and probably heaviest album "Hunter". Hunter is not an album that simply hits hard. It completely demolishes and for good measure drives a spike through to finish the job. You may think I'm exaggerating a bit, but take a listen to the song 'Needleman' and I think you'll agree. Part of what I love so much about this album is Robert Meadows vocals. While I think he got better over the next few albums, his vocals are absolutely terrifying on the album, thanks mostly to the visceral nature of his howls and growls. Guitars act like wrecking balls, and a dominant force on the record, and last but not least, drums take a thorough beating, just to keep up with the intensity. If you're a fan of Converge, I think you'll like this band, they take it at a much slower pace than Converge's break neck intense speed, but they're just as visceral if not more.
Favorite Tracks: Needleman, Vulture, Salai, Ghosting, With Pitiless Blows
33. Dawnbringer - Nucleus
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A band that wears it's oldschool influences on it's sleeves and manages to sound completely original, Dawnbringer's album Nucleus comes in at number 33 on this list. A Traditional Heavy Metal band that splashes in subtle other hints of other genres, they're from Chicago. Many songs on this album rely more on guitar than vocals, entire minutes devoted to soloing and guitar driven story telling, and vocals are utilized when they're needed. Never does the solo go into noodling and they keep things changing so as to retain interest, you'll go from a warm guitar riff to an icy cold tremolo picking reminiscent of Black Metal, galore with blast beating. A funny thing about this album is that originally, it was intended for at the halfway part to just be played in reverse(instruments anyways) but they found it too ridiculously hard to make something that sounded good both normally and backwards(can't blame 'em). If you're a fan of bands such as Cauldron, Iron Maiden, and bands in similar vein, I feel that you will enjoy this album very much.
Favorite Tracks: You Know Me, The Devil, Cataract, Pendulum
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That Cephalic Carnage album is actually pretty cool. I avoided them because I just don't like grindcore and seeing as there's very little grindcoring on the album, I was pleasantly surprised with it.
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That Cephalic Carnage album is actually pretty cool. I avoided them because I just don't like grindcore and seeing as there's very little grindcoring on the album, I was pleasantly surprised with it.
I'm glad to hear you enjoyed them! I don't know if you'd like their earlier work, it's definitely much more grindy, but I'd be content with just Misled By Certainty :tup
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32. Decapitated - Carnival is Forever (2011)
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The first album from Decapitated since the automobile crash that left drummer Vitek in a coma, Carnival is Forever showcases some of my favorite material from this band, and is an incredible album. I'd been a casual fan of Decapitated up until this point, listening to the occasional song every now and then, but this album really nailed it in to me about how fucking awesome this band really is. I absolutely love the imagery of the album cover, it really nails down the feel of the album. While they're a technical death metal band, they went with a more groove based sound with this album, and mixing that with technical death metal works pretty damn well if you ask me. If you're a fan of technical death metal, you can't go wrong with these guys, as they're one of the best.
Favorite Tracks: The Knife, Carnival is Forever, Homo Sum, Pest
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Not my favorite Decapitated album, but still really good.
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31. Black Tusk - Set the Dial (2011)
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One of the bands I discovered thanks to John Baizley's artwork, Black Tusk unleash the sludgy goodness of the South and leave a warpath in their wake. I remember waiting to get this album and Mastodon's "The Hunter" after preordering them and it came in a week and a half late and I was getting very pissy and frustrated that I didn't have these albums to listen to yet, but man when I finally got the chance to listen, I was floored. One of my favorite things about this band is how all three members split vocal duties, each with a distinct sound that adds so much to the dynamics. Their sound is similar to early Mastodon/Kylesa/SavannahAreaSludge but these guys stick out, thanks to their unique dynamics and sense for infectious songwriting. During the Fall of 2011, this did not leave my car stereo much, and I also give it credit for women mooning me from their car even though they couldn't have possibly have heard it. So eyeh, it's an album with some good memories, but on top of those memories, its simply a kickass sludge album from a band that continues to perfect their sound and have good times.
Favorite Tracks: Bring Me Darkness, Mass Devotion, Set the Dials To Your Doom, Resistor, Crossroads and Thunder
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Epsilon is still cool, I bought it the last time you did you list.
Furthermore Hatebreeder is excellent; my favourite Bodom album and the only only I own, though it must be about 5 years since I last heard it.
I'm now giving that Cephalic Carnage a chance, just for the hell of it, but I'm not really enjoying it yet :P
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Black Tusk sounds like something I could enjoy. I'll check it out when I'm back home.
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30. Ihsahn - After(2010)
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Ihsahn is a mental genius. After caught my heart when Undercurrents was featured on a Metal Hammer compilation cd and an interview with the bearded Nord. Originally of the highly regarded Black Metal band Emperor, after the split, Ihsahn set down his own path of Black Metal flawlessly mixed with progressive elements. Jørgen Munkeby of Shining, the Industrial Black Metal band from Sweden, provides amazing Saxaphone on the album, and really helps the album transcend into something amazing, even though Ihsahn already provides for great listening. Ihsahn has a raspy howl, and it sometimes when I'm in the right mood gets me all emotional and bullshit. The tracks are have a desolate feel about them, and by that I don't mean it feels empty music wise, but that the songs are melancholic and such. The album has a shine about it, Ihsahn's guitar tone is cold, reminiscent of his Emperor days, but at the same time they feel like they're conveying along with his voice desperation, sadness, and the tone of this album just blows me away. Check this out if you're a fan of Black Metal that's got more to it than kvlt-ness, you'll be rewarded with amazing instrumentation, including amazing sax, and you'll be treated with radular songs.
Over the last year I've come to appreciate this album's bleakness even more, it's quite the emotional ride.
Favorite Tracks: The Barren Lands, Frozen Lakes On Mars, Undercurrent, On The Shores
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Just ordered that one! :metal
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29. Royal Thunder - Cvi
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Very few bands have left a bigger impression on me than Royal Thunder. Based out of Atlanta, Royal Thunder unleash Bluesy Rock/Metal, and they sound radular. Mlny Parsonz has a one in a million voice, a voice that can seem delicate one moment, sultry the next, and a defiant roar after that, that matches perfectly live and in the studio. Atmosphere drips from the speakers, passionately haunting at times. Guitars tumble, drums dazzle with tempo and great beats. I first heard of them through Decibel Magazines, around the time they put out their first EP, which I instantly enjoyed. So when I heard that their debut album was coming out, I waited, and waited for what seemed an eternity, and stunned is the word that accurately describes what I felt. And words can't even describe what it was like seeing them play some of my favorite songs ever live, I could hardly contain myself from gushing like an idiot when shaking hands with the band. Anywho, there's absolutely no way you can go wrong here, if you like progressive music, then you will absolutely love this band.
Favorite Tracks: Parsonz Curse, Whispering World, Blue, Sleeping Witch, Black Water Vision
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Love that Ihsahn album. :metal
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Man. I haven't listened to like half of the albums so far. :rollin
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28. Kreayshawn - Somethin 'Bout Kreay (2012)
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Your first question might be "Who the fuck is this?", your second after learning who would probably be "Why is this all the way at 28, ahead of fucking Royal Thunder and all of the other wonderful bands that we totally know that you have on your list?"
This shit is the shit. Everybody needs some dumb as fuck music, and this is my dumb as fuck music. Hot female white rapper? Check. Songs about getting blazed, getting money, acquiring all the bitches, and having all the syrup? Check Check Check Check. The best part is some of these songs are in my mind at least, legitimately radular. Songs like "Go Hard" know exactly what they are, and they're just fun songs to have in the background and show to all of your friends so they can wonder about your mental state and ask why they're friends with you, not realizing that in about two days they'll be singing along while driving around town. Should it be this high up in the list? Probably not, but here it is, and I love this album, it's exactly what it sounds like it'll be, it's a ton of fun, it's stupid, and damn Kreayshawn looks fine :zydar:
Favorite Tracks: Blase Blase, Summertime, BFF, Go Hard (La.La.La), Breakfast
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This shit is the shit. Everybody needs some dumb as fuck music, and this is my dumb as fuck music. Hot female white rapper? Check. Songs about getting blazed, getting money, acquiring all the bitches, and having all the syrup? Check Check Check Check.
I'm not going to lie, this bit makes me want to stay as far away from the album as possible :lol
Still, I may give it a try, for the sake of novelty.
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I would not blame you one bit for avoiding this album with a ten foot pole. I was sucked in. :lol
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believe it or not, this is the first mention of Kreayshawn in any top 50 list
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27. Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005)
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Favorite Opeth album here, Opeth to me put out their opus with this release. It bleeds Opeth, every song sounding exactly how Opeth should. And to start out the album with the ever perfect "Ghost of Perdition" is amazing, always leading me to constantly listen to the album.
The first Opeth song I ever heard was an edit of The Lotus Eater, off of a Metal Hammer cd compilation and damn, it was on repeat for many days. After that I started picking up Opeth where I could, my first buy being The Candlelight Years with the first three albums, all fantastic, but my favorite would have to be Ghost Reveries. Nudging out Watershed and My Arms, Your Hears by just a tiny bit, Ghost Reveries is an amazing record all around, from the artwork to the music contained inside. Mikeal is one of my favorite vocalists in metal, for the reason that both aspects of his vocals are extraordinary. His growl is powerful, and ferocious, where as his clean vocals are crooning, and calming. Muscianship is something that is never lacking in Opeth, whether you prefer Lopez or Legolas, you're in for a treat with the drumming, bass is just splendid, and guitars are never lacking, with the warm acoustic tones, and the electric raze of their electric guitars. Opeth is also a band I never really compare to other bands because they have such a distinctive sound, you know right away that you're listening to Opeth when they come on, even with Heritage. Now more so onto why I consider Ghost Reveries their best. Along with the descriptions about their musicianship above, Ghost Reveries is just extremely memorable to me, and while their catalog is for the most part, Ghost Reveries just edges out on top. Also it has some of my favorite songs from them, The Grand Conjuration being one of my most favorites, the transitioning in the song gives me goosebumps, plain and simple. So if you haven't given Opeth a chance yet for some crazy reason, and you're okay with growling, Ghost Reveries would be the album to start at, as it's simply radulartastic.
Favorite Tracks: Ghost of Perdition, Reverie/Harlequin Forest, The Grand Conjuration
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believe it or not, this is the first mention of Kreayshawn in any top 50 list
:lol
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Opeth! Although I don't have that album.
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Opeth! Although I don't have that album.
:D! :o :'(!
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I'm working on it! :lol I've got Watershed, and I ordered Blackwater Park. This one will probably be next.
Unless I decide I want Heritage more.
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Opeth! Although I don't have that album.
I won't give you shit because you're young and you haven't had the money to acquire every essential album yet, and even if you wanted to be a failhouse and get them illegally, still need time to listen to them.
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Opeth! Although I don't have that album.
I won't give you shit because you're young and you haven't had the money to acquire every essential album yet, and even if you wanted to be a failhouse and get them illegally, still need time to listen to them.
I got Watershed first because I still wasn't totally cool with harsh vox. Now that that (lol) imposition has been removed, a whole world has opened up. :lol
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I'm still trying to get Nick to get over his harsh vocal phobia. :lol
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I think Devin Townsend and Mikael Åkerfeldt on The Human Equation was what did it for me.
But, I'm pretty sure Nick's already heard that one, so...
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GR :metal :metal :metal :metal
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GR :metal :metal :metal :metal
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GR :metal :metal :metal :metal
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There is some great stuff on this list. :)
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I'm working on it! :lol I've got Watershed, and I ordered Blackwater Park. This one will probably be next.
Unless I decide I want Heritage more.
Get Still Life or Deliverance next if you like BWP. GR is one of the most overrated albums in existence :blush
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Following. And indeed, GR :metal :metal :metal
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GR :metal :metal :metal :metal
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Hey guys, just a little update, I'll get about 4-5 posts in tomorrow, I had family over at my new apartment, orientation before classes begin Monday, and just some other stuff that kept me busy, so I'm sorry about the delay, seeing as I'm one to bellyache when others take a long time heh, but I promise to get the engine roaring again tomorrow! Thank you for the patience :)
Please accept this spaghetti as a personal apology for the delay
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NO YOU HAVE TO POST UPDATES NOW OMG
OK, that's cool. Will be waiting. :)
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26. Periphery - Periphery II This Time It's Personal! (2012)
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This was my Summer love of 2012. It was my playlist for driving around town, my playlist for going to the lake, quite simply, it did not leave my cd player much if at all. Everything about this album was what their first album wasn't, every single aspect was an improvement over the their debut, which on it's own is still a fantastic album. Spencer's vocals are the show stealer for me, with this album he wrote out all of his parts, compared to the debut where they were already written, and god damn does he dazzle. The music to boot is killer, perfectly displaying progressive djent metal at it's finest. Absolutely crushing, bombastic, and most importantly, heartfelt, this album just takes me to a happier place, and blows me away every time.
Favorite Tracks: Have a Blast, Ji, Scarlet, Erised, Froggin' Bullfish
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That album kicks ass :metal
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I've been wanting to get this one for a while now.
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Periphery :tup
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PII: This Time It's Personal! would definitely make my top 50 list if I were to put together a new one. For me it really is great beginning to end.
https://youtu.be/6DaDqYdnUWo?t=42m6s
(even though it's not from that album felt it was appropriate :biggrin: )
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25. Master of Puppets - Master of Puppets (1986)
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A landmark album for Thrash metal, Master of Puppets was one of my gateway albums into metal, and it's a big reason why I love so much metal these days. Every song is killer, and the band is in top form. Kirk Hammett can still belt out some fantastic solos ala "The Thing That Should Not Be", Lars does a good enough job, Cliff Burton does what he does best, and James Hetfield commands your attention with his powerful voice and plays some radtastic rhythm guitar. Not much to say, as pretty much anybody who enjoys metal knows about this album at the very least, and if for some reason you haven't listened to it yet, get the fuck on it.
Favorite Tracks: Master of Puppets, The Thing That Should Not Be, Welcome Home(Sanitarium), Orion
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:metal
#3 on my list
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A classic masterpiece :tup
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24. Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle (1991)
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Let me start off by saying that the album cover is one of the creepiest things I've ever seen, along with the art inside the booklet. I was on one of my many adventures at Savers, looking for cheap paintings, pants, and other things, when I ventured into the music section on a whim. My friend pulled this out and commented on how weird the cover was and put it back, when I remembered hearing about them here, so I decided to pick it up. One of the best surprises I've ever come across. My friend and I drove around getting down with the tunes, which were all sorts of creepy and delightful all at the same time. I didn't even fully realize it was Mike Patton handling the vocals, although I thought they sounded familiar. It's one of those albums where the cover art perfectly describes the feel of the music. In time I can easily see this album getting higher up, as it's a splendid, absolutely weird experience listen every single time!
Favorite Tracks: Quote Unquote, Slowly Growing Deaf, The Girls of Porn, Dead Goon
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It's not quite as good as California, imho, but any Mr. Bungle album is a welcome addition. :tup
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MOP is great, my second favourite 'tallica album after AJFA
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I like Disco Volante and California a tiny bit more, but the self-titled is amazing as well. :tup
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It's not quite as good as California, imho, but any Mr. Bungle album is a welcome addition. :tup
This man knows what's up.
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23.Converge - Axe to Fall (2009)
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One of the heaviest bands out there, Converge are one of those bands that you must be in the right mood to initially get into, but once you do get into them, you can never get enough of them. That particular mood needed is being pissed off and angry. I saw these guys back in '09 when they went on tour with Mastodon and Dethklok and hated them, and I never wanted to listen to them again. But luckily one of my internet buddies told me to not write them off so easily, and to give a chance. Well after a shitty day at school I was ready, and this album lopped my head off and fucked the gaping wound. Jane Doe is usually regarded as their opus, and there's no doubt that I love love love it, but Axe to Fall was my first, and it's a fantastic listen the whole way through!
Favorite Tracks: The whole thing, there's no stopping this album from finishing once it starts and each song is a perfect kick in the teeth or the perfect counterbalance to that.
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I've heard of Converge, but I've never listened to them. I guess I should change that.
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Jane Doe is amazing, though I can't listen to it very often. Haven't checked out Axe to Fall yet.
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Converge is one of the best bands around. Jane Doe and All We Love We Leave Behind are better though. IMO
Axe to Fall is still badass.
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MOP is the best heavy metal album ever. :tup
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22. Cancer Bats - Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones (2010)
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Fantastic Southern tinged hardcore from this fantastic band straight out of Canada. Cormier's vocals fit the music like a snug little glove, and the music is heavy, oh so deliciously heavy. If you're a fan of bands like Kvelertak, Black Breath, or Black Tusk, this band will treat you to some wonderful music!
Favorite Tracks: Sleep This Away, Trust No One, Doomed To Fail, Scared To Death, Snake Mountain, Sabotage(Beastie Boys Cover)
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Converge :metal
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Converge seems a bit too extreme for my taste.
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Just tuning in. Lots of good stuff. Surprised you haven't heard Is This It? for The Strokes though! Personally I think it blows all of their other albums away.
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Just tuning in. Lots of good stuff. Surprised you haven't heard Is This It? for The Strokes though! Personally I think it blows all of their other albums away.
My friend was actually going to show me all of their older stuff as well, he actually meant to put it on my ipod, but we forgot and then I moved down to Florida :'(
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Converge seems a bit too extreme for my taste.
Same for me,but I still like Jane Doe.
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Converge seems a bit too extreme for my taste.
I hated, hated, hated Converge when I first listened to them, but now I actually like them, so don't write them off immediately.
I do think it's a waste that they have such good lyrics, but the vocals are largely indecipherable.
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21. The Mars Volta - De-loused In A Comatorium (2003)
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I first got into The Mars Volta through Octahedron, which is an amazing album, and slowly I went through their discography, finally arriving at this marvelous debut. The Mars Volta weave beautiful, gut wrenching vocal harmonies, and throw in amazing musicianship just because they can. For awhile, I could not stop listening to this album, hell their discography, as it was there for some times in my life when I wasn't feeling so perky. Not much to say really, other than some very odd progressive rock here that resides in it's own dimension.
Favorite Tracks: Son et Lumière+Inertiatic ESP, Roulette Dares (The Haunt of), Drunkship of Lanterns, This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed
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I agree with this choice. It's not one I listen to often, because it's an awful lot to take in, but when I do it's amazing.
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Oh yeah and Jane Doe. One of my favourite albums of all time too. Definitely my go-to album when pissed right off. :metal
And Deloused is great. :) Amputechture is my favourite of theirs but Deloused is awesome as well.
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20. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis (2010)
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A band that take the term intense to a whole new level, The Dillinger Escape Plan leave their fucked up beauty at #20. An album that accompanied me through some tough times, Option Paralysis's spastic songs are laced with beautiful musicianship, and Greg's gnarly howl and soothing voice. Songs like "Widower" show a different side of TDEP, that I'd love to see more often, it's probably one of, if not my favorite song by them. If you're a fan of Converge, A Life Once Lost, or a fan of mathcore, this band put most other bands to shame, and simply put turn the volume up to what's thought to be impossible levels.
Favorite Tracks: Farewell,Mona Lisa, Gold Teeth On a Bum, Crystal Morning, Widower, Chinese Whispers
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2 more great albums :tup
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19. Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb (2007)
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Of grind royalty, Pig Destroyer take no prisoners, and get down and weird on Phantom Limb. An experimental album of sorts, Phantom Limb is longer than your typical grindcore album, it delves into the realm of sludge and doom, all the while maintaing that sense of urgency and unadulterated anger that grindcore is known for. Scott Hull's guitars are gnarly limbs slamming down on the listener, all the while J.R. Haye's vocals spit out vile poetry, appropriately mature compared to many other grindcore bands. The album also has some lovely John Dyer Baizley art for the cover, which is one of the reasons I went with this Pig Destroyer album. My theory of John Baizley art displayed on the cover usually means a great album has held up, and while I may come to enjoy Book Burner more in time, this is one hell of an album, a very different experience from the fucked up love affair his other band, Agoraphobic Nosebleed is.
Favorite Tracks: Rotten Yellow, Jupiter's Eye, Cemetery Road, Phantom Limb, Loathsome, Fourth Degree Burns, Waist Deep In Ash, The Machete Twins
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Dillinger Escape Plan! :tup
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I just started reading this list today and have really enjoyed it and have many albums to check out. Thanks. :metal
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I just started reading this list today and have really enjoyed it and have many albums to check out. Thanks. :metal
:laugh:
I'm glad to hear that!
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18. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A#∞ (1997)
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I was at the local used record store with my friends on a crisp Autumn afternoon, when I noticed this album sitting on the shelf, and I thought to myself "HEY, I've seen some people on DTF gush about this band a lot, maybe I should get this?" So I went down to the front checkout, where they have a cd deck to preview music, played a minute or two at random points, didn't hear much but thought "Fuck it" and bought it. Needless to say, my friends and I were floored on the drive home, and listened to the rest of the album once we got inside. The opening dialogue gives me chills every single time, and the music gives me even more goosebumps. This is my wandering aimlessly music, my deep in thought music, this music is an experience.
Favorite Tracks: Well obviously the entire god danged album.
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Amazing album! :tup
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Pig Destroyer :metal I've always found Terrifyer to be better though.
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17. US Christmas - Run Thick In the Night (2010)
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Around the time I seriously got into reading Decibel Magazine, this gem came out, it would be awhile before I actually listened to it, but in every issue, I'd star which albums in the reviews section looked interesting to me, and this was one of those albums, mainly due to the fact that I mistakenly thought the album art was from John Baizley :lol Nevertheless, this album clicked with me instantly, it's melancholic atmosphere that weaved in and out through dreamy atmospherics and climactic outbursts of noise, this was like #18, it was an album I listened to when I had some thinking to do, and also an album that helped me find sleep, calming my mind and stopping all of the over thinking that goes on throughout the day for me. Folky Psychadelic rock may not be everybody's thing, but if it is, this album is a diamond in the rough, and you absolutely should give it the time and even check out more from this wonderful band.
Favorite Tracks: In The Night, Fire Is Sleeping, Fonta Flora, Maran, Devil's Flower In Mother Winter, Moon In Flesh and Bone
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I can never get tired of listening to F#A#∞. Great pick!
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I'm going to have to check out Godspeed... I've heard so many good things about them here and after your writeup, I am now more intrigued to the point where I will have to check them out later when I get the chance tonight :biggrin: Nice writeups, by the way.
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16. System of a Down - Mezmerize (2005)
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Definitely one of the weirdest bands I've listened to, System of a Down are a band that roll up charming, chaotic, bizarre, ugly, and radular up into one glorious package, and Mezmerize is the epitome of their sound. From songs like BYOB to Radio/Video, Mezmerize is an album with many sounds, that all sounding exactly how System of a Down should sound. Another thing that I feel sets this album above all the others is Daron's highly increased input in the vocals department, he and Serj work so well together and honestly at times I like his voice more than Serj's, but that's not the point. System weren't even a band that really got me into metal, I discovered them fully after having some solid roots in metal, and I think they're a band that have their own special distinction in the genre, and helped push it to new levels. For that, and the fact that they create wonderful, memorable music, they show up here on the list.
Favorite Tracks: BYOB, Cigarro, Radio/Video, Violent Pornagraphy, Question!, Old School Hollywood, Lost In Hollywood
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SoaD is amazing, going to see them tomorrow :metal
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SoaD is amazing, going to see them tomorrow :metal
Throw an egg or something at Serj for putting kinks into the works for a new SoaD album :lol
Seriously though, that's awesome, I hope I get the chance to see them some day!
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I prefer Hypnotize, but honestly, every album that System has ever recorded is a 5/5 album for me, and Mezmerize was my favourite for a long time, so great pick! I also love how Daron and Serj's voices compliment each other.
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15. Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)
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It took awhile to admit it, but around Junior year in Highschool, I admitted that I loved Lady Gaga's music and the road down from Metal Elitism began. I had Love Game on this little app that was like guitar hero for the ipod, and while picking up the grounds around the hotel I worked at, I'd play the game to listen to the song, and eventually I went and bought her first album, and from then on, got The Fame Monster, and eventually this lovely album Born This Way. The day I went to go get it, one of my best friends tagged along, and we went to a store on the edge of town, and just drove around Sioux Falls listening to the album, and it was a great day! Lady Gaga has brought a lot of joy to my life, her tunes can cheer me up on a down day, and they can make a great day even better!
Favorite Tracks: Born This Way, Hair, Americano, Government Hooker, Bloody Mary, Highway Unicorn, Heavy Metal Lover, Electric Chapel, You and I
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While I wouldn't put it this high, I absolutely love this album as well. Electric Chapel is amazing.
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14. The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
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For a lot of my 20 years here on this lump of earth, I refused to give The Beatles the time of the day, often stating that they were nothing but a greatest hits band, and this was without ever really giving any album an actual listen :lol And then one day, one of my friends was driving around and he popped in Abbey Road, saying "Dylan, try this, it's pretty awesome" and you know what, it was fucking radular. The Beatles whole discography is fucking radular, but this is the pinnacle of their radularness. The music is breathtaking at times, and I really feel that these guys are underappreciated as musicians, I mean none of them are the greatest at their instrument of all time, but they belt out some real moving music that one should really appreciate.
Favorite Tracks: Maxwell Silver Hammer, Octopus's Garden, I Want You(She's So Heavy), Here Comes The Sun, You Never Give Me Your Money, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight
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You can never go wrong with that one :tup
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13. Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2006)
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For a long time, Crack The Skye held the number one spot in Mastodon's discography, and Blood Mountain was that album that clung to #2 crying for more listens. Eventually I caved and started spinning Blood Mountain more, and that's when it hit me that Blood Mountain was this gem that outshined everything else, despite how wonderful every Mastodon record is. Brann Dailor is absolutely insane on the album, fills flying in left and right along with some astonishing drumming that makes your mouth drop to the floor. Brent and Bill lock in like cyborgs and spew out incredible riffs like binary code, coming up with some radular moments, and Troy's tones are pretty sexy on the album. Another reason I'd put this album in #1 is it still features a hefty amount of harsh vocals, unlike Crack the Skye where they're sparse and far between, and The Hunter, where they're practically non-existant. I love Mastodon's harsh vocals and while I think they sound rad without them, I think they sound even more rad with them, and Blood Mountain has the perfect mix of them.
Favorite Tracks: Crystal Skull, Capillarian Crest, Bladecatcher, Colony of Birchmen, Hunters In the Sky, Siberian Divide
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Blood Mountain is fantastic! CTS remains my favourite Mastodon album though.
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Blood Mountain is fantastic! CTS remains my favourite Mastodon album though.
Same here. BM used to be my #1 for a while, but CTS is simply too good.
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I consider myself way more a proghead than a metalhead, but I think metal is fosho what mastodon does best; while the hunter might not exactly be more metal than CTS, I find both blood mountain and the hunter to be leaps and bounds ahead of CTS. go figure.
anyway, awesome pick(s). :tup
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12. Ghost - Infestissumam
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Ghost stormed into the world back in 2010, with their amazing debut 'Opus Eponymous', making metal heads of all kinds make the O Face. Of course, they also had their haters, who simply stated "They're Aping BOC, Mercyful Fate, and King Diamond" but those guys are idiots. Seriously. Sure they wore their influences on their sleeves, but when is that ever wrong? Fast forward to this year and we got Infestissumam, which not only took things to a whole new level, but showed Ghost were a band with their own completely unique sound and image. You can still hear the influences, but they're more of nods rather than wearing them on their sleeves. The album has a sense of Grand Majesty and bombastic sound. It's a truly wonderful album, a delight to pop on in the car, and it's always fantastic to get a little Satan boogie going.
Favorite Tracks: Per Aspera Ad Inferi, Jigolo Migiddo, Ghuleh / Zombie Queen, Year Zero, Depth of Satan's Eyes, Monstrance Clock
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Infestissumam is one of the best releases of 2013 and I like it a lot better than OE.
Blood Mountain is great, but doesn't come close to Leviathan or Crack the Skye.
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11. Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle Pt.1
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It was extremely tough choosing between this and Pt.2, but Pt.1 edges out just by a little. I'm not sure if it has a higher point than Pt.2, but it doesn't have a lower point, and it flows extremely well, and it has dead titties on the front :lol In all seriousness though, Nachtmystium are one of the best American black metal bands you'll find. With this album, they began to throw psychadelia into the mix, and industrial into their releases afterwards, and it's a perfect combo, due to the fact that Sanford Parker is a mental master of the Moog Synth when it comes to creating a quirky atmosphere. Songs rampage all the while having a feeling of looking at them through a glass, and suddenly things become warped and twisted. There's also the three parter "Seasick" which is absolutely brilliant. If you want black metal with a frontman whose one of the best their is at spewing hatred and cvltness out, Nachtmystium is the way to go.
Favorite Tracks: Assassins, Ghosts of Grace, Code Negative, Seasick Pt. 1, 2, 3
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50. Daft Punk - Discovery
49. Anathema - Weather Systems
48. Metric - Fantasies
47. Blood Stain Child - Epsilon
46. Children of Bodom - Hatebreeder
45. Overkill - Ironbound
44. The Strokes - Angles
43. Indian - Guiltless
42. Born of Osiris - The Discovery
41. Soilwork - The Living Infinite
40. Parkway Drive - Deep Blue
39. Skeletonwitch - Breathing The Fire
38. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
37. Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV Volume I: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
36. Cephalic Carnage - Mislead by Certainty
35. IRONHIDE - Create/Collapse/Repeat
34. A Life Once Lost - Hunter
33. Dawnbringer - Nucleus
32. Decapitated - Carnival is Forever
31. Black Tusk - Set the Dial
30. Ihsahn - After
29. Royal Thunder
28. Kreayshawn - Somethin 'Bout Kreay
27. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
26. Periphery - Periphery II This Time It's Personal!
25. Master of Puppets - Master of Puppets
24. Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
23.Converge - Axe to Fall
22. Cancer Bats - Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones
21. The Mars Volta - De-loused In A Comatorium
20. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis
19. Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb
18. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A#∞
17. US Christmas - Run Thick In the Night
16. System of a Down - Mezmerize
15. Lady Gaga - Born This Way
14. The Beatles - Abbey Road
13. Mastodon - Blood Mountain
12. Ghost - Infestissumam
11. Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle Pt.1
Little list of my picks before I delve into my Top 10 later tonight.
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Note to self...thread may be NSFW
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Sorry about that, I didn't think to put a warning up :s
Changed the thread title to accommodate that
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Interesting to see Infestissumam so high. Damn good album, though.
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Interesting to see Infestissumam so high. Damn good album, though.
Originally Opus Eponymous was there, but Infestissumam is better in every way
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I agree completely. I loved Opus as well, but yeah, Infestissumam demolishes it with extreme prejudice.
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WELL, My internet is up and running again, so why don't we pick this back up hmm?
10. Between the Buried and Me - Parallax II: Future Sequence (2012)
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It took a long time to really appreciate this album, just recently, but when it finally connected fully, I fell in absolute love with it. I still need to catch up on the story of the album, but not being up to speed on that definitely doesn't stop me from loving this album. With what seems to be a BtBaM trademark, the album opens up with a soft song, full of dazzling emotion, which then goes right into a bombastic beginning, full of amazing musicianship and to my surprise, the awesome Harpsichord :lol The entire album is chalkful of amazing musicianship, shining moments, and memorable songs throughout. My only complaint and it's a minor complaint is Tommy's harsh vocals, they're just not very dynamic, and you can tell he struggles sometimes. I'm not saying he doesn't have great moments with them because he does, but I feel like they could get somebody else with more range and dynamic to cover the harsh vocals, and have tommy back them up with harsh vocals and focus more on his clean vocals, maybe making those more prevalent in the music. But it's not the end of the world if they don't, because his harsh's are still getting the job done, and very very well at times.
Favorite Tracks: Goodbye To Everything, Astral Body, Lay Your Ghosts To Rest, Telos, Bloom, Melting City, Silent Flight Parliament
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Ghost! :metal
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Future Sequence is amazing. I approve of this pick. :tup
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What a great way to start the top ten :metal
Incredible album. The story is worth looking up, although it's pretty weird. But what do you expect from BTBAM :D
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Future Sequence is amazing. I approve of this pick. :tup
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Didn't realize this was going on, and I must say, I will be checking out a ton of these, because all of the albums I've heard that are on your list are most excellent.
Top-Tier pick with Future Sequence right there. One of my all time favorites. Very excited for the rest of the top 10!
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I expect Grimes to be on the list. I know I'm not the only one who loves her, and Visions. :heart
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I expect Grimes to be on the list. I know I'm not the only one who loves her, and Visions. :heart
We'll see :heart
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9. Dream Theater - Images & Words (1992)
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The best Progressive Metal album of all time, Dream Theater leave their mark of majesty at 9, and it's a well deserved placing, as not only did Dream Theater open me up to so much more musically but they've stood the test of time with most of their albums and Images & Words is timeless. My first taste of Dream Theater was actually Black Clouds, and I'd go around the hotel grounds that I worked at picking up garbage and jamming BC&SL, enjoying my work. And that's when one of my friends introduced me to a new friend, and he was a pretty large DT fan. Over the months we became a tight knit group of three, transcending into the territory of BFFs and such, and our new friend started showing us more Dream Theater. Pull Me Under started off and we had a collective orgasm following, and the entire album just wowed. Over the months we'd sing along, wailing along to PULLLLL ME UNDER, PULLLLL ME UNDER I'M NOT AFRAID, and HOLD ON, WAIT A MINUTE, JUST LET ME CATCH MY BREATH, and so on. The album not only contains my favorite DT songs, it holds a shit ton of personal memories that not only include driving around town at 2 AM aimlessly, but also 10 hour road trips to Chicago, or 5 hour road trips to Minneapolis/St. Paul and is just amazingly fantastic in every single way. I don't need to go into the music because you all know already how amazing it is.
Favorite Tracks: Pull Me Under, Another Day, Take The Time, Surrounded, Metropolis Pt. 1, Under A Glass Moon, Wait For Sleep, Learning To Live
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But which are your favorite favorite tracks? :biggrin:
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YOU CAN'T MAKE ME CHOOSE.
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I think Tommy's harsh vocals fit BTBAM like a glove. Wouldn't have it any other way.
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Great last 2 picks and won't hear anything from praise about them from me.
I think Tommy's harsh vocals fit BTBAM like a glove. Wouldn't have it any other way.
I'm a huge BtBaM fan(obviously)and a huge fan of Tommy's vocals(both clean and harsh), but I feel like in this album that his harsh vocals sometimes were the weakest part of the album even though I wouldn't change them either.
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8. Enslaved - Riitiir (2012)
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A band that not only consistently release great album after great album, but also continue to improve despite having such a discography, Enslaved stole my heart when I first heard them through 'Axioma Ethica Odini', wowing me with that blend of black metal and progressiveness that's not seen really anywhere else. In Enslaved fashion Riitiir blew open the doors, somehow improving on what was already a masterpiece in my book and then pumping it full of steroids. Enslaved also are ingrained in my mind through their wonderful live performance my friend and I were lucky enough to make it to despite a snow storm rolling in. It was a fantastic night where they played songs from all over their discography, but played many songs from Riitiir, including "Roots Of the Mountain" which would get some serious consideration for Best Song Ever from me. If you like Enslaved, you know what you're getting out of it, but for those who haven't, if you can handle harsh vocals, you'll find this to be one of the best releases in recent years, and I don't say that lightly, knowing full well how great the past few years have been for metal.
Favorite Tracks: Thoughts Like Hammers, Veilburner, Roots Of the Mountain, Storm of Memories
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I only have Vertebrae and don't really like it that much, but I'll check out the songs you recommended :tup
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I've been meaning to check them out for a while.
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RIITIIR is really awesome, and anyone who has yet to listen to it needs to check it out!. Great pick.
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7. Baroness - Yellow & Green (2012)
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Gone are the days of the Red Album, at least in the way of bellowing from John Baizley, but it's okay, because Baroness never required them, it was just a nice little touch, but now we get to hear more of John Baizley's singing voice, which is just as nice of a touch. I waited for this album from the day I pre-ordered it in April, to the day it came out in July, like a little kid staring at the mailbox waiting for his prize from all the cereal he had to eat. This double album is incredibly beautiful, and shows off two sides of Baroness. Yellow was more what you'd expect from Baroness, and even then improved upon their unique sound, whereas Green was more experimental, more majestic, showing off almost a melancholy side of Baroness that was just as stunningly gorgeous. Baroness has always been a band that I turn to when deep in thought about life, although that's most certainly not the only time I listen to them. I've spent many days driving to and from class listening to Green as I drive past fields of amber grain, watching the wind blow through, giving life to the fields, and it just fits together very nicely and put my mind in a better place than where it usually was at that time. And Yellow has accompanied me on many drives to the beach, giving the vast amounts of water and life around me a new sense of being.
So to sum that all up, it's an album that leads me to better avenues of thinking, and is beautiful x2.
Favorite Tracks: Yellow Album: Take My Bones Away, March To The Sea, Twinkler, Back Where I Belong, Sea Lungs, Eula Green Album: Green Theme, Board Up the House, Mtns.(The Crown & Anchor), Psalms Alive, Stretchmarker, If I Forget Thee Lowcountry
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:tup
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Love Yellow and Green. :tup Really what drew me to Baroness in the first place though is how fantastic Baizley's art is.
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Another NSFW cover (like someone would mind if there are tits :lol)!
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Another NSFW cover (like someone would mind if there are tits :lol)!
Ehh, boobs are artistically covered, unlike some of his others,
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The top 10 have been all been great albums so far.
Also, this is the first time I realized that the Green and Yellow album covers were part of the same piece of art. To use your term, radular.
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Incredible album, and yeah the top 10 has been phenomenal so far!
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Baroness is on my radar, I really need to check it out. I think Yellow & Green will by my entry point.
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6. Exodus - The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A (2007)
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Gary Holt is by far my favorite riffmaker in Thrash Metal, but unfortunately, Exodus never had a vocalist that really fit, or gave the music justice. You first had Paul Baloff, who was alright, but was comical, and then you had Zetro, who got the boot from Testament, and brought his nasal mess over to Exodus. Now I enjoy those earlier albums, you're nuts if you can say The Fabulous Disaster was a bad album, but I just don't care for the vocals. And that's where Rob Dukes comes in. His visceral howls are incredibly intense, and they fit Gary's riffage and Tom Hunting's drumming like a glove, and transformed the band into a Thrash/Death Metal monster. Shovel Headed Killing Machine almost got the nod, due to "Deathamphetamine" being the best song they've ever written and also in the running for best song ever, but overall Exhibit A is the better album, and has multiple songs that come close to the level that "Deathamphetamine" reaches. I discovered these guys after I'd gotten into harsher vocals through Children of Bodom, I'd go through Youtube listening to related videos to what I was listening to, and I eventually found "Children Of A Worthless God" and was absolutely floored. Pretty much immediately after that, I grabbed my keys, and my jacket, went to F.Y.E. and got myself a copy of Exhibit A, went home, popped it in my stereo, and was completely amazed for the next hour. Over time, this album has become one of my friends and I favorite album, and it's well deserved. The riffage is nasty, vile and never lets up, add on Tom Huntings incredible drumming(I think he's one of the most overlooked drummers in metal), the fantastic bass from Jack Gibson, and finally the behemoth howls of Rob Dukes, and you've got a bonafide classic right here.
Favorite Tracks: Riot Act, Funeral Hymn, Children Of A Worthless God, The Atrocity Exhibition, Iconoclasm
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This is an interesting choice. I personally found Exhibit A to be one of their weaker albums (although Children of a Worthless God is absolutely killer), but they made up with Exhibit B.
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The only thing I could possibly say bad about this album is that Gary gets a little lengthy with the solos, but I enjoy them so it doesn't bug me one bit.
That and Children Of A Worthless God isn't even the best track, so I just love this album :metal
EDIT: That and the banjo version of Bonded By Blood at the end of Bedlam is just amazing :rollin
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Riitiir is absolutely phenomenal, probably my favorite Enslaved album. :metal
Yellow & Green is very good, but it's my least favorite Baroness record.
I haven't listened to Exhibit A very much, but I remember it being a pretty good album. I'll have to give it some more spins.
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5. Dark Castle - Surrender To All Life Beyond Form (2011)
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HERE IT IS, MY NAME SAKE, the album that I reviewed when I first got here and you all thought I was just the band putting up a self review :lol Well I can still say with certainty and a touch of sadness that I am not in fact Stevie Floyd, but I can say that this album is still one of the best things I've ever heard. Raw emotion rolls in like a tidal wave, clashing against the ear's shorelines, guitars weaving between semi-hypnotic patterns and blitzkrieg distorted assault. Rob Schaffer knows exactly what's needed for drumming every single moment on this album and flawlessly transitions. I first saw this album in Decibel Magazine, and absolutely loved the artwork(which Stevie Floyd does herself, along with being a tattoo artist) and so it was, I went down to the local record store, ordered it, and had it at the end of the week. Floored is the only to describe me. It is what it is, and it's an extremely raw psychedelia black metal record, and it ebbs and flows, displaying an amazing range of emotion. I don't play this album as much, and if I do it's either on a stormy day or before bed, but it's an album I cherish, it opened up my mind, with it's raw beauty and colossal sound.
Favorite Tracks: Surrender To All Life Beyond Form, Stare Into Absence, Seeing Through Time, Spirit Ritual, To Hide Is To Die, I Hear Wind, Learning To Unlearn
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4. Devin Townsend Project - Epicloud (2012)
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Devin Townsend's music has had such a positive impact on my life, there's so many different sounds that he's explored, it's impossible not to find an album for any mood, but there's one album of his that is good for any mood, and it's this album right here. A friend and I got to see Devin Townsend a few days before the album actually came out, and I totally bought a copy at the show, and it was a very magical night. If Baroness wasn't in my stereo on the way to and back from school, this album was, this album was my happy place and sanctuary from all the crap going on in school and personal life. Songs like Save Our Now and Grace broke me down, and just brought the biggest of smiles to my face, and I can't even fully describe what it was like experiencing songs from the album live, it was completely amazing, the entire crowd came together and it was just an unforgettable night.
It was hard picking one Devin Townsend album to choose, as all of the Project albums are incredible, and many of his others are astounding, but Epicloud connects with me the most, brings me to a happier state of mind at any time, and blows me away with each listen.
Favorite Tracks: True North, Lucky Animals, Liberation, Save Our Now, Kingdom, Divine, Grace, More, Angel
Favorite Favorite: Save Our Now
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YES! Epicloud! That is truly an amazing album! It is very happy indeed and has cheered me up a lot of times. Great choice!
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3. Death - The Sound of Perseverance (1998)
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Death, THE Greatest Death Metal band in my book. Chuck Schuldiner lead Death album to album, improving upon an already sound structure, experimenting, and discovering new leaps and bounds for the genre at every twist and turn, and is all around one of my biggest heroes. Many consider Symbolic Death's Opus, but for me it has to be The Sound of Perserverance, there is no other choice. Not only was it my entryway into the band, but it is perfect in every regard, from Chuck's later high harsh vocals, with clear diction and pronunciation that is unrivaled, to the masterful guitar playing, and to the wonderfully progressive bass and drumming, everything about this album was absolutely amazing and stuns me every single damn time. I saw Bite The Pain on Youtube, heard it, and went out and immediately bought this album, and later found out about the cover of Painkiller, which surprised the hell out of me, and it remains my Quintessential version of the song to this day. There's nothing about this album I'd change, and while my friends don't seem to be into Death like I am, or not really all that much, it's one of my albums, one that I'll put on, lay back to, and just soak in. Another thing that amazes me about Death in general, but most so on this album, are Chuck's incredible lyrics.
Favorite Tracks: The whole album, I really can't leave out a track, they're all breathtaking.
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Wow, Epicloud at number four. Interesting.
I'm not a huge Death fan, though I've heard several of their albums. I like The Sound Of Perseverance, but I prefer Human.
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Two more phenomenal albums. :tup
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2. Kvelertak - Kvelertak (2010)
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If you were to ask me what the greatest metal album ever was, here's my answer. Sure it's only been here for 3 years, and it's possible I'm missing some gem from the 80's or something, but until you show me such an example, which I'm pretty sure wouldn't hold a candle to this, Kvelertak's self titled is what I regard as the opus of the Metal Genre. Everything about this albums floors me, EVERYTHING. I first read about these guys in Metal Hammer, back in early 2010, and I put them on the "Check out List", and a few weeks later listened to the song Mjod. Throughout the entire song, I had this shit eating grin on my face, and 3 listens later I was singing along. It was just incredible, for such a short song as well. After that I went to the internet to further investigate and to my dismay found out it wasn't out in the US, and it was only out in Norway, with no specific release date for the US(which came nearly a year later). So I sucked it up, and ordered it from Norway, off their webpage which said they did only Norway :lol If I remember correctly I paid a butt ton for shipping, but 2 weeks later it came, and it NEVER left my car's stereo that summer, it was an album I fell in complete love with. Eventually I converted my friends into Kvelertak friends, and even one who came to love them at the level that I did, hell for one of my exes who's now my best friend, I bought her a copy of the cd as a gift and she came to love it. What I love about this album is that even if people don't particularly like the harsh vocals, the music is more than kickass enough for them to get over it.
So what about this album is so radular? It has to be the flawless mixing of Black Metal with a rock'n'roll attitude, amongst nods to other subgenres of metal that I love so much. Each song has it's own distinct personality, and I truly think that the few people who say every song sounds the same are dunces, because they absolutely do not. And to start an album with shouting out your band name, and then starting the outro with shouting your band name, I think is just hilarious but also pretty damn awesome, it shows a confidence and love for the music they crafted, and it definitely carries over, I love love love their music, and they've yet to disappoint me.
Favorite Tracks:Mjod, Fossegrim, Blodtorst, Offernatt, Sultans of Satan, Litorn , Ordsmedar Ov Rang, Utrydd Dei Svake
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Grimes for nr1!
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Love Epicloud. Very bold pick for #4 there. Haven't heard Death or Kvelertak much, a bit too extreme for my tastes, but yours seem to be plenty diverse.
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I'm thinking I'll put up Number 1 tomorrow, and later in the day I'll put up my honorable mentions, after that whoever's up next can get started up.
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone's who's taken the time to read or post in here, it made doing this a lot more fun as opposed to just ripping through these with no responses :)
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Quite a lot of stuff in this top 10 that I haven't heard. I have no idea what #1 could be, though.
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I'm chilling to my #1 right now :hat
EDIT:
Honorable Mentions:
Austra - Feel It Break
Deafheaven - Sunbather
Amos Slade - Hungry Earth
Exemption - Public Cemetery Party
Devil Driver - Pray For Villains
Foo Fighters - Echoes Silence Patience & Grace
Goatwhore - Blood For the Master
Gorillaz - Demon Days
King Crimson - In The Court Of the Crimson King
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
Mares of Thrace - The Pilgrimage
Nirvana - Nevermind
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing
Okay, I could go on for awhile, but these are some albums that came really close to making the list, or albums that I discovered while doing my list that I can see making the list some day.
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Kvelertak is one of the bands I'm going to check out, sooner or later.
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YOU KNOW I FUCKING LOVE KVELERTAK. Great pick dude. :metal :metal :metal :metal
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1. Grimes - Visions (2012)
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If I could all three of her albums would be right here at no.1, each is filled to the brim with radular ideas, and I love all three so much, but alas I can only choose one, and I'm going to have to go with the album I discovered her with, the album that brought someone very important to me closer together as friends, and the album that brought a new sense of wonder to highway of life. At the point in life I was at when I discovered her, I was kind of in a rut, I was still in school, but I wasn't enjoying it at all, and was pretty sure I was going for the wrong major, I'd had certain feelings for someone spark back up, but it was with someone that wouldn't work, we worked as friends, and I knew that but heh my heart was kind of dumb. So there I was browsing my facebook and I saw Grimes video for "Genesis" from one of my friends, and I thought to myself "I'm pretty sure I've heard of her from my friend before, and I've definitely seen those eyebrows before, I think I'll check it out." I did and I just kind of melted into my chair from how gorgeous everything was. As was the usual with me, I went out to the record store and ordered the album, it came in on a day filled with snow and wind, but I didn't mind, as the music made the drive home stunning, I fell in absolute love with the record, from the music itself to the fantastic artwork she made for the cover. I'd listen to it on my breaks during my overnight shifts at Kohls, on the way to class, and around a certain someone, and life started to have some color to it again.
So it's easy to see that this album has a lot of personal ties for me, but beyond that, it is simply a lush album full of dazzling, eye watering moments that never cease to be beautiful.
Favorite Tracks: The Whole Damn Thing, I really couldn't pick and choose even if I tried.
Also Check Out: Halfaxa *insanely beautiful album as well*, Geidi Primes.
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I expect Grimes to be on the list. I know I'm not the only one who loves her, and Visions. :heart
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Amazing album. I was lucky enough to see her live earlier this year, and was just a few feet away from the stage. She was amazing, and I think that was the moment when I truly fell in love with her music. (before that concert I really liked her, but it clicked that extra mile for me)
Visions is amazing, and I love it. I need to check out her other albums though, but I'm working on it. Great number 1!
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My sister is a Grimes fan so I bet she would approve of that #1 pick :D I'm not familiar with most of the bands in this list, but that will probably change when my roulette begins.
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I've only listened to that Grimes album once, but it was really good.
All in all, I really enjoyed your list. Lots of great picks (and a few I'll have to check out). :tup
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Thank you guys, I hope you enjoy what you check out, and I have so many albums I wish I could have included, 50 is so tough :lol
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I should listen to Grimes.
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I've never heard Grimes, but every time you mention them I only think of this guy:
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I've never heard Grimes, but every time you mention them I only think of this guy:
"Grimey", as he liked to be called
this. In every way, this.
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I always love it when somebody can be so passionate about music, raving about experiences with it and such, without ever mentioning what it actually sounds like. That's like describing a book without mentioning (part of) the plot. But alright, you have me intrigued, I'll listen to it someday soon!
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So, Visions is fucking great. :metal Reminds me of The Knife sorta. And she's Canadian. Sweet. :D
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Never heard of them, I'll have to check them out.
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A lot of stuff on your list that I need to listen to at some point. Thanks for sharing :tup