Fuck all of you except Alex who knows what's up.
34. Alestorm - Back Through TimeFor an album I heard not more than 2 weeks ago, this one was a very quick grower. This is an album that absolutely blew me away on the first listen, and every single one after that. The pirate theme is still as funny as ever after 2 albums of it, and the music is always maturing. One of the best things about this album is the new situations they come up with for the pirates to be a part of. Singing about finding treasure, drinking beer, and having lots of nasty sex with the wenches wouldn't be able to hold audiences forever, of course. My favorite scenario is in the title track where they travel back in time to kick the shit out of the vikings. How much more metal can it get?
Recommended tracks: Back Through Time, Shipwrecked, Barrett's Privateers
33. Anthrax - Spreading the DiseaseThis album is to Among the Living as Metallica's Ride the Lightning is to Master of Puppets. Everyone loves Among the Living, but people tend to overlook Spreading the Disease, which is a better album with better songs and cooler vocals. Before Joey Belladonna adopted the growlier tone of voice he would make famous on Among the Living, he was another singer going for the Bruce Dickinson vibe. The big change here was these vocals were being used for thrash metal. Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer were never big on the soaring vocals, opting for more of a yelling style, but Joey could sing, and he could sing with the best of them. To top it off, this is one of the more unique thrash albums from the mid-80s in that the bass is fully audible most of the time, and more focus is on the vocal melodies. It's just a great album that a lot of people tend to skip in favor of the more successful Among the Living.
Recommended tracks: A.I.R, Madhouse, The Enemy
32. Black Sabbath - ParanoidThis is an album that I don't even need to explain. It is a scientific fact that any album with War Pigs, Paranoid, Iron Man, Electric Funeral, and Hand of Doom on it is going to be pretty fucking good. 'Nuff said.
Recommended tracks: The ones I listed up there, but the whole album's amazing.