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Rolling Stone's Top 100 Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time
- Thread starter Andrew Korenchkin
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indigo-cyclops
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Aenima too low, and I don't see Napalm Death on there at all. Slayer too low.
Edit: I haven't read through the whole list so perhaps ND is. Bear with me.
Edit: I haven't read through the whole list so perhaps ND is. Bear with me.
That will be Whiplash or Damage Inc.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
Bleh....
Right bands perhaps (well I wouldn't put anything by Sabbath above what came later, and I find Slayer to be filler), but wrong choices.
Seasons in the Abyss for Slayer...#20 or so
Born Again for Black Sabbath...#20 or so also
Piece of Mind for Iron Maiden #3
Powerslave for Iron Maiden #2
...And Justice for All for Metallica #1
Wrong,
Fight Fire with Fire, especially live in the mid-1980's.
TheRedSnifit
Member
It's inevitable, I suppose. Like how Linkin Park gets all the praise for metal when they aren't even metal.
Nine Inch Nails is the Linkin Park of industrial.
Netherscourge
Banned
Holy Shit.
Chained Prometheus
Member
This or Blackened imo.
Obliterator
Member
Lots of old weak stuff on here.
I mean I get a lot of these albums were influential but a lot of old metal doesn't hold up very well imo. Metallic and Judas Priest being the 2 big exceptions
I mean I get a lot of these albums were influential but a lot of old metal doesn't hold up very well imo. Metallic and Judas Priest being the 2 big exceptions
Andrew Korenchkin
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No way. Maiden and Sabbath still gain news fans every year.
Zelenogorsk
Banned
Preach it brother! Walls of Jericho, Keeper of the Seven Keys, Land of the Free, Somewhere out in Space, No World Order!, Kai Hansen is on another level.
MAN! MARTIANS AND MACHINES!
Also my vote for "best Metallica song" goes to Metal Militia. Best metal song ever if you ask me.
Starfish Hero
Member
Damn they really snubbed Meshuggah didn't they
Obliterator
Member
Yeah I get there's a lot of people that like that stuff but I prefer waaaaaaaay heavier than 90% of the stuff in the top 25 at least. But I get why people still like Sabbath etc. (not a fan at all personally). The list just reads like someone who hasn't listened to any Metal in the last 15 years
Meshuggah is like one of the only really heavy bands on here
Maiden is legit though
Zelenogorsk
Banned
Yeah whenever a list goes as broad as just "Metal" you know there ain't gonna be any death metal, black metal, grindcore etc. on the list. And the top of the list is always going to be Metallica, Sabbath, Maiden, Priest, and Slayer. Nothing wrong with that but it gets old after awhile.
I wanna see a publication like Rolling Stone do a "Top 20 Crazy Death Metal Albums" list or something like that. I want a list with Gorguts, Ulcerate, Benighted, Wormed, etc. on it!
"and Rolling Stone's #1 metal band of all time is... Abominable Putridity?!?!?!"
H.Cornerstone
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Tool Lateralus is the better Tool album
Yeah this is exactly why I find greater fun in reading anyone's, literally anyone's personal top list. I'll get different shit. There's nothing wrong with a good majority of these albums but there's nothing surprising about them.
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
I'm not a Tool fan, but yeah Lateralus I find enjoyable. Not a fan of Aenima, find it boring.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
Don't. You clearly know metal more than Rolling Stone does.
Aye, the power to fight insomnia.
That's not a bad thing. At all.
lol, and people say my opinion should be bannable? xD
Born Again... over the Sabbath s/t?? Whaaaaaaa
And people say my opi... yeah, yeah.
!?!!
And people say m....
Ristifer
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When you're Metallica in the 80's, it is. At least Enter Sandman was interesting in terms of sound change. Escape is just surrounded by way better material.
Sgtpepper89
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Black Sabbath recording their first album in 1 day is sick. I listen to it almost weekly.
Not a shocking list given the magazine.
Not a shocking list given the magazine.
Vincent Alexander
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Great band choices. Not in agreement on their album choices though...
FairFriend
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Yeah, agreed. Dehumanizer is something else. "I" is one of my absolute favorite songs.
It is known. Depending on the day, I might take Undertow over Aenima too, though I love all three.
Ristifer
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It's kinda easy to say that, though, considering Load, Reload, and St. Anger are not really fan favourites (though I love Load/Reload). Escape is on an album of high quality material, so it sticks out like a sore thumb. It's surrounded by Trapped Under Ice and Creeping Death. I see why people like it, but it's the most bland 80's Metallica song for me. It has none of the personality that made Metallica's 80's material so great. That's why I have to disagree. But if you like it, you like it.
TheGameshark
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I think they had already been playing most of that material for a while before they actually recorded it. Apparently when they played warning in the early days they'd just jam for like 30-40 mins on that one track.
Mechanized
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This list is so casul.
It definetly needs a proper remix with Jason's bass track actually in the mix. That would be incredible.
Doesn't seem likely at this point.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
I wasn't going to post till later but this post is just so ridiculous. Bon Jovi is not metal.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
ELITIST! Ugh you guys are the WORST
/s
Dude knows what is the best metal.
And that makes you fell... how?
TheGameshark
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Not my favorite album of theirs because of the mixing. There's just zero low end. Still a good album but I'd like it a lot more if it had a proper mix.
Pretty cool. Still not a proper mix, as now the bass is too loud. But impressive.
Mortimer Brewster
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The classic stuff does hold up well but I agree that the list lacks diversity. I love Sabbath/Solo Ozzy but there is no reason it needs to make up almost a third of the top 25.
Ristifer
Member
I'm guessing this is fan-made? I've heard that the Guitar Hero mixes of Justice have more bass in them, but I can't remember.
What a shit list. Not even bothering looking past the top 25.
If you don't have a comprehensive knowledge of extreme metal and it's many sub (and sub sub) genres you shouldn't make a top 100 Metal albums list. Even if you ignore all that it's still inexcusable to not have either of Mercyful Fate's first two albums in the top 25.
Yes, I'm a bitter metalhead.
If you don't have a comprehensive knowledge of extreme metal and it's many sub (and sub sub) genres you shouldn't make a top 100 Metal albums list. Even if you ignore all that it's still inexcusable to not have either of Mercyful Fate's first two albums in the top 25.
Yes, I'm a bitter metalhead.
DustyVonEric
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Both.
Whenever I see lists like this, especially from big names like RS, I always read them with the idea of it not being about just being the best album from a musical/talent perspective but also influence, popularity, etc. As someone else said it reads more as "These are the 100 albums that define metal" instead of just simply being THE BEST metal albums.
LordofAllThatIsEvil
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Improves AJAF by 100%. Thank you.
Spectral Glider
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Definitely, Sirens, Mountain king, Gutter Ballet and Streets.