1997

[Ellestin]

best year for music or what

seriously check this out (including but not limited to)

Holy shit were these albums for the ages.

 

[NAD]

I always say 1995 is one of the best. Haven't thought about it for years though. I still buy albums from 1991 though, quite a bit it seems.

Good call with 1997 though. I'd say 5 of those albums are near masterpieces, and I should really give In the Woods... another shot.

 

[Ellestin]

I should really give In the Woods... another shot.

next time think hard about me, that should do it

 

[einride]

lol

when i saw this thread title, my immediate though was to post a giant-ass picture of the "a deeper kind of slumber" cover

then i clicked the link and it was right there



anyway, here it is

 

[einride]

and fucking omnio, man

one of the few albums that i can listen at any time to because it suits every mood

it's one of the only metal albums i know of that is genuinely uplifting and life-affirming without being stupid gay shit


anyway, here are some more selections for your consideration, all from my personal 1997 collection:

incidentally, 1997 was the year i started listening to metal

 

[Krilons Resa]

it's one of the only metal albums i know of that is genuinely uplifting and life-affirming without being stupid gay shit

Tool - Lateralus

incidentally, 1997 was the year i started listening to metal

and what did you listen to? la bouche?

edit: i keep forgetting how you guys are a lot younger than a select few of us.

 

[Ellestin]

Erik: metal

Ken: Tool

 

[Hell Mike]

how about 1994 guyes
or 1986
or 1984

 

[General Zod]

1988...

Anthrax - State of Euphoria
Bathory - Blood Fire Death
Blind Guardian - Battalions of Fear
Bolt Thrower - In Battle There Is No Law
Carcass - Reek of Putrefaction
Crimson Glory - Transcendence
Danzig - Danzig
Death - Leprosy
Fates Warning - No Exit
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 2
Impellitteri - Stand in Line
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Judas Priest - Ram It Down
King Diamond - Them
Kingdom Come - Kingdom Come
King's X - Out of the Silent Planet
KIX - Blow My Fuse
L.A. Guns - L.A. Guns
Living Colour - Vivid
Manowar - Kings of Metal
Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What!
Metallica - ...And Justice for All
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey
Overkill - Under the Influence
Ozzy Osbourne - No Rest for the Wicked
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
Sanctuary - Refuge Denied
Slayer - South of Heaven
Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today
Testament - The New Order
Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Odyssey

 

[ChaosLee]

Weirdly I was considering what my favorite 5 year stretch of metal was... And I decided 94-99 fucking takes it over anything in the 80s even

 

[NAD]

I started listening to metal in 1982 if you count Led Zeppelin.

I am growing old. There is no wisdom in this greybeard tree.

 

[NAD]

next time think hard about me, that should do it

I found my CD-R copy from back in the RC Trading Dayz, I think Carbonized sent me this. I wonder whatever happened to him?

Not sure why I don't particularly care for this. Years ago when I first heard it I wasn't into this type of moody metal but I am these days. I think I'm digging it this time...

*thinks of Ellestin*

...yep, this is quite good. :Spin:

 

[neal]

also some non-metal favorites:

no doubt more that im spacing on

also Russian River Brewing Company (maker of Pliny the Elder/Younger) was founded 1997

Weirdly I was considering what my favorite 5 year stretch of metal was... And I decided 94-99 fucking takes it over anything in the 80s even

this is quite possibly true for me as well, it was definitely true 10 years ago

 

[einride]

92-97 best five

 

[einride]

Also 82-87

Seein a pattern here folks

 

[Reign in Acai]

 

[einride]

edit: i keep forgetting how you guys are a lot younger than a select few of us.

i'm almost thirty 8I

but i also got into metal pretty late i guess (i was 12)

and my first two albums were bruce dickinson's "accident of birth" and iron maiden's "powerslave"

 

[Ellestin]

I got into metal when I was 18

 

[ChaosLee]

i'm almost thirty 8I but i also got into metal pretty late i guess (i was 12) and my first two albums were bruce dickinson's "accident of birth" and iron maiden's "powerslave"

Good start

 

[einride]

Good start

truly

they are albums i still listen to regularly

i had ALMOST no real embarassing period where i listened to stupid shit, nearly everything i was once into (as far as metal goes) i am still into more or less

which is cool