Another best 5 albums thread (90's and clean vox only)

[JayKeeley]

So I've somehow got back in touch with a couple of old friends that I went to college with between 89-92. They were into metal, listened to all sorts of metal (Slayer, Savatage, Testament) and then thought metal died when Kurt Cobain and his Seattle counterparts arrived. I don't think they even realize that a 90's scene existed.

Can you help me with 5 excellent examples of what's come out since 1990/91 with clean vocals only (up to and including thrash style vox, not extreme death grunts or black screams).

:Spin:

 

[jimbobhickville]

Iced Earth - pick your favorite (The Dark Saga or Burnt Offerings is probably a good place to start)
Jag Panzer - Thane to the Throne
Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
Control Denied - The Fragile Art of Existence
Aghora - Aghora

Those are some of the albums that I got into when I discovered that metal didn't die during the 90s.

 

[jimbobhickville]

If you think they might be a little more open-minded, add:

Therion - Vovin or Theli
Spiral Architect - A Sceptic's Universe
Zero Hour - Towers of Avarice (or if it has to be 90s, the S/T debut)

 

[En Vind Av Sorg]

Are we talking American only or overall here? I imagine we would just be doing America since metal didnt decay nearly as much in Europe as it did in the States during the 90's.

 

[JayKeeley]

nah, any region will do. These folks are in England anyway where 99% of the public only listen to dance music anyway.

Good suggestions thus far actually.

 

[JayKeeley]

But European metal in the 90's was mostly of the growly variety

Yeah, as much as I'd like to offer Opeth or Dark Tranquility, I do want to ease them into it a little.

I was even thinking of some Candlemass or Solitude Aeternus, but that is pretty exhausting too (specifically Nightfall and Depths anyway, which are the two albums I was thinking of).

 

[JayKeeley]

I suppose I really have to consider Blind Guardian. These guys were big into Helloween up until Seven Keys part 2.

Or I could just skip the happy euro-melodies and go straight to Lost Horizon or perhaps even the Falconer debut?

 

[JayKeeley]

also nightfall is 1987

Haha, good point. I just know they've never heard Candlemass though.

 

[Nico]

Goat Horn - Storming the Gates

Seriously, has no-one but Demilich and I heard these guys?

 

[Hell Mike]

Of course we've heard 'em and they rock

I would like to recommend FORBIDDEN - Twisted Into Form and HEATHEN - Victims of Deception and CANDLEMASS - Chapter VI and DESTRUCTION - The Antichrist and Twisted Tower Dire - Something and OVERLORDE - Snow Giant

 

[cthulufhtagn]

Goat Horn - Storming the Gates

Seriously, has no-one but Demilich and I heard these guys?

i haven't, still...wasn't there a thread about them breaking up recently?

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
Overkill - Killbox 13
Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor

 

[Dick Sirloin]

IN THE WOODS - Strange in Stereo
ARCTURUS - La Masquerade Infernale

 

[Dick Sirloin]

Goat Horn - Storming the Gates

Seriously, has no-one but Demilich and I heard these guys?

Yah, and it's fuckin headbanging bliss. I love the 1987 CD layout too

 

[JayKeeley]

Yeah, Chemical Wedding should be a no brainer...

 

[IOfTheStorm]

Tough to choose only 5, so here are 5 and another 5:

Psychotic Waltz - Into The Everflow
Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black
Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
Saviour Machine - s/t
Shadow Gallery - Tyranny

the "another 5"

Solitude Aeturnus - Into The Depths Of Sorrow
Fates Warning - Parallels
Cathedral - The Ethereal Mirror
Count Raven - Destruction Of The Void
Eternity X - The Edge

 

[IOfTheStorm]

Also

But European metal in the 90's was mostly of the growly variety

 

[Necromunchkin]

Chemical Wedding, easily. For something a bit different, how about Skyclad "Irrational Anthems" or Savatage "Wake of Magellan?"

 

[MajestikMøøse]

In The Woods... - Omnio


and other stuff

 

[Dark One]

I suppose I really have to consider Blind Guardian.

Telling ya man - Tales From The Twilight Fuckin' World.