Bands in metal that never top their first album.

[ohiogrinder]

in terms of cover art I disagree.

you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, sorry for the cliche.

 

[Zephyrus]

tr00

but then again even the album title ist moar kvlt than Pure Holocaust.

 

[hibernal_dream]

oh come the fuck on....Pure Holocaust slays Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism.

Yeah, true. I always thought Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism was an EP or something.

 

[CF87]

Opeth 'orchid' and 'morningrise' while being great albums are far from the bands best material. I'm glad mikael decided to change the style because melodic gothenburg style melodies and death metal get redundant. Mikaels songwriting guitar playing, and vocals are so much better after these two albums. If you disagree you simply just don't like the band or not hearing them. Me being a fan someone thinking the band has not topped orchid is pretty ridiculous.

 

[Zephyrus]

Candlemass?

 

[CF87]

I would disagree with candlemass because each of the first four fullengths are classic in their own sense.

People either think epicus is the best or nightfall usually. I think the first album is the best, but the band did not slack with the follow up to be one of the bands that just does not have it after the first album because they obviously did. It's like the first black sabbath is probably their best cd. Sabbath at the same time first six cds are sill classic and each could be the bands best album.

 

[Impudent]

Sarcofago! Nothing beats "INRI".

 

[Life Sucks]

The new Dismember is about equal to LAEFS imo.

No fucking way. Perhaps it may be on the same level as Indecent and Obscene, though.

 

[Life Sucks]

Amorphis. Though Tales From the Thousand Lakes is very good, it is still not quite as good as The Karelian Isthmus. Amorphis did go to shit relatively quickly, as all their other work is rubbish.

 

[Mort Divine]

Amorphis. Though Tales From the Thousand Lakes is very good, it is still not quite as good as The Karelian Isthmus. Amorphis did go to shit relatively quickly, as all their other work is rubbish.

Elegy is their best, easily. But a case could be made for any of their first three being their best.

 

[CF87]

I find the first 3 Amorphis cds and the new one 'eclipse' to be almost equal in different ways.

Tuonela recently clicked with me. Elegy is amazing and could possibly be their best, i'm not sure right now.

 

[Impudent]

Elegy is their best, easily. But a case could be made for any of their first three being their best.

Weren't you just arguing in another thread that "The Karelian Isthmus" was the standard for all death metal albums?

 

[CF87]

He was. Elegy is not a death metal album though.

 

[Mort Divine]

I never explained myself totally, but The Karelian Isthmus is the lowest of my favorite albums in death metal, I had said that albums had to be as good as TKI to be considered one of the best of all time therefore meaning it obviously isn't my favorite overall, as I open room for albums to surpass it.

 

[Impudent]

I see.

 

[Life Sucks]

Elegy is their best, easily. But a case could be made for any of their first three being their best.

It's a matter of opinion. Not only is The Karelian Isthmus their best, but it is one of the top five death metal albums of all time in my book.

 

[J.]

Falkenbach
Cruachan
Fleurety

 

[Under The Oak]

Celtic Frost
Extol
Hate Eternal
In Flames
Nile
Nocturnus
Pantera (calling "Cowboys" their first album, not the shit before)
Possessed
Yngwie Malmsteen

 

[Thasis]

System of a Down... goddddd there new albums can not just hit the same quality as there first. I'm soooo sick of them now... god...

 

[byrne]

nachtfalke
drunkard
exhorder
eucharist
dissection

etc etc.